Addiction.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Recognize the psychological and disconnect addiction patients have with their disorder and provide the care they need in an Emergency Medicine setting.
- Identify patients presenting with alcohol abuse in an effort to diagnose Korsakoff’s syndrome and differentiate it from Wernicke’s
Ophthalmologic Disorders.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Explain the approach to evaluate ophthalmologic complaints.
- Identify the two key components of a deep eye problem requiring consultation.
- Provide tools of visual acuity in a patient who does not have their prescribed glasses/contacts.
Migraine Headaches – Update on Diagnosis and Treatment.
Upon completion of this session, using the International Headache Society and U.S. Headache Consortium Guidelines and the National Guideline Clearinghouse and the evidence-based reports from Clinical Evidence, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
- Construct the approach for evaluating a patient with possible migraine headaches.
- Assess the advantages of supportive therapy and lifestyle changes in treating migraine headaches compared to pharmacologic therapy.
- Appraise the pharmacologic options for treating the acute pain of a migraine headache.
- Recommend a prophylactic therapy regimen for patients with recurrent migraine headaches.
Treating Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Upon completion of this session, using the American Diabetes Association, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Guidelines and the Cochrane Abstract Database, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
- Evaluate the therapeutic goals in treating type 2 diabetes and their impact on morbidity and mortality.
- Recommend the approach for choosing an oral hypoglycemic agent to treat type 2 diabetes.
- Specify the clinical situations that would require the use of insulin to treat type 2 diabetes and the probable dosage form and average amounts required for control of A1c.
- Develop the therapeutic options for preventing diabetic complications.