Pre-Congress Workshops

Please take note: Limited seats available per workshop

Workshop 1
Paediatric POCUS: Mastering hemodynamic instability

Number of seats: 16
This half day workshop will cover FATE in paediatrics, lung ultrasound in paediatrics, volume assessment with ultrasound in paediatrics and E-FAST in paediatric trauma. During this hands-on workshop, each participant will have an opportunity to use ultrasound and complete each of the 4 scanning stations assisted by facilitators.

Dr.Piet Jansen
Prof. Justiaan Swanevelder
Dr. Stephanie Fischer
Prof. Michael Pienaar
Dr. Hennie Smit
Prof. Steffen Rex
Prof. Ehrenfried Schindler
Marius van Jaarsveld

Workshop 2
Paediatric Pain

Number of seats: 25
Join us for a practical integrated paediatric pain workshop, aiming to empower the anaesthetist to employ the best perioperative analgesic strategy. This workshop will use a case-based, patient centered approach, applying aspirational practical solutions concentrating on the paediatric orthopaedic patient.

Dr. Anisa Bhettay
Dr. Nadia du Plessis
Dr. Cobus Smit
Dr. Jan du Plessis

Workshop 3
MEPA (Managing Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia)

Number of seats: 8
MEPA aims to equip candidates with strategies for dealing with emergency scenarios in paediatric anaesthesia. You will be taken through your paces in managing various sometimes rare, always life-threatening emergencies in paediatric anaesthesia.

Dr. Nelia Wessels
Rebecca Gray
Kgomotso Pege-Digwamaje
Celesté Cilliers

Workshop 4
Paediatric regional ultrasound

Number of seats: 12
A half-day workshop for both novices and advanced providers with practical advice from international experts. This workshop will include practical sessions such as knobology, needling techniques on animal models and scanning of paediatric patients.

Dr. Leoni de Man
Dr. Vrushali Ponde
Dr. Dean Nolte
Per Arne Lönnqviste