Eileen Dean, MA, MN, MS, RN, is a Nurse Specialist in Prehospital Medicine. She has instructed primary and continuing EMS education for over 25 years. Eileen also serves as Regional Faculty for American Heart Association at the BLS, ACLS and PALS level.     CE Hours Advanced: 1 Basic: 1 First Responder: 1

Common Infectious Disease Update -- Staphylococcus By Eileen Dean, MA, MN, MS, RN This continuing education course is an update on the current information regarding Staphylococcus (staph) infections. Topics include staph MRSA & VRSA, staph impetigo, staph pneumonia, staph food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. This course is an update on those bacterial diseases currently seen most frequently in the acute clinical setting and some that pose a potential hazard and is not intended to be an all-inclusive treatment of infectious disease. Author: Eileen Dean, MA, MN, MS, RN