Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc.
Continuing Education for the Medical Professional
Presents
Giant Strides in Anesthesia
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
October 3-8, 2010

LOCATION

TARGET AUDIENCE

ACCOMMODATIONS

PROGRAM PURPOSE

HOTEL RESERVATION

OBJECTIVES

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

FACULTY

ACCREDITATION

FAP

COURSE REGISTRATION


Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Close your eyes and imagine the Caribbean as it must have been 30 years ago. Clean, unhurried, and unspoiled. Pristine living reefs teeming with fish. Gentle tradewinds. People as warm and friendly as the tropical sun. Now open your eyes and discover Bonaire today - one of the last unspoiled islands in the Caribbean. Bonaire has the reputation of being laid back, slower paced, and very tranquil. The good news is that while this is all quite true, the island also offers a lively nightlife, fun places to visit, and world class restaurants with cuisines ranging from Italian and Lebanese to Antillean, American, and Indonesian. Watches, gold jewelry, Dutch cheese, cigars, and fine china can be found at reasonable prices. Other activities to be enjoyed by visitors are cycling and nature tours through the "kunuku" or outback. Bird watching is a rewarding past time here. Enjoy the thrill of catching glimpses of almost two hundred species of birds including Bonaire's signature bird, the pink flamingo. Visitors to the Washington/Slagbaai National Park will be transfixed with unbelievable landscapes and beautiful vistas filled with many varieties of cacti, divi-divi trees, and wildlife, including semi-tame iguanas. Spelunking, deep-sea fishing, sailing, windsurfing, swimming, tennis, and parasailing are among the many activities offered by this very special island. Of course Bonaire is best known for it's world famous diving in crystal clear water! For the diver or those wishing to take up this fascinating sport, Bonaire offers the ultimate in Caribbean diving. From shallow beach dives to awesome walls, Bonaire offers an unmatched assortment of spectacular reefs, tunnels, cliffs, corals of every description, and sea life beyond compare. The water is calm and the visibility is almost unlimited. Air and water temperatures of 82 degrees makes wet suits unnecessary. When you first come to the island, you are a visitor, but when you leave, you are a friend.
 
Plaza Resort Bonaire

The Plaza Resort Bonaire is the premiere scuba diving resort in the southern Caribbean. Enchanted by more than 300,000 tropical plants and trees, the Resort occupies over 12 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds. A private marina is lined by spacious villas and suites, and a pearl-white beach stretches from one end of the property to the other. All this gives guests the privacy and peace they've come here for. As the resort's staff caters to your every need, you are free to devote all of your energy to relaxation and enjoyment. Rooms are equipped with cable TV, phone, in-room safe, air conditioning, modern bathroom, and mini fridge. Guests can choose among any of three restaurants and two bars on the property. The Plaza Resort also contains a relaxing seaside pool, fitness center, tennis courts, beauty shop, jogging track, kids club, gift shop, boutique, and on premises car rentals. A multitude of water sports options are available including boating, water skiing, knee boarding, windsurfing, snorkeling, and even parasailing.

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Package Includes:

7 nights deluxe accommodations
Government room tax and service charge
Daily Breakfast Buffet
Airport to Hotel transfer
12 boat day dives (when booking at the Diver Rate)
Unlimited air for shore dives (when booking at the Diver Rate)

For rooms call us at (800) 222-6927
 
email info@nwas.com
Call toll free (800) 222-6927 • Outside U.S. (509) 547-7065

TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is designed for Physicians, CRNAs, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional related disciplines which may impact it.

PROGRAM PURPOSE:
The practitioner of anesthesiology must possess the scientific background for clinical practice; maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional related disciplines which may impact it; maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care; manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in the clinical setting, the clinical and educational institutions, and the community in which the practice resides; serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery; serve as an informed manager of clinical and educational services provided, including the acquisition and distribution of resources necessary in meeting professional goals; and provide assistance with and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon the professional expertise of the practitioner. Presentations are designed to facilitate the physician, nurse specialist, and other providers maintaining skills of the same kind to review and update knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practicing professional.

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 physico-chemical 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.

