Acute Care Surgery

An In-Depth Review of Acute Surgical Care

This Acute Care Surgery course focuses on the acutely ill surgical patient, with in-depth information on emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care. Practicing general surgeons and allied health professionals who would like to improve their knowledge and skills learn how to:

• • • Describe the appropriate resuscitation of the trauma patient
    • Describe the role of the non-invasive and invasive monitoring in goal-directed care of the critically ill patient
    • Describe appropriate indications for rib stabilization in the trauma patient

Discover New Guidelines

A comprehensive clinical update, this learn-at-your-own-pace course in acute care surgery provides a maximum of 9.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Available online or via audio MP3 CDs, it provides access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

• • Acute Care Surgery and Transition to Practice Program – Tom Cogbill, MD, FACS
• • Antibiotics for Appendicitis – Ready for Prime Time? – Travis Webb, MD, MHPE, FACS
• • Management of Intraabdominal Infection – Tom Carver, MD, FACS
• • You Got Your Patient Through an Episode of Acute Diverticulitis: Now What? – Marshall Beckman, MD, FACS
• • ECMO-Use and Abuse – Marcus Kaiser, MD
• • Abdominal Compartment Syndrome – Definition and Management Approaches – Todd Neideen, MD, FACS
• • Emergence of PICS in our ICU Survivors – Panna Codner, MD, FACS
• • Delirium – Risk Factors and Prevention and Strategies for Management – Kristin Shields, MD
• • Complex Pelvic Fracture – How Your Orthopedic Surgeon Can Help You Manage the Complex Pelvic Fracture – Harmeeth Uppal, MD
• • Endovascular Management of Blunt Aortic Injury – Michael Malinowski, MD, FACS
• • Emergency Airway Management – Where in Field, in ED, in ICU? – Lexi Goldin, MD
• • Critical Care Update: Team Care, C. difficile Disease, New Oral Anticoagulants, Blood Transfusion – John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS