- Identify and recognize the signs and symptoms of common tick-borne illnesses.
- Choose appropriate antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis and therapeutic management of tick bites and tick borne-illness.
- Identify venomous spiders and describe signs and symptoms of venomous spider bites.
- Recognize common infectious pathogens seen in cat and dog bites and choose the appropriate management for these bites.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of venomous snake bites.
Recorded for the 2017 Fall Conference
50 minutes of synced audio and Power Point
Course Description: The title of the course says it all! Patients frequently present to urgent care for evaluation of arthropod and animal bites. This course will review the common clinical presentations of arthropod and animal bites as well as urgent care management. There will be emphasis placed on tick bites, the pathophysiology of tick-borne illness, and the appropriate use of antibiotics and laboratory testing for tick-borne illnesses. Learn how to develop an approach for management of venomous spider bites and snake bites. Recognize the situations when a patient needs follow-up care or Emergency Department consultation.
Speaker: Christopher Chao, MD Urgent Care Physician, UNC/Rex Healthcare, Raleigh, North Carolina Christopher Chao, MD, is a full time Urgent Care physician with UNC/Rex Healthcare. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio with a BS in Biomedical Engineering in 1994 and received his medical doctorate in 1998. He completed family practice residency at Carolina Medical Center - Rural Residency tract in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001. He spent several years practicing family medicine in rural North Carolina before starting a practice to serve uninsured patients. He transitioned into Urgent Care in 2009 and has practiced full time urgent care medicine since 2011. He and his wife are avid outdoors enthusiasts and enjoy backpacking, whitewater kayaking, running and adventure travel. He has a strong interest in wilderness medicine and travel medicine.
1 Credit CME
Designation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Submitting for Credit:
If you would like to submit for credit above, you complete the 5 question knowledge test and answer 3 out of 5 correctly. Your certificate will be available under My Credits in your UCAOA profile and your credit will be placed in your profile under “Professional Development” of click on “My Credits”.
Please email education@ucaoa.org with questions.
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