In this online CME program, internationally recognized leaders present a multi-faceted approach to care of one of the most challenging patients: the critically-ill acute trauma patient. Interventional Radiology and Surgical Management of the Trauma Patient focuses on current endovascular and interventional techniques and state-of-the art equipment used to perform life-saving procedures by both interventional radiologists and trauma surgeons.
Earn CME credits with lectures covering embolization, balloon occlusion, stent and stent-graft placement, and other downstream interventions. You get interventional radiology CME that covers all major topics in the global treatment of trauma, including:
exam choice and accurate diagnosis
arterial and venous injuries
solid organ trauma
pelvic trauma
firearm injuries
acute brain trauma
sepsis and infection control
This presentation was originally recorded at How to Save a Life: IR and Surgical Management of the Trauma Patient, October 24-26, 2022 in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Medium: Online Presentation
Commercial Support: This CME certified activity has not requested or received any support or funding from commercial interests. This includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.
Interventional Radiology and Surgical Management of the Trauma Patient
The University of Chicago via Independent
Overview
Syllabus
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- State the appropriate interventional radiology and surgical diagnosis and treatment guidelines for solid organ injuries;
- Identify the unique challenges presented by the management of the trauma patient in the ICU;
- Discuss how the approach to the pediatric trauma patient differs from the approach to the adult trauma patient;
- Identify problems associated with the management of mass casualties;
- Describe the nursing and technologist role in the life-saving measures provided to the trauma patient.
