Description
Duration:
120 minutes including a Q&A
Includes:
• The on-demand recording to watch later at your convenience, for at least one year
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing
• A certificate of completion
Topics:
- Great ACS masqueraders
- Aortic dissection
- Pulmonary Embolism
- ACS treatment
- Acute STEMI management
- Introduction of Fibrinolysis
- Overview of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- Acute Unstable Angina/NSTEMI management and risk assessment
- TIMI/GRACE risk models
- Myocardial Infarction complications
- Arrhythmic, Ischemic and mechanical
- Acute STEMI management
- Overview of LV failure and Cardiogenic shock
Description:
Acute Coronary Syndromes are an important cause of illness and premature death, and a leading reason for hospital admission. This three part webinar is designed to assist nurses to develop a comprehensive understanding of ACS and review the etiology, diagnosis, triage, and evidence-based management of patients with unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction.
Who Should Attend?:
• Medical Surgical, Cardiac, ER, ICU, CVICU, Cath Lab Nurses and Educators
• Emergency and Urgent Care Nurses in Urban & Rural Settings;
• EMT-P’s; Perfusionists, selected Physiotherapy and Respiratory Staff
• Interns; Medical Students, Physician’s Assistants, Nurse Practitioners; Outpost Nurses
Christopher Coltman, RN, BScN
Christopher Coltman, a graduate of the UofA Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, has been engaged in cardiac and cardiovascular surgical nursing for over 25 years. He has worked in a variety or settings and countries, including Montreal, London (England) and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has extensive experience in the area of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and cardiovascular surgery. Chris is well known as an excellent teacher, having over 17 years of teaching experience, and has taught a number of sessions on a variety of topics where his passion for teaching and cardiac care shows. He is currently the Clinical Nurse Educator in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
