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24th Annual Scientific Assembly

April 7-11, 2018
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina - San Diego, CA

Sessions by Topic

MOC Related Sessions

Addiction Medicine

Behavioral Health

Care of Terminally Ill, End-of-Life Care

Child Abuse

Controlled Substance Prescribing

Cultural Competency

Domestic Violence

Infectious Disease

Medical Ethics

Pain Management

Patient Safety

Risk Management

Suicide Assessment, Management

WMD/Bioterrorism

 

See other topics covered at AAEM18.

Sessions marked with "â–º" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online after AAEM18.

 

Addiction Medicine

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(Session 116) New Treatments for DT’s / Alcohol Withdrawal (Precedex, gabapentin, phenobarbital mono therapy, etc) | Bryan Hayes, PharmD â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) Getting High Down on the Farm: Rural America’s Opioid Challenges | Walt Lubbers, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) What Happens When the Opioids Stop? | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

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Behavioral Health

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(334) Wellness & Resiliency AFTER Residency | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM â–º

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Care of Terminally Ill, End-of-Life Care

Monday, April 9, 2018

(268) Palliative Care: Manage the Pain | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(333) End of Life Discussions in the Emergency Department | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM â–º

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Child Abuse

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(414) Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Controlled Substance Prescribing

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(Plenary) Pain and the Poppy: Managing Pain and Opioid Misuse During an Epidemic | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(267) What Happens When the Opioids Stop? | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Palliative Care: Manage the Pain | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(412) Discharge This / Dosing of Narcan Opioid Issue | Jeff Lapoint, DO FAAEM

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Cultural Competency

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Muslim Patients and Muslim Colleagues in Your Emergency Department: Myths vs. Truths | Usamah Mossallam, MD FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) Work / Life Balance & the Influence of Women in the Emergency Department Workplace | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Translation Services in the Emergency Department | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(321) Unconscious Bias – An Obstacle to Great Patient Care | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(323) 25 Years of Correctional Medicine Experience | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH FACEP FAAEM â–º

(323) Redlining, Redistricting & You | Ryan J. Ribeira, MD MPH â–º

(332) Cultural Sensitivity is a Must for Optimal Patient Care – Case Studies | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(333) End of Life Discussions in the Emergency Department | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM â–º

(Keynote) On the Frontlines: Understanding Violence in America | Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(413) Know Thyself: Unconscious Bias & Patient Care | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM â–º

(Plenary) Avoiding Burnout: Better Living Through Boundaries | Susan R. O'Mara, MD FAAEM â–º

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Domestic Violence

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(115) He More Than Just Choked Her: Strangulation for the Emergency Physician | Ralph J. Riviello, MD MS FAAEM and Gael Strack, JD

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Infectious Disease

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Emergency Medicine Docs Debates: Loosely Approximated Wounds, Bursitis Management & Outlining Cellulitis | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(215) Sepsis in Special Populations | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(215) Save the Drugs, Kill the Bugs | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(Plenary) What's New in Pediatrics | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) Running a Perfect Sepsis Resuscitation ... In the Community Emergency Department Setting | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) The Five Biggest Pitfalls in Evaluating Febrile Adult Emergency Department Patients | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(310) Emergency Dermatology — Essential Rashes to Know | Emily A. Rose, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Deep Throat: Killer Infections of the Oropharynx and Neck | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

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Medical Ethics

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(Keynote) On the Frontlines: Understanding Violence in America | Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD â–º

(321) Medicine and the Law: Case Illustration | Diana Nordlund, DO JD FACEP FAAEM

(333) End of Life Discussions in the Emergency Department | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM â–º

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Pain Management

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(105) Pain and the Poppy: Managing Pain and Opioid Misuse During an Epidemic | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM â–º

(116) Resuscitating the Crashing Obese Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(218) Bigger Isn't Better: Percutaneous Catheter Management of Pneumothorax | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) A Love Affair with Lidocaine | Amy F. Ho, MD â–º

(218) Oxygen for All? | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM â–º

(266) K is for Komfort: Ketamine for Pain | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

