Simulation Session 1: Stents – Expanding the horizon – Tips from the Experts

• Define the necessary equipment for SEMS insertion through the ETT/rigid bronchoscope technique without fluoroscopy via flexible bronchoscopy.
• Describe the step-by-step process for stent selection and deployment via flexible bronchoscopy.
• Highlight stent- tissue interactions and stents’ utilization in benign and malignant disease.
• List post procedure strategies to minimize stent-related adverse events.

Simulation Session 2: Fire and Ice – Thermal Toolkit Tips

• Review the steps for safe application of electrosurgery with a focus on optimal gas flow, anesthesia settings, and interference with implantable devices (ICD/pacemaker).
• Review the basic principles and the system set up for coagulation and cutting effects.
• Practice cryodebulking and review the applications of cryotherapy into an IP program.
• Describe various ablation modalities to manage airway stent complications.

Simulation Session 3: Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Yield in Peripheral Bronchoscopy

• Practice planning pathways to “hard to reach” lung nodules using different advanced bronchoscopy platform.
• Practice the steps of registration, navigation, and target confirmation on each platform.
• Describe tricks to prevent atelectasis, from pre-procedure optimization, anesthesia management and patient positioning for peripheral bronchoscopy.
• Discuss tools to optimize yield and how to combine peripheral platforms with radial EBUS and advanced imaging tools in peripheral nodule sampling.

Simulation Session 4: Planning and Performing BLVR – Tips from the Experts;

• Highlight the applications of tools to assess fissure integrity via CT analysis and Chartis.
• List the steps for airway sizing and valve deployment.
• Review BLVR in the marginal candidate (high PCO2, low BMI, low fev1+dlco, pulmonary nodule) and the application of BLVR use as a bridge to transplant.
• Describe the post-BLVR follow-up and outcome measurements.

NEW THIS YEAR – Simulation Session 5: Interventional Pulmonology for the Pediatric Patient -Advanced and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy Skills

NEW THIS YEAR – Simulation Session 6: Interventional Pulmonology Applications in the Intensive Care Unit – Tips and Tricks for Difficult Cases

Simulation Session 7: Nodule Tracking Platforms for the Early Detection Lung Cancer 

• Describe the features of a nodule tracking platform and review the unique tools each platform offers.
• Discuss how nodule tracking platforms impact patient/program outcomes and referral volume.

Please note that in order to attend the Simulation Sessions you must be registered to attend the Annual Meeting.