Track: Perioperative Medicine
NEW! Smoking Cessation in Surgical Patients: How to Help Your Patients Quit and Why It's Important 2018
We know that smoking is the leading cause of pulmonary and cardiovascular disease and a risk for poor outcomes in the perioperative period. Anesthesia professionals feel a responsibility to the patient to aid in smoking cessation, but often do not know the best way to initiate this discussion or to provide the best resources. In this module, we will review the health risks of smoking, the risk that are particular to the perioperative period, how to support smoking cessation as a teachable moment and review resources available to all patients. In addition, we will review the current evidence on the safety of e-cigarettes and other alternatives to conventional smoking methods.
Expiration Date: 11/15/2021
A-ACLS: First Response to Circulatory Crisis in the OR – 2018
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) was originally developed as an extension of Basic Life Support (BLS) and focused on the resuscitation of individuals found unresponsive in the field. ACLS has been expanded to include immediate care in the emergency department and patients found unresponsive anywhere in the hospital. A-ACLS was created to address the unique aspects of the perioperative/periprocedural setting. Originally created in 2015, this course has been updated to reflect the changes in the 2017 American Heart Association ACLS Guidelines, and updates to the original A-ACLS guidelines. The course includes multiple scenarios where participants have the opportunity to make "first response" decisions to cardiac situations in the OR.
Expiration Date: 04/24/2019
2018 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription
2018 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology (RCA) - The latest research and educational findings THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE - NO HARDCOPY BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE. This online program includes 15 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2017. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format. Receive immediate access to the first three modules, plus the monthly-released module, when you purchase the full subscription! Credit Information: 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for the full subscription. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each module.
Expiration Date: 7/22/2022
Perioperative Delirium
Improve patient safety with the new Patient Safety Module – Perioperative Delirium. Gain knowledge and skills to effectively utilize tools for assessing delirium, recognize the risk factors associated with delirium and identify potential prevention and treatment options for perioperative delirium.
Expiration Date: 07/23/2019
2017 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - January 2018 - Perioperative Glucose Control: Creating a Shared Mental Model
Creation of an Institutional Program to optimize glucose control across the surgical experience.
Expiration Date: 01/22/2021
Journal CME - 2017 March
This article reports on the prevalence, diagnosis, and pathophysiology of perioperative hyperglycemia and provides a practical outline for the management of surgical patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia.
Expiration Date: 02/13/2020
Journal CME - 2016 August
As specialists in perioperative medicine, anesthesiologists are well equipped to design and oversee the preoperative patient preparation process; however, the impact of an anesthesiologist-led preoperative evaluation clinic (PEC) on clinical outcomes has yet to be fully elucidated. The authors compared the incidence of in-hospital postoperative mortality in patients who had been evaluated in their institution’s PEC before elective surgery to the incidence in patients who had elective surgery without being seen in the PEC.
Expiration Date: 07/18/2019
Journal CME - 2017 February
Glucocorticoids are increasingly used perioperatively, principally to prevent nausea and vomiting. Safety concerns focus on the potential for hyperglycemia and increased infection. The authors hypothesized that glucocorticoids predispose to such adverse outcomes in a dose-dependent fashion after elective noncardiac surgery.
Expiration Date: 01/18/2020
ASA/SCA Basic Perioperative TEE
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) have collaborated with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) and iTeachU to deliver the Basic Perioperative TEE program. This training and accreditation program complies with the provisions set out by the National Board of Echocardiography.
Expiration Date: 04/13/2020
Drug Errors in Anesthesia
Administration of potent anesthetic drugs with small intrinsic margins between effective doses and overdose requires constant vigilance. Anesthesiologists are acutely aware of the numerous claims related to drug errors included in the ASA Closed Claims Database and are familiar with the lexicon that classifies mechanisms of drug errors. Therefore, anesthesiologists know that the most common distinct mechanisms of error are substitution, insertion, and incorrect dose. They also must recognize that an incorrect dose is most likely to produce serious or even fatal consequences. Physicians need to regularly review the OR procedures to ensure safe drug use, and be alerted to the change before the drugs are provided and stocked in the OR.
Expiration Date: 03/06/2020
Infection Control
This "NEW" Infection Control course includes information on how anesthesiologists and the entire care team can impact perioperative patient outcomes in the prevention of infections. ** This course DOES NOT meet New York State infection control certification requirements **
Expiration Date: 03/23/2020
IV Infiltration and Extravasation
This course will examine the causes of IV infiltration and extravasation, review the literature, and give guidelines for prevention and management of complications. Included in the course is a case report that highlights an adverse outcome that is all too common in perioperative care.
Expiration Date: 04/30/2020
Difficult Airway Algorithm
Free to ASA members! We know how hard it is to keep up with the expanding number of emerging treatment advances while managing a busy practice. We developed this algorithm so you can quickly get clinical guideline information and recommendations on the management of the difficult airway. If needed, you can also get easy access to the full guideline.
Expiration Date: 07/10/2020
Medication Safety and Drug Errors
Learn how to reduce medication errors and improve patient safety in the operating room. Follow and complete required actions in the medication administration process to change both behavior and processes to eliminate medication errors. This program educates through the use of compelling video and knowledge checks, and is available exclusively online.
Expiration Date: 11/21/2020
ACE 2018 - Issue 15 A & B Electronic
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team. Part B is scheduled to be released in October 2018.
Expiration Date: Part A: 04/30/2019, Part B: 10/31/2019
SEE 2018 - Volume 34 A & B Electronic
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 40 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice. Access our SEE podcasts today!
Expiration Date: Part A: 01/31/2019, Part B: 07/31/2019
ACE 2018 - Issue 15 A & B Booklet
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team. Part B is scheduled to be released in October 2018.
Expiration Date: Part A 04/30/2019, Part B 10/31/2019
SEE 2018 - Volume 34 A & B Booklet
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 40 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice. Access our SEE podcasts today!
Expiration Date: Part A 01/31/2019, Part B 07/31/2019
Patient Safety Highlights 2017 - Full Subscription
Learn from some of the outstanding sessions presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2017 selected to help fulfill MOCA 2.0® Part II Patient Safety. Test your knowledge.
Expiration Date: 01/11/2021
2017 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription
This online program includes 16 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format.
Expiration Date: 07/16/2021
2016 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription
This online program includes 17 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2015. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format.
Expiration Date: 07/24/2020
Journal CME - 2018 Full Subscription
ASA’s journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month’s journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/12/2021
Safe Sedation Training - Deep Sedation (SSTdeep) Didactic Modules
*Note, completion of SSTmoderate within the past two years is required for access to SSTdeep program*
Patient safety is of the utmost importance when administering sedation. Safe Sedation Training – Deep (SSTdeep) – Didactic Modules were developed based on ASA guidelines for non-anesthesiologist physicians seeking privileges for deep sedation, to ensure the highest standards in patient safety.
Expiration Date: 07/23/2020
Safe Sedation Training - SSTmoderate
Non-anesthesiologist physicians will want to know and use the most current practice to provide safe and effective moderate sedation to their patients. Make Safe Sedation Training the basis for credentialing at your facility with SSTmoderate. Group discounts available!
Expiration Date: 09/24/2019
Journal CME - 2017 Full Subscription
ASA's journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month’s journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/13/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2016 - Full Subscription
13 patient safety sessions recorded at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016
Expiration Date: 01/11/2021
ACE 2017 - Issue 14 B Electronic
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team.
Expiration Date: 10/31/2018
ACE 2017 - Issue 14B Booklet
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team.
Expiration Date: 10/31/2018
Journal CME - 2016 Full Subscription
ASA's journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month's journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/14/2019