This ACEP online program teaches health care
professionals the basic life support knowledge and
skills to address breathing and cardiac emergencies in
adults, children, and infants. Includes two-rescuer CPR,
airway and ventilation devices, and AED training
Vital Signs: Abdominal
Trauma Online
This course
focuses on abdominal trauma and provides an in-depth
look at epidemiology, pathophysiology as well as
pre-hospital assessment and management.
This course focuses on how an acute coronary syndrome
develops, what factors to consider during assessment,
and what treatment options are appropriate for a patient
with an acute coronary event.
Part two of a two-part series on airway, this course
covers trauma intubation and pediatric intubation.
Alternative airways are presented along with information
on oxygen and ventilation devices.
This course provides information on assessing and
managing a behavioral emergency. Topics include
pathophysiology, common disorders, assessment techniques
and management considerations.
This course presents
information on the epidemiology and pathophysiology
of blunt thoracic trauma, followed by discussion of
a standard assessment and management approach to
thistype
of injury.
This course presents patients who have experienced blunt
trauma from causes such as vehicular collisions, falls,
and assault. It also reviews the kinematics of trauma.
This course discusses the presentations and treatments
of the common substances of abuse. Particular attention
is paid to the myriad of complications to the most
commonly abused substance: alcohol.
This course presents a vast amount of information about
key terminology, drug names and sources, reference
materials, medication preparations, and a host of other
factors important to all healthcare providers.
This course provides a comprehensive view of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) including transmission,
clinical manifestation, routes of exposure and key
actions to take when exposed.
This module
discusses neurologic emergencies including epidemiology,
pathophysiology and clinical presentations. For each
emergency, the learner will be given an overview of
effective pre-hospital assessment and management.
This
continuing education module provides caregivers with
insight into performing an effective patient assessment.
Performing an initial assessment, gathering a history
and conducting the physical examination are all elements
of this course.
This course is part one of a two-part series on
assessing pediatric patients. The first module is
designed to help healthcare providers with aspects of
patient assessment within the unique requirements of the
pediatric population.
In part two of a two-part series on pediatric
assessment, healthcare providers learn how to gather an
appropriate history and conduct an effective physical
examination for pediatric patients.
This pre-hospital continuing education module teaches
the essential info rmation for assessing and managing a patient
with penetrating thoracic trauma.
This course provides the information that healthcare
providers should know and be able to apply when faced
with a patient that has been shot, stabbed or impaled.
This module presents the
pathophysiology for common respiratory ailments. Overall
epidemiology, anatomy and physiology, medical
terminology, along with assessment and management
guidelines are included.
This course
module offers
info
rmation
related to assessing and caring for soft tissue
injuries. These injuries range from minor abrasions to
major amputations. Pre-hospital providers are regularly
called to care for these types of injuries.
This course reviews the anatomy of the spine, and
pathophysiology of spinal injury, including how to
recognize a spinal injury, prevent further injury and
provide proper care.
Stroke is a
leading cause of long-term disability and the third
leading cause of death in the
United
States.
In this module, pre-hospital providers will learn the
epidemiology, pathophysiology and common clinical
presentations for this devastating disease.
A medical
emergency arises when a patient is exposed to a toxin in
an amount that is sufficient to disrupt normal function.
In this course module, toxicologic emergencies and their
management in the pre-hospital environment are
discussed.
This course is the second in a two-part series focusing
on toxicological emergencies and how best to handle them
in the pre-hospital environment. Learners will be
presented with information on specific toxins,
hymenoptera stings, snake bites and marine animal
envenomations. Assessment and management for each
emergency is taught within the course.
This continuing education module discusses
near-drowning, drowning and diving emergencies
associated with either fixed containment or open bodies
of water. Clinical complications for these types of
emergencies will be presented along with their unique
assessment and management considerations.
