For questions please contact Maria Lopez via e-mail at Maria.Lopez@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Describe parts of the pulmonary artery catheter and appropriate placement.
2|Describe complications and troubleshooting techniques of pulmonary artery catheter placement.
3|Identify evidence-based indications for pulmonary artery catheter placement.
4|Describe information obtained from pulmonary catheter and clinical implications.

Faculty

Giselle Outten, MD
Anesthesia Resident
UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
Physician
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. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.