Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Burn Care in 2022:  A Multidisciplinary Effort

• Review the global and national burden of burn injury
• Discuss the different types, degrees, and depths of burn injury
• Describe the unique nature of electrical injury
• Determine the percent of total body surface area burned (TBSA)
• Review wound care for burns, including topicals and common dressings
• Explain the pathophysiology and management of inhalation injury
• Discuss the importance of holistic and multidisciplinary care of the burn patient, including nutrition, physical and occupational therapy  
• Describe the roles of different health-care professionals in the burn unit  

Trauma and Mental Health

• Recognize your role is unique, worthy and needed in delivering compassionate care to every patient that is safe, timely, efficient, effective and equitable
• Apply your current screening tool (Injured Trauma Survivor Screen) and other age-appropriate screening tools in a meaningful and effective way
• Discuss potential barriers to reporting stress reactions to trauma including stigma, lack of understanding, language, and culture for both the healthcare worker and the patient/patient’s family
• Describe the difference between post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder
• Incorporate methods of nonjudgmental management of patients and patient’s families who suffer from mental illness and are seeking help after trauma

ETCO2: An Early Warning System for Hemorrhagic Shock?

• Discuss how patient care can be improved through interprofessional problem-solving and collaboration
• Identify the mechanism through which decreased ETCO2 is representative of shock
• Describe the role ETCO2 may play in prediction of prehospital hemorrhagic shock

ICU Delirium in the Trauma Patient

• Improve trauma patient care and decrease delirium rates through interprofessional collaboration
• Discuss how healthcare professionals contribute to the ICU liberation bundle

Trauma Visual Cues

• Highlight visual cues that allow prompt recognition of high-risk traumatic injuries
• Identify physical exam or radiographic findings associated with injuries that may be worse than they appear
• Review opportunities for inter-professional collaboration in the diagnosis of traumatic injuries

Neurotrauma Update 2022

• Review the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI)
• Describe the evaluation and initial management of suspected TBI and SCI patients
• Discuss the current guidelines on management of TBI and SCI
• Recognize the importance of a multidisciplinary team in management of TBI and SCI patients

Preservation and Protection of Forensic Evidence

• Discuss the protection and preservation of forensic evidence
• Describe what healthcare professionals should do if they encounter materials, such as clothing, which may have evidentiary value needed for criminal investigations and prosecutions

Responding to Crisis: Lessons From Our Nation’s Heroes

• Discuss the critical components of crisis response and actions for mission success
• Determine how clear communications can affect the outcome in crisis response
• Adapt lessons learned from special operations into hospital emergency management