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AmericAn AcAdemy of emergency medicine

20th Annual Scientific AssemblyFebruary 11-15, 2014 | New York Hilton Midtown | New York City, NY

The American Academy of emergency medicine (AAem) is the specialty society of emergency medicine. A democratic organization with over 8,000 members, AAem is committed to establishing board certification as the standard for specialists in em and to securing fair and equitable work environments throughout the em community.

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Schedule at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Keynote Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Special Recognition for Education Committee Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Conference Schedule - Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Conference Schedule - Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Conference Schedule - Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Conference Schedule - Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Open Mic Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Statements of Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Exhibitor Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Support Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Certificate of Workplace Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Committee Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Hotel Floor Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table of Contents

February 11-15, 2014 New York Hilton Midtown New York City, NY

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Flashback to the First Scientific Assembly, October 14-16, 1994, in Philadelphia, PA


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Schedule at a GlanceTuesday, February 11, 2014 — PreconFerence courses7:30am-5:00pm Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians

Concourse B

8:00am-4:15pm Introductory UltrasoundGramercy EastEquipment provided by: SonoSite, Inc .

8:00am-4:00pm Advanced UltrasoundMurray HillEquipment provided by: SonoSite, Inc .

1:00pm-5:00pm Health Care Reform: Is Your ED Prepared? The Operations Management PerspectiveConcourse GSponsors: Intrigma, Inc . and ScribeAmerica

1:00pm-6:00pm Pediatric Emergency Department Simulation: Critical Skills from Delivery to Stepping on the School BusSt . Luke’s/Roosevelt Simulation Center

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — PreconFerence courses7:30am-12:00pm Living the Tactical Life: Lessons and Skills from Tactical Military Medicine

Concourse AJointly sponsored with USAAEMSponsors: Masimo Corporation, Verathon Medical, Inc ., BTG International, Inc ., SAM Medical Products, Z-Medica Corporation

8:00am-12:00pm Health Care Reform: Is Your ED Prepared? The Operations Management PerspectiveConcourse G

8:00am-12:00pm High Risk ElectrocardiographyMurray Hill

8:00am-12:15pm Medical Student TrackConcourse E

10:00am-12:00pm Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Fellowship Challenge BowlConcourse B


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Schedule at a Glance — Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Welcome & Opening RemarksSutton Complex

12:45pm-1:00pm

William T . Durkin, Jr ., MD MBA FAAEMAAEM President

Plenary SessionsSutton Complex

1:00pm-2:15pm

Lessons Learned from Unforeseen TragediesWilliam V . Begg, III, MD; Paul Biddinger, MD FAAEM FACEP; John F . Brown, MD MPHModerator: Roger M . Stone, MD MS FAAEM

2:15pm-3:15pm

Best of the Best in CardiologyAmal Mattu, MD FAAEM

3:15pm-3:45pm BREAK

Track A Track B Track C Track DIn a New York Minute — Critical Care in Your EDBeekman-Sutton North

Point-Counterpoint — Hot Button Topics!Sutton South-Regent

Nuts and Bolts of Emergency Medicine PracticeMurray Hill

AAEM/JEM Resident and Student Research CompetitionConcourse A

3:45pm-4:15pm

Choosing the Right Solution … Fluid Resuscitation in the Critically IllMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEM

3:45pm-4:25pmDirect Laryngoscopy is ObsoleteRichard M . Levitan, MD FAAEMReuben J . Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

Administrator’s View of the New WorldSteven Johnson, PhD

3:15pm-5:45pmModerator/Judge: Stephen R . Hayden, MD FAAEM

4:20pm-4:50pm

Sedating the Critically Ill ED PatientSamantha Wood, MD

4:25pm-5:05pmWhat Do We Need to Do to Convince You That tPA Works in Strokes?David Hopkins Newman, MDStuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEM

How ACOs are Changing the MarketplaceCraig Norquist, MD FAAEM

5:00pm-5:30pm

Critical Illness in PregnancyHaney Mallemat, MD FAAEM

5:05pm-5:45pmCVP and Lactate Should Be Used to Guide Sepsis Treatment Timothy J . Ellender, MD FAAEMMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEM

Not All ACOs Are the Same: The ACO Market in TennesseeKevin H . Beier, MD FAAEM

5:30pm-6:00pm

We Should SendHome Low Risk

Chest Pain — New Standards or Wild West EM?David Hopkins Newman, MD

6:00pm Opening ReceptionRhinelander Gallery

BONUSSESSION


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Schedule at a Glance — Thursday, February 13, 2014

Plenary SessionsGrand Ballroom

Track IOpen Mic Presentations (Sponsored by YPS)Gibson

8:00am-8:50am

Best of the Best in PediatricsGhazala Q . Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FACEP

8:00am-5:25pmOpen Mic Directors: Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM

8:55am-9:45am

What is Ethical, What is Fair, What is the Right Thing to Do?Keynote Speaker: Wendell Potter

9:45am-10:15am

BREAKVisit the Exhibit Hall in the Rhinelander Gallery and Gramercy Room

Track E Track F Track G Track H

We Should Do _______ More Often: New Standards or Wild West Emergency Medicine?Beekman-Sutton North

You Want Me to Do What? Consultant Requests — Dogma or Substance?Sutton South-Regent


In a New York Minute — Critical Care in Your EDGrand Ballroom

10:15am-10:45am

A CT Scan for Recurrent Ureterolithiasis?Daniel Firestone, MD RDMS FAAEM

10:15am-11:15amWake Up Call to Emergency PhysiciansWesley A . Curry, MD FAAEM FACP

Mechanical Ventilation in the ED … Does One Size Fit All?Peter M .C . De Blieux, MD FAAEM

10:55am-11:25am

Manage PE as an OutpatientJeffrey A . Kline, MD

A Head CT for Simple Syncope?Nilesh N . Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP

Beyond the Golden Hour … Caring for the ICU Boarder in Your EDSamantha Wood, MD

11:35am-12:05pm

Use KetamineReuben J . Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEM

ABG vs VGB, ABGs in General … Especially for A-a Gradient?Peter M .C . De Blieux, MD FAAEM

Improving Efficiency and Reducing CostsJoseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM FACEP

Hyperosmolar Therapy in Critical IllnessEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP


1:30pm-2:20pm

Best of the Best in NeurologyStuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEM

2:25pm-3:15pm

What Would Osler Think? How Social Media Will Change Your Practice of Emergency MedicineMichael C . Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP

3:15pm-3:35pm



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Schedule at a Glance — Thursday, February 13, 2014 — conTInued

Track J Track F Track K Track H Track I (Cont’d)Your Six Minute 40 Second Session Begins in 3-2-1 … Just the Facts!Beekman-Sutton North

You Want Me to Do What? Consultant Requests — Dogma or Substance?Sutton South-Regent

EMS TrackMurray Hill

In a New York Minute — Critical Care in Your EDGrand Ballroom

Open Mic Presentations (Sponsored by YPS)Gibson

3:35pm-3:42pm

High Flow Nasal Canula Oxygen for PreoxygenationRichard M . Levitan, MD FAAEM

3:35pm-4:05pmGive Furosemide for Acute Pulmonary Edema?Anand Swaminathan, MD MPH FAAEM

3:35pm-4:05pmImagine a World Without Backboards: Do Patients Really Need Them?Marvin A . Wayne, MD FAAEM FACEP FAHA

3:35pm-4:05pmWhen All Else Fails … Pearls for the Critically Ill Patient with Refractory HypoxemiaTimothy J . Ellender, MD FAAEM

8:00am-5:25pmOpen Mic Directors: Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM3:44pm-

3:51pmBest of Literature ReviewsWilliam F . Paolo, MD FAAEM

3:53pm-4:00pm

Contrast Induced NephropathyMarc D . Haber, MD FAAEM

4:02pm-4:09pm

Paracentesis Tips and TricksLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEM

4:11pm-4:18pm

Two Newer Hip Reduction Techniques and Captain Morgan and WhistlerLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEM

4:20pm-4:27pm

Ethics in the ED — Organ DonationEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP

4:15pm-4:45pmA Pan-Scan for Trauma (In Lieu of Actually Doing a Physical Exam)?Daniel Firestone, MD RDMS FAAEM

4:15pm-4:45pmACGME Accredited EMS Fellowships: What Every EM Physician Should KnowDavid C . Cone, MD FAAEM

4:15pm-4:45pmCVP is Useless … Dynamic Markers of Fluid ResponsivenessDavid A . Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM

4:29pm-4:36pm

Steroids in COPD — Too Much for Too LongJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEM

4:38pm-4:45pm

MacGyver in My ER?Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEM

4:47pm-4:54pm

Shoulder Dislocation Tips and TricksMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

4:56pm-5:03pm

Febrile Seizures in 2013Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP

5:05pm-5:12pm

Abandon Azithromycin — There Are Other WaysJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEM

4:55pm-5:25pmAn Anti-Hypertensive to Rapidly Lower Blood Pressure in an Asymptomatic Patient?Robin M . Naples, MD FAAEM

4:55pm-5:25pmSupporting International EM and EMS Research: The Falck FoundationMaaret Castrén, PhDJan Christiaen, MD

4:55pm-5:25pmEmergency Transfusions (including TEG)Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEM5:14pm-

5:21pm Transvenous Pacer PlacementDavid A . Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM


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Schedule at a Glance — Thursday, February 13, 2014 — conTInued

Track L2nd Annual International Emergency Medicine Education TrackNassau

1:00pm-1:10pm

IntroductionTerrence M . Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEM; Sassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEP

1:10pm-1:35pm

Role of a National EM SocietyBarbara C . Hogan, MD MBA

1:35pm-2:05pm

National Societies and EducationEdgardo Jorge Menendez, MD FIFEM

2:05pm-2:30pm

National Societies and Curriculum DevelopmentCherri D . Hobgood, MD FACEP

2:30pm-2:55pm

National Societies and AdvocacySaleh Fares, MD MPH FAAEM FACEP

2:55pm-3:20pm

National Societies and Their Role in Policy DevelopmentCecil James Holliman, MD FACEP

3:20pm-3:35pm BREAK

3:35pm-4:00pm

EM Societies and EM FinanceLee A . Wallis, MBChB MD FCEM

4:00pm-4:25pm

EM Societies and National EM PolicyLarry D . Weiss, MD JD FAAEM

4:25pm-5:00pm

Panel Discussion: Communication and Interaction Between Societies at an International LevelSaleh Fares, MD MPH FAAEM FACEPCherri D . Hobgood, MD FACEPCecil James Holliman, MD FACEPChristopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMEdgardo Jorge Menendez, MD FIFEMLee A . Wallis, MBChB MD FCEMLarry D . Weiss, MD JD FAAEM


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Track M Track N Track O Track P Track R Track Q (Cont’d)Getting Techy With It! Information Technology for EPs (Open Access for the Practicing Physician)Beekman-Sutton North

Provider Beware! Simple Complaints That Can Take a Turn for the WorseSutton South-Regent


Pediatric Emergencies — Not Just Younger AdultsGrand Ballroom

2013 LLSA Review TrackGibson

RSA/YPS TrackNassau

10:15am-10:45am

Cutting Edge Tech Tools to Improve Patient OutcomesGraham Walker, MD

Double VisionJ . Stephen Huff, MD FAAEM

10:15am-11:15am Primer on Physician LeadershipSpencer Borden, IV, MD MBA CPE FACR FAAP

Silent KillersMimi Lu, MD FAAEM

10:15am-12:05pmRichard D . Shih, MD FAAEMMichael E . Silverman, MD FAAEM FACP

10:15am-10:45amChallenging Communication ScenariosStuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEM

10:55am-11:25am

Staying Current in a High Tech WorldRobert R . Cooney, MD RDMS FAAEM

Shortness of Breath … and STILL Decompensating!Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEM

Altered AdolescentsJennifer Walthall, MD MPH FAAEM FAAP

10:45am-11:30amFellowship PanelRobert S . Hoffman, MDEmily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEMVicki E . Noble, MD FAAEMMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEM

11:35am-12:05pm

You Guessed It — There’s an App for That Too!Graham Walker, MD

“I Feel Light-headed”: Near Syncope Gone BadNilesh N . Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP

The Role of the ED in Reducing ReadmissionsLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

“My Baby’s Got Noisy Breathing”Emily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEM

11:30am-12:15pmBalancing Work and LifeMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

Schedule at a Glance — FrIday, February 14, 2014


Track QRSA/YPS TrackNassau

8:00am-8:50am

Updates in Toxicology — Cases from the Front Lines of the NY Poison Control CenterRobert S . Hoffman, MD

8:00am-8:45amTeaching Residents and Students During a Busy ED ShiftMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

8:45am-9:15amAcademics vs. Community: Final Destination?Richard E . Martin, MD FAAEMTom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEM

9:15am-10:00amTransitioning to Being an Attending: “What I Learned Post-residency”Anand Swaminathan, MD MPH FAAEMGraham Walker, MD

8:55am-9:45am

Best of the Best in ResuscitationCorey M . Slovis, MD FAAEM

9:45am-10:15am



9 denotes recipient of 2014 Joe Lex Lectureship.

Schedule at a Glance — FrIday, February 14, 2014

12:15pm-1:45pm

2014 AAEM Business Meeting, Candidate Forum and ElectionsGrand Ballroom(Lunch Served)


Track Q (Cont’d)RSA/YPS TrackNassau

2:00pm-2:50pm

Reflections on Emergency MedicineKeynote Speaker: Peter Rosen, MD FACS FAAEM

2:00pm-6:00pmResident In-Training Exam ReviewMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMKevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEM

2:50pm-3:15pm


Track M Track S Track T Track P Track R (Cont’d)Getting Techy With It! Information Technology for EPs(Open Access for the Academician)Beekman-Sutton North

PotpourriSutton South-Regent

2nd Annual Diagnostic Case CompetitionMurray Hill

Pediatric Emergencies — Not Just Younger AdultsGrand Ballroom

2013 LLSA Review TrackGibson

3:15pm-3:45pm

Cutting Edge Tools to Organize Your Academic LifeMichael C . Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP

Drugs and Devices: A 2014 UpdateJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEM

I’ve Had a Headache for Two WeeksPresenter: Christopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMDiscussant: Kumara Nibhanipudi, Sr ., MD FAAEM

Easy Misses in Special Needs Kids or the Medically Complex Child in the Community EDMimi Lu, MD FAAEM

3:15pm-5:05pmRichard D . Shih, MD FAAEMMichael E . Silverman, MD FAAEM FACP

3:55pm-4:25pm

Using Technology to Become a Household NameHaney Mallemat, MD FAAEM

Cognitive Decisions and Errors: Can We Turn Ourselves and Our Learners into Meta-Thinkers?William F . Paolo, MD FAAEM

What Do You See?Presenter: Michael E . Takacs, MD MS FAAEMDiscussant: Christopher C . Lee, MD FAAEM

Beyond Immunizations: Fevers That MatterEmily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEM

4:35pm-5:05pm

Using Technology to Engage Your Learner — Is PowerPoint® Dead?Robert R . Cooney, MD RDMS FAAEM

Visual Odyssey: Emergent RashesHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie,MD FAAEM

8 y/o Boy with Abdominal Pain and VomitingPresenter: Kumara Nibhanipudi, Sr ., MD FAAEMDiscussant: Michael E . Takacs, MD MS FAAEM

Head Injury in KidsElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM


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Plenary SessionsSutton Complex

8:00am-8:50am

Best of the Best in TraumaBernard L . Lopez, MD MS FAAEM

8:55am-9:45am

Best of the Best in Infectious DiseaseDavid F . Gaieski, MD

9:45am-10:15am BREAK

Track U Track V Track W Track X

Emergency ImagingBeekman-Sutton North

Point-Counterpoint — Hot Button Topics!Sutton South-Regent

Advances in Ultrasound — Hype or Help?Murray Hill

Novel Approaches to Vulnerable Patient PopulationsNassau

10:15am-10:45am

Low-dose Imaging — What is it, and How Can it Help Me and My Patients?Marc D . Haber, MD FAAEM

10:15am-10:55amCT of Coronary Arteries Should Be Part of Any Rule-Out MI Protocol in the EDWilliam J . Brady, MD FAAEMRobin M . Naples, MD FAAEM

US-Guided Regional Blocks in the ED — You Really Can Do This!Jennifer Vivian Huang, DO FACEP

Long Term Solutions to RecidivismTom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEM

10:55am-11:25am

Rule Out PE — Are We Doing the Right Thing for Our Patients?Jeffrey A . Kline, MD

10:55am-11:35amReducing Blood Pressure in Acute Head Bleeds is MandatoryJ . Stephen Huff, MD FAAEMEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP

Head and Neck Uses of USBeatrice Hoffmann, MD PhD FAAEM

Homeless, Phoneless and Not Sick Enough to AdmitAnand Swaminathan, MD FAAEM

11:35am-12:05pm

Blood Thinners and Head Injury — Image Everyone? Admit? Re-image?Michael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

11:35am-12:15pmGive Patients What They Want: “It’s All About Customer Satisfaction”Robert M . McNamara, MD FAAEMTom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEM

RUSH ExamAshley S . Bean, MD FAAEM FACEP

The Psychiatrist is OutLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

12:15pm-12:45pm

Exercise Stress, Stress Echo and Nuclear Stress — Which One Should I Be Doing in My Chest Pain Unit (If Any…)William J . Brady, MD FAAEM

Lung USAshley S . Bean, MD FAAEM FACEP

Dealing With Autism in the EDJennifer Walthall, MD MPH FAAEM FAAP

Schedule at a Glance — saTurday, February 15, 2014


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Keynote SpeakersPeTer rosen, md Facs Faaem

Peter Rosen, MD FACS FAAEM, is an international leader in emergency medicine and one of the pioneers and founding fathers of the specialty . He serves as senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and visiting professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson . He also is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine .

