Trauma CME Course

 

Challenges in Trauma James W. Davis, M.D., M. Margaret Knudson, M.D.  

Evaluating trauma patients, diagnosing and managing cervical spine injuries, the use of ultrasonography for evaluating patients with penetrating abdominal trauma, using computed tomography to evaluate patients with blunt trauma, indications for damage control surgery.

 

Trauma Michael J. Sise, M.D., Stuart P. Swadron, M.D.

Diagnosing and managing vascular injuries resulting from trauma, the importance of screening for traumatic vascular injuries, the pre-hospital trauma interventions whose use is supported by good evidence, the factors involved when determining whether to declare a patient dead at the scene, the research demonstrating the value of training residents on a patient simulator.

 

Spine and Head Trauma Kenneth C. Jackimczyk, M.D. and Jeffrey R. Avner, M.D. 

Prominent algorithms for spine immobilization, the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study criteria and the Canadian cervical spine rules for obtaining plain films in patients with suspected spine injuries, the current status of the use of steroids in spinal injury, low-, moderate- and high-risk pediatric head trauma, the management of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in the pediatric patient.

 

Pediatric Trauma Lance Brown, M.D. and Charles Scott, M.D. 

Vascular access in children, the physical examination of the pediatric trauma victim, performing a mental status examination on a young child and how to clear the cervical spine of a child, the types of child abuse and the statistics on child abuse, the elements of memory and suggestibility as they relate to the testimony of child witness.

 

Trauma Review William K. Mallon, M.D., Michael E. DeBakey

Laboratory tests per protocol as a waste of resources, the utility of toxicology screens, myths and fallacies in trauma care, non-heart-beating donors, common drugs of abuse associated with trauma and the management of each type of intoxication.

 

Trauma and Violence Robert C. Mackersie, M.D. and Edward E. Cornwell, III, M.D.  

External, internal and latent threats in his or her working environment; recognizing and containing errors that occur during the management of trauma patients; avoiding potential pitfalls in the management of patients with blunt intestinal injuries, extremity injuries, and penetrating neck, chest and cardiac injuries; supporting evidence for the efficacy of violence-prevention programs; the challenges in attempting to reduce traumatic deaths through in-hospital or outpatient violence-prevention programs. 

 

Controversies in Trauma  Michael T. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D. and Kenji Inaba, M.D.  

The purported rationale for use of high-dose steroids in the treatment of spinal cord injury; controversies existing about use of high-dose steroids in the treatment of spinal cord injury; the standard of care and published guidelines for the use of methylprednisolone for spinal cord injury and appraising the clinical significance of this diagnosis; assessing the screening modalities available for the diagnosis of cardiac injury and how they fit into the work-up of patients with blunt chest trauma. 

 

Trauma of Solid Organs John A. Weigelt, M.D. and Michael D. McGonigal, M.D. 

The indications for and benefits of nonoperative management (NOM) of hepatic and splenic trauma; recent data on the effects and complications of angio embolization when considering this intervention as an adjunct to NOM; the mechanisms of injury for pancreatic trauma and the diagnostic methods used to assess the injury; recommended operative approaches to pancreatic trauma and the imp9ortance of damage control surgery in these patients; the most effective level of sedation by matching specific sedatives and hypnotic agents to individual patient scenarios. 

 

Trauma To Go R. Stephen Smith, M.D. and Michael J. Sise, M.D. 

Explain the indications for and benefits of non-operative management (NOM) of hepatic and splenic trauma; Take into account recent data on the effects and complications of angio embolization when considering this intervention a an adjunct to NOM; Describe te mechanisms of injury pancreatic trauma and the diagnostic methods used to assess the injury; Recall the recommended operative approaches to pancreatic trauma and discuss the importance of damage control surgery in these patients; and Achieve the best and most effective level of sedation by matching specific sedatives and hypnotic agents to individual patient scenarios.