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Lincoln College of Postprofessional, Graduate and Continuing Education
Phone: 630-889-6622
Email: postgrad@nuhs.edu
Fees
Please note the following fees and their deadlines:
PRACTITIONERS
$200 with registration before March 20th
$225 with registration after March 20th
$250 at the door
STUDENTS
$125 before March 20th
$150 after March 20th
$175 at the door
If paying by check, all checks must be received by our office prior to the program taking place otherwise the at the door rate will apply.
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**Please note that this class will be recorded for later use as online continuing education. A media release waiver will be presented to registrants at the begining of the course.**
Imaging of Athletic Injuries: Head and Spine
Dates: March 28 - 29, 2015
Times: Saturday 1:00PM - 5:00PM; Sunday 8:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: NUHS Campus / Lombard, IL
Instructor: Michael Fergus, DC, DACBR
Hours: 8.0
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this program is to review the various imaging modalities used to properly evaluate common athletic injuries and then review both conservative and surgical interventional/therapy procedures commonly used today.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Review the basic anatomy as well as its appearance on various imaging modalities.
- Be able to intelligently decide which imaging modality available to the physician would be best suited to evaluate a particular disorder.
- Develop an understanding of the current protocols used in physical therapy/conservative management of the more common athletic injuries. The student should be able to incorporate these modalities in their own practice.
- Develop an understanding of the current surgical procedures used to treat the same common athletic injuries. Most importantly, it allows the student to have an understanding as to the thought process behind determining of a surgical procedure is indicated.
FORMAT
The first part of the series will be presented in a lecture format.
OUTLINE
HEAD
Review of the anatomy of the brain and skull including the appearance on various imaging modalities.
Detailed discussion of intracranial trauma and post-concussive injuries.
- Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
- Epidural hemorrhage
- Subdural hemorrhage
- DAI/Cerebral Herniation Syndromes
Detailed discussion of trauma to the skull & face.
- Linear versus depressed skull fractures
- Fractures involving the skull base
- Le Fort fractures
- Blow out fractures
- Fractures of the zygomatic arch
- Mandibular fractures
Review of the anatomy of the spine including the appearance on various imaging modalities
Detailed discussion of boney trauma
- Detailed discussion of spinal fracture classification models
Spine
Detailed discussion cervical spine fracture/injury
Detailed discussion of thoracic/lumbar fracture/injury
Detailed discussion of spinal cord and dural traumatic injury
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