Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Discuss cardiac anatomy & physiology.
2. Discuss common cardiac dysrhythmias and identify lethal dysrhythmias.
3. Identify lethal dysrhythmias and interventions. 
4.  Assess patients experiencing ACS/STEMI and STEMI protocols.
5.  Describe or identify signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock.
6.  Discuss the RNs role in an inpatient cardiac arrest.
7.  Discuss most common cardiac medications, drug metabolism, cardiac pharmacology and safe administration.
 

Faculty

Suresh Chirumamilla, MD FACP 
Medical Director, D6B Intermediate Care Unit
Hospitalist, Baystate Medical Center

Nathanael Stanaway, BS, NRP   
Senior Clinical Manager, Division of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Baystate Health

Alina Capatina, MSN, RN,CCRN      
ACS/STEMI Program Coordinator
Baystate Medical Center

Ali Haider, MD, FACC    
Interventional Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of HFCCA

Kimberly Desautels, MSN, RN, CCRN  
Neuroscience Educator
Baystate Medical Center

Michele Johansson, MSN, RN,CNL    
Nurse Educator D6B Medical Intermediate Care
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.