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Webinar: The Importance of Accurate Head Trauma Assessment in Corrections
Head injuries are one of the most common injuries encountered in corrections, and also one of the most difficult to diagnose accurately. Correctional institutions are generally not equipped with advanced diagnostic equipment such as CT scanners for evaluation, necessitating patient transfer to a higher level of care. Overdiagnosing head injuries results in expenditure of personnel and resources. Underdiagnosing of head injuries may result in adverse patient outcomes and increased liability for the facility.
In this presentation, attendees will learn to identify risk factors for high-risk situations and management of these patients. Attendees will also identify which head injuries are lower risk and may be managed with additional medical oversight on-site. Attendees will formulate an evidence based plan for head injury patients, identify risks, and minimize liability while ensuring best outcome for correctional patients.
1.5 hours of CE for ACCME, ANCC, APA, and General (CCHP and others).
Presenters:
P. Daniel McConnell, MD, a retired U.S. Army Captain, sustained severe combat injuries in Afghanistan before transitioning to medicine. He earned his medical degree from East Tennessee State University and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at the University of South Florida’s Level 1 trauma center. Board-certified and a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, he is one of the nation’s few upper-extremity amputee emergency physicians. He has served as Chief Medical Officer at a major FEMA/Military COVID response site and is currently the Medical Director at Pinellas County Jail, while also practicing emergency medicine in Tampa Bay, FL.
Susan Minter, DNP, NP, CCHP is a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner, is dual-board-certified in adult and family practice and has extensive experience in primary care and correctional medicine. She works at a large county jail in Florida as the sole nighttime primary care provider on-site. Dr. Minter has served as an expert witness and provided extensive health record reviews for the legal community on the topics of nursing documentation and administration issues. She lectures frequently on multidisciplinary topics that impact the correctional community, and her passion is teaching and mentoring the upcoming generation of nurses and providers on best practices to care for their patients.