LATEST ADVANCES IN ISCHEMIC AND HEMORRHAGIC STROKE THERAPY
May 8, 2010 — Baylor University Medical Center
Date and Time
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 12:07 AM
Target Audience
TBDCourse Description
Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke therapy is a complex and constantly changing field of medicine that incorporates specialists from many different backgrounds. State of the art management of stroke patients requires an efficient and coordinated team of EMS personnel, nurses and physicians using the latest treatment algorithms. The team of experts involved in stroke care includes specialists from neurosurgery, neurology, neuroradiology, emergency medicine, primary care and critical care medicine. As neuroscientists develop safer and more effective treatments for stroke patients, it is crucial that all practitioners who see patients with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke be exposed to the latest advancements.
This full day conference will feature experts from emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology. These specialists will discuss the latest advancements in stroke and provide information and techniques that will narrow the current practice gap. The conference will utilize concurrent parallel speaker sessions focused on the audience’s background and skill level. Topics will range from basic principles such as use of IV tPA for acute ischemic stroke to advanced techniques in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. The conference will include case discussion and panel debate formats that will allow for audience interaction, and there will be special audience response system technology incorporated into certain lectures. Health care professionals working with severely brain injured patients must be able to communicate effectively with patient families in emotionally difficult circumstances. In order to address this difficult task, participants in both the basic and advanced sessions will unite at the end of the conference for a special CME accredited ethics discussion related to patients with stroke.
Recommendations for the establishment of Primary Stroke Centers, to improve the care of stroke patients, were published in 2000. In 2005, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas became the first Certified Primary Stroke Center in the Dallas/Fort Worth region. Through the process of the Joint Commission’s Disease Specific Care Re-Certification Surveys, Baylor University Medical Center maintains the Primary Stroke Center’s Gold Seal of Approval.
Registration Deadline
After April 23 2010, add $25 per attendee.
Accreditation
The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity includes 1.0 formal credit in Medical Ethics and/or Professional Responsibility as required annually by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 7.0 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.
AANP accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Nurse Practitioners may receive a maximum of 7.0 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.
The Camenae Group, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides up to 7.0 Nursing Contact Hours.