This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists. The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of participating in the ASCCA 21st Annual Meeting, attendees will be able to:

• Evaluate current basic and clinical research relevant to the art and science of critical care anesthesiology.
• Identify and discuss current clinical decision-making dilemmas in critical care.
• Assess the scientific and clinical importance of posters presented at the meeting with clinical leaders in critical care.
• Debate the effectiveness and/or importance of checklists in ICU care.
• Identify and discuss benefits and risks to industry partnerships in the development of new care strategies in the ICU.
• Describe recent experiences in critical care under extreme conditions.
• Evaluate and debate recent advances in critical care literature.
• Identify and evaluate the benefits and downside of current, critical care staffing patterns.
  
  

The host hotel for the ASCCA 21st Annual Meeting is the Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819, telephone (407) 996-9700. The room rate is $207 for single/double occupancy. Hotel reservations must be made by September 27, 2008 through the ASA Annual Meeting Housing Bureau. Make your reservations early. Please see:
www2.ASAhq.org for more information and specific booking instructions.

Airline Discount
United, ASA’s Official Airline, is offering special meeting discounts for 2008 Annual Meeting attendees. For the best discount, purchase your ticket at least 30 days in advance. This offer applies to flights to/from the U.S. only. There are two ways to purchase tickets: call the United Special Meeting Desk at 1-800-421-4041, and refer to Meeting ID Number 502ZR or go online at www.united.com and use Promotion Code 502ZR.

Join us for the ASCCA Breakfast Panel
Applying Critical Care in the PACU: Three Common Problems
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Location: Rosen Centre - Ballroom DE

Objectives:

1. Review the methods of providing non-invasive respiratory support including various forms of positive pressure devices from CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilator use with full face mask or novel nasal devices;
2. Review recent literature on the use of perioperative beta adrenergic blockade. Focus will be placed on recent evidence for reducing myocardial complications and the use of most recent additions to beta blockers;
3. Describe the most current causes of, and methods to treat acute post operative delirium in the PACU;
4. Recent advances in pharmacologic therapies that may be used to treat delirium;
5. Novel advances in detection and treatment of post operative cognitive function will also be reviewed.

Managing Respiratory Failures in the PACU with Non-invasive Methods
Moderator: Andrew L. Rosenberg, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan
Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Beta Blockade: Getting It Done Without Going Crazy
Faculty: Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

My Patient is Delirious in the PACU: What Do I Do?
Faculty: Pratik P. Pandharipande, M.D., M.S.C.I., Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee