BCEMP Clinical Session: BE FAST and aDAPT the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Best Practices in Thrombolytic Therapy and Beyond
Monday, October 14, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM MST
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0204-9999-24-257-L01
Activity Type: An Application-Based Activity
Acute ischemic stroke is a medical emergency, and rapid recognition and early administration of key therapies are critical for improving outcomes and preventing recurrent events. Despite the widespread availability of thrombolytic therapy, few patients with acute ischemic stroke receive such treatment. Through the use of interactive patient cases, this session will provide attendees with best practices and the associated challenges, barriers, successes, and results of the impact of such practices associated with these cases will be discussed, empowering them to investigate current gaps and identify potential areas of implementation in their own practice setting. A state-of-the art literature review will be provided, with an emphasis on both the possibilities associated with new discoveries in stroke care and the limitations associated with current implementation in clinical practice.
This activity is approved for Board Certified Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (BCEMP) recertification credit.
The BCEMP Clinical Sessions are part of the professional development program for the recertification of board-certified Emergency Medicine pharmacists by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and jointly provided by ACCP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). In order to earn the BCEMP recertification credit, participants must attend the session, claim the continuing pharmacy education credit, and pass the associated posttest. Access to the Clinical Sessions posttests will be available on December 18, 2024, at www.accp.com/myaccount to anyone who has purchased access to the BCEMP posttests. For participants who have not purchased access to the posttests, access can be purchased until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, at the ACCP Registration Desk. The deadline to submit posttests for these sessions will be December 16, 2025.
Faculty
 | | Speaker: | Gabrielle Procopio, Pharm.D. | | Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
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 | | Speaker: | Heather Draper | | Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine, Trinity Health Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan | | View Biography |
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Learning Objectives
1. Summarize key deficiencies, barriers, and challenges in the implementation of treatments for acute ischemic stroke.
2. Critique the medical literature investigating the use of emerging treatment options in the management of acute ischemic stroke.
3. When given a patient case, develop a pharmacotherapy plan for treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
4. Develop a personal action plan for best practices associated with pharmacist participation in the care of the patient with acute ischemic stroke.