Title:
1st Annual Symposium: Practical Neurocritical Care
Meeting Dates and Locations
Course Director
Friday, December 3, 2010
Nazil Janjua, M.D
8:00am – 5:00pm
Department of Neurology
Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital
339 Hicks Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Target Audience
Registration Fee (s)
General neurologists who consult in the ICU,
Neurocritical care specialist, vascular, interventional
neurologists, medical interventional, critical care
and neuroscience nurses, residents, and fellows.
Course Description
Credits
The identification of intracranial hypertension and
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its acute management. Identification and treatment
of sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage, stroke,
intracerebral hemorrhage.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
1. Recognize plateau A and B waves of intracranial hypertension.
2. Understand the dynamics of external ventriculostomy drainage and collection systems.
3. Diagnose, resuscitate and implement care for intracranial hypertension brain herniation, cerebral
vasospasm.
4. Correctly prescribe reversal agents for thrombolytic induced intracerebral hemorrhage.
5. Request appropriate Pulmonary Function tests and correctly interpret results to identify impending
respiratory distress in patients with neuromuscular disease.
6. Utilize bedside neurological scales to identify impending neurological deterioration.
To register for the meeting, or for more information, please e-mail njanjua@chpnet.org or call 718-780-1124
Accreditation
The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians
The SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Disclosure Policy:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of CME (OCME) and its affiliates are committed to providing educational
activities that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as possible. The OCME has established policies that will
identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. All participating faculty are expected to
disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial relationships that might be perceived as a real or
apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations, and unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and
devices. Detailed disclosures will be made verbally and/or in writing during the program.