2-Day Advanced Suturing and Difficult Airway Workshop (Oct 16 - 17, 2026) - Orlando

2-Day Advanced Suturing and Difficult Airway Workshop is organized by Provider Practice Essentials (PPE), LLC and will be held from Oct 16 - 17, 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 your skills
• 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
• Airway equipment
• Laryngoscopes
• Fiberoptic and Video Scopes
• Intubating LMA
• Discussion of pharmacology options
• Comparison of sedative hypnotics and anxiolytics
• Paralytic selection and safe use
• Optimal dosing and other uses

Difficult Airway Equipment and Management

• Difficult airway algorithm and management
• Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
• Laryngeal mask airway
• Video laryngoscope
• Application of the difficult airway algorithm
• Decision making for crash, routine, difficult, and failed scenarios
• Surgical airway indications and procedure

Day 2 Afternoon
Individual Patient Scenarios and Wrap-Up

• Simulated patient scenarios
• Intubation with video laryngoscopy
• Hands-On airway procedure lab
• Individual review with instructor
• Certification Examination
• Workshop ends no later than 3pm

A combination of up-to-date didactics and hands-on training.
This program includes a combination of LIVE and INTERACTIVE didactic sessions and HANDS-ON Procedure training on high quality simulators.  Group participation is encouraged and – WE MAKE IT FUN!  Procedures tie together concepts and techniques taught in the didactic sessions.

Airway training with common, standard laryngoscope and video laryngoscope equipment.
We make It easy for you!  Small group and individual skills practice and coaching is included.

Workshop includes a suture simulator and all equipment.
All attendees receive a custom PPE advanced suture simulator (with all instruments and suture materials), tote bag and pen.

Online access to our Clinical Toolkit
Enjoy a full year of FREE access to The Clinical Toolkit – a multimedia online reference library for common conditions you should know, along with all of the videos and slides for this program.  This subscription will renew annually after your first year, and you can opt out of renewals at any time.

Informal Instruction and Engaging Faculty.
Dress comfortably and leave your anxiety at the door!  Our engaging staff are experts at all of our topics and ready to share their experience with you!