Building Blocks of Regional Anesthesia Workshop (Leuven, BE)
BEST FOR: The Building Blocks of Anesthesia is best suited for delegates with no experience in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia or delegates with some knowledge on ultrasound use who lack execution confidence, good needle-eye coordination and who require guidance and simplified technique instructions.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN: You will learn how to operate ultrasound machines and modify their most important settings to optimize the ultrasound image which is crucial to improve the visualization of the relevant anatomy and facilitate the performance of regional anesthesia or vascular access techniques. Additionally, you will learn the essential transducer maneuvers, and interpretation of artifacts to optimize the ultrasound view and guide the needle toward the target. Subsequent, you will learn the different needle insertion techniques and acquire and master the needle-eye coordination in a small group setting, packed with energy and in learning pairs.
LEARNING METHODS: During the building blocks of anesthesia program, you will receive one-on-one guidance, using NYSORA’s latest educational tools NYSORA SIMULATORS™. The NYSORA SIMULATORS realistically simulate human anatomy, fascial sheets, peripheral nerves, and vascular structures. They have a skin-like feel and allow endless hand-eye practice in a simulated environment before applying the learned skills to patients, with a maximum one ultrasound machine per two delegates and at least 80% hands-on training.
Registration includes complimentary 12-month access to the NYSORA Compendium of Regional Anesthesia worth $99.95. Compendium is a revolutionary learning platform loaded with visuals and tips, and you can make your own scripts and prepare for the course.
Learn how to operate ultrasound machines and modify their most important settings, the essential transducer maneuvers and interpretation of artifacts to optimize the ultrasound view and guide the needle toward the target, different needle insertion techniques and acquire and master the needle-eye coordination in a small group setting, packed with energy and in learning pairs.
Building Blocks of Regional Anesthesia Workshop
Leuven, Belgium
Date: Oct 28, 2023
Hourly Schedule
Day 1
- 08:30 - 09:30
- How to operate an ultrasound machine
- Correctly prepare all components to acquire an ultrasound image: Ultrasound gel and the correct transducer, Turn on the machine and adjust the initial setup, Recognize the settings on the device
- 09:30 - 10:30
- How to optimize an ultrasound image
- How to adjust the settings and improve the ultrasound image for common regional anesthesia procedures
- 10:30 - 10:45
- Coffee Break
- 10:45 - 12:45
- Essential transducer manoeuvres
- Demonstratrate the 5 core transducer manoeuvres to obtain and optimize images and understand their utility in clinical practice
- 12:45 - 13:30
- Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 14:30
- Recognize the ultrasonographic appearance of structures relevant to regional anesthesia
- Identify nerves, fascicles, tendons, blood vessels, bone, muscle, and fascial planes
- 14:30 - 15:30
- Recognize ultrasound artifacts
- Recognize the five most common artifact in the practice of regional anesthesia
- 15:30 - 17:00
- Acquire hand-eye coordination skills in simulation models
- Demonstrate the ability to guide the needle using both in-plane or out-of-plane in order to reach a specific target
- 17:00 - 17:30
- Checklists and monitoring in regional anesthesia
- Learn the importance of monitoring in regional anesthesia, and how to apply each monitoring tool
Relevant information
What is a CME activity? A Continuing Medical Education(CME) activity serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.
Why do physicians need continuing medical education (CME) credit? Physicians use CME credit to demonstrate that they have participated in educational activities and obtained CME credit to document meeting the requirements of state medical boards, medical specialty societies, specialty boards, hospital medical staffs, the Joint Commission, insurance groups, and others
How are CME credits tracked for physicians? There is no centralized tracking of AMA PRA credits. Each accredited CME provider is required to keep records of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ claimed by physicians who participate in their activities for six years from the date of completion of the activity. Because credits may be obtained from a variety of accredited CME providers, physicians should maintain a record of their CME credits from all sources.
What documentation does a physician receive for participating in a certified CME activity provided by an accredited CME provider? Accredited CME providers are required to make available documentation of credits claimed by physicians at their request, but there is no requirement for a specific type of documentation to be used. Many accredited CME providers will issue a credit certificate at the completion and evaluation of an activity.
Nurse Practitioners credit? The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accept CME from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
The Building Blocks of Regional Anesthesia, Leuven, Belgium, 28/10/2023-28/10/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 8 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
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Do not miss the early bird registration with a discounted price and learn how to:
- How to operate an ultrasound machine? Presentation and practice - Correctly prepare all components to acquire an ultrasound image, Turn on the machine and adjust the initial setup, Correctly choose the ultrasound transducer, Recognize the settings on the device
- How to optimize an ultrasound image? Presentation and practice - Learn how to adjust the settings and improve the ultrasound image for common regional anesthesia procedures, Adjust the depth, Adjust the frequency, Adjust the focus, Adjust the gain, Apply the color Doppler, Adjust Time Gain Compensation
- What are the essential transducer maneuvers? Presentation and practice - Demonstrate the 5 core transducer maneuvers to obtain and optimize images and understand their utility in clinical practice: P: Pressure, A: Alignment, R: Rotation, T: Tilt, H: Heeling
- How to recognize the ultrasonographic appearance of structures relevant to regional anesthesia - Identify nerves, fascicles, tendons, blood vessels, bone, muscle, and fascial planes.
- What are ultrasound artifacts? Recognize the five most common artifact in the practice of regional anesthesia.
- Acquiring hand-eye coordination skills. Presentation and practice - Learn the different needle insertion techniques and demonstrate the ability to guide the needle using both in-plane or out-of-plane in order to reach a specific target
- Getting started in regional anesthesia: Checklists and monitors. Presentation: Learn the importance of each monitor tool used in regional anesthesia, Learn how to apply each monitor and how to interpret, Learn how to improve safety and decrease the risk of wrong-side blocks, Learn about patient preparation and sterility precautions
The Arch, Leuven, Belgium
Slachthuislaan 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
€ 995
Earlybird discounted rate € 995, standard rate within 1 month of course € 1,095. Registration includes: course materials, light breakfast, refreshments & lunch. Please note that accommodation is not included in the registration price.
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Hourly Schedule
Day 1
- 08:30 - 09:30
- How to operate an ultrasound machine
- Correctly prepare all components to acquire an ultrasound image: Ultrasound gel and the correct transducer, Turn on the machine and adjust the initial setup, Recognize the settings on the device
- 09:30 - 10:30
- How to optimize an ultrasound image
- How to adjust the settings and improve the ultrasound image for common regional anesthesia procedures
- 10:30 - 10:45
- Coffee Break
- 10:45 - 12:45
- Essential transducer manoeuvres
- Demonstratrate the 5 core transducer manoeuvres to obtain and optimize images and understand their utility in clinical practice
- 12:45 - 13:30
- Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 14:30
- Recognize the ultrasonographic appearance of structures relevant to regional anesthesia
- Identify nerves, fascicles, tendons, blood vessels, bone, muscle, and fascial planes
- 14:30 - 15:30
- Recognize ultrasound artifacts
- Recognize the five most common artifact in the practice of regional anesthesia
- 15:30 - 17:00
- Acquire hand-eye coordination skills in simulation models
- Demonstrate the ability to guide the needle using both in-plane or out-of-plane in order to reach a specific target
- 17:00 - 17:30
- Checklists and monitoring in regional anesthesia
- Learn the importance of monitoring in regional anesthesia, and how to apply each monitoring tool