Dr . Rosen has written hundreds of articles, editorials and chapters to advance the literature of emergency medicine . He was founding editor of Rosen’s Emergency Management: Concepts and Clinical Practice, the field’s highly regarded flagship textbook, soon in its seventh edition . Dr . Rosen has also co-edited numerous other textbooks, including:

• TheFiveMinuteEmergencyMedicineConsult• ProtocolsforPrehospitalEmergencyCare• AnAtlasofEmergencyMedicineProcedures• EmergencyPediatrics,EssentialsofEmergencyMedicine• DiagnosticRadiologyinEmergencyMedicine

He is also the founding editor of the Journal of Emergency Medicine, the official journal of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and remains on its editorial board .

He has been a prolific speaker, presenting on all matters involving emergency medicine, including medical ethics, the history of emergency medicine and even legends in the field, of which he arguably is one .

In 1990, he received the Leadership Award from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine . He also was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993 .

AAEM presents an award named after Dr . Rosen, which recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to AAEM in the area of academic leadership . AAEM has been presenting this award at the Annual Scientific Assembly since 2001 . To date, 16 individuals have been honored .

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr . Rosen earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago . After earning his medical degree from Washington University, he completed an internship at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and a residency at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California, before becoming a general surgeon and a burn unit physician in the U .S . Army Medical Corps .

Dr . Rosen has taught and counseled generations of physicians . He served as director of the emergency medicine residencies at Denver General Hospital/St . Anthony Hospital Systems from 1977-1988 and at the University of Chicago from 1971-77 . He joined the University of California, San Diego, faculty in 1989, where he is residency director emeritus of the emergency medicine residency program . He has held offices in numerous academic societies and was a founding member of the American Trauma Society .


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Keynote SpeakersWendell PoTTer

Wendell has more than four decades of experience as a communications professional, going back to his teenage years in Tennessee, where he served as a high school correspondent to his hometown paper, The Kingsport Times-News . His journalism career would later take him to Memphis, Nashville, and finally Washington, D .C ., where he covered Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court for Scripps-Howard Newspapers .

Although best known for his career in corporate public relations, Wendell has also served as press secretary to a Tennessee gubernatorial candidate, head of advertising and PR for a large integrated health care system in East Tennessee, a partner in an Atlanta public relations firm, and a state and federal lobbyist .

His first corporate job was at Humana Inc ., where he headed the company’s communications department in Louisville, Kentucky . From there he was recruited to Cigna Corporation, where he served in a variety of positions over nearly 15 years in the company’s Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Philadelphia offices . His responsibilities included leading the company’s corporate communications team and serving as chief corporate spokesperson . He also represented Cigna on several industry committees and task forces, including the strategic communications committee at the industry’s largest PR and lobbying group, America’s Health Insurance Plans .

After seeing firsthand how strategic PR and lobbying is used unfairly to tilt the scales toward corporate interests against the people’s interests, Wendell left his corporate career to advocate for meaningful health care reform . He made headlines in 2009 when he disclosed in Congressional testimony how insurance companies, as part of their efforts to boost profits, have contributed to spiraling health care costs and the growing number of Americans without health insurance . He also revealed how insurance companies use their customers’ premiums to wage multi-million dollar PR and lobbying campaigns to influence public opinion and public policy . Since then, he has spoken at more than 200 public forums and authored the award-winning book, Deadly Spin, An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans . His latest offering is an eBook entitled, Obamacare: What’s in for Me? What Everyone Needs to Know about the Affordable Care Act .

In addition to serving as president of Wendell Potter Consulting, Wendell is also a columnist for The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that produces original investigative journalism . He also writes for The Huffington Post and healthinsurance .org . His articles have appeared in many publications including Newsweek, The Nation, The Guardian (UK), CNN .com, NBC .com, The Tampa Bay Times, and Democracy Journal . Wendell has been the subject of numerous articles in the U .S . and foreign media, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has appeared frequently as a guest on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, PBS, and NPR . He also has served as a consumer representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners .


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Special Recognition for Education Committee ChairsAs we celebrate 20 years of the AAEM Scientific Assembly and educational programs, AAEM gives special recognition and thanks to the following leaders for perpetually advancing emergency medicine education for the clinician .

2012-PresenT

Michael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

2007-2011

Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEM

2007-2010

Usamah Mossallam, MD FAAEM (Co-Chair)

2002-2006

Joseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEM

1998-2001

Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM

1994-1998

Robert McNamara, MD FAAEM


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Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 12, 2014Plenary sessIons

Sutton Complex

12:45pm-1:00pm Welcome & Opening RemarksWilliam T . Durkin, Jr ., MD MBA FAAEMAAEM President

1:00pm-2:15pm Lessons Learned from Unforeseen TragediesWilliam V . Begg, III, MDEMS Medical Director & Medical Staff President, Danbury Hospital, CT

Paul Biddinger, MD FAAEM FACEPVice Chair for Emergency Preparedness, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs (Interim), Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, MGH and Partners Healthcare; Director, Harvard School of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program (EPREP)

John F . Brown, MD MPHAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco; Medical Director, San Francisco EMS Agency

Moderator: Roger M . Stone, MD MS FAAEMFaculty, University of Maryland EM; Chair, AAEM EMS Committee; Medical Director, Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue; Associate EMS Medical Director, Carroll Co. EMS Programs

Learning Objectives1) Following the completion of this activity, learners

will be able to determine how the public health issue of gun violence affects our patients and our clinical practice .

2) After completing this activity, learners will be able to apply the latest experiences from tragedies such as Newtown to potential disasters they may face .

3) Discussion of the ability of health care providers to consider public health issues with their patients relative to recently proposed “gag orders .”

4) At the conclusion of this lecture, the participant will be able to analyze gun policy and non gun policy issues in the United States .

5) Review the common characteristics and challenges of no-notice mass casualty events .

6) Understand the importance of exercising hospital based response systems for mass casualty events .

7) Describe the lessons learned by area EMS responders, hospitals, and health authorities in the response to the Boston Marathon bombings .

8) Synopsis of the immediate challenges posed to the emergency department when casualty strikes, comparing a system in place for a given mass gathering when an event escalates, versus an event that taxes a system from scratch .

9) Description of the operational effect on and response by a local EMS system treating casualties, comparing small EMS agencies and a larger urban system with some built in redundancy .

10) Address the physical and emotional effects that these two large scale emergencies had on EM/EMS professionals in communities .

11) Any lessons learned after such events from a public health and preparedness standpoint that may benefit the local AAEM physician .

12) Speakers may address some of the controversies surrounding public policy and prevention responses to these and other events .

2:15pm-3:15pm Best of the Best in CardiologyAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMProfessor and Vice Chair, Director, Emergency Cardiology Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Understand some of the newest concepts in

evaluation of the patient with syncope .2) Be able to describe some of the recent advances

in management of acute coronary syndrome .3) Discuss some recent advances in management

of the patient in cardiac arrest .

concurrenT sessIons begIn

Track a: In a neW york mInuTe — crITIcal care In your ed

Beekman-Sutton North

3:45pm-4:15pm Choosing the Right Solution … Fluid Resuscitation in the Critically IllMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Co-Director, Combined EM/IM/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Discuss the acid-base effects of various

intravenous fluid solutions .2) Identify patients that may benefit from fluid

resuscitation with a balanced solution .

4:20pm-4:50pm Sedating the Critically Ill ED PatientSamantha Wood, MDAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Learning Objectives1) The learner will be able to define and apply the

concept of “analgosedation .”2) The learner will be able to describe approaches

to sedating the critically ill patient and formulate an appropriate sedation plan based on patient characteristics .


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Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 12, 20145:00pm-5:30pm Critical Illness in Pregnancy

Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Learning Objectives1) Formulate an evidence-based approach to the

critically-ill pregnant patient .2) Provide an algorithm to rapidly assess and treat

pregnant patients with particular emphasis on the third trimester of pregnancy .

3) To perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and peri-mortem caesarian section in a pregnant patient who is in cardiac arrest .

5:30pm-6:00pm We Should Send Home Low Risk Chest Pain — New Standards or Wild West EM?David Hopkins Newman, MDDirector of Clinical Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Learning Objectives1) Know what the ‘miss rate’ is for MI in ED

patients with potential ACS .2) Understand the utility of stress testing in the

setting of ED patients with potential ACS .3) Know what the literature base suggests when

troponin testing is most valuable and at what intervals based on onset of pain .

Track b: PoInT-counTerPoInT — hoT buTTon ToPIcs!

Sutton South-Regent

3:45pm-4:25pm Direct Laryngoscopy is ObsoleteRichard M . Levitan, MD FAAEMCottage Hospital, Woodsville, NH; Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Medical Center; Adjunct Professor, Gesiel (Dartmouth) School of Medicine

Reuben J . Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEMDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Learning Objectives1) Review positioning of intubation for direct and

video laryngoscopy and the importance of pre-and peri-intubation oxygenation to prolong safe apnea .

2) Explain how epiglottoscopy is fundamental to making direct and video laryngoscopy consistently successful .

3) Compare tube delivery issues with direct and video laryngoscopy, the role of stylets and tube introducers (bougie), and how the tip of tracheal tube interacts with the tracheal rings .

4) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to explain the difference between video and direct laryngoscopy, and how this terminology relates to hyperangulated and Macintosh geometry .

5) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to list the advantages of video laryngoscopy over direct laryngoscopy, and be able to attribute each of these advantages to either blade geometry or video visualization .

6) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to construct a strategy for incorporating video and direct laryngoscopy into their own emergency medicine practice .

4:25pm-5:05pm What Do We Need to Do to Convince You That tPA Works in Strokes?David Hopkins Newman, MDDirector of Clinical Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Stuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Dean, Pre-Health Undergraduate Studies, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

Learning Objectives1) Understand the conceptual basis for use of

reperfusion therapy in stroke .2) Understand what the available randomized trials

suggest about the soundness of that conceptual basis .

3) Be able to identify how many trials have shown an overall benefit to using tPA for stroke .

4) Understand and explore the latest scientific evidence of the risks and benefits for tPA administration .

5) Understand how the risk/benefit profile varies across various patient demographics and times of administration .

5:05pm-5:45pm CVP and Lactate Should Be Used to Guide Sepsis TreatmentTimothy J . Ellender, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Indiana University School of Medicine

Michael E . Winters, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Co-Director, Combined EM/IM/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Review the data on fluid responsiveness and

the role of central venous pressure (CVP) in resuscitation .

2) Describe two limitations of central venous pressure .

3) Formulate a resuscitation plan using mixed hemodynamic strategies .

4) Review the goals of EGDT is sepsis resuscitation .5) Describe two strategies to alter/improve oxygen

delivery .6) Verbalize the correlation between lactate

clearance and mixed venous oxygen .

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3:45pm-4:15pm Administrator’s View of the New WorldSteven Johnson, PhDPresident/CEO, Health First

Learning Objectives1) Apply new principles to improve their everyday

practice of emergency medicine .2) Increase their understanding of the emergency

medicine workplace .

4:20pm-4:50pm How ACOs are Changing the MarketplaceCraig Norquist, MD FAAEMMedical Staff President Elect, Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network, Thompson Peak Campus; Director of Quality, Scottsdale Emergency Associates; Past Board Member, Scottsdale Physician Organization

Learning Objectives1) Understand the positive aspects of an ACO .2) Understand the negative aspects of an ACO .3) Develop strategies for participating in the ACO

without compromising your business .

Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 12, 20145:00pm-5:30pm Not All ACOs Are the Same: The ACO Market

in TennesseeKevin H . Beier, MD FAAEMSaint Thomas-Rutherford Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine; Saint Thomas-Midtown, Department of Emergency Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Learn to discern Accountable Care Organizations

(ACOs) and Bundled Payment Methodology .2) Identify potential of these payment methods on

emergency medicine .3) Learn and identify means to best negotiate

optimal payments under alternative payment methods .

Track d: aaem/JEM resIdenT and sTudenT research comPeTITIon

Concourse A

Moderator/Judge: Stephen R . Hayden, MD FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Medicine, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education & DIOUCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Emergency Medicine

Join us for the opening reception!rhinelander gallery and gramercy room - 6:00pm-7:00pm

enjoy light hors d’oeurves and drinks while networking withcolleagues and exhibitors! celebrate 20 years of aaem education!


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Conference Schedule • Thursday, February 13, 2014Plenary sessIons

Grand Ballroom

8:00am-8:50am Best of the Best in PediatricsGhazala Q . Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FACEPDirector of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Palomar Health, Escondido, CA; Corporate Director, Physician Outreach, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA

Learning Objectives1) Review the latest literature on the management

of pediatric trauma .2) Review the latest literature on the management

of pediatric fever .

8:55am-9:45am Keynote Speaker: Wendell PotterLearning Objectives1) Apply new principles to improve their everyday



9:45am-10:15am BREAK — Visit the Exhibit Hall


Track e: We should do _______ more oFTen: neW sTandards or WIld WesT emergency medIcIne?


10:55am-11:25am Manage PE as an OutpatientJeffrey A . Kline, MDProfessor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine; Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University

Learning Objectives1) Name methods to choose low-risk thrombosis

patients for outpatient therapy .2) Identify the barriers to outpatient protocol .3) State the role of laboratory testing in the use of

new anticoagulant drugs .

11:35am-12:05pm Use KetamineReuben J . Strayer, MD FRCP FAAEMDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Learning Objectives1) At the conclusion of this presentation,

participants will be able to use ketamine in patients who require intubation, and critique classic contraindications to its use in this context .

2) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to use ketamine as a procedural sedation agent to facilitate painful procedures in children and adults .

3) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to use ketamine as a non-sedating analgesic in appropriate patients .

4) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to use ketamine as an adjunctive therapy in severe asthma .

5) At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to use ketamine as a sedative in the uncontrollably violent patient .

Track F: you WanT me To do WhaT? consulTanT requesTs — dogma or subsTance?

Sutton South-Regent

10:15am-10:45am A CT Scan for Recurrent Ureterolithiasis?Daniel Firestone, MD RDMS FAAEMEmergency Physician, Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Learning Objectives1) Clarify the risks of ureterol colic to the patient .2) Review what’s known on the risks of CT scan

exposure to the patient .3) Allow a clinical/minimalist option for treating

ureteral colic that is patient- and clinician-centered .

10:55am-11:25am A Head CT for Simple Syncope?Nilesh N . Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEPAssociate Residency Program Director, Clerkship Director, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ

Learning Objectives1) By the conclusion of this lecture, participants will

be able to apply the best evidence in deciding if patients with syncope require a head CT .

2) At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to assess for the life threatening disorders associated with the chief complaint of syncope and where neuro-imaging fits into the diagnostic algorithm .

11:35am-12:05pm ABG vs VGB, ABGs in General … Especially for A-a Gradient?Peter M .C . De Blieux, MD FAAEMLSUHSC Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director of Emergency Medicine Services Interim, Louisiana Public Hospital, New Orleans, LA; LSUHSC Emergency Medicine Director of Faculty and Resident Development

Learning Objectives1) Discuss the advantages of VBG analysis for acid

base concerns in the ED .2) Review the advantages of ABG analysis in the

ED .


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Murray Hill

10:15am-11:15am Wake Up Call to Emergency PhysiciansWesley A . Curry, MD FAAEM FACPChief Executive Officer, CEP America

Learning Objectives1) Understand why traditional big groups threaten

the marketplace for solo and smaller democratic emergency physician groups .

2) Learn what solo, small, and large democratic groups across the country are doing to remain competitive .

