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5/23/2024 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Understanding inhalation kinetics through computer simulation with Gas Man

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 0.75

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Use Gas Man computer simulation to improve clinical care.
  • Use Inhalation anesthesia kinetics in everyday practice.
  • Apply kinetics to improve clinical control of induction, maintenance, and emergence.
  • Reduce agent use, waste, and environmental impact with low Fresh Gas Flow of inhalation anesthetics.
  • Predict and control level of anesthesia quickly and precisely.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. http://www.medmansimulations.org  or http://www.gasmanweb.com. Understanding Inhalation Anesthesia Uptake & Distributio Gas Man® workbook,.
  2. Philip JH. Closed-Circuit Anesthesia. In: Ehrenwerth J. Eisenkraft JB, Berry JM. Anesthesia Equipment: Principles and Applications. Elsevier, 2020.
  3. Philip JH. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalational Agents. In: Johnson K, Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiologists. McGraw Hill, 2015.

Authors:
James H Philip, ME(E), MD, CCE, FACA — Anesthesiologist and Director of Clinical Bioengineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School | Creator of Gas Man® anesthesia uptake and distribution simulation
Dr. Philip is a consultant with GGE Medical Systems.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.