Based in the UK - as a resource for Anaesthesia
Worldwide
Annual Scientific Meeting of the UK
Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th
November 2006
The highly successful Edinburgh 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting was
attended by delegates from three continents.
Dr Alastair Thomson (right),
Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
won the prize for the best free paper presentation by a trainee
anaesthetist. The prize was awarded by Alaris Medical Systems and
presented by Mr Douglas Dunn, with Professor John Sear in attendance. Dr
Thomson's paper was entitled "Evaluation
of a new method of assessing depth of sedation using two-choice visual
reaction time testing on a mobile phone".
The 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting was held in the
Radisson Hotel, on the Royal Mile, half-way between Edinburgh Castle and
the Palace of Holyrood House. One of the highlights was Thursday evening
dinner, with Pipe Major Iain McDonald piping-in and addressing the haggis.
