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Stay up to date on the latest medical knowledge with this Disaster Medicine activity. In this online self-assessment activity, you'll read our reference articles and test your knowledge with 37 activities in Disaster Medicine for 32.25 total CME hours.
V-Series nerve agents are organophosphate esters that are used as chemical weapons. They are extremely potent acetylchol ...
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Organophosphates (OP) are chemical substances that are produced by the process of esterification between phosphoric acid ...
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Cyanide toxicity occurs commonly in patients with smoke inhalation who have been removed from burning structures. Cyanid ...
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Direct laryngoscopy allows visualization of the larynx. It is used during general anesthesia, for surgical procedures of ...
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Organophosphates (OP) are chemical substances that are produced by the process of esterification between phosphoric acid ...
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V-Series nerve agents are organophosphate esters that are used as chemical weapons. They are extremely potent acetylchol ...
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| Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Toxicity | Nerve agents are some of the most deadly and easily employed chemical warfare agents. Given the global threat of terrorism, it is prudent to have a ba ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Aerospace Decompression Illness | Decompression sickness in aviation is most commonly seen following flights in nonpressurized aircraft, in flights with cabin pressure fluctuations, or ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Appendicitis in Pregnancy | Appendicitis during pregnancy is a condition in which the appendix becomes inflamed and infected. Its treatment consists of emergent surgery for the r ... Read the Article | 1 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Artery Cannulation | Arterial cannulation is a procedure frequently performed in acute and critical care settings. It serves as an invasive means to more accurately measur ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Biologic, Chemical, and Radiation Terrorism Review | Terrorism is the intentional use of indiscriminate violence to create fear and terror as a means to achieve an ideological, financial, religious, or p ... Read the Article | 1.25 | 10 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Blister Agents | Sulfur mustard (dichlorethylsulphide) and nitrogen mustard are blistering agents, or vesicants, that have been used in chemical warfare since before t ... Read the Article | 1 | 9 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Blunt Abdominal Trauma | Abdominal trauma caused by blunt force is a common presentation in the emergency room seen in adults and children. The chief cause of blunt abdominal ... Read the Article | 1 | 12 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Carbamate Toxicity | Carbamates are a class of insecticides structurally and mechanistically similar to organophosphate (OP) insecticides. Carbamates are N-methyl Carbamat ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 4 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Chemical Decontamination | Contending with a mass casualty incident involving a chemical exposure seems daunting; fortunately, these are rare events. It is quite possible that ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Chlorine Gas Toxicity | Gaseous chlorine is poisonous and classified as a pulmonary irritant. It has intermediate water solubility with the capability of causing acute damage ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Cholinergic Crisis | A cholinergic crisis develops as a result of overstimulation of nicotinic and muscarinic receptors at the neuromuscular junctions. This is usually sec ... Read the Article | 1 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Cholinergic Toxicity | Cholinergic toxicity is caused by substances that stimulate, enhance or mimic the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, the primary neurotransmitter of the ... Read the Article | 1 | 8 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Cholinesterase Inhibitors | Cholinesterase inhibitors function to decrease the breakdown of acetylcholine. They SEe use in the treatment of Alzheimer and dementia symptoms. This ... Read the Article | 1 | 11 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Cyanide Toxicity | Cyanide is a rapidly acting substance that is traditionally known as a poison. Hydrogen cyanide was first isolated from Prussian blue dye in 1786 and ... Read the Article | 1 | 12 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Direct Laryngoscopy | Direct laryngoscopy allows visualization of the larynx. It is used during general anesthesia, for surgical procedures of the larynx, and during resusc ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Electrical Burns | Electrical injuries are when high-energy current travels through the body due to contact with an electrical source. Injuries occur due to either the f ... Read the Article | 1 | 7 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| EMS Methods To Cool A Patient In The Field | Hyperthermia is defined as a body temperature greater than 40 degrees C. Several conditions can cause hyperthermia. In sepsis, the immunologic reactio ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Heroin | Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine, is derived from the opium poppy plant. Professionals initially touted morphine as a substitute with less misus ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity | Hydrogen sulfide can be found in many environments, and toxicity can arise from both direct contact and as the chemical enters the bloodstream. At hig ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Hyperbaric Evaluation and Treatment Of Cyanide Toxicity | Cyanide toxicity occurs commonly in patients with smoke inhalation who have been removed from burning structures. Cyanide forms as a result of incomp ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 4 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Hyperbaric Management Of Frostbite | Although evidence for treating frostbite with hyperbaric oxygen is sparse and limited to case reports and animal studies, the proposed mechanism of ac ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Lightning Injuries | Lightning is a frequent occurrence worldwide with an estimated 50 occurrences per second and 20% of those resulting in ground strikes. It is impossib ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Muscarinic Antagonists | The muscarinic antagonist is a class medication used in the management and treatment of numerous different conditions, including COPD and organophosph ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Nerve Agents | Nerve agents represent a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in toxicology and emergency medicine. Patients affected by nerve agents pr ... Read the Article | 1 | 7 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema | Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema is a disease process that results in acute hypoxia secondary to a rapid deterioration in respiratory status. The diseas ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 6 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Organophosphate Toxicity | Most patients exposed to organophosphates come into contact with insecticides. The first organophosphate insecticide was created in the mid-1800s but ... Read the Article | 1 | 11 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Organophosphates | Organophosphates (OP) are chemical substances that are produced by the process of esterification between phosphoric acid and alcohol. Organophosphates ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 4 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Pediatric Spine Trauma | A spinal cord injury is a potentially crippling injury which often results in severe and permanent disability. Quite often when encountering multi-sys ... Read the Article | 1 | 7 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Permissive Hypotension | Permissive hypotension is the act of maintaining a blood pressure lower than physiologic levels in a patient that has suffered from a hemorrhagic bloo ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Piezogenic Pedal Papule | Piezogenic pedal papules are small papular herniations of subcutaneous tissue on the heel that occur only upon standing or with application of pressur ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Pralidoxime | Pralidoxime is a medication used in the management and treatment of organophosphate poisoning. It is in the oxime class of drugs. This activity outlin ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Seating And Wheelchair Evaluation | The wheelchair (WC) is one of the most important examples of mobility-assistive equipment (MAE) available to patients with impaired mobility. Proper e ... Read the Article | 1.25 | 12 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Sellick Maneuver | Cricoid pressure is a technique that has become part of rapid sequence intubation to prevent aspiration of gastric contents. The technique has limited ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | A new and rapidly progressive respiratory syndrome termed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was identified by the World Health Organization (WH ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Shock | Shock is a life-threatening manifestation of circulatory failure. Circulatory shock leads to cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in cellular death ... Read the Article | 1.25 | 14 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Succinylcholine Chloride | Succinylcholine chloride is a short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blockade that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA ... Read the Article | 0.75 | 5 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |
| Toxicology, V-Series Nerve Agents | V-Series nerve agents are organophosphate esters that are used as chemical weapons. They are extremely potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Biologi ... Read the Article | 1 | 8 | Activity MD/PA Activity DO |