Emergency Medicine Reports (Vol. 37, No. 2) - Hyponatremia in the Emergency Department – January 15, 2016

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Release date: January 2016

Valid through: January 2019

Target Audience

This CME activity is intended for emergency physicians and family physicians and nurses.

Subjects

• Hyponatremia

Objectives

• Recognize specific conditions in patients presenting to the emergency department
• Apply state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to patients with the particular medical problems discussed in the publication
• Discuss the differential diagnosis of the particular medical problems discussed in the publication
• Explain both the likely and rare complications that may be associated with the particular medical problems discussed in the publication.

Credit Available

Physicians

• Maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• 2.5 AOA Category 2-B credits
• 3.0 ACEP Credits
• 1.5 AAFP Credits per monograph
• 3.0 nursing contact hours

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

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

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2.5 AOA Category 2-B credits.

This activity is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 3.0 hours of ACEP Category 1 Credits.

Emergency Medicine Reports has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.5 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins January 1, 2016. Term of approval is for one year from this date with the option of yearly renewal.

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity has been approved for 3.0 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP14749, for 3.0 Contact Hours.

Faculty Listing

Authors

Brian L. Springer, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor, Wright State University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dayton, OH.

MacKenzie Gabler, MD, Resident Physician, Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Dayton, OH

Peer Reviewer

Frank LoVecchio, DO, FACEP, Vice-Chair for Research, Medical Director, Samaritan Regional Poison Control Center, Emergency Medicine Department, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.

Editors

Sandra M. Schneider, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Hofstra North Shore–LIJ, School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas

J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Scholarly Projects Advisor, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Emergency Department, Maricopa Integrated Health System

Nurse Planner:

Paula A. Fessler, RN, MS, NP, Vice President Emergency Medicine Service Line, North Shore-LIJ Health System New Hyde Park, New York

Executive Editor: Shelly Morrow Mark

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