Department of Anaesthetics Weekly Newsletter D.A.W.N. Volume 26 No. 04 27 January – 03 February 2014 If you have an article, reference or any newsworthy exposé please forward to Natashia ([email protected])

2014 REGISTRAR LATEST PUBLICATIONS HISTORY OF ANAESTHESIA REPRESENTATIVE Rodseth RN. Accelerated care versus AND ETHICS SYMPOSIUM Congratulations to Dr Matthew Nel standard care among patients with hip Date: 21 March 2014 who was voted the Reg Rep for 2014. fracture: the HIP attack pilot trial. Venue: Canadian Medical Associations Journal CMSA Building, 2014 SASA AWARDS 2014; 186(1):E52-E60. Contact: Eastern Sun Events Tel: 0413745654 CONGRATULATIONS to the ***** Email: [email protected] following who received awards from GL Laing, JL Bruce, DL Skinner, NL Website: www.historyofanaesthesia.co.za the South African Society of Allorto, DL Clarke, C Aldous. Anaesthesiologists. Development, implementation, and CRITICAL CARE CONGRESS – Abbvie Scholarship in Anaesthesia evaluation of a hybrid electronic medical INSPIRING ICU 2014  Dr O Nqala record system specifically designed for a Date: 27-30 November 2014  Dr M Raiman developing world surgical service. World Venue: , Cape SASA JAN Pretorius Research J Surg (2014) in press. Town, For more information: Fund Critical Care 2014 Congress Office  Dr B Biccard RENEWAL OF Tel: +27 (0)21 712 0571  Dr K Purchase POSTGRADUATE Email: critcare2014@eventsmanageme REGISTRATION - 2014 ntsolutions.co.za IMPORTANT KZN Please note that registrar registration for SASA CONGRESS 2014 REGISTRAR MEETING 2014 is now done online. Follow link: The 2014 Annual SASA Congress is There will be a meeting for ALL http://scm.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspxx scheduled as follows: registrars as follows: select “Postgraduate Information” on the Date: 14-19 March 2014 Date: Monday 27 January 2014 LEFT hand side and then “Registration Venue: Sun City, Pretoria Venue: L3 lecture hall 2014” Registration fee R3250. Postgrad For more information visit the website: staff will be available on the following www.sasaweb.com Time: 16h30 Agenda: MMed (fee remission) dates for students who require assistance to register on-line: UPCOMING EVENTS Dr Bulelani Matha (South African

