Take a peek at Burn Center™

Course Description

The Advanced Burn Patient Care on-line course and simulation Burn Center™ is a self-directed, web-based learning program produced by 360Ed, Inc. and Shands at the University of Florida's Burn Center. Burn Center™ is designed to train trauma surgeons, emergency medical technicians, nurses, and ancillary staff in several areas, including Triage Procedures, Initial Care, Surgical Management, Pain Management, Wound Care, Post-Operative Nursing Care, and Psychological Considerations. Burn Center™ provides instruction in the assessment and management of mass casualty burn victims both at the scene and during the first 36 hours post-injury.

Burn Center™ is organized as a series of 12 video lectures, a multiple-choice assessment, and an interactive, game-based training module that simulates the real-life emergency triage events of a mass-casualty disaster scenario. The game-based training module also includes a simulation of a hospital environment in which multiple burn patients must be cared for over the course of a 36-hour resuscitation period.

Burn Center™ was created to train and prepare health care providers in the treatment of advanced burn care in a mass casualty setting. By incorporating tried-and-true game design methodology with professional medical knowledge and teaching techniques, Burn Center™ makes the precious experience and knowledge of life-saving techniques easily attainable and memorable. Burn Center™ takes full advantage of the growing trend for electronic simulation of medical procedures and tactics. Trainees will earn 8.0 CME and CNE credits by viewing video lectures and completing the Burn Center™ Triage and Resuscitation simulations with appropriate scores.

This CME/CNE activity is supported by an educational grant from the Florida Department of Health.

Learning Objectives

• Stabilize, sort, tag and transport burn victims during mass casualty
• Develop the role of a burn care provider balancing needs of mass patients
• Triage and resuscitate critically injured burn patients

Course Accreditation and Designation of Credit

This program has been approved for Continuing Nursing Education Credit (CNE) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) for 8 contact hours, CERP Category A. Further, this course is approved for 8 CNE trauma hours. Participants may earn these hours by reviewing the video lectures and scoring at least 80% on the associated assessment as well as passing the two simulations with a minimum score of 80%.

The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program is approved for 8 contact hours by Shands Healthcare. Florida Board of Nursing #2612
Expiration Date for contact hours is 4/1/2012.

Shands Healthcare is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA.

Because GNA is ANCC accredited, its approval is recognized by all other state nurses associations and most state boards of nursing. Nurses licensed in other states are advised to check on that state's specific requirements regarding reciprocity.

Approved provider status does not imply endorsement by the provider, ANCC, GNA of any products displayed in conjunction with this activity.

Privacy Statement

The personal data collected through the normal practice of on-line continuing education will be used and shared only for the purposes described in the activity, such as administering continuing education credits and maintaining attendance records. Evaluation responses will be published only in the aggregate.

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support and policies established the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the faculty has been asked to disclose all relevant financial relations with any commercial interest that may affect the content of their presentation. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount occurring with the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.

Course Content

• The video lectures cover the following:
• Lecture 1: Blast Injuries
• Lecture 2: Emotional Care
• Lecture 3: Pain Management
• Lecture 4: Rehabilitation
• Lecture 5: Nursing Care
• Lecture 6: Hands and Foot
• Lecture 7: Escharotomy
• Lecture 8: Excision
• Lecture 9: Blood Loss
• Lecture 10: Skin Grafting
• Lecture 11: Wound Care
• Lecture 12: Scar Management
• Video Lecture Multiple Choice Assessment
• Burn Center™ game-based simulation
• Mass Casualty Triage
• Resuscitation