Related objectives

• 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)

* Pharmacology Credit

** Legal Issues

• Describe the concept of vicarious liability
• Differentiate the types of vicarious liability that may impact on CRNA practice
• Delineate strategies that may be employed to improve CRNA supervision of students and other personnel

• TBA

• Learners will review the anatomy and physiology of neuroaxial approaches to conduction anesthesia
• Participants will review the various approaches to spinal epidural and combined spinal epidural analgesia/anesthesia
• Students will review the pharmacology and physiologic response to common agents utilized in neuroaxial anesthesia and analgesia

• Participants will recognize the common signs and symptoms of CD in the anesthesia provider
• Attendees will review the pertinent neurochemistry and genetics of CD
• Learners will compare and contrast various approaches to treatment, monitoring and re-entry of the chemically dependent anesthesia provider

• Describe factors that commonly lead to extubation failure in adult patients
• Identify a quick "check list" can may reduce the incidence of preventable extubation failures

• Describe the process of a deposition
• Apply knowledge of the law to a selected mock deposition

• Delineate types of alternative resolution
• Explain why alternative dispute resolution may or may not be appropriate to particular types of cases

• Students will review the basic pharmacology of common antimicribial agents in the perioperative  period
• Learners will compare and contrast various indication and contraindications to the more common classes of anti-microbial agents
• Participants, will review current evidence based guidelines for the selection of perioperative antibiotics for wound infection prophylaxis

• Describe the process of a deposition
• Apply knowledge of the law to a selected mock deposition

• Participants will review the relevent central and peripheral autonomic pharmacology of commonly utilized central alpha -2 agonists
• Learners will compare and contrast various applications of alpha 2 agonists to general anesthesia and cooperative sedation
• Students will compare the utilization of various pharmacologic strategies for  attenuating carivascular stress responses

• Participants will review the pathogenesis and presentation of common neuropathic pain states
• Learners will compare and contrast strategies to attempt to minimize the transition from acute post-operative pain to chronic neuropathic pain states
• Students will review various pharmacologic and interventional pain management strategies for analgesic management of neuropathic pain

• Discuss basic principles of shock
• Delineate potential management strategies to optimize patient outcomes in those who are in shock

• Explain the National Practitioner Data Bank
• Utilize data in the data bank to differentiate areas where CRNAs may be at particular risk
• Discuss strategies that may prove beneficial in reducing CRNA risk

• Utilize knowledge you have gained to apply legal principles to selected case studies
• Describe strategies that could have been used to avert legal liability

• Identify most commonly observed anesthesia misadventures
• Describe strategies that can be used to enhance patient safety, while minimizing liability

• Delineate more commonly occurring airway problems in adult patients
• Apply knowledge of airway management strategies to reduce the incidence of adverse airway outcomes