Related objectives
Santa Fe - Lecture 01 - Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
- Discuss the mechanism of action of local anesthetic agents
- Describe the influence of stereo-isomerism on the pharmaco-dynamics of local anesthetic agents
- Discuss the role of lipid emulsion in the management of local anesthetic toxicity
Santa Fe - Lecture 02 - Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
- Discuss the incidence, presentation, and management of heparin induced thrombocytopenia
- Discuss the mechanism of action of common antithrombin drugs
Santa Fe - Lecture 03 & 04 - Airway Is Not The Most Important Thing, It Is The Only Thing!
- Identify anatomy of the upper and lower airways
- Compare and contrast current airway devices that may be used to secure an airway
- Identify indications and techniques for securing an unstable airway
- Discuss decision making algorithms available for dealing with the “cannot intubate, cannot ventilate” scenario
Santa Fe - Lecture 05 - How Anesthesia Allows Surgeons to Safely Remove Brain Tumors
- Understand the basic pathologic characteristics of common brain tumors and the five factors that affect anesthetic management during craniotomy
- Understand basic neuro-physiology and pathophysiology
- Use brain relaxation strategies
- Understand the pharmacology of drugs unique to neuroanesthesia
- Understand positioning for craniotomies
- Be able to diagnose and treat venous air embolism
- Be able to create optimum emergence strategies for craniotomies
Santa Fe - Lecture 06 - Physiology of Pregnancy: Anesthesia for Labor and Delivery
- Outline epidural infusion solutions for various patient types
- Discuss dosing of spinal and epidural anesthetics
- Outline appropriate orders following surgery or intrathecal opioids
- Contrast spinal and epidural techniques
Santa Fe - Lecture 07 - Trauma Update: Implications for the Nurse Anesthetist
- Identify new technological advances in fluid resuscitation
- Describe recent ventilation strategies that assist in state of the art management of the critically injured trauma patient
- Discuss diagnostic work-up advances involved in trauma patient resuscitation
Santa Fe - Lecture 08 - Coagulation and Regional Anesthesia
- Discuss the role of platelets in hemostasis.
- Discuss the implications of antiplatelet agents for spinal and epidural anesthesia
Santa Fe - Lecture 09 - Trauma Case Studies
- Discuss pathophysiological changes associated with hemorrhagic shock
- Identify outcomes associated with trauma patients and intraoperative fluid resuscitation
- Compare and contrast hemorrhagic shock associated with chest and long-bone orthopedic trauma
Santa Fe - Lecture 10 - Lipid Rescue for Treatment of Local Anesthetic Toxicity
- Recognize the stages and mechanism of local anesthetic toxicity
- Understand why long-acting agents such as bupivacaine present more of a threat to the patient
- Know the history behind the use of lipid to rescue the patient from local anesthetic toxicity
- Understand the mechanism by which lipid works to accomplish this
- Be able to use lipid as a part of the resuscitation should he or she encounter local anesthetic cardiotoxicity
Santa Fe - Lecture 11 - Blood, Bleeding & Treatments
- Discuss appropriate utilization of blood products for the hemorrhaging patient in the operating room
- Identify indications for the use of Facto VIIa in the bleeding patient
- Discuss damage control surgery and its impact upon the hemorrhaging patient
Santa Fe - Lecture 12 - Anesthesia and Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery
- Understand the clinical ramifications of subarachnoid hemorrhage and the Hunt Hess classification system
- Understand how aneurysm characteristics affect treatment of the aneurysm and anesthetic management
- Be able to use cerebral protection for planned temporary occlusion
- Be able to manage intraoperative aneurysm rupture
Santa Fe - Lecture 13 - Airway Management in Patients with Cervical Spine Issues
- Understand the pathophysiology of central cervical cord injury
- Understand the biomechanics of the cervical spine and be able to identify which injuries represent a threat to the cervical spinal cord with intubation
- Understand the biomechanics of direct laryngoscopy and other intubating modalities in the intact and injured cervical spine
- Know which patients with c-spine issues may be safely intubated with direct laryngoscopy
- Be familiar with alternate airway devices and techniques
- Know which patients need to be intubated “awake” vs. “asleep” and be able to develop a strategy for the awake intubation
Santa Fe - Lecture 14 - Wellness, Chemical Dependency, and the Anesthesia Community
- Discuss the factors that predispose anesthesia providers to chemical dependency
- Describe the prevalence and consequences of chemical dependency within the anesthesia community
Santa Fe - Lecture 15 - Anesthesia and The E.X.I.T. Procedure
- Understand the Induction and Maitainance Strategies for C-Section under general anesthesia
- Understand the pharmacologic means of intraoperative uterine relaxation
- Be able to explain placental transfer and fetal uptake and elimination of anesthetic drugs
- Be able to explain the transition from fetal circulation to neonatal circulation that occurs at birth
- Understand the anesthetic management of uterine atony
- Be able to design an anesthetic for complicated obstetric situations such as the EXIT procedure
Santa Fe - Lecture 16 - Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia: Progress, Promise, and Pitfall
- Discuss the common etiologies of peripheral nerve injuries in surgical patients
- Discuss the key elements of successfully administering peripheral nerve block using ultrasound technology
- List the advantages and disadvantages of using ultrasound technology for the administration of peripheral nerve blocks