3) Find out what questions every democratic group should be asking to protect their hospital client relationships in the future .

11:35am-12:05pm Improving Efficiency and Reducing CostsJoseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM FACEPChairman, Emergency Medicine, Ochsner Health System; System Chief, Emergency Services, Ochsner Health System; Chair, Operations Management Committee, AAEM

Learning Objectives1) Visualize ED demand and capacity in an

innovative and unique way that provides the opportunity for attendees to see a path to a solution .

2) Provide one workflow and staffing concept that solves this chronic problem in emergency medicine .

3) Demonstrate an optimization tool that creates the finishing touch on the solution .

Track h: In a neW york mInuTe — crITIcal care In your ed

Grand Ballroom

10:15am-10:45am Mechanical Ventilation in the ED … Does One Size Fit All?Peter M .C . De Blieux, MD FAAEMLSUHSC Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director of Emergency Medicine Services Interim, Louisiana Public Hospital, New Orleans, LA; LSUHSC Emergency Medicine Director of Faculty and Resident Development

Learning Objectives1) Discuss indications for mechanical ventilation .2) Discuss ventilator types, settings and dials .3) Analyze patient cases examining particular

mechanical ventilation issues .

10:55am-11:25am Beyond the Golden Hour … Caring for the ICU Boarder in Your EDSamantha Wood, MDAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Learning Objectives1) The learner will understand approaches to

mechanical ventilation and apply an appropriate approach to patients based on their underlying physiology .

2) The learner will be able to discuss data regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia and implement prevention techniques at the critically ill patient’s bedside .

11:35am-12:05pm Hyperosmolar Therapy in Critical IllnessEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPYale University School of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Neurosciences Critical Care and Surgical Critical Care




Track I: oPen mIc PresenTaTIons (sPonsored by yPs)

Gibson

8:00am-5:25pm Open Mic Directors: Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEM, and Heather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM

Plenary sessIons

Grand Ballroom

1:30pm-2:20pm Best of the Best in NeurologyStuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Dean, Pre-Health Undergraduate Studies, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

Learning Objectives1) Understand the most recent literature-based

advances in the diagnosis and treatment of emergency neurological presentations .

2) Review topics such as an up-to-date diagnostic approach to vertigo in the ED, stroke and Bell’s palsy .


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Conference Schedule • Thursday, February 13, 20142:25pm-3:15pm What Would Osler Think? How Social Media

Will Change Your Practice of Emergency MedicineMichael C . Bond, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Professor, Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Review the teaching style of Osler .2) Contrast the teachings of Osler with how social

media can be used to teach and learn medicine in the modern age .

3:15pm-3:35pm BREAK — Visit the Exhibit Hall

concurrenT sessIons resume

Track J: your sIx mInuTe 40 second sessIon begIns In 3-2-1 … JusT The FacTs!


3:35pm-3:42pm High Flow Nasal Canula Oxygen for Preoxygenation Richard M . Levitan, MD FAAEMCottage Hospital, Woodsville, NH; Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Medical Center; Adjunct Professor, Gesiel (Dartmouth) School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Review the anatomy of the upper airway and

explain why the nose is an important oxygen reservoir, as well as better way to pre-oxygenate, compared to a face mask .

2) Provide case examples where nasal cannula can be used in critically ill patients to avoid intubation, and to maximize oxygenation prior and during intubation .

3:44pm-3:51pm Best of Literature ReviewsWilliam F . Paolo, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor, SUNY Upstate Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Medicine EBM; Co-Director, Second Year Undergraduate EBM; Residency Program Director

Learning Objectives1) List risk factors for the development of C-Diff

associated disease .2) Explain the diagnosis of C-Diff based upon

clinical and laboratory findings .3) Relate the means of transmission and possible

risk factors for the development of C-Diff associated disease .

4) Explain the treatment modalities available for the treatment of C-Diff .

3:53pm-4:00pm Contrast Induced NephropathyMarc D . Haber, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clinical Instructor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Understand the concept of CIN . 2) Understand the controversy that CIN may really

reflect nephropathy from other sources or hospital induced nephropathy .

3) Learn ways to avoid CIN and answer the question, when should I really not worry about CIN?

4:02pm-4:09pm Paracentesis Tips and TricksLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMAssociate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Director of Emergency Medicine Division of Diversity, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; Associate Professor of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Know the risks and benefits of ED paracentesis .2) Know how to perform this procedure properly .

4:11pm-4:18pm Two Newer Hip Reduction Techniques and Captain Morgan and WhistlerLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMAssociate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Director of Emergency Medicine Division of Diversity, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; Associate Professor of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Know the classification of hip dislocations .2) Identify the potential complications of closed

reduction .3) Know how to perform closed reduction of the

hip .

4:20pm-4:27pm Ethics in the ED — Organ DonationEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPYale University School of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Neurosciences Critical Care and Surgical Critical Care





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Conference Schedule • Thursday, February 13, 20144:29pm-4:36pm Steroids in COPD — Too Much for Too Long

Joseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Review current guidelines for the use of steroids

in treating the patient with COPD .2) Explain how to prescribe steroids for patients

with COPD, minimizing the side effects of weight gain, diabetes, osteoporosis, cataracts and increased infection rates .

4:38pm-4:45pm MacGyver in My ER?Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMClinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-Program Director, EM Residency, Indiana University School of Medicine




4:47pm-4:54pm Shoulder Dislocation Tips and Tricks Michael L . Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1) Demonstrate techniques for shoulder dislocation .2) Identify pearls and pitfalls in the assessment and

treatment of patients presenting with shoulder dislocations .

4:56pm-5:03pm Febrile Seizures in 2013Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAPAssistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Understand current controversies in evaluation of

febrile seizures .2) Answer the age old question: To LP or not to LP?

5:05pm-5:12pm Abandon Azithromycin — There Are Other WaysJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Describe the rise of azithromycin as the go-to

antibiotic for almost anything .2) Explain why other drugs are just as effective and

have fewer potential complications .

5:14pm-5:21pm Transvenous Pacer PlacementDavid A . Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCMChairman, Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Surgical ICU, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL

Learning Objectives1) Indication of transvenous pacer placement .2) Contraindication to transvenous pacer

placement .3) Pacer Mode and how to set the pacer .

Track F: you WanT me To do WhaT? consulTanT requesTs — dogma or subsTance?

Sutton South-Regent

3:35pm-4:05pm Give Furosemide for Acute Pulmonary Edema?Anand Swaminathan, MD MPH FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Residency Director, NYU/Bellevue Emergency Department

Learning Objectives1) Discuss the pathophysiology of acute pulmonary

edema .2) Investigate the evidence showing the lack of

efficacy of loop diuretics .3) Discuss superior alternative options in the

management of acute pulmonary edema .

4:15pm-4:45pm A Pan-Scan for Trauma (In Lieu of Actually Doing a Physical Exam)?Daniel Firestone, MD RDMS FAAEMEmergency Physician, Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Learning Objectives1) Who should get a panscan?2) When is it necessary to receive a definitive

diagnosis and treatment in blunt major trauma?3) Which patients can safely be managed clinically

or with a limited imaging strategy?

4:55pm-5:25pm An Anti-Hypertensive to Rapidly Lower Blood Pressure in an Asymptomatic Patient?Robin M . Naples, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-Director of Simulation Curriculum, Director of Therapeutic Hypothermia, Temple University

Learning Objectives1) Brief physiology review of effects of chronic

hypertension on cerebral vascular flow .2) Review consensus guidelines on treatment of

asymptomatic HTN .3) Discuss potential pitfalls and adverse patient

outcomes with rapidly lowering BP .


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Murray Hill

3:35pm-4:05pm Imagine a World Without Backboards: Do Patients Really Need Them?Marvin A . Wayne, MD FAAEM FACEP FAHAAssociate Clinical Professor, University of Washington; Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services, Bellingham/Whatcom County, WA; Attending, Emergency Department, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center

Learning Objectives1) Discuss the inaccuracy of using mechanism

of injury as the primary indicator for spinal immobilization .

2) Discuss the harmful sequelae of rigid spinal immobilization .

3) Describe “biophysics” as it applies to spinal precautions .

4) Describe alternative, less harmful devices when immobilization is indicated .

4:15pm-4:45pm ACGME Accredited EMS Fellowships: What Every EM Physician Should KnowDavid C . Cone, MD FAAEMProfessor and EMS Section Chief, Yale University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Describe briefly the history of the formal

subspecialty of EMS .2) List at least three of the major ACGME education

requirements for EMS fellows .3) Relate the role of the credentialed EMS physician

to the attendee’s own work environment .

4:55pm-5:25pm Supporting International EM and EMS Research: The Falck FoundationMaaret Castrén, PhDKarolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Sweden and University of Turku, Finland

Jan Christiaen, MDAnaesth., IC & EM Specialist

Learning Objectives1) After this lecture, the listeners should be able

to understand the role of Falck Foundation in prehospital research .

2) After this lecture, the listeners should understand the complexity of the prehospital setting as a research platform .

Track h: In a neW york mInuTe — crITIcal care In your ed

Grand Ballroom

3:35pm-4:05pm When All Else Fails … Pearls for the Critically Ill Patient with Refractory HypoxemiaTimothy J . Ellender, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Indiana University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Review the pathophysiology of hypoxemia .2) Identify disease states associated with massive

shunt .3) Verbalize an understanding of exotic states

associated with profound hypoxia .4) Describe bedside techniques/strategies for

treating the patient with refractory hypoxemia .5) Verbalize steps to trouble shooting the patient

with hypoxemia .6) Demonstrate bedside maneuvers to improve

ventilation/oxygenation .

4:15pm-4:45pm CVP is Useless … Dynamic Markers of Fluid ResponsivenessDavid A . Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCMChairman, Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Surgical ICU, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL

Learning Objectives1) What are static vs . dynamic methods of

evaluation of volume status .2) CVP should no longer be used .3) Passive leg raise as an easy and reliable method .4) Ultrasound: how to evaluate for volume status,

base on IVC and cardiac function .

4:55pm-5:25pm Emergency Transfusions (including TEG)Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMClinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-Program Director, EM Residency, Indiana University School of Medicine




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Track l: 2nd annual InTernaTIonal emergency medIcIne educaTIon Track

Nassau

1:00pm-1:10pm IntroductionTerrence M . Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEM; Sassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEP

1:10pm-1:35pm Role of a National EM SocietyBarbara C . Hogan, MD MBAPresident, European Society for Emergency Medicine; Past-President, German Association for Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Emergency Department, Asklepios Hospital, Hamburg Altona, Germany

Learning Objectives1) Understand the opportunities, strengths

and weaknesses of national societies in professionalism of EM .

2) Understand goal setting and taking an international view point in EM professional political matters .

1:35pm-2:05pm National Societies and EducationEdgardo Jorge Menendez, MD FIFEM

Learning Objectives1) Learn the role of a national EM society

to promote EM education for emergency physicians, medical students, residents and faculty .

2) Know the different educational strategies developed by the societies .

2:05pm-2:30pm National Societies and Curriculum Development Cherri D . Hobgood, MD FACEPProfessor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine




2:30pm-2:55pm National Societies and Advocacy Saleh Fares, MD MPH FAAEM FACEPFounder and President, Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine; Chair, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Learning Objectives1) By the end of this lecture, the learner will be able

to understand the role of national societies in advocating for EM .

2) By the end of this lecture, the learner will be able to understand a brief history on the development of EM in the GCC area in general and UAE specifically .

2:55pm-3:20pm National Societies and Their Role in Policy DevelopmentCecil James Holliman, MD FACEPProfessor of Emergency Medicine, Penn State University; Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; President-Elect, International Federation for Emergency Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Be able to list successful policy developments

by national emergency medicine specialty organizations .

2) Be able to list future policy developments that could or should be undertaken by national emergency medicine specialty organizations .

3:20pm-3:35pm BREAK

3:35pm-4:00pm EM Societies and EM FinanceLee A . Wallis, MBChB MD FCEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University

Learning Objectives1) Allow participants to better understand funding

opportunities available to societies .2) Allow participants to develop a deeper

understanding of funding mechanisms .

4:00pm-4:25pm EM Societies and National EM PolicyLarry D . Weiss, MD JD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Participants will understand emergency medicine

political advocacy issues .2) Participants will understand methods of

advocacy utilized by AAEM .3) Participants will understand how to train

advocates .

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Conference Schedule • Thursday, February 13, 20144:25pm-5:00pm Panel Discussion: Communication and

Interaction Between Societies at an International LevelSaleh Fares, MD MPH FAAEM FACEP Founder and President, Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine; Chair, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Cherri D . Hobgood, MD FACEPProfessor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

Cecil James Holliman, MD FACEPProfessor of Emergency Medicine, Penn State University; Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; President-Elect, International Federation for Emergency Medicine

Christopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director, Center of International Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center

Edgardo Jorge Menendez, MD FIFEM

Lee A . Wallis, MBChB MD FCEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University

Larry D . Weiss, MD JD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) By the end of this discussion, the learner will be

able to understand the role of national societies in advocating for EM .

2) By the end of this discussion, the learner will be able to understand the current status of communication between international societies and the challenges faced .

3) By the end of this discussion, the learner will be able to understand ways to overcome such challenges .

4) Describe current methods of communication between different national professional societies .

5) List suggested methods for improving interactions between national professional organizations .

6) How to effectively communicate between one EM society with other EM international society .

7) How to develop most effective international EM scholarship in US .

8) How to start and organize an international EM conference .

9) Identify the advantages of team work between international societies .

10) Share experiences to promote the development of emergency medicine .

11) Understand the restrictions on closer working relationships between national societies .

12) Contribute to the development of closer working relationships between societies .

13) Understand how emergency medicine societies in various countries can interact to constructively resolve common problems .

14) Understand how emergency medicine societies in various countries can collaborate to develop common policy to positively affect the future practice of emergency medicine .


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Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 2014Plenary sessIon

Grand Ballroom

8:00am-8:50am Updates in Toxicology — Cases from the Front Lines of the NY Poison Control CenterRobert S . Hoffman, MDAffiliate Clinical Professor, St. John’s University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, NYU School of Medicine; Director, Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Describe the clinical manifestations of synthetic

cannabinoid receptor antagonists that are distinct from marijuana toxicity .

2) Explain how the most recent modifications to amphetamine derived drugs influence their clinical manifestations of overdose and the required treatments .

3) Describe how changes in disk batteries have altered their toxicology profile and develop an approach to children who have swallowed these batteries .

4) Explain the mechanism of action of the novel oral anticoagulants and describe the options to reverse them when patients present with serious bleeding complications .

5) Compare and contrast the chemistry of household (3%) hydrogen peroxide with that of concentrated (35%) hydrogen peroxide and describe the clinical manifestations that result from ingestion and treatments that would be required .

8:55am-9:45am Best of the Best in ResuscitationCorey M . Slovis, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine; Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Learning Objectives1) Understand the potential role of therapeutic

hypothermia and PCI in non-STEMI cardiac arrest .

2) Review the potential role of prophylactic lidocaine in the management of cardiac arrest victims .

3) Learn about thrombolysis for treating non massive pulmonary emboli .

4) Better appreciate the potential role of combining vasopression with epinephrine in treating cardiac arrest .



Track m: geTTIng Techy WITh IT! InFormaTIon Technology For ePs(oPen access For The PracTIcIng PhysIcIan)


10:15am-10:45am Cutting Edge Tech Tools to Improve Patient OutcomesGraham Walker, MDStaff Emergency Physician, Kaiser San Francisco; Assistant Professor, Emergency Department, University of California-San Francisco

Learning Objectives1) Learn how to use technology as a “peripheral

brain” to augment clinical skills and training .2) Learn tips and tricks to use smartphones in

patient care .3) Learn how social media and Twitter can help you

keep up with literature .4) Review pertinent apps for bedside care .5) Hear about the future of apps, smartphones, and

devices for emergency care .

10:55am-11:25am Staying Current in a High Tech WorldRobert R . Cooney, MD RDMS FAAEMAssociate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

Learning Objectives1) By the completion of this session, the attendee

will be able to define really simple syndication .2) By the completion of the session, the attendee

will be able to set up and manage an RSS account .

3) By the completion of the session, the attendee will be able to set up and manage a Twitter account .

4) By the completion of the session the attendee will be able to employ RSS and Twitter as filters for medical information .

11:35am-12:05pm You Guessed It — There’s an App for That Too!Graham Walker, MDStaff Emergency Physician, Kaiser San Francisco; Assistant Professor, Emergency Department, University of California-San Francisco

Learning Objectives1) Learn how to use several common smartphone

apps for patient care . 2) Learn the differences between phone and web

apps .3) Learn how to use non-medical apps for medical

purposes .


