Workshops

Airway Workshop

The airway workshop is held in the middle of the CA 1 year and is a hands-on, multi station workshop to provide skills necessary for advanced airway management. The workshop includes instruction and practice with the following:

• Fast track LMA
• Glidescope
• Pediatric fiberoptic scope
• Adult fiberoptic scope
• Retrograde intubation
• Cricothyrotomy and Transtracheal jet ventilation
• Combitube

Cardiovascular Workshop

The cardiovascular workshop is a review session designed for CA-3 residents preparing to take their boards. The workshop focuses on TEE, CCO and Swan-Ganz monitors, interpreting pressure waveforms, and common cardiac diseases. It is generally given in May.

Regional Workshop

The annual regional workshop is designed to give hands-on, one-on-one training to the residents in common regional techniques. Individual stations are set up for reviewing landmarks and approaches to nerves. Ultrasound localization of all of the major block areas (femoral, sciatic, axillary, interscalene, popliteal) is done in pairs with attending guidance.

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