NORTHWEST ANESTHESIA SEMINARS, Inc.
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
2008 RESUSCITATION SERIES
NEONATAL RESUSCITATION
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
PROVIDER AND REFRESHER COURSES

LOCATIONS

TARGET AUDIENCE

HOTEL RESERVATION

PROGRAM PURPOSE

 

OBJECTIVES

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULES

FACULTY

ACCREDITATION

FAP

COURSE REGISTRATION

At all locations we are offering other seminars/workshops either before, during or after ACLS. If you have colleagues that wish to come with you but do not need to take ACLS, you desire to obtain additional credits while at the location, or you wish more specific location/hotel information call 800 222-6927 for the other program brochure.

NW-WWT has a block of rooms for seminar participants. Once this block is sold, rooms are based upon availability only and may be at a higher rate.
** indicates EKG Workshop offered at this locations

LOCATIONS Hotel Rates
Hotel rates include continental breakfast and coffee breaks for seminar participants only during workshop, but do NOT include tax.
5/7-8 San Francisco, CA Crowne Plaza Union Square ROH $195
5/17-18 Nashville, TN Hilton Downtown ROH $182
5/31-6/1 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort ROH $129
6/19-20 Key West, FL Westin ROH $205
6/28-29 Arlington, VA Westin Arlington Gateway ROH $249
7/12-13 Branson, MO Radisson $97
7/14-15 Myrtle Beach, SC Marriott Grande Resort VW $207 OV$228
7/28-29 Brewster, MA (Cape Cod)** Ocean Edge Resort ROH $335
9/1-2 Las Vegas, NV Wynn $189
9/6-7 Hershey, PA Hershey Lodge ROH $205
9/27-28 Hilton Head, SC Marriott Island VW $209 OV $229 OF $239
10/25-26 Gatlinburg, TN Park Vista ROH $105
11/1-2 Kansas City, MO Argosy Casino Hotel ROH $159
11/22-23 Key West, FL Westin ROH $230 OV $260
12/2-3 Las Vegas, NV ** Wynn $189
10/4-10 Transatlantic Cruise aboard the Queen Mary 2! ACLS/NRP/PALS

PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
PALS is available at all of the above locations, except Nashville.

WHY TAKE YOUR PALS/NRP/ACLS WITH NWAS?

NWAS has been presenting ACLS courses for 22 years. Our courses meet and exceed all the NEW AHA guidelines. In addition, we incorporate additional modules on airway management and allergic reactions. We are proud to announce our 2008 programs will incorporate the use of advanced patient simulators for more realistic practice. Past participants have said, "NWAS has the best instructors; they are so helpful." Others have said, "I have taken other ACLS courses where I was made to feel like an idiot. At NWAS, I was treated like a fellow professional and I found learning to be less stressful." "I learned more clinically useful information than in any other ACLS course I've ever taken."

Email info@nwas.com
CALL (800) 222-6927 or (509) 547-7065

TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is designed for Physicians, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants and other medical care providers who need to obtain or update resuscitation skills and documentation.

PROGRAM PURPOSE:
Due to the inherent knowledge, skills, practice locations, and populations of patients served by practitioners of anesthesiology and/or emergency and critical care medicine, the physicians, nurses, and other such advanced care providers are summoned to serve the dying patient, particularly those whose death is sudden and unexpected. This program is designed to update these practitioners with the latest consensus on this body of scientific information in the form of formal guidelines provided by national agencies, recognized to possess the resources to develop guidelines and identify mandatory skills, which are required to provide quality resuscitative care for patients of all ages in all clinical and non-clinical locations.

OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:
Explain the latest guidelines for resuscitation, including but not limited to basic scientific studies, pharmacology, dysrhythmia identification, pertinent equipment and recommended therapeutic intervention, featuring those most recently added or altered, through the citation of the specific scientific background for each and the description of how this newer information impacts the performance of resuscitative procedures.

Successfully meet the current requirements of the American Heart Association and, as appropriate, other pertinent agencies jointly sponsoring guidelines with this association, in documenting proficiency in providing resuscitative care

Apply this information in the clinical setting most commonly encountered in the day-to-day clinical practice of the participant.

