Clinical Challenges in Trauma Surgery: Stabbed in the Back - Decision Making in a Penetrating Junctional Vascular Injury

  • Peripheral artery disease has been called the ‘silent circulatory crisis’—affecting millions, limiting mobility, and quietly raising the risk of heart attack, stroke, and limb loss. For decades, treatment focused on walking programs, aspirin, and sometimes a stent or bypass. But today, the landscape is changing. From PCSK9 inhibitors that drive cholesterol to record lows, to GLP-1 agonists like semaglutide improving walking distance, to novel antithrombotic strategies that balance bleeding and clotting—PAD care is entering a new era. In this episode, we’ll explore the breakthroughs, the evidence behind them, and what they mean for patients who just want to keep moving forward."

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants

Learning Objectives

  1. Recognizing the benefits of prehospital blood product resuscitation in some trauma patients.
     
  2. Following the nuanced decision making in decision for CT scan in a patient with a penetrating junctional injury.
  3. Describing the possible approaches to the axillary artery in the context of resuscitative trauma surgery.
  4. Becoming familiar with decision making around intraoperative systemic anticoagulation in the trauma patient.
  5. Becoming familiar with decision making on type of repair and graft material in vascular trauma.
  6. Recognizing the team approach in holistic trauma care through the continuum of trauma care.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 0.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Registration Opens: 
03/15/2026
Registration Expires: 
03/14/2028
Rating: 
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Virtual
United States
  • Robert Beaulieu 

  • Frank Davis 

  • Luciano Delbono

  • Andrew Huang

  • Carolyn Judge

 

  • In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

     

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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 JA Credit - AH
    • 0.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
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