Activity Description:

This is a virtual CME‐certified educational intervention designed to address the identified gaps in the care of patients with hip fracture. This virtual format allows for convenient access and thus reach a broad audience of medical professionals. Falls from ground level are one of the most common calls EMS respond to in their career.  A hip fracture may have little outward signs of concern for EMS or by the patient and range from benign to life-threatening. Through these activities, pre-hospital providers will attain evidence‐based knowledge for the recognition, evaluation and management despite visual evidence and promote improved chances of early recognition, treatment and outcome for patients suffering from a hip fracture.

Target Audience: 

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistance, Residents, Medical Students, Emergency Medical Services

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the most susceptible populations and common activities leading to this injury
• Using pre-hospital methods, identify and assess the femur and hip anatomy defined for this fracture type
• Apply this knowledge by discussing management and complications through case study presentations, from pre-hospital presentation to post-operative course

Moderator:

Dr. Brian Larkin, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Ashley Mull, MD - Emergency Medicine Physician        

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.