80022531: Neurocritical Care for the Medical and Surgical Intensivist: The Comprehensive Cerebrovascular Center

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
In the mid-Atlantic region, there are a number of new centers that are developing to fill a niche of high level specialized cerebrovascular care in the setting of the intensive care unit. This activity will outline the standard of care, as applied in internationally-recognized cerebrovascular centers. Our goal is to educate general and surgical intensivists from the region on the appropriate care of these patients in the ICU and their options for triage.

Objectives:
After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:
- Define uses pertaining to critical care that are unique to the neurologically injured patient.
- Recall the pathway required to effectively care for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Recognize the limitations to intravascular treatment in care of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- State the agents used in the neurologically impaired patients to treat hypertension.
- Name the tests and drugs commonly used to treat seizures in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit.

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Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.