COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™20 ACPE Credits
2 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
20.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
$1095 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$850 for Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
$695 for Nurses, Students & Others
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Examination and treatment of common shoulder conditions
- Introduce, discuss, and demonstrate a layered approach to the examination of the shoulder
- Evaluation and treatment of low back pain
- Describe common conditions associated with low back pain and appropriate treatments
- Examination and treatment of common knee conditions
- Demonstrate an approach to the examination of the knee and describe common knee conditions
- The sports physical examination
- Discuss and demonstrate the cardiovascular requirements of the Sports Physical Examination
- Performance enhancing drugs
- Discuss and understand the most common performance enhancing substances and their effect on athletic performance
- Common pediatric injuries
- Describe the evaluation and examination of common pediatric musculoskeletal injuries and overuse injuries
- Cardiac conditions in athletes
- Discuss the differences between Athletic Heart Syndrome and Sudden Cardiac Death and the EKG findings associated with these conditions
- Concussion management
- Discuss the requirements of the current evaluation of concussion and the return to sport guidelines
- Joint injections
- Be familiar with the proper approach to commonly used joint injections and aspirations including identification of anatomic landmarks and sites for needle insertion
- Sports Dermatology and infectious diseases
- Recognize, treat and provide sports clearance for athletes presenting with common dermatological conditions
- Respiratory Emergencies and RSI/Airway Management
- Apply updated techniques and knowledge of available medications on situation based airway emergencies and distinguish the most appropriate medications to perform RSI safely
- Sepsis and Septic shock
- Diagnose and manage patients in septic shock and apply recommended treatment strategies
- STEMI! Pre-hospital and Emergency Department Management
- Diagnose and asses based on pertinent patient history and ECG's of typical and atypical ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions and apply current treatment recommendations
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Diagnose and assess patients in cardiogenic shock and apply evidence-based current treatment recommendations to stabilize their patients
- Hypertensive Emergency and Crisis
- Identify the difference between hypertensive emergency and hypertensive urgency
- Determine which patients require an urgent reduction in blood pressure and which patients need EMS interventions and emergency department evaluation.
- Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic and Subarachnoid
- Diagnose and treat patients with symptoms concerning for acute stroke, large vessel occlusion and intracerebral hemorrhage
- Apply current treatment recommendations
- distinguish between occlusive CVA versus intracerebral hemorrhage
- Establishing time of onset to decide on if TPA vs MERCI treatment which can affect admission versus transfer to most appropriate hospital
- Rapid Trauma Assessment and Stabilization
- Diagnose and manage significant traumatic injuries and apply initial stabilization techniques
- Hemorrhagic Shock - TXA and Blood Product Utilization
- istinguish patients in true hemorrhagic shock and apply current treatment strategies, and ascertain if blood product utilization is appropriate
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.