Additional Workshops
Emergency Airway Management Workshop
Monday, 14 September
13:30-17:00
Multiusos 1
Sponsored by Karl Storz
13:30 | Introduction Dörges / Barton |
13:45 | Emergency airway management algorithm Christian Byhahn |
14:30 | Hands-on training 6 stations (20 min per station, 5-6 participants per group) |
St. 1 | Flexible fiberoptic intubation Vincente Martinez Pons / Ulrich Merz |
St. 2 | Rigid Bonfils Endoscope / Videolaryngoscopy (foreign body removement with Boedeker Forceps) Volker Dörges |
St. 3 | Flexible Fiberoptic (foreign body removement, Tube exchange, LMA, Aintree) P. Phrampus |
St. 4 | Emergency airway management - Case based decision training (Airman) Eric Barton |
St. 5 | Supraglottic airway devices Ben Boedeker |
St. 6 | Surgical airway options (Quicktrach, Melker-Set, Portex Crico-Kit) Christian Byhahn |
Point of Care Testing for Cardiac Biomarkers in E.D.- a Romanian Experience
Tuesday, 15 September
14:00-15:00
Multiusos 1
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Chemical Europe
Faculty: Dr. Diana Carmen Cimpoesu, Preotu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
From Evidence to Practice: International Perspectives on Guideline Development and Implementation in Emergency Medicine
Tuesday, 15 September
15:00-18:30
Sala 3
Chairmen: Wyatt Decker (Minnesota) and Eddy Lang (Canada)
Welcome and Introductions
Part 1. The pitfalls and promise of guideline development
Creating Clinical Practice Guidelines in EM: Where we’ve been and where we might be going
Eddy Lang
Synthesizing existing guidelines for collective wisdom
Marc Afilalo
Applicability breakdown: The challenge of local adoption
V. Anantharaman
Why GRADE, why now
Pablo Alonso
Panel discussion
Part 2. Guideline Implementation: Imperative and Challenge
A world tour of Guideline Implementation Science
Wyatt Decker
The GIN perspective on dissemination and uptake
Sara Twaddle
Guideline Implementation in Australia
Sue Huckson
The Use of Order Sets: TIA Case Study
Latha Stead
Incorporating Guidelines into the Electronic Environment: Syncope Case Study
Ted Melnick
Adapting guidelines to an under-resourced environment
Junaid Razzak
Questions and Answers, Session Adjourns
The Value of Point of Care Cardiovascular Biomarkers in the Emergency Department
Wednesday, 16 September
13:30-15:00
Sala 3
Sponsored by Inverness Medical/Biosite
13:30-13:35 | Introduction of symposium by the chairman R. Nowak (USA) |
13:35-13:55 | Principles of cardio-renal syndrome with acute kidney injury: How can biomarker utilization assist? |
13:55-14:00 | A patient Case Study CRS/AHF S. di Somma (Italy) |
14:00-14:20 | You never get a second chance to make a first impression: The value of Cardiac Biomarkers in the Emergency Department |
14:20-14:25 | A patient Case Study ADHF J. Ryan (Ireland) |
14:25-14:45 | An Accelerated 90 minute rule out protocol for patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain- Is it safe? |
14:45-14:50 | A patient Case Study ACS S. Ramamoorthy (UK) |
14:50-15:00 | Closure of symposium and Q&A R. Nowak (USA) |
2009 FERNE/MEMC Session:
Optimal Treatment of Neurological Emergencies Patients
Wednesday, 16 September
15:30-18:30
Sala 3
Sponsored by FERNE
3:30 – 3:40pm | Welcome / Meeting Introduction |
3:40 – 3:55 | Acute Headache and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: How Can We Optimally Treat Patients and Exclude SAH? |
3:55 – 4:10 | Acute Ischemic Stroke: Should We Use tPA Up to 4.5 Hours After Stroke Onset? |
4:10 – 4:25 | Acute Intra-cerebral Hemorrhage: What is Optimal Therapy in Anti-coagulated Patients? |
4:25 – 4:45 | Acute Meningitis: How to LP & Use Antibiotics, Anti-virals, & Steroids? |
4:45 – 5:00 | Acute Seizures and Status Epilepticus: How to Optimally Diagnose & Use Anti-epileptic Therapies? |
5:00 – 5:15 | Questions and Answers, Break |
5:15 – 5:30 | Acute Delirium: How Do We Differentiate Medical and Psychiatric Etiologies? |
5:30 – 6:30 | Panel Discussion: Care of the Ill and Agitated Patient |
5:30 – 5:40 | Clinical Overview & Problem Definition |
5:40 – 6:20 | Case Presentations: Optimizing Agitation Management |
6:20 – 6:30 | Conclusions & Opportunities |
6:30 – 7:00pm | Questions and Answers, Adjourn |