(267) What Happens When the Opioids Stop? | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Palliative Care: Manage the Pain | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(317) Ultrasound Guided Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) What Rib Fractures? A Nerve Block to Manage that Pain in Your ... Side | Mark Magee, MD â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(412) Discharge This / Dosing of Narcan Opioid Issue | Jeff Lapoint, DO FAAEM

(413) Sickle Cell Disease: Primum Non Nocere | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM â–º

(414) New in Headache Management: Nebulized Lidocaine, Blocks, Magnesium & More! | James Ducharme, MD â–º

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Patient Safety

Monday, April 9, 2018

(217) Patient Call Backs (Discharge Phone Calls) | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

(218) Bigger Isn't Better: Percutaneous Catheter Management of Pneumothorax | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Making SMART Changes | Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) Reading the Tea Leaves: End-Tidal CO2 | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Crowding of Emergency Departments: This Canary is Trying to Tell Us Our Systems Are Failing | James Ducharme, MD â–º

(321) Taming the Beast — Techniques in Managing the Difficult & Hostile Patient | Bruce M. Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM

(331) Holding Back: When & When Not to Intervene | Jose V. Nable, MD FAAEM â–º

(332) De-Escalating Agitation | Karen N. Kuehl, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Limited spots available.

(333) Workplace Violence | Karen N. Kuehl, MD FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Dazed & Confused? A Review of the NFL Sideline Concussion Assessment | Vaishali R. Patel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Risk Management

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) How NOT to Protect Yourself From Getting Sued | Paul Danl Kivela, MD MBA FAAEM FACEP â–º

(266) Neuroimaging: CT Angiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Oh My! | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

(266) Certainty Will Kill | David A. Farcy, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM

(268) Making SMART Changes | Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) I Don't Want to Wait | Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) The Five Biggest Pitfalls in Evaluating Febrile Adult Emergency Department Patients | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(316) Intuition & Medical Decision Making | Jonathan Y. Lee, MD FAAEM and Julie Sullivan, MD FAAEM â–º

(321) Taming the Beast — Techniques in Managing the Difficult & Hostile Patient | Bruce M. Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM

(330) Recent Updates in Electrocardiography | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM â–º

(331) Holding Back: When & When Not to Intervene | Jose V. Nable, MD FAAEM â–º

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Suicide Assessment, Management

Monday, April 9, 2018

(331) Contracting for Safety is Crap | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM â–º

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WMD/Bioterrorism

Saturday, April 7, 2017

(Pre-Conference Course) Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the Civilian Emergency Physician | Jointly provided by USAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(217) When the Disaster Comes to Your Community Emergency Department | Bobby Kapur, MD MPH FAAEM â–º

(268) From the Front Line to You | Brendon Drew, DO FAAEM FAWM FACEP â–º

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Other Topics Covered

Abdominal

Cardiovascular

Chief Complaint

Critical care

Cutaneous

EM Careers

EMS

Endo/Metabolic

ENT

Financial

Geriatrics

HEENT

Heme/Onc

Imaging

Immune System

Medicolegal

MSK

Neuro

OB/Gyn

Pediatrics

Pharmacology/Devices

Practice of EM

Procedures

Psych

Pulmonary

Renal

Systemic Infectious

Technology

Thoracic-Respiratory

Trauma

Ultrasound

Wellness

 

See other topics covered at AAEM18.

Sessions marked with "â–º" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online after AAEM18.

 

Abdominal

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Evidence Based Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia | Matthew C. DeLaney, MD FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(268) What's In a Blakemore Kit? | Jeffrey D. Chien, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Albumin in SBP: A Missed Opportunity to Save Lives | Richard M. Pescatore, II, DO â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Rapid Transit: Five Quick Clinical Gastrointestinal Questions | Michael A. Nitzberg, MD FAAEM â–º

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Cardiovascular

Saturday, April 7, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Think You Can Interpret An EKG?

