SC 5 - BEDSIDE PROCEDURES WORKSHOP -CANCELLED
Sunday, April 25 8:00-11:30 am (lectures) and 1:00-5:30 pm (workshop)
Chair: George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA
7.5 HOURS FEE: $850

The objective of this workshop is to teach surgeons how to perform three bedside procedures: percutaneous dilational tracheostomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, and percutaneous vena cava filter placement. Bedside procedures have been shown to be safe, convenient, teach-able, and cost-effective. Reimbursement rates are significant. Surgeons will be called on to perform these procedures with increasing frequency in the near future. Other specialists treating critically ill patients, such as medical intensivists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, and anesthesiologists, will compete with surgeons in this field. Surgeons should be adequately prepared to take an early lead in performing procedures by the bedside.

Session I - Technique and Theory
Sunday, April 25 8:00-11:30 am
Moderator: George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Introduction: The Need, the Reality, the Vision
George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Ernest F. J. Block, MD, FACS, Orlando, FL

Vena Cava Imaging
Ronald F. Sing, DO, FACS, Charlotte, NC

Percutaneous Vena Cava Filter Insertion
Frederick B. Rogers, MD, FACS, Burlington, VT

Documentation and Coding for Professional Billing of Bedside Procedures in the SICU
Samir M. Fakhry, MD, FACS, Falls Church, VA

Team Building and Quality Control
Walter L. Biffl, MD, FACS, Providence, RI

Break (10:00-10:30 am)

Panel Discussion/Q & A
Walter L. Biffl, MD, FACS, Providence, RI
Samir M. Fakhry, MD, FACS, Falls Church, VA
Fred A. Luchette, MD, FACS, Maywood, IL

Session II - Hands-On Practice
Sunday, April 25 1:00-5:30 pm
Moderator: George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Hands-On Skill Station Instructors
Walter L. Biffl, MD, FACS, Providence, RI
Ernest F. J. Block, MD, FACS, Orlando, FL
Carlos Brown, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Samir M. Fakhry, MD, FACS, Falls Church, VA
Fred A. Luchette, MD, FACS, Maywood, IL
Frederick B. Rogers, MD, FACS, Burlington, VT
Ronald F. Sing, DO, FACS, Charlotte, NC
George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

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