Title: Hospital Medicine – Critical Care: Literature Review; Stroke/TIA; Critical Care Quickies
Faculty: Kendal Williams, M.D., M.P.H. and Michael E. Winters, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.
Original Release Date: July 1, 2017 Expiration Date: July 1, 2020
TOPIC 1: Critical Care Literature… What You NEED to Know!
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Appraise key articles from the recent critical care and emergency medicine literature.
- Plan the integration of recent evidence into the practice of emergency medicine.
TOPIC 2: Update on the Management of Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Assess common presentations of cerebrovascular insufficiency.
- Prescribe the initial management of patients with a suspected acute CVA.
- Apply cutting edge strategies and therapies for the management of hemorrhagic and thrombotic strokes.
- Distinguish between stroke and TIA and appropriately assess the patient with TIA for early risk of stroke.
- Formulate an effective post-stroke secondary prevention plan as per the AHA/ASA guidelines.
TOPIC 3: Critical Care Quickies
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Appraise the use of vasopressor medications through a peripheral intravenous line.
- Determine the optimal ventilator settings for intubated emergency department patients.
- Employ “pearls” in the use of ultrasound for placement of central venous lines and arterial lines.
- Utilize interventions that have been shown in randomized controlled trials to benefit critically ill patients.
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