• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  This issue will discuss the recent guideline updates for the treatment of heart failure published by the American Heart Association/Amer-ican College of Cardiology/Heart Failure Society of America (ACC/AHA/HFSA). These updates include new additions to therapies con-sidered standards of care for HF. Four medication classes are now recommended as GDMT for patients with stage C HF. There is also a focus on the prevention of HF in patients at risk for HF and with pre-HF. The updated classification of heart failure, as well as medica-tions currently available and recommended for HF management, will be reviewed as well.
  

  Handouts

  • Homestudy PDF :   22271H01.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize the indications, strengths/dose, dosage forms, routes of administration, common and severe side effects, contraindications, and duration of drug therapy of medications used in the treatment of heart failure

  Identify drug interactions (e.g., drug-disease, drug-drug, drug-dietary supplement, drug-OTC, drug-laboratory, drug-nutrient) of medications used in the treatment of heart failure

  Recall the brand and generic names of medications used in the treatment of heart failure

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-951388

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-22-271-H01-T
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Kimberly  Crosby, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES, BC-ADM Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, OU School of Community Medicine

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