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Concussion Management
Presenter: Michael Israel, M.D. Department of Pediatrics
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Knowledge Gap: 
The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on Concussion Management.

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about Concussion Management and how it pertains to their respective profession.

 
Release and Expiration Dates
1/27/2017 - 1/27/2020

Objectives

  1. Define common signs and symptoms of a sports-related concussion.
  2. Explain the most common tests/screens for acute head injuries.
  3. Apply acute and long-term treatment strategies.

Biographical Info


Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.  Dr. Israel attended the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute and completed a pediatric residency at UAMS. 


 

 

References

          1. CDC. Injury prevention & control: traumatic brain injury. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www. cdc.gov/concussion/index.html. Accessed April 1, 2016.

          2. Faul M XL, Wald MM, Coronado VG. Traumatic brain injury in the United States: emergency department visits, hospital- izations and deaths 2002–2006. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2010.

          3. Mower WR, Hoffman JR, Herbert M, et al. Developing a de- cision instrument to guide computed tomographic imaging of blunt head injury patients. J Trauma. 2005;59(4):954-959.

          4. Pearson WS, Ovalle F, Jr., Faul M, et al. A review of trau- matic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eld triage guidelines. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012.

          5. McCrory P, Meeuwisse W, Johnston K, et al. Consensus state- ment on concussion in sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008. Br J Sports Med. 2009;43 Suppl 1:i76-i90.

          6. Zuckerbraun NS, Atabaki S, Collins MW, Thomas D, Gioia GA. Use of Modified Acute Concussion Evaluation Tools in the Emergency Department. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar 10.

          7. Broglio SP, Puetz TW. The effect of sport concussion on neurocognitive function, self-report symptoms and postural control: a meta-analysis. Sports Med. 2008;38(1):53–67.

          8. Kirkwood MW, Yeates KO, Wilson PE. Pediatric sport-related concussion: a review of the clinical management of an oft-neglected population. Pediatrics. 2006;117(4):1359–1371.

          9. Pellman EJ, Viano DC, Casson IR, Arfken C, Feuer H. Concussion in professional football: players returning to the same game—part 7. Neurosurgery. 2005;56(1):79–90, discussion 90–92.

 

 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Kim Miller
Sarah Rhoads 
Susan Smith Dodson
Mark Jansen

Speaker:
Michael Israel, MD           

Peer Reviewers: 
Kim Miller, MCHES

Instructions to obtain credit:

1.       Launch the activity 
2.       Complete the pre-test 
3.       View the entire activity online 
4.       Complete the post-test 
           (must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit). 
           You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
5.       Complete Evaluation 
Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab).

 

ANCC Accreditation Statement:
Center of Distance Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

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Designation Statement 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science Office of Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Disclosure Policy statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CE. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.

 

 
Type:  Internet Activity (Enduring Material)
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Credits
1 Hours> Non-Accredited
1 Credits> Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education> AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
1 Contact Hours> American Nurses Credentialing Center> ANCC
1 CECH, 1 CECH> National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. > CHES