Suturing & Minor Procedures Conference

Suturing & Minor Procedures Conference is organized by Practitioner Education Associates (PEA), LLC and will be held on Oct 27, 2018 at Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale 17th Street Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 9.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 4.5 hours of pharmacology).

Course Description:
The courses are:
• Suturing Workshop: The Basics
• Suturing Workshop: Beyond the Basics
• Minor Office Procedures

Suturing Workshop: The Basics:
Workshop will cover wound assessment, cleansing, preparation, anesthetic techniques, suture closure techniques and post-closure wound management. Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate local anesthesia, digital blocks, simple interrupted sutures, percutaneous staples and tissue adhesives in this hands-on practicum.

Suturing Workshop: Beyond the Basics:
Workshop will include management of more complex laceration repair including dog bites, nail bed lacerations, through and through lacerations of the mouth. A variety of regional anesthetic blocks will be discussed including forehead block and mental nerve blocks. Suturing techniques that will be practiced and demonstrated will include horizontal mattress, vertical mattress, corner stitch, running, and buried knot suture techniques.

Minor Office Procedures:
This workshop will explore the performance of minor office procedures. Topics will include management of nursemaid’s elbow, release of subungual hematoma, drainage of parnoychia, splinter removal, hair-thread tourniquet removal, tick removal, ring removal, fish hook removal, cerumen removal, management of tooth fracture, incision and drainage of abscesses, and removal of foreign bodies of the eyes, ears, nose and body in this hands-on practicum.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.