Pre-Conference ScheduleSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2013 7:45am-5:00pm Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians (Day 1 of 2)

8:00am-5:00pm Advanced Ultrasound (Full Day: 8:00am-5:00pm) (Half Day: 8:00am-12:00pm or 1:00pm-5:00pm)

8:00am-4:15pm Introductory Ultrasound

1:00pm-5:30pm Emergency Department Operations Management: Cracking the Code! (Day 1 of 2)

8:00am-5:00pm Pediatric Emergencies: Children are Not Little Adults! (lunch provided)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 20137:45am-12:00pm Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians (Day 2 of 2)

7:30am-12:00pm Introduction to Wilderness and Operational Medicine

7:15am-12:30pm Medical Student Track

8:00am-12:30pm Emergency Department Operations Management: Cracking the Code! (Day 2 of 2)

7:30am-11:30am Pediatric Emergency Department Simulation: Critical Skills from Birth to the School Bus! (Offsite Course, Transportation provided with 7:00am departure)

General Assembly ScheduleSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013Plenary Sessions

1:00pm-2:00pm Keynote Speaker — To Be Announced

2:00pm-3:00pm Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM Best of the Best in Cardiology

3:00pm-3:15pm BREAK

T1: No BMW’s Here: Cost Effective, Evidence-Based Imaging

3:15pm-3:45pm Marc Haber, MD FAAEM Avoiding Hiroshima — Imaging Options that Make Sense

3:55pm-4:25pm Robert Rodriguez, MD FAAEM Decision Instruments for Selective Trauma Imaging

4:35pm-5:05pm Marc Haber, MD FAAEM Uncommon but Invaluable Radiologic Studies

T2: This is a Common Complaint — Let’s Be Rational!

3:15pm-3:45pm William Brady, MD FAAEM “I just got shocked by my AICD”

3:55pm-4:25pm Edward Callahan, MD FAAEM “I have cirrhosis and my doctor sent me here for a paracentesis”

4:35pm-5:05pm Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEM Dx: Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock in the Single-Coverage Community ED

T3: Let’s Get Down to Business … and Administration Of Course!

3:15pm-3:45pm David Lawhorn, MD FAAEM So You Want to Start a Business? Step 1: Here’s the Checklist

3:55pm-4:25pm David Lawhorn, MD FAAEM So You Want to Start a Business? Step 2: Walking Through the RFP Process

4:35pm-5:05pm James Blakeman Do We Get Paid for This? Understanding New Payment Strategies to Preserve the Bottom Line

5:30pm OPENING RECEPTION

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 Plenary Sessions

8:00am-9:00am Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEM; Corey Slovis, MD FAAEM; Evie Marcolini, MD FAAEM; Moderator: Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM Ask the Experts

9:00am-10:00am Thomas Scalea, MD Cases from the Front Lines of Shock Trauma: Pearls to Keep & Pitfalls to Avoid in Assessing & Managing the Trauma Patient in 2013

10:00am-10:15am BREAK

12:05pm-1:30pm LUNCH (not provided)

1:30pm-2:30pm Larry Weiss, MD JD FAAEM Affordable Care Act in my ED? ACO? What Does that Mean for Me?

2:30pm-3:30pm Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FACEP Best of the Best in Pediatrics

3:30pm-3:35pm BREAK

T4: Maximizing Your Scope of Practice: Critical Care Management in Your ED

10:15am-10:45am Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEP Critical Care Quickies: Pearls for the Crashing Patient

10:55am-11:25am John Greenwood, MD ECMO ... in the ED?

11:35am-12:05pm Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM A Big Problem: The Critically-Ill Obese Patient

3:35pm-4:05pm Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEP Post-arrest Care: It’s More than Hypothermia

4:15pm-4:45pm Evie Marcolini, MD FAAEM Neuro Critical Care: An Eye on Bleeding and Blood Pressure

4:55pm-5:25pm Robert Gordon, MD FAAEM LVAD? No Pulses, No Heart Sounds … Aren’t You Dead?

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T5: Mythbusters at Scientific Assembly!

10:15am-10:45am Ellen Slaven, MD FAAEM Sinusitis/Bronchitis — Just Give Antibiotics …

10:55am-11:25am Autumn Graham, MD FAAEM All Patients with a GIB Need a NG Lavage! (And a PT/PTT)

11:35am-12:05pm Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM Lidocaine With Epi for Fingers/IV Contrast with Shellfish Allergy — No Way!

3:35pm-4:05pm Susan Torrey, MD FAAEM ECGs for All! Z-paks, Flouroquinolones, TMP/SMZ and the Dreaded QT … Oh My!

4:15pm-4:45pm Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM But Vasopressors Save Lives! Don’t They?

4:55pm-5:25pm Ellen Slaven, MD FAAEM PCN is Obsolete, Right?

T6: Let’s Get Down to Business … and Administration Of Course!

10:15am-10:45am Alan Channing What a CEO Expects from an EM Group

10:55am-11:25am James Blakeman The 411 on Contracting with Carriers — How, Why & With Whom?

11:35am-12:05pm Panel Discussion: William T. Durkin, Jr., MD MBA FAAEM; David Lawhorn, MD FAAEM; Craig Norquist, MD FAAEM; Alan Channing We Just Lost Our Contract! Case Studies in What Went Wrong and Strategies on How to Ensure Longevity

3:35pm-4:05pm Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM HR Issues — When Being Proactive is Essential to a Group’s Internal and External Successes

4:15pm-4:45pm Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM Throughput is the Key! Surefire Approaches that Work

4:55pm-5:25pm Craig Norquist, MD FAAEM Maximizing Productivity — EMR & Scribes

T7: This is a Common Complaint — Let’s Be Rational!

10:15am-10:45am Robert Gordon, MD FAAEM Pulmonary Hypertension I to V — What’s the Difference and Why Should I Care?

10:55am-11:25am Evie Marcolini, MD FAAEM “My child has a headache and a VP shunt!”

11:35am-12:05pm Michael Epter, DO FAAEM “I’m on pradaxa, and I’m bleeding!”

3:35pm-4:05pm Mel Herbert, MD FAAEM “Transfer from Hemodialysis — SBP<90”

4:15pm-4:45pm Stephen Tantama, MD FAAEM “My IBD flared up”

4:55pm-5:25pm Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM “My legs are swollen”

T8: Open Mic Presentations (Sponsored by YPS)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013Plenary Sessions

8:00am-9:00am Corey Slovis, MD FAAEM Best of the Best in Resuscitation

9:00am-10:00am Joseph R. Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEM A 911 Emergency: Drug Shortages in Your ED

10:00am-10:15am BREAK

12:15pm-1:45pm Annual Business Meeting & Candidate Forum (Lunch provided)

2:00pm-3:00pm John Christian Fox, MD FAAEM Best Evidence: When Ultrasound Really Makes a Difference!

3:00pm-3:15pm BREAK

T9: You Want Me To Do What? Show Me the Evidence!

10:15am-10:45am Larry Weiss, MD JD FAAEM AMA Forms: Get Out of Jail Free Card or Worthless Piece of Paper?

10:55am-11:25am Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM Capnography 101: A Better Way to Monitor Sedated Patients in Your ED

11:35am-12:05pm Robert Rodriguez, MD FAAEM Attack of the Killer Bands! Cases of Killer Bandemias

T10: Draw Your Stethoscopes at Dawn! Hot Debates in Emergency Medicine

10:15am-10:45am Autumn Graham, MD FAAEM; Carey Chisholm, MD MS FAAEM LP for Evaluation of SAH is Barbaric

10:55am-11:25am Bart Besinger, MD FAAEM; Jason Knight, MD FAAEM Haloperidol Is Obsolete for Behavior Control

11:35am-12:05pm Susan Torrey, MD FAAEM; Corey Slovis, MD FAAEM Admitting Every New Afib is Ridiculous

T11: When the Shift Hits the Fan! Cringe Inducing Triage Notes

10:15am-10:45am John Greenwood, MD “I’m SOB and I have a flolan pump”

10:55am-11:25am Mel Herbert, MD FAAEM “I have abdominal pain and I had a gastric bypass 2 weeks ago”

11:35am-12:05pm “I have a headache and I’m 34 weeks pregnant!”

T12: The Clock Begins Now! Time Sensitive Critical Complaints

10:15am-10:45am Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM Limb Emergencies 101: The Pulseless Limb (When to Consult, When to Act) and Severed Limbs (What’s Really Salvageable?)

10:55am-11:25am Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FACEP Time of Birth Now! When Resuscitating a Newborn Becomes a Reality

11:35am-12:05pm Michael Epter, DO FAAEM Beyond SAH: Headaches That Need MRI/MRA/MRV Now!

