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1. Conduct a Rapid Trauma Assessment, including FAST and EFAST, focused abdominal sonogram for trauma and ultrasound assessment of trauma.
2. Analyze physiological presentations and clinical signs indicative of specific trauma diagnoses.
3. Distinguish key palliative interventions in the stabilization and projected continuum of care for selected pediatric and adult traumatic injuries.
4. Plan for trauma specific issues in airway management and pulmonary pathophysiology.
5. Assess to determine the most appropriate critical-care stabilization, ongoing care, and transport for a neurological trauma patient.
6. Apply new insights related to the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac system to trauma care.
7. Evaluate physiological presentations and clinical signs indicative of specific trauma diagnoses.
8. Integrate knowledge, skills and abilities to enhance the clinical practice of providers caring for the multi-system trauma patient.
9. Plan appropriate clinical interventions for common clinical problems encountered in the management of the complex, multi-system trauma patient.
10. Choose best responses to patients in crisis using trauma resuscitation algorithms.
11. Determine interventions based upon current research and updates in clinical practice that supersede curriculums.
12. Demonstrate critical thinking skills necessary to successfully complete the TCRN examination.

Trauma Assessment

• Head to toe physical exam
• Rapid trauma assessment (EXTERNAL trauma)
• Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS): An evolving role in INTERNAL trauma assessment

Hemorrhage Control

• Pathophysiology and palliation in hemorrhage control
• Battlefield best practices brought to the bedside
• TXA, Tourniquets, Transfusion, Thoracotomies, the Trauma Triad of Death and more…

Emergent and Ongoing Pain Management in Traumatic Injuries

• Pain pathways: Transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception
• Rapid pain management relative to specific mechanisms of injury
• The underlying physiologies to consider

Head to Toe Review of Systems

• Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Diffuse Axonal Injury
• Ocular Trauma
• Intubation in Trauma and Emergent Surgical Airways
• Blunt and Penetrating Mechanisms of Cardiac Injury
• Thoracic Cavity Injuries and Pulmonology Considerations
• Eviscerations and Other Peritoneal Cavity Concerns
• Traumatic Considerations Within the Pelvic Girdle
• Long Bone and Extremity Fractures

Specific Complex Mechanisms of Injury

• Motor vehicle trauma
• Gun shot wounds
• Kinematics of explosion related injuries
• Burn resuscitation management

Not Just Little Adults: Pediatric Trauma Review

• Rapid head to toe assessments
• Can’t miss differences between adult and pediatric patients

Putting It All Together: Case Based Review

• Identify Key Missed Moments, Lessons Learned, and Best Practices
  • Assessment
  • Intervention
  • Documentation

Sean G. Smith C-EFM, C-NPT, FP-C, TP-C, RNC-NIC, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, CCRN-CMC (Adult), CCRN-K (Neonatal), CCRN-K (Pediatric) is a flight nurse-paramedic who has practiced and taught Trauma Care, Tactical Medicine, Emergency/Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, both in the military and the civilian world. He holds degrees in nursing and molecular biology, is a graduate of Duke University’s Legal Nurse Consulting program and is currently pursuing a master’s degree through the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. He holds multiple advanced specialty certifications as well as extensive instructor qualifications in critical care and emergency medicine.

Career highlights include numerous author/co-author credits, including: a best-selling Laboratory Medicine textbook, a chapter on Shock in Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum, and a section in the newly released Resuscitation Crisis Manual. Sean consults on clinical, legal and certification prep for numerous high-profile hospital systems (Yale, Mayo…). He routinely lectures at national/international conferences, has completed 50 + medical missions (Dominican Republic, Honduras, Morocco, Liberia, and Haiti), and medical support to the NASA Space Shuttle Program.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Sean G. Smith receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Sean G. Smith has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Save time and $10 off the price of other submission methods – purchase & take the CE test online for $29.99 USD per participant. Additional processing fees apply for other submission methods (i.e. mail, fax, etc.). Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.

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Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Available Until: 5/11/2023
PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses completing these self-study materials will earn 14.0 contact hours. Expires: 5/11/2023.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 14.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 14.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 14.0 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 240 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 4.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.

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Physician Assistants - Credit Available Until: 11/24/2022
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 14.0 hours for completing this self-study program.

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 14.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 14.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test/evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

• RNs, NPs, PAs, and Paramedics from:
  • Emergency Departments
  • Critical Care
  • Medical-Surgical floors
  • Cardiology
  • Neurology
  • Urgent Care
• Anyone desiring next level skills to proactively assess and intervene in the crashing trauma patient!