Recorded for the 2019 Spring Convention

25 minutes of synced audio and PowerPoint

Course Description:

Epistaxis is a common urgent care complaint. While sometimes scary for patients due to the seemingly large amount of blood involved, many cases can be treated in the urgent care center. Learn about common causes of epistaxis, and the fastest and easiest ways to get them under control.

Speaker: William Gluckman, DO, MBA, FACEP

Dr Gluckman is residency trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the College of Urgent Care Medicine and has over 20 years of emergency and urgent care experience, starting his career in academic EM before transitioning to owning and operating FastER Urgent Care in Morris Plains, NJ. He has served previously as a member of the Board of Directors for the UCA and as a previous President of the Urgent Care College of Medicine, as well as the clinical content advisor. Dr Gluckman's medical interests include education, procedures, Pre-Hospital, Disaster, and Tactical Medicine.

With the limited free time he has, Dr Gluckman enjoys traveling, scuba diving/snorkeling and eating Brazilian BBQ.

Disclosures:

None

.5 CME

Designation Statement

The Urgent Care Association designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. 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.

Submitting for Credit:

If you would like to submit for credit above, you must complete the 3 question knowledge test and answer 2 out of 3 correctly. Your certificate will be available in your library under Credits and below the title of the session.

Please email education@ucaoa.org with questions.