T13: Resident Research Forum

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T14: Prehospital Care: From the Field to the ED

3:15pm-3:45pm Joseph Weber, MD FAAEM; Eric Beck, DO “Doc can we call the code, here?” — Eyebrow-Raising EMS Radio Calls

3:55pm-4:25pm Scott Goldstein, DO FAAEM From the Field to the ED: Receiving the Agitated Patient from EMS and the Police

4:35pm-5:05pm Marvin Wayne, MD FAAEM Intubation with Continuous CPR — Does Video Laryngoscopy Change the “Playing in the Field” in EM and EMS?

T15: Great Minds Think Alike: New Interactive Track * (Small Groups Working To Find Best Practices to Common Problems We Face) *Pre-registration required for this track.

3:15pm-3:30pm Track Introduction

3:30pm-4:30pm BREAKOUT 1: Your Mid-level Provider Does What? Best Practices for Mid-level Providers

Tom Scaletta, MD MBA FAAEM; David Lawhorn, MD FAAEM BREAKOUT 2: Wake Up! It’s Our Turn to Grab the Ring — Maximizing Patient Satisfaction and Our Position in an Ever-Changing Healthcare Landscape

4:30pm-5:05pm Reconvene & Discussion of Best Practices

T16: Don’t Roll The Dice: Maximizing Your Success Personally & Professionally

3:15pm-3:45pm Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM You’ve Earned It — Now Spend it Wisely! Financial Planning for the EP

3:55pm-4:25pm Edward Callahan, MD FAAEM Resilience: What Every EM Doc Should Know to Keep Going

4:35pm-5:05pm Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM Social Media 101 & 102: Pearls & Pitfalls You Need to Know Now!

T17: Specialty Pilot Content Being the Great Detective: 1st Annual Diagnostic Case Competition

T18: 2013 LLSA Review Track Michael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEP; Richard Shih, MD FAAEM

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013Plenary Sessions

8:00am-9:00am Greg Moran, MD FAAEM Best of the Best in Infectious Disease

9:00am-10:00am Jason Wagner, MD FAAEM Updates in Pharmacology & Devices

T19: When Kids Aren’t Little Adults

10:15am-10:45am Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FFAP Rock-a-Bye-Baby: Tips and Tricks for Pediatric Sedation

10:55am-11:25am Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM Heartbreakers: Sick Kids, Congenital Hearts

11:35am-12:05pm David Nelson, MD FAAEM Pediatric Misadventures: Button and Battery Ingestions, FB Aspirations, FB Removal, Superglue, Stuck Objects on Fingers, Lamp Oil

12:15pm-12:45pm Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FFAP “He’s out of control” — Managing Acute Pediatric Psychosis

T20: Rare But Deadly: Call the Consultant Now!

10:15am-10:45am Bart Besinger, MD FAAEM Deadly Drops: Syncope That Kills

10:55am-11:25am Stephen Tantama, MD FAAEM Is That the Flu or Tularemia: Recognizing Bioterrorism

11:35am-12:05pm Jason Knight, MD FAAEM Cellulitis Gone Bad: Flesh-Eating Bacteria

12:15pm-12:45pm Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM When Fever Isn’t an Infection: NMS, Thyroid Storm, Serotonin Syndrome, Chronic Aspirin Toxicity

T21: The Best of Morbidity & Mortality: We’re Only Human, Learning From Our Mistakes

T22: RSA – YPS TRACK

8:00am-9:30am Michael Epter, DO FAAEM CV Preparation & Workshop

9:30am-10:00am Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM Social Media for Medical Education: What It Is and Isn’t

10:00am-10:15am BREAK

10:15am-10:45am Michael Ybarra, MD Advocacy 101

10:45am-11:30am Panel Discussion: Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM; Leana Wen, MD MSc; Heather Jimenez, MD; Joseph Weber, MD FAAEM Finding Your Niche

11:30am-12:00pm Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM I Just Got My First Paycheck! Fiscal Strategies that Every New Graduate Should Know

12:00pm-12:45pm Carey Chisholm, MD MS FAAEM; Andy Walker, MD FAAEM The 411 on Securing Your Dream Job

T23: International Emergency Medicine Comes to Las Vegas

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Resident In-Training Exam Review: What to Expect on Your TestCOURSE DESCRIPTIONThis post-conference course is meant to simulate the type of questions encountered on the ABEM Qualifying Examination. This course will serve as an intense overview of many high yield topics to facilitate maximal success on the upcoming in-training examination.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENTThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

LEARNING OBJECTIVESBy the end of this course, attendees will have gained knowledge and confidence that will significantly improve their scores on the National Emergency Medicine In-Training Examination.

COURSE SCHEDULEWednesday, February 13, 20131:30pm-5:30pm

FACULTYMichael Epter, DO FAAEMKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMJoseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEM

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