UPMC Altoona 2022 Fall Trauma Symposium

Altoona, PA US
October 13, 2022

This four hour course will present PTSD, its long term effects on both patients and family. It will also help to prepare staff for active shooter situations.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses and Social Work staff who provide care to trauma patients

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to recognize patients at risk for PTSD, its long-term effects and resources to assist patients and families with this. Participants will gain knowledge on strategies to survive an active shooter event.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 ASWB
Course opens: 
10/13/2022
Course expires: 
12/13/2022
Event starts: 
10/13/2022 - 7:30am EDT
Event ends: 
10/13/2022 - 4:00pm EDT
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This four hour course will present PTSD, its long-term effects on both patients and family. It will also help to prepare staff for active shooter situations.

UPMC Altoona, Magee Lecture Hall
620 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
United States

Rebecca Deterline, RN

Kermit Alwine, Blair County Sherriff 

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.

 

As Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 ASWB
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