Current Anesthesia Practice (Sep 18 - 21, 2017)

Current Anesthesia Practice is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and would be held during Sep 18 - 21, 2017 at Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock, Sedona, Arizona, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event are physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it. This CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Conference Objectives :
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
• Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences—to include but not be limited to advanced anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and social sciences—as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of anesthesia and related services inherent in the anesthesia professions.
• Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, and contraindications and precautions of presented pharmacological agents through the understanding of their physicochemical properties, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, updated uses, and more recently developed additional, related, and similar drugs.
• Outline comprehensive management plans for the group of patients discussed, whether related in age, physical status, cultural background, invasive procedure, anesthetic or analgesic requirements, clinical setting, adverse reactions, and/or goals of care.
• Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of anesthetic procedures and administrations, equipment use, and other applications encountered during the provision of anesthesia and analgesia whether in the surgical unit, the labor and delivery suite, the pain management clinic, or other more remote location of anesthetizing services.