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NWAC 2010 Has Officially Begun
Events for the NWAC Dubai 2010 were started with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Sheik Rashid exhibition hall. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Nicos Nicolauo - Chief operating officer of Options Cassoulides and two of the three conference's scientific program chairs Dr. Ammar Salti of the Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Dr. Admir Hadzic of NWAC. They opened the first day of workshops with an invitation to attend the official opening ceremony on Monday at 08:15 in Sheikh Rashid Hall E.
Monday's ceremony will include a special musical piece composed especially for the occasion by famed composer and pianist Jasmin Osmanagic. Native New Yorker, Juliard trained musician and NWAC faculty member Doctor Ali Shariat and Mr Osmanagic will perform the piece which draws on Arabic and Eastern European rhythms and scales. Welcoming speeches and information from the NWAC will complete the opening program. The main portion of the day will include 8 refresher courses, 12 moderated parallel sessions, 6 Problem Based Learning Discussions (PLBD's), 21 intensive workshops and 2 of the 10 poster sessions.
The NWAC writers and bloggers will be covering the proceedings with interviews of poster presenters, faculty, attendees and exhibitors to bring you a rich sampling of the proceedings. Articles that go into more depth than the NWAC Dailies will be found here with links and information not available in the printed versions. Welcome to Dubai! We hope you enjoy an enriching experience at NWAC Dubai 2010.
Why Are You at the NYSORA World Anesthesia Congress?
A Series of Interviews with Congressional Delegates
Dr. Robert Djagbletey
Accra, Ghana
Dr. Djagblety is a staff anesthesiologist at the most advanced and largest hospital in the country of Ghana. As in some other African nations, he faces everyday challenges in his practice. These challenges are related to economic conditions, which include scarce resources, lack of access to educational materials, a high level of patient acuity because of lack of access to care and delays in seeking care by patients, and a 24/7 on-call schedule. He attended a NYSORA New York conference in 2008. During that conference, he found answers to meet his needs for continuing education in regional anesthesia. That positive experience is what brought him to the World Congress.
Dr. Djagblety finds regional anesthesia techniques particularly efficacious for the needs of his patients. He uses the NYSORA website regularly as an educational tool.
Because of the high patient acuity level in his hospital, RA is beneficial, when indicated, because it is less stressful intraoperatively and allows for a quicker recovery and discharge for the patient. The use of nerve blocks increases his efficiency because he can prepare more patients for minor surgery in the same amount of time as compared to preparation for general anesthesia. Of course, since regional anesthesia is less resource intensive, for example, staff hours, medication, and bed use, it is also more cost effective. Dr. Djagblety believes that the increased use of regional anesthesia in his practice is the "way forward" for continuous quality improvement for both the patient and the practitioner.
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