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ForwardNursing Trauma Course
This course is a 3 day mandatory course for nurses who will be caring for trauma patients at UPMC Mercy . The Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation who governs trauma patient care requires nurse who care for trauma patient to take the 3 day course within one year of hire.
Target Audience
Nurses who will be caring for trauma patients at UPMC Mercy
Learning Objectives
Identify the nursing assessment of a trauma patient .
Discuss the care of a injured trauma patient that need massive transfusion
Identify the 5 places a trauma patient bleeds and who to stop the bleed in trauma
Michele Buraczewski MSN,RN,CEN,CCRN-K ,TCRN
Leda Heidenreich MSN,RN,CCRN
Justin Beal PHRN,NRP
Dr. Alain Corcos
Meaghan Hanson, Pharm- D
Courtney Augustine
Brennie Bryant MSN,RN
Jenny Ziembicki, MD
Adam Yates, MD
Cheryl Six ,MD
Gina Howell, MD
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 21.00 contact hours.
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
- 21.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 21.00 Attendance