Sunday, March 19, 2006

My first ever Anaesthesia conference...


the meeting Posted by Picasa

It was a good meeting. This was my first opportunity attending such an event. It was useful and something i look forward to go to next year! It was casual as there was no such thing as compulsory attendance. I realize tham Most of the anaesthetist came to meet old friends and enjoy themselves. The activities arranged were family oriented and i saw the kids enjoying it. Too bad wifey is a bit busy studying thus her non presence in this conference.

It started on Thursday with the airway workshop. We were exposed to updates as well as hands on with our "toys". It was cool meddling with airway gadgets ; trying the fibreoptic intubation , multiple ridiculous looking laryngoscopes etc. Shakti was with me only for this event as he had to work the next day.. so half the fun dissapeared!


post dinner with the selayang contingent .. somehow males are the not the dominant species in this specialty  Posted by Picasa

On Friday , the biggie began. My word , there were like 700 of us whom bout 450+ were anaesthetists. Mak ai.. banyak gile orang !! Who's who in Malaysia's anaesthesia field were there. Met lots of people from around the country who basically runs the Malaysia's hospital operating theatres. The staff nurses from HKL still recognized me ! haks.. it was kewl meeting back with them and obviously everybody commented on my weight.. hmm..

The speakers were good and certainly inspired me more to do anaesthesia.WHo's who in the journals were around and it was certainly nice seeing them !! I enjoyed the talk by Dato Hassan ; IJN's anaesthetist who showed us his video on regional anaesthesia during CABG ( Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ).Imagine , being awake while your chest ripped out and your heart repaired !! Scary isn't it ! Really really kewl visuals !! And the scientific paper presentation competition. Certainly something i would like to consider in the future !!

Managed to squeze in time in between to visit Mak Long and En . En's wife is due anytime and i wish them the best.. Insya Allah..


booth Posted by Picasa