Education Modules

The Acute Care Surgery Committee has developed a series of education modules to provide a supplemental resource to Acute Care Surgery Fellows. The Education Modules contain the information that the experts in the field feel are the most important topics pertaining to the Acute Care Surgery focus.

There are currently 78 education modules available with more being added regularly. In addition, the ACS Committee is working to make the modules more interactive, so check back often for updates to the content of the modules.

Abdominal Aortic Injury

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Acute Care Surgery Code for Reimbursement: Critical Care Documentation

Acute Care Surgery Coding for Reimbursement: Critical Care Procedures

Acute Care Surgery Coding for Reimbursement: Modifiers

Acute Extremity Compartment Syndrome

Acute Ischemia of Extremity

Air Embolism

Anorectal Diseases

Ascending Aortic Injuries

Bariatrics

Blunt Aortic Injuries

Blunt Cardiac Injury

Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries

Breast Pathology

Cardiac Tamponade

Caustic Ingestion

Chylothorax

Complicated Cholecystitis and Choledocholithiasis

Damage Control Vascular Surgery

Diaphragm Injury

Difficult Airway

Esophageal Perforation

Fat Embolism

Femoral Artery Injuries

Gastroesophageal Varices

GI Bleed

Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries

Injury Prevention

Innominate Artery

Ischemic Bowel Disease

Large Bowel Obstruction

Level I Trauma Center

Level III Trauma Center

Lung Abscess

Malignant Pleural Effusion

Complicated Hernia following an Open Abdomen

Mangled Extremity

Massive Hemothorax

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Non-Traumatic Pericardial Effusion and Pericarditis

Nutrition, Feeding Access and Short Gut

Open Pneumothorax

Palliative Care in Critical Illness/Injury

Paraesophageal Hernia

Parapneumonic Effustions-Empyema

Parenchymal Lung Disease

Pediatric Trauma for Adult Surgeons

Pelvic Vascular Injuries

Penetrating Cardiac Injuries

Penetration Cervical Vascular Injuries

Penetrating Subclavian Vessel Injuries

Perforated Peptic Ulcer

Persistant Pneumothorax

Pleural Infection

Pneumatocele

Poplieal Artery Injuries

Process Improvement

Pulmonary Parenchymal Injuries

REBOA

Retained Hemothorax

Rib Fractures

Sacral Pressure Injury

Severe and Complicated Clostridium difficile

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Sternal Fractures

Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures

Tracheobronchial Injuries

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Esophageal Injury

Unexpected Cancer

Unusual Hernias

Upper Extremity Vascular Injury

Urologic Issues: Complications with the Re-do Abdomen

Vascular Interventions for VTE Prophylaxis and Treatment

Vascular Interventions for Hypothermia

Vena Cava Injuries

Visceral Vascular Injury