RWAC Real World Anaesthesia Course

Applications open at approximately 12pm, Tuesday 9 April on the ASA’s website.
The number of participants is limited to 20 to maximise interaction and hands-on learning.

After a COVID-enforced hiatus, this is the fourth RWAC to be held in Christchurch.

The aim of RWAC is to prepare anaesthetists for work in low- and middle-income countries (“the real world”) and a variety of humanitarian aid situations.

The course consists of a series of interactive lectures, case-based discussions, practical equipment sessions and in-theatre teaching of drawover anaesthesia. A simulation session is also planned.
Some topics include:
• Drawover equipment
• Oxygen supplies
• Ketamine and halothane
• Equipment maintenance
• Obstetric and paediatric dilemmas
• Psychological adaptation
• Ethical dilemmas
• Tropical medicine

The course has regularly been oversubscribed in the past, so places will be allocated on a “first in, first on” basis. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as possible and given instructions on how to pay the course registration fee.

For more information please contact:
RWAC Convenors:
Dr Wayne Morriss
Dr Ron Pereira