Title: Emergency Medicine – Critical Care: Aortic Emergencies; Acute Coronary Syndrome; High-Risk Abdomen
Faculty: Kenneth H. Butler, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.; Michael A. Gibbs, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. and Andrew D. Perron, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.S.M.
Original Release Date: July 1, 2017 Expiration Date: July 1, 2020
TOPIC 1: Aortic Emergencies
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Specify the pathophysiology and clinical presentations, and formulate ED management, of the following:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm,
- Traumatic aortic disruption,
- Essentials of aortic dissection.
TOPIC 2: Acute Coronary Syndrome in the ED: So Many Drugs and So Little Time
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Analyze the scope of the problem of ACS in the ED.
- Integrate the evidence-based treatment of ACS based on the latest applicable literature.
- Relate the areas of controversy in the treatment of this disease entity.
- Assess emerging therapies that may prove useful for the treatment of ACS in the ED.
- Apply and integrate the updated ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
TOPIC 3: The High-Risk Abdomen You Cannot Afford To Miss
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Identify clinical presentations and findings that should alert you to not being fooled by a negative test.
- Develop clinical strategies that will enable you to think outside the abdominal “black box.”
- Determine how one simple bedside test can save a life.
- The receipt for any incentive-associated purchase will designate the value of the gift card separately from the cost of the learning activity.
- This incentive may have implications on your tax reporting obligations. Any reimbursed amount must be declared as personal income for tax purposes.