Course:

Critical Care 1609

Specialty:	Critical Care	Format:	Text
Course #:	10813	Price:	$20.00
Release date:	2012-09-01	Valid through:	2015-09-01
Publication:	This activity originally appeared in Critical Care Alert (CME).
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Target Audience:

This educational activity is intended for critical care physicians and nurses.

Sponsor:

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation:

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty

Editor David J. Pierson, MD Professor Emeritus Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Washington Seattle Nurse Planner Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD, RN Department of Acute/Tertiary Care School of Nursing University of Pittsburgh Peer Reviewer William Thompson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Washington Seattle Executive Editor Leslie Coplin AHC Media Managing Editor Neill Kimball AHC Media Associate Editor Richard H. Kallet, MS, RRT, FAARC, FCCM Director of Quality Assurance Respiratory Care Services San Francisco General Hospital Eric C. Walter, MD, MSc Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Northwest Permanente and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Portland Linda L. Chlan, RN, PhD School of Nursing University of Minnesota

Subjects:	Is Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity Still a Clinically Relevant Issue? Crystalloid Solutions Still Better than Colloid Solutions for Fluid Resuscitation ICU Admission or General Ward for Diabetic Ketoacidosis? The Answer Varies Dramatically in Different Hospitals Let There be Light — In the ICU! Monitoring Hemoglobin by Pulse Oximetry in the ICU: Is it Accurate and Safe?
Objectives:	Identify the particular clinical, legal, or scientific issues related to critical care Describe how those issues affect physicians, nurses, health care workers, hospitals, or the health care industry in general Cite solutions to the problems associated with those issues
Financial Disclosure:
Critical Care Alert's Editor David J. Pierson, MD, Nurse Planner Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD, RN, Peer Reviewer William Thompson, MD, Executive Editor Leslie Coplin, Managing Editor Neill Kimball, and Associate Editors Richard H. Kallet, MS, RRT, FAARC, FCCM, Eric C. Walter, MD, MSc , and Linda L. Chlan, RN, PhD report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. Copyright 2012 AHC Media. All rights reserved.

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