Resuscitation and Critical Care

Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 08:30-16:30
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 08:30-16:30

Course Description

In recent years, the annual hours of critical care delivered by emergency physicians has grown over 200%! It is during these early hours of illness, when the patient is in the emergency department, that many pathologic processes begin to take hold. It is during these early hours of illness when lives can be saved … or lost! It is crucial that emergency physicians be expert at resuscitating the crashing patient.

The Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiology pre-congress course is an outstanding resuscitation course for the emergency physician that encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including the critical airway, mechanical ventilation, fluid resuscitation, cardiac arrest, post-cardiac arrest management, sepsis, ultrasound, and recent updates from the critical care and cardiology literature. In addition, the course features two ECG workshops where critical findings in select patients will be reviewed. Emergency physicians who want to take a resuscitation course taught at an advanced level will find this to be an outstanding experience. Quite simply, this course will help you save lives!

Credit Designation Statement
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Tentative Course Schedule

Wednesday, 6 September 2017

08:30-09:05	The Critically Ill Neonate	Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM
09:10-09:40	Resuscitate Before You Intubate	Kenneth H. Butler, DO FAAEM
09:45-10:15	Ventilation Wizardry	Michael Scott, MD
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	Just Little Adults: Peds Resus Essentials	Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM
11:05-11:35	Pitfalls in Sedating the Critically Ill Patient	Kenneth H. Butler, DO FAAEM
11:40-12:00	Fluid Resuscitation in the Critically Ill	Michael Allison, MD
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:05-13:35	Sepsis … Pearls & Pitfalls EPs Must Know!	Kami M. Hu (Windsor), MD
13:40-14:10	Modern Management of Cardiac Arrest	William J. Brady, MD FAAEM
14:15-14:45	Post-Arrest Care: Life Saving Interventions	Kami M. Hu (Windsor), MD
14:50-15:05	Break
15:05-15:35	Anaphylactic Shock	Kenneth H. Butler, DO FAAEM
15:40-16:10	Deadly Skin Infections	Brian J. Browne, MD FAAEM
16:15-16:30	Question and Answer Session

 

Thursday, 7 September 2017

08:30-09:05	The Crashing Cardiac Kid	Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM
09:10-09:40	Using Hi-Flow Like a Pro	Michael Allison, MD
09:45-10:15	Hypertensive Tamponade	Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD FAAEM
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	The Pressor is On: Vasoactives	Daniel Haase, MD
11:05-11:35	Unstable HF & Dysrhythmias	Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD FAAEM
11:40-12:00	Critical Decisions in PE: Does Size Matter	Michael Scott, MD
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:05-13:35	Rise of the Machines: Averting Death	Daniel Haase, MD
13:40-14:10	Broken Hearted: Cardiogenic Shock	Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD FAAEM
14:15-14:45	Winning at Failure:  RV Management	Daniel Haase, MD
14:50-15:05	Break
15:05-15:35	Echo in Cardiac Arrest	Michael Allison, MD
15:40-16:10	Running the Perfect Code	Kami M. Hu (Windsor), MD
16:15-16:30	Question and Answer Session

 

Course Fee*

Organizing Society Member (AAEM, GREAT, MAEM): $475 USD
Non-Members: $515 USD
*Box lunch included in registration fee for both days

 

Course Directors and Faculty

Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD FAAEM
Assistant Professor and Assistant Residency Director, Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Emergency Cardiovascular Fellowship, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

William J. Brady, MD FAAEM
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chair, Resuscitation Committee, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Course Faculty

Michael Allison, MD
Combined EM/IM/Critical Care, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Brian J. Browne, MD FAAEM
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Kenneth Butler, DO FACEP
Associate Professor and Associate Residency Director, Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Daniel Haase, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Kami M. Hu (Windsor), MD
Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Combined EM/IM/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM
Assistant Professor and Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Upper Chesapeake Medical Center; Co-Director of Combined EM/Pediatric Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Michael Scott, MD
Combined EM/IM/Critical Care, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

1. Assess the ideal type of supplemental oxygenation that may be necessary in various critically ill patients.
2. Identify the shortcomings of using ACLS indiscriminately especially in the in-hospital setting; discuss which patients may benefit from other lifesaving therapies.
3. Understanding timing of first line recommended therapies in HF and why they require augmentation in the acute setting.