UPMC Altoona 2023 Fall Trauma Symposium

Altoona, PA US
October 12, 2023

This program will provide attendees updated information on situational awareness, human trafficking, traumatic arrest, street drugs, and forensic evidence.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses and Social Workers who provide care to trauma patients.

Learning Objectives

Attendees will be able to discuss the importance of situational awareness and signs of human trafficking.
Attendees will be able to identify the systematic approach to a traumatic arrest.
Attendees will be able to identify the current most common street drugs and their effect on trauma care.
Attendees will be able to discuss evidence preservation related to trauma patients.

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
  • 4.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/13/2023
Course expires: 
11/30/2023
Event starts: 
10/12/2023 - 7:30am EDT
Event ends: 
10/12/2023 - 4:00pm EDT
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UPMC Altoona 2023 Fall Trauma Symposium

AM Session

0730-0830          Situational Awareness and Human Trafficking       Kermit Alwine, Lieutenant

                                                                                                                    Blair County Sheriff’s Office

0830-0930          Traumatic Arrest                                                           Roxanne McMillan, MD

                                                                                                                       Trauma Surgeon, UPMC Altoona

0930-1030          Street Drugs and Trauma                                            Anthony Pizon, MD,

                                                                                                                    UPMC Director Toxicology

1030-1130          Traumatic Deaths and Forensic Evidence                Joseph Hribar,

               Chief Deputy Coroner, Cambria County

 

 

PM Session

1200-1300        Traumatic Deaths and Forensic Evidence                 Joseph Hribar,

               Chief Deputy Coroner, Cambria County

1300-1400        Street Drugs and Trauma                                             Joshua Shulman, MD,

                                                                                                                    Director Pittsburgh Poison Control

1400-1500      Situational Awareness and Human Trafficking           Kermit Alwine, Lieutenant

                                                                                                                    Blair County Sheriff’s Office

1500-1600     Traumatic Arrest                                                              Roxanne McMillan, MD

                                                                                                                      Trauma Surgeon, UPMC Altoona

UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Aveune
Altoona, PA 16601
United States

Kermit Alwine, Lieutenant, Blair County Sheriff's Office

Roxanne McMillan, MD, Trauma Surgeon, UPMC Altoona

Anthony Pizon, MD, Director of Toxicology, UPMC

Joshua Shulman, MD, Medical Director, Pittsburgh Poison Control

Joseph Hribar, Chief Deputy Coroner, Cambria County

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
  • 4.00 Attendance
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