ED Affiliation Lecture: Tips & Tricks to Improve Orthopaedic Trauma Care in Children
This course was designed because pediatric patients offer unique challenges when seen in an Emergency Department. Often, pediatric patients will seek care at the closest community ED, who are not as familiar with caring for pediatric patients. This lecture will specifically cover the topic of pediatric patients who present to community EDs with isolated limb trauma.
Target Audience
Registered Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant
Physician
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:
- identify initial management of pediatric patients with isolated limb trauma.
- identify appropriate referral mechanisms to urgent cares, orthopedic offices, ortho urgent care and the emergency department.
Dr. Z. Deniz Olgun
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance