OVERVIEW

Essential Suturing Skills - Virtual Workshop is organized by Continuing Education Company, Inc. (CEC) and will be held on Nov 02, 2023.

Description:
Proper evaluation and management of wounds is critical to ensuring positive patient outcomes. This case-based course is designed to increase the participant's scope-of-practice in managing acute traumatic wounds as they present in the outpatient setting. Improve patient care and your value to your practice with essential procedural skills by exploring common, but potentially problematic, cases from presentation to follow-up including: aseptic technique, proper use of skin adhesives and alternate wound closure techniques, basic suturing, how to properly assess and manage common wounds including simple lacerations, abrasions, avulsions, bites and puncture wounds, incision and drainage of abscesses, local and regional anesthesia techniques and appropriate antibiotic therapies.

Upon the completion of this hands-on workshop, participants should be able to:

Properly assess acute traumatic wounds to determine appropriate management, referral, and follow-up.
Choose appropriate wound management materials and equipment.
Determine appropriate suture techniques according to wound and patient characteristics.
Assess and repair simple lacerations using aseptic technique and a variety of closure methods.
Demonstrate a variety of essential percutaneous suture techniques.
Demonstrate proper intradermal suture technique.
Demonstrate alternate methods of acute wound management for wounds that cannot or should not be sutured.
Explain proper antibiotic indications, tetanus prophylaxis, rabies prophylaxis and instruct the patient in appropriate post-procedural care.

Participation is easy:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation and receipt of payment.
One week prior to the virtual workshop, we will send you an email with login details so you can view the workshop.
A few days prior to the virtual workshop, you will receive a Suture Kit via USPS, which will be used during the workshop’s practice sessions.
Once the virtual workshop is over, just complete the online evaluation and receive your CME credit and certificate.

1:10 Instructor-Participant Ratio during breakout sessions
Maximum of 30 Participants
Suture Kit and Model included

Suture kits will be mailed to each participant prior to the workshop to the address that is listed in your profile. You must register PRIOR to October 26, 2023 to guarantee your kit will arrive in time.