Emergency Medicine - Trauma

AMS - Pregnancy-Sick-Tramua-Patient

$134.00

5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
$134.00
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Topics and Objectives

Title: EMtr-Emergency Medicine – Trauma: Airway Trauma; Trauma in Pregnancy; Sick Trauma Patient/Non-Trauma Center

Faculty: Bryant Allen, M.D., Kenneth H. Butler, D.O.

Original Release Date: July 1, 2020  Expiration Date: July 1, 2023

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TOPIC:

TOPIC 1 Trauma Airways

Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from the AAP, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP

  1. Specify and apply critical issues in the evaluation and management of the airway in the critically injured patient using evidence-based medicine.
  2. Identify the potential pitfalls in traditional methods of airway management in the critically injured patient.
  3. Discuss the potential utility of various pharmacologic agents in obtaining airway access in trauma.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of surgical airway management, both open and percutaneous approaches.

TOPIC 2: Trauma in Pregnancy

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

  1. Illustrate the anatomic & physiologic changes of pregnancy that are relevant to traumatic injury.
  2. Describe the common injuries associated with trauma in pregnancy, as well as their initial assessment and management.
  1. Discuss practice management variation that may be necessary in the evaluation and management of the pregnant traumatized patient.

TOPIC 3: Sick Trauma Patient in the Non-Trauma Center

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

  1. Recognize why we no longer follow the hematocrit and understand the utility of serial lactates in the trauma patient.
  2. Detect subtle risks and signs in a retroperitoneal bleeding patient.
  3. Distinguish who gets permissive hypotension and who should not.
  4. Utilize antifibrinolytics in bleeding patients for medical transport.


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    Title: Emergency Medicine – Trauma: Airway Trauma; Trauma in Pregnancy; Sick Trauma Patient/Non-Trauma Center

    Course ID: EMtr

    Faculty: 

    Bryant Allen, M.D.

    Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, NC

    Kenneth H. Butler, D.O.

    Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Residency Director and Educational Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    Original Release Date: July 1, 2020  Expiration Date: July 1, 2023

    SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TOPIC:

    TOPIC 1 Trauma Airways

    Upon completion of this session, using the evidence-based guidelines from the AAP, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP

    1. Specify and apply critical issues in the evaluation and management of the airway in the critically injured patient using evidence-based medicine.
    2. Identify the potential pitfalls in traditional methods of airway management in the critically injured patient.
    3. Discuss the potential utility of various pharmacologic agents in obtaining airway access in trauma.
    4. Demonstrate an understanding of surgical airway management, both open and percutaneous approaches.

    TOPIC 2: Trauma in Pregnancy

    Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

    1. Illustrate the anatomic & physiologic changes of pregnancy that are relevant to traumatic injury.
    2. Describe the common injuries associated with trauma in pregnancy, as well as their initial assessment and management.
    1. Discuss practice management variation that may be necessary in the evaluation and management of the pregnant traumatized patient.

    TOPIC 3: Sick Trauma Patient in the Non-Trauma Center

    Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

    1. Recognize why we no longer follow the hematocrit and understand the utility of serial lactates in the trauma patient.
    2. Detect subtle risks and signs in a retroperitoneal bleeding patient.
    3. Distinguish who gets permissive hypotension and who should not.
    4. Utilize antifibrinolytics in bleeding patients for medical transport.
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