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(118) When Pressors Are Not Enough | Harman S. Gill, MD FAAEM â–º

(118) Ripping, Tearing, Excruciating: Aortic Dissection. Reduce the Risk That You Will Miss! | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM â–º

(118) LVAD Management | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(218) Five Things Lead AVR Can Tell Us | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP â–º

(Plenary) Keeping Up With the Literature: Resuscitation | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP â–º

(268) Outpatient Management of AFib | Susy Demeester, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) Myocardial Infarctions: Complex, Subtle & Almost Invisible | Jerry W. Jones, MD FAAEM â–º

(317) Transvenous Pacer | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(322) Basic Echocardiogram Lab | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(320) Stiff or Floppy — When Valves Get Sloppy | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM â–º

(330) Going Too Fast in the ICU? Tachycardia in the Critically Ill Patient | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM â–º

(330) Recent Updates in Electrocardiography | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM â–º

(331) Sudden Interrupted Death! A Practical Bedside Approach to Syncope | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(Plenary) Emergency Cardiology Literature Update: The Articles You've Got to Know! | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM â–º

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Chief Complaint

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) The Five Biggest Pitfalls in Evaluating Febrile Adult Emergency Department Patients | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(331) Sudden Interrupted Death! A Practical Bedside Approach to Syncope | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM â–º

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Critical Care

Saturday, April 7, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians (Two Day Course)

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(116) Resuscitating the Crashing Obese Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD FAAEM

(118) When Pressors Are Not Enough | Harman S. Gill, MD FAAEM â–º

(118) Ripping, Tearing, Excruciating: Aortic Dissection. Reduce the Risk That You Will Miss! | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(200) Don't Make Me Blue! Mechanical Ventilation Choices in the Emergency Department that Change Outcomes | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM â–º

(215) Sepsis in Special Populations | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) Vitamin C Sepsis Controversies | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(Plenary) Critical Care Year in Review | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM â–º

(Plenary) Keeping Up With the Literature: Resuscitation | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP â–º

(267) To Bleed or Not to Bleed: Hematologic Disasters for the Emergency Physician | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) Running a Perfect Sepsis Resuscitation ... In the Community Emergency Department Setting | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(268) What's In a Blakemore Kit? | Jeffrey D. Chien, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Trach Emergencies: When Breathing Through Your Neck Goes Bad | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

(268) Procalcitonin in the Emergency Department: Just Hype or the Real Deal? | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(268) A Rush of Blood to the Head: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, A Practical Approach | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(Plenary) Keeping Up With the Literature: Knowledge Translation 2018 | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS â–º

(323) The Pearls & Pitfalls of Emergency Department Mechanical Ventilation | Ani Aydin, MD FAAEM â–º

(330) Going Too Fast in the ICU? Tachycardia in the Critically Ill Patient | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM â–º

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Cutaneous

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(330) Emergency Dermatology — Essential Rashes to Know | Emily A. Rose, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP â–º

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EM Careers

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(115) Building Resiliency in Emergency Medicine: Science and What Mom Already Told You | Christopher I. Doty, MD FAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) Work / Life Balance & the Influence of Women in the Emergency Department Workplace | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(319) Nuts & Bolts: Formulating Your Resume, CV & Promotion Portfolio | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM â–º

(319) Job Interviewing Like a Professional | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

(319) Evaluating Job Opportunities: Making the Right Choice | Andy Walker III, MD FAAEM â–º

(319) *Rolling in the Dough: Financial Management After Residency | Joel M. Schofer, MD MBA CPE FAAEM (*this session is not eligible for CME) â–º

(324) Contract Negotiation: The Hidden Secrets | Larry D. Weiss, MD JD MAAEM FAAEM â–º

(324) Come Prepared: Arriving at Your New Job | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(Plenary) Avoiding Burnout: Better Living Through Boundaries | Susan R. O'Mara, MD FAAEM â–º

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EMS

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(414) Novel Prehospital Protocols Affecting Patients Coming to Your Emergency Department | Jose V. Nable, MD FAAEM â–º

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Endo/Metabolic

Monday, April 9, 2018

(218) Settling Controversies in the Management of Hyperkalemia: A Focus on Calcium and Insulin | Bryan Hayes, PharmD â–º

(218) Hypercalcemia of Malignancy: Scary But Common | William Goldenberg, MD FAAEM â–º

