Program Description:
This activity is taken from the September 2011 issue of JAAPA. It includes the CME articles “Laceration repair: Avoid infection, optimize healing, minimize scarring" and "Abdominal compartment syndrome: Potentially lethal and easy to miss." Please note that both topics are included in the post-test.
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AAPA Category I CME Credit
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This material has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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This material has been approved for 1 hour of clinical Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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Faculty:
LACERATION REPAIR
Nicole A. Ricci, RPA-C
Emergency Department
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY
Denise Rizzolo, PhD, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pace University
Associate Professor
Seton Hall University
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ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Susannah J. Clark, MS, PA-C
Park Surgical Associates
Brockton, MA
Disclosures:
The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of their respective articles.
Instructions:
AAPA members may continue to complete and submit JAAPA post-tests on the AAPA Web site by going to www.aapa.org and searching for keyword JAAPA post-tests. All PAs, including those who are not members of AAPA, may complete and submit post-tests online for no charge here at myCME. To obtain 1 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit, PAs must receive a score of 70% or better on each test taken.
Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution
set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20
MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands
of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.