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4th Annual Pulmonary and Critical Care Symposium
This event is now free to all, for both In-person and virtual attendees!
Please use code "PULM50" at checkout.
Target Audience
Pulmonologist, Critical Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Cardiologist, Hospitalist, CRNP, PA, Nurses, Respiratory Therapist, and other medical professionals
Learning Objectives
1. Review recent updates in medical literature in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
2. Discuss diagnosis and management of various critical care emergencies
3. Teach skills to effectively utilize bedside ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary and critical care diseases
4. Demonstrate intubation techniques and management of difficult airways in the critical care setting
5. Examine the role of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the management of a critically ill patient
6. Explore local scholarly activity in the field of pulmonary, critical care, sleep, and allergy via poster/abstract presentations
7. Review updates in Interventional Pulmonology including utility of cryobiopsy and management of refractory pneumothorax
8. Practice performing chest tubes and thoracenteses
9. Demonstrate advanced bronchoscopy procedures including endobronchial ultrasound, cryobronchoscopy, and foreign body removal
Additional Information
Accreditation Physicians Allegheny General Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credits to be determined.
The West Penn Hospital is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours pending.
Respiratory Therapists Application will be submitted to the American Association for Respiratory Care. Credits to be determined.
Available Credit
- 9.00 ABIM Medical KnowledgeSuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enable the participant to earn up to 9.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
- 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 9.00 Attendance