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Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 2014Track n: ProvIder beWare! sImPle comPlaInTs ThaT can Take a Turn For The Worse

Sutton South-Regent

10:15am-10:45am Double VisionJ . Stephen Huff, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Virginia

Learning Objectives1) After the presentation, the participant will

understand the differential diagnosis of diplopia and the sequential steps in history and physical examination that allow developing diagnostic possibilities .

2) After the presentation, the participant will be able to identify patients with diplopia that have the possibility of a “don’t miss” diagnosis and need urgent imaging and referral .

10:55am-11:25am Shortness of Breath … and STILL Decompensating!Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Emergency Medicine, LSU Interim Hospital; Program Director, LSU Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship

Learning Objectives1) By the end of this presentation, the audience

will be able to discuss in detail the appropriate management of status asthmaticus that does not respond to usual interventions .

2) By the end of this presentation, the audience will be able to discuss in detail the key points in management of those presenting with massive hemoptysis .

3) By the end of this presentation, the audience will be able to discuss in detail the key points in the management of patients with tracheostomy emergencies .

11:35am-12:05pm “I Feel Light-headed”: Near Syncope Gone BadNilesh N . Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEPAssociate Residency Program Director, Clerkship Director, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ

Learning Objectives1) Following this lecture, participants will have

a structured bedside approach to the chief complaint of lightheadedness in order to avoid missing serious disease .

2) At the end of this course, participants will be able to apply the existing evidence to guide diagnostic testing and treatments in the patient who presents with the chief complaint of lightheadedness .

Track o: nuTs and bolTs oF emergency medIcIne PracTIce

Murray Hill

10:15am-11:15am Primer on Physician LeadershipSpencer Borden, IV, MD MBA CPE FACR FAAPSenior Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont

Learning Objectives1) Understand the different roles and talents

required in a transition from clinical practice to a physician executive role in medical management .

2) Learn specific career enhancing steps and strategies to assist the clinician to bridge the career transition to a physician executive .

11:35am-12:05pm The Role of the ED in Reducing ReadmissionsLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMProfessor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School; Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL

Learning Objectives1) Articulate the financial importance of reducing

readmissions .2) Evaluate different methods of reducing

readmissions .3) Design means that the EDs can contribute to

reducing readmissions .

Track P: PedIaTrIc emergencIes — noT JusT younger adulTs

Grand Ballroom

10:15am-10:45am Silent Killers Mimi Lu, MD FAAEMClinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Residency Program Director, Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Discuss EKG findings typical for hypertrophic

cardiomyopathy .2) Discuss EKG findings typical for Brugada

syndrome .3) Discuss the significance of prolonged QT

intervals .


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10:55am-11:25am Altered AdolescentsJennifer Walthall, MD MPH FAAEM FAAPAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University

Learning Objectives1) The participant will understand the interplay of

development and behavior and its effects on disease in the adolescent population .

2) The participant will review the policies that affect confidentiality and reporting in the emergency department .

3) The participant will explore emergency department based programs that may improve the health outcomes of adolescents presenting for acute care .

11:35am-12:05pm “My Baby’s Got Noisy Breathing”Emily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEMAssistant Residency Director, Medical Student Clerkship Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center

Learning Objectives1) As a result of this lecture, participants will be

able to form an accurate differential diagnosis for the child who presents with acute stridor .

2) At the conclusion of this course, learners will be able to manage patients with severe croup and epiglottits .

Track q: rsa/yPs Track

Nassau

8:00am-8:45am Teaching Residents and Students During a Busy ED ShiftMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1) Relate key characteristics of successful clinical

teachers .2) Demonstrate two learner-centered techniques

for clinical teaching .3) Explain several of the dynamics that occur over

the course of a bedside teaching encounter and the options to manage them successfully .

4) Summarize a plan to teach utilizing an eight step approach .

Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 20148:45am-9:15am Academics vs. Community: Final

Destination?Richard E . Martin, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Operations, Temple University Hospital Emergency Department

Tom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEMED Chair, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL; President, Smart-ER LLC

Learning Objectives1) Give perspective from having spent 31 years

in community EM and eight years as an academician .

2) Discuss the concept of opportunity cost in choosing a career path .

3) Understand the wide variation in practice types .4) Appreciate that hybrid opportunities may be the

best choice .

9:15am-10:00am Transitioning to Being an Attending: “What I Learned Post-residency”Anand Swaminathan, MD MPH FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Residency Director, NYU/Bellevue Emergency Department

Graham Walker, MDStaff Emergency Physician, Kaiser San Francisco; Assistant Professor, Emergency Department, University of California-San Francisco

Learning Objectives1) Discuss the clinical challenges that face new

attendings out of residency training including managing residents, PA/NPs and attire .

2) Discuss the non-clinical challenges facing new graduates including academic vs . community careers, building your niche and tackling the constant stream of tasks .

3) Reflect on issues of work-life balance .


10:15am-10:45am Challenging Communication Scenarios Stuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Dean, Pre-Health Undergraduate Studies, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

Learning Objectives1) Explore strategies to improve the learner’s ability

to communicate effectively in the ED .2) Explore behavioral aspects of professionalism

through use of video mock scenarios .


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Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 201410:45am-11:30am Fellowship Panel

Robert S . Hoffman, MDAffiliate Clinical Professor, St. John’s University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, NYU School of Medicine; Director, Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine

Emily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEMAssistant Residency Director, Medical Student Clerkship Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center

Vicki E . Noble, MD FAAEMDirector, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Michael E . Winters, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Co-Director, Combined EM/IM/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Allow EM residents and students to learn more

about four of the most commonly applied to emergency medicine fellowships (Toxicology, Pediatric EM, Ultrasound, and Critical Care) from experts in the fields .

2) Provide an open forum for EM residents and students to ask any questions they may have about these fellowships .

3) Discuss the financial implications of career choices for fellowship .

11:30am-12:15pm Balancing Work and LifeMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1) Identify areas from a resident perspective that

are pertinent and present potential barriers to resident wellness .

2) Formulate an action plan to be used by participants to create a thriving culture for wellness .

2:00pm-6:00pm Resident In-Training Exam ReviewMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Kevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMClinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-Program Director, EM Residency, Indiana University School of Medicine


practice of emergency medicine .2) Increase knowledge and confidence that will

significantly improve their scores on the National Emergency Medicine In-training Examination .

Track r: 2013 llsa revIeW Track

Gibson

10:15am-5:05pm 2013 LLSA Review TrackRichard D . Shih, MD FAAEMResidency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morristown Medical Center, New Jersey Medical School, Morristown, NJ

Michael E . Silverman, MD FAAEM FACPAssistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Assistant Residency Director, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

Learning Objectives1) Review issues associated with infection in solid-

organ transplant recipients .2) Identify orthopedic illnesses in patients with HIV

patients and diabetes . 3) Review risks of pertussis .4) Discuss critical issues in the evaluation and

management of adult patients with suspected pulmonary embolism .

5) Discuss risk factors for older patients in the emergency department .

6) Review appropriate cardiac cath lab activation .7) Guidelines for the management of spontaneous

intracerebral hemorrhage . 8) Discuss the mechanism and injuries associated

with blast injuries .9) Review mechanisms to avoiding circulatory

complications during endotracheal intubation .


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Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 2014Plenary sessIon

Grand Ballroom

2:00pm-2:50pm Reflections on Emergency MedicineKeynote Speaker: Peter Rosen, MD FACS FAAEM Learning Objectives1) Apply new principles to improve their everyday



2:50pm-3:15pm BREAK — Visit the Exhibit Hall

concurrenT sessIons resume

Track m: geTTIng Techy WITh IT! InFormaTIon Technology For ePs(oPen access For The PracTIcIng PhysIcIan)


3:15pm-3:45pm Cutting Edge Tools to Organize Your Academic LifeMichael C . Bond, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Professor, Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Discuss tools and applications that can help

organize your academic life .2) Demonstrate tools and applications that can help

increase your academic productivity .

3:55pm-4:25pm Using Technology to Become a Household NameHaney Mallemat, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Learning Objectives1) Understand what Free Open Access Meducation

(FOAMed) is and how it has become a dominate force for educators to better connect with this generation of learners .

2) Learn how to disseminate educational information using different social media platforms .

3) Explore various available technologies and how they can be applied to educate in new and innovative ways .

4:35pm-5:05pm Using Technology to Engage Your Learner — Is PowerPoint® Dead?Robert R . Cooney, MD RDMS FAAEMAssociate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

Learning Objectives1) By the completion of this session, the attendee

will be able to define flipped or blended learning .2) By the completion of this session, the attendee

will be able to distinguish between common platforms utilized to deliver educational content .

3) By the completion of this session, the attendee will be able to design and construct a lesson for use in blended learning .

Track s: PoTPourrI

Sutton South-Regent

3:15pm-3:45pm Drugs and Devices: A 2014 UpdateJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Discuss appropriate uses of four-factor

Prothrombin Complex Concentrate in the emergency department .

2) Review the literature on nimlodipine use in subarachnoid hemorrhage and determine if the liquid preparation Nymalize offers any advantage over other preparations .

3) Explain whether the Doxylamine Succinate / Pyridoxine Hydrochloride combination (Diclegis) offers advantages to treating hyperemesis of pregnancy over previously available medications .

3:55pm-4:25pm Cognitive Decisions and Errors: Can We Turn Ourselves and Our Learners into Meta-Thinkers?William F . Paolo, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor, SUNY Upstate Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Medicine EBM; Co-Director, Second Year Undergraduate EBM; Residency Program Director

Learning Objectives1) Explain the factors that influence decision

making .2) Relate the ER specific models of cognitive

processes .3) Explain and describe the role of cognitive

shortcuts in identifying potential answers with incomplete information .

4) List the educational interventions that may break the cycle of error formation .


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Conference Schedule • Friday, February 14, 20144:35pm-5:05pm Visual Odyssey: Emergent Rashes

Heather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor, Assistant Residency Director Emergency Medicine, Associate Director of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Learning Objectives1) Recognize the red flags for patients presenting

with a rash .2) Understand the critical actions to save lives in

these patients .3) Be able to differentiate life-threatening rashes

compared to benign conditions .

Track T: 2nd annual dIagnosTIc case comPeTITIon

Murray Hill

3:15pm-3:45pm I’ve Had a Headache for Two WeeksPresenter: Christopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMDiscussant: Kumara Nibhanipudi, Sr ., MD FAAEM

3:55pm-4:25pm What Do You See?Presenter: Michael E . Takacs, MD MS FAAEMDiscussant: Christopher C . Lee, MD FAAEM

4:35pm-5:05pm 8 y/o Boy with Abdominal Pain and VomitingPresenter: Kumara Nibhanipudi, Sr ., MD FAAEMDiscussant: Michael E . Takacs, MD MS FAAEM

Track P: PedIaTrIc emergencIes — noT JusT younger adulTs

Grand Ballroom

3:15pm-3:45pm Easy Misses in Special Needs Kids or the Medically Complex Child in the Community EDMimi Lu, MD FAAEMClinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Residency Program Director, Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Identify techniques for troubleshooting medical

devices in the medically complex child in the ED . 2) Discuss pitfalls in caring for the medically

complex child in the ED .

3:55pm-4:25pm Beyond Immunizations: Fevers That MatterEmily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEMAssistant Residency Director, Medical Student Clerkship Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center

Learning Objectives1) After this lecture, participants will be able to

apply evidence based medicine to guide their work-up of the febrile infant .

2) As a result of this lecture, learners will be able to apply the literature to febrile infants for the evaluation of urinary tract infections .

3) After completing this activity, participants will be able to apply the evidence to the evaluation of fever in an unimmunized infant .

4:35pm-5:05pm Head Injury in KidsElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Employ current clinical decision rules for

neuroimaging in children with minor head injury .2) Understand the critical issues surrounding

concussion in children .


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Conference Schedule • Saturday, February 15, 2014Plenary sessIons

Sutton Complex

8:00am-8:50am Best of the Best in TraumaBernard L . Lopez, MD MS FAAEMProfessor and Vice Chair, Director of Clinical Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Engagement, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Learning Objectives1) Discuss new treatments in acute trauma care

based upon the recent literature .2) Discuss new devices to be used in acute trauma

care .

8:55am-9:45am Best of the Best in Infectious DiseaseDavid F . Gaieski, MDAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Director, Center for Resuscitation Science

Learning Objectives1) Understand changing epidemiology of sepsis .2) Understand role of early lactate screening to risk

stratify patients with severe sepsis .3) Understand benefits of protocolized care in the

management of critically ill infected patients .4) Understand role of non-invasive approaches

toward these patients during the proximal phase of resuscitation .

9:45am-10:15am BREAK


Track u: emergency ImagIng


10:15am-10:45am Low-dose Imaging — What is it, and How Can it Help Me and My Patients?Marc D . Haber, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clinical Instructor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1) Understand the concept of ALARA, maintaining

radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable .

2) Become familiar with the ACR’s Appropriateness Criteria which are available free of charge to all physicians .

3) Gain a general concept of the difference in potential radiation doses to a patient from different modalities .

10:55am-11:25am Rule Out PE — Are We Doing the Right Thing for Our Patients?Jeffrey A . Kline, MDProfessor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine; Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University

Learning Objectives1) Describe methods to exclude PE at the bedside .2) Describe how to rule out PE without using

ionizing radiation .3) State the controversies around subsegmental PE .

11:35am-12:05pm Blood Thinners and Head Injury —Image Everyone? Admit? Re-image?Michael L . Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1) Differentiate amongst the anticoagulant and

anti-lipid alternatives through overview of the coagulation cascade .

2) Differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of neuroimaging techniques in the evaluation of headache .

3) Appraise the value of the current literature regarding diagnostic and disposition decisions .

4) Utilizing best evidence, formulate a strategy for the evaluation and disposition of patients on anticoagulants/anti-lipids sustaining minor head injury .

12:15pm-12:45pm Exercise Stress, Stress Echo and Nuclear Stress — Which One Should I Be Doing in My Chest Pain Unit (If Any…)William J . Brady, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Chair, Resuscitation Committee, Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness, University of Virginia; OMD, Albemarle County Fire Rescue & Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad

Learning Objectives1) Review the basic uses of these imaging

modalities in the chest pain patient suspected of ACS .

2) Review the pros and cons of these imaging modalities in the chest pain patient suspected of ACS .


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Track v: PoInT-counTerPoInT — hoT buTTon ToPIcs!

Sutton South-Regent

10:15am-10:55am CT of Coronary Arteries Should Be Part of Any Rule-Out MI Protocol in the EDWilliam J . Brady, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Chair, Resuscitation Committee, Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness, University of Virginia; OMD, Albemarle County Fire Rescue & Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad

Robin M . Naples, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-director of Simulation Curriculum, Director of Therapeutic Hypothermia, Temple University

Learning Objectives1) Review the basic uses of this imaging modality

in the chest pain patient suspected of ACS .2) Review the pros and cons of this imaging

modality in the chest pain patient suspected of ACS .

3) Highlight patient limitations to obtaining an adequate CT-CA .

4) Discuss limitations of relying on CT-CA to correlate findings with clinically significant lesion .

5) Contrast cost saving statistics with potential radiation exposure .

10:55am-11:35am Reducing Blood Pressure in Acute Head Bleeds is MandatoryJ . Stephen Huff, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Virginia

Evadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPYale University School of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Neurosciences Critical Care and Surgical Critical Care

Learning Objectives1) After the presentation, the participant will

understand physiologic relationships between hematoma size, increased intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure .

2) After the presentation, the participant will recognize the relationship between elevated blood pressure and hematoma growth .

11:35am-12:15pm Give Patients What They Want: “It’s All About Customer Satisfaction”Robert M . McNamara, MD FAAEMChairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine

Tom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEMED Chair, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL; President, Smart-ER LLC

Learning Objectives1) The learner will understand the external drivers

behind increased hospital emphasis on patient satisfaction .

2) The learner will understand the limitations of current ED patient satisfaction measures .

3) Recognize that satisfaction and quality are inseparable .

4) Regarding VBM, the most meaningful metric and perhaps the easiest to measure is satisfaction .

5) Learn a few simple techniques that allow you to achieve top-tier satisfaction .

Track W: advances In ulTrasound — hyPe or helP?

Murray Hill

10:15am-10:45am US-Guided Regional Blocks in the ED — You Really Can Do This!Jennifer Vivian Huang, DO FACEPAssistant Professor, Director of Resident Education, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Learning Objectives1) After completing this activity, participants

will be able to identify when it is appropriate to use ultrasound to improve the efficacy of regional nerve blocks performed on emergency department patients .

