Viva Las Vegas Fall 2008 Meeting Recap

The October 2-5th 2008 CANA meeting at the exciting Paris Hotel was a great success. 164 CRNAs and SRNAs attended, many more than our usual number, as well as 14 of our excellent sponsors (Click Here for a thanks to our sponsors). Despite the bells, whistles, and attractions of Las Vegas, our educational meetings were very well attended. The business meeting was especially packed, and take a look at Gayle Ulshafer’s President’s Update on the Members Only page for details (Click Here).

Sandy Erickson was honored with the second Guardian of the Practice award, the “Wolfie”, named for the original recipient, Tim Wolf. Like Tim, Sandy has given decades of service to our profession through her involvement with CANA, and through her service as President of the Board of Registered Nursing. Read Michele Ardigo’s excellent interview of Sandy from the Voices of Experience series (Click Here).

The educational sessions put together by Trustee Andy Biegner were timely and highly informative as usual, and offered 20 CEs. We were especially honored to have as a featured speaker Jackie Rowles, current AANA President, who presented not only a full update on AANA activities, but also 3 CEs on her specialty of pain management. Also offered for a second time by popular demand was the highly praised ultrasound guided regional anesthesia practicum by six of our most experienced California CRNAs regional specialists.

Many of the speakers were kind enough to share their presentations on this website, so please take a look (Click Here).

We hope you will join us at our next meeting, February 6-8, at Rancho Mirage, for “The Changing Practice of Anesthesia”. We’ll offer 18 CEs, and feature a special Saturday BBQ fundraiser, with live music and plenty of fun with your friends and colleagues.