Related objectives
Sedona - Lecture 01 - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff’s Perspective
- Discuss those conditions that result in malpractice accusations against nurse anesthetists
Sedona - Lecture 02 - Awareness and Recall and Anesthesia Practice Management
- Review literature on incidence for awareness & recall under general anesthesia
- Examine Evidence based studies of awareness trials
- Using case studies illustrate benefits of consciousness monitoring in identifying awareness & high-risk conditions
Sedona - Lecture 03 - Medical Malpractice: Defendant’s Perspective
- Review malpractice cases from the nurse anesthetists’ prospective including the answering of the complaint and their role in the litigation
Sedona - Lecture 04 - Anesthesia Management for Cleft Palate Procedures
- Review worldwide incidence of Cleft Lip & Palate
- Review team treatment for CL & P
- Review anesthesia care for CL & P repairs
- Review resources for CL & P patients, families & care givers
Sedona - Lecture 05 - Consciousness Monitoring and Improving Anesthesia Care Management
- Explore rationale for the use of brain function monitoring
- Review the fundamentals of the BIspectral Index monitor
- Examine evidence-based results of outcomes related to brain function monitoring
Sedona - Lecture 06 - Consequences of Anesthesia Negligence and Criminal Actions
- To discuss peer review, licensing board actions, criminal prosecution, and civil law suits
Sedona - Lecture 07 - Emerging Evidence of long-term consequences & the Impact of Intra-operative Anesthesia Care
- Define POCD
- Define Delirium
- Review the incidence of post-operative delirium and cognitive dysfunction
- Review the known risk factors & implications for clinical practice
Sedona - Lecture 08 - Discussion of an Actual Law Suit Involving a Nurse Anesthetist
- Present an overview of the actual trial of a malpractice case from a defense lawyer’s perspective representing a CRNA Session to include: the purpose of an opening statement, benefits of demonstrative evidence and burden of proof issues and the CRNA’s live testimony
Sedona - Lecture 09 - Applied Clinical Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
- Learners will review the pharmacology, pharmacognosy and physiologic implications of neuromuscular blockade
- Attendees will compare and contrast the clinical application of currently available neuromuscular blockers
- Participants will review contemporary technologies in assessing and reversing neuromuscular blockade
Sedona - Lecture 10 - Minimize/Avoid Malpractice Claims: What Every Nurse Anesthetist Should Know
- Develop a perspective from a malpractice lawyer’s view to minimize/avoid malpractice claims
- Develop a perspective from an insurance adjuster’s view to minimize/avoid malpractice claims
Sedona - Lecture 11 - Pharmacology and Toxicology of Local Anesthetics
- Review the differing receptor site pathways which trigger PONV
- Recognize patient populations and incidence of PONV
- Identify the pharmacological classifications of medications available to the anesthesia practitioner to block these pathways
- Discuss the advantages of differing treatment modalities
- Explore the potential of combination therapy as it relates to preventing PONV
Sedona - Lecture 12 - Hereditary Angioedema
- Review the Pathophysiology of Hereditary Angioedema
- Review the implications for anesthesia providers
- Discuss the available treatments
Sedona - Lecture 13 - CRNA as an Expert Witness
- Discuss the individual requirements necessary to qualify as an expert witness
Sedona - Lecture 14 - Pharmacology and Novel Applications of Inhalational Anesthetics
- Learners will review the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of commonly utilized potent inhalational anesthetics
- Participants will compare various clinical applications of potent inhalational anesthetics
- Attendees will review concepts underpinning anesthetic pre-conditioning
Sedona - Lecture 15 - Conflict in the Workplace
- Define conflict management
- Examine values and attitudes regarding conflict in the workplace and its impact on relationships
- Identify consequences of values & attitudes regarding conflict in order to gain better understanding of their impact
- Identify characteristics of authentic listening
Sedona - Lecture 16 - Acute Pain: Physiology and Pharmacologic Strategies
- Review pain pathways
- Review pain receptorology
- Review strategies to pre-empt peripheral and central nocioception
Sedona - Q & A - Open Forums
- At the close of each day a review of the days presentations will be held in an interactive format
- Each open forum earns one credit hour (4 total)