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ACOS 2023 Annual Clinical Assembly

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Wide Awake VR

How immersive VR helps to provide the best patient experience during awake surgery

Saturday, September 23, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Location: Lincolnshire, 6th Floor
CE: 1

    Non-Member Speaker(s)

  • James Clarkson, MD

    Assistant Professor Surgery
    Michigan State University
    Michigan State University

    Disclosure(s): Wide Awake VR: Royalties (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):
James Clarkson, MD: Wide Awake VR: Royalties (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

  1. Historical perspectives on anesthesia and sterile technique
  2. What is WALANT? How WALANT is the foundation for an Awake Surgical Movement.
  3. A Step by Step guide on how to inject local anesthetic painlessly,
  4. Tips on how the apply VR during local anesthetic procedures
  5. Local anesthesia with epinephrine pharmacology, and safety.
  6. How to set up an office-based Awake surgical practice for hand and other minor surgeries.