OSC Suture Training Course

Designed for NPs, PAs, and Primary Care Physicians.  OSC is an advanced, intensive suture training course and wound repair training course created and presented by an Emergency Department NP delivering the core wound repair knowledge base.

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OSC Core (15.0 Contact Hours, 2.0 Pharmacology Hours) is the backbone of our suturing course.  It is the course in its entirety in an online, asynchronous format.  OSC Core offers 15.0 total AAPA and ANCC contact hours, including 2.0 ANCC pharmacology hours.  ANCC contact hours are accepted by the AANP.  With OSC Core, course participants receive training in 11 closure methods through 34 modules and 10 case studies, covering 3 anesthesia methods as well as the A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method™.  All course versions include downloadable MP3 and MP4 course audio and video, as well as a digital course workbook.

OSC NOMAD contains OSC Core and also puts all of the course content on a USB drive, useful for internet-challenging geographic areas, travel, or simply as a personal copy of the content.

For either Core or NOMAD, the word Deluxe indicates that it comes with a practice kit for learning suturing techniques.  This kit includes 8 various size sutures, a laceration tray, a skin stapler and staple remover, and a kit box.  The kit does not contain any practice medium due to our belief that skin-on chicken thighs, bananas, or pig feet offer a much better human skin analogue than ballistic gel and other inorganic mediums.

ADVANCED, INTENSIVE SUTURE TRAINING COURSE
15.0 CE CREDITS

Designed for NPs, PAs, and Primary Care Physicians.  OSC is an advanced, intensive suture training course and wound repair training course created and presented by an Emergency Department NP delivering the core wound repair knowledge base.

Much more than just techniques.  Participants will learn practice pearls from an experienced ED provider – a culmination of years of experience.

Suture training course modules enhance participants so that wound closures become more efficient, appropriate, up-to-date, and defensible.  In addition to the detailed clinical content, each course module emphasizes key documentation and risk management concepts.  OSC is one of the most popular and fastest growing suture training courses in the country!  And, it requires zero travel and costs 80% less per CE credit than other courses.

What You Will Learn With the OSC Suture Training Course

  • 11 Closure Methods
  • 10 Exciting Case Studies
  • 11 Hands-on Practice Modules
  • Closure Basics Including Line and Needle Selection
  • When and When Not to Close
  • The A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure® Method
  • Anesthesia Including Local Infiltration, Field Blocks, and Digital Blocks
  • Proper Wound Cleansing
  • Proper Wound Examination
  • Foreign Body Removal
  • Antibiotic Appropriateness
  • When to Seek Surgical Consultation
  • Current Tetanus Guidelines
  • Proper Knot Tying
  • Multi-layer Suturing
  • Repair of Torso Lacerations
  • Repair of Extremity Lacerations
  • Repair of Head and Neck Lacerations
  • C-spine Management and Imaging Related to Traumatic Head and Neck Lacerations
  • Dog Ear Deformity Correction
  • Undermining
  • SPECIAL TOPIC: Pediatric Lacerations
  • Repair of Scalp Lacerations
  • Repair of Eyelid Lacerations
  • Repair of Ear Lacerations
  • Repair of Lip Lacerations
  • Treatment of Open Fractures
  • Repair of Nailbed Lacerations
  • Repair of Flap Lacerations
  • Repair of Buccal Lacerations
  • Repair of Tongue Lacerations
  • Repair of Joint Capsule Lacerations
  • Treatment of Animal Bites
  • SPECIAL TOPIC: Lacerations in the Anticoagulated Patient
  • SPECIAL TOPIC: Managing Poorly Healing Lacerations
  • Appropriate Follow-up Care
  • Medicolegal Tips and Nuggets