REGIONAL:

London Health Sciences, PostAnesthetic Care Unit in London, Ontario hosted a one day conference on April 10, 2010 at the Elmhurst Inn & Country Spa, Ingersoll ON (just outside London, ON).  Please see the following  LHSC Conference Brochure for information about that event. 

Presentations from that event are available below:

1.  Opening Address:  Silvie Crawford, BHScN, LLM

2.  OPANA Standards of Practice: "What We Know for Sure!"  by Paula Ferguson, RN, BScN, MN

3.  Optimizing for Surgery:  The PreAdmission Clinic Experience.  Part 1 and Part 2.    By Dr. Marko Mrkobrada, MD 

4.  Methadone, A Panel Discussion:  Managing A Surgical Patient on Methadone  by Dr. David Boyd, MD, FRCPC, Dr. Achal Dhir, MD, DA, FRCA and Cindy Carnegie, RN, Nurse Clinician, APS-LHSC

5.  Anesthesia Grab Bag:  Current Issues in Perioperative Care  by Dr. Kenneth Ryan, MD, Anesthesia Resident, PGY 4 and Dr. Kevin McKeown, MD, Anesthesia Resident, PGY3

6.  The Turning Point:  What I Know for Sure From Both Sides of the Overbed Table  by Deb Wolski, RN, BA, CCN(c), Cardiac Clinical Educator LHSC.

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PROVINCIAL:

OPANA's next annual fall conference will be held on October 23, 24, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario.  Come join us as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary!  Watch this website for further information. 

MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA Mini-Conference:  One day interactive workshop, at the Toronto General Hospital, September 11, 2010.  For further information, click here.  To register, follow this link:  MH Mini-Conference Registration

PEDIATRIC CONFERENCE, Toronto: November 4, 2010.  7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Conquering the Hurt: The Trajectory from Acute to Chronic Pain Symposium
The Hospital for Sick Children

www.sickkids.ca/learninginstitute 

Please contact OPANA's Pediatric Representative, Nancy Rudyk(email) if you require further information

NATIONAL:

2011 NATIONAL PERIANESTHESIA CONFERENCE:

The 10th Annual National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada Conference will be hosted by the Ontario PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association, in Toronto Ontario, October 2, 2011, in conjunction with the:

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE for PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ICPAN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 3-6, 2011!!!!

Please watch these websites:  www.OPANA.org and www.NAPANc.org for more information as it becomes available.

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