ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010 Opening Session
Saturday, October 16
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Upper Ballroom 20A-C
Join your colleagues in anesthesiology as we launch this year’s meeting with a very special opening session. The kickoff Opening Session includes a review of 2010, special guest speakers and a lunch voucher that can be used later that day on the exhibit floor. You won’t want to miss the excitement!
2010 in Review “Oh What a Year!”
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D., President
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Join ASA President Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D., as he reflects on a year of landmark events and previews the challenges and opportunities ahead for anesthesiologists and ASA. Dr. Hannenberg’s 2010 year in review will include:
- A look at the major successes ASA has accumulated in 2010 and what this means to ASA members.
- Insight on how The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will transform the American health care landscape.
- What health care reform means to the specialty of anesthesiology and how it will impact patient care with a deep look at what anesthesiologists can do to prepare for the new Congress.
- A glance at the future of ASA and how it will improve the member experience.
- The field of anesthesiology has had many important accomplishments in 2010. Our members have achieved great things at home and abroad. Don’t miss out on this important update.
Special Guest Speaker: Jeff Skiles,
Co-Pilot of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, “The Miracle on the Hudson”
From the Cockpit to the Operating Room: Lessons from the Miracle on the Hudson
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When you’re a pilot and both your engines fail over the largest city in America, you must act quickly and independently, but you must also trust in the system that has trained you and prepared you to handle such crisis situations. Jeff Skiles’ story of the “Miracle on the Hudson” would not have had the perfect ending if not for years of training and preparation that allowed the two pilots to understand exactly what the other was doing, thus maximizing their time, communication and effectiveness. Having only met each other three days earlier, Skiles and pilot Chesley Sullenberger were able to work together as a team because they trusted in their system and training and the professionalism of everyone involved, from the air-traffic controllers to their crew. As he takes audiences through the nearly catastrophic events leading up to U.S. Airways Flight 1549’s emergency landing on the Hudson River, Skiles delivers the key lessons and principles that made the flight crew prepared, calm and confident that they would successfully land the plane.
These key lessons of safety, attention to detail, and adherence to procedure are familiar to those in the field of anesthesiology. Like the crew of flight 1549, we find ourselves in situations where time is tight and every move must be perfect. Skiles’ story of teamwork, adaptability, training and preparation is thrilling, thought-provoking, and applicable beyond the cockpit and into the operating room.
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