PROGRAM SCHEDULES
NEONATAL RESUSCITATION PROGRAM
Note: Held the evening prior to the start of ACLS, except in the following locations:
Las Vegas, NV 9/1
Date varies, so please check carefully
1645 Registration - Mandatory Sign In
1700 Program Introduction, Purpose and Scientific Basis
1800 Assessment of Asphyxia and Steps in Resuscitation
1900 Key Skills in Neonatal Resuscitation: Ventilation and Vascular Access
1920 Skills Documentation and Testing
2000 Adjourn 3 CME I / 3 CEC
ACLS REFRESHER 1-DAY COURSE
You must have a valid ACLS card to take the refresher course
Always held on the 1st day of ACLS program
0730 Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast
0750 Welcome and Course Orientation
0800 ACLS Update: Today's Perspective & Sudden Death: Success & Potential of CPR & ACLS
0930 The Emergent Airway
1040 Break
1050 Questions, Answers and Discussion
1100 Written Testing and Simulated Resuscitation
Using Patient Simulators and Remediation
1310 Adjourn

5 CME I / 5 CEC

ACLS PROVIDER 2-DAY PROVIDER COURSE

Take this course if you have not previously taken ACLS, or if your ACLS card has expired.

Day 1 of ACLS Provider Course
0730 Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast
0755 Welcome and Course Orientation
0800 ACLS Update: Today's Perspective & Sudden Death:
Success & Potential of CPR & ACLS
0930 The Emergent Airway
1040 Break
1050 Cardiovascular Pharmacology
1220 Lunch - On your own
1300 Dysrhythmia Management
1430 Anaphylaxis: Recognition & Treatment
1530 Teaching Stations: Patient Simulators are used to make this experience as lifelike as possible.
1.Therapeutic Modalities/Simulated Resuscitation
2. Dysrhythmias
1800 Adjourn
Day 2 of ACLS Provider Course (Continued)
0730 Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast
0800 Stroke
0845 Resuscitation of Children
0945 Medico-Legal Aspects
1005 Special Resuscitation Situations
1025 Break
1035 Evaluations: Written Test, Dysrhythmia Identification, and Simulated Resuscitation with Patient Simulator and Remediation
1305 Adjourn

14 CME I / 14 CEC

You must be present when an individual course begins due to the concentrated information being presented in such a short time.
FACULTY
C.F. Ward, MD
Medical Director
Life Support Services, Inc.
San Diego, CA
John Bovia, Sr. EMT-P
CEO, Life Support Services, Inc
Ann Arbor, MI
Mary Berry Bovia, RN, BSN, CEN
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Richard Mason, EMT-P
Life Support Services, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
John C. Davanzo, EMT-P, RN, CEN, MBA
EMS Coordinator
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Oakland, MI

ACCREDITATION:
The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas and Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc. The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Assistants AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

CME Certificates will be mailed following completion of the course.

NWAS is an approved provider by the California and Florida State Boards of Nursing, Provider number #04833 and 50-7480 respectively. This program offers the same number of contact hours as listed below.

APPROVAL BY AANA
Program CEC Code Exp Date
NRP 3 30268 12/31/08
ACLS Provider 14 30148 12/31/08
ACLS Refresher 5 30269 12/31/08

FAP: (Frequent Attendee Points). FAP lets you accumulate points based on dollars spent with NWAS, including net cruise & net hotel room (but not air). When you have enough points for a complete tuition, they can then be redeemed for tuition. A great program to reward you for supporting NWAS!

** IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Due to cost associated with late and on-site registrations, the following policy is in effect. Registration and payment for courses must reach NWAS no less than 21 days prior to course. Failure to register and pay the tuition by 21 days prior will result in a late fee of $75 for Provider and $50 for Refresher. This includes on-site registrations. Credit Cards are NOT accepted.

COURSE CANCELLATION: We reserve the right to cancel a course for any reason. In such case a minimum of 30 days notice will be given to those registered and 100% of tuition paid will be refunded. Neither NWAS nor NW-WWT is responsible for any nonrefundable airfare, accommodations or any other expenses you may incur. If we should cancel, participants that have already registered will receive 50% off the tuition (up to value of course canceled) of the next NWAS program they attend.

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Last Update: 5/1/08
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