PAEDIATRIC AIRWAY AND SIMULATION WORKSHOP
28th February 2023
Report by Dr Ruwaida Binti Isa
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department of Hospital Tunku Azizah Kuala Lumpur in collaboration with Malaysian Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists was privileged to organise a day workshop on Paediatric Airway and Simulation which was held on 28th February 2023 at Hospital Tunku Azizah.
Children are different from adults in many aspects of airway management. Incidence of unexpected difficult airway management in children is low, but early recognition and anticipated difficulty in managing the airway is important . However due to centralisation of paediatric patients coming for surgery to tertiary referral hospital, it has led to minimal exposure and experience of handling paediatric patients in other general hospitals.
The objective of the workshop is to refresh and update skills in managing paediatric airway as well as difficult vascular access using Ultrasound Guided technique. It consist of lectures, perioperative airway crisis simulation and skill station with different types of airway adjuncts and advance airway equipment.
The facilitors for this workshop consist of Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologists and Consultant Anaesthesiologist who are expert in conducting simulation of airway crisis – scenario. They are from different medical facilities which include Private sector, Universities and MOH hospital with a mission to educate and share their knowledge and skills to the young generation. Thirty participants majority are from Klang Valley has attended this workshop and gained knowledge on tips and updates on handling difficult paediatric airway which is useful for their daily clinical practices at their respectives hospital.There will always room for improvent and with this event, the participation of different equipment company with their latest gadgets exposed those participants with the new technology.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all the facilitators for making the workshop a huge success : Prof. Dr Felicia Lim Siew Kiau (Pusat Perubatan University Kebangsaan Malaysia), Prof Dr Ina ismiarti shariffudin(University Malaya Medical Centre), Dr Thavaranjitham (Asunta Hospital), Dr Noorulhana Sukarnakadi Hadzarami( Hospital Kuala Lumpur), Dr Rajeswary Kanathipillai (Hospital Tunku Jaafar,), Dr Hamidah Ismail (Sunway Medical Centre ), Dr Wong Wai Hong (Sunway Medical Centre), Dr Teo Shu Ching (Hospital Umum Sarawak) , Dr Nurhafiizhoh Abd Hamid (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah) and Dr Sivaraj Chandran (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah). The knowledge, experience and skills that were passed down to the juniors doctors were highly appreciated and definitely benefited.
