Past Annual ANSPAN Education Days

17th Annual Perianesthesia Education Day and Annual General Meeting - April 15, 2023

NSCC Waterfront Campus, Dartmouth

Organized by Deirdre Rogers and Sara Crawford from DGH

Speakers:

• Rhonda Lush, RN - Caring for Patients with Diabetes During the Perioperative Period
• Dr. Vanessa Sweet - Situational Awareness in Healthcare- from a Senior Medical Director of Quality and Patient Safety
• Lynn Langille, RN - Perioperative Acute Pain Management from Admission to Discharge
• Dr. Zenovia Ursuliak - Too Burned Out to Self-Care
• Meeting Minutes

16th Annual Perianesthesia Education Day and Annual General Meeting - May 14, 2022

Online

Speakers:

• Dr. Vanessa Sweet - Potpourri of Anesthesia Wisdom
• Dr. Luke Wisemann - Acute on Chronic Pain Management
• Dr. Yahil Kamel - Splanchic Nerve Block

15th Annual Perianesthesia Education Day and Annual General Meeting - May 15, 2021

Online

Speakers:

• Carla Purcell, RN - Bones, Osteoporosis & Fractures
• Dr. Michael Bezuhly - Cleft Lip and Palate Repair, Impact in Childhood
• Dr. Abi Thana - Anesthesia and the Aging Brain

2020

No Education Day - COVID

2019

No Education Day this year because ANSPAN hosted the 17 th Annual NAPANc National Conference May 31-June 1.

Hosted 17th Annual NAPANc National Conference - May 31-June 1, 2019

• "Losing My Mind on the Road to Health" - Lesley Crewe - OPENING ADDRESS
• "OMFS Mission Trip to Vietnam" - Dr Jean-Charles Doucette
• "Medical “pot”-pourri: A review of the Effects of Cannabis on the Perioperative Patient" - Dr K Mukhida
• "DNR -The Elephant in the Room" - Dr Jane Seviore
• "(In)Equity: Practicing with Privilege in the PeriAnesthesia Environment" Jennifer Searle BSCRN and Krista Lane BA PCP EMD
• "Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis" Dr. Victor Espinal
• "The Difficult Pediatric Airway: Big Problems in Tiny Packages" Dr. Tristan Dumbarton
• "Presentation from OPANA Colleagues regarding Over Crowding and Impact on PACU" Nancy J Rudyk RN MN, Linda Marshall-Masson RN
• '​Injury Prevention Consult for NSHA "Violence in Health Care - Some Practical Tips for PeriAnesthesia Nursing" Jeff Dougherty
• "Error Prevention in the Health Care Setting" Lindsay Bertrand BSC(Biology) and RT
• "Compassion Fatigue: The Cholesterol of Care" David Maginley, M.Div, CSPC - KEY NOTE SPEAKER

12th Annual Education Day - April 21, 2018​​

• Dr. Victor Espinol - "Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis"
• Dr. Alicia Lamey and Dr. Stephanie Lapierre - "Breast Cancer Treatment and Recovery"
• ​Libby Sammon RN and Jessica Waye RN,BSCN,MN,IBCLC - "The Golden Hour"
• Alicia LeBlanc RN, Chronic Pain Clinic Coordinator - "Medicinal Cannabis and Pain Control"

11th Annual Education Day - April 29, 2017

• Dr. Vishal Uppal - "Effective Anesthesia on Cancer"
• Susan Whalen RN - "ERAS (Early Recovery After Surgery)"
• Dr. Allison Gray - "Care of the Anxious Pediatric Patient"
• Dr. Ravi Puella - "Post-op Nausea and Vomiting....What's new?"

10th Annual Education Day - April 30, 2016

• Barbie Murray, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Wound Basics
• Noel Pendergast BPEd, RRT, CRE, MPH - ABG Interpretation and Clinical Setting
• Dr. Scott MacDonald - A Potpourri of EKG
• Gerard Murphy, Barefoot Facilitation Inc., - Compassion Fatigue in the Caring Professions

9th Annual Education Day- April 24, 2015

• Dr. Ravi Puella-Emergence Agitation in Adults
• Dr.Gordon Launcelott- Epidurals/Spinals - Up Close & Personal
• Dr. Peter MacDougall-Periop Management of Acute on Chronic Pain
• Angeline Comeau- Jeopardy

7th Annual Education Day - May 11, 2013

• Dr. Rob Rideout-Anesthesia trends
• Dr. Adam Law -Some like It Hot; Periop Hypothermia,
• Dr. Darcy Bishop-Acupuncture & Acupressure for Pain Control,
• Dr. Patty Livingston and nurse from Skills Lab- Perioperative Health Care provider’s educational development & support efforts/ experiences in Rwanda

NAPANc National Conference - October 2012

• Hosted the NAPANc National conference. Had 177 in attendance.

6th Annual Education Day - May 7, 2011

• Dr. Archie Morrison - 12 Years of Charity Surgery for Cleft lip and Palate in Vietnam
• Dr. Ivar Mendez - Poverty, Breakfast & Robotics
• Anna Tillet & Heather Smith - Poverty and Health
• Anna Tillet & Heather Smith - Poverty and Health

5th Annual Education Day - April 24, 2010

• Brenda MacDonald - The Experience of RNs Involved in Malpractice Litigation
• Carol Meade-Corkum - Basic Cardiac Rhythm Review – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• Irene York - DVT Prophylaxis
• Darlene Davis - Teaching Pain Management in Rwanda

4th Annual Education Day - 25, 2009

• Dr. Robin LeBlanc - Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Lisa Nodwell - Multi Modal Drug Therapy
• Dr. Craig Gosse - Stress and Burn Out
• Margaret DeVries - Breast Health

3rd Annual Education Day - October 20, 2007

• Gail Sloane BN - Everyday Ethical Decision - Making in the Peri-Op Area
• Diana Lawlor - Diabetes Update - New Information, Management Review and Future
• Stephanie Stark - Pain Reduction Modalities and Strategies for the Adult Patient
• Dr. Jason Williams - History of Breast Reconstruction

NAPANc National Conference - May 2006

• Hosted the NAPANc National conference with 350 in attendance

2nd Annual Education Day - October 22, 2005

• Sheila MacDonald - Infection Control MRSA/VRE
• Cindy Hyson - Adverse Transfusion Reactions
• Darlene Davis - Trends in Acute Pain
• Kirk MacQuarrie - Postop Management of Nausea and Vomiting.