2nd Department of Anestesiology nad Intensive Medicine

History of 2nd department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine

2nddpt. Anesthesiology and Intensive medicine was established on 3rd Sept. 2008 after the agreement of Medical Faculty, ComeniusUniversity, in Bratislava (dean prof. P. Labaš, MD,PhD) and St. Elizabeths Cancer Institute (director ,prof. J. Kaušitz, CSc. ). The initiative was put by assoc. Prof. Roman Zahorec, MD,CSc. who tried to create a new – seconddpt. of Anesthesiology and Intensivemedicine , MedicalFaculty, Comenius University especially for foreign students in the 4thclass of general medicine, and for students of Dentistry as well. The main ideas why to develop 2nd Dpt.of AIM were to support pre-gradual education of anesthesiology and intensive medicine on Medical School of Comenius University, create a teaching center also for postgradual education for young physicians who would like to be anesthetists and intensivists and support science and research on the field of anesthesiology and intensivemedicine.

PREGRADUAL STUDY ON MEDICAL FACULTY, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY , BRATISLAVA

2nddpt. AIM provides pregradual education for medical students in several subjects.The  core medical subject is „ Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine“ for foreign medical students of 4thclass of General Medicine and Clinical Anesthesiology of slovak Medical students of 5thclass GM.

Teachers of 2nd dpt AIM have provided education also for students of Dentistry in medical subject FIRST AID both for slovak and foreign students as well.

Students who are deeply interested in medical discipline Anesthesiology and

Intensive medicine may voluntary work on the clinic, and continue as a diploma work. Each academic year we are conducting 3-6 diploma students. Up to date more then 40 medical students had successful defence of diploma work from anethesiology and intensive  medicine.Many of them have continued in their professional life and become ananesthesiologist.

SCIENCE and CLINICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2nd dpt AIM has a long history of clinical research on the field of Sepsis in cancer patients.We developed a panel of biomarkers o fsepsis for clinical monitoring of sepsis syndrom and evaluation of systemic inflammatory response syndrom. We established a clinical protocol for early diagnosis and early treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock based on good clinical practice and Surviving Sepsis Campaign.

2nd dpt. of AIM have reached big progress on the medical discipline of intensive pre – and postoperative care after major oncological surgery including fluid therapy, hemodynamic monitoring and cardiovascular support, managment of anemia and severe bleeding, monitoring of SIRS ,nutrition, acute analgesia, prehabilitation and rehabilitation.We deveveloped a clinical protocol about patients undergoing longlasting maxilofacialsurgery under the prolonged general anesthesia.

We did a big progress on there search  of difficult airway managment.

POSTGRADUAL STUDY FOR M.D. SPECIALIZED IN ANESTHESIOLOGY and

INTENSIVE MEDICINE

Ministry of Health of Slovak republic issued accreditation for Medical  Faculty of Comenius University to be  education all authority for Postgradual Study for Medical Doctors to be Specialized in medical  discipline Anesthesiology and intensive Medicine since June17th 2014.The theoretical and practical study and education will be held on three dpts of anesthesiology and intensive medicine,Medical School, Comenius University. The guarant of education and whole 6yrs programme was appointe dAssoc. Prof. Roman Záhorec, MD, CSc. – director of the 2nddpt. AIM,Medical School of Comenius University and St. Elizabeths Cancer Institute, Bratislava.

Now a days we provide postgradual study for twelve M.D. doctors– physicians who are prepairing to be qualified anesthetist and intensivists.

CLINICAL PRACTICE

Medical staff on 2nd dpt.Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine take care about cancer patients on the field of:

- anesthesiology

- Intensivecaremedicine

- Resuscitation

- Algesiology , acute postoperative or chronic invasive analgesia

We are providing pre-op, preanesthetic consultations for patients planned for elective oncological surgery in Ambulance of Anesthesiology in working days :

Monday 8.00 a.m. – 14.00

Tuesday 8:30 a.m. – 14:00

Wednsday 8:30 a.m. – 14:00

Thirsday 8:30 a.m. – 14:00

Friday 8:00 a.m. – 13:00

Anesthetic care

Anesthetic care including all procedures of general and regional anesthesia is providing on operating  rooms for pts undergoing oncological surgery, onco-gynecological procedures,surgery of maxilofacialstomatology and otorinolaryngology. We are providing anesthetic care about patients undergoing brachyterapy of prostate, and short –lasting  ambulancy anesthesia for diagnostic procedures during gastroscopy, colonoscopy and invasive procedures on CT imaging.