Agenda
COVID-19 / Coronavirus Update
This conference will NOT be cancelled. If you are unsure about your ability to attend in person, our CME Conference Reassurance Policy provides a 100% refund guarantee, the ability to Register NOW / Pay LATER and more. If you are unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, you can still earn live CME credit via our live streaming webcast.
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
FRIDAY, October 23, 2020
7:30 am – 7:50 am: Breakfast
7:50 am – 12:45 pm: Educational Sessions
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.
Educational Sessions
The agenda for the 2020 conference will be posted shortly. In the meantime, we are happy to provide you with last year's agenda to give you a sense of our conference. Topics and speakers will vary from 2019.
| THURSDAY, October 24, 2019 | ||
| 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, K. Ogle, MD, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, & R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C |
| 1:30 pm – 5:45 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop: Advanced Traumatic Wound Management | J. Marinucci, PA-C, K. Ogle, MD, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, & R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C |
| FRIDAY, October 25, 2019 | ||
| 7:50 am – 8:00 am | Opening Statements | R. Dachs, MD |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Life-threatening Causes of Chest Pain – and It’s Not a MI | R. Dachs, MD |
| 8:45 am – 9:15 am | Radiology in the Trenches: How to Read Upper Extremity Plain Films | D. Campagne, MD |
| 9:15 am – 10:00am | Is There Really Such a Thing as Low Risk Chest Pain? | G. Higgins, MD |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am – 10:55 am | The Patient that Presents with Acute Visual Changes | R. Bloch, MD |
| 10:55 am – 11:30 am | Commonly Missed Orthopedic Injuries | D. Campagne, MD |
| 11:30 am – 12:05 pm | I’ve Got This Little Itch: Bedbugs, Scabies and Lice | R. Bloch, MD |
| 12:05 pm – 12:45 pm | The Rapid High-yield Orthopedic Exam in the ED or Office | D. Campagne, MD |
| Afternoon Workshops (Additional Fee Applies) | ||
| 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm | Workshop: ECG Interpretation | J. Marinucci, PA-C, K. Ogle, MD, A. Keim, MS, PA-C, & R. Strauss, MSHS, MPH, PA-C |
| 1:45 pm – 6:00 pm | Workshop: Essential Management Skills for Dental and ENT Emergencies | G. Higgins, MD |
| SATURDAY, October 26, 2019 | ||
| 7:40 am – 7:50 am | Day One Review | R. Dachs, MD |
| 7:50 am – 8:30 am | Acute Allergic Reactions: From Mild to Life-threatening | R. Dachs, MD |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Opiate Abuse and Its Effect on the Emergency Department and Urgent Care: What Can You Do? | C. Tomaszewski, MD |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | I’m Pregnant and I Can’t Stop Vomiting | D. Weismiller, MD |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | An MMR-P Refresher for Acute Care Clinicians: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Pertussis | G. Higgins, MD |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am – 10:45 am | Visual Cues in Toxicology | C. Tomaszewski, MD |
| 10:45 am – 11:25 am | “Three STIs Hit All Time High…” | D. Weismiller, MD |
| 11:25 am – 12:20 pm | Faculty Panel: Medical Literature Review I | R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, R. Bloch, MD, D. Weismiller, MD, & C. Tomaszewski, MD |
| 12:20 pm | LUNCH BREAK (WORKING LUNCH) | |
| 12:35 pm – 1:05 pm | Drug Interactions | C. Tomaszewski, MD |
| 1:05 pm – 1:35 pm | Combating Healthcare Provider Burnout | R. Bloch, MD |
| 1:35 pm – 2:35 pm | Faculty Panel: Teachable Moments | R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, R. Bloch, MD, D. Weismiller, MD, & C. Tomaszewski, MD |
| SUNDAY, October 27, 2019 | ||
| 7:50 am – 8:00 am | Day Two Review | R. Dachs, MD |
| 8:00 am – 8:40 am | Blood Thinners and the Bleeding Patient: “Please Make it Stop…” | R. Dachs, MD |
| 8:40 am – 9:20 am | Care of Transgender Patients in ER and Urgent Care | D. Weismiller, MD |
| 9:20 am – 10:00 am | Cancer Patient Challenges for Acute Care Clinician | G. Higgins, MD |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | The Post-partum Patient that Arrives in the ED/Urgent Care with: Chest Pain/Headache/Vaginal Bleeding/Fever | R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, D. Weismiller, MD, & R. Bloch, MD |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Faculty Panel: Medical Literature Review II | R. Dachs, MD, G. Higgins, MD, R. Bloch, MD, & D. Weismiller, MD |