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Mastering Emergency Medicine: Neurology, Hematology, & Endocrinology Essentials

Elevate your emergency medicine expertise with our specialized learning program, crafted for healthcare professionals aiming to handle complex neurological, hematological, and endocrine emergencies effectively.

🔍 Neurologic Emergencies (3 hrs):

*Stroke evaluation: Timing, differentiating TIA from CVA, BP management, TPA eligibility, and hemorrhage treatments.
*Imaging tools: Use, benefits, and risks of CT, CTA, MRI/MRA, angiography, and when to use CT and lumbar puncture for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
*Neurological conditions: Altered mental status, coma, vertigo, ataxia, gait disturbances, headaches, and various other disorders like encephalitis and Bell’s palsy.
*Seizure management: Types, status epilepticus, Todd’s paralysis, and approaches to different seizure scenarios.
*Diagnostic approach: Intracranial masses, spinal cord compression, normal pressure hydrocephalus, and VP shunt complications.

🔍 Emergency Hematology Essentials (1 hr 57 min):

*Anemia evaluation: Interpreting CBC to differentiate types of anemia.
*Bleeding management: Indications and contraindications for blood products (e.g., packed RBCs, plasma, platelets) and clotting factors.
*Coagulation cascade: Physiology, PT/PTT assessment, and acquired platelet disorders (ITP, TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP syndrome).
*Congenital bleeding disorders: Emergency care for von Willebrand disease, hemophilias, and sickle cell complications (pain crises, acute chest syndrome, stroke).
*Medications: Indications, contraindications, and side effects of anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, and fibrinolytics. – Anemia evaluation: Differentiating types through CBC interpretation.
*Bleeding management: Administering blood products with knowledge of indications and contraindications.
*Coagulation assessment: Understanding the cascade and using PT/PTT, plus acquired platelet disorders.
*Congenital disorders: Emergency care for von Willebrand, hemophilias, and sickle cell complications.
*Medication knowledge: Indications, contraindications, and side – effects of anticoagulants, antiplatelets, and fibrinolytics.

🔍 Endocrine Emergencies (1 hr 33 min):

*Diabetes emergencies: Diagnosis and treatment of hypoglycemia, DKA, and HHNS, plus long-term complications (retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy).
*Thyroid emergencies: Management of hyperthyroidism (thyrotoxicosis, thyroid storm) and hypothyroidism (myxedema coma).
*Adrenal disorders: Recognition and treatment of adrenal crisis, primary/secondary insufficiency, and corticosteroid use during stress.
*Other endocrine conditions: Evaluation of parathyroid disorders (hyper-/hypoparathyroidism) and alcoholic ketoacidosis.

💡 Learn. Lead. Save Lives.

With a total length of ~6.5 hours, this course offers 6.5 AAPA Category 1 CME Credit.

Speakers:

Michael Caplan, MMSc PA-C graduated as a Physician Assistant in 2004. Initially he worked at an Internal Medicine office but quickly started working with his passion in Emergency Medicine. He is the founder and creator of an online Emergency Medicine fellowship program for licensed Physician Assistants since 2018. While being the primary lecturer for the online program he also has been an adjunct lecturer for many local Physician Assistant programs over the past 15 years.

John Bielinski, Jr, MS, PA-C. John is hailed as one of the greatest presenters in the country. With his unique active style and easy-to-follow presentation, attendees have reported learning more in one day from him than an entire year in the classroom! He earned a master’s degree in family and emergency medicine and is a national lecturer on emergency medicine and extraordinary patient care. His experience not only includes years of hospitalist/intensive care coverage, but he has also run a rural emergency department for nine years autonomously, having cared for hundreds of cardiac arrest and critically ill patients. John has lectured for over 10 years teaching PA students at two PA schools in Buffalo, NY.  He has also instructed paramedics and nurses on advanced cardiac life support.

This activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Associates Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 5/22/2025 to 5/22/2026. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. AAPA reference number: CME-2013618.

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