Schedule of Events: 42nd Annual Anesthesia Meeting

November 26 — November 30, 2022 | Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Event Registration Page | Meet the Speakers

Sunday, November 26, 2023

6:15 a.m. — Continental Breakfast & Welcome Desk

7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. — Preconference Workshop: Team-Building for CRNAs – 3 CE | Sam Albert, MS

Test your communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills while having fun with other CRNAs. During this 3-hour session the VCU Recreation and Wellness, Outdoor Adventure Program (OAP) will facilitate various games and activities to help further develop critical leadership and communication skills. The skills you will learn will help you work more effectively and efficiently with others. The activities are fun, but also challenging. Rarely does everyone succeed at each challenge, but everyone always learns something valuable that they can bring back to their team. People of all physical abilities are able and welcome to attend this team-building session.

Objectives:

Demonstrate communication techniques
Apply skills to work more effectively and efficiently
Utilize various problem-solving skills

SOLD OUT - Welcome Fireworks Reception

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. — Tickets Required
Contemporary Resort – California Grill – Napa Room

Monday, November 27, 2023

6:15 a.m. — Continental Breakfast & Welcome Desk

7:00 a.m. — Welcome and Opening Remarks

7:15 a.m. — The Pregnant Patient for Non-Obstetric Surgery – 1 CE | Hernando de Soto, MD

Objective: Discuss the differences in anesthesia management between the pregnant and non-pregnant patient during non-obstetric surgeries.

8:15 a.m. — I Don't Do Kids - Managing Pediatric Disease in the Adult Patient – 1 CE | Hernando de Soto, MD

Objective: Discuss the transition from the pediatric patient to the adult patient in regards to patient anesthesia management.

9:15 a.m. — Break

9:30 a.m. — Effective Strategies for Managing Crises in the Operating Room – 2 CE | Michael D. Fallacaro, PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA

Objectives:
- Evaluate the contribution human factors play in most crisis situations.
- Differentiate active from latent errors and errors of commission from errors of omission.

11:30 a.m. — Question & Answer Session – 1 CE

Objective: Further discuss pregnant patient in non-obstetric surgery, managing pediatric disease in adult patients and Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management in anesthesia practice.

12:30 p.m. — Scientific Poster Review: Evidence-based pain management – 1 CE - .50 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE

Formal time for virtual assessment

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

6:15 a.m. — Continental Breakfast & Welcome Desk

7:00 a.m. — Upper and Lower Extremity Anatomy Review for the CRNA – 1 CE | Tom Kwasigroch, PhD

Objectives:
- Apply the anatomy of the upper extremity to the techniques of upper extremity regional anesthesia
- Apply the anatomy of the lower extremity to the techniques of lower extremity regional anesthesia

8:00 a.m. — Truncal Anatomy Review for the CRNA – 1 CE | Tom Kwasigroch, PhD

Objective: Apply the anatomy of the trunk to the techniques of upper extremity regional anesthesia.

9:00 a.m. — Break

9:15 a.m. — Upper and Lower Extremity Block Basics — 1 CE | Jamie Furstein, PhD, DNAP, CRNA, CPNP-AC, FAANA

Objective: Identify appropriate technical skills necessary to perform basic upper and lower extremity ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks.

10:15 a.m. — Truncal Blockade Basics – 1 CE | Jamie Furstein, PhD, DNAP, CRNA, CPNP-AC, FAANA

Objective: Identify appropriate technical skills necessary to perform basic truncal blockade (TAP, intercostal, and paravertebral).

11:15 a.m. — Question and Answer Session – 1 CE

Objective: Further discuss upper and lower extremity and truncal anatomy and the related block skills.

12:30 p.m. — Scientific Poster Review: Evidence-based innovative anesthesia care strategies – 1 CE

Formal time for virtual assessment

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

6:15 a.m. — Continental Breakfast & Welcome Desk

7:00 a.m. — Second Victim Phenomenon in Anesthesia – 1 CE | Janet Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC

Objectives:
- Identify physical and psychological symptoms of second victimhood that may have negative effects on patient care.
- Recognize the important aspects during the various stages of recovery to assist in guiding recovery efforts.

8:00 a.m. — The Wild, Wild West of Office Based Anesthesia — 1 CE | Janet Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC

Objective: Discuss the regulatory and accreditation process for establishing an office-based anesthesia practice.

9:00 a.m. — Break

9:15 a.m. — Cardiac anesthesia for the Non-Cardiac CRNA – 1 CE - .50 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE | Angela R. Mund, DNP, CRNA

Objective: Describe physiological and pharmacological considerations in caring for cardiac patients.

10:15 a.m. — Basic Considerations in End Stage Liver Disease – 1 CE | Angela R. Mund, DNP, CRNA

Objective: Incorporate pathophysiological changes occurring in end stage liver disease to develop a safe anesthesia care plan.

11:15 a.m. — Conversations with the AANA President-Elect — 1 CE | Janet Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC

Objective: Discuss current, regulatory, and professional issues relevant to anesthesia practice.

12:15 p.m. — Scientific Poster Review: Evidence-based anesthesia medication management – 1 CE - .75 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE

Formal time for virtual assessment

Thursday, November 30, 2023

6:15 a.m. — Continental Breakfast & Welcome Desk

7:00 a.m. — Military Anesthesia: The Effects of Humanitarian Care on the Combat Mission – 1 CE | Janet Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC

Objective: Describe the impact of humanitarian care on global security.

8:00 a.m. — What's New in Pharmacogenomics? – 1 CE (1 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE) | Carrie Bowman Dalley, PhD, CRNA

Objective: Describe considerations for modifying the anesthesia care plan based on genomic information.

9:00 a.m. — Break

9:15 a.m. — Unique Presentation and Updates to LAST Management — 1 CE (1 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE) | Carrie Bowman Dalley, PhD, CRNA and Crystal O'Guin, DNP, CRNA

Objectives:
- Describe the atypical presentation and causes of local anesthetic toxicity found in published literature.
- Describe the atypical presentation and causes of local anesthetic toxicity found in published literature.

10:15 a.m. — CPC Rapid Review: Airway and Anesthesia Equipment – 1 CE | Crystal O'Guin, DNP, CRNA

Objectives:
- Describe airway management techniques used in the difficult and non-difficult airway in anesthesia.
- Identify steps to troubleshoot equipment malfunction in anesthesia.

11:15 a.m. — Question and Answer Session – 1 CE

Objective: Further discuss the impact of humanitarian care, LAST management, airway review and anesthesia equipment malfunction.