2) After completing this activity, participants will be able to demonstrate how using ultrasound guided regional nerve block techniques improve the efficacy of the nerve blocks when compared to blind nerve block techniques based on land marks .

3) After completing this activity, participants will be able to apply the latest advances in ultrasound guided regional nerve block techniques to safely and more effectively treat patients’ pain in the emergency department .

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10:55am-11:25am Head and Neck Uses of USBeatrice Hoffmann, MD PhD FAAEMDirector Emergency Ultrasound and Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Learning Objectives1) At the conclusion of this session, the participants

will be familiar with common indications for ENT and ocular ultrasound .

2) Learners will have increased competence in performing these ultrasounds through learning new techniques and indications for airway management and trauma evaluations of patients .

11:35am-12:05pm RUSH ExamAshley S . Bean, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Division of Academic Affairs, Office of Global Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Learning Objectives1) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience

should be able to understand the systematic approach and ultrasound views which comprise an ultrasound shock protocol .

2) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to recognize examples of normal and abnormal ultrasound findings for the different views of the RUSH exam .

3) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to identify the inferior vena cava, determine its collapsibility with respiration and correlate these findings with the volume status of the patient .

4) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to utilize knowledge of this protocol to narrow the differential diagnosis of patients with undifferentiated shock .

12:15pm-12:45pm Lung USAshley S . Bean, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Division of Academic Affairs, Office of Global Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Learning Objectives1) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience

should be able to understand the ultrasound views and systematic approach to the patient with undifferentiated dyspnea .

2) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to define, recognize and understand the diagnosis implications of lung sliding and specific lung ultrasound artifacts (A-lines and B-lines) .

3) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to recognize the ultrasonic appearance of a pneumothorax and pulmonary edema .

4) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to identify hemothorax and plural effusion by ultrasound .

5) Upon completion of this lecture, the audience should be able to differentiate pulmonary ultrasound findings of congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

Track x: novel aPProaches To vulnerable PaTIenT PoPulaTIons

Nassau

10:15am-10:45am Long Term Solutions to RecidivismTom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEMED Chair, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL; President, Smart-ER LLC

Learning Objectives1) Understand the scope of ED recidivism .2) Learn effective strategies to control ED overuse .3) Appreciate that emergency physicians have a

critical role in managing recidivists .

10:55am-11:25am Homeless, Phoneless and Not Sick Enough to AdmitAnand Swaminathan, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Residency Director, NYU/Bellevue Emergency Department

Learning Objectives1) Establish that homeless patients are sicker at

baseline, have limited primary care options and are at higher risk for both hospitalization and prolonged hospital stays .

2) Discuss the limitations of emergency department/hospital-based care for homeless patients .

3) Discuss some solutions and alternatives to emergency department/hospital-based care .

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11:35am-12:05pm The Psychiatrist is OutLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMProfessor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School; Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL

Learning Objectives1) Learn how to evaluate the psychiatric patient

without psychiatric back-up .2) Determine if the patient needs to be admitted .3) Examine the treatment options for psychiatric

patients .

Conference Schedule • Saturday, February 15, 201412:15pm-12:45pm Dealing With Autism in the ED

Jennifer Walthall, MD MPH FAAEM FAAPAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University

Learning Objectives1) The participant will learn the most recent

information regarding autism spectrum pathophysiology and recommended therapies .

2) The participant will understand the unique barriers of families and patients with autism spectrum disorders as they seek care in emergency departments .

3) The participant will explore the essential components and best practices for “autism friendly emergency departments .”


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AAEM’s 12th Annual Open Mic PresentationsOPEN MIC DIRECTORS: Tracy LeGros, MD PhD FAAEM, and Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM

Thursday, February 13, 2014; gIbson room

Please sign up at the AAEM Registration Desk if you are interested in one of the remaining open spots .

TIme PresenTer TITle oF Talk7:45am-8:00am Orientation Session for Speakers

8:00am-8:25am katarzyna hampton, md rdms The case for ultrasoundLearning Objectives:1 . Introduce the concept of the echocardiographic RV strain .2 . Discuss individual echocardiographic features associated with acute pulmonary embolism .3 . Discuss clinical implications of this concept for daily EM practice .

8:30am-8:55am andrew sloas, do rdms To dl or vl: That is not the questionLearning Objectives:1 . Understand the difference between adult and pediatric airway .2 . Develop an algorithmic approach to the difficult pediatric airway . 3 . Understand advance airway techniques for intubation .4 . Be aware of when a patient requires a surgical airway .

9:00am-9:25am david hoyer, md Faaem depression and suicidality in the emergency departmentLearning Objectives:1 . Identify depression in ED patients and make a disposition of those patients .2 . Assess suicide risk in and make an appropriate disposition of ED patients .

9:30am-9:55am rahul bhat, md optimizing Intubation Learning Objectives:1 . Review optimal positioning .2 . Review optimal pre oxygenation .3 . Discuss tube placement .

10:00am-10:25am h. samuel ko, md mba Faaem healing the Wounded healerLearning Objectives:1 . Learn about the Ultradian cycles and how to reduce stress during a shift2 . Four life components essential to happiness .3 . The impact of your energy on others .4 . Why taking care of yourself must be a priority .

10:30am-10:55am michael e. Takacs, md ms Faaem bouncebacks: approach to Problem solving the Frequent PatientLearning Objectives:1 . Develop an approach to diagnosing the frequent patient .2 . Recognize the axiom “What’s common is common .”3 . Understand the importance of physical exam .4 . Recognizing medication side effects .


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11:00am-11:25am siavash sarlati, md behind the bullet: Putting a break on violenceLearning Objectives:1 . Define the epidemiology of violent injuries presenting to the ED . 2 . Quantify the economic impact of homicides and violent injuries in America . 3 . Recognize the forces that place individuals at increased risk of becoming victims of violence . 4 . Recognize the forces that place individuals at increased risk of being actors of violence . 5 . Identify the forces that perpetuate the cycle of violence . 6 . Describe violence in terms of an infectious disease . 7 . Recognize potential means of intervening in the cycle of violence and the roles of EDs and Emergency Physicians in this process . 8 . Define the problem of violence in New Orleans .9 . Recognize the role of a trauma center and its ED in a city-wide violence intervention program .

11:30am-11:55am andrea l. austin, md a Twisted case of syncopeLearning Objectives:1 . Identify causes of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) to understand potential implications for treatment .2 . Management of refractory TdP with overdrive pacing .3 . Electrolyte repletion and potential pitfalls .

lunch break 12:00pm – 1:30pm

1:30pm-1:55pm matthew astin, md mPh Faaem rosc achieved! now What?: The Post-cardiac arrest syndromeLearning Objectives:1 . Define the post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) .2 . Discuss the components of PCAS and their clinical manifestations .3 . Discuss therapeutic options for each component of PCAS .

2:00pm-2:25pm kathleen e. Walsh, do ms syncope 2.0: using a standardized algorithm to decrease ed admissions

2:30pm-2:55pm OPEN

3:00pm-3:25pm OPEN

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5:00pm-5:25pm OPEN

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General Informationaaem educaTIon commITTee

CHAIRMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEM

MEMBERSKishla Askins, PA-CRebecca A . Bavolek, MD FAAEMJoel M . Clingenpeel, MD MPH FAAEMJames E . Colletti, MD FAAEMGaston A . Costa, MDChristopher I . Doty, MD FAAEMWilliam T . Durkin, Jr ., MD MBA FAAEMMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMGary M . Gaddis, MD PhD FAAEMRobert D . Glatter, MD FAAEMMitchell J . Goldman, DO FAAEM FAAPMichael Gottlieb, MDMatthew N . Graber, MD PhD FAAEMAndrew S . Johnson, MD MPH FAAEMJennifer L . Kanapicki Comer, MD FAAEMChad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMJay Khadpe, MD FAAEMMichael J . Klevens, MD FAAEMTamara R . Kuittinen, MD FAAEMChristopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMTracy L . LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMMichael H . LeWitt, MD MPH FAAEMJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMLe Lu, MD FAAEMEverett T . Lyn, MD MSc FAAEMSarah Terez Malka, MDEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPCarmen Martinez Martinez, MD FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMMeaghan Mercer, DOTrevor Mills, MD MPH FAAEMBohdan Minczak, MD PhD FAAEMLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEMLillian Oshva, MD FAAEMAaron Pannier, MDJohn C . Perkins, Jr ., MD FAAEM FACEP FACPMichael S . Pulia, MD FAAEMDan Quan, DO FAAEMNadeem Qureshi, MD FAAP FCCMEdward Ramoska, MD MPH FAAEMKevin C . Reed, MD FAAEMKevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMRobert Rodriguez, MD FAAEMSherri Rudinsky, MD FAAEM NMCSDShane Sergent, DOIndrani A . Sheridan, MD FAAEMEdward Siegel, MDMichael E . Silverman, MD FAAEM FACP

Jacob W . Ufberg, MD FAAEMDavid D . Vega, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMJoanne Williams, MD FAAEMMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEMLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

scIenTIFIc assembly subcommITTee

William T . Durkin, Jr ., MD MBA FAAEMMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMMichael Gottlieb, MDJoseph Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMKevin C . Reed, MD FAAEMKevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMJacob W . Ufberg, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEMLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

onsITe aaem sTaFF members

Marcia Blackman, Meetings Manager — mblackman@aaem .orgLaura Burns, Communications Manager — lburns@aaem .orgGinger Czajkowski, Senior Membership Manager —

gczajkowski@aaem .orgTom Derenne, Program Manager — tderenne@aaem .orgEmily DeVillers, CME and Education Manager — edevillers@aaem .orgLauren Johnson, AAEM Administrative Manager, AAEM/RSA Program

Manager — ljohnson@aaem .orgKay Whalen, Executive Director — kwhalen@aaem .orgJanet Wilson, Associate Executive Director, AAEM/RSA Executive

Director — jwilson@aaem .org

regIsTraTIon desk

Name badges and conference materials will be available for all Scientific Assembly delegates at the AAEM registration desk on the second floor . Delegates not pre-registered for the Assembly should register onsite at the registration desk . AAEM staff will be available at the desk during the following hours to answer questions and to respond to delegate concerns:

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:00am-6:00pm Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:00am-6:15pm Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:00am-6:15pm Friday, February 14, 2014 7:00am-6:30pmSaturday, February 15, 2014 7:00am-1:30pm

medIcal sTudenT ambassadors

Along with staff, medical student ambassadors will be present in educational session rooms and throughout the meeting area should you have any general questions or concerns . They will be wearing yellow badges, and will be distributing and collecting brief paper evaluations for each session .


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member cenTer

Located next to the registration desk, the Member Center will be open on February 13 and February 14 for attendees to learn more about AAEM and for members to:- Preview the new member center on www .aaem .org- Preview the YPS EM Flash Facts app - Receive answers to your FAQs, “How do I sign into my members account?” “How to I access JEM online?” - Learn about our newest member benefit, the AAEM Insurance Program . Exclusive professional liability/malpractice insurance program designed only for members from Hays Companies .

emergency medIcIne Pa FelloWshIP challenge boWl

The Emergency Medicine PA Fellowship Challenge Bowl is a friendly competition among emergency medicine PA fellows held on Wednesday, February 12, 10:00am-12:00pm in the Concourse B Room on the lower level . Consider attending this new competition as it is sure to be entertaining and educational for students, residents, allied health professionals and physicians . AAEM is committed to physician assistants to have the opportunity to learn and demonstrate their academic accomplishments in an environment of friendly competition that is fun for all!

aaem/JEM absTracT PosTer and PhoTo PosTer dIsPlays

Posters will be displayed in Gramercy East and in the South Corridor during the following times:

Photo Posters: Thursday, February 13, 9:00am – Friday, February 14, 12:00pm

AAEM/JEM Abstract Posters: Friday, February 14, 1:30pm – Saturday, February 15, 11:00am

conTInuIng medIcal educaTIon

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians .

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENTThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 23 .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity .

AOA ACCREDITATION STATEMENT AND DESIGNATION STATEMENTThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 23 .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity .

AAEM has been approved to provide (AOA) Category 2A Credit by the American Osteopathic Association . Instructions on submitting an AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ certificate for AOA credit are available at http://www .osteopathic .org/inside-aoa/development/continuing-medical-education/Documents/cme-reporting-instructions .pdf, or contact the AOA at (800) 621-1773 for assistance .

dIsclosure PolIcy

All faculty and planning committee members participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by AAEM have disclosed to the audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest to the content of their presentation . AAEM’s Education Committee and ACCME Subcommittee have established procedures to resolve conflicts of interest .

EDUCATIONAL NEEDSIn order to maintain their medical practice at the highest possible level, emergency physicians need up to date information on a variety of topics in emergency medicine, including both clinical and workplace issues . This conference will meet those needs by providing cutting edge information in several relevant areas . AAEM frequently polls its members for potential topics to be covered . A majority of the topics for 2014 were selected specifically on recommendation of a member .

When planning activities, the AAEM Education Committee uses the 2011 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine to determine the education needs of the emergency physicians attending Scientific Assembly . The Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine details the core content of emergency medicine and undergoes an on-going review .

TARGET AUDIENCEThis activity is designed for providers engaged in the practice of emergency medicine who are seeking the most current information in the field, presented at a skill level appropriate to the education needs of the emergency physician .

LEARNING OBJECTIVESUpon completion of this activity, participants will be able to apply new principles to improve their everyday practice of emergency medicine and to increase their understanding of the emergency medicine workplace .

ACGME COMPETENCY INDEXTo contribute to the development of our members as lifelong learners and enhance the effectiveness of the CME activities it provides, AAEM uses the six competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to guide its educational programming decisions . The six competencies are:Patient CareMedical KnowledgePractice-Based Learning and ImprovementInterpersonal and Communication SkillsProfessionalismSystems-Based Practice

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Sessions at the AAEM Scientific Assembly address the aforementioned competencies with an emphasis on patient care, medical knowledge, and practice-based learning and improvement . For more information about the ACGME physician competencies, visit: http://acgme .org/Outcome .

CME CERTIFICATESCME Certificates will not be available onsite . An online CME link will be emailed to all conference participants within 14 days following the conference .

EVALUATIONSPlease take time to complete the brief paper evaluations onsite and on the mobile app . Your input and comments are essential in planning future educational activities .

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aaem resIdenT and sTudenT assocIaTIon (aaem/rsa) acTIvITIes

MEDICAL STUDENT TRACKWednesday, February 12, will feature presentations geared especially for the emergency medicine students, but all are welcome . The Medical Student Track begins at 8:00am and concludes at 12:15pm . This session will be held in the Concourse E Room on the lower level . CME will not be available for this session .

Schedule8:00am-8:30am Networking Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am Pearls & Pitfalls of Emergency Medicine Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM9:30am-10:00am Finding your Match: Types of Residency Programs Jacob W. Ufberg, MD FAAEM10:00am-11:00am Program Director Panel Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM; Kevin G. Rodgers, MD FAAEM; Richard D. Shih, MD FAAEM; Jacob W. Ufberg, MD FAAEM; Michael E. Winters, MD FAAEM 11:00am-11:15am Break 11:15am-11:45am Learning Emergency Medicine in the Age of FOAMed Joseph R. Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEM11:45am-12:15pm Career Paths in Emergency Medicine Kevin G. Rodgers, MD FAAEM

AAEM/JEM RESIDENT AND STUDENT ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMPETITIONAAEM and the Journal of Emergency Medicine are pleased to present their 16th Annual Resident and Student Original Research Competition, which will be held on Wednesday, February 12, from 3:15pm-5:45pm in the Concourse A Room on the lower level . A total of eight oral abstracts authored by emergency medicine residents or students will be presented at this forum . The presenter of the oral abstract judged to represent the most outstanding research achievement will receive a $3,000 honorarium . $1,500 and $500 honoraria will go to the presenters of the second and third place oral abstracts, respectively .

AAEM/RSA CAREER CONNECTIONS FAIR Physicians attending the Scientific Assembly will have new opportunities to make valuable connections, as AAEM/RSA will host a Career Connections Fair on Wednesday, February 12, 3:30pm-5:30pm in the Gramercy East Room on the second floor . Employers and job seekers will now be able to connect face-to-face and open doors to a wealth of possibilities . The following employers will be present at the event:

Bassett Healthcare NetworkCEP AmericaEmergency MedicineEmergency Medicine Associates, P .A ., P .C .Emergency Service Partners, L .P .EMrecruitsEOS Medical Group, P .C .First Choice ERInfinity HealthcareLeading Edge Medical AssociatesLocumTenens .comMedical Emergency Professional (MEP)PracticeLinkPremier Physician ServicesSoutheast HEALTHTexas Tech Health Sciences Center at El PasoTIVA Healthcare, Inc .University of Texas Health Science CenterWeatherby Healthcare

RESIDENT AND STUDENT ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGAll residents and students are invited to attend an open meeting of the AAEM Resident and Student Association at 10:15am–1:15pm on Thursday, February 13, in the Madison Room on the second floor .

