The 2021 judges were:
Shortlisting Judges:
Dr Michael Irvine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Dr Richard Haddon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Judges – trainee oral presentations:
Dr Nicola Barber, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Christopher Sharpe, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Dr Matthew Simpson, Lister Hospital, East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Judges – trainee poster presentations:
Dr Helen Boys, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds
Dr Ping Chen, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn
Dr Tanya Smith, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Oral presentations:
First prize and Harold Youngman medal winner:
‘Hyperferritinaemia is associated with mortality and worse outcomes in patients with ARDS.’
Romit Samanta, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Honorary Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Cambridge University Hospital
Second prize:
‘Learning from mistakes: A pilot programme for formal training in central venous catheter insertion.’
Carolyn Dales, ACCS CT3 in Anaesthetics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Third prize:
‘Multidisciplinary Novice Simulations for Perioperative Care: A Novel Approach’
Emma Vallis-Booth, Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn
Poster prize winner:
‘Provision of Capnography Outside Operating Theatres and Survey of Recovery Staff’s Confidence in Using Capnograms at Bedford Hospital’
Peter Eskander, Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and ITU Bedford Hospital
Highly commended:
‘A Virtual Induction Programme – the use of computer- based technology to allow orientation to the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit’
Ashwini Virgincar, Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and ITU, West Suffolk Hospital