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When: September 8, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: St. Vincent Healthcare Mansfield Health Education Center - Room 7 Billings, MT
Target Audience: Primary Care Providers to include but not limited to:
Family Practice,
Pediatrics,
Emergency Department physicians,
Physician assistants,
Nurse practitioners,
Advanced practice nurses,
Registered nurses,
And all other healthcare providers of pediatric/adolescent patients
Series Objectives: At the end of this RSS, participants should be able to:
Differentiate between types of seizures, spells and spasms in children
Recognize infantile spasms and absence seizures
Utilize appropriate imaging and lab work for the diagnosis, treatment and management of seizures, spells and spasms in children
Manage status epilepticus emergently
Initiate referral of children to a pediatric neurologist as appropriate
Lecture Specific Objectives: At the end of this RSS, participants should be able to:
Develop a differential diagnosis of seizure-like episodes.
Identify clinical features of psychogenic non-epileptic events.
Appropriately manage non-epileptic events.
If you would like to attend via videoconference contact: St. Vincent Healthcare University at 406.237.3348 or email svhu@svh-mt.org. Reservations for videoconferencing must be made at least 24 hours prior to live activity.