2024 UHMS Chapter Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Gulf Coast Chapter on Wound Care

UHMS Chapter Townhall Meeting hosted by the Gulf Coast Chapter on Wound Care

March 2, 2024

The Gulf Coast Chapter of the UHMS continuing education mission is to promote educational activities for physicians and allied health professionals in the local and regional areas based on a needs assessment of the members and on the UHMS Panel of Expert Opinion. These activities will improve the scientific and practical knowledge in the areas of hyperbaric oxygen treatment and diving medicine

Estimated time to complete this activity: 5 hours

Termination Date: April 9, 2027 

Registration: 

• Non-Member: $112.50
• Regular UHMS Member: $87.50
• Associate UHMS Member: $62.50

Schedule:

• Air-Gas Embolism: Case Presentations/Discussion/Safety Concerns/Logistics - Andrew Applewhite, MD, CWSP, FUHM
• Evidence Based Update for HBO2 Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcer 2024 - Jayesh Shah, MD, UHM(ABPM), CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FUHM, FACP, FACHM
• Patient Education for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy : The importance of what can and cannot go into the chamber, and why - Kaye Moseley, RRT, RCP, CHT, CHWS
• Radiation Cystitis in the Era of Targeted Radiation: causes, incidence, and results - John Feldmeier, DO, FACRO, FUHM
• Transcutaneous Oximetry's Evidence-Based Importance - Dick Clarke, CHT-ADMIN
• Pro Bowl Panel: Wound care and safety related to wound - Team Applewhite, Moseley, and Josefsen

Lecture Descriptions and Objectives:

1. Two challenging cases of AGE will be presented, the rationale for using HBO2 as a treatment modality, and the logistics and safety concerns that go with treating critically ill patients. The attendee will understand the safety and logistics of treating critically ill patients.
2. This lecture will provide staggering statistics related to diabetic ulcers. It will review CMS guidelines and documentation requirement for treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) patients with HBO2 therapy. Explain the importance of standard wound care in treating DFU patients. This lecture will also review latest Evidence for HBO2 therapy in DFU patients. There will also be discussion about role of Tcpo2 v/s infrared spectrography in evaluating patients with DFU.
   1. After participating in this lecture, the attendee will:
      1. Understand staggering statistics related to Diabetic ulcers.
      2. Understand CMS guidelines and documentation requirement for treating
      3. Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) patients with HBO therapy.
      4. Explain importance of standard wound care in treating DFU patients
      5. Review Evidence for HBO therapy in DFU patients
      6. Discuss role of Tcpo2 and infrared spectrography in evaluating patients with DFU.
3. The learner should be able to educate the patient in the most comprehensive manner without putting fear into the patient. They will know the important of using different tools to educate the patient prior to starting hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
4. The lecture will highlight new information that provides further support for hyperbaric oxygen for radiation injury of the bladder and also discuss the absence of otherwise effective definitive treatments.
   1. The attendee will be able to describe the latest publications supporting hyperbaric oxygen treatment of radiation-induced cystitis.
   2. The attendee will be able to identify the latest research, which supports 40 hyperbaric oxygen treatments as the supported standard for best results in the treatment of radiation cystitis.
   3. The attendee will also be able to identify which studies support an increase in patient longevity when certain approved conditions are treated with hyperbaric oxygen. 
5. This lecture will discuss an up-to-date review of hyperbaric extremity referral screening options and if Transcutaneous Oximetry (TCOM) remains relevant today.
   1. After participating in this lecture, the attendee will:
      1. Summarize screening options in the current era.
      2. Describe each respective option’s strengths and weaknesses.
      3. Argue that TCOM remains at the heart of the evaluation and case management process.

CONTINUING EDUCATION 

Designation Statements: 

• Physician CME:  The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Nursing CEU:  Approved license types: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Nurse Specialist; Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered Nurse; Certified Nursing Assistant; Respiratory Care Practitioner Critical Care; Respiratory Care Practitioner Non-Critical Care; Registered Respiratory Therapist; Certified Respiratory Therapist.  This enduring material is approved for 5.00 contact hours by the Florida Board of Registered Nursing Provider #50-10881. 
• NBDHMT: This enduring material is approved for 2.50 Category A and 2.50 Category B credit hours by National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology, P.O. Box 758, Pelion, South Carolina 29123.
  • NBDHMT Accreditation Statement: For CHT recertification purposes, the NBDHMT requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 required Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety.

Accreditation Statement: The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME For MOC Program Guide Designation Statements for ABMS Boards

As an accredited ACCME provider, the UHMS is now responsible to submit physician learner CME credits into the ACCME PARS system. However, it is the physician’s responsibility to submit the necessary information required to match with the ACCME PARS system. It is also the physician’s responsibility to check with their respective board(s) to see that the credits were applied accordingly.

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
“This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.”

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.”

American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.”

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit."

American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
This activity has been registered to offer 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM towards the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program Lifelong Learning credits.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.”

American Board of Surgery (ABS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity [which includes participation in the evaluation component], enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment] requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit."

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity [which includes participation in the evaluation component,] enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment] of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit."

***Will require evaluation feedback

Disclaimer: The information provided at this CME activity is for Continuing Medical Education purposes only. The lecture content, statements or opinions expressed however, do not necessarily represent those of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

Full Disclosure Statement: All faculty members and planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Full disclosure of faculty and planner relevant financial relationships will be made at the activity. 

Disclosures: All individuals in control of content for this educational activity with their relevant financial relationship disclosed are listed below (if applicable). An individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being in control of educational content at any time, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. 

Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education:

• A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company.
• The content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.
• The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months

“None of the individuals in control of content (planners/faculty/reviewers/authors) for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to mitigate for this educational activity.

No commercial support was received for this activity.