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2-Day Cardiac Diagnostics and Interventions Course

2-Day Cardiac Diagnostics and Interventions Course

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Nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants and even physicians have told me that they are apprehensive to prescribe, administer or send a patient for a cardiac intervention or diagnostic test due to a lack of confidence and up-to-date knowledge. I understand the challenge…as there is a lot to understand when making these critical patient decisions.

I’m Dr. Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, a critical care clinical specialist in the surgical, medical, neurologic, burn, CCU and trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Throughout my career I have assisted countless healthcare providers overcome fears associated with ordering and interpreting cardiac tests. If a test or intervention were ordered inadvertently, we may not get the information we need to make informed decisions or worse….we could cause potentially dire patient consequences.

During this comprehensive training event, you can expect to learn:

  • Red flags that intensive cardiac testing is required
  • Radiology options as an assessment AND intervention
  • Implications of overlooked genetic cardiac tests
  • Lifesaving cardiac therapeutics – including the PROMeNADe study
  • Up to date guidelines for cardiac interventions
  • The impact of common medications on cardiac testing

But that’s not all! I will be sharing some of my unforgettable, real-world case studies after each major section to reinforce your learning. Together we will evaluate laboratory data, ECG results, ECHO cardiograms, physical assessment findings and clinical pearls to interpret the diagnostic interventions. The only thing that is missing during this event is the antiseptic smell of the hospital…

Dr. Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS

Here's What You'll Learn


Electrocardiogram and Electrophysiology
  • What you must know when looking at a 12-lead ECG
  • When medications do not work – now what?
  • Six red flags which indicate greater testing is required
Laboratory Blood and Urine Tests
  • Troponins
  • B-type natriuretic peptide
  • D-dimer
  • Electrolytes
  • Thyroid function
  • Lipid panel
  • Arterial blood gas interpretation
  • Urine for catecholamines and protein
Genetic Testing for Cardiac Conditions – Often Overlooked
  • Inherited cardiac genetic tests for arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, familial hypercholesterolemia & more
  • Risk stratification of the cardiac condition for potential parents
  • What are the therapeutic options based on genetic test?
Echocardiography is THE Test You Must Know
  • When to order an ECHO – what does this really tell the practitioner?
  • Five steps to ECHO cardiogram interpretation
  • The ECHO colors tell you so much
  • What do ECHO bubble studies inform us about the heart
Radiology: An Assessment and Intervention for the Cardiac Patient
  • Chest radiograph – what do you need to look for in your cardiac patient?
  • Computerized tomography
  • Magnet resonance imaging of the heart
  • Cardiac angiography – it is more than just vessels
  • Positron emission tomography – what will this test tell you?
Interventional Cardiology
  • Cardiac catheterization –clarity of blood flow
  • Balloon angioplasty and stent placement – difference in the type of stents?
  • Cardioversion and ablation – patient selection criteria is vital
  • MAZE procedure
  • Cardiac stress testing – the dos and don’ts
  • Mechanical thrombectomy – patient assessment pre- and post-procedure
  • Valvular treatments: transcatheter aortic valve replacement, balloon valvuloplasty and open-heart surgery
Life-Saving Cardiac Therapeutics
  • Intra-aortic balloon pump considerations
  • Ventricular assist device - not just for the ICU patient anymore
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation – selecting between the three types
  • Impella Heart Pump: indications, contraindications and monitoring
  • Pacemaker and implantable cardiac defibrillator cardioverter; some ICD are MRI compatible (PROMeNADe study)

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 12 hours of video content
  • Up to 12.25 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

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Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS

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Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, is a critical care clinical specialist in the surgical, medical, neurologic, burn, CCU, and trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Drawing on over 40 years of experience assessing and managing patients with life-threatening diseases, Dr. Langlois provides advanced-level training to nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, and physicians.

Dr. Langlois is committed to providing the highest quality of care to patients through advanced education. His presentations are evidence-based, timely, and go beyond content review to sharpen the clinical reasoning underneath it, using illness scripts, anticipatory thinking, and layered case studies to help experienced clinicians reason out loud rather than simply recall answers. As a bedside clinical nurse specialist, he has developed several institution-wide protocols for the multidisciplinary assessment and management of patients.

His presentations are enthusiastically delivered and offer highly practical tips that help make the most challenging concepts easy to understand, from cognitive-bias traps that shape a shift to the SBAR calibration that gets a "come now" call heard the first time. Linking knowledge to clinical practice is the goal of every educational program, and Dr. Langlois builds that link through near-miss scenarios and "what would you do?" cases designed to sharpen judgment, not just test it.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Paul Langlois has employment relationship with Cook County Hospital and Emergency Care Consultants. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Paul Langlois is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Also Available:
DVD
Product Code:
POS078455
Duration:
12 hours, 26 minutes
Copyright:
Dec 05, 2022
Format:
Audio and Video

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