Emergency Cardiology Conundrums
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
08:00 – 16:30
Course Fee
- Organizing Society Member (AAEM, MAEM): $335
- Non-Member: $380
Course Description
Patients that present to the emergency department (ED) with acute cardiac conditions are high risk for misdiagnosis and high risk for decompensation. But, standards of care and optimal practice recommendations are constantly changing, making it difficult to keep practicing in a cutting edge manner.
In this course, the speakers will sort through the latest literature and discuss optimal care of many high-risk cardiac conditions that are frequently encountered in the ED. Specific attention will be paid to some common confusing and controversial topics in emergency medicine. By the end of the course, attendees will have gained a greater level of comfort in caring for these high-risk patients in the ED!
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, each participant should be able to:
- Understand some of the newest concepts in management of patients in cardiac arrest.
- Be able to describe some of the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndrome.
- Describe some of the cardiac complications associated with COVID-19.
Target Audience
AAny health care provider interested in improving their ECG interpretation skills in the acute care setting (for example, emergency medicine physicians, primary care physicians, hospital-based physicians, physician assistants, emergency and telemetry nurses, and paramedics).
Course Prerequisite
Attendees should have at least a basic knowledge of ECG interpretation in order to maximize their learning from this course.
Course Agenda*
*subject to change
Time | Topic | Faculty |
08:00 - 08:10 | Registration and Introduction | William Brady and George Glass |
08:10 - 09:00 | Wide Complex Tachycardia: Diagnosis and Management | William Brady |
09:00 - 09:30 | Pulmonary Embolism in Children | Lisa Mills |
09:30 - 10:00 | Making the Diagnosis of an Elusive Entity, Viral Myocarditis | Amita Sudhir |
10:00 - 10:20 | Break | |
10:20 - 11:00 | Approach to Hypertension in the Emergency Department | Mark Langdorf |
11:00 - 11:20 | Cardiac Arrest in the Adult | Robert O’Connor |
11:20 – 12:00 | ECG Recognition, Risk Assessment, & Management of Hyperkalemia | William Brady |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 - 13:30 | The Crashing PE Patient | Ken Butler |
13:30 - 14:00 | Non-STEMI Urgent Reperfusion Indications | George Glass |
14:00 - 14:40 | Diagnosis and Management of Right Ventricular Failure | Ken Butler |
14:40 - 15:00 | Break | |
15:00 - 15:30 | Pediatric Cardiac Arrest | Josh Easter |
15:30 - 16:00 | Management of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department | George Glass |
16:00 - 16:30 | Torsade de Pointes | Susan Torrey |
16:30 | Closing | William Brady and George Glass |
Course Director(s)
William J. Brady, MD FAAEM
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine (Cardiovascular); Department of Emergency Medicine; Chair, Resuscitation Committee, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
George F. Glass, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Course Faculty
Kenneth Butler, DO FACEP
Associate Residency Director, University of Maryland, Crownsville, MD, United States
Joshua Easter, MD MSc
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Mark Langdorf, MD MHPE FAAEM
Professor, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, CA, United States
Lisa Mills, MD FAAEM
Director EM Ultrasound, University of California - Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States
Robert O’Connor, MD MPH
Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Amita Sudhir, MD FAAEM
University of Virginia Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Susan Torrey, MD FAAEM FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, United States
Important Dates
29 August 2022
Early Registration Deadline
12 September 2022
Housing Closes
21 September 2022
Pre-Congress Courses
22-24 September 2022
MEMC Congress