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Educational Sessions

Clinical Sessions for Recertification

Chart the Course: Navigating Emergency Medicine Challenges in Pregnancy and Pediatrics

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM  
Location: MCCNO, Room 354, Level 3
CE Credits: 1.50 contact hours
Planned in cooperation with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Activity #: 0217-9999-24-066-L01-P
Activity Type: Application-based
Target Audience: Pharmacist, Board-Certified Pharmacist
NOTE: This session is part of the Live Intensive Studies and Clinical Sessions packages. All attendees may attend these thought-provoking and highly educational sessions. However, if you are board-certified, you must purchase the package(s) for your specialty to receive the recertification assessment and claim the recertification credit.

Reviewing resources that emergency medicine pharmacists use to pursue board certification and discussing with peers who have already taken the exam revealed a common challenge—confusion surrounding pediatric antibiotic dosing, available formulations, and the management of pregnant patients. To address this gap, this clinical session aims to educate attendees, with a natural progression from antibiotic intricacies to managing beta-lactam documented allergies. This discussion extends to a common yet controversial topic: accelerated pretreatment regimens for contrast allergies. Each of these topics directly aligns with the knowledge emergency medicine pharmacists should have for successful board certification.

This activity is approved for Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (BCEMP) recertification credit.

Learning Objectives:

  • Appy clinical data evaluating pharmacotherapeutic options for managing postpartum hemorrhage in the emergency department.
  • Assess strategies for effectively managing medication considerations during both pregnancy and post-delivery breastfeeding.
  • Identify considerations for using standard-dose versus high-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate and when to use the three different formulations (4:1, 7:1, and 14:1 ratios of amoxicillin to clavulanate).
  • Evaluate strategies that help emergency medicine pharmacists avoid discharge antibiotic prescription errors based on published literature.
  • Compare beta-Lactam R-side chains and the risk of cross-reactivity that exists between them.
  • Recommend a pretreatment regimen for a patient with a contrast allergy based on the published literature.