Neurocritical Care ON CALL®
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Register
- Non-Physician - $390
- Student/Resident/Fellow - $132
- Non-physician Non-member - $468
- Student/Resident/Fellow Non-member - $468
- Physician - $390
- Non-member - $468
- Physician Non-member - $390
Overview:
NCC ON CALL® is the only up-to-date, comprehensive resource dedicated to the practice of neurocritical care. Authored by more than 90 multidisciplinary contributors and reviewed by an editorial board of global leaders in the field, it covers 22 topics applicable to physicians, pharmacists, APPs, nurses, and trainees.
NCC ON CALL® is a practical guide for bedside care featuring:
- comprehensive, peer-review chapters updated every six to twelve months;
- hundreds of quick reference tables, figures, podcasts, webinars, and other media;
- nursing- and pharmacy-specific content;
- and up to 37.25 CE credits!
Objectives:
- Discern clinical practice and challenges for neurocritical care patients around the globe.
- Identify best practice strategies and clinical challenges when caring for neurocritical care patients with traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage, stroke, and central nervous system infections.
- Examine ongoing clinical trials, controversies in clinical practice and end-of-life decision-making strategies in the care of patients with neurologic injury.
- Determine opportunities to use neuromonitoring, informatics, genomics, and quality metrics in the neuroscience ICU to improve quality of care.
Target Audience:
This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare specialists, including residents/fellows, who work in a Neurocritical care environment, including intensive care units, emergency departments, and surgical suites, etc.
Non-Endorsement Statement:
The accredited provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The accredited provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.
Disclosures:
The accredited provider adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. All employees and activity planners in control of content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by CineMed and the Neurocritical Care Society. CineMed 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.
Claiming CE Credit Requirements:
The learner must read an ON CALL chapter in full to claim credits for that particular topic and complete the CE survey to earn credits. A total of37.25 CE credits may be earned upon completion of all of the chapters. NCS provide certification information to the accredited provide on a monthly basis. All content is the copyrighted material of the ©2025 Neurocritical Care Society.
Physicians:
CineMed designates this enduring material for a maximum of 37.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses:
This educational activity is approved for 37.25 contact hours for nurses.
Pharmacists:
This activity has been accredited for 3.7 CEU (37.25 credit hours) of continuing education credit. JA0003860-9999-22-028-H01-P. Completion reports are generated at the end of each month. All pharmacists’ credits will be submitted into CPE Monitor within 30-60 days of activity completion.
All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, consult your professional licensing board.
Support:
This activity is being provided independently of industry support.
CME Information
Release Date: January 1, 2024
Expiration Date: January 1, 2027
Hardware / Software Requirements
- An internet connection speed of at least 4Mbps and a modern browser
- Modern browsers have a built in PDF reader which would be necessary for you to view your completion certificates
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Contains 3 Component(s)
The Satisfaction Survey and the CE Survey MUST be completed AFTER you have completed your educational components to have your credits submitted to our CE provider.
The Satisfaction Survey and the CE Survey MUST be completed AFTER you have completed your educational components to have your credits submitted to our CE provider.
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Contains 2 Component(s)
NCC ON CALL® is the only up-to-date, comprehensive resource dedicated to the practice of neurocritical care. Authored by more than 90 multidisciplinary contributors and reviewed by an editorial board of global leaders in the field, it covers 22 topics applicable to physicians, pharmacists, APPs, nurses, and trainees.
NCC ON CALL® is a practical guide for bedside care featuring
- comprehensive, peer-review chapters updated every six to twelve months;
- hundreds of quick reference tables, figures, podcasts, webinars, and other media;
- nursing- and pharmacy-specific content;
- and up to 50 CE credits!
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Silvia Schonenberger, MD Eljim P. Tesoro, PharmD, FNCS, FCCM, BCCCP Mercedes Meza, BSN, RN, CCRN, SCRN Robyn Stoianovici, PharmD, BCCCP
Introduction
Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) is commonly seen in the Neuro ICU due in part to the most recent advances in therapy, namely intravenous thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy (MT), and surgical decompression of large infarcts. The literature on AIS is extensive and well summarized by several references. The guideline for AIS management from the American Heart Association is the most recent and comprehensive evidence-based review and is highly recommended for neurointensivists. It has been recently updated in light of the newer endovascular and thrombolysis trials. Similar European reviews and guidelines are also available. This chapter focuses on acute large vessel ischemic stroke due to its morbidity and dependence on neurocritical care.
