Fundamentals of Critical Care Support - Obstetrics March 26 and 27, 2024
This is a live, in-person educational activity. Fundamental Critical Care Support Obstetrics provides training specific to treating the critically ill or injured pregnant patient. The course is recommended for healthcare professionals who may provide maternal/fetal critical care and for clinicians in obstetrics seeking critical care training.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for all healthcare providers who participated in patient care at all levels where there is a possibility of patient’s clinical status worsening acutely of presenting with serious illness, such as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, physician assistants and pharmacists. Other learner groups such as paramedics and or prehospital responders would also benefit from this education.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- recognize the physiologic changes of pregnancy and their effect the diagnosis and management of critically ill pregnant patients
- describe diagnosis criteria for preeclampsia/eclampsia
- recognize the physiological changes during pregnancy that can make the diagnosis of thromboembolic disease more challenging
- recognize the role of multidisciplinary management in surgical emergencies
- describe management of ARDS in pregnancy
7: 30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
PRETEST – PRETEST WILL BE ADMINISTERED IF NOT COMPLETED BEFORE ARRIVAL
8:10 am Welcome & Course Introduction
8:15 am Hemodynamic Monitoring
8:45 am Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy
9:15 am Preeclampsia/Eclampsia
10:00 am | Break |
10:15 am | Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient |
11:00 am | Sepsis in Pregnancy |
11:45 am | Maternal Mortality and Cardiac Arrest |
12:30 pm | LUNCH |
1:00 pm | Skill Station: Basic Airway Skills |
1:45 pm | Skill Station: Urosepsis Complicated by ARDS |
2:30 pm | Skill station: Management of Severe Preeclampsia and Eclampsia |
3:15 pm | Day 1 Wrap-up |
Day 2 SIMULATION LAB | ||
7:30 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 am | Pregnancy-related Acute Kidney Injury |
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8:45 am | Obstetrical Hemorrhage |
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9:30 am | Management of Delivery and Newborn |
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10:15 am | Break |
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10:30 am | Fetal Evaluation and Fetal Concerns in the Seriously Ill Pregnant Patient |
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11:15 am | Transport of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient |
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12:00 pm | LUNCH |
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12:30 pm | Thromboembolism Disease and Pregnancy |
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1:15 pm | Non obstetrical Surgical Diseases in the Pregnant Patient |
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2:00 pm | Skill Station: Delivery and Neonatal Resuscitation |
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2:45 pm | Skill Station: Postpartum Hemorrhage |
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3:15 pm | Skill Station: Cardiac Arrest in the Pregnant Patient |
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3:45 pm | Course Wrap Up and Post Test |
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The GEMS Center in located on the west end of the Geisinger Medical Center campus in Danville, Pa., and is housed in two separate buildings:
The GEMS Simulation Center is in the former Interim Lab Building (ILB). It is a small yellow brick building directly to the left of the annex. It contains three high-fidelity simulation rooms with attached control/observation rooms and a combination thirty-person classroom/task training room.
Content Disclosure
The faculty have attested that their presentation and/or content is HIPPA compliant.
Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
*Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this live activity for 14 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 14 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Disclosure Policy
Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
Available Credit
- 14.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 14.00 ANCC
- 14.00 Participation Credit
Price
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