Phone: 1 (800) 222-6927 Fax: 1 (509) 547-1265
Locations
San Francisco, our most requested destination, offers travelers two built-in advantages. It's one of the most scenic cities in the world and one of the most compact. The Bay is spanned by two landmarks, the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges, and is graced by four islands, Alcatraz, Angel, Yerba Buena, and Treasure. Great cleansing drafts from the Pacific wash the city in all seasons giving it an aura of perpetual spring. Its principal attractions are the century-old cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, Mission Dolores, the pagoda-crowned Japan Center, the Victorian shopping sector known as Cow Hollow, Ocean Beach and Seal Rocks, Union Square, and North Beach.
The city has more restaurants per capita than any other in the U.S. San Francisco also supports an opera with a glittering tradition, a world-class symphony orchestra, a ballet that has won international acclaim, an annual International Film Festival, four public art museums, dozens of galleries, and legitimate theaters presenting top offerings from New York, London, and the local production circuit. The modern San Franciscan's appetite for cultural phenomena outside America has fostered a demand for geographically-disorienting experiences from heart-stopping Spanish flamenco dance to moody French noir films and ancient Mesopotamian cuisine to utterly proper English high tea.
San Francisco lies within easy driving distance to the High Sierra resorts of Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, the Monterey/Carmel peninsula, California's wine country, the Redwood Empire, and the spectacular Mendocino Coast. San Francisco's visitors have access to a wide range of sightseeing services, including bus tours, boat tours, museum tours, night club tours, personalized tours, self-guided tours, walking tours, and fishing excursions.
Marriott Fisherman's Wharf
The Marriott Fisherman's Wharf is located near popular San Francisco attractions including Golden
Gate Bridge, Ghirardelli Square, Pier 39, North Beach District, the famous Cable Cars, and more.
Experience decadent San Francisco dining on-site at Spada Restaurant. There is also a fitness center
for guests' use. Guest rooms are stylishly decorated with modern conveniences and amenities
including mini- fridge, in-room coffee and tea, daily newspaper, iron/board, high speed Internet access
(fee may apply), and hair dryer.
| Concurrent Workshop |
| Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia and Vascular Access - Friday, May 4 |
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.
Current Anesthesia Update |
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Monday, April 30 |
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| 0700 | Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast | |||
| 0725 | Welcome | NWAS Staff | ||
| 0730 | Myths in Pediatric Anesthesia | H.DeSoto | ||
| 0830 | Anesthetizing the Pediatric Patient with Coexisting Disease | H.DeSoto | ||
| 0930 | Break | |||
| 0945 | Management of the Child With the Difficult Airway | H.DeSoto | ||
| 1045 | What Does Cardiac Clearance Really Mean? | M.Murphy | ||
| 1145 | Regional Anesthesia and Anticoagulation Challenges | M.Murphy | ||
| 1245 | Adjourn | |||
Tuesday, May 1 |
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| 0700 | Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast | |||
| 0730 | Office Based Anesthesia: Challenges and Successes | H.DeSoto | ||
| 0830 | A Fire in the Operating Room: Can it Happen to Me? | H.DeSoto | ||
| 0930 | Break | |||
| 0945 | PACU Emergencies | H.DeSoto | ||
| 1045 | Traumatic Shock: The Physiologist's Point of View | L.Pelinka | ||
| 1145 | Traumatic Shock: The Anesthesia Provider's Point of View | L.Pelinka | ||
| 1245 | Adjourn | |||
Wednesday, May 2 |
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| 0700 | Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast | |||
| 0730 | Forever Young, Anesthesia in the Elderly | L.Pelinka | ||
| 0830 | Is There a Doctor or Nurse on Board this Aircraft? Challenges at 30,000 feet. | L.Pelinka | ||
| 0930 | Break | |||
| 0945 | Science in Action: Neurotrauma for the Anesthesia Provider | L.Pelinka | ||
| 1045 | Post OP Vision Loss. Can We Do Anything About It? | M.Murphy | ||
| 1145 | Dexmedetomidine. Who is Using It? | M.Murphy | ||
| 1245 | Adjourn | |||
Thursday, May 3 |
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| 0700 | Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast | |||
| 0730 | The Obesity Epidemic | M.Murphy | ||
| 0830 | Is there Anything New in PONV? | M.Murphy | ||
| 0930 | Break | |||
| 0945 | Herbs and Supplements: How they Affect our Patients | M.Murphy | ||
| 1045 | Murphy's Law: Minimizing the Risk of Anesthesia | L.Pelinka | ||
| 1145 | Case Report: What Went Wrong? | L.Pelinka | ||
| 1245 | Adjourn | 20 CME 1/ 20 CEC | ||
Friday, May 4 - Special 1-day workshop |
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| Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia and Vascular Access * | ||||
| * separate tuition and schedule applies | ||||
FACULTY
Hernando DeSoto, MD
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida, University Medical Center
Jacksonville, Florida
Mark T. Murphy, MD
Anesthesiologist
MSN Education
Austin, Texas
Medical Director
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars
Pasco, Washington
Linda Pelinka, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Lorenz Boehler Trauma Center and Ludwig Boltzmann
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Traumatology
Vienna, Austria
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 #1026089 Exp. Date 5/3/2012
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 T. Murphy, MD, MSN Education, Austin, Texas, and Medical Director, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Pasco, Washington.
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.
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.
FAP (Frequent Attendee Points)
FAP lets you accumulate points based on dollars spent with NWAS including net hotel and tuition booked through NWAS (but not air). Once you have enough points to cover a full tuition they can be redeemed for tuition (no cash value). A great program to reward you for supporting NWAS!
REGISTER EARLY
We recommend that you register early to assure your spot. We reserve the right to close registrations to a course at any time without notice. We may not be able to accommodate onsite registrations.
Lecture notes will be provided on a CD in PDF format.
Please note that children and non-registered guests are not allowed to attend the lectures. Most hotel Concierges and the cruise lines we use can provide you with childcare information.