2024 CAS Pinnacle Rounds: Celebrating National Anesthesia Education
The Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society is delighted to present a new, member-exclusive education program – CAS Pinnacle Rounds: Celebrating National Anesthesia Education. All through 2024, the rounds program will feature some of the best anesthesia teaching rounds from the country, submitted by The Association of Canadian University Departments of Anesthesia (ACUDA). As a CAS member, you will have access to new ideas and perspectives covering a diversity of topics to help enhance your knowledge.
The CAS Pinnacle Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Each round is eligible for 1 hour of Section 1 credit.
Note - Your CAS Membership must be in good standing for the event date in order to access the member discount. You will be able to register as soon as you receive the renewal confirmation. Click here to renew.
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the perioperative breastfeeding patient
December 4, 2024
8 pm ET
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This presentation outlines the anesthetic considerations for the breastfeeding patient coming in for any operative procedure. This is a population that anesthesiologists may not see regularly, but their treatment can have a significant impact on the patient and their infant. The presenters will go through the basics of breastfeeding physiology, perioperative complications, and spend time going through anesthetic medications and their potential infant risks. They will further explain why most patients can continue to breastfeed postoperatively without the need to “pump and dump”.
The second portion of the presentation will review a local quality improvement project in Edmonton to standardize and improve discharge teaching instructions provided by perioperative practitioners including anesthesiologists, nurses, and surgeons. The presenters will highlight available guidelines and potential opportunities to support this patient population. They will also describe challenges they have faced and lessons learned to inspire similar change in other hospitals in Canada.
Moderator: Dr Dan McIsaac
Dr Dan McIsaac is an anesthesiologist, scientist, and university research chair who focuses on improving outcomes for high-risk and older surgical patients. At the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Dr McIsaac conducts multicenter clinical trials, health services research, and knowledge synthesis to advance the provision of effective anesthesiology and perioperative care. Dr McIsaac is also an Associate Editor at Anesthesiology, and an Editorial Board Member at the
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (CJA).
Presenter: Dr Lynn Squires
Dr Squires completed her residency at the University of Alberta in 2023 and has benefited greatly from the mentorship of Dr Sim. She is currently completing a fellowship in obstetrical anesthesiology with Stanford Medicine and will be returning to Edmonton to work. She finds balance in spending time with her toddler and hiking whenever possible.
Presenter: Dr Jaime Sim
Dr Sim graduated from the University of Alberta residency program in 2020. Since then, she has been primarily working at the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton. She is also the Assistant Program Director for the residency program and has been enjoying interacting with the resident body. She enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors when the weather allows.
Learning Objectives:
After attending this round, the participants will be able to:
- Review the anesthetic considerations for a patient coming in for an operation while breastfeeding
- Review the current guidelines and research on medication management by anesthesiologists for breastfeeding patients
- Discuss the options for postoperative pain management including discharge prescriptions
- Discuss local efforts to improve discharge teaching at various sites around Edmonton and consider ways this could be applied to other sites