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Pre-conference workshop ISACON Karnataka

Department of Anaesthesia, Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital conducted the Pre conference workshop on Inhaled Anaesthesia Delivery Systems in association with ISACON KARNATAKA on 8th August 2024. 113 delegates from Karnataka and neighbouring states attended the conference. In the morning we had scientific sessions by esteemed faculty who are experts in this field such as Dr. Ramkumar Venkateswaran from KMC Manipal, Dr. CL Gurudutt from JSS Mysore, Dr. Pankaj Kundra from JIPMER Pondicherry and Dr. Rajesh Joseph from Indra Gandhi Medical College, Pondicherry. In the post lunch session we had hands on workshop in our Skill Lab, where simulation scenarios were conducted by Dr. Ashwini H and Dr.Anagha MV in co-ordination with Dr. Ramkumar Venkateswaran and other faculties. Highlights of this session were the simulation on various clinical scenarios, in which student groups participated enthusiastically. Followed by this the delegates who were divided into 4 groups were rotated among the 4 stations. All the delegates had stations with our experts where they had hands on experience on the machines.

• Station 1 included Pre-use check protocol and Safety features in anaesthesia machine by Dr. Ramkumar Venkateswaran assisted by Dr.Sowmya Jois
• Station 2 included Special features of Newer Workstations and Trouble shooting by Dr. Rajesh Joseph and Dr. Madumala H R
• Station 3 included Boyle’s Machine by Dr. Pankaj Kundra and Dr. Shankar K
• Station 4 included Breathing circuits by Dr. C L Gurudutt and Dr. Shankar K

ll the delegates highly appreciated the sessions and feedback given was excellent in organization infrastructure and scientific content. Latest workstations from top companies from all over the world were used for demonstration. Workshop ended with the resolve to conduct similar workshop once in 2 years.