Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Fredrick M. Abrahamian, DO, FACEP
Conference Chairman Associate Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Director of Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, California

Rita K. Cydulka, MD, MS, FACEP
Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
MetroHealth Medical Center
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph R. Lex, Jr., MD, FAAEM
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine
Past Chair, Education
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Carrie Tibbles, MD
Associate Program Director
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert Vissers, MD, FACEP, FRCPC
Chief, Emergency Medicine
Emmanuel Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. This policy is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about material presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

7:00am Registration & Check-in During Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Fredrick Abrahamian, DO

8:15 Ten Common Complaints You Will See in Your ED (And the Right Way to Treat Them) (Rx = 30 minutes)
Joseph Lex, Jr., MD

9:00 Does Your Airway Need Rescue? Anticipation and Management of the Difficult Airway (Rx = 15 minutes)
Robert Vissers, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 The Latest on Community Associated Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Soft Tissue Infections (Rx = 45 minutes)
Fredrick Abrahamian, DO

11:15 Endocrine Emergencies (Rx = 20 minutes)
Rita Cydulka, MD, MS

Noon Young at Heart: Pediatric Cardiac Emergencies (Rx = 20 minutes)
Carrie Tibbles, MD

12:45pm Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00 Group Reception

Thursday, July 31, 2008

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Asthma: An Evidence-Based Approach (Rx = 35 minutes)
Rita Cydulka, MD, MS

8:45 Medical Diseases in the Pregnant Patient: Emergencies in Pregnancy (Rx = 20 minutes)
Carrie Tibbles, MD

9:30 Break

9:45 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 Effective Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department (Rx = 45 minutes)
Robert Vissers, MD

11:00 An Update on Community and Healthcare Associated Pneumonia (Rx = 30 minutes)
Fredrick Abrahamian, DO

11:45 Emergencies in the Elderly (Rx = 15 minutes)
Rita Cydulka, MD, MS

12:30pm Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:00 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, August 1, 2008

3:30pm Round Table Discussions - Session One

EKG Pearls for Your Everyday Practice
Fredrick Abrahamian, DO

Evidence-Based Wound Care: Why We Do What We Do
Joseph Lex, Jr., MD

Medicolegal Cases from Real Life
Rita Cydulka, MD, MS

Bone Chillin': Reductions and Regional Blocks
Robert Vissers, MD

5:00 Break

5:15 Round Table Discussions - Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:45 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, August 2, 2008

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Stuff Other Folks Do: Vital Signs & Dipsticks
Joseph Lex, Jr., MD

8:45 Defying Diagnosis: Non-Specific Abdominal Pain
Robert Vissers, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel check-out if applicable)

10:00 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Food, Flattery, and Friendship: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Influences Physician Thinking
Joseph Lex, Jr., MD

11:15 Emergency Department Delivery: Pearls & Pitfalls (Rx = 20 minutes)
Carrie Tibbles, MD

Noon Group Discussion Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:45pm Conference Adjourns

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions