October – New Orleans Hospital & Emergency Procedures Conference

Key Features

Online Learning Modules
As a student, you’ll gain exclusive access to 23 online lecture modules, covering a broad spectrum of topics through detailed lectures and procedural videos. These modules form the theoretical foundation of our course and must be completed before attending the hands-on training session. The online format offers you the flexibility to study anytime, anywhere. Additionally, you can revisit the lectures and procedural videos as often as needed for an entire year.

Hands-On Skills Training
After completing the online modules, you’ll join an intensive, 10-hour-per-day, hands-on procedural training session for one or two days. This immersive experience focuses entirely on practicing hospital procedures through simulation-based training. With a 6:1 student-to-instructor ratio, you’ll receive personalized guidance while mastering the following skills:

• Central line insertion using both landmark guidance and ultrasound guidance
• Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV placement
• Intraosseous line establishment
• Arterial line insertion
• Vascular and chest ultrasound
• Spine ultrasound
• Limited Echocardiography
• E-FAST and RUSH examinations
• Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis
• Ultrasound-guided paracentesis
• Lumbar puncture
• Needle decompression
• Chest tube insertion
• Pigtail catheter placement
• Fundamental suturing
• Endotracheal intubation
• King tube airway placement
• Laryngeal mask airway placement
• iGel placement
• Stylet-guided intubations
• Glidescope-assisted (video laryngoscope) intubations
• Difficult airway management
• Cricothyroidotomy
• Fiberoptic intubation
• Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis

Additional Benefits
All students receive lifetime online access to our full lecture syllabus, course handouts, ultrasound and airway management basics, and an emergency drug reference card—keeping critical resources at your fingertips during clinical practice.

Course Schedule
The course begins in the morning with a continental breakfast at 7:00 AM, followed by class at 7:45 AM. Breakfast and lunch are provided. The day concludes around 6:00 PM.

CME Accreditation
Hospital Procedure Consultants is committed to delivering evidence-based, comprehensive procedural education to boost your skills and confidence in clinical practice. This live CME course is ACCME accredited and approved by AANP, ACEP, AAFP provides ABIM MOC credit and accepted by AAPA and offers:

• 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• 16 Hours of Trauma CME Credit
• Complimentary access to our Online CME course with an additional 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• Join us for a transformative training experience that equips you with the skills to excel in your clinical practice.

Features

• Fulfills 30 hours procedures CME for ENP certification
• Fulfills procedures CME for PA emergency medicine CAQ
• 16 hours Trauma CME credit
• 100% hands-on training
• Low 6:1 student-to-faculty ratios
• Improves your procedural competence
• Boosts your self-confidence
• Provides a positive, low pressure, learning environment
• Six procedural expert instructors at each course
• CME That Saves Lives
• All students receive the following:
• Newly revised Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures Online Course
• 27 HPC Procedure Videos
• Procedure skills lab posters
• Airway and Ultrasound Course handouts
• Adult ICU and ER drug reference card
• Learn fluid analysis (CSF, pleural fluid, ascitic fluid)
• Learn how to manage complications
• Point-of-care ultrasound training on paid models
• Difficult airway management training
• Learn cardiac pathology on our HeartWorks simulator
• Gourmet breakfast, lunch and PM snack
• Provides total of 36 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Topics Covered

• Central line insertion using both landmark guidance and ultrasound guidance
• Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV placement
• Intraosseous line establishment
• Arterial line insertion
• Vascular and chest ultrasound
• Spine ultrasound
• Limited Echocardiography
• E-FAST and RUSH examinations
• Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis
• Ultrasound-guided paracentesis
• Lumbar puncture
• Needle decompression
• Chest tube insertion
• Pigtail catheter placement
• Fundamental suturing
• Endotracheal intubation
• King tube airway placement
• Laryngeal mask airway placement
• iGel placement
• Stylet-guided intubations
• Glidescope-assisted (video laryngoscope) intubations
• Difficult airway management
• Cricothyroidotomy
• Fiberoptic intubation
• Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis
• Hands-on ultrasound training will be conducted using professional ultrasound models

Learning Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, the participant will be better able to:

• Define indications and contraindications for each procedure
• Identify pertinent anatomy and proper positioning for each procedure
• Demonstrate proper technique for each procedure
• List common complications of each procedure
• Utilize appropriate management strategies for procedural complications
• Identify risk factors for complications from each procedure

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, resident physicians, and medical students working in the emergency department, urgent care centers, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.

Additional credit info

Physician Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Global Education Group (Global) and Hospital Procedures Consultants. Global is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation

Global Education Group designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20.0 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Nurse Practitioner Continuing Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of Global Education Group and Hospital Procedures Consultants. Global Education Group is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 110121. This activity is approved for 20.0 contact hour(s) (which includes 0.0 hour(s) of pharmacology).

Physician Assistant Continuing Education

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 20.0 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.