RSA/YPS TRACKFriday, February 14, will feature presentations geared especially for emergency medicine residents and those who have recently entered into attending practice, but all are welcome . The track begins at 8:00am and concludes at 12:15pm, followed by the Resident In-Training Exam Review, 2:00pm-6:00pm . All of these sessions will be held in the Nassau room on the second floor .


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PassPorT To PrIzes In The exhIbIT hall

All conference attendees will receive a passport book in their registration materials onsite . Visit all participating exhibitors in the exhibit hall February 12-14, to fill your passport with verification stickers . After you’ve collected all stickers, drop off your completed passport book at the AAEM registration desk . Passport books turned

Magnifying LoupesCourtesy of Airway CAM Technologies, Inc.

One Night Stay with Breakfast at Hilton Austin & Austin stereo cooler bag with souvenirs(Our 2015 Scientific Assembly location)Courtesy of Hilton Austin, TX & Courtesy of Austin, TX Convention and Visitors Bureau

One Night Stay with Breakfast at New York Hilton Midtown & NYC canvas tote bag with souvenirs(Our 2014 Scientific Assembly location)Courtesy of the New York Hilton Midtown & Courtesy of NYC & Company (NYC Convention and Visitors Bureau)

$100 Quirky .com Gift Card Courtesy of Beckerman Institutional

Kindle Fire HDCourtesy of Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., P.C.

$250 .00 gift card for STK steakhouse in NYCCourtesy of First Choice Emergency Room

iPad MiniCourtesy of LocumTenens.com

Prize Drawings List — Over $3,000 in available prizes!$100 American Express Gift CardCourtesy of Martin Gottlieb & Associates

$100 American Express Gift CardCourtesy of MedData, Inc.

One Northwestern Seminar of your preferenceCourtesy of Northwest Seminars

$100 Starbucks gift cardPercuVision, LLC

Fitbit Flex Wireless Activity + Sleep Wristband Courtesy of PracticeLink.com

$100 iTunes Gift CardCourtesy of Questcare Partners

Kindle PaperwhiteCourtesy of Shift Administrators, LLC

Gift of the Season — choose from 39 gift clubs with a gift arriving every 3rd monthCourtesy of SoutheastHEALTH

$100 CashCourtesy of Weatherby Healthcare

NEW in prior to the daily drawing will be eligible for a series of prize drawings over the course of the assembly . Participants are eligible for all drawings, until their book is drawn; only one prize per participant . Winners will be directed to the designated exhibit booth to collect their prize . Visit www .aaem .org/AAEM14/passport for rules and regulations, daily drawing times, and additional information .

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young PhysIcIan secTIon (yPs) acTIvITIes

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGAll attendees are invited to attend the Board of Directors Meeting of YPS on Wednesday, February 12, 3:30pm-4:30pm in the Concourse F Room on the lower level .

OPEN MIC SESSIONSponsored by the Young Physicians Section(Gibson Room on the second floor, Thursday, February 13, 2014, 8:00am-5:25pm)Don’t forget to sign up for Open Mic sessions at the AAEM registration desk . Spaces will be available for speakers to showcase their presentation skills to the membership and members of the Education Committee . Those who presented at the 2013 Open Mic Session are not eligible to sign up . The top speakers will be invited to present during the general sessions of the 2015 AAEM Scientific Assembly at the Hilton Austin in Austin, TX .

YPS MENTOR BREAKFASTParticipants in the YPS Mentoring Program are invited to the first annual “Mentor/Mentee Breakfast .” YPS members will have the opportunity to connect with their mentors while also networking and learning from other mentors . The event will take place Friday, February 14, from 7:00am-8:00am in the Madison Room on the second floor . Grab some breakfast in the Exhibit Hall and come to the Madison Room on the second floor to connect face to face with mentors/mentees who have participated in the mentoring program . If you are a YPS member but don’t have a mentor yet, feel free to attend as we can help you get started in our mentoring program! YPS board members will be on hand for any questions .

General InformationexhIbIT hall

Exhibitors will be located in the Rhinelander Gallery and Gramercy Room on the second floor . The exhibit hall will be open as follows:Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:00pm-7:00pm** Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:00am-8:30am* Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:30am-1:30pm*Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:00pm-4:30pm* Friday, February 14, 2014 7:00am-8:30am* Friday, February 14, 2014 9:30am-1:00pm* Friday, February 14, 2014 2:30pm-4:00pm*

*Breaks will be served in the exhibit hall .**The opening reception will be held in the exhibit hall .

Please allow adequate time in your daily schedule to visit the exhibits . Take time to speak with the representatives of companies that provide services or market products directly related to your professional and personal interests . The participation of exhibitors is vital to the success of the Scientific Assembly . Let them know you appreciate their support .

lead reTrIeval In The exhIbIT hall

AAEM offers a lead retrieval service to exhibitors . Exhibitors can access the contact information you provided upon registering by entering the 5 digit code from your name badge onto their device . If you do not want this information provided to exhibitors, do not allow exhibitors to enter the 5 digit code from your name badge into their device .

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Statements of DisclosureThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) endorses the guidelines for continuing medical education programs as set forth in the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) . This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Elements (including the Standards for Commercial Support) and Accreditation Policies . AAEM maintains control over the development of its educational programs and the selection of topics and presenters .

A full disclosure of relevant financial relationships is required of all presenters and faculty members and the presence of any such relationship will be reported to all program attendees . AAEM defines relevant financial relationships as those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e .g ., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds) or other financial benefit . Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected . ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner .

In accordance with these policies, AAEM would like to make the following information known to all conference participants .

sPeakers Who have dIsclosed no relevanT FInancIal relaTIonshIPs

Ashley S . Bean, MD FAAEM FACEPWilliam V . Begg, III, MDKevin H . Beier, MD FAAEMPaul Biddinger, MD FAAEMMichael C . Bond, MD FAAEMSpencer Borden, IV, MD MBA CPE FACR FAAPWilliam J . Brady, MD FAAEMJohn F . Brown, MD MPHDavid C . Cone, MD FAAEMRobert R . Cooney, MD RDMS FAAEMWesley A . Curry, MD FAAEM FACPPeter M .C . De Blieux, MD FAAEMTimothy J . Ellender, MD FAAEMMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMSaleh Fares, MD MPH FACEP FAAEMDaniel Firestone, MD RDMS FAAEMDavid F . Gaieski, MDMarc D . Haber, MD FAAEMCherri D . Hobgood, MD FAAEM FACEPRobert S . Hoffman, MDBeatrice Hoffmann, MD PhD FAAEMBarbara C . Hogan, MD MBACecil James Holliman, MD FACEPJennifer Vivian Huang, DOChristopher C . Lee, MD FAAEM

Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMBernard L . Lopez, MD MS FAAEMLe Lu, MD FAAEMEmily C . MacNeill, MD FAAEMHaney Mallemat, MD FAAEMEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPRichard E . Martin, MD FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMRobert M . McNamara, MD FAAEMEdgardo Jorge Menendez, MDTerrence M . Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEMHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEMSassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPRobin M . Naples, MD FAAEMDavid Hopkins Newman, MDKumara Nibhanipudi, Sr ., MD FAAEMVicki E . Noble, MDCraig Norquist, MD FAAEMWilliam F . Paolo, MD FAAEMKevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMGhazala Q . Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FACEPMichael E . Silverman, MD FAAEM FACPCorey M . Slovis, MD FAAEMReuben J . Strayer, MD FAAEMAnand Swaminathan, MD FAAEMMichael E . Takacs, MD MS FAAEMLee A . Wallis, MBChB MD FCEMJennifer Walthall, MD MPH FAAEM FAAPMarvin A . Wayne, MD FAAEM FACEP FAHAElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMLarry D . Weiss, MD JD FAAEMMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEMSamantha Wood, MDCristina Zeretzke-Bien, MD


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sPeakers Who have dIsclosed relevanT FInancIal relaTIonshIPs

Maaret Castren, PhDBenechill, Researcher, Devices for UseFalck Foundation, Board Member, Trips to Meetings

Jan Christiaen, MDFalck Foundation, Speaker, Reimbursement of CostsFalck Benelux, Board Member, Management FeeHealthcare Belgium, Independent Consultant EMS, Management FeesGlobal Telecare Fund, Board Member, Management Fee

David A . Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCMMcGraw-Hill, Royalty

Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM FACEPIntrigma, Chief Medical Officer, Equity

J . Stephen Huff, MD FAAEMBrainScope, Clinical PI Several Studies, Research Support to University of Virginia

Stephen Johnson, PhDHealth First, Inc., Salary, CEO

Jeffrey A . Kline, MDJanssen Biotech, Advisory Board, SalaryStago Diagnostica, Consultant, SalaryGenentech, Consultant, SalaryCP Diagnostics, Shareholder, Ownership InterestNIH, Grant Recipient, Research Grant MoneyIkaria, Grant Recipient, Research Grant Money

Richard M . Levitan, MD FAAEMKarl Storz, Equipment LoansVerathon, Equipment LoansCovidien, Equipment Loans

Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMGilead Sciences, Inc., Primary Investigator, Grant Funding

Nilesh N . Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEPCSL Behring, Speaker, Consultant, Honorarium, Travel Expenses

Peter Rosen, MD FACS FAAEMWayne State University, Honorarium, SpeakerEMRA, Trip Support, SpeakerUniversity of Michigan, Honorarium, SpeakerUniversity of Texas-Dallas, Honorarium, Speaker

Tom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEMSmart-ER LLC, Minority Partner/IP Rights

Richard D . Shih, MD FAAEMJanssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Speakers Bureau, Speaker

Stuart P . Swadron, MD FAAEMEMRAP, Commentator, HonorariumEMA, Speaker and Commentator, Honorarium NEMBR, Speaker and Commentator, Honorarium

Graham Walker, MDMD Aware, LLC, Ownership of Company

Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMTeva Phamaceuticals, Honorarium

PlannIng commITTee members and sTaFF Who have dIsclosed no relevanT FInancIal relaTIonshIPs

Kishla Askins, PA-CRebecca A . Bavolek, MD FAAEMMarcia BlackmanElizabeth Page Bridges, MDLaura BurnsJoel M . Clingenpeel, MD MPH FAAEMJames E . Colletti, MD FAAEMGaston A . Costa, MDGinger CzajkowskiSarah DabaghTom DerenneEmily DeVillersChristopher I . Doty, MD FAAEMWilliam T . Durkin, Jr ., MD MBA FAAEMMichael L . Epter, DO FAAEMKristin Fontes, MDGary M . Gaddis, MD PhD FAAEMRobert D . Glatter, MD FAAEMAndrew GoldenMitchell J . Goldman, DO FAAEM FAAPDanielle Goodrich, MDMichael Gottlieb, MDMatthew N . Graber, MD PhD FAAEMDorothy Habrat, DOMichael HayounJoshua Dean HortonMyles Jen Kin, DOAndrew S . Johnson, MD MPH FAAEMLauren JohnsonJennifer L . Kanapicki Comer, MD FAAEMDevin KeefeChad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMJay Khadpe, MD FAAEMMichael J . Klevens, MD FAAEMTamara R . Kuittinen, MD FAAEMChristopher C . Lee, MD FAAEMTracy L . LeGros, MD PhD FAAEMVivian LeiMichael H . LeWitt, MD MPH FAAEMJoseph R . Lex, Jr ., MD MAAEM FAAEMLe Lu, MD FAAEMEverett T . Lyn, MD MSc FAAEMSarah Terez Malka, MDEvadne G . Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEPCarmen Martinez Martinez, MD FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMMeaghan Mercer, DO

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Trevor Mills, MD MPH FAAEMBohdan Minczak, MD PhD FAAEMWilliam Mulkerin, MDTerrence M . Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEMHeather M . Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEMSassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPLillian Oshva, MD FAAEMAaron Pannier, MDSonali Patel, MDJohn C . Perkins, Jr ., MD FAAEM FACEP FACPAndrew Phillips, MDWendell PotterMichael S . Pulia, MD FAAEMDan Quan, DO FAAEMNadeem Qureshi, MD FAAP FCCMEdward Ramoska, MD MPH FAAEMKevin C . Reed, MD FAAEMJennifer ReinkKevin G . Rodgers, MD FAAEMRobert Rodriguez, MD FAAEMSherri Rudinsky, MD FAAEM NMCSDMeghan Schott, MDShane Sergent, DOKrystle Shafer, MDIndrani A . Sheridan, MD FAAEMEdward Siegel, MDMichael E .Silverman, MD FAAEM FACPJacob W . Ufberg, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMJoanne Williams, MD FAAEMJanet WilsonMichael E . Winters, MD FAAEM

The FolloWIng PlannIng commITTee members and sTaFF have dIsclosed relevanT FInancIal relaTIonshIPs

Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMGilead Sciences, Inc, Primary Investigator, Grant Funding

David D . Vega, MD FAAEMPennsylvania Medical Society, Honorarium, Site Surveyor for CME Commission

Kay WhalenExecutive Director, Inc., Ownership Interest

Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMAlexza Pharma, Honorarium, Consultant

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Exhibitor DirectoryThe following organizations will exhibit at the AAEM 20th Annual Scientific Assembly in the Rhinelander Gallery and the Gramercy Room at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City .

exhIbIT hall schedule

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 20146:00pm – 7:00pm Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 20147:00am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast for attendees in Exhibit Hall9:30am – 1:30pm Exhibit Hall Open to Attendees3:00pm – 4:30pm Exhibit Hall Open to Attendees

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20147:00am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast for attendees in Exhibit Hall9:30am – 1:00pm Exhibit Hall Open to Attendees2:30pm – 4:00pm Exhibit Hall Open to Attendees

Note: Continental Breakfast and Breaks will be served in the exhibit hall .

*Indicates the exhibiting company has a signed attestation statement on file with AAEM stating that they are actively recruiting physicians on site and the position they are promoting provides a democratic and equitable work environment which includes provisions for due process and the absence of restrictive covenants . The position being advertised is one of the following: 1) employment by a hospital, university, or non-profit corporation or foundation or 2) A physician group that is not owned directly or indirectly in part or in whole by a lay entity or individual .

indicates Career Connections Fair participant

indicates Passport to Prizes participant

a sTudy on ed dIzzIness PresenTaTIons

Ann Arbor, MichiganEmail: johnspat@umich .eduWebsite: http://www .signupgenius .com/go/10C094EAFA622A6FC1-interview$50 for 15 minutes of your time . We need your help to better understand the management of dizziness presentations in the emergency department as part of an NIH-funded study . ED physicians (residency-trained) who are enrolled and complete an in-person interview (about 15 minutes) will receive a $50 cash incentive . If you’ve had success in treating BPPV with the canalith repositioning (Epley) maneuver we are particularly interested in speaking with you! It’s easy to schedule your interview by following the link above or scanning the QR code . For more information please contact Patty Johnson at johnspat@umich .edu or visit our exhibit hall booth #217 .

aaem sTaTe chaPTers

555 East Wells StreetSuite 1100Milwaukee, WI 53202Phone: 800-884-2236Email: info@aaem .orgWebsite: www .aaem .orgAAEM members can make an impact on the local level by forming a state chapter of AAEM . Although emergency physicians are encouraged to join both their state chapter and national AAEM, there is no requirement that they do . Those physicians who wish to belong solely to an AAEM state chapter are free to do so . The following states have established chapters: California, Delaware Valley, Florida, Great Lakes, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Uniformed Services and Virginia . If you are interested in developing a state chapter in your state, please contact us at info@aaem .org .

ahc medIa, llc

950 East Paces Ferry Road, NESuite 2850Atlanta, GA 30326Phone: 404-262-5470Email: jill .denlea@ahcmedia .comWebsite: www .ahcmedia .comAHC Media is the world renowned creator and publisher of emergency care educational newsletters, LLSA study guides, webinars, special reports and other educational tools . Its flagship publication, Emergency Medicine Reports, is a biweekly newsletter that delivers practical, comprehensive and authoritative reviews of clinical presentations commonly encountered in the emergency room . Included in EMR’s subscription is the bi-monthly clinical monograph, Trauma Reports, which focuses on emergency care of traumatic injuries . The combination of EMR and TR offers up to 81 CME credits . AHC’s newest release, EM-FULL, is an all-inclusive emergency digital site license offering unlimited access to 11 emergency care resources and their archives . Additional emergency sector publications AHC Media offers include: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports, EM Reports’ Study Guide to the LLSA Exams, ED Management, ED Legal Letter, Pediatric Trauma Care, Critical Care Alert and Stroke Alert I and II .

aIrWay cam TechnologIes, Inc.

