Starting on:
Sep 9, 2022
Ending on:
Sep 9, 2022
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Max Credits:
10 Points
Provider:
Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital
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Sep 9, 2022
Ending on:
Sep 9, 2022
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Max Credits:
10 Points
Provider:
Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital
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WIDE AWAKE LOCALANAESTHESIA NO TOURNIQUET (WALANT) COURSE
Starting on:
Sep 9, 2022 8:00 AM
Sep 9, 2022 8:00 AM
Ending on:
Sep 9, 2022 4:00 PM
Sep 9, 2022 4:00 PM
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Description
Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) is a surgical technique that relies on local anaesthetic and hemostatic agents to provide conditions suitable for hand surgery without sedation and tourniquet
Objectives
1. Overview of WALANT
2. How to set up WALANT
3. Discussion on WALANT solution prep and painless injection.
4. How the wide awake approach is improving access, decreasing costs and increasing safety and quality in surgery.
5. Practical Session: Demonstration of technique
Presenters
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Dr.
Eliud Aluvaala
General Surgeon
Machakos Level 5 hospital -
Dr.
Victor Lusweti
Orthopaedic surgeon
Bungoma County Referral Hospital -
Dr.
Andrew Wandera
General Surgeon
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital -
Prof.
Pankaj Jani
Professor, general surgery
University of Nairobi