Approximately every 34 seconds, an American has a coronary event. One person dies from this event every minute. High quality care requires rapid identification and treatment to ensure appropriate guideline management for the right patient at the right time. Despite these goals and widespread dissemination of recent guidelines and updates, adherence to best practices is far from universal among clinicians.
The Heart Course provides an opportunity for practitioners to discuss emerging data, new guidelines, and optimal treatment strategies for the management of cardiac and vascular emergencies. In addition, they will learn to apply cutting edge, state-of-the-art cardiovascular diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic modalities; and improve their current practice.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to initiate safe and effective management of a wide variety of patients who present with cardiovascular emergencies in the emergency department including:
Desired Educational Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will demonstrate effective management of cardiovascular emergencies in the acute setting including:
The Heart Course is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and advanced practice professionals that provide care to patients with acute cardiovascular problems.
To register, please click here or call 855-276-6855.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Medical College of Wisconsin and MedEd Consulting. The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity up to 19.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.50 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
ACEP, ENA, ANCC and AANP Accreditation:
Applications have been submitted and approval is pending.