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ForwardMariners Hospital Conference Series: Managing Mild COVID-19 in the ED in Adults
The ongoing changes in COVID-19 data, clinical features and patient management present a challenge for emergency medicine clinicians at the front lines of this virus. Join us to hear Dr. Mary Woods and Linda Petek, APRN discuss general management strategies for the COVID-19 positive patients in the emergency department and provide information to help clinicians differentiate between patients needing hospital admission and those that can be monitored and managed outpatient based on NIH treatment guidelines.
Target Audience
Emergency Medicine Physicians, Hospitalists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Intensivists, Critical Care Physicians, Cardiologists, Nephrologists, Pulmonologists, Infectious Disease Physicians, Neurologists, Gastroenterologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Therapists and other interested healthcare providers.
Learning Objectives
- Identify disease severity based on WHO and NIH criteria.
- Differentiate between patients needing hospital admissions vs those that can have outpatient symptom monitoring and treatment,
- Utilize home monitoring for those patients safe to discharge home.
- Avoid unnecessary utilization of medications in COVID 19 positive patients who can be managed outpatient based on NIH COVID treatment guidelines.
Deborah J Barrow, PharmD
Director oh Pharmacy
Mariners Hospital and Fishermen's Community Hospital
Mary Elizabeth Woods, M.D., FAAFP
Family Medicine
Mariners Hospital and Fishermen's Community Hospital
Content Contributor:
Linda Petek, APRN
Deborah J Barrow, PharmD, indicated that neither she nor her spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in his/her presentation or discussion.
Mary Elizabeth Woods, M.D., FAAFP, indicated that neither she nor her spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in his/her presentation or discussion.
Linda Petek, APRN, indicated that neither she nor her spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in his/her presentation or discussion.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-278616, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.
This activity has also been approved for 1 credit hour for Nurse Practitioners and Nurses. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 General certificate of attendance
- 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 1.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
- 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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