These courses are intended for internal hospital staff.

Activity Description:

This is a virtual CME-certified educational event designed to address the identified gaps related to identification of patients who present with higher suspicion for surgical intervention. The online format will allow for convenient access and thus reach a broad audience of medical professionals. It’s often EMS is dispatched to respond to generalized sick cases. Equally common is the lack of availability for advanced diagnostic tools used by definitive care to identify when this sick case requires surgical intervention. This conundrum makes it crucial for EMS providers to have the knowledge and skill in using knowing what physical and assessment findings are more indicative for an impending surgical emergency . This CME will assist pre-hospital providers with gaining knowing in identification, assessment and management of patients presenting with a potential surgical emergency.

Target Audience: 

CME activities are designed to serve the professional and educational needs of physicians.  The target audience is Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Paramedics, Pre-Hospital Clinicians, Medical First Responders, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Air-Ground Ambulance Services, and Service Line Representatives. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize common general surgical emergencies.
2. Identify key clinical presentations or assessment findings suspicious for the most common emergencies needing surgery.
3. Discuss pre-hospital management of patients potentially needing surgical intervention. 

Moderator:

Bradley Wise, DO

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. 

Series location: 

HCA HealthONE Rose Medical Center

4567 E 9th Ave

Denver, CO 80220

United States

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