SUMMARY

June 27 & 28 |  8:30am – 5:00pm

ACoRN picks up where the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) leaves off. ACoRN provides the process, tools, skills and knowledge needed to assist in the stabilization of the at-risk and/or unwell newborn.

The purpose of the ACoRN workshop is to help care providers at the bedside to use a consistent systematic approach to answer the following questions:

• How do you identify an infant that is sick or “at-risk”?
• Does the infant require resuscitation at this moment?
• How do you stabilize the infant and initiate on-going care?
• How does working through the primary survey help to identify and prioritize all significant problems?
• How do you identify the likelihood of infection?
• How do you identify ‘all’ important clinical problems and initiate stabilization for each of them?
• How does one enter, work within and exit the various sequences in the algorithm?
• When do you need to consider transferring the infant to a higher level of care?
• What principles should you remember in order to best support the infant, the family and the health care team within which you work?

SUMMARY

The Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course (ACTOC) is a comprehensive 22-module online course for health care providers that diagnose and treat patients with substance use disorders using evidence-based treatments along a continuum of care.

Learners are awarded up to 20.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 3 credits for completion of the Addiction Care and Treatment Online Certificate and up to 5.0 CNA credits for completion of the Substance Use and Addiction Nursing Certificate.

Although this course is targeted towards health care providers, it is open to the general public. Anyone interested in learning about substance use disorders is encouraged to register for this course.

-Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

Acknowledgments:

Designed in partnership by BC Centre for Substance Use, UBC Continuing Professional Development, and UBC School of Nursing.

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SUMMARY

Find course dates via Heart & Stroke BC.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is a video-based, Instructor-led, advanced course, builds on the foundation of basic life support (BLS) skills. It emphasizes the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR and takes healthcare provider training to the next level ─ highlighting the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.

• Systematic approach
• High-quality BLS
• Airway management
• Rhythm recognition
• Defibrillation
• Intravenous (IV)/intraosseous (IO) access (information only)
• Use of medications
• Cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing
• Team dynamics

Target audience: Healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies.

SUMMARY

LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THIS COURSE!

The APLS course curriculum ends on Nov 30 so this will be one of the last chances to take this course here in the lower mainland!  With a limit of 24 participants, make sure to reserve your spot early! 

Learn to assess and manage critically ill children during the first hours in the emergency department. Participants are recommended to have previously completed at least one PALS or APLS Course successfully.

Learning objective:

• Assess and manage critically-ill children during the first hours in the emergency department
• Detect an imminently toxic child and institute treatment without delay

Skills Learned:

• Assisted and mechanical ventilation
• advanced airway
• vascular access (intraosseous and central)
• chemical/electrical cardioversion

Target audience: physicians who are routinely involved in the care of critically ill or injured children, including emergency room physicians, pediatricians, and senior emergency medicine and pediatric trainees.

Upcoming:

APLS Course will be offered on Nov 25, 2025 at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Please contact UBC CPD for more information: cpd.info@ubc.ca

SUMMARY

*2022 DATES*

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is an international course that teaches participants the basic skills necessary for timely management of traumatic injury. The course includes didactic and practical sessions.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn to identify injuries associated with major trauma, management of skills required for early resuscitation, and treatment of injured patients.

Skills

• Assess the patient’s condition rapidly and accurately
• Resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority
• Determine if the patient’s needs exceed a facility’s capacity
• Arrange appropriately for the patient’s inter-hospital transfer (who, what, when, and how)
• Assure that optimum care is provided and maintained throughout the evaluation, resuscitation, or transfer process

Target Audience

Physicians practicing emergency care.

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Vancouver Coa​stal Health

Below is a list of upcoming ATLS® courses being held at Vancouver General Hospital.

• April 11-12, 2022
• May 16-17, 2022
• June 13-14, 2022
• November 21-22, 2022

Register at https://vghtrauma.vch.ca/education/advanced-trauma-life-support-(atls)

Fraser Health Authority

Below is a list of upcoming ATLS® courses being held at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.

• April 22-23, 2022
• June 17-18, 2022
• September 9-10, 2022

Register at https://vghtrauma.vch.ca/education/advanced-trauma-life-support-(atls)

2022 ATLS Instructor Courses – Vanco​uver Coastal Health

If you have an interest in becoming an ATLS Instructor, please contact the VGH course coordinator at glen.purcell@vch.ca. If you would like to register for a course, please email us at TraumaEduc@vch.ca.​

• September date tbd

For additional course listings in British Columbia, please visit the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) website. To access a list of the ATLS Coordinators located in Canada, please click here​.​

SUMMARY

The AIME course has been providing valued and practical hands-on airway management learning experiences for clinicians around the world for over 14 years. AIME educators are experienced (and entertaining) clinical instructors who understand the varied work environments of practicing clinicians. Whether you are a physician working in a large, high volume centre or a small remote setting, AIME will provide a practical approach for airway management in emergencies.

