CME Sam Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules

Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules: Meetings, Webinars, and Self Study Courses

Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, and Cardiology Alaska Cruise
Friday, July 12, 2019 - Friday, July 19, 2019

CME Provider:
Continuing Education, Inc. ›
5700 4th Street N
St. Petersburg, Florida (FL) 33703
United States

Phone: (800) 422-0711

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Conference Center:
Aboard Celebrity Solstice
7-Night Alaska Cruise Conference
Seattle, Washington (WA)
United States

Phone:

Description:
Topics:

1. Management of Congestive Heart Failure: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider
Differentiate heart failure due to systolic and diastolic dysfunction.
Assess prognosis based upon NYHA class and Ejection Fraction.
Apply the evidence-based approach to current pharmacological and advanced device therapy treatment guidelines.

2. Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider
Understand the assessment of bleeding and thromboembolic risk for atrial fibrillation.
Assess patient candidacy for warfarin and novel oral anticoagulant therapies.

3. Assessment of acute chest pain: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider
Only 30% of patients with acute chest pain have a cardiac etiology
What are best-practice clinical and diagnostic modalities to be used in assessment
Incorporation of cardiac imaging tests in the ED evaluation of chest pain.

4. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider
Acute coronary syndromes are a medical emergency; the acute care practitioner must be capable of recognizing, diagnosing, beginning initial therapy, and initiate the multidisciplinary team approach to this life-threatening emergency.
The use of cardiac biomarkers in acute diagnosis.
The early initiation of medical therapy, and when to initiate interventional therapy.

5. Management of Symptomatic Stable CAD: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider.
Appreciate in which patients are percutaneous coronary intervention and surgical revascularization are useful.
Review novel medical therapies for stable CAD.

6. Endocarditis: Who are you going to call-Cardiology, Infectious Disease or Cardiac Surgery?
Review of clinical criteria for diagnosis of endocarditis.
Appreciate the indications for surgical and medical therapy for endocarditis.

7. Management of Hyperlipidemia: Updated Guidelines for the Primary Care and Acute Care Provider
Review the evidence to support the use of statins for primary and secondary prevention.
Review the evidence to support the elimination of non-statin therapy from lipid treatment guidelines.
Understand the role of PCSK9 inhibitor therapy and other emerging therapies in management of dyslipidemia.

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Instructors:
Kevin L. Ferguson MD, FACEP
Khalid H. Sheikh, MD, MBA, FACC, FNLA, FASE

CME Credit:
Physicians:  14 Hours
Physician Assistants:  14 Hours
Nurses:  14 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM): No

Specialty Audience:
Anesthesiology    Emergency Medicine    Family Medicine    Internal Medicine

CME Sam Course #19257

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