Presenter(s):

Theodore Them, MD, MS, PhD, MPH
Chief, Section of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Medical Director, Employee Safety, Health, & Wellness Office, Guthrie Healthcare System and Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., Sayre, PA

When:

Friday, February 10, 2012

Time:

12:00 p.m.

Where:

Auditorium, Patterson Education Building, Sayre, PA

Videoconferenced to: Big Flats, Corning Centerway, Corning Hospital, Ithaca, & Troy Community Hospital

(Lunch will be provided)

Description:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Access at least three (3) common, reliable sources on this topic.
• Define blast injuries, both formally and clinically.
• Describe the basic physics of blasts.
• Define crush injuries, both formally and clinically.
• Differentiate blast and crush injuries from simple impact injuries.
• Appreciate the varying medical risks and outcomes of blast/crush injuries as functions of involved anatomical component(s),  time factors, and injury severities.
• Recapitulate the basics for EMS response to blast/crush injuries.
• Recognize the advantages to enhanced EMS response to blast/crush injuries.
• Identify at least three (3) scenarios in which enhanced response to blast/crush injuries might prove crucial to patient survival and morbidity.
• Successfully apply lessons learned today to common field cases.

This Program is intended for:

Internists, Family Practitioners, Medical Specialists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Fellows, Residents, Medical and Nursing Students, and other Healthcare Professionals.

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Accreditation Statement:

“Guthrie Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.”

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Designation Statement:

“Guthrie Health designates this live activity for a maximum of (1.0) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”

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Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Statement:

“Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Guthrie Health are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

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