Clinical Challenges in Trauma Surgery: Traumatic Esophageal Injury

  • The dreaded esophageal injury.  Do you still have nightmares about mock oral board scenarios torturing you with the ins and outs of how to manage traumatic esophageal injury?  Think you remember all the nuances?  Whether you do or you don’t, this episode should serve as a good refresher for all levels while offering some pearls for management of this tricky scenario.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants

Learning Objectives

  • Describing the diagnostic workup of a suspected traumatic esophageal injury
  • Identifying when someone with suspected esophageal injury needs immediate surgical management
  • Describing appropriate surgical techniques for repair of both cervical and thoracic esophageal injuries
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Attendance
  • 0.50 JA Credit - AH
Registration Opens: 
01/15/2024
Registration Expires: 
01/14/2026
Part of: 
BEHIND THE KNIFE (ENDURING)
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Durham, NC 27705
United States
  • Michael Cobler-Litcher
  • Dylan Tanzer
  • Eugenia Kwon
  • Jonathan Meizoso
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  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • ANCC
  • Attendance
  • JA Credit - AH

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Attendance
  • 0.50 JA Credit - AH
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