August 15, 2024 Free CE
Recorded Webinar & Quiz

Cardiopulmonary Autopsy Topics

1 General AP Credit Available

Presented By:

Rob Gounaris, MS, PA(ASCP)^CM
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Diane Spicer, PA(ASCP)^CM
SpicerPath, Inc. and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Alexis Snyder, MHS, PA(ASCP)^CM
University of Michigan Medicine

This webinar is brought to you by members of the AAPA Autopsy Special Interest Group (SIG). Additionally, Diane is the lead for the AAPA Congenital Heart Disease SIG. If you are interested in joining either of these SIGs, or to learn more about all our current SIGs, click here!

Abstract:
During this webinar, presenters will discuss topics including cardiac conduction system dissection, normal fetal cardiac anatomy, and pulmonary embolism with relation to autopsy pathology.

Instruction Level:
Intermediate – Refresher course; some basic knowledge required

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Know when it would be appropriate to sample the atrioventricular node.
   
2. Know the anatomical landmarks of the atrioventricular node of the heart.
   
3. Identify the normal changes in the anatomy of the heart during early gestation and be able to apply this knowledge to their day-to-day practice.
   
4. Identify the normal morphologic characteristics of the three segments of the heart, which are the atriums, ventricles, and arterial trunks.
   
5. Describe what an embolism is.
   
6. Decide which dissection method to use based on a decedent’s clinical history.
   
7. List the steps for a pulmonary embolism dissection.

Important Continuing Education (CE) Credit Information:

The AAPA is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS PACE^TM Program.

This recorded webinar and quiz marks the 14th of 20 free CE credits in 2024. CE offerings are released incrementally throughout the year, by way of manuscripts and webinars with quizzes sent via email, and manuscripts with quizzes featured in The Cutting Edge journal.

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Follow the link below to watch the one-hour webinar and take the quiz. You must pass the quiz with a score of 70% or higher for the unit to appear in your personal Online CE Journal. If you have provided your 8-digit ASCP Customer ID and your first and last names are an exact match to your ASCP profile, the AAPA PACE credits you earn will seamlessly transfer over to your ASCP transcript on a weekly basis.

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Quiz expires two years from the date issued.