Activity Description:

EMS education plays a critical role in preparing emergency medical services professionals to effectively respond to a wide range of medical emergencies, including stroke, cardiovascular events, and trauma. In the context of stroke, EMS providers are trained to rapidly identify the signs and symptoms, ensuring timely transport to specialized care to minimize brain damage and improve patient outcomes. For cardiovascular emergencies, such as heart attacks, EMS education focuses on early recognition, performing life-saving interventions like CPR and defibrillation, and ensuring prompt transport to a facility capable of managing complex cardiac cases. Trauma care education prepares EMS teams to manage critical injuries, from motor vehicle accidents to falls, with an emphasis on rapid assessment, stabilization, and the use of advanced techniques like trauma triage and hemorrhage control. By integrating these specialized educational components, EMS providers are better equipped to deliver life-saving care, reduce complications, and optimize outcomes for patients experiencing these emergencies.

Target Audience: 

Hospitalists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Advance Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Physicians and Residents, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Identify contributing causes of diagnostic and management errors and propose strategies for improving patient safety.
• Describe recommendations for system changes that improve patient care.
• Enhance teamwork and communication skills by participating in case discussions and collaborating with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient care.

Moderator:

Eric Hill, MD

Doug Maddux, EMS Director

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 to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 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.