Trauma Reports: Online

Trauma Reports is a 12-page monograph published six times per year with information on evaluating and treating patients with moderate to severe traumatic injuries. For more than 20 years, it has kept physicians up to date on the latest information and techniques regarding the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of trauma patients.

Trauma Reports offers hard-to-find continuing education credits for physicians and nurses that fulfill the trauma CME requirements for individuals affiliated with ACS-verified centers. Each year you can earn up to: 18 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, 18.00 hours of ACEP Category 1 credits, 15 AOA Category 2-B Credits, and 18 Nursing Contact Hours.

Trauma Reports Covers:

• Trauma Resuscitation
• Traumatic Injuries
• Trauma in Pediatric Patients
• Head Trauma
• Abdominal Trauma
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Trauma Reports.

Benefits of Subscribing to Trauma Reports Include:

• Earn hard-to-find trauma credits
• Meets requirements for trauma CME for those at ACS-verified centers in one place

Awards:

• Third place, Best Scientific Writing or Technical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2017
• Second place, Best Interpretative or Analytical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2014
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2012
• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2011
• Honorable mention, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2001

Objectives:

• Discuss conditions that should increase suspicion for traumatic injuries;
• Describe the various modalities used to identify different traumatic conditions;
• Cite methods of quickly stabilizing and managing patients;
• Identify possible complications that may occur with traumatic injuries.

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Ann Dietrich, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Division Director Pediatric Emergency Medicine
PRISMA Health
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Greenville, SC

Nurse Planner:

Julie M. Matson, MSN, RN, TNS, CEN
Manager of Trauma Services and PAEMS
OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, IL

Editorial Advisory Board:

Mary Jo Bowman, MD, FAAP, FCP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Ohio State University College of Medicine
PEM Fellowship Director, Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Columbus
Columbus, OH

Lawrence N. Diebel, MD
Professor of Surgery
Wayne State University
Detroit

Robert Falcone, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH

Dennis Hanlon, MD, FAAEM
Vice Chairman
Academics Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh

Jeffrey Linzer Sr., MD, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director for Compliance
Emergency Pediatric Group
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Hughes Spalding
Atlanta

S.V. Mahadevan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Associate Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director
Stanford University Emergency Department
Stanford, CA

Andrew D. Perron, MD, FACEP, FACSM
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Eric Savitsky, MD
UCLA Professor Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles

Thomas M. Scalea, MD
Physician-in-Chief
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director, Program in Trauma
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Steven M. Winograd, MD, FACEP
Attending Emergency Physician
Keller Army Community Hospital
West Point, New York

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for emergency, trauma, and surgical physicians and nurses.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC 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 Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

3 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 18.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit (12-month subscription).

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 15 AOA Category 2-B credits per 12-month subscription.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.