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9/26/24 Anesthesiology GR - The Evolving Early Resuscitation For Trauma: What We Know and Whats Coming Down the Pipeline

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Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Examine the principles of evolving trauma resuscitation management.
  • Recognize the benefits of early plasma administration.
  • Describe the findings of the Cavalier trial.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Suggested Additional Reading
  • Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock.  Sperry JL, Guyette FX, Brown JB, Yazer MH, Triulzi DJ, Early-Young BJ, Adams PW, Daley BJ, Miller RS, Harbrecht BG, Claridge JA, Phelan HA, Witham WR, Putnam AT, Duane TM, Alarcon LH, Callaway CW, Zuckerbraun BS, Neal MD, Rosengart MR, Forsythe RM, Billiar TR, Yealy DM, Peitzman AB, Zenati MS; PAMPer Study Group.  N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 26;379(4):315-326. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802345.
  • Early Cold Stored Platelet Transfusion Following Severe Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Sperry JL, Guyette FX, Rosario-Rivera BL, Kutcher ME, Kornblith LZ, Cotton BA, Wilson CT, Inaba K, Zadorozny EV, Vincent LE, Harner AM, Love ET, Doherty JE, Cuschieri J, Kornblith AE, Fox EE, Bai Y, Hoffman MK, Seger CP, Hudgins J, Mallett-Smith S, Neal MD, Leeper CM, Spinella PC, Yazer MH, Wisniewski SR; Cold Stored Platelet for Hemorrhagic Shock (CRISP-HS) Study Group.   Ann Surg. 2024 Aug 1;280(2):212-221. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006317. Epub 2024 May 6.
  • Prehospital tranexamic acid is associated with a survival benefit without an increase in complications: results of two harmonized randomized clinical trials. Mazzei M, Donohue JK, Schreiber M, Rowell S, Guyette FX, Cotton B, Eastridge BJ, Nirula R, Vercruysse GA, O'Keeffe T, Joseph B, Brown JB, Neal MD, Sperry JL.  J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004315. Online ahead of print.

Authors:
Jason Sperry, MD, MPH — Professor of Surgery and Critical are Medicine| Section Chief, Trauma Surgery| Andrew B. Peitzman Professor of Surgery| Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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