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God Jul och Gott Nytt År från SFAI

Styrelsen för SFAI önskar er alla en riktig God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År! Tusen tack för alla fantastiska insatser under året. Vår målsättning är att allt arbete ska komma medlemmarna till godo, och vi vill därför passa på att påminna om att besvara vår enkät om vad du som narkosläkare önskar dig av SFAI.

Till alla som jobbar under helgerna säger vi ett extra stort tack. Vi vet vilken enorm insats alla våra medlemmar gör året runt!

 

 

Amanda

President’s Message to Member societies : December 2024

Dear Colleagues,
This has been a year of incredible challenges but also wonderful opportunities for WFSA and indeed the wider world. We will be sharing our 2024 annual report in early January but in the meantime, I would like to highlight a few things I am particularly proud of this year:
  • The 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists held in Singapore in March with over 5000 in-person participants. Many thanks to all of you who made this such a success. The abstracts from WCA2024 have now been published as a supplement to Anesthesia & Analgesia and can be accessed here.
  • Turning the regional Santa Cruz Declaration on Patient Blood Management into a global movement and a declaration which so far 78 Member Societies, 5 Regional Sections  and 11 global partner organisations have signed. Please continue to reach out to lauren.hyland@wfsahq.org if your Society would like to support this.
  • Our ongoing robust engagement with the World Health Organizationincluding active participation in technical fora such as the Acute Care Action Network and Global Alliance for Care of the Injured, and impactful advocacy on behalf of our global anaesthesiology family at WHO Regional Committees.
  • World Anaesthesia Day 2024 with the theme of ‘Workforce Well-being’ generated excellent online engagement with participation from colleagues in 120 countries and over 5,200 social media posts.
  • Continued delivery of our training courses and Fellowships, alongside an increased emphasis on webinars on topics ranging from well-being to critical and intensive care. I am also pleased to report excellent engagement with our WCA2026 webinars, held monthly under the leadership of the Scientific Track Co-Chairs for Marrakech.

I have had a busy travel and meeting schedule during the last six months. As well as ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 in Philadelphia and several WHO expert meetings, I have attended Member Society and regional conferences in South Africa, Tunisia, and Morocco. Many thanks to colleagues in these countries for their hospitality. I have also participated virtually in multiple conferences and other events, including the Brazilian, Lebanese and Turkish Societies’ meetings. It’s always an honour to be invited to a conference as WFSA President and be able to represent our global family.

Congratulations to the Mauritanian Society for being the latest society to join WFSA this November. Our Federation now has 142 Member Societies representing anaesthesiologists in 151 countries worldwide.

As this year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on our global anaesthesiology family and the amazing work you are doing around globe. Our thoughts are especially with those working in areas of conflict and unrest.

I hope that the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 will be happy and safe for you all. I look forward to meeting many of you in the new year, and to sharing the excitement as we get closer to the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists being held in Morocco in April 2026.

Best wishes
Professor Daniela Filipescu
WFSA President

 

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Kardiovaskulära vårmötet: Ekokardiografi inom intensivvården

I anslutning till Kardiovaskulära vårmötet den 8-9 april 2025 hålls en multidisciplinär utbildning inom ekokardiografi tillsammans med Svenska Hjärtförbundet och Swedish working group of echocardiography, med fokus på instabil hemodynamik, ökade cirkulatoriska krav vid svår sjukdom eller trauma och  primärt gravt sviktande hjärtfunktion. Läs mer på Eko på IVA eller på https://www.mkon.nu/eko2025

Amanda

Sweden Liver Week 2025

A warm welcome to attend Sweden Liver Week taking place in Gothenburg 3-5 February 2025.
Sweden Liver Week is an annual, interdisciplinary, three-day liver meeting with a focus on clinical hepatology and including basic science.

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Amanda

5th Scandinavian Intensivist Meeting 2025

Once again, intensivist from Scandinavia are invited to gather for an update and discussion of where we need to go. For everyone with an interest in intensive care medicine you know what this is and that’s it’s a must-consider for you conference planning in 2025.
The first Scandinavian Intensivist Meeting (SIM) was held in Helsinki in 2014 as an initiative to strengthen academia in Scandinavian intensive care medicine. The focus was on a thematic, single-session, low-budget meeting with short presentations, plenty of time for discussions, and a full social program. The SIM was held very successfully every second year from 2014 to 2018 in Helsinki and SSAI generously was the economic guarantee. The 2020 meeting planned in Copenhagen had to be canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. The next SIM will be held from 14 to 16 May 2025 in Copenhagen.

As always, SIM 2025 will focus on a single-track, low-key meeting with interaction, networking, and a full social program. The ACTA foundation generously supports the meeting, which means that SIM is independent of the industry, and the full meeting package for SIM 2025 was only €200 including the full social program.

All healthcare professionals and academics involved in intensive care medicine are warmly welcomed in Copenhagen on 14-16 May 2025 to be inspired and educated and to network with colleagues and friends. If you have data to share, submit an abstract for presentation, so that we may discuss your work and learn from you.

 

We’re already hard at work, so stay tuned and watch the deadlines for registration and abstract submission when we get closer to the meeting. In the meantime, feel free to check out the SIM 2025 programme.

Looking forward to meeting you in Copenhagen!

Find more info and sign-up at the SIM2025 website.

Amanda