Cadaveric Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Workshop 2017

Cadaveric Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Workshop is organized by Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education and will be held on Dec 02, 2017 at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physician/Fellow/Resident Anesthesiologists. This CME conference has been approved for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Course Overview:
This course is designed for Anesthesiologists who are seeking to advance their skills in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. This course will include lectures, hands-on workshops on fresh frozen human cadavers and live models. This course is a one-day learning opportunity for anesthesia providers with a strong emphasis on small group learning and real-time hands-on practice of regional anesthesia blocks.

Learning Objectives:
After participating in the workshop, the participant will be able to:
• Describe and discuss the principles of ultrasound
• Detect critical structures that need to be avoided to improve patient safety in regional anesthesia
• Discuss and practice needle insertion techniques for ultrasound-guided nerve blocks
• Employ ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia skills to improve block success rate and patient satisfaction
• Practice spine (neuraxial) imaging with ultrasound
• Real-time practice of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia blocks
• Recognize and describe the sonoanatomy in normal patients
• Recognize methods to identify complications of blocks with ultrasound.

Additional Details will be posted as soon as they are available