- Recognize the physical manifestations of abusive head trauma (AHT)
- Understand the risk factors associated with abuse head trauma
- Describe sentinel injuries that may precede abusive head trauma
- Describe the workup for abusive head trauma
- Explain the acceptable imaging modalities use to evaluate abusive head trauma
Recorded for the 2018 Spring Convention
33 minutes of synced audio and PowerPoint
Course Description:Abusive Head Trauma can be difficult to diagnose and daunting to many practitioners, yet timely proper identification can save lives and prevent needless morbidity. Review the pitfalls of diagnosis and management strategies of abusive head trauma in the pediatric patient with an expert, Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care physician, Dr Seema Awatramani.
Speaker: Seema Awatramani, MD, FAAP Dr. Awatramani is co-founder, co-owner, and Medical Director of UrgiKids - a pediatric urgent care in Naperville, IL. Dr. Awatramani is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She has previously worked at New York University/Bellevue Hospital where she also completed her subspecialty training. She completed her pediatric residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. She is formerly the director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she is currently adjunct faculty in the department of Pediatrics. Dr. Awatramani has a particular interest in multimedia, education and community outreach. She hosts a medical radio show called, “On Call for Kids” on SIRIUS XM’s Doctor Radio, channel 110 and has served as a medical resource for CBS News in Chicago. She is also a certified life support instructor for both healthcare professionals and the general community. In the fall of 2017, Dr. Awatramani was elected to the boards of the College of Urgent Care Medicine at the UCAOA conference in the fall. Dr. Awatramani received her Doctor of Medicine from the Southern Illinois School of Medicine and has a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Disclosures:
None
1 CME
Designation Statement
The Urgent Care Association 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 is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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