Tips on anaesthesia for resident doctors

Resident doctors during the workshop at the Hamad Medical Corporation yesterday

More than 20 doctors, who are preparing for their Arab Board Examination, have attended a three-day workshop on anaesthesia as part of an ongoing medical education for resident doctors working at the Hamad Medical Corporation.
The workshop held at the HMC Medical Education Centre (MEC) was conducted by four Arab Board examiners from Jordan, Lebanon, Riyadh and Syria.
"As part of the workshop, resident doctors were briefed about the basics of anaesthesia, which is a vital specialty dealing with sensitive organs such as heart, lungs, brain, kidney and liver. They were also provided training on how to successfully clear their Arab Board exams to be held in April this year. Mock exam was also held every day as part of the workshop,” MEC Residency Programme for Anaesthetists director Dr Abbas Ahmad said.
With the role of an anaesthetist being important in any hospital setting, the participating residents were educated about the latest advances in equipment and were also informed about the various complications of lungs, which may arise during and after any surgical procedure.
Prof Anis Baracka from American University in Beirut explained to participants the entire patho-physiology of one lung
ventilation.
He also talked about the anaesthesia administration in patients with acute lung injury while giving a presentation on the management of low cardiac output (hypotension or shock) and the common challenges faced by anaesthetists.
University of Jordan’s Prof Izdiad Badran gave a complete overview of the ‘Sedation of patients in intensive care unit (ICU)’ while Dr Huda Nasser from Aleppo University in Syria made a presentation  on the basic physics and measurements involved during
anaesthesia.
Also in his lecture, Dr Dhafir al-Khudairi from Riyadh talked about "Anaesthesia management in patients with aortic valve disease.”
The workshop also dealt at length with the role played by anaesthetists in alleviating pain in patients, who have undergone
surgery.
"Pain management has now become an integral part of the role of anaesthetists in any hospital setting,” Dr Abbas stated.