Participants will gain a better understanding of the perioperative considerations when caring for a transgender patient.
Describe the Gender Affirming Surgical Perioperative Program (GASPP’s) at BCH and the experience in building a specialized care team, benefits, obstacles and protocols encountered in the process.
By discussing actual clinical cases participants will gain insight on the complexity of anesthesia care management in gender diverse youth.
Challenging Pediatric Patients
Carlos Munoz, MD
CRNA Forum: Issues Facing Pediatric Practice
Brenna Martin, CRNA, MS, Kristin Gemmill, CRNA, MS and John Welch, DNP, CRNA
Cardiac Conundrums
Moderator: Morgan Brown, MD, PhD
1:20 - 1:45 PM
Perioperative Management of Pediatric Arrhythmias
Annette Schure, MD
1:45 - 2:10 PM
Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Risk for Perioperative Cardiac Arrest
Katherine Zaleski, MD
2:10 - 2:35 PM
Anesthesia for the Child with Acute Myocarditis
Douglas Atkinson, MD
2:35 - 3:00 PM
How Do I Choose a Vasoactive Agent?
Lee Ferguson, MBChB, MRCP (UK), FRCA
3:00 - 3:20 PM
Question and Answer Panel Discussion
3:20 - 3:35 PM
Afternoon Break
Updates in Airway Management
Moderator: James Peyton, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA
3:35 - 4:05 PM
Challenging Pediatric Airway Cases
Mary Lyn Stein, MD
At the conclusion of this workshop participants will become familiar with the basic concept of the ultrasound technique, settings optimization, ultrasound anatomy, and the technique of ultrasound-guided cannulation.
At the conclusion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
Describe the basic concept of the ultrasound technique, basic physics, and the use of appropriate transducers.
Identify the most useful vessels for cannulation in difficult IV patients.
Practice the technical skills of in-plane and out-of-plane ultrasound-guided cannulation.
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Optional Workshop 2: Pediatric Patient Blood Management Workshop Director: Susan M. Goobie, MD, FRCPC
Faculty: Destiny Chau, MD, Laura Downey, MD, David Faraoni, MD, PhD, FAHA, Susan M. Goobie, MD, FRCPC, Kimmo Murto MD, FRCPC
This workshop is designed to cover current evidence based guidelines for pediatric patient blood management including best practice guideline for multimodal strategies to manage the bleeding child. Anemia management, evidence based guidelines for red and yellow blood product transfusion, massive hemorrhage guidelines and point-of-care testing will be covered. Practical case scenarios will be discussed.