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Course
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April 20-21, 2008
Injury Scaling Course
Arlington, Virginia, USA
June 21,2008
AIS Update Course
Denver, Colorado, USA
New Course
Information
October 3-4, 2008
Injury Scaling Course
San Diego, California, USA
Online registration form
Future courses will be
listed when available.
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Who should
attend
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The course is designed for trauma nurses/coordinators,
registrars, physicians, hospital records personnel and
researchers who are responsible for injury databases.
(Participants should have general knowledge of anatomy.)
Attendance is limited to 24.
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Injury Scaling
Uses and Techniques
Description
Topics covered: A brief history of injury scaling methods: the
Abbreviated Injury Scale, uses; coding rules and conventions;
methods for assessing the multiply injury patient. The course, which
includes a total of 14 hours of classroom work, is divided into lectures and
work sessions in which actual hospital charts are used for coding
exercises. The course does not teach how to use the ICD. It is
designed for those relatively new to AIS coding.
Objectives
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Understand the structure, organization and contents of
the Abbreviated Injury Scale
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Abstract injury data
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Rule out information that is not codeable
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Distinguish between injuries and outcomes
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Apply injury coding rules and guidelines specific to each
body region
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Apply rules for calculating the Injury Severity Score
(ISS) for multiple body region injuries
Accreditation
The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) has
approved this program for 14.08 Continuing Education Contact Hours. American
Health Information Management Association approved this course for 14 Continuing
Education Credits for use in fulfilling their continuing education requirements.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received after the registration deadline will be subject to forfeiture
of 50% of the tuition. Refunds will be processed after the course.
Cancellations received prior to the registration deadline will be subjected to a
$50 processing fee. The AAAM reserves the right to cancel any
course. No refunds will be granted after the course .
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