Department of Anesthesia Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Health Care University of Iowa
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RASCI - Basic Workshop
Practical, hands-on cadaver-, volunteer-, and animal-based one-day intensive basic workshop in regional anesthesia
7:30 – 8:00 Registration - Cullen Conference room (6-JCP)
8:00 – 8:30 Introduction and orientation
8:30 – 10:30 Applied- and surface anatomy of supraclavicular, infraclavicular and axillary areas
Demonstration of interscalene, cervical paravertebral, infraclavicular and axillary blocks
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 Applied- and surface anatomy of the lumbar plexus, femoral and sciatic nerves and nerves around knee and ankle
Demonstration of lumbar paravertebral, femoral, sciatic and ankle blocks
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:30 Hands-on practice of all blocks on anesthetized pigs
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Post mortem dissection of final block placed by each participant after injection of India ink via the final block placed
RASCI - Advanced Two-Day Workshop
Day 1 (Saturday)
Practical, hands-on cadaver-, volunteer-, and animal-based two-day intensive advanced workshop in regional anesthesia
7:30 – 8:00 Registration - Cullen Conference room (6-JCP)
 

A.P. Boezaart
8:00 – 9:30 Anatomy of posterior triangle of the neck
9:30 – 10:00 Demonstration of interscalene block
10:00– 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 Demonstration of cervical paravertebral nerve block
11:00 – 11:45 Anatomy of the infraclavicular and upper limb areas
11:45 – 12:30 Demonstration of infraclavicular and upper limb blocks
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
  R. Koorn
13:30 – 14:15 Anatomy of the Lumbar plexus, femoral, obturator and lateral cutaneous nerves
14:15 – 14:45 Demonstration of Femoral nerve block
14:45– 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 15:45 Anatomy of the sciatic nerve and nerves around the ankle
15:45 – 16:15 Demonstration of sciatic nerve blocks
16:15 – 17:00 Discussion
RASCI - Advanced Two-Day Workshop
Day 2 (Sunday)
07:00 – 07:30 Meet at Cullen conference room (6-JCP)
07:30– 08:30 Guest lecture
08:30 – 10:00 All the blocks - hands-on on pigs
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 All the blocks - hands-on on pigs
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, course evaluation and discussion with the faculty
13:00 – 16:00 Adjourn (pigs will remain available for participants who want to stay on and practice some more techniques and for post-mortem dissection)