1 hr 18 min

2024 Emergency Medicine Journal Review with Jason Hicks, PA-C, Fred DeMeuse, PA-C, Greta Sowels, PA-C, and Dr. Chris Solie Ridgeview Podcast: CME Series

    • Medicine

In this podcast, Dr. Chris Solie, an emergency physician, along with Jason Hicks, Fred DeMeuse, Greta Sowels (physician assistants), working for Emergency Medicine Physicians and Consultants (EMPAC) who review journals and papers around emergency medicine.
*Disclosure note: None of the speakers or planners for this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with any inelgible company - who's primary business is producing marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributin healthcare products used by or on patients.
Enjoy the podcast.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this podcast, participants should be able to:
Identify emergency medicine journal articles that may be potentially practice changing. Differentiate between using a HEAR score versus a HEART score when assessing patients coming into the ED with chest pain. Restate whether vaccination during pregnancy could reduce the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - associated lower respiratory tract illness in newborns and infants. Discuss the rate of wound infection from suturing with sterile gloves, dressings, drapes, etc. versus non-sterile gloves, dressings in emergency department. Discuss the risk-benefit of using tranexamic acid (TXA) in the treatment of gastrointestional bleeds. Identify interventions designed to reduce fatigue among emergency department physicians. Determine whether a direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to the standard of care of penicillin skin testing followed by an oral challenge in patients with a low-risk pencillin allergy. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation criteria, standards and policies of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). Ridgeview is accredited by the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
CME credit is only offered to Ridgeview Providers & Allied Health staff for this podcast activity. After listening to the podcast, complete and submit the online evaluation form. Upon successful completion of the evaluation, you will be e-mailed a certificate of completion within approximately 2 weeks. You may contact the accredited provider with questions regarding this program at Education@ridgeviewmedical.org.
Click the link below, to complete the activity's evaluation.
CME Evaluation
(**If you are listening to the podcasts through iTunes on your laptop or desktop, it is not possible to link directly with the CME Evaluation for unclear reasons. We are trying to remedy this. You can, however, link to the survey through the Podcasts app on your Apple and other smart devices, as well as through Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast directory apps and on your computer browser at these websites. We apologize for the inconvenience.) 

DISCLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT 
The information provided through this and all Ridgeview podcasts as well as any and all accompanying files, images, videos and documents is/are for CME/CE and other institutional learning and communication purposes only and is/are not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician, healthcare provider or other healthcare personnel relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition; and are property/rights of Ridgeview.  Any re-reproduction of any of the materials presented would be infringement of copyright laws. 
It is Ridgeview's intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.
None of Ridgeview's CME planning committee members have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible co

In this podcast, Dr. Chris Solie, an emergency physician, along with Jason Hicks, Fred DeMeuse, Greta Sowels (physician assistants), working for Emergency Medicine Physicians and Consultants (EMPAC) who review journals and papers around emergency medicine.
*Disclosure note: None of the speakers or planners for this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with any inelgible company - who's primary business is producing marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributin healthcare products used by or on patients.
Enjoy the podcast.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this podcast, participants should be able to:
Identify emergency medicine journal articles that may be potentially practice changing. Differentiate between using a HEAR score versus a HEART score when assessing patients coming into the ED with chest pain. Restate whether vaccination during pregnancy could reduce the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - associated lower respiratory tract illness in newborns and infants. Discuss the rate of wound infection from suturing with sterile gloves, dressings, drapes, etc. versus non-sterile gloves, dressings in emergency department. Discuss the risk-benefit of using tranexamic acid (TXA) in the treatment of gastrointestional bleeds. Identify interventions designed to reduce fatigue among emergency department physicians. Determine whether a direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to the standard of care of penicillin skin testing followed by an oral challenge in patients with a low-risk pencillin allergy. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation criteria, standards and policies of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). Ridgeview is accredited by the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
CME credit is only offered to Ridgeview Providers & Allied Health staff for this podcast activity. After listening to the podcast, complete and submit the online evaluation form. Upon successful completion of the evaluation, you will be e-mailed a certificate of completion within approximately 2 weeks. You may contact the accredited provider with questions regarding this program at Education@ridgeviewmedical.org.
Click the link below, to complete the activity's evaluation.
CME Evaluation
(**If you are listening to the podcasts through iTunes on your laptop or desktop, it is not possible to link directly with the CME Evaluation for unclear reasons. We are trying to remedy this. You can, however, link to the survey through the Podcasts app on your Apple and other smart devices, as well as through Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast directory apps and on your computer browser at these websites. We apologize for the inconvenience.) 

DISCLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT 
The information provided through this and all Ridgeview podcasts as well as any and all accompanying files, images, videos and documents is/are for CME/CE and other institutional learning and communication purposes only and is/are not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician, healthcare provider or other healthcare personnel relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition; and are property/rights of Ridgeview.  Any re-reproduction of any of the materials presented would be infringement of copyright laws. 
It is Ridgeview's intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.
None of Ridgeview's CME planning committee members have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible co

1 hr 18 min