Goal
To enhance diagnosis, reporting, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning by clinicians and healthcare providers.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of CO poisoning
- Identify mechanisms of CO toxicity
- Describe the clinical aspects of CO poisoning
- Identify the symptoms of CO poisoning
- Explain the treatment of CO poisoning
Target Audience
Emergency department clinicians, general practitioners, and family practitioners
Presenters
Allison Stock, PhD, MPH Toxicologist/Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Neil Hampson, MD, Medical Director, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Eric Lavonas, MD, Director of Medical Toxicology Hospital Services & Medical Director of Hyperbaric Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Contact Us
For questions regarding course content, e-mail coinq@cdc.gov.
Webcast Information
This program will be available for viewing September 20, 2007 and afterwards at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/COPoisonPrev
Continuing Education Credit
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This activity for 1.0 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.
The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC has awarded 0.1 of CEU's to participants who successfully complete this program.
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