PO Box 337Wayne, PA 19087Phone: 610-341-9560Email: info@airwaycam .comRealign your beauty/death ratio – come to an amazing CME event in one of the most remarkable places in the world-Yellowstone & Tetons . Dr . Richard Levitan and other airway experts are giving Advanced Airway and Critical Care Courses at the Jackson Lake Lodge in May and June . Cabins $249/night, 35-minute drive from airport (direct flights from many cities); share with family an incredible experience & recharge your soul!


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arThrocare corPoraTIon

7000 West William Cannon DriveAustin, TX 78735Phone: 512-391-3900Website: www .arthrocare .comThe ENT division at ArthroCare capitalizes on two best-in-class platform technologies to improve its mission - advancing the standard of care . With continued investment in R&D and a focus on patient results, we’ve led innovation in ENT technologies for the ER, OR and in-office applications .

*basseTT healThcare neTWork

One Atwell RoadCooperstown, NY 13326Phone: 607-547-6982Email: colleen .donnelly@bassett .orgWebsite: www .bassett .orgBassett Healthcare Network, a multi-specialty group in central New York State, is seeking qualified emergency physicians to join our staff, serving patients in our growing multi-hospital network . Candidates must be ABEM certified and/or emergency medicine residency-trained . Bassett Healthcare Network is the largest provider of emergency services in central New York . Bassett Medical Center, located in Cooperstown, is an area level II trauma center, a designated stroke center, and our Heart Care Institute offers cardiac surgery, PCI, and state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapies .

beckerman InsTITuTIonal

406 W . Park AvenueOakhurst, NJ 07755Phone: 877-892-7738Email: william@beckermaninstitutional .comBeckerman Institutional provides comprehensive financial services to medical professionals . This includes: financial planning, practice management, risk management, business services, practice succession planning, accounting, and retirement planning . Our unbiased comprehensive approach helps our clients feel more confident about the future .

*bIodynamIc research corPoraTIon (brc)

5711 University Heights Blvd#100San Antonio, TX 78249Phone: 210-582-0709Email: jsanchez@brconline .comWebsite: www .brconline .comBiodynamic Research Corporation (BRC) is a professional services firm specializing in biomechanical analysis and accident reconstruction . BRC is located in San Antonio, Texas . BRC serves clients throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico . BRC was founded in 1986 by Dr . James V . (Jim) Benedict, a physician with a PhD in mechanical engineering . BRC has over 80 personnel performing or supporting a myriad of professional service activities related to biomechanics and accident reconstruction .

*ceP amerIca

2100 Powell StreetSuite 900Emeryville, CA 94608Phone: 800-842-2619Email: careers@cepamerica .comWebsite: www .acutecarecontinuum .comCEP America is among the largest independent, democratic physician groups in the U .S ., offering highly satisfying career opportunities within a partnership structure . CEP America is owned and managed by its physician partners . Our integrated practice model includes careers in emergency and hospital medicine, and urgent care . We are dedicated to providing the best practice locations and management support for our partners . Our physicians have a voice in the partnership from day one!

cornersTone TheraPeuTIcs

1255 Crescent Green DriveSuite 250Cary, NC 27518Phone: 919-678-6595Website: www .crtx .comCornerstone Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing products for the hospital and adjacent specialty markets . The company currently promotes four products; CARDENE®IV (nicardipine hydrochloride) Premixed Injection, PERTZYE® (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules, BETHKIS® (Tobramycin Inhalation Solution), and CUROSURF® (poractant alfa) Intratracheal Suspension . For information on Cornerstone or our products, please visit www .crtx .com .

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csl behrIng

1020 First AvenueKing of Prussia, PA 19406Phone: 201-206-2851Email: wendy .simon@cslbehring .comWebsite: www .cslbehring .comBiotherapies for Life - CSL Behring is a global leader in the plasma protein biotherapeutics industry . We research, develop, manufacture and market biotherapies that are used to treat serious and rare conditions . Users of our therapies rely on them for their quality of life and, in many cases, for life itself .

elITe medIcal scrIbes

1730 Plymouth RoadSuite 207Minnetonka, MN 55305Phone: 651-434-1906Email: marcink@elitemedicalscribes .comWebsite: http://www .elitemedicalscribes .com/testimonials .htmlElite Medical Scribes is the premier scribe training and staffing company . From scribe recruitment to hiring, training, and management Elite has you covered .

elsevIer

1600 JFK BlvdSuite 1800Philadelphia, PA 19103Phone: 215-239-3491Email: j .francis@elsevier .comWebsite: www .elsevierhealth .comELSEVIER is a leading publisher of health science publications, advancing medicine by delivering superior reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students . With an extensive media spectrum — print, online and handheld, we are able to supply the information you need in the most convenient format .

emergency grouPs’ oFFIce

444 E . Huntington DriveArcadia, CA 91006Phone: 626-447-0296Email: kevinm@emergencygroupsoffice .com, jim@emergencygroupsoffice .comWebsite: www .emergencygroupsoffice .comEmergency Groups’ Office provides a full range of billing and coding management services to emergency medicine groups and hospitals . Registered nurses experienced in emergency medicine and knowledgeable in reimbursement accurately code the services provided by the emergency physician . The company, started in 1990, continues to provide superior results as demonstrated by the fact that Emergency Groups’ Office bills for more than 2,400,000 visits annually for clients in ten states . For more information, contact James Blakeman at jim@emergencygroupsoffice .com or Kevin Meyer at kevinm@emergencygroupsoffice .com .

*emergency medIcIne

7 Century DriveSuite 302Parsippany, NJ 07054Phone: 973-290-8228Email: lkalish@fronlinemedcom .comWebsite: www .emed-journal .comEmergency Medicine is a monthly journal for emergency physicians and physicians working in urgent care settings . The mission of the publication is to provide its approximately 30,000 readers with practical, hands-on, case-oriented clinical information that is directly relevant to emergency and urgent care practices .

*emergency medIcIne assocIaTes, P.a., P.c.

20010 Century BlvdSuite 200Germantown, MD 20874Phone: 240-686-2300Email: recruitment@emaonline .comEmergency Medicine Associates, P .A ., P .C ., is an established, physician-managed group that provides staffing to suburban community emergency departments in northern Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D .C ., and West Virginia . Since the company’s founding in 1971, EMA has maintained 100% contract stability . EMA offers partnership to qualified physicians and staffs our facilities with a team of superb emergency medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and medical scribes .

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emergency PhysIcIans Insurance comPany rIsk reTenTIon grouP (ePIc)

13620 Lincoln WaySuite 230Auburn, CA 95603Phone: 800-560-4353Email: pravenna@epicrrg .comWebsite: www .epicrrg .comEmergency Physicians Insurance Company Risk Retention Group offers medical liability insurance to emergency medicine physicians . EPIC is a partnership of the best independent ED groups in America committed to raising standards of patient safety to reduce factors leading to malpractice claims . EPIC’s partnership model assures a standard of high quality risk management practice that is essential to providing stable and affordable insurance to ED groups .

*emergency servIce ParTners, l.P.

6300 La Calma Drive#200Austin, TX 78752Phone: 888-800-8237Email: edjobs@eddocs .comWebsite: http://www .eddocs .com/ESP is a democratic, physician-owned and physician-managed EM group with more than 25 hospital partners across Texas . Our ED locations include Dallas/Ft . Worth, Austin, Bryan/College Station, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country, and we will work to find the right position for you . With compensation models to maximize income, fair scheduling, paid malpractice and tail, mentoring/leadership programs and a partnership opportunity, we truly have our physicians’ best interests at heart .

*emrecuITs

12700 Park Central DriveSuite 900Dallas, TX 75251Phone: 877-379-1088Email: info@EMrecruits .comWebsite: www .EMrecruits .com EMrecruits provides physicians and advanced practice providers a focused, professional, and effective career changing experience . We provide direct access to permanent positions with dynamic, independent private practices in 28 states across the nation . Our network of clients offers a choice of pace, relationships, and compensation models . Whether you are looking for urban or tertiary care centers, freestanding EDs or urgent care centers – we have multiple options waiting for you to discover .

*eos medIcal grouP

60 Merritt BoulevardFishkill, NY 12524Phone: 845-202-7182Email: gtruhe@eosmd .comWebsite: explore .eosmd .comWe are Eos Medical Group . We provide full-time emergency medicine physician and allied health professional staffing for hospitals . We support you with mentorship opportunities, one-on-one customer service training and leadership education . You’ll get everything from an outstanding salary and benefits to CME allowances and a flexible schedule . You’ll work with engaged and responsive leadership and the quality of life here is a pleasant bonus . Come rediscover why you first chose to practice emergency medicine .

ePoWerdoc, Inc.

PO Box 241642Omaha, NE 68124Phone: 515-965-8040Email: jporter@epowerdoc .comWebsite: www .epowerdoc .comEPOWERdoc is a leading supplier of emergency department documentation systems . EPOWERdoc’s new EMRDoc™ system is setting new standards for fast documentation speed and ease of use . EMRDoc™ is a revolutionary electronic patient tracking and documentation system that incorporates the unique EPOWERdoc template formats into an EMR module that is specifically designed for ED clinicians . The result - this new EMR/EDIS system will not slow your documentation down like other EMR products you have used .

*FIrsT choIce emergency room

2941 Lake Vista Suite 200Lewisville, TX 75067Phone: 972-899-6743Email: John .cherry@fcer .com, scott .ayers@fcer .comWebsite: www .fcer .comFirst Choice Emergency Room (FCER .com) is the nation’s leading freestanding emergency room system; it is both the largest and the oldest . First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies . First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with state of the art diagnostic technology (CT scanners, ultrasound, and digital x-ray) and on-site labs . Employees voted First Choice Emergency Room as one of the 2013 Best Companies to Work for in Texas . All First Choice Emergency Room locations are exclusively staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses . First Choice ER has eleven locations in the Houston area, eleven in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, two in the Austin area, one in the Denver area and one in Colorado Springs . According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey, FCER provides the highest quality emergency medical care—ranking in the top 1 percentile of patient care nationally and received the 2013 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award .

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hays comPanIes

1025 Thomas Jefferson St . NW425 WestWashington, D .C . 20007Phone: 202-263-4012Email: egibbs@hayscompanies .comWebsite: https://aaem .haysaffinity .comAmerican Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) has partnered with Hays Affinity to offer its members an exclusive professional liability/malpractice insurance program designed only for AAEM members . The program consists of a preferred rating structure and coverage features designed specifically for members . Hays will act as an advocate and will assist members through the entire application process . Any members interested in finding out more information should visit: https://aaem .haysaffinity .com .

hIPPo educaTIon, Inc.

21250 Califa StreetSuite 107Woodland Hills, CA 91367Phone: 877-993-6727Email: dang@hippoeducation .comWebsite: www .hippoeducation .comHippo Education is a crack team of educators and creative thinkers on a mission to radically change medical education . We create innovative and entertaining online education of unsurpassed quality . What you do matters, and we are dedicated to helping you become the best clinician you can be . You can find all of our EM products; Hippo EM, Essentials of Emergency Medicine and EM:RAP at hippoem .com .

*IndIana unIversITy kelley school oF busIness

Graduate Business Programs in Medicine801 W . Michigan StreetRoom BS 4032Indianapolis, IN 46202-5151Phone: 317-278-9495Email: kbizmed@iupui .eduWebsite: http://kelley .iupui .edu/degrees/medicine/mba/The IU Kelley School’s Business of Medicine MBA is a two year hybrid MBA program specifically designed for physician leaders with a focus on translating proven business concepts into game-changing health care practices for immediate application with specialized contemporary coursework for the rapidly changing health care industry .

*InFInITy healThcare

111 E . Wisconsin AvenueSuite 2100Milwaukee, WI 53202Phone: 414-290-6750Email: mvorpagel@infinityhealthcare .comInfinity HealthCare is a successful highly-regarded physician-employee owned and managed emergency medicine group practice . Growth and expansion have resulted from our ability to deliver the highest quality of care on a consistent basis in established collaborative relationships with client hospitals and their medical staffs . We are proud to be able to exceed expectations in the hospital EDs throughout Wisconsin and Illinois that we currently staff and manage . Infinity is recognized for the set of core values and beliefs that characterize the company . Infinity’s primary distinctions are our innovative ownership structure, solid ideological foundation and commitment to proven physician leadership and direction in a fair-minded practice environment . Physicians are encouraged to capitalize on opportunities, both clinical and administrative, to achieve their career goals within, and with respect for, the communities they serve .

InTermedIx

6451 N . Federal HighwayFt . Lauderdale, FL 33308Phone: 800-962-3303Website: intermedix .comIntermedix is the nation’s leading provider of billing, coding and practice management services for emergency physicians, hospitalists and urgent care centers . For over 30 years, Intermedix has served medical providers across the United States, processing millions of patient visits annually and making sure every dollar earned is a dollar collected . At Intermedix, we provide solutions created for experts by experts . For more information, please contact us at 800-962-3303 or visit our website at www .intermedix .com .

InTrIgma, Inc.

100 Duffy AvenueSuite 510Hicksville, NY 11801Phone: 631-590-1625Email: chelsea@intrigma .comWorkforce scheduling solution that includes iPad practice management dashboard, patient flow toolset, assignment tracking capabilities . Intrigma is a leader in medical staff scheduling that deliver bottom-line impact to medical groups, hospitals and hospital systems .

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IsImulaTe

90 State StreetSuite 700Albany, NY 12203Phone: 518-407-0006Email: bobby .syed@isimulate .comWebsite: http://www .isimulate .comiSimulate uses the best of current mobile technology to create products that are more advanced, simpler to use, and more cost effective than traditional medical simulation solutions .

*leadIng edge medIcal assocIaTes

700 E . Marshall AveLongview, TX 75601Phone: 903-931-3555Email: Tblack@lema-em .comWebsite: www .lema-em .comPhysicians founded Leading Edge Medical Associates (LEMA) in February of 1998 to provide emergency services for Good Shepherd Health System . The group has grown from treating 39,000 patients to more than 150,000 in four and soon to be five locations located in the lush countryside between Dallas, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana . LEMA is a sophisticated and passionate group of physicians . The group provides an environment where emergency physicians may utilize their training from pediatrics to trauma to teaching . This young, dynamic group has strong leadership with a diverse group of partners dedicated to grow with the Good Shepherd Health System . Partnership opportunity is available to all LEMA physicians . Young partners are expected to fulfill a focused leadership role . They are mentored through coaching and a structured leadership development program designed to meet the demands of future health care . The group is positioned for growth and welcomes talented, board certified/eligible physicians who share their zeal for emergency medicine .

*locumTenens.com

2655 Northwinds ParkwayAlpharetta, GA 30009Phone: 800-562-8663Email: ccruz@locumtenens .comWebsite: www .locumtenens .comLocumTenens .com is a full-service staffing firm serving physicians, CRNAs, NPs and PAs searching for locum tenens and permanent job opportunities, as well as health care facilities looking to solve employment shortages . Experienced recruiters focus on the following high-demand specialty areas: anesthesia, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, psychiatry, primary care (internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and hospitalists), radiology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, urology, surgery and most surgical sub-specialties . The operator of the largest internet job board for the locum tenens industry, LocumTenens .com provides job-seeking providers direct access to thousands of jobs, in all specialties, posted directly by facilities and agencies nationwide . Whether you want to work with an agency recruiter, or conduct your own online search, LocumTenens .com is obsessively dedicated to assisting with your search .

logIxhealTh

8 Oak Park DriveBedford, MA 01730Phone: 781-280-1609Email: ebryan@logixhealth .comWebsite: www .logixhealth .com

LogixHealth has over two decades of experience providing full service emergency department (ED) coding, billing and revenue cycle solutions for hospitals and physician practices for over six million ED visits annually . LogixHealth provides ongoing coding, claims management and the latest business intelligence analytics for clients in over 30 states . For more information, visit us online at www .logixhealth .com .

marTIn goTTlIeb & assocIaTes

4932 Sunbeam RoadJacksonville, FL 32257Phone: 800-833-9986Email: info@gottlieb .comMartin Gottlieb & Associates (MGA) is a national leader in medical revenue cycle for emergency physicians . A privately held company based in Jacksonville, Florida, MGA bills over 2 .5 million patient visits annually and provides a full range of accounts receivable, financial management, strategic planning and other consultative services .

