MARCH 10-11, 2024 | Franklin, TN

51.0 CME/CE
25.0 Pharmacology

Intense High-yield 2 Day Event

The Online Suture Course + The Skin Course + Joints, Points, and Blocks

This 2-day event offers 51 contact hours (CME / CE) including 25 pharmacology hours, 100% of the pharmacology requirement for Nurse Practitioner re-certification. Skillathon has recently undergone re-accreditation and has also been updated with enhanced, up-to-date, evidence-based content.

Course participants will exit the course having capacity for and extensive knowledge of:

• Suturing – 13 techniques; indications for surgical consultation, antibiosis, tetanus and rabies prophylaxis; special topics by body system
• Abscess Incision and Drainage
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Cutaneous Lesions
• Arthrocentesis and Aspiration – Joint aspiration and injection including therapeutic injection mediums, indications, and laboratory fluid diagnostics
• Trigger Point Injections & Dry Needling – The science behind why these interventions work as well as indications, doing them, and follow-up.
• Dental and Orthopedic Nerve Blocks – ARTHROCENTESES: Glenohumeral, Knee, Temperomandibular, Subacromial, Olecranon, Trochanteric, Prepatellar, Medial Epicondyle, Lateral Epicondyle, Trigger Finger; TRIGGER POINTS: Dry Needling, Point Injections; NERVE BLOCKS: Supraorbital, Infraorbital, Greater Occipital, DENTAL – Anterior Superior Alveolar, DENTAL – Middle Superior Alveolar, DENTAL – Posterior Superior Alveolar, DENTAL – Nasopalatine, DENTAL – Greater Palatine, DENTAL – Buccal, DENTAL – Inferior Alveolar, DENTAL – Incisive, ORTHOPEDIC – Hematoma, ORTHOPEDIC – Digital

11 Closure Techniques

You will learn the proper way to perform the following closure techniques:

• Steri-Strips

• Skin Adhesive

• Skin Stapling

• Simple Interrupted

• Simple Continuous

• Horizontal Mattress

• Vertical Mattress

• Interrupted Cruciate

• Corner Stitch

• Running Locking

• Dog Ear Deformity Correction

• Multi-Layer Closure

10 Joint Injections

Joints, Bursa, Periarticular

• Glenohumeral

• Knee

• Temperomandibular

• Subacromial

• Olecranon

• Trochanteric

• Prepatellar

• Medial Epicondyle

• Lateral Epicondyle

• Trigger Finger

13 Nerve Blocks

• HEAD – Supraorbital

• HEAD – Infraorbital

• HEAD – Greater Occipital

• DENTAL – Anterior Superior Alveolar

• DENTAL – Middle Superior Alveolar

• DENTAL – Posterior Superior Alveolar

• DENTAL – Nasopalatine

• DENTAL – Greater Palatine

• DENTAL – Inferior Alveolar

• DENTAL – Incisive

• ORTHOPEDIC – Hematoma

• ORTHOPEDIC – Digital

Plus

• Incision and drainage training

• Biopsy training

  • Punch

  • Skin tag and mole removal

  • Basic pathology

• Anesthesia methods

  • Local infiltration

  • Digital block

  • Field block

• Trigger point injections

• Dry needling

And these topics…

Spider bite, or something else?, Ultrasound assessment of abscesses, Antibiotic stewardship, Sepsis, Dermatology in history, Burns, Ganglion cyst, Sebaceous cyst, Baker’s cyst, Pilar cyst, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Rubella, Filatow-Dukes, Erythema Infectiosum, Roseola Infantum, Shingles, Chicken Pox, Molloscum Contagiosum, Hand-Foot-Mouth, Impetigo, Felon, Paronychia, General Cutaneous Abscesses, Herpetic Whitlow, Folliculitis, Axillary (hidradenitis), Pilonidal abscess versus cyst, Acne, Rosacea, Peritonsillar abscess, Neck abscess, Sialadenitis, Bartholin cyst versus abscess, Paraspinal abscess, Dental abscess, Breast abscess, Parotitis, Allergies, Easiest Rash Algorithm Ever, Scarlet Fever, Reyes, Kawasaki, Eczema, Dishidrosis, Discoid, Food allergy related, Psoriasis, Plaque, Nail, Inverse, Psoriatic arthritis, Pytiriasis Rosea, The Tineas, Corporis, Versicolor, Pedis, Cruris, Unguium, Intertrigo, Lymphangitis, Erysipelas, Rhus dermatitis (poison ivy), Seborrheic dermatitis, Alopecia, Actinic keratosis, Skin Cancers, Basal cell carcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, Malignant melanoma, Nevus sebacceous, Lice, Scabies, Vitiligo, Warts, 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, BONUS: Appropriate Follow-up Care, BONUS: Medicolegal Tips and Nuggets

Yeah…. it’s a ton.  But, we’ll cover it all, and you’ll be able to review this awesome content including videos, audio, and didactic, WITH NO EXPIRATION DATE.