Emergency Medicine Update

2008 Schedule

Monday July 21, 2008
2pm
Registration
Dana Hall information Desk

5 p.m.
Reception for faculty, registrants and family
Cotter Student Union – Pub and Patio

Tuesday July 22, 2008
All classes will be held in the air-conditioned case study room 1 on the ground floor of the F.W. Olin Science Building

OB & Gyn Emergencies:

7:30 a.m.
Late Registration
Ground Floor
F.W. Olin Science Building

7:55 a.m.
Introductory Remarks

8 a.m.
From x-rays to anti-coagulation: Difficult decisions in the pregnant patient
Dr. Tibbles

 9 a.m.
ED evaluation of sexual assault
Dr. Bloch

10 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
Emergency delivery, Are you prepared?
Dr. Tibbles

11:30 a.m.
First trimester problems in the ED
Dr. Irish

12:30 pm.
Lunch
Dana Dining Hall

5:30 p.m.
Down East lobster bake
Johnson Pond, Colby Campus

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
ID Emergencies:

8 a.m.
Early goal directed therapy for sepsis: Why all the fuss?
Dr. Perron

 9.a.m.
Community acquired MRSA in 2008: Evidence-based practice
Dr. Fix

10 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
Community acquired pneumonia in 2008: Evidence-based practice
Dr. Fix

11:30 a.m.
Hot tots: controversies in pediatric fever
Dr. Mick

12:30 p.m.
Lunch

Thursday, July 24, 2008
Hot Topics

8 a.m.
Emergency preparedness: The view from Washington
Dr. Runge

9 a.m.
Aortic emergencies 2008: What is “New”?
Dr. Gibbs

10 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
Best practices: Ultrasound guided peripheral and central Intravenous access
Dr. Irish

11:30 a.m.
The ED evaluation of Syncope 2008: New guidelines and new science
Dr. Bowe

12:30 p.m.
Lunch

Friday, July 25, 2008
8am – 12:30 p.m.
LLSA
John L. Alexander, MD
Michael A. Baumann, MD
Tamas R. Peredy, MD
Timothy Sweeney, MD

1pm Summary and Evaluation