Agenda

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Update

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Arrival/Registration

THURSDAY, October 22, 2020
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Early Registration
Note that there's a door prize drawing for Thursday registrants.

or, FRIDAY, October 23, 2020
7:00 am – 7:50 am: On-site Registration

Quick Schedule

THURSDAY, October 22, 2020
8:00 am – 12:15 pm*: Pre-Conference Workshop: Essentials of Basic Wound Management Techniques & Acute Soft Tissue Infections**
1:30 pm – 5:45 pm*: Pre-Conference Workshop: Advanced Traumatic Wound Management**

FRIDAY, October 23, 2020
7:30 am – 7:50 am: Breakfast
7:50 am – 12:45 pm: Educational Sessions
1:45 pm – 4:45 pm: Workshop: ECG Interpretation**
1:45 pm – 6:00 pm*: Workshop: Essential Management Skills for Common Adult Orthopedic Injuries**

SATURDAY, October 24, 2020
7:30 am – 7:40 am: Breakfast
7:40 am – 12:20 pm: Educational Sessions
12:20 pm – 2:35 pm: Lunch/Educational Sessions

SUNDAY, October 25, 2020
7:30 am – 7:50 am: Breakfast
7:50 am – 12:15 pm: Educational Sessions

The conference adjourns on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 12:15 pm.

*Includes 15 minute break.
**Additional fees apply for workshops.

Educational Sessions

Note that all topics and speakers are subject to change.

THURSDAY, October 22, 2020
Pre-Conference Workshops (Additional Fee Applies)
8:00 am – 12:15 pm	Pre-Conference Workshop: Essentials of Basic Wound Management Techniques & Acute Soft Tissue Infections	J. Marinucci, PA-C, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C, & TBD
1:30 pm – 5:45 pm	Pre-Conference Workshop: Advanced Traumatic Wound Management	J. Marinucci, PA-C, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, & R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C, & TBD

FRIDAY, October 23, 2020
7:50 am – 8:00 am	Opening Statements	R. Dachs, MD
8:00 am – 8:45 am	Virulent Viruses: Coronavirus and Influenza	R. Seheult, MD
8:45 am – 9:30 am	Kawasaki Disease and MIS-C	R. Dachs, MD
9:30 am – 10:15 am	Dermatology: Common Childhood Rashes	R. Bloch, MD
10:15 am	BREAK
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Vaping Update	R. Seheult, MD
11:00 am – 11:45 am	Neonatal Issues that Walk into Your ED/Urgent Care	R. Bloch, MD
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	The ATS/IDSA 2019 Community Acquired Pneumonia Guideline: A Conversation	R. Dachs, MD & R. Seheult, MD
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm	Provider Experience with COVID-19	R. Bloch, MD
Afternoon Workshops (Additional Fee Applies)
1:45 pm – 4:45 pm	Workshop: ECG Interpretation	G. Higgins III, MD, FACEP & R. Seheult, MD
1:45 pm – 6:00 pm	Workshop: Essential Management Skills for Common Adult Orthopedic Injuries	J. Marinucci, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, & R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C

SATURDAY, October 24, 2020
7:40 am – 7:50 am	Day One Review	R. Dachs, MD
7:50 am – 8:35 am	How to Navigate the Abdominal Pain Minefield: High Risk Scenarios, Abdominal Pain Mimics and Pearls for Success	A. Graham, MD
8:35 am – 9:20 am	The Patient with Elevated Blood Pressure	G. Higgins, MD
9:20 am – 10:00 am	Abdominal Pain in the Bariatric Patient	A. Graham, MD
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 10:45 am	Insect Stings and Reptiles Bites	D. Campagne, MD
10:45 am – 11:20 am	The Patient That Presents with a Seizure	G. Higgins, MD
11:20 am – 12:20 pm	Faculty Panel: Medical Literature Review I	R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, R. Bloch, MD, A. Graham, MD, & D. Campagne, MD
12:20 pm	LUNCH BREAK (WORKING LUNCH)
12:35 pm – 1:15 pm	Thermoregulation and Approach to Hot and Cold Injuries	D. Campagne, MD
1:15 pm – 1:55 pm	Headache: Finding the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and Treatment Pearls	A. Graham, MD
1:55 pm – 2:35 pm	Complications in Dialysis Patients	D. Campagne, MD

SUNDAY, October 25, 2020
7:50 am – 8:00 am	Day Two Review	R. Dachs, MD
8:00 am – 8:45 am	Abscesses: Cutting, Curing and Why They Keep Coming Back	R. Dachs, MD
8:45 am – 9:30 am	Promotion and Prescribing	A. Fugh-Berman, MD
9:30 am – 10:15 am	Diagnosis at a Glance	G. Higgins, MD
10:15 am	BREAK
10:30 am – 11:15 am	Herbs and Dietary Supplements: Concerns in the ED and Urgent Care	A. Fugh-Berman, MD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	Faculty Panel: Medical Literature Review II	R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, R. Bloch, MD, & A. Fugh-Berman, MD