Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship at MTSA
Learn about the nation’s only CRNA Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship, a formal partnership between the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) and Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA).
MTSA Overview: Opioids and Pain Management
Learn about MTSA’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic by teaching non-addictive alternatives to pain-management. The School provides graduate education programs in nurse anesthesia, including the Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship and regional anesthesia workshops that focus on multi-modal approaches to pain management during and after surgery.
Persistent Post-surgical Pain in a Surgical Patient: Mechanism of Action
Serge Marchand, PhD, is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Sherbrooke University and director of the pain labs at the research center of the Sherbrooke University Hospital. He is also a faculty member of MTSA’s Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship. In this special lecture series, Dr. Marchand presents “Persistent Post-surgical Pain in a Surgical Patient: Mechanism of Action.”
Use of Ultrasound in COVID19 Patients Presented by Dr. Shields
John Shields DNP, CRNA is certified in cardiovascular ultrasound and is faculty at MTSA’s Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship. In this video, Dr. Shields presents ultrasound findings along with CT and chest x-ray findings. Using a Bodyworks simulator, ultrasound findings at various stages are demonstrated and discussed.