Master Suturing Skills & Boost Clinical Confidence with The Laceration Course!
Become a Wound Care Expert With The Laceration Course: Start Building Your Skills Today.
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, multi-modal 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 face lacerations and finger lacerations to lacerations on scalp, you’ll be ready to treat all wounds and lacerations.
Also included in The Laceration Course are downloadable and printable lecture notes, 27 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:
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 action, so you can achieve the best outcomes possible.
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!
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.
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.
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 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The Laceration Course is eligible for 10 Category 2-B credit hours per issue 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:
Excellent course, well organized. Helpful even for more advanced practitioners. - Meghan Shorter, MD
This was a very informative course and thoroughly prepared. I feel much more confident about suturing as a new NP because of this course. Thank you so much! - Elise Roberts, NP
Very good! Very informative, and The Laceration Course helped me feel prepared for suturing in my new immediate care job.- Erin Robbins, NP
Loved this course! I feel my suturing skills and techniques have improved immensely.- Deanna Womack, PA-C
Great in-depth course, perfect for beginners and providers looking to expand their skill base.- Jacklyn Pralat, PNP
I would recommend The Laceration Course to all new and experienced providers in urgent care and emergency department settings. I think it would also be useful in PA programs as students near the end of clinical year. The course discussed many great suturing pearls that I found to be very helpful.- Gillian Melikian, PA
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: Learn the history and epidemiology of lacerations, anatomy and pathophysiology concepts, and different approaches based on mechanisms of injury. Discover the importance of host and wound factors and the physical exam.
Module 2: Preparing for Repair: Get pediatric-specific pointers, wound-preparation tips, pain management and anesthesia strategies, and advice about how to deal with foreign bodies.
Module 3: Supplies & Setup: Learn the latest best practices for wound irrigation, wound closure, and aftercare. Find out when and why to prescribe antibiotics. Review what is essential to include in discharge instructions.
Module 4: Essential Repair Skills: Discover the difference between the “sterile” and “clean” techniques, how to use essential suturing equipment, and appropriate applications for all the major suture types.
Module 5: Repairing Fingers: Learn basic closure concepts and techniques, including stapling. Watch Dr. Michael Zenn, a North Carolina plastic surgeon, demonstrate various suturing techniques.
Module 6: Repairing Faces: Understand the latest thinking on how best to treat bites, puncture wounds, and other soft-tissue injuries such as road rash and open fractures.
Module 7: High-Risk Wounds: Learn how to treat finger and facial wounds and other types of complex lacerations. Find out how to manage bleeding in patients who are taking anticoagulants (like so many do these days!).
Module 8: Repair Aftercare: Get tips for productive consults and templates for procedure notes and discharge instructions.
Module 9: Mitigating Risk: Join me and Dr. Bill Sullivan for a review of the medicolegal risks associated with lacerations.
Module 10: Safegaurding Charting: Discover the must-know terminology and key elements for accurate billing and coding that is specific to laceration management.
Module 11: Rightsizing Reimbursement: Benefit from an in-depth examination of real-life patient cases! Dissect the medical decision making involved in caring for patients with lacerations.
Module 12: Case Presentations: Observe up-close and personal videos of laceration repairs performed by me, Dr. O’Malley, in the emergency department.
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 non-clinical 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, the procedure notes, discharge instructions, and must-have products to manage lacerations, as well as the terminology and what you must document for billing and coding that is specific to lacerations. You’ll also get an understanding of the medicolegal 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!
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