SEP 19 - SEP 20
2015
SAT - SUN

Stanford Advanced Airway Management and Fiberoptic Course

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge

The Stanford Advanced Airway Management Program of the Department of Anesthesiology is offering comprehensive, multidisciplinary airway training to national and international audience.

Learn new, up to date information, and instantly improve your advanced airway skills in this unique, intense 2-day course. We teach all aspects of advanced airway management in the operating room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and in adult and pediatric patients.

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Course Highlights

Over 30 evidence-based lectures, reviews, and case discussions
10 state-of-the art difficult airway stations, including airway ultrasound and surgical airway
Integrated, 5 station fiberoptic intubation course
Immersive, high fidelity simulation
Small learning groups with 4-6:1 participant-to-instructor ratio
Learn from experts who teach advanced airway management daily

The course is ideally suited for the anesthesiologists, critical care, emergency medicine, and ENT physicians.

Become a Stanford Advanced Airway Management Program (SAAMP) insider and benefit from over 15 years of national and international teaching experience. In the last 5 years, SAAMP has conducted or coordinated 8 state/national and 10 international advanced airway courses, training over 900 physicians.

What past participants have said:

"Very informative and comprehensive course, with outstanding lectures and workshops."
"One of the most useful hands-on courses I have attended. Very much appreciated!"
"Staff very welcoming and helpful. Organization of work stations better than any others I have attended, including many Harvard events."
"Professors welcomed questions and discussions, and the Lunch and Learn sessions provided additional access to the experts."
"Very high quality educators, who were enthusiastic and committed to making this a first class learning experience."

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Registration Fees

Please register early, space is limited and subject to availablity. Registration fee includes continental breakfast, refreshment break, lunch, and on-line syllabus. Tuition may be paid by Visa or MasterCard.

If you prefer to pay by phone or check, please contact the Stanford Center for CME at (650) 497-8554 for assistance. Please note that your registration is not confirmed until payment is received.

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EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT

Physicians/CRNAs: $995

Residents/Fellows: $900

After Aug. 1, 2015

Physicians/CRNAs: $1095

Residents/Fellows: $900

Special Rates

Returning Learners: $800

International Groups (5 or more): $800

Please contact the Stanford CME office if you qualify to register for a special rate.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be made in writing and sent to stanfordcme@stanford.edu.

Registration fee, less a $75 administrative charge, is refundable if written cancellation is received prior to September 5, 2015. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after this date or for conference non-attendance. We reserve the right to cancel or postpone any activity if necessary. In such case, full refund of registration fee will be given. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Each participant will attend the Fiberoptic course and 10 Difficult airway stations. Each participant will also attend two mini-reviews and one case-based discussion session during Lunch & Learn.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH

Saturday, September 19th

Program subject to change

7:00-7:50 am - Breakfast/Registration
7:50-8:00 am - Introduction/Welcome
8:00-8:30 am - ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm: Best Practice Strategies for Success
8:30-9:00 am - Pediatric Difficult Airway
9:00-9:30 am - Extubation of the Difficult Airway
9:30-9:45 am - Break
9:45-1:00 pm - Hands-On: Difficult Airway Workshop/Fiberoptic Intubation Course
1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch & Learn (Mini-Reviews): please choose two
2:00-2:40 pm - Critical Decision-Making in ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm: Evidence-Based Approach
2:40-2:50 pm - Break
2:50-6:00 pm - Hands-On: Difficult Airway Workshop and Fiberoptic Intubation Course
6:00 pm - Adjourn

Lunch & Learn (Mini-Reviews)

Please choose two

Difficult airway in obstetrics
ENT airway tools: operating laryngoscopes, rigid bronchoscope, tracheostomy tubes
Pediatric video laryngoscopy: update
What’s in your difficult airway cart?
Lung isolation in a patient with the difficult airway
Supraglottic airways in difficult airway management: update
Pharmacology for airway management in critically ill
Prehospital airway management: implications for anesthesiologist
Rapid sequence induction: full stomach and cricoid pressure controversy
Adult video laryngoscopy: update

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH

Sunday, September 20th

Program subject to change

7:00-7:50 am - Breakfast
7:50-8:00 am - Review of Day 1
8:00-8:30 am - Critical Care Physician’s Perspective on Difficult Airway Management
8:30-9:00 am - Emergency Room Physician’s Perspective on Difficult Airway Management
9:00-9:30 am - ENT Surgeon’s Perspective on Difficult Airway Management
9:30-9:45 am - Break
9:45-1:00 pm - Hands-On: Difficult Airway Workshop and Fiberoptic Intubation Course
1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch & Learn (Case-Based Discussions): please choose one
2:00-2:50 pm - Case-Based Discussions
2:50-3:00 pm - Break
3:00-3:50 pm - Case-Based Discussions
3:50-4:00 pm - Concluding Remarks
4:00 pm - Adjourn

