A Night on Call in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Case Panel (T) (No CME)

This session has been identified and designated as Credit to Meet ACS Accreditation/Verification Requirements for Trauma.

Session Description

This session will focus on challenging but practical real-life cases presented to a panel of critical care experts. Each of these cases will be centered around common problems that are associated with a diagnostic dilemma or treatment decision. The experts will be selected carefully based on their experience in dealing with these problems. Practical take home messages, tips, and tricks will be offered for each of the critical care issues addressed by these cases. Audience interaction will be encouraged through the use of an audience response system.

Course Outline

  • Update on Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury
    Oscar D. Guillamondegui, MD, MPH, FACS, Nashville, TN
  • Update on Coagulopathy
    Mitchell J. Cohen, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA
  • Update on Acute Respiratory Failure
    Rosemary A. Kozar, MD, PhD, FACS, Baltimore, MD
  • Update on Sepsis
    Matthew E. Lissauer, MD, FACS, New Brunswick, NJ 

Target Audience

  • Practicing surgeons
  • Residents

Learning Objectives

  • Apply new knowledge and ideas to improve their surgical practice
  • Adapt concepts and quality measures in support of research advancements
  • Enhance the quality of patient care

Contact

  • For questions about the course content, please contact elearning@facs.org.
  • If you have any technical questions, contact learning@facs.org.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
  • 0.00 Self Assessment Credit
Course opens: 
10/05/2018
Course expires: 
01/31/2020

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. For additional information, please visit the ACCME website: http://www.accme.org/requirements/accreditation-requirements-cme-providers/policies-and-definitions/financial-relationships-and-conflicts-interest

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during a activity, please report it on the evaluation. 
 

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Faculty and Disclosures

Oscar D. Guillamondegui, MD, MPH, FACS, Nashville, TN - No Disclosures
Mitchell J. Cohen, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA - No Disclosures
Rosemary A. Kozar, MD, PhD, FACS, Baltimore, MD - No Disclosures
Matthew E. Lissauer, MD, FACS, New Brunswick, NJ - La Jolla Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria: speaker's bureau

Program Committee and Disclosures

CHAIR: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP, FRCSEng(Hon), Miami, FL - No Disclosures
VICE-CHAIR: David T. Cooke, MD, FACS, Sacramento, CA - No Disclosures

Members

David C. Borgstrom, MD, FACS, Morgantown, WV - No Disclosures
Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX - No Disclosures
Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - Allergen: Honoraria: Consultant
Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS, London, ON - No Disclosures
Mariam F. Eskander, MD, Boston, MA - No Disclosures
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA - No Disclosures
Neil H. Hyman, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL - No Disclosures
Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - No Disclosures
David A. Spain, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures

Ex-Officios

Mary T. Hawn, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures
Daniel M. Herron, MD, FACS, FASBMS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

Consultants

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, FRCS(Hon), Houston, TX - No Disclosures
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA - No Disclosures
B. J. Hancock, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Winnipeg, MB - No Disclosures
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), Seattle, WA - No Disclosures
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

 

A Certificate of Completion will be awarded.

This educational activity is not eligible for CME or CE credits.

Available Credit

  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
  • 0.00 Self Assessment Credit
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