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ENT

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(316) The Big 3 of Vertigo: A Concise and Practical Approach to the Undifferentiated Vertigo Patient | Peter Johns, MD FAAEM FRCPC â–º

(317) Tips & Tricks: Performing the Epley Maneuver and HINTS Plus Exam Peter Johns, MD FAAEM FRCP
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(322) No ENT Required: Advanced Epistaxis Management | Damon R. Kuehl, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Deep Throat: Killer Infections of the Oropharynx and Neck | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

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Financial

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(316) Personal Finance — What's New in 2018? | Joel M. Schofer, MD MBA CPE FAAEM â–º

(319) *Rolling in the Dough: Financial Management After Residency | Joel M. Schofer, MD MBA CPE FAAEM (*this session is not eligible for CME) â–º

(334) Business of EM — Patient Satisfaction, Metrics, RVUs | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

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Geriatrics

Monday, April 9, 2018

(268) Palliative Care: Manage the Pain | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(333) End of Life Discussions in the Emergency Department | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM â–º

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HEENT

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(115) He More Than Just Choked Her: Strangulation for the Emergency Physician | Ralph J. Riviello, MD MS FAAEM and Gael Strack, JD

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Heme/Onc

Saturday, April 7, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the Civilian Emergency Physician | Jointly provided by USAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(218) Hypercalcemia of Malignancy: Scary But Common | William Goldenberg, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) To Bleed or Not to Bleed: Hematologic Disasters for the Emergency Physician | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(320) Heme-Onc Emergencies: We Can Do Something About Them | Molly K. Estes, MD â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(413) Sickle Cell Disease: Primum Non Nocere | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM â–º

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Imaging

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Evidence Based Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia | Matthew C. DeLaney, MD FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(266) Neuroimaging: CT Angiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Oh My! | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Retrocardiac Anatomy and the Chest X-Ray: A Flock of Birds | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH, FACEP FAAEM â–º

(333) Concern for Spinal Epidural Abscess: Do You Always Do an MRI? | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Immune System

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Immunotherapy: Not Your Father's Cancer Treatment | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM â–º

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Medicolegal

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) How NOT to Protect Yourself From Getting Sued | Paul Danl Kivela, MD MBA FAAEM FACEP â–º

(266) Certainty Will Kill | David A. Farcy, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(321) Medicine and the Law: Case Illustration | Diana Nordlund, DO JD FACEP FAAEM

(324) Health Policy That Will Affect You | Matthew B. Hoekstra â–º

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MSK

Saturday, April 7, 2017

(Pre-Conference Course) Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the Civilian Emergency Physician | Jointly provided by USAAEM

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Emergency Medicine Docs Debates: Loosely Approximated Wounds, Bursitis Management & Outlining Cellulitis | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(216) Fracture Reduction | Damon R. Kuehl, MD FAAEM

(218) A Love Affair with Lidocaine | Amy F. Ho, MD â–º

(218) The Broken Blade | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Shoulder Sonography: Identifying Dislocations and Reductions at the Bedside | Michael Gottlieb, MD RDMS FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) You Can't Miss These! Musculoskeletal Injuries with Radiographic Subtleties | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM â–º

(317) Ultrasound Guided Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(320) Hand and Wrist Injuries — Do I Need an Ortho Consult? | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(322) Ultrasound Guided Forearm Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Dazed & Confused? A Review of the NFL Sideline Concussion Assessment | Vaishali R. Patel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Neuro

Monday, April 9, 2018

(215) Important Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies | Emily A. Rose, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP â–º

(216) Discharge This Neuro Edition: TIA, New-Onset Seizure, Days Old Stroke | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

(218) Oxygen for All? | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM â–º

(266) Neuroimaging: CT Angiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Oh My! | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

(268) A Rush of Blood to the Head: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, A Practical Approach | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(316) The Big 3 of Vertigo: A Concise and Practical Approach to the Undifferentiated Vertigo Patient | Peter Johns, MD FRCPC â–º

