THE SCIENCE OF WOUND CARE, DIVING & HYPERBARIC MEDICINE 2012 ENDURING

Course overview

This course is intended for a wide audience of health care providers involved in advanced wound care management, hyperbaric and undersea medicine, including the registered nurse, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, physical therapist, physician, physician's assistant, certified hyperbaric technologist, certified hyperbaric registered nurse and others. The primary purpose of this UHMS Jointly Sponsored Symposium, “The Science of Wound Care, Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine”, is to educate learners in all disciplines on the standards of care in the treatment of wounds, information and technological advances in scientific and technical diving and the impact on medicine in the face of dwindling resources for complications as a result of diving, in-depth discussions of meaningful use and the electronic health record requirement, UHMS Accreditation requirements being implemented for payment of services, advanced wound care management and core anatomy, wound healing physiology, wound etiology and interventions, and clinical hyperbaric medicine. The second purpose of the program is to address the decreasing availability of emergent hyperbaric medicine programs to treat the core hyperbaric indications for which the effect of hyperoxygenation is primary in the treatment of the disease process. The third purpose of this symposium is to provide an understanding of quality, including tools like Lean to help the practitioner improve the care model; to look at the latest compliance issues and regulatory changes impacting pressure ulcers and organizational accountability. Principle Faculty and Credentials: •Nicholas Bird, MD •John Peters, FACHE •Michael Strauss, MD •Christopher Logue, MD •David Charash, DO •Dan Orr, MS •Caroline Fife, MD •Pete Witucki, MD •Dick Sadler, MD •Jayesh Shah, MD •Robert Snyder, DPM •Juan Bravo, MD. •John Feldmeier, DO •Tom Workman, CHT •Beth Eaton, MBA •Christopher Morrison, MD •Gretchen Dixon, RN Accreditation Statement. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and Peters Educational Group, LLC d/b/a Wound Care Education Partners. The UHMS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation Statement. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Full Disclosure Statement. All faculty members and planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by Peters Educational Group, LLC d/b/a Wound Care Education Partners are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Full disclosure of faculty and planner relevant financial relationships will be made at the activity.