Emergency Care and Trauma Conference 2023

This program is designed to provide current information related to emergency medicine and evidence-based practice recommendations to improve patient outcomes for health care professionals.

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Designed For

Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, EMS personnel, public health professionals, fellows, residents, students and other interested health care providers.

Jointly Provided By

• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education
• CHI Health
• Apollo Aircare

Objectives

• Discuss which pediatric orthopedic injuries require urgent management.
• Review principles of long bone stabilization.
• Review pertinent physical examination findings & interpretation of pediatric orthopedic injuries.
• Identify resources to assist healthcare professionals with the medical management of poisonings and chemical exposures.
• Discuss the general management of acute poisoning exposures, including supportive care, decontamination, and antidotes.
• Describe the toxicity and treatment of selected chemical exposures which may be a threat in rural areas, including insecticides and irritant gasses.
• Review the basic physiologic changes associated with pregnancy.
• Review the current trauma guidelines for care of the injured pregnant patient.
• Discuss management of common obstetrical conditions managed in the emergency setting.
• Recognize the mechanism of injury of various agricultural emergencies.
• Discuss treatment and care for auger injuries.
• Discuss roles of successful trauma activation.
• Describe the common psychiatric emergencies in the emergency department setting.
• Describe what a suicide risk assessment is and how to use it.
• Discuss treatment options in the emergency department setting for specific psychiatric emergencies.
• Discuss blood components and the clotting cascade.
• Review classes of blood thinners, blood products, and reversal agents.
• Discuss massive transfusion protocol and thromboelastometry / thromboelastography.

Schedule

7 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits

8 a.m.
Welcome and Program Overview
Renae Jacobson, MSN, RN, TCRN, CCRN-K

8:15 a.m.
Management of Anticoagulants: Care through Thick and Thin
Corita Wheeler, DO
Emergency Department Physician
CHI Health Good Samaritan

9:15 a.m.
Obstetrical Emergencies
Gina M. Torpin, MD, FACOG
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology, PC

10:15 a.m.
Break and Visit Exhibits

10:30 a.m.
Psychiatric Emergencies
Zachary Keller, DO, CIPP
Attending Psychiatrist
Medical Director of Richard Young Hospital
Richard Young Inpatient & Outpatient Clinic

11:30 a.m.
Lunch and Visit Exhibits

12:30 p.m.
Principles of Emergency Management - Pediatric Orthopedic Injuries
Timothy Mickel, MD
Assistant Professor
UNMC College of Medicine
Department of Orthopedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

1:30 p.m.
Management of Poisonings
Kathy Jacobitz, MHA, BSN, RN, CSPI
Director
Nebraska Regional Poison Center

2:30 p.m.
Break and Virtual Exhibits

2:45 p.m.
Agricultural Emergencies
Mike Bailey, NRP, EMSI
Volunteer Firefighter and Medic
Ansley Volunteer Fire and Rescue

3:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Renae Jacobson, MSN, RN, TCRN, CCRN-K

4 p.m.
Adjournment
 

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Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education and CHI Health. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.