
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
$895 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$695 for Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
$495 for Nurses, Students & Others
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Pediatric fever: management and update
- Recognize serious bacterial infections
- Describe suggested diagnostic work-up of the febrile infant based upon recognize guidelines and patient age
- Identify life-threatening causes of fever
- Syncope update: the evaluation of the patient with loss of consciousness
- List causes for syncope which may cause morbidity and mortality
- Discuss cost-effective work-up for the patient with history of loss of consciousness
- Interpret different reports and recommendations in recent literature
- Pain management options in the era of opioid anuse
- Appraise the extent of the opioid crisis
- Analyze options for treatment of pain without use of narcotics
- Examine new developments and pharmaceutical developments of analgesics
- Trauma in the pediatric patient
- Discuss the extent and nature of non-accidental trauma
- Report the extent and science of imaging in the injured child
- Critique recommendations for diagnosis and management of the concussed adolescent
- Analyze the role of anti-thrombolyics
- What is new in toxicology
- Cite substances of abuse which were not available even ten years earlier
- Describe toxidromes which may elucidate what may have caused symptoms in the poisoned patient
- Exemplify specific abused substances
- Cardiopulmonary/Resuscitation update
- Report changes in standard guidelines
- Formulate resuscitation guidelines past standard CPR and advanced cardiac life support
- New recommendations for concussion evaluation and treatment
- Describe current recommendations regarding concussion management
- Determine and develop appropriate return to play guidelines
- Sudden cardiac death: Recognizing cardiac conditions in the young athlete
- Recognize ECG changes associated with sudden cardiac death
- Recognize and identify athletes at high risk for sudden cardiac death
- Running injuries of the lower extremity
- Discuss risks factors, signs and symptoms associated with running injuries of the lower extremity
- Implement appropriate treatments plans for these injuries
- Sports Dermatology and Infectious Diseases
- After attending this activity, the participants will be able to recognize, treat and provide sports clearance for athletes presenting with common dermatological conditions
- Participants will be able to diagnose, treat and provide sports clearance for athletes presenting with infectious mononucleosis.
- Participants will be able to interpret hepatitis panels and provide sports restriction and guidance to athletes according to their hepatitis panel results.
- Identify and discuss the recommendations and current controversies regarding sports participation for athletes with HIV.
- The pre-participation physical examination current guidelines and controversies
- Discuss the primary and secondary purposes of the Pre-participation Physical Examination (PPE)
- Understand the cardiovascular requirements of the PPE
- Identify causes that may prevent an athlete from clearance during the initial PPE
- Discuss current controversies surrounding the performance of the PPE in its current form
- Performance enhancing substances and supplements use in sports
- Identify current supplements and performance enhancing drugs currently used in sports
- Develop strategies to address the use of performance enhancing drugs in athletes and discuss their harms
- Joint injections
- Understand indications, risks, and contraindications of joint injections.
- Recognize and understand the use of different types of medications and approaches used in joint injections
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.