Learning Objectives:

• Be more confident and comfortable in making acute care airway management decisions.
• Have acquired a practical staged approach to airway management.
• Be able to choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations.
• Make appropriate choices in the use of pharmacologic agents used to facilitate airway management.
• Know when and how to use various tools and adjuncts for managing the difficult airway.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care.

For information on registration: www.aimeairway.ca

SUMMARY

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Dates

Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

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SUMMARY

Jan. 27, 2023 | Diagnostics & Radiology | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Zinging and Zaps — Workup for Neuropathic Pain
• Interpreting the CBC Beyond the Hemoglobin
• Cardiac Function Assessments
• Diagnostic Trends in PET/CT and MRI
• How Dense Are Your Bones?
• Imaging the Brain From the Benign to the Ominous
• Shoulder Pain — Which imaging is best?
• To FIT or Not — Colon Screening

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

SUMMARY

Oct. 21, 2022 | Gynecology & Urology | 1 – 5 p.m. PDT

• Interstitial Cystitis: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment for the Family Physician
• Chronic Pelvic Pain: Is it Endometriosis?
• A Rational Approach to Testing and Diagnosis of Testosterone Deficiency
• HRT in Menopause: What’s New in 2022
• Scrotal Masses: When To Be Concerned
• Ovarian Masses: What Not to Miss
• Post-Prostate Cancer Complications and Care
• Irregular Menstruation and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding: Workup and Management

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

SUMMARY

Sept. 16, 2022 | Internal Medicine | 1 – 5 p.m. PDT

• Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease-like Illnesses
• Lipid Guidelines in 2022
• Advances in the Management of Stroke and TIA
• Abnormal Heart Rhythms — Focus on Atrial Fibrillation
• Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• ALT-AST-ALP-GGT: Approach to Elevated LFTs
• A Primary Care Approach to CKD Management
• Insulin 101 for Primary Care

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

SUMMARY

Dec. 2, 2022 | Ophthalmology & ENT | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Assessing Acute Vision Change
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Cataracts
• Glaucoma ‘Suspect’ Patients — How to Monitor and Manage
• Managing the Eye-tis: Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Episcleritis in Primary Care
• Vertigo: Differential Diagnosis and Update on Management of BPPV
• Diagnosis and Management of Oral Cancers, What Not to Miss
• Tinnitus and Early Onset Hearing Loss: Assessment and Management
• Chronic Sinusitis: Investigations, Treatment and When to Refer

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

SUMMARY

March 3, 2023 | Therapeutics | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Complex Regional Pain and Chronic Pain Syndromes: What Works, What to Avoid
• DMARDs in Connective Tissue Disease: When, Why and What to Monitor
• Foot Care in Primary Care: Plantar Fasciitis and Other Common Foot Disorders
• Management of Obesity: Newer Approaches, Diets and Medications
• Managing Opioid Use Disorders in Primary Care in 2023
• Migraine Treatment Updates: Prophylaxis and Treatments That Work
• Approach to Anal Outlet Bleeding: Hemorrhoids vs Fissures and Treatments in Primary Care
• Approach to Chronic Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

SUMMARY

The CRISP course is a two-day, high-acuity, high volume critical care training simulation program, designed to allow physicians and other emergency practitioners to acquire, review, and practice their skills in essential life-saving procedures.

The course travels to rural communities and provides a day of procedure training, procedural skills development and ‘actuation’, i.e. putting skills into action, followed by a day of in situ simulation training led by a team of experienced faculty. Participants are placed in interprofessional learning teams to encourage teamwork and communication. The main objective of the course is to bring high-quality simulation and procedural training to rural hospitals and provide an opportunity for emergency teams to practice management of infrequently encountered emergent scenarios.

Target audience: physicians, nurses and other practitioners who participate in patient care in a rural hospital.

For information on registration, please email: cpd@bcemergencynetwork.ca

SUMMARY

Learn to use ultrasound to detect global cardiac activity, pericardial effusions, AAA’s, intra-abdominal hemorrhage and intra-uterine pregnancies.

