Advances in Pain Control for Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Update
Learning Objectives:

This EACTAIC webinar is designed for professionals interested in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia. It includes topics on perioperative pain management in cardiothoracic patients.

The webinar is a free educational online event addressing current evidence and best practices regarding regional anaesthesia in cardiac and thoracic surgical cases, as well as multimodal pain therapies.

Participants will learn about:
  • Effectiveness of paravertebral blockade compared to thoracic epidural blockade
  • Multimodal analgesia and ERAS
  • Opiate-free anaesthesia in thoracic surgery
  • Regional techniques in cardiac anaesthesia

REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN, click here to register

CHAIRS

Professor Gudrun Kunst
Consultant Anaesthetist & Professor of Cardiovascular Anaesthesia,
Department of Anaesthetics and Pain Therapy,
King’s College Hospital NHS FT, London, UK

Dr Anna Flo Forner
Department for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,
Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany


Programme:

Time Session Speaker
18:00 – 18:15 Integrating Multimodal Analgesia in Cardiac ERAS: Concepts and Clinical Impact Dr Anna Flo Forner
18:15 – 18:30 Introduction into Monitoring Pain During Anaesthesia Professor Anil Hormis
18:30 – 18:45 Opiate-Free Anaesthesia in Thoracic Surgery: Current Practice and Future Directions Dr Guillermo Martinez
18:45 – 19:00 Revisiting Regional Techniques in Cardiac Surgery: Potential, Pitfalls, and Progress Professor Alexander Schnabel
19:00 – 19:30 Q&A Session


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Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham, UK
Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology, Heart Centre Leipzig, Germany
Consultant Anaesthetist & Professor of Cardiovascular Anaesthesia Department of Anaesthetics and Pain Therapy, King’s College Hospital NHS FT, London, UK
Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK

“The Advances in Pain Control for Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Update, MILAN, Italy 10/12/2025 - 10/12/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications .”

“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”

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EACCME® credits

Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07. In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participant, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:

Date Credits (ECMEC®s)
10/12/2025 1.5

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.

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