Anesthetic Management for SpecialProcedures I (Session I) (NAP 707)
Term: 2023-2024 Acad Year Summer
Faculty
There is not currently a faculty member for this course
Schedule
Thu, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (5/13/2024 - 8/14/2024) Location: CCC HBB 8
Description
This course is designed to develop theoretical and clinical competencies in the anesthetic care of patients with complex disease states across the lifespan. This course builds on the knowledge gained about basic and advanced anesthetic principles and pathophysiological disease concepts discussed in prerequisite coursework to determine evidenced-based anesthetic care modalities. This course addresses physiology of the neuro-endocrine system. Emphasis is placed on the integration of neuro-hormonal control of physiological homeostasis and metabolic regulation. Students analyze appropriate anesthetic management for specific neuro-endocrine or endocrine pathologies and surgical procedures and patient risk factors. The neurological basis for perceiving and interpreting pain impulses is discussed. Anesthetic management of acute and chronic pain is explored. This course facilitates the application and reinforcement of didactic learning and incorporation of the role of the CRNA, as an APN, as