24th St.Gallen Airway Management Symposium — 14.11. - 15.11.2025 St.Gallen Symposium/congress
We cordially invite you to the St.Gallen Airway Management Symposium, which is taking place for the 24th time this year.
Key information
| Date | 14.11.2025: 13:00 - 18:00 Uhr 15.11.2025: 08:15 - 18:15 Uhr |
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| Town | St.Gallen |
| Venue | Hotel Einstein |
| Organiser | |
| Target group | Specialists in anesthesiology Specialists in intensive care medicine Residents in anesthesiology Residents in intensive care medicine Emergency physicians Nurses in anesthesiology Nurses in intensive care medicine |
| Credits | SSAPM: lectures: 10 credits
SSAPM: workshops: 4 credits SGNOR: lectures: 8 credits SGNOR: workshops: 4 credits |
| Cost | Lectures: CHF 350.- Lectures with workshops «Airway Management»*: CHF 590.- *lunch included on Saturday |
Description
Dear colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to the 24th St.Gallen Airway Management Symposium. It is the established Swiss platform for experts who deal with the challenges and further developments in airway management.
Despite standardised algorithms and technological advances, the management of the “Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate” (CICO) situation remains one of the few emergencies that can make the difference between life and death within minutes. The evidence shows that training, decision-making under pressure and interdisciplinary dialogue remain essential in order to take the right measures in these moments.
Even experienced anaesthetists know: No algorithm can cover every situation. Anatomical variations, unpredictable dynamics and time pressure require not only technical expertise, but also adaptive strategies. The paradigm shifts in recent years – from classic laryngoscopy to video-based procedures, from individual decisions to team-based emergency concepts – show that continuous training remains crucial. The exchange with experts enables questioning proven concepts, discuss new techniques and thus further optimise care.
The Symposium 2025 will once again bring together national and international opinion leaders. Topics will include evidence-based state-of-the-art updates on supraglottic and infraglottic techniques, new developments in video laryngoscopy and fibreoptic intubation, decision-making algorithms for the management of difficult airways, cognitive strategies for high-stakes situations, lessons learned from real-life incidents and much more.
With a focused and practical programme, we provide you with valuable impulses for everyday clinical practice. We look very much forward to exchanging ideas with you!
Sincerely,
Prof Markus Lüdi, MD
Prof Thomas Heidegger, MD
Registration
Please register for the event via the button below.
Please hand in your cancellation in writing (email: an.kurse@h-och.ch). Annulation fees vary depending on the date of cancellation:
less than 10 weeks before the symposium: 25% of the symposium fees
less than 4 weeks before the symposium: 50% of the symposium fees
less than 1 week beforde the symposium: full symposium fees
Registration
Schedule
Lectures Friday afternoon, 14.11.2025
Airway management education: what’s fresh, what’s next? | Dr. med. Emilie Martinoni Hoogenboom |
What are editors looking for in airway management papers? | Prof. Dr. med. Takashi Asai |
Failed fiberoptic intubation – airplane crash or safe landing? | Dr. med. Kjetil A.H. Karlsen |
ECMO based airway management: dos and don’ts in 2025 | Prof. Dr. med. Gabriele Casso |
Specific challenges of airway management in the ICU | Prof. Dr. med. Audrey De Jong |
Deskilling, upskilling, and reskilling: a case for hybrid intelligence | Dr. Janet Rafner |
Airway management in neonates: children are different from adults, and neonates are different from children | Prof. Dr. med. Takashi Asai |
Decision making and outcomes during the process of difficult airway management | Prof. Dr. med. Yvon F. Bryan |
Lectures Saturday morning, 15.11.2025
Lung volume reduction surgery – state of the art & must knows for anaesthesiologists | Prof. Dr. med. Corinna Ludwig |
What’s the best drug for sedation? | Prof. Dr. med. Michel Struys |
Cervical spine trauma: must-knows for airway management | Dr. med. Benjamin Martens |
When heroes stumble – an x-file in airway management | Dr. med. Thomas Arnold |
What is difficult videolaryngoscopy and how to cope with it? | PD Dr. med. Martin Petzoldt |
Early restrictive vs liberal oxygen for trauma patients | Prof. Dr. med. Roland Albrecht |
Sugammadex and management of the difficult airway | Prof. Dr. med. Thierry Girard |
Workshops Saturday afternoon, 15.11.2025
Videolaryngoskopie | Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Knapp |
Koniotomie | med. pract. Samuel Meili Dr. med. Fabrice Savaria |
Fiberoptische Intubation: Tipps und Tricks | med. pract. Amanda Bischof |
Kinderairway | Dr. med. Martin Hölzle |
Tubuswechsel | Dr. med. Claudia Gmür |
Jetbeatmung und Ventrain | Dr. med. Daniel Heisenberg Daniel Kora |
Gastric ultrasound | Dr. med. Sascha Bättig Dr. med. Roman Meierhans |
THRIVE | Dr. med. Barbara Spicher |
Information
Speakers
Prof. Dr. med. | Konsiliararzt Operative Intensivmedizin, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. | Co-Chefarzt, Klinik für Anästhesie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern (CH) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi (JP) |
Dr. med. | Assistenzarzt, Anästhesiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich (CH) |
med. pract. | Oberärztin mbF, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH (USA) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Vice primario – cardioanestesia e cure intense |
Prof. Dr. med. | Head of the Unit of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Saint-Eloi, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier (FR) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Chefarzt und Stv. Leiter, Anästhesiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel (CH) |
Dr. med. | Oberärztin, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Spital Grabs, Grabs (CH) |
Dr. med. | Leitender Arzt, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. Martin Hölzle | Leitender Arzt, Anästhesiologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern (CH) |
Dr. med. | Oberärztin i.V., Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. Manuela | Leitende Ärztin, Kinderanästhesie Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. | Head of department, Department of Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Services, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim (NO) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Oberarzt mbF, Anästhesiologe, Universitätsspital Bern, Bern (CH) |
Daniel Kora | Stv. Ressortleiter, Anästhesiepflege, Anästhesiologie , HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Leitende Ärztin, Thoraxchirurgie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. | Co-Leitung / Leitender Arzt, Klinik für Orthopädie und Traumatologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. | Consultant Anaesthetist, Lead for Thoracic Anaesthesia, University College London Hospitals, London (UK) |
Dr. med. | Leitender Arzt, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur (CH) |
med. pract. | Assistenzarzt, HNO-Klinik, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen (CH) |
PD Dr. med. | Oberarzt, "Zentrum für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie", Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg (DE) |
Dr. Janet Rafner | Junior Center Director, Center for Hybrid Intelligence, Department of Management, School Business and Social Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus (DK) |
Dr. med. | Oberarzt mbF, HNO-KlinikKantonsspital St.Gallen St.Gallen (CH) |
Dr. med. | Oberärztin, Anästhesie, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Bern (CH) |
Prof. Dr. med. | Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen (NL) |
Scientific board
Prof. Dr. med. | Klinikdirektor / Chefarzt St.Gallen, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen |
Prof. Dr. med. | Chefarzt Grabs und Altstätten, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Spital Grabs |
Dr. med. | Leitender Arzt, Anästhesiologie, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St.Gallen |
Getting here
Venue
Einstein St.Gallen | Hotel – Congress – Wellness
Overnight stay
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Contact
Kontakt
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