Emergent Care Symposium for Treatment of Children with Sickle Cell Disease or Hemophilia

After completing this symposium, you should be able to:

• Review the most common emergent complications seen in children with sickle cell disease. 
• Explain the management of emergent complications in children with sickle cell disease.
• Describe the most common emergent complications seen in children with hemophilia. 
• Explain the management of emergent complications in children with hemophilia. 

This conference is designed for any medical practitioner providing emergency care to children with sickle cell disease or hemophilia, with a special emphasis on nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. However all practitioners are invited, including: hematologists, internal medicine physicians, residents, fellows, social workers, pharmacists, emergency room physicians and staff.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medication Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is an approved provider of nursing continuing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Attendees may receive a maximum 3.75 contact hours in nursing continuing education. Nurses should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The conference is free, but pre-registration is required. To register, go to http://cmetracker.net/STJUDE/Login?FormName=RegLoginLive&Eventid=34650.