{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} An Evidence-Based Approach to Minimizing Acute Procedural Pain in the Emergency Department and Beyond ((Non-Physician Credit))

Activity Steps

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Description

The certificate for this activity is for NON-PHYSICIANS.

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Name several nonpharmacological strategies for minimizing pain in children during acute, painful procedures.
  2. Apply evidenced-based pharmacologic interventions to reduce pain for pediatric patients undergoing painful procedures.
  3. Identify published clinical practice guidelines for acute procedural pain in pediatrics that can inform day-to-day clinical practice.

Disclosures

The authors and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $12.95

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: PECN0116
Published: Jan 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Pediatric Emergency Care
Required Passing Score: 4/5 (80%)
Authors: Samina Ali, MDCM, Tara McGrath, MD, and Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS
Categories: Emergency Care , Pediatrics
Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics
Topics: Distress , Pain , Pain Management , Procedural Pain