Cotonou Conference 25-26th, 28th November 2009

摘要

It was a new challenge for me to take a group of UK based anaesthetists (including 3 trainees) to a French speaking West African country. The three day anaesthetic conference was attended by more than 200 anaesthesia providers, both doctors (about 50) and nurses (150+). Three of my team had never been to Africa before but the others had all worked on a Mercy Ship in the past. In fact Paul had recently finished a six month OOPE (Out Of Programme Experience) on board [1].