Critical Care CME Courses
Critical Care CME Courses
Bringing Best Practices to Your ICU: An Interdisciplinary Approach lays the foundation for an inter-professional, bundled approach to the care of patients with complex medical conditions. Led by John P. Kress, MD and Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR, this CME course highlights common complications of ICU survivors and breaks down the efficacy and implementation of the ABCDEF bundle. It will help you to better:
- Define the history and evidence surrounding the ABCDEF bundle
- Discuss strategies to improve bundle utilization in the ICU setting
- Analyze the roles of different healthcare providers in a bundled approach
- Outline ways to integrate the bundle into care of critically ill patients
- Identify potential barriers to ABCDEF bundle implementation
Practical Reviews is a fast, effective way to stay on top of new medical information and earn online CME. Featuring expert audio, text commentary and relevant clinical tips, articles are hand-selected from leading medical journals across 20 specialties. Subscribe today and choose a special discount or an Amazon.com Gift Card!
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Practical Reviews is just that — practical, expert reviews of the most significant articles from the top medical journals. This time-saving information management tool helps you understand what’s relevant to your practice, and keeps you on the cutting edge of patient care. Explore reviews in your specialty plus 19 others. These engaging audio commentaries and written summaries focus on the hottest topics, newest technologies, groundbreaking clinical tests, and more.
It takes just 15 minutes to read the summary, listen to the commentary, take a quiz and earn credit. A subscription includes access to the online database, audio, PDF abstracts and quizzes, not to mention the free app. You can also add audio CDs and printed abstracts, which we'll mail directly to you each month.
The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine is a wide-ranging review of the essential topics in the field. It highlights best practice guidelines for the management of various emergency situations encountered in critical care along with the latest developments and helps you stay informed. Led by Gerald L. Weinhouse, MD, it covers a wide range of topics like hemorrhagic shock, sepsis, acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias, approach to the comatose patient, acid-base disorders, and more. It will help you to better:
- Apply current/recommended critical care guidelines in clinical practice
- Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to critical care disorders
- Apply the latest therapeutic options for specific critical care disorders
- Evaluate and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
- Apply knowledge of pathophysiology in the management of critical care disorders
- Prepare for ABIM critical care medicine certification/recertification exams
- Incorporate new knowledge into daily practice to provide optimal care to patients
Emergency Medicine Practice is your one-stop shop for emergency medicine knowledge and expertise. A subscription includes full online access to 200+ evidence-based courses, print and online access to a new course each month, podcast summaries, digest versions of each issue, and online access to Calculated Decisions—including reviews of and links to MDCalc calculators. Topics include stroke, trauma, cardiovascular emergencies, pharmacology, toxicologic emergencies, airway/respiratory emergencies, abdominal emergencies, and more! Each course is a concise, yet comprehensive, approach to a single topic and presents evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, and disposition of your patients. Controversies, pitfalls to avoid, flow charts, and helpful summary tables and figures are also included. It’s everything you need to know about emergency medicine—all in one place. Each course includes 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 4 ACEP Category 1 Credits, 4 AAFP Prescribed Credits, and 4 AOA Category 2A or 2B credits. You can earn over 150 CME credits—including trauma CME, stroke CME, pharmacology CME, and more!
The purpose of EB Medicine’s LLSA Study Guides is to help you prepare for The American Board of Emergency Medicine's annual Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment (LLSA) exam. Each of EB Medicine’s LLSA Study Guides contains: summaries of key points; full reprints of the original articles*; sample questions to help you quiz yourself; in-depth discussion; a critique of the article; answers and explanations; and more. EB Medicine’s LLSA Study Guides are available for immediate download or in a print version that lays flat and is a spiral bound for easy studying. Each LLSA Study Guide includes 35 hours of Emergency Medicine CME Credit (AMA PRA Category 1 and ACEP Category 1). All of the current editions are available. (*Due to copyright restrictions, some reprints are not included; see website for a list of the articles that aren’t included.)
This course covers 20 of the most essential procedures needed to work in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards, including the procedures needed for trauma management in the ER, and includes 4 hours of hands-on ultrasound education. Course topics cover vascular access, arterial line placement, point-of-care ultrasound, mechanical ventilation, informed consent, procedural sedation, tube thoracostomy, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, airway management. Lab skills cover vascular access, ultrasound, airway management, lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, chest tube placement, paracentesis, pneumothorax evacuation, and needle decompression. Accredited by Postgraduate Institute of Medicine. Save $50-$150 with early registration at least 30 days before start of course. Exciting locations including Las Vegas, Chicago, Washington D.C., San Antonio, Seattle, and Long Beach.
This course covers 20 of the most essential procedures needed to work in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards, including the procedures needed for trauma management in the ER, and includes 4 hours of hands-on ultrasound education. Course topics cover vascular access, arterial line placement, point-of-care ultrasound, mechanical ventilation, informed consent, procedural sedation, tube thoracostomy, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, airway management. Lab skills cover vascular access, ultrasound, airway management, lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, chest tube placement, paracentesis, pneumothorax evacuation, and needle decompression. Accredited by Postgraduate Institute of Medicine. Save $100-$150 with early registration at least 30 days before start of course. Exciting locations including Las Vegas, Chicago, Washington D.C., and San Antonio
- 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 for hospital procedures
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice is a comprehensive resource for pediatric emergency medicine knowledge and expertise. A subscription includes full online access to 200+ evidence-based courses, print and online access to a new course each month, digest versions of each issue, and online access to Calculated Decisions—including reviews of and links to MDCalc calculators. Topics include trauma, pharmacology, airway/respiratory emergencies, abdominal emergencies, child abuse, and more! Each course is a concise, yet comprehensive, approach to a single topic and presents evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, and disposition of your pediatric patients. Controversies, pitfalls to avoid, flow charts, and helpful summary tables and figures are also included. It’s everything you need to know about pediatric emergency medicine—all in one place. Each course includes 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 4 ACEP Category 1 Credits, 4 AAP Prescribed Credits, and 4 AOA Category 2A or 2B credits. You can earn over 150 CME credits—including trauma CME, pharmacology CME, and more!