(317) Tips & Tricks: Performing the Epley Maneuver and HINTS Plus Exam | Peter Johns, MD FAAEM FRCP
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(333) Concern for Spinal Epidural Abscess: Do You Always Do an MRI? | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Dazed & Confused? A Review of the NFL Sideline Concussion Assessment | Vaishali R. Patel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(414) Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(414) New in Headache Management: Nebulized Lidocaine, Blocks, Magnesium & More! | James Ducharme, MD â–º

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OBGYN

Monday, April 9, 2018

(217) Nowhere Near Labor & Delivery: Community Obstetrics | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Pediatrics

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(116) Dry Drowning is Not a Thing — And Other Pediatric Myths | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(Plenary) What's New in Pediatrics | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM â–º

(215) Important Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies | Emily A. Rose, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Managing the Pediatric Airway - Not Small Adults | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FACEP FAAEM â–º

(318) One Pill Can Kill: Pediatric Poisonings | Vaishali Patel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(414) Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Pharmacology/Devices

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(Plenary) Pain and the Poppy: Managing Pain and Opioid Misuse During an Epidemic | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

(115) Traumacology: Drugs for the Trauma Bay | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM

(116) Beyond Benzodiazepines for Severe Ethanol Withdrawal | Bryan Hayes, PharmD

(118) LVAD Management | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(215) Save the Drugs, Kill the Bugs | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(218) A Love Affair with Lidocaine | Amy F. Ho, MD â–º

(218) Oxygen for All? | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM â–º

(218) Vitamin C Sepsis Controversies | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) Reading the Tea Leaves: End-Tidal CO2 | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM â–º

(265) Getting High Down on the Farm: Rural America’s Opioid Challenges | Walt Lubbers, MD FAAEM â–º

(266) K is for Komfort: Ketamine for Pain | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

(267) What Happens When the Opioids Stop? | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Palliative Care: Manage the Pain | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(268) From the Front Line to You | Brendon Drew, DO FAAEM FAWM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(317) Transvenous Pacer | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Albumin in SBP: A Missed Opportunity to Save Lives | Richard M. Pescatore, II, DO â–º

(318) Immunotherapy: Not Your Father's Cancer Treatment | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM â–º

(322) Basic Echocardiogram Lab | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(412) Discharge This / Dosing of Narcan Opioid Issue | Jeff Lapoint, DO FAAEM

(414) New in Headache Management: Nebulized Lidocaine, Blocks, Magnesium & More! | James Ducharme, MD â–º

Back to Topics List

 

Practice of EM

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(Plenary) Pain and the Poppy: Managing Pain and Opioid Misuse During an Epidemic | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(331) Contracting for Safety is Crap | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM â–º

(217) When the Disaster Comes to Your Community Emergency Department | Bobby Kapur, MD MPH FAAEM â–º

(217) Patient Call Backs (Discharge Phone Calls) | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

(218) Reading the Tea Leaves: End-Tidal CO2 | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM â–º

(266) Certainty Will Kill | David A. Farcy, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM

(268) Making SMART Changes | Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Procalcitonin in the Emergency Department: Just Hype or the Real Deal? | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(268) I Don't Want to Wait | Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD fAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(Plenary) Keeping Up With the Literature: Knowledge Translation 2018 | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS â–º

(Keynote) On the Frontlines: Understanding Violence in America | Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD â–º

(315) The Five Biggest Pitfalls in Evaluating Febrile Adult Emergency Department Patients | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(316) Intuition & Medical Decision Making | Jonathan Y. Lee, MD FAAEM and Julie Sullivan, MD FAAEM â–º

(317) Tips & Tricks: Performing the Epley Maneuver and HINTS Plus Exam | Peter Johns, MD FAAEM FRCP
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Dealing With Stress of a Bad Outcome: Are You a Second Victim? | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM â–º

(318) Crowding of Emergency Departments: This Canary is Trying to Tell Us Our Systems Are Failing | James Ducharme, MD â–º

(318) What Rib Fractures? A Nerve Block to Manage that Pain in Your ... Side | Mark Magee, MD â–º

(318) Translation Services in the Emergency Department | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(319) Nuts & Bolts: Formulating Your Resume, CV & Promotion Portfolio | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM â–º