Lunch & Learn (Case-Based Discussions)

Please choose one

Difficult airway in the emergency department
Pediatric difficult airway: management of airway foreign bodies in children
Difficult airway in critical care #1
Difficult airway in critical care #2
Difficult airway in head and neck surgery
Airway management of the morbidly obese patient
Unanticipated difficult airway: failed direct and video laryngoscopy
Anticipated difficult airway: unstable C-spine
Anticipated difficult airway: retrognathia
Anticipated difficult airway: difficult fiberoptic intubation

DESCRIPTIONS OF HANDS-ON DIFFICULT AIRWAY WORKSHOP AND FIBEROPTIC INTUBATION COURSE

Fiberoptic Intubation Course

Lecture and 5 hands-on stations

15 min Fundamental technical skills required for successful fiberoptic intubation
50 min Hands-On: Fiberoptic teaching models
15 min Patient selection, indications and contraindications to flexible fiberoptic intubation. Essential attributes for success.
20 min Hands-On: Oral and nasal fiberoptic intubation
20 min Difficult flexible fiberoptic intubation: Causes and solutions to the problems. Advanced techniques of flexible fiberoptic intubation.
45 min Hands-On: Advanced techniques of flexible fiberoptic intubation, including fiberoptic-guided airway exchange
20 min Awake flexible fiberoptic intubation: State-of-the-art

Difficult Airway Skills Workshop

Each learner will attend two hands-on difficult airway skills sessions. Each session incorporates 5 skills stations.

Video Laryngoscopy
Fiberoptic Stylets/Light Wands
Lung Seperation Techniques
Supraglottic Airways
Intubating LMA
Pediatric Airway
Emergency Airway & Airway Ultrasound
Extubation of Difficult Airway & Airway Exchange Catheters
Retrograde Intubation
Simulation

FACULTY

Course Directors

Vladimir Nekhendzy, MD
Course Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology

Jeremy Collins, MB
Course Co-Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Edward Damrose, MD, FACS
Course Co-Director
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Stanford Voice and Swallowing Center

Stanford Faculty

Olga Albert, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Carlos Brun, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist
Veteran’s Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System

Colin Bucks, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine
Marc Andreessen & Laura Arillaga-Andreessen
Medical Director for Disaster Preparedness

Alexander Butwick, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Michael Chen, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Lynn Cintron, MD
Affiliate, Department of Anesthesia
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Adjunct)
University of California, Irvine

Rebecca Claure, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

David Drover, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology

Sara Goldhaber-Fiebert, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Nikita Joshi, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine

Richard Jaffe, MD, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery

Vivek Kulkarni, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Kevin Malott, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Fred Mihm, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Intensive Care Units

Periklis Panousis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Radhamangalam ‘RJ’ Ramamurthi, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Pedro Tanaka, MD, PhD, MACD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Alexei Wagner MD, MBA
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

Ahmed Zaafran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Guest Faculty

Elizabeth Behringer, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Critical Care Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Narasimhan ‘Sim’ Jagannathan, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Research
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Opportunities for Q&A will be provided at the conclusion of each presentation

Conference Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning
and Knowledge
2nd Floor Conference Center
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
http://lksc.stanford.edu/

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Statement of Need

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art course will provide physicians with best knowledge, and solid technical skills for effectively managing anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway in the operating room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and in diverse clinical situations.

Target Audience

This course is intended for local, national and international anesthesia care providers, and emergency medicine and critical care physicians, who wish to improve their knowledge, competence and performance in advanced airway management.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Develop effective approaches and strategies for predicting and managing difficult airway, utilizing appropriate devices and techniques per latest evidence-based medicine data.
Develop skills for alternative ventilation strategies using supraglottic airway (SGA) devices, techniques for SGA-endotracheal tube exchange, and surgical techniques for rescue ventilation.
Develop or improve crisis resources management (CRM) skills for debriefing situations in practice.
Determine proper patient selection and preparation for awake flexible fiberoptic intubation.

Accreditation

The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Stanford University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements; as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Attendance following this activity that may be used for license renewal.

Faculty Disclosure

The Stanford University School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Resources

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A Continuing Medical Education Conference

Presented by Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology Advanced Airway Management Program. Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Anesthesiology

Conference Coordinator

CME Conference Coordinator, School of Medicine - Post Grad Med Education (CME)

(650) 724-9549

ycervant@stanford.edu

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