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UHMS Chapter Townhall Meeting Virtual March 12, 2022

Tracking # 20-905539

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Course overview

Learner Objectives: As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: 1. The attendee will be able to state that emergent cases that have a hyperbaric indication for treatment, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, can be safely treated in a 9 to 5 clinic associated HBO department. 2. The attendee will be able to list at least 2 important references establishing the safety of treating emergent cases in a 9 to 5 clinic associated HBO2 department. 3. The attendee will be able to list at least 2 emergent conditions amenable to safe treatment in a 9 to 5 clinic associated HBO2 department. 4. Brief overview of medical ethics. 5. Understand Ethical issues in documentation and issues with copy and paste in electronic documentation. 6. Discuss fraud and abuse cases with hyperbaric medicine. 7. Explain and Understand Role of Advance Beneficiary Notice. 8. Understand Ethical issues with not having facilities for treating emergency HBO2 indications. 9. Discuss ethical issues with off label use and hyperbaric medicine. 10. Discuss ethical issues with promoting HBO2 therapy for unapproved use. 11. Discuss issues related with noncompliance related to HBO2 chamber. 12. Discuss false promotion of HBO2 chamber only approved for mountain sickness for use of other indication. 13. The attendee will be able to state that delayed radiation injuries are the most common indications for hyperbaric oxygen based on Medicare Billing data. 14. The attendee will be able to list at least two important references establishing hyperbaric oxygen as an effective treatment for radiation proctitis. 15. The attendee will be able to list at least three criticisms of the HOPON trial which claims to show that the Marx protocol for the neoadjuvant treatment of heavily radiated patients with Head and Neck cancer in conjunction with dental extractions are not needed. Subject Matter: 1. Everything You Wanted to Know about Safely Treating Emergency Hyperbaric Indications in a 9 to 5 Clinic (But Were Afraid to Ask) 2. Ethical Issues in the Practice of Hyperbaric Medicine 3. Did you know that Radiation Injuries were the Number One Indication for Hyperbaric Oxygen 4. Q&A Panel with Faculty. Teaching Methods: Live stream didactic lectures, Question and answer Panel, Evaluation of activity. Evaluation Methods: Evaluation is offered through the online educational portal to ensure no bias is present within our educational program, how we can plan future educational program and address/overcome barriers, and general comments and rating of the program and speakers.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants

Certified Nursing Assistant

3.5h General

Disclosure statements

Full Disclosure Statement: All faculty members and planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Full disclosure of faculty and planner relevant financial relationships will be made at the activity. Disclosures: All individuals in control of content for this educational activity with their relevant financial relationship disclosed are listed below (if applicable). An individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being in control of educational content at any time, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education: A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company. The content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months “None of the individuals in control of content (planners/faculty/reviewers/authors) for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.” There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to mitigate for this educational activity. No commercial support was received for this activity.