The Warming Update 2013 webinar was designed to provide a forum for the latest thinking from leading anaesthetists, in an effort to increase awareness of patient warming. SUZANNE CALLANDER reports.
Preventive measures to avoid hypothermia in patients during surgery, such as preoperative patient warming and active warming during surgery, have demonstrated a good effect on avoiding inadvertent hypothermia,1 which is a common side effect of surgical procedures because managing a patient’s core body temperature after the induction of anaesthesia can be a challenge.2
The second Warming Update webinar, organised by Mölnlycke Health Care, brought together experts on the subject to discuss the latest thinking, to present research results and for leading anaesthetists to express their views on the issues surrounding patient warming.
The event focused on prewarming and was aimed at anaesthetists, anaesthetic nurses and ODPs (operating department practitioners), operating room managers, pre-op and post-op teams and anyone else with a keen interest in patient warming.
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