Master Suturing Skills & Boost Clinical Confidence with The Laceration Course

Dear Clinician,

Whether you’re a newly graduated physician assistant or a nurse who needs to learn suturing basics or an experienced physician who wants to go to the next level of wound care and repair, The Laceration Course provides the high-impact training you need to immediately boost your clinical confidence.

I’m Dr. Patrick O’Malley, a board-certified emergency physician with nearly 20 years of experience working in community emergency departments and urgent care facilities. I’m very excited to be partnering with EB Medicine to offer you The Laceration Course.

This comprehensive, evidence-based, multimodal training course is filled with practical instruction and tips to help you master the best practices of laceration management.

With The Laceration Course, you gain the knowledge you need to master all aspects of laceration management, including suturing techniques, wound care, billing and coding, and medical-legal aspects of acute wound care.

The Laceration Course is a 12-module online video course covering the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and mechanics of lacerations—from simple to complex wound care and repairs—with step-by-step guidance, demos, and practical tips to make the lessons stick. So, from an eleylid laceration to a plantar puncture wound, you’ll be ready to treat all wounds and lacerations.

Also included in The Laceration Course are a downloadable, interactive workbook, 20 case studies, audio-only versions of every module (for listening while you’re on the go), and a FREE Suture Practice Kit with silicone pad, instruments, and suture material.

Don’t wait! Set yourself up for success by making The Laceration Course part of your continuing medical education today.

5 Reasons Why You Should Enroll in The Laceration Course Today!

The Laceration Course is your direct route to mastering the skills and building the confidence to excel in laceration management. Here are the features and benefits of this compelling course:

1. Build Your Clinical Confidence.
   • Covers all aspects of suturing and management of wounds and lacerations.
   • Presents a full array of techniques and strategies, including alternatives to traditional sutures, so you can feel sure you’re making the best choices.
   • Incorporates cases, images—including complex wounds—and step-by-step demos to show and tell you how to manage laceration repairs.
   • Provides in-depth analysis so you can pick the ideal closure techniques and materials for every situation.
   • Outlines how to compile a comprehensive history, stressing the all-important mechanism of injury, so you can achieve the best outcomes possible.
2. Improve Your Efficiency in Managing Lacerations.
   • Teaches you a variety of wound-closure techniques.
   • Gives you time-saving and cost-cutting tips that will make patients and practice managers happy.
   • Provides you with information on new and non-traditional closure methods.
   • Promotes hands-on skill building with the FREE Suture Practice Kit, complete with custom-designed silicone suture pad and instruments.
   • Learn how to suture like a master!
3. Improve Your Documentation and Billing/Coding.
   • Provides an in-depth review of criteria (wound characteristics and details of procedures) to enter into patients’ medical records to ensure accurate coding and billing—and accurate and full reimbursement.
   • Case studies and samples to illustrate exemplary documentation and charting practices.
4. Avoid the Risk of Legal Action.
   • Educate yourself about the medicolegal aspects of performing laceration repair.
   • Protect yourself by learning the best, strongest documentation principles.
5. Get CME Credits.
   • EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
   • EB Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
   • The Laceration Course is eligible for 8 Category 2-B credit hours by the American Osteopathic Association.

What Graduates Are Saying About The Laceration Course

Here is what clinicians who have completed this training are saying about The Laceration Course:

The Laceration Course: What's Inside?

The Laceration Course provides a multi-modal learning approach with didactic videos, technical illustrations, animated videos, and cases based on real-life patient experiences.

You get a 12-module online video course that covers the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and mechanics of lacerations—from simple to complex wound repairs—with step-by-step guidance, demos, and practical tips to make the lessons stick.

