2-Day Advanced Suturing and Airway CME Workshop (Oct 17 - 18, 2025)

2-Day Advanced Suturing and Airway CME Workshop is organized by Provider Practice Essentials (PPE), LLC and will be held from Oct 17 - 18, 2025 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
This 1-Day CME program is perfect for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Residents, and Students.  On day 1, learn about suture and needle selection, advanced suturing techniques, special site repair, and a variety of other laceration repair topics On day 2, learn about acute care airway management including application of a difficult airway algorithm. Includes HANDS-ON airway management techniques using standard and difficult airway equipment. Individual clinical scenarios are applied to cement concepts.

Day 1 Schedule
Introduction to Suturing

• Needle Types
• Suture Types
• How to select the correct suture
• Basic Laceration repair approaches
• How to load a needle driver
• Basic knot tying

Local Anesthesia and Regional Blocking

• Approaches to local wound anesthesia
• Nerve blocks of the head, face, mouth, hand, foot, and extremities
• Pharmacology of anesthetic agents

Hands-On Suture and Procedure Training

• All HANDS-ON
• Interrupted Sutures
• Running Sutures
• Vertical and Horizontal Mattress Sutures
• Buried knot and multi-layer closure
• Staples
• Abscess Incision and Drainage
• Cyst Removal
• Nail Trephination

Eyelid, Periorbital, and Facial Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Learn common approaches
• Identification of dangerous lacerations
• Closure of eyelid, puncta, and surrounding eye structures

Finger, Nail, and Nail bed Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Fingernail stabilization and nail removal
• Nail Bed Injuries
• Open tuft fracture repair and flap management

Lips, Tongue, and Chin Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Suture Selection and preparation
• Lip closure
• Tongue Laceration Management

Nose and Philtrum Lacerations 

• All HANDS-ON
• Nares repair
• Septal Hematoma Drainage
• Philtrum repair

Ear Lacerations

• All HANDS-ON
• Lobule repair
• Tragus, helix and antihelix repair
• Cartilage repair
• Retroauricular repair

Free Laceration Repair

• All HANDS-ON
• Practice your own complicated lacerations with our expert instructors
• Program Wrap up

Day 2 Schedule
Airway Anatomy and Assessment

• How to assess an airway
• Identification of landmarks
• Predicting a difficult airway
• Special scenarios
• Airway classification and grading

Indications for Airway Management

• Clinical conditions
• Respiratory status
• Anatomy
• Predictors of airway need
• Common approaches

Non-Invasive and Invasive Airway Interventions

• Sequential oxygenation
• BIPAP
• CPAP
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Airway Adjuncts (LMA, OPA)

Invasive Airway Management

• Types of Invasive Management
• Equipment options
• Selection of the correct device
• Tube selection and Insertion Preparation

Airway Options and Medications

• Types of airway devices
• Airway equipment
• Laryngoscopes
• Fiberoptic and Video Scopes
• Induction agents and dosing

Induction and Intubation

• Procedure organization and setup
• Stepwise airway protocols
• Anatomy
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Tube Confirmation
• Confirmatory tests
• Defining an intact airway
• How to manage a failed airway
• Hands-On Procedure Practice

The Difficult Airway

• Difficult airway algorithm and management
• Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
• Laryngeal mask airway
• Video laryngoscope
• Application of the difficult airway algorithm

Individual Patient Scenarios and Wrap-Up

• Simulated patient scenarios
• Intubation with video laryngoscopy
• Hands-On airway procedure lab
• Individual review with instructor
• Certification Examination