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Emergency Room CME
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This course explores common clinical complaints such as abdominal pain, fever, cough and headache, focusing on quickly identifying “red flags” that require expedient workup. We will review considerations in ordering the most appropriate laboratory and imaging studies to narrow this differential and rule out life-threatening pathology and more.
CME On-Demand Courses Include
Package 1 – Making Your “What Can Kill” List & Identifying That “Needle in a Haystack”; Abdominal & Pelvic Pain- From Cholecystitis to Cervicitis, to Calculi, Oh My!
Classes by Melissa Kalensky, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE
Making Your “What Can Kill” List & Identifying That “Needle in a Haystack”
We often see the same complaints over and over again yet, less than 10% of those cases are triaged as requiring immediate or emergent intervention upon arrival to the emergency room. This presentation will look at some of the most common clinical complaints – abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, and headache – focusing on quickly identifying “red flags” that require expedient workup. We will focus on elements of the history/physical exam that can help you consider how to triage these patients and work through some cases involving common complaints that end up as clinical zebras.
Abdominal & Pelvic Pain- From Cholecystitis to Cervicitis, to Calculi, Oh My! (Rx=0.25)
This presentation will focus on the nearly 1 in 10 patients presenting to the emergency department who have a complaint of abdominal and/or pelvic pain for less than seven days. We will discuss elements of the history and physical exam that are essential in building a broad differential, including atypical presentations. We will review considerations in ordering the most appropriate laboratory and imaging studies to narrow this differential and rule out life-threatening pathology. Particular considerations for changes in pathology with age, acute pain in pregnancy, and pain accompanied by vaginal bleeding will be highlighted as well.