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5700 4th St. N.
St Petersburg,
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Our Cruise Conferences provide a unique, relaxing learning environment.
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Our cruises feature fun for the entire family. Your kids will never run out of things to do!
Our cruises feature fun for the entire family. Your kids will never run out of things to do!
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Our cruise conferences include everything you need and beyond!
Our cruise conferences include everything you need and beyond!
Emergency Medicine
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise Conference
from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
June 1 - 8, 2013
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
Course Fee
Physicians and other Doctoral Level Degrees $695
All Others - Course Fee $450
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
Course Fee Cancellation Policy
- 30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%
IMPORTANT NOTE: All conferees, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the CME meeting group through Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea® at 800-422-0711 or by registering online. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
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| Faculty |
Vu Kiet Tran, M.D., CCFP(EM), FCFP, MHSc, MBA, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.
Medical and Program Director, ACLS Education Program, University Health Network.
Dr. Tran has been in practice in both family medicine and emergency medicine for 13 years and has lectured extensively at local, regional, national and international levels. Dr. Tran has been an ACLS instructor for more than 10 years and is a POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) instructor for more than 4 years. His interests are in ultrasound in emergency medicine, cardiovascular emergencies, ECG interpretation, emergency radiology, professional development, and healthcare business innovation.
Boon Chang, M.D.
Dr. Tran has been in practice in both family medicine and emergency medicine for 13 years and has lectured extensively at local, regional, national and international levels. Dr. Tran has been an ACLS instructor for more than 10 years and is a POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) instructor for more than 4 years. His interests are in ultrasound in emergency medicine, cardiovascular emergencies, ECG interpretation, emergency radiology, professional development, and healthcare business innovation.
Boon Chang, M.D.
Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
| Target Audience |
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners
| Program Purpose / Objectives |
Objectives:
- Identify subtle ECG changes to detect early MI
- Recognize the importance of history in the identification of an acute MI
- Use proper strategies to reduce the amount of missed MIs
- Recognize the importance of the basic maneuvers (CPR and defibrillation)
- Describe the limitations of ACLS drugs
- Determine the importance of post-arrest care
- Discuss the management of anaphylaxis in the ED
- Recognize how the management can be safely initiated in the office
- Elaborate a strategic approach to investigating the allergic patient in the office
- Recognize the importance of history in the diagnosis of the etiologies of syncope
- Apply risk stratification tools to help manage the syncope patient
- Discuss and elaborate an efficient strategic approach to investigations
- Elaborate the classification of hypertensive emergencies
- Discuss the algorithmic approach to managing hypertensive crisis in the ED and the office
- Elaborate a list of appropriate therapies for the office
- Elaborate a strategic approach to managing acute dyspnea
- Elaborate a list of therapies for the management of acute asthma, COPD, and pulmonary edema
- Recognize when advanced measures are needed
- Recognize the barriers to equipping the office for survival
- Elaborate a list of equipment for the survival toolkit
- Gain an awareness of and recognize Brugada Syndrome, prolonged QT, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromes in syncope patients
- Remember to always check the rhythm… even when STEMI is glaring
- Recognize subtle presentations of Complete Heart Block
- Learn about New Street Drugs, such as Bath Salts, Spice, Salvia, etc. and discuss their management in acute overdoses
- Learn about new ways in which abusers are using old drugs and their problems (ie. Fentanyl patches, Levamisole in cocaine, OxyNeo)
- Discuss strategies for administering analgesia in the ER
- Recognize that Demerol (meperidine) and Codeine are outdated drugs with many side effects
- Introduce Ketamine as both analgesia and dissociative agent for Procedural Sedation
- Refreshing knowledge and clinical presentation of dangerous headaches such as Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Temporal Arteritis, Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Carotid/Vertebral Artery Dissection, Pseudotumour Cerebri
- Discussing new evidence and controversial approaches to investigation of the Thunderclap Headache
- Learn to look for subtle features of Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Distinguishing the management of TENS, SJS, and Erythema Multiforme
- How to manage minor skin infections like Erysipelas, Furuncles and MRSA infections
- Understand that vascular emergencies are great masqueraders and have a wide range of clinical presentations
- Remember to consider vascular causes for many somatic complaints such as chest pain, back pain, limb ischemia and neurological abnormalities
- Learn to recognize serious injuries that may have negative / normal Xrays such as Scaphoid fracture, DRUJ injury, Lisfranc injury and Maisonneuve injury
- Learn to recognize subtle Xray findings of occult pneumothorax, scapholunate dissociation, Triquetrum fractures, etc.
Topics:
- Advanced ECGs – Shocking Arrhythmia
- New Street Drugs of Abuse
- Acute Pain Management
- Headaches that Kill
- Severe Skin Infections – Peeling It All Apart
- Vascular Emergencies – Code Reds to Care About
- Commonly Missed Orthopedic X-Rays
- Advanced ECG interpretation – Ischemia
- ACLS Update 2013
- Anaphylaxis in the office
- Approach to syncope/presyncope
- Hypertension in the office: urgency or crisis?
- Can’t breath – An evidence-based approach to acute asthma, COPD, and pulmonary edema
- Office survival kit
Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at sea (as cruise itinerary allows) to avoid conflicts with Ports of Call or evening entertainment.
| Accreditation |
Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: Continuing Education, Inc designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditstm. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc/University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.
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EXCLUSIVE SHORE EXCURSIONS Please note that our shore excursions are operated separately and independently of those offered by the cruise line. |
Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
| Cruise Itinerary |
DATE |
PORT OF CALL | ARRIVE |
DEPART |
Sat Jun 1 |
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | - |
5:00pm |
Sun Jun 2 |
Nassau, Bahamas | 7:00am |
2:00pm |
Mon Jun 3 |
At Sea Cruising Lectures 1:00pm-5:00pm |
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Tue Jun 4 |
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | 9:00am |
6:00pm |
Wed Jun 5 |
Philipsburg, St. Maarten | 8:00am |
5:00pm |
Thu Jun 6 |
At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am-12noon; 1:30pm-4:30pm |
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Fri Jun 7 |
At Sea Cruising Lectures 8:00am-12noon |
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Sat Jun 8 |
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | 6:15am |
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