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ForwardParkland's Updated Mass Critical Care Guidelines for Hospital and ICU Triage: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Through collaboration with local and national advocacy groups, very thoughtful revisions have been made to the mass critical care guidelines for triage in the exceedingly rare event needs overcome supplies.
The guidelines have a strong ethical basis of saving the most lives as possible while upholding non-discriminatory clinical judgments.
Accommodations to triage tools and algorithms are made clear in these guidelines, and knowledge of and education regarding the existence of these guidelines is crucial to the care of the patient as well as the hospital staff.
Target Audience
This course is designed for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Nurses, nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Physician Assistants, Pastoral Care Chaplains, Social Workers, Care Managers
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss experiences in current patient care settings and ‘lessons learned’
- Discuss updates and recent policy revisions for mass critical guidelines
- Discuss the moral and ethical basis of triage com
GENERAL INFORMATION
Americans with Disabilities Act
We take pride in ensuring that our events and functions are accessible to all attendees with special needs. All meeting rooms are wheelchair accessible. Should you require special arrangements, please contact UT Southwestern staff at the Registration Desk.
Disclaimer
This course has been planned to be well-balanced and objective in discussion of comparative treatment regimens, and the format allows for the free scientific exchange of ideas. Information and opinions offered by the facilitators represent their viewpoints. Conclusions drawn by the audience should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information.
Jennifer M. Wimberly, MD
Medical Director of Resiliency
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Roles: Course Director, Speaker/Facilitator and Planner
Jennifer Wimberly, MD, HCE-C
Elizabeth Heitman, PhD
Padmaja Reddy
Elizabeth Heitman, PhD
Padmaja Reddy
Jennifer Wimberly, MD, HCE-C
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Evaluation
Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias. This will be distributed and collected by the Simulation team.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Office of Continuing Medical Education (UTSW CME) requires that the content of CME activities and related materials provide balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. Planning must be free of the influence or control of a commercial entity, and promote improvements or quality in healthcare. All persons in the position to control the content of an education activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients.
The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. The UTSW Office of CME has implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the activity. The intent of this policy is to identify potential conflicts of interest so participants can form their own judgments with full disclosure of the facts. Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity.
Faculty Disclosures
None of the faculty and course planners listed have any relevant financial relationships.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Uses
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. For additional information about approved uses, including approved indications, contraindications, and warnings, please refer to the prescribing information for each product, or consult the Physicians’ Desk Reference.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA
- 1.00 Attendance
- 1.00 Ethics
Price
Certificate
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