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Description
This module focuses on trauma care, specifically the evaluation and treatment of closed head injuries and blunt force trauma. Please note that this module focuses on adults, not pediatric patients. Preceptors can acquire CME credits as they complete the module's activities.
**First Action**
To accrue CME, you must first create accounts in the library's databases. Please review the respective sections throughout this guide to learn how to establish accounts and claim CME. If you have any questions, please contact the library.
Introduction
1. Search "Initial management of trauma in adults" in UpToDate.
2. Review "Initial management of trauma in adults."
3. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CE credits in UpToDate.
4. Review Chapter 14: Management of the Injured Patient from Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Surgery, 15e.
5. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credits in AccessMedicine.
Closed Head Injuries
1. Search "Traumatic brain injury" in UpToDate.
2. Review "Traumatic brain injury: Epidemiology, classification, and pathophysiology" in UpToDate.
3. Review "Acute mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) in adults" in UpToDate.
4. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credits in UpToDate.
5. Review Chapter 22: Head Injuries from Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e.
6. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credit in AccessEmergency Medicine.
Blunt Trauma
1. Search "Blunt trauma" in UpToDate.
2. Review "Initial evaluation and management of blunt abdominal trauma in adults" in UpToDate.
3. Review "Initial evaluation and management of blunt thoracic trauma in adults" in UpToDate.
4. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credit in UpToDate.
5.Search "Traumatic gastrointestinal injury" in UpToDate.
6. Review "Traumatic gastrointestinal injury" in UpToDate, specifically sections on blunt injuries.
7. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credit in UpToDate.
8. Review Chapter 24: Chest Trauma from Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e.
9. Review Chapter 25: Abdominal Trauma from Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e.
10. Follow the library's instructions on how to claim CME credit in AccessEmergency Medicine.