2-Day Advanced Suturing and Difficult Airway Workshop (Aug 14 - 15, 2026) - Orlando

2-Day Advanced Suturing and Difficult Airway Workshop is organized by Provider Practice Essentials (PPE), LLC and will be held from Aug 14 - 15, 2026 at Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Orlando International Drive/Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
Hands-on Training, CME Accredited
Small program sizes emphasize individual attention and personalized skill improvement.
An Instructor-led live CME workshop designed for NP’s, PA’s and Physicians to build confidence and proficiency in fundamental clinical skills and procedures.

Workshop Highlights:

• Build confidence in airway management
• Practice with lifelike simulators
• Earn AAPA or AAFP approved CME/CE
• Network with healthcare peers

Procedures Covered:

• Airway Assessment and Equipment
• LMA and adjunct airway placement
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Difficult airway equipment and management
• Surgical airway application and technique
• Wound assessment and suture/needle selection
• Margin revision and advanced wound repair
• Ear, nose, mouth, eyelid, and finger repair
• & More

Agenda:
Day 1 Morning

Introduction to Suturing

• Needle Types
• Suture Types
• How to select the correct suture
• Basic Laceration repair approaches
• How to load a needle driver
• Basic knot tying

Hands-On Suture and Procedure Training

• All HANDS-ON
• Interrupted Sutures
• Running Sutures
• Vertical and Horizontal Mattress Sutures
• Buried knot and multi-layer closure
• Staples
• Abscess Incision and Drainage
• Cyst Removal
• Nail Trephination

Finger, Nail, and Nail bed Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Fingernail stabilization and nail removal
• Nail Bed Injuries
• Open tuft fracture repair and flap management

Nose and Philtrum Lacerations 

• All HANDS-ON
• Nares repair
• Septal Hematoma Drainage
• Philtrum repair

Local Anesthesia and Regional Blocking

• Approaches to local wound anesthesia
• Nerve blocks of the head, face, mouth, hand, foot, and extremities
• Pharmacology of anesthetic agents

Eyelid, Periorbital, and Facial Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Learn common approaches
• Identification of dangerous lacerations
• Closure of eyelid, puncta, and surrounding eye structures

Lips, Tongue, and Chin Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Suture Selection and preparation
• Lip closure
• Tongue Laceration Management

Ear Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Lobule repair
• Tragus, helix and antihelix repair
• Cartilage repair
• Retroauricular repair

Free Laceration Repair

• All HANDS-ON
• Practice your own complicated lacerations with our expert instructors
• Program wraps up no later than 5pm

Day 2 Morning
Airway Anatomy and Assessment

• How to assess an airway
• Identification of landmarks
• Predicting a difficult airway
• Special scenarios
• Airway classification and grading

Non-Invasive and Invasive Airway Interventions

• Escalation of intervention
• Sequential oxygenation
• BIPAP
• CPAP
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Airway Adjuncts (LMA, OPA)
• Types of Invasive Management
• Equipment options
• Selection of the correct device
• Tube selection and Insertion Preparation

Induction, Intubation, and Confirmation

• Procedure organization and setup
• Stepwise airway protocols
• Anatomy
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Tube Confirmation
• Confirmatory tests
• Defining an intact airway
• How to manage a failed airway
• Hands-On Procedure Practice

Indications for Airway Management

• Clinical conditions
• Respiratory status
• Anatomy
• Predictors of airway need
• Common approaches

Airway and Pharmacology Options

• Types of airway devices
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