Are you a medical professional or student seeking to learn or improve your ability to perform the most common hospital procedures? Essential Hospital and Critical Care Procedures Course is a self-paced course that covers the 20 most common bedside procedures performed in the emergency room, intensive care unit, and hospital wards. This online CME course utilizes a combination of instructional video and systematic discussion that will cover the indications, contraindications, techniques, complications, fluid analysis, and coding related to procedures. The course is designed to provide physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health-related professionals with information and skills to improve the care of their hospitalized patients. The focus of this course is not only how to perform these procedures but also how to optimize clinical management using data collected from these various procedures. For example, how to analyze CSF, pleural, and ascitic fluid, how to use ultrasound to assess a patient s hemodynamic profile, and the basics of ventilator management. The format of this course is streaming-only (video recordings are not downloadable). Procedures and topics covered include Central Line Placement, Peripheral IV Placement, Needle Decompression, Tube Thoracostomy, Lumbar Puncture, Basic and Difficult Airway Management including Video Laryngoscopy, Paracentesis, Informed Consent, Procedural Sedation, Intraosseous Line Placement, Arterial Line Placement, Mechanical Ventilation, Basic Suturing, Point-Of-Care Ultrasound including E-FAST and RUSH Exams, and Thoracentesis.
- Provider:Continuing Education Company, Inc.
- Activity Link: https://www.cmemeeting.org/online-cme-courses/essential-hospital-and-critical-care-procedures
- Start Date: 2024-06-21 05:00:00
- End Date: 2024-06-21 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 16.0 hours
- MOC Credit Details: ABIM - 16.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
- Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Yes
- Measured Outcome: Learner Competence, Learner Knowledge
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Critical Care Medicine