Every year, highly experienced guest speakers have supported QPANA and have offered an interested and qualified educational opportunity to perianesthesia nurses.
Deborah Watson, RN, MScN, Nurse Counselor/NPDE-MUHC Surgical Recovery (SURE) Program, Enhanced Recover After Surgery (ERAS) Care Pathway Coordinator at MUHC : «Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)»
Learning objectives:
- Know what is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
- Know the history of ERAS and the experience at the McGill University Hospital Centre (MUHC)
- Understand the role of the team in creating an ERAS program
- Know the creation, the implementation and the sustainability of the program
Dr Avinash Sinha, Anesthesiologist, Assistant Professor Department of Anaesthesia at MUHC: «Day Surgery Arthroplasty Program»
Learning objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind a day surgery arthroplasty program
- Able to describe the steps to implement a program for day surgery total hip replacement
- Recognize the anesthesia related objectives: from the preoperative orders, intra-operative orders to the post anesthesia care unit discharge orders
Rashami Awasthi, MSc, FKQ accredited member, CSEP-CPT, Research Coordinator / Head Kinesiologist Peri-Operative Programme (POP) at MUHC: «Prehabilitation for the Surgical Patient»
Learning objectives:
- Know what is Prehabilitation
- Know who can benefit from Prehabilitation
- Know the components of Prehabilitation
- Know the outcome of Prehabilitation
Dr Florin Costescu, Anesthesiologist, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University : «Perioperative FiO2»
Learning objectives:
- Review current guidelines on perioperative supplemental oxygen administration from the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control
- Understand the rationale for supplemental oxygen as a prevention strategy for surgical site infections
- Understand the potential harm of supplemental oxygen in the preoperative period
- Review the current human clinical evidence around the prevention of surgical site infections with supplemental oxygen
Marie-Eve Leblanc, RN, MScN, Responsible for the implementation and sustainability of the MSSS Approche Adaptée à la Personne Âgée (AAPA) on adult inpatient units across the different MUHC sites: «The Elderly Person Approach (AAPA) in a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit context: the importance of detecting and managing delirium»
Learning objectives:
- Describe the goals of the Elderly Person Approach (AAPA)
- Recognize characteristics related to delirium
- Assess the presence of delirium using validated tools
- Intervene to prevent the appearance of delirium
- Prevent the harmful consequences of delirium