This session assist medical profession in making care decisions for the post cardiac-arrest victims, keeping them alive with as little brain damage as possible using hypothermia therapy. Since the 1950, hypothermia has been used to slowly reduce a patient’s need for oxygenated blood during heart and other surgeries. Studies have shown that cooling allows the body to get by with less oxygen by decreasing the metabolic demand; thus decreasing the brain’s demand for blood flow.
Objectives:
Verbalize the mechanism of action when using hypothermia
Identify how to select patients appropriate for hypothermia
Verbalize cooling techniques and monitoring
Define hypothermia outcomes
Presentation:
James Winslow, MD Disclosure:Received grant/research support from the National Science Foundation and is a shareholder for Glaxo Smith Kline
Credits:
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1.00
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Contact Hours
1.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC. Nurses: This educational activity can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
1.00
N/A
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Fees:
Fee
Description
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This session is free
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The Wake Forest University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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1.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC. Nurses: This educational activity can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
