Course Catalog

This lecture will discuss the hot topic of neurologic emergencies and how to react to and deal with them in a calm, cool and efficient manner. Types of neurologic emergencies, the importance of the neurologic examination as well as neurolocalization when dealing with a neurologic emergency will be discussed as well as diagnostic and treatment strategies. The practitioner will be refamiliarized with drugs used to treat the acute neurologic patient and parameters used to follow the status of the emergent neurologic patient. Prognostication will also be discussed and how imperative it is to neurolocalize quickly and confidently. Tips and tricks will be discussed to help the practitioner become more confident in dealing with the acutely neurologic patient and how to make the process easier to understand.