Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the health care team in their respective responsibilities for quality care.
2. Discuss rationale for regional anesthesia in cardiac surgery.
3. Review Erector Spinae block and catheter.
4. Compare current practice.
5. Discuss relevance to the future of cardiac anesthesia.
6. Discuss relevance to the future of post-surgical analgesia in general and thoracic surgery.

Faculty

Onyinyechukwu Ochi, MD
Anesthesia Resident
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Physician
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure
None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.