Advanced Practice Nurse / Nurse Practitioner Accredited
AAPA and ANCC Accredited
The Core Course
The Online Suture Course (15.0 Contact Hours, 2.0 Pharmacology Hours) is an online, asynchronous laceration and wound repair course with 15.0 total AAPA and ANCC contact hours, including 2.0 ANCC pharmacology hours (ANCC contact hours are accepted by the AANP).
Course participants receive training in 11 closure methods through 34 modules and 10 case studies, covering 3 anesthesia methods as well as the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method™.
The course is available by itself, or bundled with some extras. All course bundles include downloadable MP3 and MP4 course audio and video, as well as a digital course workbook.
REVIEWS
With an average rating of 4.3 / 5 as reported by over 3,200 course participants, OSC is a proven source for high-yield continuing medical education.
“Patton’s teaching style is alert, positive, and to the point. I’m looking forward to the other courses he comes up with.”
Nora Vince, NP-C
“Really great course.”
Wes Smith, FNP-BC
“I’m an ED doc for 21 years now. I did not expect this course to teach me anything. I was wrong. Maybe that says something about me … maybe it says something about the course. I recommend it.”
J. D. C.
“Finally, a suture course worth the effort, money, time, all of it. I will be reviewing my notes from this course daily, as I practice in an emergency department and close a lot of lacerations.”
Bill Crandall, FNP
“School rotations included some surgical technique and I remembered some of it. What I learned from this course has improved my practice, and I’m grateful.”
John Birch, PA-C
“Everything I never knew I needed to know. Wow!”
Melany Thomas, NP
“I loved every minute of this course. Patton is extremely easy to follow, he has passion – I wish he taught other procedures. I will tell everybody about this course!”
Cindy McCall, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
“We will recommend this course to our next round of students. Totally gets it right. Well put together and the value was completely there. Evidence based practice through-and-through.”
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HYBRID ONLINE / ZOOM
Our 2 Day Live Event brought to you via the Zoom Cloud – watch the event as a Zoom attendee without time restrictions and with plenty of bonus, unplanned content.
The entire Online Suture Course covering close to 40 learning modules and 11 closure techniques sounds great. But we’re going to add The Skin Course in all of its fullness covering over 80 high-yield dermatology topics, incision and drainage, ultrasound evaluation of soft tissue disorders, and skin biopsies. This perfect combination is our CME Value Pack and you can choose to add a deluxe practice suture kit, a copy of the best pocket companion available, the WhiteCoat Suture Manual, and you can even add a course USB drive and a Zoom session with the instructor. Click below to learn more.
– The Online Suture Course AND The Skin Course – Over 120 learning modules – 11 closure techniques – Incision and drainage training – Ultrasound training – Skin biopsy training – 30 hours of AAPA and ANCC Accredited CME/CE – 12.0 hours of ANCC Pharmacology CE
OSC Core (15.0 Contact Hours, 2.0 Pharmacology Hours) is the backbone of our suturing course. It is the course in its entirety in an online, asynchronous format. OSC Core offers 15.0 total AAPA and ANCC contact hours, including 2.0 ANCC pharmacology hours. ANCC contact hours are accepted by the AANP. With OSC Core, course participants receive training in 11 closure methods through 34 modules and 10 case studies, covering 3 anesthesia methods as well as the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method™. All course versions include downloadable MP3 and MP4 course audio and video, as well as a digital course workbook.
OSC NOMAD contains OSC Core and also puts all of the course content on a USB drive, useful for internet-challenging geographic areas, travel, or simply as a personal copy of the content.
For either Core or NOMAD, the word Deluxe indicates that it comes with a practice kit for learning suturing techniques. This kit includes 8 various size sutures, a laceration tray, a skin stapler and staple remover, and a kit box. The kit does not contain any practice medium due to our belief that skin-on chicken thighs, bananas, or pig feet offer a much better human skin analogue than ballistic gel and other inorganic mediums.
Anti-coagulated geriatric versus rusty attic nail Histrionic 4-year old chin versus floor Hunter versus his own finger Dizzied middle-age ear versus night-stand Heavy-weight walker’s knee versus the track Inebriated toe versus some rocks Strapping lad’s lower leg versus the farm Pediatric scalp versus coffee table Middle-aged scalp (and c-spine) versus the dangers of living by yourself in middle age Living room dancer’s buttocks versus (again) coffee table
3 Anesthesia Approaches
Local Infiltration
Digital Block
Field Block
ENP Credit Hours
This course provides 15.0 of 30 contact hours required by the AAENP under Option 1 for the ENP certification exam.
A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method
Learn to ace your closures every time through the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method. This method, developed by OSC creator Patton Graham, will improve your throughput times, bolster your medicolegal defensibility, enhance your charting, and fortify your patient outcomes.
