PAEDIATRIC AIRWAY COURSE

20 to 21 August 2010

Course Directors: A/Prof Henry KK Tan

A/Prof Abhilash Balakrishnan

Venue and Time: · SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre

Block 9, Level 3, Singapore General Hospital

· Auditorium, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Teaching Faculty: Overseas

Professor Martin Bailey (UK)

Dr Benjamin Cable (USA)

Dr Antonio H Chua (Philippines)

Dr Hsu Wei-Chung (Taiwan)

A/Prof Goh Bee See (Malaysia)

Professor Zhang Yamei (China)

Local

A/Prof Henry KK Tan

A/Prof Abhilash Balakrishnan

Dr Loh Woei Shyang

Dr Serene Lim

Dr Anne Goh

Summary of the course:

This is a two-day workshop, which covers common and important aspects of paediatric airway disease that are relevant to surgical as well as medical disciplines like paediatric medicine, emergency medicine and anaesthesia.

For the surgical disciplines like otolaryngology and paediatric surgery, a special emphasis on various aspects of paediatric bronchoscopic procedure and technique will be demonstrated.

This will be further augmented with hands-on bronchoscopic techniques on rabbits and live surgery on paediatric patients.

Hands-on Bronchoscopy Programme: (in Singapore General Hospital)

Time: 0900- 1700 hour

There will be instruction on types of bronchoscopic instruments, how to use them, various bronchoscopic techniques for management of various diseases including airway foreign body removal using the rabbit as a paediatric patient.

Note- maximum 20 participants

Hands-on Paediatric Endoscopy Workshop

Date: 20 August 2010

SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Time (Hour)

0850 - 0900 Opening Address: Samuel Yeak (President, ENT Society)

0900 - 0945 Laryngomalacia: Chairman- Martin Bailey

clinical features- Abhilash Balakrishnan (8 min)

management- Benjamin Cable (8 min)

Cases- Martin Bailey

945-1030  Subglottic hemangioma: Chairman- Benjamin Cable

Clinical features- Antonio Chua (8 min)

Management- Henry Tan (8 min)

Cases- Benjamin Cable

1030-1045  Tea

1045-1120  Laryngeal papillomatosis: Chairman- Henry Tan

Clinical features- Goh Bee See (8 min)

Management- Abhilash Balakrishnan (8 min)

Cases- Henry Tan

1120-1130 Flexible Bronchoscopy: Antonio Chua

1130-1155 Rigid Endoscopy demonstration on instruments: Martin Bailey

1155-1200 Briefing of Workshop on rabbits: Henry Tan

1200-1300 Lunch

1300-1700 Diagnostic Laryngoscopy, Telescopic Bronchoscopy

Diagnostic Laryngoscopy, Rigid Bronchoscopy

Therapeutic Laryngoscopy and rigid Bronchoscopy

Flexible Bronchoscopy

Please be reminded that the workshop is not in the same venue (Singapore General Hospital) as the lectures & live surgeries (KK Women & Children’s Hospital).

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PAEDIATRIC AIRWAY COURSE

20 to 21 August 2010

Date: 21 August 2010 (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital)

Time (Hour)
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Topics
0800 – 0805 /
Opening and welcome address

President of Singapore ENT Society, Singapore (Introduction: Henry Tan)

0805 – 0840 /
Evaluation of stridor in infants and children
Martin Bailey (Chairman: Henry Tan)
0840 – 0900 /
Principles of anaesthesia for airway endoscopy
Serene Lim (Chairman: Abhilash Balakrishnan)
0900 – 0930 /
Congenital laryngeal anomalies
Benjamin Cable (Chairman: Abhilash Balakrishnan)
0930 – 1000 /

Subglottis stenosis, congenital and acquired

Martin Bailey (Chairman: Abhilash Balakrishnan)
1000 – 1010 / Q&A
1010 – 1030 / Morning Tea
1030 – 1050 /

Vocal cord paralysis, unilateral and bilateral

Martin Bailey (Chairman: Henry Tan)

1150 – 1120 /

Prolonged intubation trauma of the larynx

Martin Bailey (Chairman: Henry Tan)

1120 – 1140 / Choanal Atresia

Abhilash Balakrishnan (Chairman: Antonio Chua)

1140 – 1200 /

EXIT procedure for neonatal airway rescue

Hsu Wei Chung (Chairman: Antonio Chua)

1200 – 1220 /
Foreign bodies in the airway
Henry Tan (Chairman: Antonio Chua)
1220 – 1240 / Q&A
1240 – 1400 / Lunch
1400 – 1700 / Live Surgery (4 or 5 cases) Moderator: Benjamin Cable,
Abhilash Balakrishnan, Henry Tan
·  Laryngomalacia
·  Vocal fold paralysis
·  Glottic pathology
·  Vascular lesions of the aerodigestive tract
·  Subglottic stenosis

Registration Form (Please type or write in print):

·  ENT specialists S$1000 ($300 for lecture & live surgeries only)

·  Residents S$500 ($150 lectures and live surgeries only)

·  GP S$75 for lecture and live surgeries

Note: Residents should include a letter of status from Head of Department.

Name: / I enclose a cheque / bank
draft/ money order payable
to “KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pte. Ltd.” for the amount of:
______.
______
(signature & date)
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
Clinic/Hospital:
Please send registration form and fees
(Singapore currency only) to: / A/Prof Henry Tan
Department of Otolaryngology
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pte. Ltd.
100 Bukit Timah, Singapore 229899
Tel: (65) 6394 1676
Fax: (65) 6295 6339
E-mail:
Recommended Hotel Accommodation in the vicinity: Participants should liaise directly with the relevant hotel contact person for reservations. / Room Rate / Distance
Hotel Royal Ltd
36 Newton Road Singapore 307964
Tel: (65) 6253 4411
Fax: (65) 6253 8668
Tel: (65) 6350 0121 (Mr Chris Bin - Sales Manager) / $185++ Nett (Single / Twin)
Breakfast included. / Taxi
Royal Plaza On Scotts
25 Scotts Road Singapore 228 220
Tel: (65) 6589 7818
Fax: (65) 6737 9420
Ms Wennis Lim - Sales Co-ordinator / $250++ (Single / Twin) / Taxi
Traders Hotel
1A Cuscaden Rd #04-00 Singapore 249716
Tel : (65) 6738 2222 / 6831 4303
Fax : (65) 6831 4330
Ms Amy Lai – Senior Sales Manager
Ms Elisa McCall – Sales Coordinator / $370++ (Single / Twin) / Taxi

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