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Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Rajat Dhar, MD Robyn Stoianovici, PharmD Aarti Sarwal, MD, FNCS, FAAN, FCCM
Introduction
Patients with severe neuromuscular weakness are commonly evaluated by the neurointensivist, both for admission to the neurointensive care unit and in consultation in other ICUs. While neurocritical care for acute neuromuscular disorders encompasses all aspects of patient care, issues regarding recognition and intervention for acute respiratory failure are the highest initial priority. Involvement of the muscles of respiration and/or severe bulbar weakness leading to neuromuscular respiratory failure can occur in some patients, and timely recognition and management can be lifesaving. This comprehensive overview of acute neuromuscular disorders is structured similarly to how the clinician might approach such a patient with regards to timing and stabilization, beginning with the pathophysiology, recognition, differential diagnosis, and management of neuromuscular respiratory failure. After ensuring cardiopulmonary stability, further management is tailored to the underlying diagnosis and its associated complications. Accordingly, subsequent sections of this review focus on the most common acute neuromuscular disorders encountered by the neurointensivist: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), myasthenia gravis (MG), and critical illness neuromyopathy (CINM).
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Cherylee W. J. Chang, M.D., FACP, FCCM, FNCS Cynthia Bautista, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNRN, ACNS-BC, FNCS Lisa M. Kurczewski, Pharm.D., BCCCP Ryan A. Waybright, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Introduction:
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Ebonye Green, MNSC, ACNPC-AG Jacob Counts, PharmD, BCCP Victor Lin, MD
Introduction
The goal of cardiovascular monitoring of critically ill patients is to assess and optimize end organ perfusion and ultimately tissue oxygen delivery. Monitoring is essential to the care of the patient in the Neurocritical Care Unit. Clinicians should understand the physiological principles of end organ perfusion and oxygen delivery, the technology underlying various cardiovascular monitoring techniques, and the associated risks and benefits.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Author: Gary L. Bernardini, MD, PhD Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD J.J. Baumann, MS, RN
Introduction
Consciousness is a state of wakefulness that requires intact cerebral hemispheres and brainstem including a functioning ascending reticular activating system (ARAS). Coma is defined as a prolonged or deep state of unconsciousness due to bilateral hemispheric damage and/or brainstem dysfunction that disrupts the ARAS.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Brooke Barlow, PharmD Patricia A. Blissitt, PhD, ARNP-CNS Salvador Cruz-Flores, MD, MPH
INTRODUCTION:
This chapter highlights endocrine issues encountered in neurocritical care (NCC), including disorders of glucose, thyroid hormone, and general hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis with a focus on arginine vasopressin (AVP) and its impact on the serum concentration of sodium and osmolality. Management strategies for dysglycemia in the setting of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are also discussed.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
NCS Ethics Committee: Marc Alain Babi, MD Richard Choi, DO Richard Gandee, DO Matthew N. Jaffa, DO Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta, MD, MPhil, MSc Krista Lim-Hing, MD Vishal N. Patel, MD Audrey Paulson, DNP Alexandra S. Reynolds, MD Michelle E Schober, MD, MS
INTRODUCTION:
The principles of medical ethics are well-known and repeated with the same reverence that is given to the Hippocratic Oath. Most are familiar with some components of ethical theory, be it Kant’s Categorical Imperative, a more complex utilitarian calculus that maximizes the good for all or an ethical system based on one’s personal characteristics (virtuous traits). However, it would be impractical to consider a real-time ethical quandary using a fundamental ethical system such as Kantian or Virtue or Utilitarian Theory. Nonetheless, these moral theories are the foundation for the Principles. An ethical theory more suited to medicine, and utilized by bioethicists, is the applied approach of “principlism”.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits
ON CALL Authors: Rachel Beekman, MD Brooke Barlow, PharmD Jordan Yakoby, EdD, DNP David M. Greer, MD
INTRODUCTION:
