Regional Anesthesia Conference
Welcome
Come join us in beautiful central Pennsylvania to attend the region's premier ultrasound guided regional anesthesia course. This course is unique in that it is designed for and exclusively taught by CRNA's. Created as an introduction to the art of ultrasound guided regional anesthesia, this course will provide you with the foundation of knowledge and clinical skills necessary to begin providing safe and effective regional anesthesia upon your return to your home facility.
Lectures will cover the fundamentals of ultrasound technology and its application to regional anesthesia, appropriate and safe use of local anesthetics, and the impact of thromboprophylactic drugs on clinical practice. Ten fundamental regional techniques will be presented in detail. Each day of the conference will focus on 5 techniques divided by upper and lower body. Assessment of the clinical effectiveness of regional techniques will also be detailed.
Hands on practice sessions will be conducted in small group settings. You will scan live subjects to develop your ultrasound scanning skills and improve your identification of the sonoanatomy of the upper and lower body. You will develop your hand to eye coordination and needling skills using phantom practice mediums. Experienced staff will be available at each station to guide you and facilitate your learning.
Goals
Understand the basics of ultrasound technology and its application to the scanning of neurologic, vascular, and other anatomic structures.
Learn and recognize anatomy and sonoanatomy of the anterior trunk, and upper and lower extremities.
Demonstrate basic scanning and needling skills and techniques.
Discuss and apply ultrasound scanning and needle placement techniques to the performance of upper and lower extremity nerve blocks.
Understand the appropriate and safe use of local anesthetics for peripheral nerve blocks.
Verbalize the impact of thromboprophylactic drugs on clinical practice based on the latest ASRA recommendations.
