Event details
The perioperative environment is complex and rapidly changing with a diverse, multi-professional workforce. A global shortage of perioperative practitioners has forced us to ‘bridge the gap’ by working collaboratively across many boundaries and specialities to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
This study day from the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) explores how embracing a multi-professional approach to perioperative care can help us to build theatre teams that are fit for the future. From Anaesthetists to Registered Operating Department Practitioners (RODPs) and Registered Nurses (RNs), there are many transferable skills across perioperative professions. Our speakers will identify some of these transferable skills, explore the lessons we can learn from our multi-disciplinary colleagues, and examine four key areas of practice.
The goal is to provide you with evidence-based practice that can be taken back to your workplace to further educate the multi-professional team and facilitate changes in practice to improve patient safety and reduce never events.
Topics include:
- Lessons learnt as a consultant anaesthetist.
- Potential barriers to preventing harm.
- Recognising and managing difficult airways.
- Inadvertent hyperthermia prevention and management.
- ‘Not Just Small Adults’ – paediatric perioperative care.
- Safe manual handling and patient positioning.
- Transferrable skills – from RODP to management.