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.
REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN, click here to register
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
| 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 | — |
“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.”
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.