Seminar Schedule

June 8-12, 2008
Hotel Del Coronado
Coronado, California

June 29 - July 3, 2008
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Sept. 21-25, 2008
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Oct. 19-23, 2008
The Atlantis Resort
Paradise Island, Bahamas

Nov. 9-13, 2008
The Phoenician
Scottsdale, Arizona

Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2008
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada

Jan. 18-22, 2009
Atlantis Resort & Spa
Paradise Island, Bahamas

Feb. 7-14, 2009
NCL's Hawaiian Cruise
Departing from Honolulu, Hawaii

Feb. 15-19, 2009
Grand Wailea Resort & Spa
Maui, Hawaii

March 15-19, 2009
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada

April 5-12, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Mexican Riviera Cruise
Departing from Los Angeles, California

April 19-23, 2009
Westin St. John Resort & Villas
U.S. Virgin Islands

April 25 - May 2, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Special Caribbean Cruise
Departing from San Juan, Puerto Rico

May 24-28, 2009
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada

May 24-31, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Mediterranean Cruise
Departing from Barcelona, Spain

June 7-11, 2009
Hotel Del Coronado
Coronado, California

July 5-9, 2009
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

July 25-30, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Bermuda Cruise
Departing from Baltimore, Maryland

August 21-28, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Alaska Southbound Cruise
Departing from Seward, Alaska

Sept. 19-23, 2009
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Oct.18-22, 2009
Atlantis Resort & Spa
Paradise Island, Bahamas

Nov. 8-12, 2009
The Phoenician
Scottsdale, Arizona

Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2009
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada

Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2009
Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando®
Orlando, Florida

September 19-23, 2009

Who Should Attend: Anesthesia Professionals – Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists, and Others

Earn Continuing Education Credits!
40 CE Credits

ACLS Recertification:
Sunday September 19, 2009
Begins Promptly at 1600   Limited Enrollment!

Purpose: To maintain advanced cardiac life support competencies of anesthesia professionals.

PALS Recertification:
Monday, September 20, 2009
Begins Promptly at 1330   Limited Enrollment!

Purpose: To maintain pediatric advanced life support competencies of anesthesia professionals.

General Conference Agenda
Purpose: To keep the anesthesia professional current in the practice of anesthesiology by providing up-to-date information regarding the dynamic field of anesthesia, while providing opportunities to discuss practice issues with colleagues.

Monday, September 20, 2009         0700-1300
Hernando DeSoto, MD
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Associate Professor, University of Florida

• Anesthesia for Laparoscopy
• Anesthesia for Major Vascular Cases
• High Risk Obstetrical Cases
• Latex Allergy – Diagnosis & Treatment
• Challenges in the PACU in Children
• Questions and Group Discussion

Tuesday, September 21, 2009         0700-1300
Hernando DeSoto, MD
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Associate Professor, University of Florida

• Anesthesia for the Pregnant Undergoing Non-Obstetric Surgery
• Anesthesia for the Premature Patient
• Anesthesia Management of the Geriatric Patient
• Perioperative Hazards of Herbal Medications
• The Difficult Pediatric Airway
• Questions and Group Discussion

Wednesday, September 22, 2009     0700-1300
Deborah A. Geisler, CRNA, MHSA
Past President of AANA
Independent Practitioner

• Cognitive Dysfunction and General Anesthesia: Cause and Effect
• Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema: Have You Seen It?
• Postoperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: What Happens?
• Anesthesioeconomics and Patient Safety: Considerations for Inhalational Agent Selection
• Medical Direction/Supervision: The Influence on CRNA Practice
• Questions and Group Discussion

Thursday, September 23, 2009       0700-1300
Michael Geisler, CRNA
Staff Anesthetist
Jacksonville, Florida

• Current Anesthesia Concepts in Liver Transplantation
• The Other Side of Organ Transplants: A Question of Ethics
• Professionals Managing Professionals
• Legislative Issues in Anesthesia Practice
• Consciousness Monitoring: An Update on Using BIS During Anesthesia Care
• Questions and Group Discussion

Continuing Education:

40 CE Credits Available

Substitution Policy: PAS, Inc. reserves the right to substitute speakers/topics should the need arise.

Cancellation Policy: Should it become necessary for you to cancel prior to 30 days of your conference, a refund will be given minus a $100 cancellation fee along with any ACLS/PALS textbooks mailed, if applicable. To avoid the cancellation fee you may be given a credit for a future seminar taken within six months of the paid seminar. Within 30 days due to the contract terms with the Resorts, no refunds will be able to be granted after this date.

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Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Lake Buena Vista, FL

© Disney

This is a wonderful time to visit Disney, the weather is warm, and the lines are short!! You and yours do not want to miss Walt Disney’s 100th Birthday celebration! Spectacular events, typical Disney style, that you will remember for a lifetime!

Accommodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. This magnificent Victorian-style hotel is just a short monorail ride to the nearby Magic Kingdom® Park. Offering:

900 spacious luxury rooms
pool
spa
health club
marina
access to Disney’s five championship golf courses

Telephone 1-407-824-1383 to make your reservations directly. Ask for the discounted group rate for Premier Anesthesia Seminars, Inc.of $235 per night based on single or double occupancy, plus applicable sales and resort tax.

Transfers from Airport to Resort:
Transportation from the airport to the Resort can easily be obtained via the Mears Transportation shuttle, located directly outside of the baggage claim area of the Orlando International Airport.

Currently, Mears and Disney have partnered to provide free round trip transportation shuttles to and from the airport to the Resort (please note that this shuttle service is not direct, it will stop at all of the Disney resorts that need to have passengers dropped off). If you prefer to take a private limo, Mears also provides this service; current charge is $70 from the airport to the Resort and your return fee from the Resort to the airport is an additional $60. If you would like to contact Mears prior to your arrival their phone number is 407-839-1570. PAS, Inc. recommends making reservations prior to your arrival to ensure timely departure from the airport to the Resort and to ensure the free shuttle service is still being provided.

If you would prefer to take a taxi, there are also several available outside of the baggage claim area of the airport to take you to the Resort. You can expect to pay approximately $52 for a taxi to transport you from the airport to the Resort

Disney Theme Park Tickets:
For advance purchase of specially priced Disney PARK HOPPER ® Meeting/Convention Theme Park tickets, CLICK HERE or call 1-407-939-7914, state you are with Premier Anesthesia Seminars to obtain your Group discount.

Here are some questions that get asked a lot about Tickets and Packages at the Walt Disney World® Resort.

Golf Experience: Walt Disney World® Golf enables you access to courses where Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, David Duval, Payne Stewart, Mark O'Meara, and Raymond Floyd have won PGA Tour Events. All 5 Championship courses certified by Audubon International as Cooperative Wildlife Sanctuaries. For Individual Tee Times phone: 1-407-939-4653 or http://www.disneyurl.com/Golf.