(319) Job Interviewing Like a Professional | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

(319) Evaluating Job Opportunities: Making the Right Choice | Andy Walker III, MD FAAEM â–º

(319) *Rolling in the Dough: Financial Management After Residency | Joel M. Schofer, MD MBA CPE FAAEM (*this session is not eligible for CME) â–º

(321) Taming the Beast — Techniques in Managing the Difficult & Hostile Patient | Bruce M. Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM

(321) Medicine and the Law: Case Illustration | Diana Nordlund, DO JD FACEP FAAEM

(322) No ENT Required: Advanced Epistaxis Management | Damon R. Kuehl, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(323) 25 Years of Correctional Medicine Experience | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH FACEP FAAEM â–º

(324) Contract Negotiation: The Hidden Secrets | Larry D. Weiss, MD JD MAAEM FAAEM â–º

(324) Come Prepared: Arriving at Your New Job | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM â–º

(324) Health Policy That Will Affect You | Matthew B. Hoekstra â–º

(331) Holding Back: When & When Not to Intervene | Jose V. Nable, MD FAAEM â–º

(331) Observation Protocols | Susy Demeester, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(332) Cultural Sensitivity is a Must for Optimal Patient Care – Case Studies | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(333) Workplace Violence | Karen N. Kuehl, MD FAAEM â–º

(334) Novel Job Demands: Freestanding EDs, Telemedicine, Supervision of APPS, Coverage of Inpatient Units | Robert M. McNamara, MD MAAEM FAAEM â–º

(334) Business of EM — Patient Satisfaction, Metrics, RVUs | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(Plenary) Avoiding Burnout: Better Living Through Boundaries | Susan R. O'Mara, MD FAAEM â–º

(412) Getting Rid of the Bottlenecks in Your Emergency Department | Joseph R. Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM

(412) Discharge This / Dosing of Narcan Opioid Issue | Jeff Lapoint, DO FAAEM

(413) How We Get it Wrong in the ED: Myth, Bias & Lies My Medical School Taught Me | Richard Byrne, MD FAAEM â–º

(413) Know Thyself: Unconscious Bias & Patient Care | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM â–º

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Procedures

Monday, April 8, 2018

(216) Fracture Reduction | Damon R. Kuehl, MD FAAEM

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Psych

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(116) Beyond Benzodiazepines for Severe Ethanol Withdrawal | Bryan Hayes, PharmD

Monday, April 9, 2018

(331) Contracting for Safety is Crap | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM â–º

(265) Getting High Down on the Farm: Rural America’s Opioid Challenges | Walt Lubbers, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(321) Taming the Beast — Techniques in Managing the Difficult & Hostile Patient | Bruce M. Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM

(332) De-Escalating Agitation | Karen N. Kuehl, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Limited spots available.

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Pulmonary

Monday, April 9, 2018

(Plenary) Don't Make Me Blue! Mechanical Ventilation Choices in the Emergency Department that Change Outcomes | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM â–º

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Renal

Monday, April 8, 2018

(218) Settling Controversies in the Management of Hyperkalemia: A Focus on Calcium and Insulin | Bryan Hayes, PharmD â–º

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Systemic Infectious

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(117) Emergency Medicine Docs Debates: Loosely Approximated Wounds, Bursitis Management & Outlining Cellulitis | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(Plenary) What's New in Pediatrics | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM â–º

(215) Sepsis in Special Populations | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(215) Save the Drugs, Kill the Bugs | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(218) Vitamin C Sepsis Controversies | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) Running a Perfect Sepsis Resuscitation ... In the Community Emergency Department Setting | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Procalcitonin in the Emergency Department: Just Hype or the Real Deal? | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(315) The Five Biggest Pitfalls in Evaluating Febrile Adult Emergency Department Patients | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM â–º

(330) Emergency Dermatology — Essential Rashes to Know | Emily A. Rose, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP â–º

(333) Concern for Spinal Epidural Abscess: Do You Always Do an MRI? | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(411) Deep Throat: Killer Infections of the Oropharynx and Neck | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

