The non- profit organization Kybele in cooperation with the University Clinical Center Tuzla, Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics are hosting the Sixth School of Obstetric Anesthesia that is dedicated to improving childbirth safety worldwide. On the occasion our hospital visited experts in the field of obstetric anesthesiology from the United States. During their visit to Tuzla, Kybele team members are providing hands-on training in obstetric anesthesia techniques, with emphasis on using regional anesthesia and analgesia during labor and delivery.
The participants of this training are anesthesiologists from Tuzla, Bihać, Znica, Travnik and Sarajevo.
Prof. Dr. Ivan Veličković, anesthesiologist at Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA expressed his satisfaction with the results of training and said that the University Clinical Center Tuzla became regional training center for analgesia during delivery and regional anesthesia for Caesarean section delivery. “After a cycle of five trainings including this sixth school, anesthesiologists at the University Clinical Center Tuzla became skilled to perform over 1000 procedures in regional anesthesia. Regional anesthesia received patients candidates for C- section, as well as those patients who have had normal delivery. Also, spinal and epidural opioids have been introduced in the postoperative pain management.” said Prof.Dr. Veličković.
The chief of anesthesia at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics Prim. Dr. Senida Keser explained that the incidence of C- sections performed in regional anesthesia is 52%, while pain- reliving deliveries were 16%. Dr. Keser also said that not all patients are candidates for pain management techniques in delivery because some patients may have diseases that require careful approaches.
The leaders of this School expressed their overall satisfaction with the cooperation among anesthesiologists, gynecologists, neonatologists and midwives at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics because the ultimate goal is to include regional anesthesia in standard childbirth procedures.