Latest Research in Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Patient Safety Unveiled
The latest medical research, equipment and techniques for providing safe anesthesia and pain management care to patients will be unveiled when the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) holds its annual meeting on October 13-17, 2001, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Members of the media are invited to report on the many notable scientific presentations that have direct bearing on their community's health and safe anesthesia care.
Topics of public interest to be discussed include:
-- Some of the first data showing a direct link between herbal use and surgical complications.-- With pinpoint accuracy, anesthesiologists deliver effective and long-term lower back pain treatment. -- An effective treatment saves trauma patients: it is suspended animation.-- New techniques for working in deep water or deep space are being developed on terra firma.-- Fetal surgery: What happens when it involves three patients at the same time?
During the meeting a press room will be set up in the Morial Convention Center, room 283-284. The press room will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 13, through Wednesday, October 17. The media can call the press room during the dates of the annual meeting at (504) 670-6512. Before the meeting, ASA staff members can be contacted by e-mail, [email protected] or by calling (847) 825-5586.
The ASA Annual Meeting media kit is now available to download in pdf from the ASA Web site, http://www.asahq.org/Media/mediareg.htm All scientific abstracts are available on the Web http://www.asa-abstracts.com.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists represents more than 36,000 physicians dedicated to patient safety and quality medical care. Founded in 1905, ASA is a scientific and educational association of anesthesiologists that was organized to advance the practice of anesthesiology and to improve the quality of care of the anesthetized patient. It is the largest organization of anesthesiologists in the world.
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