Understanding Compression

Course Description

Objectives

Target Audience

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant provided by

Course Description

This CE activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

Course content is available via CD, please email Maria Uravich at muravich@health.usf.edu if you need a copy.

This activity is no longer eligible for continuing education credit. If you have any questions, please contact Maria Uravich (muravich@health.usf.edu) in the Office of Continuing Professional Development

CD duration: 45 minutes in continuous mode; 25 minutes in manual mode
Date of original issue: March 1, 2001
Date of Review: January 19, 2005

Objectives

After completing the activity, participants will be able to:

Understand the underlying pathology of venous disease
Describe the progression of clinical signs and symptoms common with chronic venous disease
Describe the theoretical mechanisms of action of external compression
Identify at least 3 forms of applying compression
Distinguish between compression and gradient (graduated compression)
Identify at least 2 reasons why compression is used

Target Audience

Physicians, including family practitioners, internal medicine, residents, 3rd and 4th year medical students, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians’ assistants.

Accreditation

The University of South Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been approved for 1 contact hour. Universal program number is as follows: 230-000-05-018-HO4.

To receive continuing education credit, a pharmacist must attend the accredited sessions and must return the program evaluation instrument. In order to receive full credit, registrants must register no later than 10 minutes after the start of the meeting and must attend the entire meeting.

This activity for 1 contact hour is provided by the University of South Florida College of Nursing, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Speaker

Mitzi Ekers, MS, ARNP
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Division of Vascular Surgery

Understand the underlying pathology of venous disease
Describe the progression of clinical signs and symptoms common with chronic venous disease

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Presentations during the conference are considered to represent the work and opinions of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

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