Our ‘as live’ coverage of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) conference gets off to a compelling start with a conversation about “trauma informed birth”. Is it time to address some of the unusual and potentially traumatizing aspects of this area of healthcare?

Presented by Desiree Chappell, TopMedTalk co-editor in Chief and Monty Mythen, TopMedTalk’s founder, with Cheryl Parker, Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia, University of Louisville.

More about SOAP here: https://www.soap.org/

A panel discussion chaired by Denny Levett, Professor in Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Southampton and a Consultant in Perioperative Medicine at Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation trust (UHS) and featuring; Andrew Davies, Consultant in upper gastro-intestinal surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Hospital Trust, Heather Gill, a vascular surgeon at McGill University and Research Chair for the Canadian Society of vascular surgery, Gerry Danjoux, consultant in Anaesthesia and Sleep Medicine at South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, Chelsia Gillis, Assistant Professor in the School of Human Nutrition in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University and Liam Humphreys, Senior Research Fellow and lead of the Living Well with Chronic Disease research theme at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.

Liam’s presentation is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/behavioural-change-vs-psychological-interventions-which-is-key-in-prehabilitation-prehabilitation-world-congress

Chelsia’s presentation is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/prehab-initiative-standardisation-of-screening-assessment-interventions-and-outcomes-prehabilitation-world-congress

Andrew’s presentation is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/should-we-delay-surgery-for-prehabilitation-prehabilitation-world-congress