Risk Management Lecture Series: Surgical Fires

September 25, 2024

Please join us for this month’s Risk Management lecture on Surgical Fires. We will examine what constitutes a surgical fire, which can occur in, on or around a patient during a medical or surgical procedure.  Although quite rare, surgical fires have the potential to cause significant harm to patients and healthcare professionals. 

Live webinar only.  Please register for Zoom link.

 

Target Audience

Baptist Health medical staff, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, patient transporters, patient experience specialists, security officers, human resources staff, hospital leaders and other interested clinical and nonclinical employees.

Learning Objectives

  •  Identify high-risk settings where a surgical fire may be prevented with communication, appropriate education and risk management.
  •  Describe risk-reduction strategies for preventing fires in the operating room.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
08/18/2024
Course expires: 
11/30/2024
Event starts: 
09/25/2024 - 6:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
09/25/2024 - 7:00pm EDT
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Live Webinar
FL
United States

Rosa Gonzalez, MSN
Manager, Patient Safety Simulation Lab
Baptist Health Medical Group 
Miami, Fl.

Wilmer Mata, M.D. 
General Surgeon
Baptist Health Medical Group 
Miami, Fl.

Beverly Pastora, CRNA
Del Risco & Associates  
Miami, Fl.

Due to the non-clinical nature of the content discussed, the speakers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

This CME activity will not cover content that would involve products or services of ineligible companies; therefore, no opportunity exists for a conflict of interest based on the financial relationships of faculty and/or persons in control of content. Since these relationships are not relevant, no disclosure information was collected. 

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

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 #20-972330, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.

This activity has been approved forl for 1 credit hour for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Pharmacy and Pharmacy Tech, and  (pending) Social Worker/Mental Health/Family Counseling. 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 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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