The course is unique in that it has continually evolved as the instructor team gained insight into the way beginners learn this skill. Numerous techniques were developed to help the learner acquire a basic understanding of ultrasound image generation and interpretation, making the EDE Course the most effective teaching vehicle for this modality.

Although the EDE Course is occasionally offered as part of a conference, it was mainly designed to come to you if there is enough interest in your centre. There are a number of “off-the-shelf” courses; however, groups can also design their own custom course.

Target Audience: physicians practicing emergency care

For information on registration: www.edecourse.com

SUMMARY

The EDTU course is designed to provide physicians with a strong foundation in emergency ultrasound. The course emphasizes hands-on practical instruction to maximize participant learning. This is achieved with one-on-one bedside teaching on live models.

The course is a two-day program and will accommodate twenty learners. It is designed to facilitate the completion of most (if not all) of the required 50 supervised scans in each of the four areas (aorta, cardiac, abdomen, and pelvis). Target audience: Physicians practicing emergency care.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basics of ultrasound physics, image generation and interpretation, and image artifact.
• Understand the different types of probes
• Complete most (if not all) of required 50 scans
• Generate limited focused images for all the primary applications of EDTU
• Understand the difference between EDTU and a formal ultrasound
• Understand how EDTU is to be used in the clinical assessment of patients and clinical algorithms for patient care.
• Identify anatomic structures on an ultrasound image that are necessary to interpret the primary examinations
• Understand the importance of establishing and maintaining a quality assurance program at your local ED.
• Learn the psychomotor skills necessary to generate accurate ultrasound images
• Understand the indications for and limitations of EDTU.

Information on registration.

SUMMARY

EQUIP Emergency is hosting two virtual Showcase events for all ED stakeholders with an interest in equity. The Study Leads will present the key findings and the EQUIP Equity Action Kit, including key resources they have developed specific to the ED (e.g., animations, tools, videos). They would like to hear from you about how the Action Kit and resources might be relevant to your work, and how they might best share these resources.

Showcase dates & times:

Monday, June 13 | 10:00am – 12:00pm (Zoom link)
Wednesday, June 29th | 11:00am – 1:00pm (Zoom link)

Please contact Cheyanne Stones, Research Manager, to RVSP and let them which showcase you wish to attend.

SUMMARY

The Hands-On Ultrasound Education (HOUSE) program gives rural physicians the training and confidence to integrate point-of-care ultrasound into their practice. This customizable, traveling, hands-on ultrasound training program was created for rural physicians.

By providing education that is customized for each community, the program meets the needs of learners with a wide range of pre-existing skills. HOUSE delivers learning in a relaxed and fun environment with an instructor to student ratio of 1:2. To learn more visit: www.house.ubccpd.ca

We offer a large menu of options: choose from acute care, obstetrics, and internal medicine indications, or mix and match.

About the Hands-On Ultrasound Education Program

SUMMARY

The IH Rural Mobile Simulation Program was designed to provide instruction on emergency medicine concepts and to provide an opportunity for rural providers of emergency care to practice potentially life-saving skills. Like emergency medicine, this program is designed to be flexible to varying levels of experience, knowledge, and background. The course facilitators create a non-threatening, informal environment in which emergency care scenarios can be practiced.

With the high‐fidelity human patient simulators, we are able to create close to real life experiences in sites’ own emergency or trauma room, utilizing their supplies, equipment, and staff while building or enhancing relationships within the inter-professional teams.

Skills:

Focus: to enhance medical skills and knowledge, teamwork, and communication by placing more emphasis on learning that involves real‐time assessment and feedback.

• Simulation can be used to improve clinical decision‐making and psychomotor skills (e.g., airway management, trauma, resuscitation) within a multi‐disciplinary environment
• Simulation reduces medical errors through improved teamwork
• Scenarios can be tailored to meet the needs of the learners
• Training can be conducted in a setting that minimizes time pressures present in the clinical environment

Target audience: physicians, RNs, LPNs, RTs, Lab, BCAS, Students, Residents, Managers, and Administrators.

Information on registration.

SUMMARY

Join your midwife colleagues in this small group workshop (max. 30 participants) to learn about developing improved resiliency and an increased capacity to provide trauma-informed care.

This is an introductory session that starts at the beginning of this complex topic, where emphasis is placed on fusing understanding of physiology with improved clarity on what we see clinically, and provides tools for effective responding.

