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About this Seminar
This 1 - day seminar will cover the signs, symptoms and anatomy of
the most common cardiovascular problems faced by health care
professionals in primary or urgent care. This will be proceeded by a
grounding in the important anatomy and physiology of the muscle,
vessels, valves and nerves involved. Diagnostic EKG principles will
also be covered.
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Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this seminar, participants will understand:
- How to distinguish cardiac from non-cardiac pain.
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- How to assess arrhythmias and their level of danger.
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- The atherosclerotic process and the role of cholesterol in this disease.
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- How to clinically evaluate the importance of heart murmurs.
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- How to diagnose and manage congestive heart failure.
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- Basic EKG patterns.
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Locations & Dates
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Who Should Attend
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- Physicians
- NPs
- PAs
- Nurses
- EMTs
- Cardiac Cath Technologists
- Clincial Healthcare Personnel
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About the Instructor
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Richard Silberman, MD
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Dr. Silberman is a graduate of the Univeristy of
Wisconsin School of Medicine. He interned on the George
Washington U. service at D.C. General Hospital before
attending the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. He then
served as a combat flight surgeon before returning to
Milwaukee for residency and fellowship in cardiology. Dr.
Silberman has practiced for over 30 years during which he had
a teaching service at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee.
He has also served as the hospital’s director of the EKG lab,
Director of the coronary care unit and two terms as chief of
cardiology. Dr. Silberman has served as a clinical preceptor
and lecturer to PA’s at Marquette University and NP’s at UW
Milwaukee. His passion for teaching along with his vast
experience makes this a seminar worth attending.
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Seminar Credit
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The Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for
physicians.
MTMI designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
". Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.
These AMA CAT 1 credits are accepted by AAPA, ANCC and AANP accrediting bodies.
This seminar also offers 7 hours of Category A credit.
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Seminar Schedule
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8:00 am
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Registration and Coffee
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8:30 am
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Chest Pain: Separating out the Dangerous Types
- Assessing quality and location of the discomfort
- What to ask the patient and how to phrase it
- Physical examination
- The uncommon ones you don't want to miss
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9:30 am
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EKG's: What we can read, What we can infer
The importance of clinical correlation
- Conductive defects/interval defects
- Injury/ischemia patterns
- The odd and the interesting
- A look at the important arrhythmias seen in primary care
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10:30 am
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Informal Discussion and Break
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10:45 am
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Congestive Heart Failure; A Syndrome
- What it is clinically; understanding the physiology involved
- When must we see the patient or manage over the phone?
- Making a diagnosis
- The armamentarium available for treatment
- The consequences of over aggressive treatment: which is better, too much or too little therapy?
COUMADIN; A simple, pragmatic approach to managing the pro time
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12:00 pm
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A Low Fat, Sugar-Free, High Fiber Lunch
(on your own)
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1:00 pm
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Murmurs: How not to confuse the dangerous murmur with the innocent murmur
- The most important part of any stethoscope
- S4, S3: What do they really mean (and why are they so hard to hear?)
- Timing the murmur
- Quality of the sound
- Besides listening ... what other info do we need?
- The cheapest test that can give us a load of free information
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2:00 pm
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From Atherosclerosis to Zetia:
An Introduction to Lipids and Lipid Therapy
- A brief history of how we got to where we are
- The failings of the base line lipid panel
- Evaluating particle size
- Who gets treated and how?
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3:00 pm
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Informal Discussion and Break
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3:15 pm
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Case Studies
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Histories, physical findings and EKG's will be presented in a
step-wise fashion to allow each participant to arrive at a
diagnosis
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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Registration
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