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Workshops with British experts at the Medical Simulation Center

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On the tables lie phantoms and equipment for monitoring breathing exercises on the phantoms.
On September 16 and 17, the Medical Simulation Center MUW hosted a course on difficult airway management - Guy's & Banacha Advanced Airway Management Course. The event was organized jointly with a team from Guy's St Thomas' in London.

Difficulties in ensuring airway patency and maintaining proper oxygenation can lead to death or severe brain damage. Therefore, continuous training in this area is a key skill for any anesthesiologist.

A unique course for anesthesiologists

Doctors from the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care MUW, in cooperation with the Medical Simulation Center, have been organizing unique in our country courses for more than a dozen years, with anesthesiologists from all over Poland attending them.
This time, thanks to the long-standing cooperation with the team of anesthesiologists from Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital in London, it was possible to organize a course in which the instructor staff included both doctors from the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology MUW and the organizers of the Guy's Advanced Management Course, considered the best in the world. Dr. Marcin Siciński, who has worked at Guy's St Thomas' Hospital for many years and was a staff member of the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care MUW years ago, played a key role in finalizing the event.

Foreign guests

Among the foreign guests - prominent British experts in the field of difficult airways, co-authors of guidelines and articles on the subject – were: Dr. Imran Ahmad, president of the Difficult Airway Society UK, Prof. Kariem El-Boghdadly, Dr. Gunjeet Dua and Irina Anastasescu.
- The skills imparted during such workshops really help save lives - says Dr. Gunjeet Dua. - The well-prepared and conducted scenarios deserve special mention. Honing skills in simulated emergencies helps to apply them later in real life - the British expert stresses.

The course, organized jointly with the team from Guy's St Thomas' in London, is proof of the importance of international cooperation in medical education.
- After the course, I receive enthusiastic feedback from both participants and instructors from both centers, proving that we learned a lot from each other - says Associate Professor Paweł Andruszkiewicz, head of the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care UCC MUW.

A woman and four men in suits are talking
On the table lies expert airway equipment. On one side, a woman in a red dress demonstrates how to operate it. On the other side of the table, several young women - course participants - are watching.
Operating bed, on it lies a phantom. By the bedside specialized medical equipment. Around the bed 3 people. A man wearing glasses and a red shirt is explaining something to the other two.
Lecture hall. From the back, the heads of the audience are visible. At the end of the room, facing the audience two men in suits. Behind them a screen.
In the foreground is the profile of a man. Further visible sideways are people practicing on phantoms for airway management.