Spirit of the West 2008 Anesthesia Encore Symposium
Tucson, Arizona November 17-20, 2008

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

Program Schedule

  

November 16

 

Sunday - Main Arrival Day

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

 

Welcome Reception for Attendees and their Guest

 

 

 

November 17

 

Monday

6:15 - 7:00 a.m.

 

Continental Breakfast

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

 

Coagulation and Regional Anesthesia - T. Wicks

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

 

Difficult Airway Management I - L. Spitzer

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.

 

Refreshment Break

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

 

Difficult Airway Management II - L. Spitzer

10:20-11:20 a.m.

 

Unintended Awareness Under General Anesthesia - T. Wicks

11:20 - 12:20 p.m.

 

Open Forum

 

 

Afternoon Adventures

 

 

November 18

 

Tuesday

6:15 - 7:00 a.m.

 

Continental Breakfast

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

 

What's New in Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia - L. Spitzer

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

 

Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics - T. Wicks

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.

 

Refreshment Break

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

 

Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia, Continuous Infusions & Pain Management - L. Spitzer

10:20 - 11:20 a.m.

 

Hypothermia and Preventing the Complications of Heat Loss - T. Wicks

1:20 - 12:20 p.m.

 

Hypothermia and Preventing the Complications of Heat Loss - T. Wicks

 

Afternoon Adventures

 

November 19

 

Wednesday

6:15 - 7:00 a.m.

 

Continental Breakfast

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

 

Anatomy for Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia - T. Wicks

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

 

Techniques for Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia - L. Spitzer

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.

 

Refreshment Break

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

 

Remifentanil: Pharmacology and Clinical Application - L. Spitzer

10:20 - 11:20 a.m.

 

Neuromuscular Blockade, Monitoring and Reversal - T. Wicks

11:20 - 12:20 p.m.

 

Open Forum

 

 

Afternoon Adventures

 

 

 

November 20

 

Thursday

6:15 - 7:00 a.m.

 

Continental Breakfast

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

 

Anatomy for Lower Extremity Lower Regional Anesthesia - T. Wicks

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

 

Techniques for Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia - L. Spitzer

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.

 

Refreshment Break

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

 

Introduction to Ultrasound in Anesthesia - L. Spitzer

10:20 - 11:20 a.m.

 

Wellness, Chemical Dependency and the Anesthesia Community - T. Wicks

11:20 - 12:20 p.m.

 

Open Forum

 

 

Afternoon Adventures

 

 

 

Faculty

Loren Spitzer, CRNA, MSNA, Staff CRNA Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC
Terry Wicks, CRNA, MSH, Staff Anesthetist, Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC
Past AANA President, 2006-2007


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