
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
13 Hours of Pharmacology for NPs
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Non-Melanoma and Melanoma Skin Cancers
- Learn to identify the patterns of skin cancer
- Collagen Vascular Disease
- Identify the signs of collagen vascular disease
- Skin signs of Systemic Disease
- Identify the skin signs of multiple systemic diseases
- Common Disorders You Should Know
- Discover common skin diseases you may or may not know
- Papulosquamous Disease
- Be able to identify and differentiate the papulosquamous diseases
- Psoriasis and Metabolic Syndrome
- Demonstrate, locate and manage psoriasis and metabolic syndrome
- Acne and Rosacea
- Define the various types of acne and rosacea and utilize treatment in practice
- Event Medicine
- Identify medical entities likely to be present, specific to type of event
- Calculate medications, equipment, and coverage required for a given event
- Evaluate the environment, including forecasted weather and crowd size to determine resources needed
- Illustrate by example specific problems to be anticipated by type of event
- Pediatric fever: evaluation of the febrile infant
- List serious bacterial infections (SBI)
- Indicate clinical scores for behavior in the patient unable to communicate
- Describe the significance of fever
- Identify indications for specific testing in the febrile infant
- Calculate risks for sepsis, meningitis, and bacteremia
- Resuscitation Update
- Indicate the indications for targeted temperature management
- Appraise the role of neuroimaging and neurologic evaluation in survivor from cardiac arrest
- Appraise the value of ECMO in the emergency setting
- Examine the role of pharmacologic agents in advanced cardiac life support
- Toxicology Update
- Cite substances encountered in the emergency setting
- Examine the role of supportive care and the potential role for specific antidotes
- Formulate guidelines for management of more traditional overdoses.
- The Evaluation of Syncope and near-syncope
- Formulate guidelines to identify patients most at risk of short-term risk following a loss of consciousness
- Identify specific cardiac and pulmonary causes for near-syncope
- Distinguish the syncopal patient from the seizure patient
- Define safe guidelines for discharge of the syncopal patient
- List disorders causing near loss of consciousness which constitute "can't miss" diagnoses
- Legal considerations in emergency and clinical care
- Diagram the cost in time, stress, dollars and burnout for which the practitioner is at risk
- Estimate mechanisms by which one can avoid a lawsuit
- Illustrate the magnitude of the problem in emergency care
- Formulate specific presentations which expose the practitioner to liability
- Opioid abuse and pain management in the acute care setting
- Name alternatives to narcotics in the management of pain
- List evidence for the use and efficacy of specific agents
- Recognize the risks and magnitude of narcotic abuse
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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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.