But i’m coordinating our spring CE plan and looking for courses with true hands-on scanning for pediatric TAP/QL and caudal under ultrasound, ideally focused on kids under 20 kg. We’re standardizing an opioid-sparing pathway — intranasal dexmedetomidine [redacted]/kg 30 minutes preop with low-flow sevo and microcuff ETT sizing — and I’d love recommendations that also cover anxiety reduction and emergence delirium prevention.
We had good luck with the SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology workshop — live‑model scanning plus phantoms for TAP/QL and US caudal — but true hands-on on “under 20 kg” kids is still hit‑or‑miss, : https://pedsanesthesia.org/meetings… For the tiny ones, a 25–38 mm linear hockey‑stick at 2–3 cm depth and a quick pre‑scan/skin‑mark of the sacral hiatus before prep has saved me when they’re wiggly even after your IN dex 30‑min window. If you need guaranteed <20 kg, ask a nearby children’s hospital RA team about a custom on‑site day — are spring dates locked?
If true under‑20 kg hands‑on is the goal, we ended up running an on‑site micro‑course with our peds regional team — three 10–18 kg elective cases, live scanning for TAP/QL and US caudal between induction and incision — credited 5 CE at about $350/person. Pair it with your intranasal dex plan; 30 minutes runs tight, so we dose at check‑in and use a hockey‑stick linear probe to keep the QL windows clean in small abdomens. If you want a packaged option, @f_morgan12’s SPA pick is solid, but your children’s hospital CME office may set up a “custom skills lab” on request.