Target audience: Emergency department staff with a focus on nursing.

For more information or questions, contact Jennifer Gold via email at jennifer.gold@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1|Demonstrate the Chem pack process and activation in the event of an MCI involving chemical exposure.
2|Describe the types of illness or injury associated with chemical exposures and their reversal agents.
3|Discuss nursing roles and responsibilities related to chemical hazards.

Faculty

Jennifer Gold, RN
Baystate Medical Center

Melissa Cramer, RN
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 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. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.