This one-day interactive course is designed for individuals who wish to learn and gain confidence in placing a variety of nerve block techniques through a combination of didactic lecture and hands-on training. Participants will practice fundamental skills to safely and confidently utilize ultrasound guided regional anesthesia beneficial to their emergency medicine patient management.

Audience
Individuals finding this course content valuable may include but are not limited to emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, critical care physicians, hospitalists and advanced practice providers working in the Emergency Department.

Details
• Focused Overview and Introduction to Nerve Blocks
• Review of High Yield Nerve Blocks and Techniques Utilized in the ED
o Neck/Truncal Blocks,
o Upper Extremity Blocks
o Lower Extremity Blocks)
• Small Group Guided Practice Sessions on Models and Simulators
• Learn Proper Ultrasound Probe Positioning and Identify Relevant Anatomical Landmarks for each Nerve Block
• Practice Critical Skill Sets Needed to Perform Nerve Blocks in the Clinical Setting in Pain Management of Patients