Four OB Anesthesia Trends to Embrace Today: Rethink The Way You Provide OB Anesthesia (1 Class A CE with .5 Pharm)

Saturday, August 10

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Regency Ballroom A, Ballroom Level, West Tower

Speaker(s)

Brian Kasson, DNP CRNA

Assistant Clinical Professor
Nurse Anesthesia Program, Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University
Montgomery, OH

This session will highlight the latest evidence-based obstetrical anesthesia techniques and focus on the advantages and disadvantages of each. Considerations for the safe and effective integration into obstetrical anesthesia will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the indications and contraindications for dural puncture epidural, programmed intermittent bolus anesthesia, and patient controlled epidural analgesia.
Review the benefits and technique of neuraxial ultrasound.
List elements of patient safety that are improved by the use of neuraxial ultrasound.
Describe specific dosing regimens that can be utilized in dural puncture epidural, programmed intermittent epidural bolus, and patient controlled epidural anesthesia techniques.