Penetrating groin trauma is an infrequent yet complex injury that requires quick identification, evaluation, and treatment in the emergency department and trauma bay setting. Multiple organ systems can sustain an injury with a significant risk of mortality and acute and chronic morbidity. Prompt identification of injuries, implementation of temporizing care measures, and appropriate decision-making in both the stable and unstable patients are crucial for positive patient outcomes. This activity reviews the etiology and epidemiology of penetrating groin injuries, summarizes critical steps in the clinical and imaging evaluation of the traumatically injured patient, and presents options for definitive and damage-control management based upon patient clinical status. This activity also highlights the role of pre-hospital care/transport on clinical outcomes and presents opportunities for interprofessional intervention to decrease rates of injury from firearms.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/22438
- Start Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- End Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.5 hours
Nursing: 1.5 hours
Pharmacy: 1.5 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABPATH - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABTS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABTS)
ABIM - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABS)
ABP - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP)
ABTS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABTS) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, All Practice Areas (e.g. ethics), Critical Care Medicine, General Operative Anesthesia, General Surgery, Hospital Medicine, Neurocritical Care, Non-Thoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, Vascular Surgery