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Evaluation

Professional Staff

ASL - Anesthesia Assistants Skills Lab

Saturday, December 6, 2025

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT

Location: Chicago Ballroom 6-7, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk

CE: 4.0 CDE

Facilitator(s)

Donald Lewis, Jr., DDS

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Ohio’s Center for Oral, Facial and Implant Surgery Highland Heights
Willoughby, Ohio
Jimmie Harper, Jr., DDS, MS

Owner
Cincinnati Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Kamal Busaidy, DDS, FDSRCS (Eng), FACS

Professor and Vice Chair, Katz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
Peter Vellis, DDS

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
New England Oral Surgery Associates
Westford, Massachusetts
Jennifer Brady, MHA

Office Manager
Ridgeline Oral Surgery
Bend, Oregon
David Fenton, DDS, MD, FACS

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Bristol Oral Surgery and Implant Center
Bristol, Connecticut
Larry Stigall, DDS

Private Practice
Boone, North Carolina
Louis Rafetto, DMD, MEd

Consultant - Committee on Anesthesia
Christiana Care Health System
Wilmington, Delaware
Lane Knight, DDS

Surgeon
Southern MD OMS
Dunkirk, Maryland

Participants will rotate through multiple stations that include airway management, intubation, venipuncture, defibrillation, preparation of emergency drugs and mini-code. In addition, the registrants will be exposed to various airway adjuncts, critical cardiac dysrhythmias and defibrillation, and the use of the peak flow meter and glucometer. The course has been developed and is taught by members of the AAOMS Committee on Practice Management and Professional Staff Development.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

Recognize airway obstruction and describe its management.
Differentiate the principal airway adjuncts.
Recognize critical cardiac dysrhythmias.