Release Date: 09/06/2022
Expiration Date: 09/06/2023
Learner Notification

*Please note that you must complete the Post Webinar Evaluation (link below) to receive CE credit.

Speaker

HoanVu Nguyen, MD, Capt, USAF
Emergency Medicine Physician and Medical Toxicologist
David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, CA & UC Davis Medical Center
Has disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Moderator
Christopher Hoyte, MD, FAACT
Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center
Has disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Organizer
Shawn M. Varney, MD, FAACT, FACEP, FACMT
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, South Texas Poison Center
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Has disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Description

Care for pilots and astronauts currently resides primarily within the realm of flight surgeons in specific government departments. However, the definitive care facilities that receive pilots or astronauts, or flight surgeons themselves, may reach out to poison centers and toxicologists to discuss the care of patients exposed to the environmental hazards of space or the many compounds used to enable spaceflight. This talk intends to review current occupational and environmental hazards that face individuals that work within the aerospace fields, and briefly touch on future hazards that a toxicologist may need to be aware of with expanding human spaceflight.

Acknowledgement of In-Kind Commercial Support

No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

Satisfactory Completion

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must participate in the entire webinar as partial credit is not available.  If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

Physicians and Pharmacists

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement – Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM for physicians and 1 knowledge-based contact hours for pharmacists. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NOTE to Pharmacists: The only official Statement of Credit is the one you pull from CPE Monitor. You must request your certificate within 30 days of the activity to meet the deadline for submission to CPE Monitor.

Objectives - After attending this program you should be able to:

  1. Identify common classes of aerospace fuels, lubricants, and other compounds and their commonly associated health effects.
  2. Define Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentration and Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines and list example compounds of concern.
  3. Recall the dose of radiation encountered during activities in low earth orbit and comparable doses to activities on earth.
  4. Describe current approaches in assessing the toxicities of celestial dusts.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco.

Enduring UAN: JA4008163-9999-22-041-H04-P