Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

The Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia Course is designed for medical professionals seeking to integrate ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia techniques for surgery, pain management, or procedural applications such as fracture reduction. This ultrasound training course incorporates comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, and extensive hands-on scanning featuring a 3:1 ratio with live models and inanimate phantoms.

Objectives

1. Increase the participants’ knowledge and competence to perform Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia procedures.
2. Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
3. List the advantages of using ultrasound-guided nerve block techniques.
4. Identify and distinguish the topographic and cross-sectional brachial plexus anatomy.
5. Demonstrate imaging techniques for performing ultrasound-guided upper extremities regional anesthesia nerve blocks.
6. Demonstrate imaging techniques for performing ultrasound-guided lower extremities anesthesia nerve blocks on live models.
7. Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria to integrate the skills learned into clinical practice.

Topics

• Imaging Fundamentals (Pre Course Webinar)
• Indications & Applications for US-Guided Regional Anesthesia
• Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks:
• Interscalene
• Supraclavicular
• Infraclavicular
• Axillary
• Truncal Blocks:
• PECS I & II (Serratus Plane Block)
• SubCostal TAP (Transversus Abdominis Plane)
• Classical TAP
• Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Block
• Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks:
• Femoral Nerve Block
• Fascia Iliaca Block
• Saphenous/ Adductor Canal Block
• Sciatic (Popliteal & Subgluteal) Block
• Ankle Block
• Regional Anesthesia for Emergency Medicine Applications