Certification Course for
Hypothermic Life Support
Certification will be sponsored by Cardiac Care Critique and in the future will be sponsored by the American Society for Hypothermic Medicine (proposal pending).
- Personal presentation by Dr. Eric E. Harrison at your hospital can be scheduled: ~ 4 hours with a break
- Instructor Training with Instructor Course Manual available
- DVDs
- 4 hour course
- Cooling Equipment Instructions
- "Snowflake of Life" Patch available
- "Snowflake of Life" Decal for Emergency Room designation as a Hypothermic Medicine Center available
- Post Test available
- 3.5 CMEs offered for the course or the DVDs
DVD Course:
"Advanced Hypothermic Life Support" Content
- Definition & Terminology
- History & Background
- Cases & Studies
- Mild Hypothermia
- Who else to Cool
- How to Cool
- Complications & Re-warming
- Post-Test
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this program you should be able to:
- Understand the advantages and risks of therapeutic hypothermia for certain patients
- Know who to cool and for how long
- use certain cooling equipment
- introduce post cardiac arrest protocols at the hospital
- Avoid complications during re-warming
Accreditation Physicians: The activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of USF Health and Cardiac Care Critique. USF Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
USF Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Go to www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/obesity2009 to see an example of a compliant website.
Proposal: American Society for Hypothermic Medicine
To contribute startup funds:
American Society for Hypothermic Medicine Fund
IASIS Healthcare Foundation
Lora Bateman
117 Seaboard Lane, Building E
Franklin, TN 37067
Plans: Journal, Annual Meeting in America