34 Learning Modules
When and When Not to Close
The A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure® Method
Proper Anesthesia Delivery
Proper Wound Cleansing
Proper Wound Examination
Foreign Body Removal
Antibiotic Appropriateness
When to Seek Surgical Consultation
Current Tetanus Guidelines
Closure Basics Including Line and Needle Selection
Proper Knot Tying
Left-handed suturing
Repair of Torso Lacerations
Repair of Extremity Lacerations
Repair of Head and Neck Lacerations
Repair of Scalp Lacerations
Repair of Eyelid Lacerations
Repair of Ear Lacerations
Repair of Lip Lacerations
Repair of Nailbed Lacerations
Repair of Flap Lacerations
Repair of Buccal Lacerations
Repair of Tongue Lacerations
Repair of Joint Capsule Lacerations
Nail Trephination
Dog Ear Deformity Correction
Undermining
Multi-layer Suturing
SPECIAL TOPIC: Treatment of Animal Bites
SPECIAL TOPIC: Treatment of Open Fractures
SPECIAL TOPIC: Pediatric Lacerations
SPECIAL TOPIC: Lacerations in the Anticoagulated Patient
SPECIAL TOPIC: Managing Poorly Healing Lacerations
SPECIAL TOPIC: C-spine Management and Imaging Related to Traumatic Head and Neck Lacerations
JOINTS, POINTS, & BLOCKS September 29-30, 2022 | Franklin, TN
Joint Injections, Trigger Point Injections, and Nerve Blocks
NEW!Joints, Points, and Blocks is a high-yield course that prepares you to inject 10 different joints, perform dry needling and trigger point injections, and perform 13 different nerve blocks including dental blocks.
Patton is a family and emergency nurse practitioner. He is a member of the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. He earned his B.S. (sociology) in 2005 from the University of North Alabama, his A.S. (nursing) in 2012 from Columbia State Community College, and his M.S. (nursing) in 2015 from Tennessee State University. He completed his emergency nurse residency in 2012 at Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN.
Patton practices in both emergency departments and acute care clinics. Patton has taught at the collegiate level and has also taught suture training courses, wound repair, and procedural processes in a variety of clinical settings.
Up-to-date Right-to-the-point The ultimate suturing manual
The WhiteCoat Suture Manual is the ultimate resource for laceration closure and management covering 13 closure techniques and 33 topics. An excellent stand-alone clinical resource, or as a study aid for the Online Suture Course.
Addresses all the questions you (should) have, including:
When should you consult an orthopedist or surgeon? How do you properly assess a joint’s involvement in a laceration? When should you refrain from closing a wound? How do you close an ear laceration? What technique is best for closing deep extremity wounds? Are antibiotics appropriate for every wound? How long do sutures stay in place in a given body region?
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Do you have a practice of 2 or more providers? We would love to be part of your core training program for current and future providers.
Depending on how many providers are in your practice / facility, OSC can be incorporated into your training program at a significantly discounted rate.
Our program can help you (and your practice) learn more techniques for wound evaluation and treatment. More importantly, you can better manage complex lacerations, sending fewer to a “higher-level-of-care”, and retaining associated revenue.
To inquire about these substantial discounts, and to find out more about our plans, please email patton@onlinesuturecourse.com.
Learn multiple techniques for simple and complex closures
Steri-strips
Skin Adhesive
Staples
Simple Interrupted
Simple Continuous
Horizontal Mattress
Vertical Mattress
Interrupted Cruciate
Corner Stitch
Running Locking
Dog Ear Deformity Correction
Multi-layer Closure
Discussion of Medicolegal Implications and Pitfalls
Defensive charting tips
What to verbalize to your patients (or their parents)
Essential discharge instructions
Avoiding common pitfalls that could result in lawsuit
Discussion of the most important way to avoid being sued
An Entire Module on Pediatric Lacerations
Dealing with kids and their parents
Building rapport with your pediatric patient
Pediatric analgesia tips
Pediatric moderate sedation procedures
Pediatric case studies
Extensive Anesthesia and Pharmacology Discussion
Local infiltration
Digital blocks
Field blocks
Moderate sedation
Amide family (the “caines”) anesthetics
More Reasons to Buy the Course
Regardless of your level of experience with wound closure and care, OSC will enhance your skill set in the areas of suturing, stapling, gluing, and managing simple to complex lacerations. You will learn when to seek surgical consultation, how to deal with animal bites, when not to close a wound, and much more.
Online access makes learning and earning much easier. OSC is a fully online, asynchronous suture training course. This puts you in the driver’s seat for deciding when and where to enrich your practice. It also puts the captain’s hat squarely on your brow for deciding at what pace you earn CME credit.
High-definition video makes learning very real-to-life. Using state-of-the-art, high-definition video technology, OSC brings you right to the heart of the wound and guides you through repairs every step of the way. You will learn, with crystal clarity, how to repair lacerations using simple interrupted, interrupted cruciate, running-locking, vertical mattress, and many more techniques. You will learn how to tie knots correctly. You will learn essentially everything there is to know about wound repair.
Accredited CE. The OSC Suture Training Course is approved for 15.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education by the American Academy of Physician Assistants. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Association both accept AAPA CME credit hours.
Learn from an experienced family and emergency nurse practitioner. With years of experience as an emergency department provider, as well as collegiate level teaching experience, Patton is able to quickly explain, demonstrate, and prepare you to emulate simple and complex techniques, as well as fully enhance your current level of practice and understanding. He’s also a real person and makes learning fun.
Not a bare-bones essentials course. OSC will bring you to the front of your field in suture repair. OSC is a head-to-toe suture training course and will fully enhance your practice of wound closure.
Your charting will never be the same. OSC is full of high-yield MEDICOLEGAL NUGGETS and advises you on what to chart, and when to chart it. Your clinical documentation will improve. Your patient outcomes will improve. And, your foundation for medicolegal defense will be enhanced.
Learn suturing through the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure® method. Developed by Patton Graham, NP-C, the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure® method will help you ace your closures every time. This method-approach to wound closure will surprise you at how easy it is to both remember and implement.
