ED: Neurosurgical Emergencies and Stroke Care, 11/7/17

San Francisco, CA US
November 7, 2017

Target Audience

Emergency Physicians

Learning Objectives

After participation in this CME activity, the learner will be able to:

1. manage blood pressure in the setting of intracranial bleeds, with tighter systolic blood pressure control for SAH
2. calculate the THRIVE score by going to www.thrivescore.org or MDCalc to predict clinical outcome, mortality, and risk of hemorrhage after TPA in patients with ischemic stroke
3. treat head bleeds in patients on warfarin, NOACs, heparin, and those with platelet dysfunction using the health connect order set for "rapid reversal of coagulopathy"
4. order mannitol with lasix chaser or hypertonic saline for patients with intracranial hypertension, even though a RCT showed no benefit
5. explain how IV tPA works compared to endovascular therapy, and the controversy of IV tPA + thrombectomy vs thrombectomy alone

Additional Information

Location: 
Building: 
San Francisco Medical Center
Conference room: 
2425 Geary Blvd, Mezz 2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/07/2017
Course expires: 
11/07/2017
Event starts: 
11/07/2017 - 8:00am PST
Event ends: 
11/07/2017 - 9:00am PST
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San Francisco Medical Center
2425 Geary Blvd
Mezz 2
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States

Planner: Ingrid Lim, MD

Speaker: Alexander Flint, MD

Disclosure Statement: The faculty and planners for this activity, as well as the CME staff, do not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests or affiliations to disclose.

Accreditation Statement: Kaiser San Francisco (San Francisco, CA 94115) is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Attendance
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