Format

• Moderator and presenters visible via webcam
• Presentation slides visible on the webinar
• Audio live through your computer speakers
• Your questions sent via Zoom chat or anonymously on slido (see below)
• Participants will be asked to have their cameras on as part of the interactive period

SUMMARY

These ultrasound modules are intended to provide a further understanding of some of the ultrasound scans performed bedside in the emergency department. This is a pilot project to teach basic ultrasound concepts in an online interactive format.

We want you to think critically about how you might manage a patient with these images generated. The modules are not intended to replace an ultrasound course, nor replace image generation skills. Hands-on practice along with formal instruction is also required.

Modules include:

• Aorta ultrasound
• Ocular ultrasound
• FAST ultrasound
• Lung ultrasound
• Cardiac ultrasound

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SUMMARY

• Find BC course dates via Heart & Stroke BC
• Info on 1-day PALS Renewal Course registration via BC Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is a video-based, instructor-led, advanced course, that focuses on a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

This course is designed for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients, as well as others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements.

Skills:

• Perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per Heart and Stroke
• Foundation basic life support (BLS) recommendations
• Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds of recognition
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
• Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care

SUMMARY

The PATS course is a simulation-based course that has been developed by local trauma experts at BC Children’s Hospital to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the management of trauma in pediatric patients.

PATS makes use of online modules, simulation cases as well as skill stations to provide healthcare providers with high-yield and up-to-date information in a safe learning environment. Local BCCH protocols and resources are also reviewed and emphasized. This one-day course includes the use of expert role-modelling vignettes and hands-on practice. Each participant will be allocated to an interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists.

As there are no didactic lectures provided during the course, prerequisite online modules must be completed in advance. Access the course materials by logging in to the PHSA Learning Hub at http://learninghub.phsa.ca and search for “PATS” or “Pediatric Advanced Trauma Simulation”.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care, ED and ICU RNs, and RTs.

For information on registration, please email: jallaire@cw.bc.ca

SUMMARY

This course is designed to allow physicians to acquire and review their skills in essential life-saving emergency procedures including:

• Needle Cricothyrotomy and transtracheal jet ventilation
• Open Cricothyrotomy
• Needle Thoracostomy
• Chest Tube insertion
• Intraosseous Vascular access
• Pericardiocentesis
• Central line Vascular access, landmark technique
• Ultrasound-guided Central line vascular access
• Crisis Resource Management and cognitive error mitigation

PEMP combines online modules with an intensive immersive hands-on simulation experience that allows for realistic and clinically relevant practice of the procedures followed by integration of the procedures into the overall care of a simulated critically ill child.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care.

SUMMARY

Date: Wednesday, September 14
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The learning objectives for this presentation are to:

• define acute-onset atrial fibrillation presentations in the ED
• review recent evidence for acute AF/AFL
• review 2021 CAEP Best Practice Guidelines
• review the RAFF4 clinical trial

Presenter: Dr. Ian Stiell, Distinguished Professor and Senior Scientist, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa

Locations (in person)
Kelowna: KGH – CAC235
New Westminster: RCH – 0025
Victoria: RJH CA 130
Vancouver: DHCC 2263
Vancouver: SPH – LT 1477

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SUMMARY

Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm ET

• Identify the current burden of disease and microbiology with respect to skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs; cellulitis and abscess) in the ED setting;
• Optimize the management of skin and soft tissue infections for ED patients;
• Develop diagnostic acumen in detecting more serious deep space infections like necrotizing fasciitis;
• Utilize a case-based approach for treating SSTIs in the emergency department setting using new antimicrobials.

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 1.00  Mainpro+ credits.

SUMMARY

Join Dr. Virginia Robinson on Friday August 19, 2022 (12:00pm – 1:30pm) for a talk on Heart and Lung Ultrasound for Shock.

• Overview of RUSH protocol for shock
• Learn how to perform and interpret trans thoracic views of the heart in relation to shock
• Learn how to perform and interpret lung views in relation to shock
• Review cases where POCUS can increase diagnostic certainty as to the cause of shock and reduce harm
• Tips and tricks on how to move quickly and avoid pitfalls

SUMMARY

June 24, 2022 | 1200-1300 PDT | 1 hr

Join Dr. Tracy Morton on Friday June 24, 2022 for an introduction to POCUS for shock.

About Dr. Morton

Tracy Morton grew up in northern Alberta, and he now lives and works on Haida Gwaii since 2000. He is a father of two boys. Professional interests include emergency, oncology and of course, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) which has made his work managing patients so much easier. He works with RCCBC promoting POCUS education and practice support for rural practitioners in BC. Outside of medicine, he rides bikes, listens to podcasts, meditates, travels and spends time with family.

