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 July 20, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET

The Opioid Crisis: New Threats to Caregivers

Session Overview

We are interrupting our current Sepsis series to address the Opioid Crisis and new threats to caregivers and patients.

Dr. Gladstone McDowell is one of our nation’s leading pain management experts who has practiced as a urologic oncologist, anesthesiologist, and pain management physician. He frequently speaks to caregivers as well as youth on the dangers of pain medicines and our current opioid crisis. He will address the latest life threatening developments from the introduction of Fentanyl additives to street drugs that are now threatening our first responders, emergency caregivers, and our patients.

A reactor panel of patient advocates and experts will react to the presentations addressing this latest threat.

We offer these online webinars at no cost to our participants.

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Registration Information and CE Credit Information

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  When:  July 20, 2017   Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET
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Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness: Participants will understand and be able to discuss the cause and new critical issues relating to the Opioid Crisis.
  • Accountability: Participants will understand who may be accountable for responding to, and prioritizing, the critical response issues to the Opioid Crisis.
  • Ability: Participants will learn about competencies important to addressing the new threats from Opioids and Fentanyl additives .
  • Action: Participants will learn what actions they may need to do to protect their caregivers, first responders, and patients from the new features of the crisis.

CE Participation Documentation

Texas Medical Institute of Technology, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15996, will be issuing 1.5 contact hours for this webinar. TMIT is only providing nursing credit at this time.

To request a Participation Document, please click here.

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Session Speakers and Panelists

Gladstone C. McDowell, II, MD
Gladstone C. McDowell, II, MD The Opioid Crisis
Bio
C. R. Denham, II, MD
C. R. Denham, II, MDIn the News and Recent Polling
Bio
Gregory H. Botz, M.D., FCCM
Gregory H. Botz, M.D., FCCMDiscussion and Reaction to Presentations
Bio
Christopher R. Peabody, MD, MPH
Christopher R. Peabody, MD, MPHDiscussion and Reaction to Presentations
Bio
Arlene Salamendra
Arlene SalamendraDiscussion and Reaction to Presentations AND The Voice of Patient and Family
Bio

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In the News

  1. Smith J. Opioid epidemic is so extreme that even librarians are being trained to treat addicts who overdose in front of them. Daily Mail. 2017 Jun 25.  Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4637310/Librarians-trained-treat-opioid-overdoses.html.   
  2. Zimmerman B. STAT projection: Opioid overdoses could kill more than 650k Americans in the next 10 years. Becker’s Hospital Review. 2017 Jun 27.  Available at: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/opioids/stat-projection-opioid-overdoses-could-kill-more-than-650k-americans-in-the-next-10-years.html. 
  3. Dale D. Makers of OxyContin, Percocet sued by U.S. governments over opioid crisis. TheStar.com. 2017 Jul 15.   Available at: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/15/makers-of-oxycontin-percocet-sued-by-us-governments-over-opioid-crisis.html.