The Counselor of health, well being Social and family of the Government of Aragon, Ricardo Oliván, opened the 25th Aragonese Congress of primary care.

-In the course of three days, developed a comprehensive and ambitious programme of scientific events, as well as different classroom training that were announced significant developments on issues such as the cardiovascular prevention or urology

– after the opening of the Congress, which was held last Thursday at 18.00 p.m., professionals and the Aragonese health service representatives discussed on the new health project for primary care in Aragon ”

Spain, November of 2011- the Counselor of health, Social Welfare and family of the Government of Aragon, Ricardo Oliván, opened on Thursday afternoonat 18.00 p.m. XXV Aragonese primary care Conference, organised by the Aragonese Federation of trade unions and associations of physicians and primary care (FASAMET). The event, which took place at the Boston Hotel in Zaragoza and developed until last Saturday, had the participation of more than 300 health professionals.

After the opening of the Congress, professionals and the Aragonese health service representatives discussed on the new health project for primary care in Aragon ”. He analysed the current situation of family medicine in the community and they have been shown the main keys to improve. For the first time the Scientific Committee of the Congress have involved members of scientific primary care and Emergency Department, as well as the Union societies doctor CesmAragón, with the intention of continuing with a formula of cooperation between all the professional organizations to develop a single Congress of all primary care Aragon.

Over three days, in which East find it became – a year-in the crosshairs health of the autonomous community and even Spain, developed a comprehensive and ambitious programme of scientific events, as well as different classroom training that were announced important developments in issues such as prevention cardiovascular or urology.
The activities are divided into two large blocks. On the one hand, the classroom training whose content focused on diseases most prevalent in primary care consultations such as heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, or depression, among many other. And on the other hand, it has organized the round table update in atrial fibrillation ” aimed at focusing on small advances, both in the technical field such as pharmacological, being held to find a more successful outcome in the medium and long term in the treatment of this arrhythmia, the most common among the population.

In addition to a large number of posters and communications, which are unpublished works on clinical cases or health topics that presented and defended congressmen during those three days in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Congress, health professionals have been unable to attend a large number of practical content workshops that are aimed recycling of certain techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the attention to the serious politraumatizado, functional dressings or insulinización.

This year, such as novelty, on Saturday 12 November throughout the morning, it has carried out a specific practice for the last year students in medicine and medical residents specializing in family and community medicine, are doing so. The activity consisted of a theoretical part which dealt with the coronary pathology and a practical part on clinical cases in emergency.

Likewise, another of the initiatives of this year, and will continue in the following editions have been meetings scheduled with the different specialties whose purpose has been to promote communication between both levels of care. On this occasion was organized a meeting with the specialty of digestive.

All Congress activities are accredited by the Commission on continuing training of the health professions of Aragon and meet the quality requirements laid down by the Diputación General de Aragón.

And for closing the Aragonese Congress of primary care, on Saturday, journalist and filmmaker Luis Alegre gave the Conference medical film ”. For its part, the rector of the University of Zaragoza, Manuel López, has been in charge of closing this traditional health meeting.