AVASM22

HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR AVASM22 YET?

If not, there is still time to save money!. Register on or before July 28th and save $75. Be sure your AVA membership is up-to-date to save even more!

The AVA Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier meeting for everything vascular access! Sure, we have all enjoyed the last few years of online learning – but there is just nothing like getting face-to-face with old colleagues and creating new lasting friendships with professionals just like you! Not only that…but how about visiting the exhibit hall!? It’s finally going to be that time where you can check out the newest devices to help you in your everyday practice.

Coming to AVA isn’t just about networking and learning about the latest and greatest devices – it’s also about hearing amazing presentations from experts who are excited to interact with a live audience and share their knowledge with YOU!

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SESSIONS GOING TO BE PRESENTED THIS YEAR:

1. Valuing the Patient Perspective in Preservation and Protection of Vascular Access; Swapna

Kakani. Swapna has lived with a vascular access device for 29 of her 32 years of life. Join us for her session as she shares ways to inform patients and families of their options and how to prioritize their needs while effectively partnering with them to help be their best advocate. 2. How Can This Still Be

Acceptable? Robert E. Helm,

JR., MD and Michelle DeVries,

MPH, CIC, VA-BCTM . Join

Michelle DeVries as she discusses with Dr. Helm, and you the audience, many of the gaps in current practice that continue to leave patients at risk for short term complications and ultimately iatrogenic venopenia.

3. Catheter Wars: The Thrombus

Strikes Back; Andrew C.

Bulmer, PhD and Peter Carr,

RN, PhD, MMedSc, BSc. Join these amazing speakers from far, far away as they describe factors that promote and oppose thrombus formation in the context of peripheral intravenous cannulation.

4. Implementing Best

Practices: Getting Your

Recommendations Approved;

Max R. Holder, MSN, RN,

CRNI®, NE-BC, VA-BCTM . Max is joining the AVA Annual

Meeting this year to discuss and review the strategies used to implement best practices for peripheral intravenous catheter management in a large healthcare system. He will also share key steps in developing proposals for improvement projects.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL LINE UP OF SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS NOW.

With your registration to the conference, you can earn up to 20 continuing education credits. However, if you need more credits there are 2 ways to get those: 1. Register for one or two handson Pre-Meeting Workshops.

There are 3 workshops to choose from and the D-Team has scheduled them so that you can have the opportunity to attend 2 and get 8 additional CEs!

a. Vascular Access Cadaveric

Procedural Lab, supported by Teleflex Clinical and

Medical Affairs. This workshop is a mixed simulation and cadaveric hands-on learning opportunity where you will rotate through a set of dynamic stations, developed to increase procedural confidence and awareness across a number of vascular devices.

b. Ultrasound Guided PIV

Workshop – The concepts in this workshop will increase your knowledge and skill for USGPIV insertion and enhance your overall Ultrasound skills for all insertions.

Complete the workshop and then you are invited to competency assessment.

After successfully passing competency assessment, you will receive a Certificate of

Competency in Ultrasound

Guided PIV Insertion from

AVA!

c. Pediatric and Neonatal

PICC Insertion Course -

In this two-part didactic, attendees will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge related to neonatal and pediatric PICC insertion facilitated through independent coursework and hands-on skills stations.

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