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The 2008 CME course has been organized by Faculty of the Emory Department of Emergency Medicine

Additional funding for the 2008 Course is being provided by the following companies:


Challenger
Cook Medical
Pfizer
Neuro 7
Sanofi-Aventis
SonoSite
UCB

2008 AGENDA

Friday May 16, 2008

8 AM You Run the Code!!!  Simulation Laboratory Experience - Optional Lab

11 AM  Registration (Lunch on your own)
 

12 PM Opening Remarks
Katherine L. Heilpern, MD

12:10  Oncologic Emergencies-What You Don't Know Might Kill Your Patient
Rob Rogers, MD

1:10  Hypothermia...How Not To Get Burned

Joshua N. Wallenstein, MD

1:50 Break
 

2:10  Pulmonary Embolism...The Overlooked Killer

Edward Stettner, MD


2:50 Beyond Benzodiazepines...Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Jill M. Baren, MD

3:50  Break

 

4:10 The Sickle Cell Patient in the ED...More Than Morphine
Jason Liebzeit, MD


4:50  Radiation Causes Cancer!!!...Rational Use of CT Scanning in the ED
Rumm M. Morag, MD

 

7 PM  Cocktail Hour

Saturday, May 17, 2008

7 AM Continental Breakfast


8 AM  Do You Swear To Tell the Truth???...High Risk Emergency Medicine
James P. Capes, MD


8:40  TBA

9:20 Break


9:40 Do I Really Have to Tap Him?...
The Febrile HIV+ Patient In Your ED
Bisan Salhi, MD


10:20
Quality Measures in the ED...Why They Should Matter to You

Daniel T. Wu, MD


11:00 Break

11:20 Updated AHA Guidelines on ACS, & STEMI...The Big Changes

Emily L. Hirsh, MD

12:00  Why Did You Call 911???... Hospice Patients in the ED
Tammie E. Quest, MD

 

12:40  PM Lunch on Your Own

 

12:50 Lunch Time Panel Discussion:  HIV Testing in the ED...The CDC Recommends It, But Should We Be Doing It?!?      

Moderator:  Brittney Copeland, BS


2 PM - 3:30 Workshops I (See Workshops Tab for Details)

3:30 Break

3:50-5:20 Workshops II (See Workshops Tab for Details)

Sunday, may 18, 2008

9AM -12PM Optional Extended Labs  (See Workshops Tab for Details)