From the University of Pittsburgh Anesthesiology Perioperative Update Series. Review of Regional Anesthesia: Updates, Perioperative Aspects, and Management focuses on perioperative multimodal analgesia including perioperative considerations, informed consent for peripheral nerve blocks, and local anesthetics and their systemic toxicity. Lecturers in the online CME program also focus on the blocks themselves, including ultrasound anatomy of the upper and lower extremities, thoracic and abdominal nerve blocks and epidural analgesia.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Learn pharmacology of medications used for regional anesthesia
- Learn various nerve blocks and anatomic applications
- Learn management of regional anesthesia including complications, limitations and toxicity
Intended Audience
Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Local Anesthetics: Mechanism of Action, Pharmacology and Toxicity
Nicholas Schott, MD, and Dan Varonin, MD
Perioperative Considerations
Nicole Verdecchia, MD
Upper Extremity Nerve Block Ultrasound Anatomy
Douglas Bentley, MD
Lower Extremity Nerve Block Ultrasound Anatomy
Douglas Bentley, MD
Thoracic Truncal Blocks
Nicholas Schott, MD
Abdominal Truncal Nerve Blocks
Kristin Ondecko Ligda, MD, FASA
Informed Consent for Nerve Block
Charles Lin, MD
Neuraxial Analgesia: Epidural
Kristin Ondecko Ligda, MD, FASA
Introduction to Multimodal Perineural Analgesia: Basics of Adjuvants
Brian Williams, MD, MBA
Date of Original Release: September 30, 2020
Date Credits Expire: September 30, 2023