Incorporate the appropriate recommendations and/or requirements of pertinent external organizations, institutions, and professional groups - recognized as serving as the authority for and/or holding the responsibility to compile and approve such tenets - in the provision of anesthesia and related services, whether medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, or health care management standards.

Apply the new techniques in the clinical setting of the participant.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Giant Strides in Anesthesia
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
October 3-8, 2010
Sunday, October 3
0745 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
0815 Welcome NWAS Staff
0830 Perioperative Fluid Therapy for Major Elective Surgery: Does Fluid Minimization Improve Outcome? G.Joshi
0930 Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Are They Suitable for Ambulatory Surgery G.Joshi
1030 Break
1045 Pediatric Anesthesia: What's the Big Deal? B.Miller
1145 Pressors: Vasopressin and Others S.Lowson
1245 Adjourn
1400 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
 
Monday, October 4
0745 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
0800 Steroids and Surgery S.Lowson
0900 Should We Avoid Etomidate in ICU Patients? S.Lowson
1000 Break
1015 Patients with Automated Implantable Cardiac Devices: Are They Suitable for Ambulatory Surgery? G.Joshi
1115 Pediatric Anesthesia: Airway Management B.Miller
1215 Adjourn
1400 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
 
Tuesday, October 5
0745 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
0800 Pediatric Anesthesia: Common Perioperative Problems and Complications B.Miller
0900 Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery G.Joshi
1000 Break
1015 Intraoperative Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery G.Joshi
1115 Ventilator Induced Lung Injury S.Lowson
1215 Adjourn
1400 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
 
Wednesday, October 6 - Open Day
0800 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
1730 Boats depart for optional night dive (extra fee applies)
 
Thursday, October 7
0745 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
0800 Pediatric Anesthesia "Kiddie" Caudals/Epidural Catheter Placement and Management B.Miller
0900 Postoperative Pain Management for Ambulatory Surgery G.Joshi
1000 Break
1015 Volume Resuscitation S.Lowson
1115 Massive Blood Transfusion S.Lowson
1215 Adjourn
1400 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
 
Friday, October 8
0800 Boats depart for 2 dives (Optional dive package)
1430 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
1445 Perioperative Goal Directed Therapy S.Lowson
1545 Pediatric Anesthesia: Central Line Placement and Management B.Miller
1645 Glycemic Management During Ambulatory Surgery: Do We Need Tight Control? G.Joshi
1745 Ambulatory Surgery in a Patient with Coronary Stents G.Joshi
1845 Adjourn 20 CME I / 20 CEC

FACULTY
Girish P. Joshi, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Stuart Lowson, MD, BSc, MBBs, MRCP, FRCA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Surgical/Trauma ICU
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

Blaine R. Miller, DO, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Saint Paul, Minnesota

ACCREDITATION:
The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas and Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc. The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Assistants AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

CME certificates will be mailed following completion of the course.

AANA approved for 20 CEC Code #33175 EXP DATE 7/30/2010

NWAS is an approved provider by the California and Florida State Boards of Nursing, Provider number #04833 and 50-7480 respectively. This program offers 20 contact hours.

COURSE DIRECTOR: Mark Murphy, MD Anesthesiologist and Medical Director, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc., Pasco, Washington

COURSE CANCELLATION BY PROVIDER:
We reserve the right to cancel a course for any reason. In such case, a minimum of 30 days notice will be given to those registered and 100% of tuition paid will be refunded. NWAS and NW-WWT will not be responsible for any non-refundable airfare, hotel, or other liabilities you may incur. We highly recommend purchase of travel insurance.

SCHEDULE AND FACULTY CHANGES:
Factors beyond our control sometimes necessitate changes in the schedule and faculty. If time permits, we will inform all registrants of any changes prior to the program. Changes on site due to local conditions will be announced in class.

FAP: (Frequent Attendee Points)
FAP lets you accumulate points based on dollars spent with NWAS including net cruise, net hotel, and tuition booked through NWAS (but not air). These points can then be redeemed for tuition. A great program to reward you for supporting NWAS!

Lecture notes will be provided on a CD in PDF format.

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