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Attention Chiefs of Staff/Medical Editors WHAT : Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting WHEN : May 3-7 WHERE : Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre PROGRAM : Full program details available at www.anzca2008asm.com

Breaking pain barriers – Communicating issues in Cancer pain

Australian Palliative Care Physician, Dr Melanie Lovell, will speak on the topic of communicating about issues in cancer pain at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) in Sydney this Saturday (May 3).

Motorsport trauma - Formula One Doctor to speak in Sydney

Dr Gary Hartstein, associate professor of Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine at University Hospital in Liege, Belgium and FIA Delegate for the Formula 1 World Championship, will be the guest speaker at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting on May 6.

Blood transfusions: room for improvement

Australian patients continue to receive blood transfusions in circumstances where current evidence would suggest transfusion is either not warranted or could have been avoided.

On the frontline: Australian medical specialists in Afghanistan

Australian medical specialists are playing vital roles in Afghanistan treating wounded soldiers and the local population who has been affected by the war. Back from three months service on the frontline at Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan, Australian anaesthetist, Dr Bill O’Regan, will give a presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) next week in Sydney (May 6) on a recent deployment, outlining living and working conditions and the types of cases he encountered.

Death in flight - Doctors and legal implications

Each week, somewhere in the world, one passenger dies on a plane flight. Death in flight is roughly six times more common than deaths in a plane crash. On average, one passenger dies in flight for every 7.6 million passengers carried. In a paper to be delivered at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) in Sydney (May 6) Dr Howard Roby, an Australian anaesthetist with post graduate qualifications in aerospace medicine, says there is no international convention relating to the legal implications of a death in flight.

Historic appointment for College of Anaesthetists

The Council of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) has elected Dr Leona Wilson as President of the College. The announcement was made at the College’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney. This appointment is historic for two reasons: Dr Wilson is the first female anaesthetist to be elected President of ANZCA and the first New Zealander to hold the position.

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