SUMMARY

With expanding access to Provincial eHealth viewers, private practice medical clinics in British Columbia are expected to implement appropriate security practices to ensure private patient information and the medical practice are protected. Designed in partnership with the Doctors Technology Office, this introductory course supports medical clinics to improve their current security practices. Learn how to create a culture of security, better train your staff, limit the risk of a cyberattack, and protect the privacy of patient information through this interactive one-hour online module.

Learn more.

SUMMARY

Date: Friday Oct 28, 2022
Time: 0800-1600hrs
Location: Surrey Memorial Hospital Simulation Centre

A one-day simulation based course involving the team-based resuscitation of critically injured trauma patients. There will be 3 simulation scenarios, and an airway station including surgical airway practice on animal models.

Crisis resource management (CRM) principles of leadership, closed loop communication, teamwork, resource utilization, situational awareness, and problem solving will be emphasized during the debriefing sessions. Resuscitation management priorities and strategies in various clinical scenarios will be highlighted, as well as review of latest evidence and clinical practice guidelines during small group discussions.

A knowledge of ATLS based principles for physicians is essential, and this course will build on the basics of ATLS.

SUMMARY

A one-day simulation-based course involving the team-based resuscitation of critically injured trauma patients. Principles of crisis resource management and resuscitation management priorities and skills will be highlighted, as well as reviewing latest evidence and clinical practice guidelines, taking into account available resources and regional trauma guidelines. Knowledge of ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) based principles are essential and this course will build on the basics of ATLS.

Target Audience: Urban or Rural Emergency physicians, emergency RN’s and RT’s involved in the initial management of severe trauma patients.

For information on registration, please email: cpd@bcemergencynetwork.ca

SUMMARY

The SEMP course allows physicians providing emergency care to acquire, review and practice their skill in essential life-saving emergency procedures including:

• • Needle cricothyrotomy and transtracheal jet ventilation
  • Open cricothyrotomy
  • Needle thoracostomy
  • Guide-wire chest tube placement
  • Intraosseous vascular access in adults
  • Intraosseous vascular access in children
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Central line vascular access, landmark technique
  • Ultrasound-guided central line vascular access

• Crisis resource management and strategies to reduce cognitive errors.

Course Format: Hands-on simulation course using highly-realistic task-trainers and human patient simulators combined with pre-course online modules. 24 participants maximum.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care; also open to interprofessional teams of physicians, nurses, paramedics, and respiratory therapists

For information on registration, visit the UBC CPD SEMP page.

SUMMARY

The use of bedside ultrasound by clinicians to guide invasive emergency and critical care procedures has been proven to improve success and reduce complications and is rapidly becoming established as the standard of care. UGEMP provides an opportunity to acquire and maintain the skills required to perform such procedures using Ultrasound-guidance.

Human models will allow for demonstration of human surface landmarks, real-time ultrasound image generation, and human ultrasound anatomy. Ultrasoundable task-trainers that simulate the tactile feel of human tissue will allow for the repeated practice of invasive procedures without harming the human models. The instructors will demonstrate the procedure and will supervise the learners’ performance of the procedures in small groups. Formative evaluation in the form of immediate feedback provided by the instructor will help the learners to monitor their progress and guide their learning.

Skills:

• Thoracentesis
• Chest Tube Placement, open and Seldinger techniques
• Central venous line placement
• Peripheral intravenous line placement
• Pericardiocentesis
• Abscess drainage
• Subcutaneous Foreign Body localization and removal
• Arthrocentesis
• Lumbar Puncture
• Paracentesis

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care

For information on registration, visit the UBC CPD UGEMP page.

SUMMARY

October 4, 2022 | 9am – 4pm

While this virtual education day is for nurses, physicians, and all staff who provide emergency care to patients at any of the Vancouver Coastal rural sites, staff at any VCH-PHC Emergency Department are also very welcome to participate.

What will be covered?

• Initial Management of the Peri-Arrest Trauma Patient and Trauma Pediatric Patient in the ED
• Challenging M&M Cases
• Telehealth Support
• Ventilator Support and Pediatric Ventilator Support
• Cardiac Testing and Low Risk Patients
• Live simulation from a VCH rural site and live debriefing with all attendees

Download the event flyer here. Register by September 28, 2022

_{This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 5.5 Mainpro+® credits.}