SCHEDULE

Sunday, December 7, 2008

 
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Registration

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Conference Workshop “Managing Cardiac Emergencies Year 2008” Current and Evolving Issues in Cardiac Care (This workshop is included with conference registration) - Richard Aghababian, MD, Marvin Wayne, MD
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Opening Reception-Hosted

Monday, December 8, 2008

Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD

7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast with the Faculty
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM A Primer on Reading the Abdominal CT - Christian Fox, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Diagnosis and Management of the “Other” Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias - Richard Aghababian, MD

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM to 12:00 PM Annual Review of the Emergency Medicine Literature, “What’s Hot and What’s Not”! - Ed Panacek, MD
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Moderator: Elliott Salenger, MD
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Use of Ultrasound for Vascular Access (Limited to 20, additional fee required, 3 hours CME)

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Wound management workshop – how to do it (Complimentary but limited number) – Adam Singer, MD

3:00 PM to 3:45 PM Hypertension, When is it an Emergency?  - Robert Levine, MD
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM

Changing the Paradigm in the ED Management of Orthopedic Injuries - James Kyle, MD

4:45 PM to 5:00 PM

Break

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Managing Skin and Soft Tissue Injuries and Infections of the Hand – Adam Singer, MD
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Mechanically Ventilated in the ED: "Staying Alive, Staying Alive"– Phil Dellinger, MD
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast with the Faculty
8:00 AM to 9::00 AM The Diagnosis and Management of Intracranial Hemorrhage, What do the New Guidelines Say? – Ed Sloan, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

CA-MRSA, “The Big Bad Wolf” is in the House – Greg Volturo, MD

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM to 12:00 PM Toxicologic Challenge: “The Big 10” – Edward Boyer, MD
Thursday, December, 11, 2008 Moderator: Elliott Salenger, MD
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM Use of Ultrasound, The FAST Exam (Limited to 20, additional fee required, 3 hours CME)
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Managing Pain from A-Z – Mark Borden, MD

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Use of New Technology to Speed Diagnosis and Improve ED Care – Frank Peacock, MD
5:00 PM to 5:15 PM Break
5:15 PM to 6:00 PM Women and Heart Disease, “We’ve come a long way, baby?” – Deborah Diercks, MD,
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Use of Ultrasound in the Critically Ill ED Patient – Will Scruggs, MD
Friday, December 12, 2008 Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast with the Faculty

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Evaluating and Managing Acute Syncope– Kathleen Jobe, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Does “Risk Management” Improve Quality, or it’s Just an Excuse to Order More Tests? – Albert Weihl, MD, Christopher Howard, JD
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM New Technology for CPR and Improving Resuscitation Outcome - Marvin Wayne, MD
11:00AM to 12:00 Noon Review of the LLSA ABEM Articles – Ed Panacek, MD

 

 

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