COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™16 ACPE Credits
3 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
16.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
$995 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$795 for Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
$595 for Nurses, Students & Others
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Male Urological Emergencies
- Discuss time-related caveats in management of testicular torsion and renal colic
- CNS infections
- Discuss timing and alternatives to lumbar puncture in cases of suspected CNS infections
- Allergy and Anaphylaxis
- Appreciate the role of early epinephrine administration and early airway management in acute anaphylaxis and angioedema
- Abdominal pain and trauma
- Identify the limitations of physical exam and imaging studies in excluding some important abdominal pathologies
- Airway Management
- Discuss importance of preparation and pretreatment for successful airway management
- Manage airway in a variety of emergencies
- ENT emergencies
- Recognize and manage certain ENT emergencies with focus on rational and safe care
- Effectively manage common maladies such as epistaxis and recognize uncommon ones such as mucor
- Anticholinergics and organophosphates
- Discuss approach and management of intentional and iatrogenic anticholinergic and cholinergic toxicity
- Enable recognition of appropriate toxidromes, decontamination, and resuscitation
- Psychiatric Medicine Toxicity
- Evaluate for the presence of a toxidrome: vitals, mental status, pupils, mucous membranes, bowel sounds, urinary retention
- Bronchiolitis and Asthma in Children
- Discuss best practices for patients with mild to moderate acute asthma exacerbations
- Identify which patients would benefit from aggressive asthma treatment in your emergency department
- Pediatric Visual Diagnosis
- Identify illness processes by key visual diagnostic clues
- Pediatric Hyperglycemic Emergencies
- Discuss the presentation and diagnostic workup of pediatric hyperglycemia
- Describe a treatment plan for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Recognize some of the more severe complications of diabetic ketoacidosis and when/how to intervene
- Recognize hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state in children and how to intervene
- Healing your healers: Recognition of and Recovery from Second Victim Syndrome
- Ins and Outs: What's new in pediatric ingestions
- Understand emerging trends for observation vs. retrieval of foreign bodies
- Analyze evaluation, management and intervention strategies for newer hazards including laundry pods, magnetic toys and electronic cigarettes
- At Risk Children and Adolescents
- Identify risk factors and discuss the prevalence of physical abuse and suicide in children
- Develop plans to maximize safety interventions for these at risk groups
- Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies
- Apply best practices for pediatric seizure care based on appropriate risk stratification
- Increase recognition of pediatric patients at risk for stroke
- Obstetric Emergencies
- Understand etiology of pregnancy related morbidity and mortality and apply this knowledge to identify opportunities for intervention
- Identify best practices in the recognition and aggressive treatment of pre-eclampsia and hemorrhage.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Register your interest and receive a full quote at 800-422-0711 (US/Can) or direct/int'l tel: +1-727-526-1571 or register online.
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.