Workshop Overview
This full-day workshop is designed as a highly practical, ultrasound-focused educational experience emphasizing modern pediatric regional anesthesia strategies for perioperative and critical care applications. The workshop prioritizes hands-on scanning, anatomy recognition, procedural strategy, and high-yield clinical decision-making rather than prolonged didactic lectures.
Educational Philosophy
The primary goal of the workshop is to maximize high-quality ultrasound scanning exposure in small groups learning environment. The workshop is intentionally designed around simplified logistics, dedicated faculty-led stations, and extensive participant scanning time.
Rather than focusing on a large number of isolated blocks, the workshop is organized around major anatomical systems and clinically relevant procedural applications.
Instructor
Prof. Walid Alrayashi
Target Audience
This full-day workshop is designed as a highly practical, ultrasound-focused educational experience emphasizing modern pediatric regional anesthesia strategies for perioperative and critical care applications. The workshop prioritizes hands-on scanning, anatomy recognition, procedural strategy, and high-yield clinical decision-making rather than prolonged didactic lectures.
Workshop Structure
- 12–16 participants
- 4 dedicated faculty-led stations
- Small-group rotating structure (3–4 participants per station)
- Minimal lecture time
- Extensive hands-on ultrasound scanning
- Procedure-based teaching approach
- Simplified operational structure to maximize participant engagement and workflow efficiency
Learning Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify key pediatric sonoanatomy relevant to modern regional anesthesia practice.
- Apply procedure-based decision-making when selecting regional anesthesia techniques.
- Recognize high-yield ultrasound landmarks and fascial planes.
- Discuss practical workflow integration and safety considerations.
- Integrate pediatric regional anesthesia into perioperative and ICU analgesia pathways.
Educational Value
This workshop is designed to provide a highly practical and internationally relevant pediatric regional anesthesia experience centered around modern ultrasound-guided scanning techniques, procedural strategy, and clinically applicable perioperative and ICU analgesia pathways. The combination of small-group faculty-led stations, high-volume scanning exposure, and simplified operational structure is intended to maximize participant engagement and immediate clinical applicability.
Core Workshop Stations
1. Pediatric Brachial Plexus
Theme: Understanding the brachial plexus from neck to axilla
- Interscalene concepts
- Supraclavicular
- Infraclavicular
- Costoclavicular
- Axillary approaches
2. Lower Extremity Regional Anesthesia
Theme: Choosing the optimal level for surgery-specific analgesia
- Lumbar plexus concepts
- Femoral nerve block
- Fascia iliaca
- Adductor canal
- Parasacral sciatic
- Subgluteal sciatic
- Popliteal sciatic
3. Truncal Blocks
Theme: Understanding pediatric fascial plane anatomy
- Erector spinae plane (ESP) block
- Quadratus lumborum (QL) block
- Fascial plane recognition
- Thoracic and abdominal applications
4. Neuraxial and Head & Neck Regional Anesthesia
Theme: Precision scanning in pediatric midline and craniofacial anatomy
- Caudal ultrasound
- Pediatric spine sono-anatomy
- Intrathecal/spinal ultrasound concepts
- Supra-zygomatic maxillary nerve block