MIDWEST OSTEOPATHIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE UPDATE
Sponsored by: Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association
Embassy Suites
101 East Locust Street
Des Moines, IA
PROGRAM CHAIR AND MODERATOR: Mary Malcom, D.O.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EMERGENCY AND HOSPITAL BASED STROKE TREATMENT
Michael R. K. Jacoby, M.D.
Objective : Through case examples, participants will learn when and how to teat acute and subacute stroke types.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EMTALA:
A REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE AND CONSEQUENCES
Barbara K. Moats, D.O.
Paul Hudson, FACHE
Objective: The participants will be able to describe the EMTALA statute and its pertinence to his/her practice. The participants will be able to describe the consequences, for the hospital and physician involved, of lack of compliance and a subsequent finding of a violation of EMTALA.
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. PROTOCOL FOR TREATING
ACUTE ANKLE SPRAINS
Adrian L. Woolley, D.O.
Objective: The participants will understand the mechanism of injury in sprained ankles and how to work up a sprained ankle injury. They will learn how to treat an ankle utilizing osteopathic manipulative medicine.
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. OPTIMAL ANTITHROMBOTIC CARE FOR PATIENTS
WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES:
ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF UNSTABLE
ANGINA, NSTEMI, AND STEMI
Sandeep Nathan, M.D., MSc, FACC, FSCAI
Objective: At the conclusion of this presentation, the participants should be able to demonstrate the ability to: Adopt ischemic risk assessment stratification strategies to best evaluate patients with chest pain syndrome; assess and stratify bleeding risk after antithrombotic treatment is initiated; make treatment choices based on an understanding of the different mechanisms of action among antithrombotic agents, and on pertinent clinical trial results; and analyze pharmacologic and clinical trial results of newer antithrombotic agents to anticipate how they may impact standards of care of ACS patients.
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. CURRENT STATE OF THE PROCESS OF DYING
IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Mary E. Malcom, D.O.
Thomas Mouser, M.D.
Objective: This presentation will examine the study “Trajectories of End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Department” and describe the deaths which are typical in our emergency department. At the conclusion of this interactive session, the participant will be able to discuss stereotypical deaths which occur in the Emergency Department, describe ways in which the Emergency Department physician can improve the care which a dying patient receives, and articulate areas of end-of-life care in which further education is desired.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ACUTE ASTHMA MANAGEMENT FOR PEDIATRICS
Scott J. Sheets, D.O.
Objective: The participants will be able to recognize and initiate appropriate treatment for an acute asthma exacerbation in the pediatric population.
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. THE POISONED PATIENT
Rachael K. Sokol, D.O.
Objective: The participants will discuss the poisoned patient, common toxidromes and treatments. They will discuss case reviews of poisoned patients. The participants will also learn what is new on the horizon of toxicology.
The Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association has received approval of this program from the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education for 7 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credits.
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