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OCTOBER 2001 Prior to the Presidential Address, the Annual General Meeting took place; Dr Trask took the floor in the absence of Dr McClusky due to sickness and gave formal notice of the following new office bearers and members of the Council for 2001/2002. The proposed business for the year 2001/2002 was then demonstrated on an OHP and he reminded the audience that as yet there had been no submissions for the Registrars prize evening. He hoped this would soon be rectified. Without any further ado Dr Trask asked the retiring president Dr C Tolhurst-Cleaver to introduce Dr L Horsman and invite her to give her presidential address which was titled: ‘The way we were – Learning from experience’. Dr Horsman’s address essentially comprised three distinct sections relating to her student days in Aberdeen, as a junior Doctor in Birmingham, and then more recently of her time as a Consultant Anaesthetist at St. Mary’s / Manchester Royal Infirmary. Among her medical interests particular emphasis was placed on Obstetric Anaesthesia, the law and ethics, and management of the difficult airway. As a student in Aberdeen in 1968-Dr Horsman had been the first to obtain an Anaesthetic clerkship and under the tutelage of Norman Rollason she had learned to appreciate the different attributes required for teaching and research. Whilst at the Maternity Hospital she became aware of Dr Mike Tunstall and experienced his isolated forearm technique for detecting wakefulness during Anaesthesia, working here stimulated a lifelong interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia. Moving to Birmingham in 1972 reinforced her interests in these areas working with Prof. J Crawford. Through Dr Peter Tomlin, Dr Horsman became aware of the legal problems contained in Anaesthesia and in particular the suspended Doctor and Human Rights. Also whilst in Birmingham she experienced the conduct of liver transplant and the lasting impression from this was that training was all-important for such difficult cases. From this time Dr Horsman also became interested in the Management of the difficult airway, particularly in Obstetric Anaesthesia. Whilst at Manchester Royal Infirmary this interest in airway management was continued in the form of organising courses for other Anaesthetists to practice and develop their skills in their management of these cases. In the later stages of her career at Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dr Horsman became particularly concerned in, informed consent and the ethics of medical practice, and in fact is sitting on the ethics committee at Manchester Royal Infirmary. A large audience attended the presidential address, which had been preceded by a meal for over twenty in the adjacent dining suite of the post-graduate centre.
The AstraZeneca and Abbott Registrars’ Prize evening for the Section of Anaesthesia, of the Manchester Medical Society, was held on Thursday 14th February 2002 at 8.15 pm in the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, University of Manchester. Dr E L Horsman, President of the Section, introduced the speakers and their titles for the evening’s competitions as follows :- ASTRA/ZENECA Dr B Ashton Dr H Vlachtis As in previous years, the standard of presentation was very high and the evening was much enjoyed by the audience. All the presenters were commended for their papers and contributing to the success of the evening. The judges then calculated their scores and announced the winners:-
Prior to the meeting an informal dinner was held
in the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre in honour of all four candidates and they were
entertained by members and guests of the Section.
A Joint Meeting with the Section of Anaesthesia of the Manchester Medical Society and the Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists was held on Thursday 14th March 2002 at 8.15 pm. The Section of Anaesthesia of the Manchester Medical Society hosted the meeting this year and it took place in the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, University of Manchester. A dinner was held prior to the meeting also in the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre, when members of the Section of Anaesthesia entertained their Liverpool guests. The Manchester President, Dr E L Horsman, introduced the Liverpool and Manchester speakers as follows:- Professor M Leuwer (Professor of Anaesthesia, Arrowe Park Hospital) "Substituted phenols in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine" Professor Leuwer gave a stimulating address concerning the current place of substituted phenols in anaesthetic practice together with the potential of such compounds for the future. He illustrated his themes with reference to his considerable research activity past, present and future. Dr D Lord (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital) "The management of thermal injury in children. Past, present and future" Dr Lord both entertained and educated the meeting with a thought-provoking history of the development of the paediatric burns unit based at Booth Hall Children's Hospital, its current status and potential for future development. In a typically understated manner, he described how Manchester has been at the forefront nationally in the development and practice of the care of critically ill children with severe burns. Both lectures were of the highest standard and were greeted with enthusiastic applause. Dr Horsman thanked the speakers and members of the Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists for gracing the Section of Anaesthesia with their presence and wished them a safe journey home.
The final lecture of the 2001/2002 session of the Section of Anaesthesia of the Manchester Medical Society was held on Thursday 25th April 2002 at 8.15 pm. This lecture was the Section’s ‘Out of Town Meeting’ and was held in the Postgraduate Medical Centre, Trafford General Hospital, Trafford. The President, Dr E L Horsman, sent her apologies and in her absence Dr M Fryer, President-Elect, chaired the meeting. Dr Fryer gave a vote of thanks to Dr Pocklington for organising the meeting at Trafford and then introduced the evening’s speaker:- Dr D G Bogod "Stabbed in the back: medicolegal
implications of Dr Bogod has had a medicolegal practice for nine years and has provided reports in over 200 cases during that time. In 1992-3, he was the anaesthetic advisor on an Enquiry Panel investigating an anesthetic death in a hospital in Kent and in 1999 the external assessor on a disciplinary panel. His lecture began with an overview of the concept of negligence and then a summary of a database of around 200 claims following regional anaesthesia. He explored the common features of these and examined some examples in detail. The talk ended with some timely hints on how to avoid becoming the subject of an action for medical negligence. The meeting was extremely well attended and the audiences enjoyed an erudite and entertaining talk. A vote of thanks to Dr Bogod came from Dr Brian Greenwood, Consultant Anaesthetist at Trafford General Hospital. Prior to the meeting an appetizing buffet was enjoyed by members and guests of the Section, courtesy of the sponsors, Vygon (UK) Ltd, Eli Lilly, Beacon Pharmaceuticals, Napp and Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
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