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AM04
Anesthesia Module Breakout Session: IV Sedation of the Special Needs Patient

Saturday, October 3, 2015
10:00 AM-10:50 AM
Location

145A (Walter E. Washington Convention Center)

This is a non-ticketed session.
Speaker:

Orlando Hung MD
Halifax, NS, Canada


CDE/CME Offered: CDE/CME
CE Credit Hours: 1.00

Synopsis

Medical emergencies do occur in the Oral and Maxillofacial surgery offices in patients undergoing surgical procedures with intravenous sedation. This lecture will discuss management strategies and different methods of ventilation and oxygenation of sedated patients who become unconscious.

Learning Objectives
  1. Perform basic airway management techniques to provide ventilation and oxygenation;
  2. Apply advanced airway techniques; and
  3. Have a strategy (Plan A, Plan B and Plan C) in managing the airway of an unconscious patient.

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