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Technology

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Translation Services in the Emergency Department | Bernard L. Lopez, MD MS FAAEM â–º

(332) Going Digital: Twitter Basics for Emergency Physicians & Navigating FOAMed | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(334) Novel Job Demands: Freestanding EDs, Telemedicine, Supervision of APPS, Coverage of Inpatient Units | Robert M. McNamara, MD MAAEM FAAEM â–º

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Thoracic-Respiratory

Monday, April 9, 2018

(218) Bigger Isn't Better: Percutaneous Catheter Management of Pneumothorax | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) Reading the Tea Leaves: End-Tidal CO2 | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) Trach Emergencies: When Breathing Through Your Neck Goes Bad | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(318) Retrocardiac Anatomy and the Chest X-Ray: A Flock of Birds | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH, FACEP FAAEM â–º

(318) Managing the Pediatric Airway - Not Small Adults | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FACEP FAAEM â–º

(323) The Pearls & Pitfalls of Emergency Department Mechanical Ventilation | Ani Aydin, MD FAAEM â–º

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Trauma

Saturday, April 7, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the Civilian Emergency Physician | Jointly provided by USAAEM

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(115) He More Than Just Choked Her: Strangulation for the Emergency Physician | Ralph J. Riviello, MD MS FAAEM and Gael Strack, JD

(115) Traumacology: Drugs for the Trauma Bay | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM

(116) Dry Drowning is Not a Thing — And Other Pediatric Myths | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

(117) Emergency Medicine Docs Debates: Loosely Approximated Wounds, Bursitis Management & Outlining Cellulitis | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM â–º

Monday, April 9, 2018

(217) When the Disaster Comes to Your Community Emergency Department | Bobby Kapur, MD MPH FAAEM â–º

(218) A Love Affair with Lidocaine | Amy F. Ho, MD â–º

(218) Bigger Isn't Better: Percutaneous Catheter Management of Pneumothorax | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

(218) The Broken Blade | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM â–º

(267) To Bleed or Not to Bleed: Hematologic Disasters for the Emergency Physician | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM â–º

(268) From the Front Line to You | Brendon Drew, DO FAAEM FAWM FACEP â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(Keynote) On the Frontlines: Understanding Violence in America | Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD â–º

(315) You Can't Miss These! Musculoskeletal Injuries with Radiographic Subtleties | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM â–º

(317) Ultrasound Guided Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM*
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) What Rib Fractures? A Nerve Block to Manage that Pain in Your ... Side | Mark Magee, MD â–º

(320) Hand and Wrist Injuries — Do I Need an Ortho Consult? | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

(331) Holding Back: When & When Not to Intervene | Jose V. Nable, MD FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(414) Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury | Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD FAAEM FACEP â–º

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Ultrasound

Saturday, April 7, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Ultrasound – Beginner

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(Pre-Conference Course) Ultrasound – Advanced

Monday, April 9, 2018

(268) Shoulder Sonography: Identifying Dislocations and Reductions at the Bedside | Michael Gottlieb, MD RDMS FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(317) Ultrasound Guided Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Somebody's Watching Me: Ocular Ultrasound for Acute Vision Loss | Lindsay M. Davis, MD â–º

(322) Ultrasound Guided Forearm Nerve Blocks | Ryan C. Gibbons, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(322) Basic Echocardiogram Lab | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full.

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Wellness

Sunday, April 8, 2018

(115) Building Resiliency in Emergency Medicine: Science and What Mom Already Told You | Christopher I. Doty, MD FAAEM

Monday, April 9, 2018

(265) Work / Life Balance & the Influence of Women in the Emergency Department Workplace | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM â–º

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

(316) Personal Finance — What's New in 2018? | Joel M. Schofer, MD MBA CPE FAAEM

(318) Dealing With Stress of a Bad Outcome: Are You a Second Victim? | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM

(333) Workplace Violence | Karen N. Kuehl, MD FAAEM

(334) Wellness & Resiliency AFTER Residency | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM â–º

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(413) Know Thyself: Unconscious Bias & Patient Care | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM â–º

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