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Delta Toronto East | Venue Web Site
2035 Kennedy Road | Map and directions

$187.95 ($179 + GST) - After March 19th

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Four Points Sheraton | Venue Web Site
1150 Wellington Road South | Map and directions

Susan Bengivingo is a registered nurse with over twenty-seven years of experience, including twenty-five years in intensive care settings. She is currently employed part-time as nurse clinician in the CV ICU at the Foothills Medical Centre and part-time as a staff nurse at the Strathmore Health Centre. She is certified in neonatal resuscitation, in TNCC at a provider level, and in ACLS at an instructor level. Susan has presented at local and national conferences on issues related to cardiovascular, intensive care, and rural nursing. Well known for her clinical teaching ability and mentoring skills, Susan was honoured at the annual general meeting of the CCCN as the receipient of the 2002 Clinical Cardiovascular Excellence Award - only one Canadian nurse is given this award annually. With current expertise in urban critical care and rural emergency nursing, Susan is ideally suited to teach practitioners from a variety of settings.

Acute Coronary Syndromes are an important cause of illness and premature death, and a leading reason for hospital admission. This one day workshop is designed to assist nurses to develop a comprehensive understanding of ACS and review the etiology, diagnosis, triage, and evidence-based management of patients with unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction.

Broken Hearts: A Leading Cause of Death
- The ACS Spectrum - Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
- Risk Factors and the Development of ACS
- Review of Relevant A & P of the Heart

Diagnosis of ACS
- Importance of History & Clinical Presentation
- Women and Ischemia: Things are Different on Venus
- Changes in the 12 Lead ECG
- Cardiac Markers: CK-MB, Troponin and CRP -
- What They Mean & Patterns of Elevation
- Great Masqueraders - Differential Diagnoses

Coronary Arteries - Effects of the Infarct
- Right Coronary Occlusion - Impact on Conduction System
- Left Coronary Occlusion - Impact on LV
- Common Arrhythmias and Blocks
- Evidence-Based Predictors of Early Mortality - Who is at Highest Risk?
- Is Extra Vigilance Needed After AMI for your Type 2 Diabetes Patients?
- Complications & Prognoses

Triage and Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Urban and Rural Settings
- Immediate Nursing Assessment & Treatment
- Treatment Algorithms
- Fibrinolytic, Anti Thrombotic, and Anti Platelet Therapies;
- Nitrates & Analgesics
- Current Trials & Protocols; Patient Education

Interpreting Changes in the 12 Lead ECG
- Case Studies & Examining the Strips

* Cardiac Nurses and Allied Cardiac Staff in a Variety of Settings:
* ER and ICU Nurses; Rural ER Nurses; EMT's
* Nurse in Telemetry and Cardiac Stepdown Units
* Cardiac Med-Surg Nurses; Cardiac Educators and Managers
* Nurse Practitioners, Outpost Nurses
* Cardiac Physiotherapists; RRT's; Perfusionists