COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
6 Hours of Pharmacology for NPs
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists
PROGRAM PURPOSE
The course will provide an overview of important pathologies seen commonly in the PICU. It will empower the learners to gain skills that will allow them to recognize critical illness early in children and to intervene in clinical scenarios commonly encountered. The learner will be able to recognize sepsis early and intervene appropriately.
The learner will gain a basic understanding of asthma and how to treat it. The learner will gain tools to treat DKA effectively. Additionally, the breath and depth of the field of pediatric critical care will be explored. Controversial topics such as brain death, vaccinations, and ethics will be covered and explored. Lastly, the topic of congenital heart disease and repair will be covered.
Pediatric Intensive Care:
The learner will gain a basic understanding of asthma and how to treat it. The learner will gain tools to treat DKA effectively. Additionally, the breath and depth of the field of pediatric critical care will be explored. Controversial topics such as brain death, vaccinations, and ethics will be covered and explored. Lastly, the topic of congenital heart disease and repair will be covered.
Pediatric Intensive Care:
- Congenital Cardiac Malformations and Repair
- Discuss the anatomy and repair of common congenital heart lesions
- Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis
- List the current treatment goals for sepsis to be delivered in the early hours of therapy.
- Vaccine-preventable Illnesses and their ICU Manifestations
- Describe the clinical manifestations of several vaccine-preventable illnesses.
- Severe Asthma Management: From Home to the PICU
- List the most important treatments for severe asthma.
- Death by Neurological Criteria: Diagnosis and Management
- Describe the criteria for the clinical diagnosis of brain death
- Ethical Issues in the PICU
- Discuss relevant ethical issues commonly encountered in the PICU
- Endocrine Emergencies in the ICU: Case Studies in DKA, Thyroid Storm and Adrenal Insufficiency.
- Discuss the appropriate management of endocrine emergencies in the PICU.
- Evaluation of Chest Pain and the Cardiac History
- Accurately assess and diagnose life-threatening causes of acute chest pain.
- Antiplatelet Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Compare and select appropriate antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute coronary syndrome, with a focus on the appropriate duration of therapy.
- New Anticoagulants for Atrial Fib: Where Do They Fit In?
- There are now four new oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation. There is often confusion regarding appropriate patient selection.
- ECG ST Changes for Myocardial Ischemia/Injury
- Accurately diagnose cardiac and non-cardiac problems based on the ECG.
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Assess which patients would be potential candidates for transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery.
- What is New in the Hypertension Guidelines?
- Understand the current blood pressure guidelines for the general population, the elderly, those with kidney disease, and those with heart failure.
- What is New in the Hyperlipidemia Guidelines?
- Assess atherosclerosis risk based on lipid profile.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLEASE NOTE: To attend the conference, participants must book their cruise accommodations through Continuing Education, Inc. This ensures we can provide full conference services and complimentary social amenities to meeting participants and guests. Participants' family and friends are welcome to book within our group allotment to take advantage of our typically excellent rates. Thanks for your cooperation. We look forward to welcoming you aboard!
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
