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Fundamentals of Critical Care Support - Surgical August 27 & 28, 2024
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, physician assistants, pharmacists and respiratory therapists. 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 early signs and symptoms of critical illness
- identify adverse events and drug interactions from anesthetics in postoperative period
- discuss indications and techniques for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV)
- prioritize appropriate treatment and management of a surgical emergency
- identify patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
Additional Information
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DAY 1 SIMULATION LAB- | ||||
7:30 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | |||
8:00 am | Welcome and Course Introduction | |||
8:15 am | Approach to the surgical patient, part 1: Overview of the care of the critically ill patient | |||
9:00 am | Approach to the surgical patient, part 2: Surgical emergencies | |||
9:30 am | Diagnosis and management of acute respiratory failure | |||
10:00 am | Break | |||
10:15 am | Mechanical ventilation 1 | |||
10:45 am | Skill Station: Assessment of the critically ill post operative patient Skill station: Mechanical vent 1 | |||
11:30 am | Switch skills | |||
12:15 pm | LUNCH | |||
1245 pm | Mechanical Ventilation 2 | |||
1:15 pm | Monitoring of oxygen balance and acid base status | |||
1:45 pm | Break | |||
2:00 pm 2:30 pm
| Diagnosis and management of shock Skill station: Mechanical vent 2 Skill Station: Hypotension after abdominal operation | |||
3:15 pm | Switch skill stations | |||
4:00 pm | Day 1 Wrap-up-questions about uncovered chapters | |||
Day 2 SIMULATION LAB- SKILL STATION | ||||
7:30 am | Questions about uncovered chapters | |||
8:00 am | Neurosurgical ICU | |||
8:30 am | Abdominal surgical emergencies: Part 1 | |||
9:00 am | Abdominal surgical emergencies: Part 2 | |||
9:30 am | BREAK | |||
9:45 am | Surgical airway emergencies | |||
10:15 am | Basic Trauma and Burn Support | |||
10:45 am | Skill Station: ICU care for multisystem trauma patient Skill Station: Integrated abdominal sepsis | |||
11:30 am | Switch skills | |||
12:15 pm | Lunch | |||
12:45 pm | Cardiovascular Surgical Emergencies | |||
1:15 pm | Management of special population | |||
1:45 pm | Surgical soft tissue complications and urgencies | |||
215 pm | Skill station: Technical review-dislodged trach, chest tube function, EVD, bladder pressure | |||
2:45 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 12.5 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 12.5 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 12.5 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
- 12.50 AAPA Category I CME
- 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 12.50 ANCC
- 12.50 Participation Credit