OVERVIEW

Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures ONLINE CME Course is organized by Hospital Procedures Consultants (HPC).

Release Date: 1/1/2022
Expiration Date: 1/1/2024

Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 11.5 hrs

Program Description:
The Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures CME course is an Internet Online CME curriculum that will provide current, evidence-based information about the 20 most common bedside procedures performed in the emergency room, intensive care unit, and hospital wards. The Online CME course was completely updated in 2019 and is geared toward Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Students, Resident physicians, and Military Physicians. The CME course will be comprised of 19 online modules that will cover the indications, contraindications, techniques, complications, fluid analysis, and coding of these procedures. Topics covered include the following:
• Informed consent
• Procedural sedation
• Central line placement – ultrasound-guided and landmark-guided
• Intraosseous line placement
• Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV placement
• Ultrasound-guided arterial line placement
• Point-of-care ultrasound including E-FAST and RUSH exams
• Mechanical ventilation
• Needle thoracostomy
• Basic suturing
• Tube thoracostomy including wire-directed pigtail catheter placement
• Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis
• Lumbar puncture
• Ultrasound-guided paracentesis
• Endotracheal intubation
• Video laryngoscopy intubations
• Stylet-guided intubations
• Laryngeal mask airway placement
• King tube placement
• Performing procedures in patients with thrombocytopenia, cirrhosis or who are on anticoagulation or antiplatelets

Our course teaches you not only how to perform these procedures, but also will teach you how to optimize clinical management using data collected from these various procedures. For example, we will teach you how to analyze CSF, pleural, and ascitic fluid, how to use ultrasound to assess a patient’s hemodynamic profile, and the basics of ventilator management. Additionally, you will have access to a bonus module from 2022 on how to perform procedures in patients with thrombocytopenia, cirrhosis, or who are on anticoagulation or antiplatelets.

Planned updates every 12 months will cover any updates in procedural medicine and keep the learner up to date as new techniques and recommendations arise.

Included with the purchase of this product is the indefinite access to our complete HPC Procedure Video Bundle which contains 27 full-length narrated videos of the most common bedside procedures essential for working in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards. $165 package value complimentary with purchase! Additionally, you will receive complimentary this product following:
• PDFs of all the lectures
• An airway management handout that summarizes all aspects of airway management
• A primer on Point-of-care ultrasound exams including an introduction to ultrasound probes and a review of the RUSH exam, E-FAST exam, and ultrasound-guided vascular access
• Access to the HPC Adult Critical Care and Emergency Drug Reference Card
• A new bonus lecture about safely performing bedside procedures in patients with thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, cirrhosis, or who are anticoagulated

Statement of Need:
Recent surveys of learners working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, and other hospital departments identified safety and competency in bedside procedures and competency with diagnostic ultrasound as the target audience’s primary educational need for medical procedures. Given recent advances in procedural medicine, there is a strong educational need to provide clinicians with expert-led insights into the indications, contraindications, techniques, and complications of the most common bedside procedures performed in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards. In addition, these clinicians need to learn how to interpret the lab studies and data obtained from these bedside procedures. Furthermore, learners show knowledge gaps regarding procedural sedation, mechanical ventilation, informed consent, and the peri-procedural management of antiplatelets. and antithrombotics, and the nuances of performing bedside procedures in patients with renal or hepatic dysfunction. Finally, there is a knowledge gap in procedural coding and in the information required for appropriate procedural documentation.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, the participants will be better able to:
• Define the indications and contraindications for the hospital procedures
• Identify the pertinent anatomy, patient positioning, and proper technique for hospital procedures
• Understand the common complications of the various procedures
• Choose the appropriate management of complications should they occur
• Choose appropriate options for oral or intravenous procedural sedation
• Perform basic diagnostic ultrasound
• Utilize the ultrasound to assist with hospital procedures
• Understand the basic principles of mechanical ventilation
• Properly code and document hospital procedures

ACCREDITATION & CREDITS

11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

FACULTY

Richard Rutherford

MD, FAAFPEmergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

Joseph Esherick

MD, FAAFP, FHMHospital Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

TARGET AUDIENCE

PhysicianNursingPhysician AssistantMedical StudentsEmergency MedicineMidlevel ProvidersResidentsHospital Medicine

SPECIALITIES

Emergency MedicineHospital MedicineCritical Care Medicine

CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

Cancellations 30 days or more prior to a course

Customers are entitled to a refund of the registration amount minus a $100 processing fee or 100% credit towards a future course.

Cancellations 15-29 days prior to a course

Customers are entitled to a 50% refund of the registration amount minus a $100 processing fee or a 75% credit towards a future course.

Cancellations 8-14 days prior to a course

Customers are entitled to a 25% refund of the registration amount minus a $100 processing fee or a 50% credit towards a future course.

Cancellations less than 7 days prior to a course

No refunds or credits will be given, including for “no shows” or for natural disasters or for travel-related or weather-related issues which are out of our control.

In the event of an emergency involving hospitalization of student or death of an immediate family member (spouse or children only – accompanied by supporting documentation)

HPC will offer 100% credit towards a future course (minus a $100 processing fee) in the event of an emergency which includes the hospitalization of a student or death/hospitalization of an immediate family member (spouse or children only) during the week prior to a course. Any other illness or injury will be treated according to our standard cancellation policies. HPC does not provide credit or refunds because of natural disasters, weather-related problems or travel-related delays that are out of our control. To obtain future course credit, please email our company supporting documentation of the above-mentioned emergencies.

Cancellations must be made by email

Cancellation can be initiated via email, and the categorization of the cancellation is determined by the date the notice is received by the HPC staff.

Cancellation of Courses

If HPC cancels a course, a full refund of the registration amount will be issued. Hospital Procedures Consultants is NOT responsible for any registrant travel or accommodation expenses.

Sold out courses

Hospital Procedures Consultants maintains a maximum capacity for our courses so that each participant has ample time for hands-on training. If courses are sold out, please notify our staff if you would like to be on the waiting list should a cancellation occur.