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Who is the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine?
The Elephant in the Room 

 

The Mayo Clinic announces the end of the use of live animals in emergency medicine training as the Physicians committee for Responsible Medicine claims it is the FINAL medical school to do so.

The website www.pcrm.org claims that the organization has been working for three decades to end animal use in the areas of advanced medical training including emergency medicine training, Advanced Trauma Life Support, combat trauma training and paramedic training. It is true that a complaint against the Mayo Clinic’s use of live pigs in once-a-year emergency medical training was the basis for the capitulation of Mayo...

 
World Travelers visit AHEC for Emergency Medicine Class

Dr. Marty S and Dr. Ryan P attended our June Emergency Medicine Class. You might ask, why are we telling you about these two ED physicians? Well that’s because these 2 American physicians (who do not know each other) accepted contracts for work in Australia and New Zealand respectively. As part of their employment benefits their hospitals paid for educational training opportunities. Still not out of the norm, however they both (again they do not know each other) chose to come to AHEC for their Emergency Ultrasound training at the exact same time for our June class, talk about coincidence!


 

If you can’t make a scheduled class or want to customize your training then give us a call! We can design courses according to your practice requirements and/or skill level. AHEC has provided 24 specialized training opportunties in 2019 assisting physicians, hospitals, and universities.

 

Private Ultrasound Tutorial = Convenience! Click here to see what upcoming dates are still available for 2019. 

 

Need a new tool for your DIVAs?
If so, we got hands-on training available!

 

UGVA class trains in

Difficult Intra Venous Access studies. Participants attend our training to get hands-on scanning with phantoms where the ultrasound faculty teach essential skills and techniques to perform exams that make a difference in patient outcomes by demonstrating deep vein thrombosis or need for an intervention that can be done under ultrasound guidance. Our UGVA class offers not only the skills training but CME for physicians and CE for nurses.

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  • Can be easily integrated into the primary and secondary survey
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  • Can reduce the need for CT Scans and diagnostic peritoneal lavages
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