Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): A Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Care

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): A Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Care is organized by Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists (MSA) and will be held from Sep 07 - 08, 2019 at Conference Center At Waltham Woods, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Accreditation:
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates each live activity for the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed below. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): 
13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 2.25 credits meet the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of
Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

Regional Anesthesia Workshop for Enhanced Recovery After:
Surgery (ERAS): 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

For Nurses:
This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing at 244 CMR 5.00 for 18 contact hours. Certificates of attendance will be awarded to all partici - pants following the program. 

Description:
The course will address topics related to understand - ing all components of ERAS. ERAS concept consists of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of care and there is evidence to support certain practices in each. Across various levels of care and throughout the care process, it is important that care practitioners across the care team understand the evidence in support of ERAS and its impact to increase patient outcomes. As a relatively new way to approach patient care through a holistic model that integrates all phases of care, care practitioners will learn the value and implications of ERAS. The ERAS workshop, the US-Guided Regional Anesthesia (USGRA) workshop includes key elements of Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) relevant to all anesthesiologists practicing regional anesthesia as an important part of the ERAS protocol.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify best evidence-based practices for a successfulenhanced recovery program.
• Describe the science behind physiology and pathophysiology of ERAS.
• Recognize the importance of a team-based, interdisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Acquire a better understanding of the nuances of preoperative patient preparation, intraoperative mmanagement strategies, and postoperative care.
• Develop a better understanding of how a team approach can impact patient outcomes.
• Identify the basic principles of ultrasound anatomy for regional anesthesia.
• Describe basic and advance nerve block techniques in the interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular,
pectoral, femoral, popliteal, and truncal regions (paravertebral, TAP, fascia iliaca, erector spinous)

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