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ForwardOctober 2-3, 2015
Course Director: Jose L. Diaz-Gomez, M.D.
Guest Course Director: Sergio E. Bustamante, M.D. 
This specific combination of workshops entails a sequence of up-to-date educational tools used to acquire skills the anesthesiology practice demands. This course will take place in one of the most modern simulation centers in the United States. Simulation will be incorporated into each workshop. The methodology will include pre-test, followed by didactic presentations with case-based scenarios, and a post-test assessment. The most important clinical management questions will be address in highly interactive sessions.
Registration Fees:
Physicians and Scientists: $1,195
Residents, Fellows, PA’s, Nurses, Allied Health, Retirees: $850
Credit Information
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity, for a maximum of 17.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Health Care Professionals: A record of attendance will be provided to other healthcare professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.
Exhibit Opportunities
This course offers the unique opportunity for commercial companies to interact with health care providers and highlight their products and services. If you are interested in exhibit space during this course, please contact Tiffany Blake.
This course is intended for practicing anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, anesthesiology residents and fellows.
Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the ultrasound anatomy of the normal heart with Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Identify four treatable causes of cardiac arrest applying the FEEL exam (Focused Echocardiographic Evaluation in Life Support
- Perform a percutaneous cricothrotomy in a pig trachea simulating a scenario “cannot be ventilated or intubated”
- Apply the main methods of lung isolation for one-lung ventilation in a lung anatomy model
- Identify important anatomy in the neck with ultrasonography
- Perform the technique for cannulation of internal jugular vein in a vascular anatomy model
- Recognize the ultrasound anatomy of the brachial plexus and femoral, saphenous and popliteal nerves
- Perform brachial plexus, femoral, saphenous and popliteal nerve block for regional anesthesia