Registrar's Representative  DURBAN – NRMSM, CAMPUS Venue: Undergraduate Student LAN STAFFING COMMITTEE Chairperson) (KZN) Date: 3 - 7 Feb 2014 Date: 04 February 2014 Time: 09:00 – 15:00 Time: 15h00 PART I MOCK EXAM Venue: IALCH (Seminar room)  PMB – GREY’S HOSPITAL Date: 22 February 2014 Venue: Grey’s Park Home CONSULTANT MEETING Time: Paper 1 9:00-12:00 Time: 09:30 – 14:00 Date: 04 February 2014 Paper 2 13:00-16:00 Date: To be advised Time: 16h30 Venue: To be announced Venue: IALCH (Seminar room) Registrars interested to please contact UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS COMBINED ACADEMIC Dr J Reddy at All doctors using University computers: Date: 18 February 2014 [email protected] If you are running Windows XP, your Time: 16h30 operating system urgently requires to be Venue: L5 Lecture Theatre, MS DA SYMPOSIUM upgraded to Windows 7. To check the version of Windows you are running click  RESEARCH MEETING Date: Saturday 1 March 2014. 16h30 Registrar: A Mpofu Time: 08h00 -13h00 on start, run, and type “winver”. In 16h45 Registrar: V Govender Venue: IALCH Anaesthetic Seminar order to upgrade your Operating System, Room. you need to contact Naren at  CLINICAL FORUM [email protected] by 14 February 17h00 Topic: PMMH RSVP’s: Ayanda at Consultant: K Govender 2014, he will then take your computer to [email protected] 17h20 Topic: ICU the ICS Walk- in centre. Please ensure Consultant: S Kransingh COLLEGE RESEARCH that your data has been backed up.  JOURNAL CLUB SYMPOSIUM 2014 Applications such as MS Outlook will not work on Windows XP computers after the Consultant: B Daya Date: 11-12 September 2014 Topic: Peadiatrics Venue: K1, K2 and Susser and Stein cut-off date. Please note that ICS will 17h40 Registrar: Reg 1 Seminar Room, NRMSM. not support Windows XP beyond 28 17h55 Registrar: Reg 2 Call for abstracts to be announced. February 2014.  REGISTRAR MEETING LOST AND FOUND DAMN EDITOR NEXT SUPER DAMN Suit jacket - left behind at the end-of- The department is still looking for a new Friday, 31 January year party. Please contact Dr editor for DAMN. Please contact Camy if 2014 Chantal Chellan on 0843105717. you are interested. Contributions to: Ayanda Mthethwa: CMSA EXAMINERS COLLEGES OF MEDICINE WORKSHOP [email protected] EXAM DATES Nelly Musirinofa: Date: 10 February 2014 FCA(SA)Part II: 11- 13 March Venue: IALCH Staff Development [email protected] DA(SA) written: 24&25 March Room on level 3 Natashia Nzama: Tel: 011 726 7037/8/9 DA(SA) Oral: 1&2 April 2014 [email protected] Email: [email protected] FCA(SA) Part II Oral : 5 - 8 May The workshop will take place from 08:00 – 16:30 ANAESTHETICS CLINICAL Morning Session: COURSE APRIL 2014 Setting and Assessment of OSCEs The department will be holding a Clinical Afternoon Session: course in April 2014 as follows: Assessment of Portfolios Dates: 9 -11 April 2014 NB: Examiners wishing to attend must Enquiries: Dr B Daya complete reply slips and return by e- Email: [email protected] mail to [email protected] for the attention of Angie Buterin, before 31

January 2014.

7:15 FRIDAY MORNING MEETINGS – L5 LECTURE THEATRE, MEDICAL SCHOOL DATE TOPIC SPEAKER MODERATOR 24 Jan Special Lecture - Advances in Airway Management E Hodgson 31 Jan Intraoperative Awareness During Anaesthesia N Gokal L Padayachee 07 Feb Anaesthesia and Right Ventricular Failure C Chellan B Daya 14 Feb Necrotising Enterocolitis L Solomon A Torborg

MON 15h00 FCA Part II IALCH 27 Jan Cardiac 2 2014 DIARY A Ballim CLINICALS SASA CONGRESS 2014 A Ballim/ Z Farina Sun City, Pretoria 14 – 19 March 2014 www.sasaweb.com TUE 07h15 OBSTETRIC ANAESTHESIA KEH

28 Jan Drugs that obstetricians use CLINICAL COURSE: DURBAN M Gibbs 15 – 19 September 2014

WED 07h00 M & M MEETING: KEH KEH 29 Jan DEPT WEBSITE 07h00 M & M MEETING: IALCH IALCH http://anaesthetics.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx

07h00 M & M MEETING: PMMH PMMH BIRTHDAYS

14:30 FCA Part I IALCH Saturday, 25 January 2014 Cell Physiology, Intermediary Bhavika Daya metabolism, Mitochondrial function Ayanda Khumalo L Pillay Justin Reddy

THUR 07h15 M & M MEETING: RKK RKK Sunday, 26 January 2014 30 Jan Leresse Pillay 07h30 KEH ICU M & M MEETING MS,S3

16h30 DIPLOMA IN ANAESTHETICS K-Rith, Obstetric Anaesthesia 2 K1 A Theron

FRI 07h15 FRIDAY MORNING MEETING: MS, L5 31 Jan Intraoperative Awareness During Anaesthesia. N Gokal Thought for the Day! “I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.” Lord Chesterfield