• Module 1: Background & Basics: We kick off the course by presenting foundational knowledge to evaluate any wound you encounter in practice. Highlights: the 4 phases of healing; host and wound factors; and the importance of the inital evaluation in assessing and managing lacerations.
• Module 2: Preparing for Repair: This module sets the scene for a typical presentation and procedure, walking you through wound evaluation, anesthesia options, and wound irrigation.
• Module 3: Supplies & Setup: Get to know the tools, instruments, and supplies you’ll rely on for laceration repair. This module covers what to stock, how to store it, and why it’s so important to streamline operations and plan for contingencies.
• Module 4: Essential Repair Skills: This module presents the core skills of laceration repair. Learn the principles of wound closure and then apply them to repair techniques using sutures, staples, tissue adhesive strips and glues, and novel closure devices. Watch (and rewatch) step-by-step animations and demos for every stitch and technique covered, from simple running to subcuticular.
• Module 5: Repairing Fingers: This module focuses on how to evaluate and repair most types of finger injuries – and which finger presentations to have on your radar for immediate referral.
• Module 6: Repairing Faces: Learn all about facial nerve blocks, the best approach for eyelid and eyebrow lacerations, how to avoid a misaligned vermilion border, the special considerations for intraoral wounds, and more.
• Module 7: High-Risk Wounds: Some wounds are associated with higher morbidity and potential for bad outcomes. This module covers mammalian bites, puncture wounds, skin tears, waterborne exposures, road rash, and tetanus prophylaxis.
• Module 8: Repair Aftercare: The repair is complete; what comes next? This module reviews antibiotic prophylaxis, at-home care, red flags to watch for, discharge instructions, and suture removal guidelines.
• Module 9: Mitigating Risk: Medicolegal expert Dr. William Sullivan joins me to address the 3 biggest risks for complications and malpractice claims in laceration management.
• Module 10: Safeguarding Charting: Dr. Sullivan returns solo to cover the documentation dos and don’ts that will support and defend your sound medical decision-making related to laceration management.
• Module 11: Rightsizing Reimbursement: Your education on laceration management would not be complete without a footnote on coding for the relatively common procedures and repairs covered so far.
• Module 12: Case Presentations: The Laceration Course concludes with six case presentations that bring together the principles and techniques presented in all of the previous modules.

The Laceration Course Provides You the Knowledge to Boost Your Confidence.

Laceration Management is 90% Knowledge and 10% Suturing Skill.

The Laceration Course is designed to improve confidence through knowledge. The training gives you the tools and core foundation of laceration management so that you’ll be prepared for any situation that may arise.

There is nothing more uncomfortable than having to perform a procedure that you don't feel confident doing, especially in an emergency room or urgent care setting. With the principles and techniques that you’ll learn in this practical course, you’ll be ready to handle any laceration situation.

It's Not Just About Laceration Management!

There's more to laceration management than just stitching up a wound. Having a solid understanding of the necessary nonclinical skills is also essential. The Laceration Course provides guidance and advice about documentation, notes, charting, billing and coding, and medical-legal issues.

You will learn about consults, procedure notes, discharge instructions, and must-have supplies to manage lacerations, as well as the terminology and documentation specific to lacerations. You’ll also get an understanding of the medical-legal risks associated with lacerations—exactly what you need to look out for and document to avoid bad outcomes.

Simply put, you’ll learn all the things you’re supposed to know about laceration management and repair but were never taught before!

Build Knowledge. Build Skills. Build Confidence.

After finishing The Laceration Course, you will possess the skills and the confidence to be prepared for and to tackle any laceration challenge you encounter. Not only that, but you’ll also have the expertise needed for thorough documentation, accurate coding and billing, and risk mitigation.

Enroll Now and build the skills to master laceration management. You’ll never have to worry about being presented with a laceration situation you're not prepared to handle!

 

Sincerely,

Patrick O'Malley, MD
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician
Creator and Instructor, The Laceration Course

P.S. Act now and get a FREE Suture Practice Kit when you sign up for this course—we’ll ship your FREE kit as soon as you order!

Get Your Suture Practice Kit Today!

• FREE for you now when you sign up for The Laceration Course—we’ll ship the kit to you as soon as you enroll.
• Includes silicone practice pad (featured at left)—this is the only suture practice kit with simulated 3D lips for vermillion border repairs and complex simulated lacerations.
• Kit comes with instruments and suture material for maximum practice sessions for you!

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