EUROANAESTHESIA 2010

he Scientific Programme Committee has planned a comprehensive programme including refresher courses, interactive discussions, workshops and abstract presentations. Internationally renowned clinical and scientific experts in the field of Anaesthesiology have been invited together with lecturers from other related areas of expertise. This reflects the vision of the ESA to develop closer communication and cooperation with other scientific societies, which have expertise in specific medical areas with mutual interests.

During Euroanaesthesia 2010, the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety will be signed. A specific session organised by the European Board of Anaesthesiology in conjunction with the ESA will focus on how to reduce errors and enhance patient safety by the implementation of European policies. The one-day postgraduate interactive European Patient Safety Course, held by international experts, will provide insights into how errors evolve in medicine, what the root-causes are and how patient safety can be improved.

Specific sessions will be dedicated to: a) “Hot topics” in Anaesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain medicine; b) Changes in our profession: Intensive Care as part of the residency programme, and the increasing importance of women; c) The role of National Societies of Anaesthesiologists; and c) Quality assurance in the management of postoperative pain (organised by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists). A visit to the Lahti Day Case Centre will be dedicated to preoperative evaluation, surgical care and recovery.