Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc.
Continuing Education for the Medical Professional
Presents
2010 Resuscitation Series
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider and Refresher Courses
and
Neonatal Resuscitation Course (NRP)

LOCATIONS

TARGET AUDIENCE

HOTEL RESERVATION

PROGRAM PURPOSE

 

OBJECTIVES

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

FACULTY

ACCREDITATION

FAP

COURSE REGISTRATION

LOCATIONS: At all locations we are offering other seminars/workshops either before, during, or after ACLS. If you have colleagues who wish to come with you, but do not need to take ACLS, if you desire to obtain additional credits while at the location or you wish to obtain more specific location/hotel information visit nwas.com or call (800) 222-6927.

Hotel: 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. Hotel rates include continental breakfast and coffee breaks for seminar participants only during workshop, but do not include tax.

Date Location Hotel Room Rate
7/5-7 Brewster, MA Ocean Edge Resort $340
7/9-11 Branson, MO Radisson Branson Run of House $113
7/11-13 Myrtle Beach, SC Grande Dunes Marriott $223-$246
8/27-29 Hershey, PA The Hershey Lodge $225
9/5-7 ** Las Vegas, NV Caesars Palace Run of House $135
9/24-26 Hilton Head, SC Hilton Head Marriott $219-$249
10/22-24 Gatlinburg, TN Park Vista Hotel $115
11/5-7 Key West, FL Westin Key West Run of House $305
11/7-12 ** Port Maria, Jamaica Casa Maria Click here for rates
11/15-17 Las Vegas, NV Harrah's Run of House $165
11/19-21 ** Orlando, FL Hilton in Walt Disney World $217

** PALS is not offered in Orlando, FL

** Special schedule in Port Maria, Jamaica - All inclusive

** Indicates that EKG workshop is offered at this location. Please call for a brochure.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support is available at each of the of the above locations except for Orlando.

Why take your PALS/NRP/ACLS with NWAS?
NWAS has been presenting ACLS courses for 24 years. Our courses meet and exceed all the new AHA guidelines. In addition, we incorporate additional modules on airway management and allergic reactions. Our programs 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."

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 SCHEDULE
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Held the evening prior to the start of ACLS, except in the following location:
11/7-12 - Port Maria, Jamaica
Date varies, so please check carefully
1645 Registration - Mandatory Sign In *Starts at 1815 in Apr. Vegas, Jul. Myrtle Beach, and Nov. Key West
1700 Program Introduction, Purpose, and Scientific Basis
1730 Assessment of Asphyxia and Steps in Resuscitation
1800 Key Skills in Neonatal Resuscitation: Ventilation and Vascular Access
1830 Skills Documentation and Testing
1900 Adjourn

2 CME I / 2 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 Fundamentals of Resuscitation
0900 ACLS Update: Today's Perspective and Sudden Death: Success and Potential of CPR and ACLS
1000 AHA Video Mega Code and Team Resuscitation Concepts
1100 Written Testing and Simulated Resuscitation
1300 Adjourn

5 CME I / 5 CEC

 

ACLS Provider 2-day 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
0750 Welcome and Course Orientation
0800 Fundamentals of Resuscitation
0900 ACLS Update: Today's Perspective and Sudden Death: Success and Potential of CPR and ACLS
1000 AHA Video Mega Code and Team Resuscitation Concepts
1100 Break
1110 Dysrhythmia Management
1210 Lunch - On your own
1300 AHA Video BLS Primary and ACLS Secondary Survey
1330 Teaching Stations (Patient simulators are used to make this experience as lifelike as possible)
1600 Anaphylaxis: Recognition and Treatment
1700 Adjourn
 
Day 2
0730 Registration - Mandatory Sign In - Continental Breakfast
0800 Stroke/Acute Coronary Syndrome
0900 Practical Evaluation
1000 Written Test with Remediation
1200 Adjourn

12 CME 1 / 12 CEC

You must be present when an individual course begins due to the concentrated information being presented in such a short time.

FACULTY
John Bovia, Sr. EMT-P

CEO, Life Support Services, Inc
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mary Berry Bovia, RN, BSN, CEN
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

John C. Davanzo, EMT-P, RN, CEN, MBA
EMS Coordinator
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Oakland, Michigan

Richard Mason, EMT-P
Life Support Services, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

C.F. Ward, MD
Medical Director
Life Support Services, Inc.
San Diego, California

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 14 contact hours.

APPROVAL BY AANA
Program CEC Code Exp Date
NRP 2 32310 12/31/10
ACLS Provider 12 32306 12/31/10
ACLS Refresher 5 32307 12/30/10

COURSE DIRECTOR: Mark Murphy, MD, Anesthesiologist and Medical Director, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc.

COURSE CANCELLATION BY PROVIDER:
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. NWAS and NW-WWT will not be responsible for any non-refundable airfare, hotel, or other liabilities you may incur. We highly recommend purchase of travel insurance.

FAP: (Frequent Attendee Points)
FAP lets you accumulate points based on dollars spent with NWAS, including net hotel (but not air). Once you have enough points to cover a full tuition. Points can be redeemed for free tuition (no cash value).

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