Statement of purpose:
This conference is to provide the necessary educational content to the Washington Association of Nurse Anesthetists members and other states. WANA is committed to provide an exciting line-up of presentations for the advancement of the Nurse Anesthesiology profession. 

Cost:
$ 200 dollars 
A portion of each registration fee will go to the state Association of your choosing, if you are not a WANA member.

Attention: A message to all attendees
Be aware that there may be changes in the lineup due to unforeseen COVID-19 circumstances that may delay a particular speaker. While unlikely, there is also the chance that the entire conference could be cancelled due to clinical practice responsibilities we all face. WANA is hoping for the best and planning for a high quality and successful Spring Conference.

Friday Agenda – April 24, 2020

3:00PM – 4:00PM   Trauma Anesthesia Update 2020

• CPT Joe Romero, CRNA 

4:00PM – 5:00PM   COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

• Kristina Goff, MD

5:00PM – 5:15PM   Intraoperative Hypotension in Non-Cardiac Surgery Patients at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

• Jenna LeDrew, RN, SRNA 

5:15PM – 5:30PM   General Anesthetic Induction Sequence High Fidelity Simulation:  Determining Efficacy Among Novice SRNAs

• Alex Wilkie, SRNA
• Steve Urbick, SRNA

5:30PM – 5:45PM   Moving from an Opioid-Centric Anesthetic Model for Acute Surgical Pain to an Evidence-Based Opioid-Sparing Anesthetic Pathway - An Umbrella Review

• LT Jordan Mark, BSN, RN, CCRN  
• CPT Travis Husser, BSN, RN
• MAJ John Buonora, PhD, CRNA
• MAJ (ret) Brian Benham, DNP, CRNA 

5:45PM – 6:00PM   Delayed Evacuation Casualty Management Course:  An Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning

• CPT Tho H. Lee, BSN, RN, CCRN
• Mark Schierenbeck, DNP, MHS, CRNA

6:00PM – 7:00PM   Poing of Care Ultrasound:  Going Beyone Regional Anesthesia

• Eric Kramer, DNAP, CRNA FNP

Saturday Agenda – April 25, 2020

7:30AM – 8:30AM       Back to the Basic:  Local Anesthetics (P)

• Rebecca Sullivan, DNAP, MHS, CRNA

8:30AM – 9:30AM       Postpartum Hemorrhage and Tranexamic Acid (P)

• Gregory Collins, DNP, CRNA

10:00AM – 11:00AM   Non-opioid Anesthesia Techniques

• Rebecca Sullivan, DNAP, MHS, CRNA

11:00AM – 12:00PM    Nurse Anesthesiologist: Background, Context and Future

• Joseph Rodriguez, MSN, CRNA

12:00PM – 1:00PM      Break

1:00PM – 2:00PM       Critical Care CRNAs:  A Developing Story

• Andrew Rice, MSN, APRN, CRNA, ACNP-BC

2:00PM – 3:00PM       Opioid-sparing Strategies for Obstetric Surgery, Bringing Eras into the Cesarean Sectiono Suite

• Eric Kramer, DNAP, CRNA FNP

3:00PM – 3:15PM       Break

3:15PM – 5:15PM       Anesthesia Experience from Abroad

• Sheila Murphy, MAE, CRNA
• Eileen Miller, CRNA
• Donald Conrad, CRNA

5:15PM – 6:15PM       Neuromodulators: The pharmacology of drugs commonly used to treat chronic and acute pain

• Scott Rigdon, MPH, CRNA

Sunday Agenda – April 26, 2020

7:00AM - 8:00AM        Anesthesiologist Assistants:  A Political Tool

• Mike MacKinnon, DNP, FNP-C, CRNA

8:00AM - 9:00AM        Asystole, PEA, and Stanford:  What Do They Have in Common?

• Jonathan E. Alvarado, MS, ARNP, CRNA

9:00AM - 10:00AM      Establishing a Regional Anesthesia Program:  Insights for Success

• Dan Slack, CRNA

10:45AM - 12:00PM    Canadian Anesthesia Shortage Panel:  The Expat CRNA Perspective

• Mike MacKinnon, DNP, FNP-C, CRNA
• Jeff Follis, MSN, CRNA, ARNP

12:00PM - 1:00PM      Pediatric Anesthesia Review

• Sarah R. Taam, MS, CRNA

1:00PM – 2:00PM       AANA Status Update

• Kate Jansky, MHS, CRNA, APRN, USA LTC (reg)

2:00PM – 3:00PM       Obesity in Anesthesia Human Physiology and Pathophysiology

• Rebecca Sullivan, DNAP, MHS, CRNA