**UPDATE**

Unfortunately, due to the UK situation with increasing cases of COVID19 we have made the disappointing but necessary decision to cancel the Scottish Airway Group (SAG) 2020 meeting due to take place in Edinburgh on Friday 20th March. We have made this decision after due consideration of the potential consequences of running the meeting next week on both our patients and colleagues.

All delegates will get a full refund to the card that was used for booking. This may take 5-10 days.

We will look into the possibility of re-scheduling the meeting later this year, and if re-scheduling this year ideally we would choose to hold the meeting on a Friday with the SOBA meeting preceding it on the Thursday to allow delegates the possibility of attending both meetings.

If it doesn’t prove possible to re-schedule this year then our next meeting would be our 10th anniversary meeting in 2021!

Kevin Fitzpatrick
SAG Chair

The SAG Committee

The Scottish Airway Group is delighted to announce that the next annual meeting will be held on Friday 20th March 2020 in  the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

The meeting will follow our successful format of lectures from interesting and stimulating speakers, and of course the opportunity for presentation of original audit, research and case presentations in both oral and poster formats, with prizes for the best posters and presentations.

Rates to attend the meeting:
Consultant/SAS grade early bird rate £120
Consultant/SAS grade standard rate  £140
Trainee early bird rate £65
Trainee standard rate  £75
Nurse/ODP/PA/AHP/student standard rate £40

Early bird rate will be available until 31st January 2020

Why not spend an extra day in Edinburgh and attend The SOBA UK Key Issues in Anaesthesia for the Morbidly Obese on Thursday 19th March 2020? The meeting is being held at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Click here for more details. Flyer at the bottom of this page.

Programme

0845 – 0940    Registration, welcome refreshment and trade exhibition
0900 – 0935    Scottish Airway Group Members Meeting
0940 – 0945    Welcome to SAG 2020; Dr D Paal & Dr K Fitzpatrick

Session 1:  0945 -1115 Chair: Dr D Paal
0945 – 1015    Dr Mark Steven; Anaesthesia for Central Airway Obstruction
1015 – 1045    Dr Andrew McKechnie; The Bariatric Airway                 
1045 – 1115    Mr Andrew Kinshuk; Laryngotracheal Complications and Complex Airway Surgery                                 

1115 – 1145    Refreshment, posters and trade exhibition

Session 2: 1145 – 1315 Chair: Dr C Brookman
1145 – 1215    Prof Mary Mushambi; What’s New and What’s Controversial in Obstetric Airway Management      
1215 – 1245    Trainee presentations
1245 – 1315    Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly;  Awake Tracheal Intubation Guidelines (DAS)

1315– 1415     Lunch, poster judging and trade exhibition

Session 3: 1415 – 1515 Chair: Dr R Younger
1415 – 1445    Dr Rachel Harvey; The Airway Toolkit
1445 – 1515    Dr Neil Spenceley; Poor Behaviour in Healthcare             

1515 – 1540    Refreshment, posters and trade exhibition

Session 4 1540 – 1700 Chair:  Dr C Wallace
1540 – 1600    Dr B McGuire; DAS Update
1600 – 1630    Q & A – expert panel; Dr Barry McGuire, Prof Mary Mushambi, Dr Al McNarry      
1630 – 1700    Dr Simon Crawley/Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick; Is awake VL much like extreme ironing?

1700     Prizes, closing remarks and 2021 announcement                    

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