27 FEB 2026 | 8.00 – 14.00
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS IN OPERATING THEATER, RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
MODERATORS: AGNESE OZOLIŅA, ANNA JUNGA

GROUP 1 – REAL BLOCKS ON A PATIENT ACUTE PAIN SERVICE | DEMONSTRATOR: OĻEGS GUTŅIKOVS

GROUP 2 – REAL BLOCKS ON A PATIENT ACUTE PAIN SERVICE | DEMONSTRATOR: INTA ČERŅAVSKA

GROUP 3 – HIP BLOCKS ON A MODEL | EXPERT: ERIC ALBRECHT

GROUP 4 – THORACIC AND LUMBAR PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCKS ON A MODEL | EXPERT: STEVE COPPENS

GROUP 5 – RESCUE BLOCKS FOR UPPER EXTREMITY ON A MODEL | DEMONSTRATOR: LAIMA VALENTĪNA STACEVIČA

• PARTICIPANTS ARE DIVIDED INTO 5 GROUPS
• 10–12 PEOPLE IN EACH GROUP
• EACH WORKSHOP LASTS 60 MINUTES

28 FEB 2026 | 09.40 – 17.15
CONFERENCE AT AC HOTEL BY MARRIOTT RIGA

09.00–09.40 — REGISTRATION

09.40–09.45 — CONFERENCE OPENING | AGNESE OZOLIŅA

09.45–10.00 — IN EMERGENCIES: TIME TO BLOCK OR TIME WASTED? | ALEKSEJS VIŠŅAKOVS

GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF REGIONAL TECHNIQUES IN EMERGENCIES
CHAIRPERSONS: SIGITA KAZUNE, INTA ČERŅAVSKA

10.00–10.15 — ROLE OF ACUTE PAIN SERVICES IN EMERGENCIES – FAST PAIN RELIEF WITHOUT OPIOIDS | OĻEGS GUTŅIKOVS

10.15–10.30 — TYPE, DOSE AND CONCENTRATION OF LOCAL ANAESTHETIC IN EMERGENCIES – DOES IT MATTERS? | ANNA JUNGA

10.30–11.00 — REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IS SAFE IN EMERGENCIES CONTRA | SIGITA KAZŪNE


11.00–11.15 — TO BLOCK OR NOT TO BLOCK HEMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE PATIENTS | INTA ČERŅAVSKA

11.15–11.30 — ADJUVANTS FOR REGIONAL BLOCKS IN EMERGENCIES | ERIC ALBRECHT

11.30–12.00 — DISCUSSION | ALL SPEAKERS

12.00–12.30 — COFFEE BREAK

REGIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ACUTE ABDOMINAL PATIENTS
CHAIRPERSONS: HARALDS PLAUDIS, STEVE COPPENS

12.30–12.50 — EARLY EPIDURAL ANALGESIA IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS: WHEN IT IS SAFE?
ANAESTHESIOLOGIST OPINION | OĻEGS GUTŅIKOVS
SURGEON OPINION | JĀNIS PĀVULĀNS

12.50–13.05 — FASCIAL PLANE BLOCKS: FACTS AND MYTHS | STEVE COPPENS

13.05–13.20 — IS THERE A PLACE FOR PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK IN ABDOMINAL TRAUMA? | ANNA PLŪDE

13.20–13.35 — URGENT VASCULAR SURGERY – TO DO OR NOT TO DO THE REGIONAL BLOCK? | KASPARS ŠĒLTERS

13.35–14.00 — DISCUSSION | ALL SPEAKERS

14.00–15.00 — LUNCH BREAK

REGIONAL TECHNIQUES IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
CHAIRPERSONS: AGNESE OZOLIŅA, ERIC ALBRECHT

15.00–15.15 — ERECTOR SPINE PLANE BLOCK TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE FOR MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES? | STEVE COPPENS

15.15–15.30 — FASCIA ILIACA AND BEYOND: BEST BLOCKS FOR HIP FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY | AGNESE OZOLIŅA

15.30–15.45 — REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA FOR SEAMLESS SHOULDER REPOSITIONS | OĻEGS GUTŅIKOVS

15.45–16.15 — PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK DOES NOT MASK COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
YES IT DOES | JĀNIS PAVULĀNS
NO, IT DOES NOT | ERIC ALBRECHT

16.15–17.00 — DISCUSSION | ALL SPEAKERS

17.00–17.30 — CLOSING REMARKS