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8:15 - 9:45 am | WS-01 Blocks for Shoulder/Clavicle/Humerus (1.5 credits) After this session, participants should be able to: - Identify the relevant anatomy for shoulder, clavicle, and humerus blocks.
- Select the appropriate peripheral nerve block for its corresponding surgical or analgesic indication.
- Utilize a variety of techniques for shoulder, clavicle, and humerus surgery.
- Recall advanced upper extremity peripheral nerve techniques including phrenic sparing blocks that can be safely used in patients with respiratory compromise.
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8:15 - 9:45 am | WS-02 Blocks for Head/Neck Surgery & Awake Intubation - Simulator Session (1.5 credits) After this session, participants should be able to:
- Define the anatomy and acquire optimal US imaging to perform blocks for the scalp, which include supraorbital/supratrochlear nerves, temporal nerves, and occipital nerves.
- Define the anatomy and acquire optimal US imaging to perform the pterygopalatine fossa block for analgesia for midface surgery.
- Identify the structures of the airway on ultrasound and acquire optimal US imaging to perform blocks for awake intubation, which includes glossopharyngeal, superior laryngeal, and recurrent laryngeal nerves.
- Define the anatomy and acquire optimal US imaging for posterior head and neck pain, which includes cervical retrolaminar, cervical ESP and occipital nerve blocks.
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10 am - 12 pm | WS-03 US-Guided Cryoneurolysis and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (2 credits) After this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify patients who may benefit from ultrasound-guided cryoneurolysis or percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation for acute pain management.
- Differentiate between ultrasound-guided cryoneurolysis and percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation as adjuncts or alternatives to conventional local anesthetic blocks.
- Integrate ultrasound-guided cryoneurolysis and percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation into a regional anesthesiologist’s skill set.
- Troubleshoot difficulties in performing ultrasound-guided cryoneurolysis and percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation.
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10 am - 12 pm | WS-04 Focused POCUS for Regional Anesthesiologists (2 credits) After this session, participants should be able to: - Describe key concepts of the POCUS evaluation of perioperative patients.
- Discuss the evaluation of the lungs, diaphragm, stomach, airway, and intravascular volume status with POCUS.
- Acquire the basic views of the POCUS evaluation of the lungs, diaphragm, stomach, airway, and intravascular volume status.
- Integrate the POCUS evaluation of the lungs, diaphragm, stomach, airway, and intravascular volume status into the care of perioperative patients.
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1:30 -3:30 pm | WS-05 Blocks for Abdominal Surgery (2 credits) After this session, participants should be able to: - Recognize the anatomy and sonoanatomy of different types of nerve blocks or interfascial plane blocks for abdominal surgeries
- Recognize newer regional techniques for abdominal surgeries
- Compare and contrast these regional techniques in terms of indications and contraindications / pros and cons
- Propose a management plan with regional anesthesia techniques in different clinical situations for abdominal surgeries
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1:30 - 3:30 pm | WS-06 Neuraxial and Paraneuraxial Blocks (2 credits) After this session, participants should be able to:
- List regional anesthesia alternatives for difficult midline thoracic epidural.
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of most common paraneuraxial blocks.
- Demonstrate the use of ultrasound to acquire correct images for TPVB, ITP, ESP, intercostal blocks as well thoracic spine for epidural. Be able to correctly mark skin projections of deep landmarks for thoracic epidural and measure distance to lamina and epidural space.
- Perform paramedian thoracic epidural and thoracic paravertebral block, ESPB and ITPB on the simulator.
- Be able to transduce thoracic epidural pressure, perform epidural stimulation test and interpret standard epidurogram as confirmatory technique of correct epidural placement.
- Articulate local anesthetic dosing and associated complications with performing standard paraneuraxial blocks.
- Evaluate normal and pathologic sonographic features of the lung in case of complication of TPVB or intercostal block.
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3:45 - 5:15 pm | WS-07 Blocks for Elbow/Forearm/Hand (1.5 credits) After this session, participants should be able to: - Describe the anatomy and sonoanatomy of the nerves of the forearm and brachial plexus.
- Demonstrate sonoanatomy of median, radial, ulnar, axillary, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, interscalene, costoclavicular, and retroclavicular approach to infraclavicular region blocks
- Describe the indications for block to the forearm and brachial plexus blocks.
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3:45 - 5:15 pm | WS-08 Blocks for Hip Surgery and Trauma (1.5 credits) After this session, participants should be able to:
- Describe the relevant musculoskeletal, nerve, and sonoanatomy of the hip
- List regional anesthesia alternatives for hip surgery
- Review local anesthetic dosing and associated complications of hip analgesia blocks for surgery and trauma.
- Demonstrate the appropriate scanning technique and describe the needle tip location for various lumbar plexus blocks for hip surgery
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