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meddaTa, Inc.

6880 W . Snowville RoadSuite 210Brecksville, OH 44141Phone: 800-835-7474Email: info@meddata .comWebsite: www .meddata .comMedData is among the nation’s leading providers of medical billing services across all health care specialties, having handled more than 125 million patient visits throughout its tenure . The company serves 3,000 physicians across 700 facilities throughout the U .S ., having built a national presence by becoming experts at the state level .

*medIcal emergency ProFessIonal (meP)

12410 Milestone Center DriveSuite 225Germantown, MD 20876Website: www .mephealth .comMEP is a physician owned and managed emergency medicine group with seven facilities in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, treating over 4,000,000 patients annually and is committed to growth . MEP is an innovative company having implemented a free-standing ED, rapid treatment units, and scribe support . MEP is meeting the industry’s changing environment and creating opportunity for its physicians .

mIndray norTh amerIca

800 MacArthur BlvdMahwah, NJ 07430Phone: 800-288-2121Website: www .na .mindray .comMindray North America is a company founded on innovation, accompanied by an enduring commitment to customer service and an unwavering dedication to improving patient care . Mindray offers a full compliment of monitoring, anesthesia, and ultrasound products to meet the needs of low to high acuity surgical facilities .

navaJo area IndIan healTh servIce

PO Box 9020Window Rock, AZ 86515Phone: 800-221-5646Email: shannon .hopkins@ihs .gov

norThWesT semInars

1412 N . 5th AvenuePasco, WA 99301Phone: 800-222-6927Email: connie@nwas .comWebsite: www .northwestseminars .comNorthwest Seminars, in joint sponsorship with the A . Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Heath Care System, Dallas, provides accredited educational opportunities, whether conferences or focused workshops, for post-graduate emergency medical specialists . Each conference is held in one of a wide variety of venues throughout every season of the year . While the titles may be the same, each conference is distinctly different from the others in content and faculty .

nuvomed, Inc.

2300 E . Roy StreetSeattle, WA 98112Phone: 858-472-5596Email: sales@nuvomed .comWebsite: www .nuvomed .comNuvoMed is a first-to-market medical device company delivering innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and increase the efficiency of health care delivery . The NuvoMed DisImpactor™ is a patented, disposable medical device used for the immediate relief of fecal impaction . By significantly reducing pain for the patient and providing a more capable tool for the physician, the NuvoMed DisImpactor™ makes your least favorite job a whole lot easier .

PePId, llc

300 W . ClarendonSuite 350Phoenix, AZ 85013Phone: 888-321-7828 x219Email: bcook@pepid .comWebsite: www .pepid .comFor 20 years, PEPID has been providing you with answers to your clinical questions quickly, saving time and improving care when you need it most . PEPID’s Emergency Medicine and Primary Care plus Ambulatory Care contain an extensive drug database, differential diagnosis generator, dosing calculators, evidence-based medicine, disease profiles and emergency protocols . Available anytime, anywhere from a mobile device, computer or integrated into your EDIS system .

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PercuvIsIon, llc

2030 Dividend DriveColumbus, OH 43228Phone: 614-891-4800Email: rick .karr@percuvision .comWebsite: http://www .percuvision .com/PercuVision’s® DirectVision® System and Catheters are designed for emergency department nurses, mid-levels and physicians to resolve more difficult urinary catheterizations (DUC) . Join us to learn more about the only Foley with vision and how it can decrease the complex and expensive escalation procedures associated with DUC, improve ED throughout and reduce iatrogenic injuries .

PhysassIsT scrIbes, Inc.

6451 Brentwood Stair Road#100Fort Worth, TX 76112Phone: 817-496-1009Email: scott@iamscribe .comWebsite: http://www .iamscribe .comEstablished in 1995, PhysAssist Scribes, Inc . has always made quality our primary focus – consistently increasing the efficiency, chart accuracy, and professional satisfaction of the physicians and departments we serve . In addition to setting the standard for quality in the scribe industry, PhysAssist Scribes has continued its tradition of leading innovation in the areas of training (I AM SCRIBE University), physician distraction reduction, and the most advanced compliance program in the nation, helping our clients protect their most valuable investments . PhysAssist Scribes: Always Quality .

PorTer InsTrumenT

245 Township Line RoadHatfield, PA 19440Phone: 215-660-8224Email: michael .civitello@parker .comWebsite: www .porterinstrument .com/medicalPorter Instrument is the leading manufacturer of nitrous oxide and oxygen systems used for pain management and minimal to moderate sedation . Improve wait times and throughput by incorporating nitrous oxide sedation into your facility . Safe, fast acting, and a short duration of effect make this a must have option for your facility . Visit Porter at www .porterinstrument .com/medical .

*PracTIcelInk.com

415 2nd AvenueHinton, WV 25951Phone: 800-776-8383Email: proteam@PracticeLink .comWebsite: http://www .PracticeLink .comPhysicians searching for their first or next practice rely on PracticeLink—The Career Advancement Resource for Physicians . PracticeLink helps physicians find the practice opportunities that best suit their personal and professional needs, and provides helpful career development and job-search information . Find your next practice on PracticeLink .com!

*PremIer PhysIcIan servIces

332 Congress Park DriveDayton, OH 45459Phone: 800-726-3627 ext . 3670Email: gfelder@premierdocs .comWebsite: www .premierdocs .comPremier Physician Services owes it success to a focus on our employees . It is a central pillar in our mission statement . Our ownership model, educational offerings, career opportunities and personal attention have created a culture that attracts and retains great clinicians . We have found that exceptional doctors want to work at sites where there is great teamwork and engaged leadership . PPS recognizes that keeping our clinicians and client’s needs first and foremost will enhance the patient experience . Please visit booth #100 to discuss the many benefits and opportunities Premier has to offer you .

ProscrIbe

16414 San Pedro #525San Antonio, TX 78232Phone: 210-861-2956Email: tmulligan@proscribemd .comWebsite: www .proscribemd .comThe ProScribe leadership team is passionate about changing health care . Our business goals are centered around providing the highest quality scribe service possible - We’re not striving to be the biggest, our ambition is to be the BEST! Above all, we are here to enable practitioners to profitably improve the quality of time spent with their patients .

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*quesTcare ParTners

12221 Merit DriveSuite 1610Dallas, TX 75248Phone: 214-217-1911Email: lisa .parker@questcare .comWebsite: www .questcare .comQuestcare was founded in 1996 when a single-hospital physician-owned group assumed responsibility for 14 emergency departments in north Texas . Insistence on delivering quality patient care in an environment that supported the physicians’ needs created the high standards upon which Questcare was founded . On February 18, 2005, fifty-one of the full-time employed physicians of Questcare purchased Questcare Medical Services P .A . Since that date, Questcare has been known by the assumed name “Questcare Partners” a truly democratic emergency medicine group characterized by a one-member/one-vote policy . Questcare’s board of directors and the elected officers now consist entirely of members of its full-time physician staff .

regency TheraPeuTIcs

PO Box 9001Shirley, NY 11727Phone: 888-354-4855Email: inquiry@regencytherapeutics .comWebsite: www .regencytherapeutics .comRegency Therapeutics, a division of Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., markets innovative pharmaceutical products that offer meaningful alternatives to patients and those that care for them . Currently focused on the treatment of acute pain, we seek to provide fiscally and socially responsible solutions to challenging problems facing our customers and our health care system .

rosh revIeW

10515 Talbot AvenueHuntington Woods, MI 48070Phone: 248-376-3719Email: adam@roshreview .comWebsite: www .roshreview .comYour emergency medicine board review experience is about to change . Expert question writers, high-yield content, comprehensive explanations . . .all in a simple, user-friendly interface . For program director’s we have launched a comprehensive Program Director’s Dashboard (PD Dash) to track, oversee, and analyze your residents’ performance . We are also releasing our Milestone module that you don’t want to miss . We believe in one rule . . .everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler . Now do yourself a favor, and see what we have to offer you .

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scrIbe soluTIons, Inc.

13500 Sutton Park Drive S .Suite 204Jacksonville,, FL 32224Phone: 904-683-4574Email: info@scribesolutions .comWebsite: www .scribesolutions .comSeeing patients is what emergency physicians do best . Scribe Solutions gives physicians the time to do it . We understand the demands emergency department physicians face and offer a low cost, innovative approach to significantly improve the process of emergency care . Based out of northeast Florida, Scribe Solutions services multiple states and offers emergency department services for medical scribes throughout the nation .

scrIbeamerIca, llc

20900 NE 30th AvenueSuite 703Aventura, FL 33180Phone: 818-515-7035Email: info@scribeamerica .comWebsite: www .scribeamerica .comWe are experts at helping with your EHR optimization and ICD-10 documentation so that you can avoid the expected major disruptions to your group’s cash flow . Employing over 3,000 medical scribes in 40 states, ScribeAmerica is the nation’s most widely utilized medical scribe education, training, and management company . The preferred vendor for over 3,000 physicians and mid-level providers, our highly trained medical scribe specialists maximize the physician’s productivity and decrease the ED’s left without being seen rates . The American College of Medical Scribe Specialists certifies our scribes . To request a quote, email info@scribeamerica .com or visit our website at www .scribeamerica .com .

scrIbeconnecT

1740 Innovation DriveSuite 213Carbondale, IL 62903Phone: 855-968-6372Email: info@scribeconnect .comWebsite: www .scribeconnect .comScribeConnect is a national full-service medical scribe training and management company . Our focus is on exceptional customer care and quality scribe education . ScribeConnect is an industry leader in health information management and physician resource administration and consistently produces quality customized scribe programs for emergency departments of all sizes .


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scrIbes sTaT, Inc.

6420 SW Macadam AvenuePortland, OR 97239Phone: 503-477-7605Email: robert .burnett@scribestat .com

shIFT admInIsTraTors, llc

2818 Canterbury RoadColumbia, SC 29204Phone: 888-744-3840Email: info@shiftadmin .comWebsite: http://www .shiftadmin .comShift Admin is a web-based schedule generation and management company that has been helping clients efficiently create schedules for over five years . The company serves over 15,000 providers daily, including emergency departments, residency programs, radiology groups, hospitalist groups, and more . The intuitive interface makes entering/reviewing schedule requests, viewing statistics and payroll, creating/applying schedule rules, viewing/sharing/subscribing to schedules easy for all technological skill levels . Because Shift Admin uses the most advanced scheduling algorithm available, it is customizable to meet the specific needs of individual schedule groups . If you’re interested in upgrading your scheduling method, feel free to contact Shift Admin to see a live, web-based demo of their program by emailing info@shiftadmin .com or stopping by their booth (#213) . To learn more about the scheduling system, their website is www .shiftadmin .com .

*souTheasT healTh

1701 Lacey StreetCape Girardeau, MO 63701Phone: 573-331-6374Email: mpresser@sehealth .orgWebsite: www .sehealth .orgAre you interested in making a difference at SoutheastHEALTH? Be a part of the southeast emergency medicine team in Cape Girardeau, MO – the largest medical market between St . Louis and Memphis . Southeast Hospital is licensed for 266 beds, TJC accredited, staffed with 96% RN’s, and serves a population of 643,000 in a five state region .

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sT. Jude chIldren’s research hosPITal

262 Danny Thomas PlaceMemphis, TN 38105Phone: 901-595-4055Email: referralinfo@stjude .orgWebsite: www .stjude .orgFor more than 50 years, St . Jude Children’s Research Hospital has played a pivotal role in pushing overall U .S . pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 to over 80 percent . A national resource with a global mission, St . Jude is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children . Patients are accepted based on eligibility to enroll in open St . Jude protocols without any regard for ability to pay .

Taser InTernaTIonal

17800 N . 85th StreetScottsdale, AZ 85255Phone: 480-463-2157Email: katie@taser .comWebsite: www .TASER .comOur industry leading Conducted Electrical Weapons(CEWs) are used worldwide by law enforcement, military, correctional, professional security, and personal protection markets . TASER CEWs use proprietary technology to incapacitate dangerous, combative, or high-risk subjects who pose a risk to law enforcement/correctional officers, innocent citizens, or themselves in a manner that is generally recognized as a safer alternative to other uses of force . TASER technology protects life, and the use of TASER devices dramatically reduces injury rates for law enforcement officers and suspects .

Texas assocIaTIon oF FreesTandIng emergency cenTers

208 West 14th StreetAustin, TX 78701Phone: 512-658-1990Email: brad2@bradshields .comWebsite: www .tafec .orgThe Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers (TAFEC) is the first and only statewide association in the U .S . created especially to represent freestanding emergency centers . TAFEC is a member-based organization working with state leaders to ensure the fair regulation and growth of this industry . We’re also working to raise public awareness of the industry and to promote an overall understanding of the unique benefits of freestanding emergency centers . Our members work to ensure that all Texans have timely access to high-quality emergency medical care . As licensed, regulated, full functioning ERs equipped to handle medical emergencies 24/7, our members provide expert care at convenient community locations with minimal waiting .


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*Texas Tech healTh scIences cenTer aT el Paso

4801 Alberta AvenueSuite B3200El Paso, TX 79905Phone: 915-215-4600Email: christine .carbajal@ttuhsc .eduWebsite: http://www .ttuhsc .edu/fostersom/emergency/default .aspxAs the only level one trauma center in El Paso, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Emergency Medicine Department handles a major portion of trauma care in conjunction with University Medical Center (UMC) of El Paso . The department supplies on-line medical control for El Paso EMS and provides physician direction and sponsorship for the West Texas Regional Poison Center . Texas Tech’s proximity to Mexico, which is only a half mile away, gives a broad medical view of many problems rarely seen in other parts of the U .S . Texas Tech physicians have cared for patients with ailments and diseases as diverse as botulism, snake bites, hypothermia, neurocysticercosis, and polio .

*TIva healThcare, Inc.

1613 N . Harrison PkwySuite 200Sunrise, FL 33323Phone: 954-858-1443Email: Carole .zaleski@tivahealthcare .comWebsite: www .tivahealthcare .comTIVA is the permanent, locum tenens and moonlighting staffing firm that partners closely with health care employers and job seekers . TIVA identifies the best, most fulfilling career opportunities for adult and pediatric emergency medicine physicians and physician assistants . TIVA: your way to the one .

*unIversITy oF Texas healTh scIence cenTer

7703 Floyd Curl DriveMSC 7736San Antonio, TX 78229Email: marriottk@uthscsa .eduWebsite: www .emergencymedicine .uthscsa .eduThe Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio is recruiting for highly qualified full-time residency trained academic emergency medicine physicians . Optimal candidates will have an established track record of peer-reviewed research, excellence in education and outstanding clinical service . The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer .

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*u.s. army healThcare recruITIng

140 Executive DriveSuite 100New Windsor, NY 12553Phone: 845-567-6209Email: albert .gasbarra .mil@mail .milThe US Army locates, qualifies, and employs health care professionals to provide the best medical care for soldiers, families, and retirees from the Armed Forces .

vITas InnovaTIve hosPIce care®

100 S . Biscayne BlvdSuite 1300Miami, FL 33131Phone: 800-93-VITASWebsite: www .vitas .comVITAS Innovative Hospice Care®, the nation’s leading hospice provider, delivers comprehensive care for patients facing life-limiting illness . Services include Intensive Comfort CareSM, after-hours Telecare to speak with clinicians, specialized offerings for veterans, educational in-services, grief/loss programs; and more . For more information, please visit us at VITAS .com or call 800 .93 .VITAS .

*WeaTherby healThcare

6451 North Federal HighwaySuite 800Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308Phone: 800-586-5022Email: info@weatherbyhealthcare .comWebsite: www .weatherbyhealthcare .comAs part of its signature Red Ribbon Service, staffing company Weatherby Healthcare provides health care professionals a personal consultant whose priority is to find them the ideal locum tenens or permanent job and negotiate the best terms on their behalf . Enjoy premium service and excellent pay . Call 800 .586 .5022 or visit www .weatherbyhealthcare .com .


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*WIndIng cross urgenT care

5930 Frederick Crossing LaneFrederick, MD 21704Phone: 240-379-7776Email: lkazanov@windingcrossurgentcare .com Winding Cross Urgent Care is the first urgent care franchise to be offered exclusively to board certified emergency physicians . We believe that urgent care services are best delivered by emergency physicians and strive to create a model designed by emergency physicians for emergency physicians . We aim for our centers to be equipped to have near ER freestanding capability . Our franchise model delivers all elements from start up to maintaining ongoing operations . The franchise is formally registered in Virginia and Maryland (and to be registered on an ongoing basis) with a trademarked logo .

zeroWeT, Inc.

PO Box 4375Palos Verdes, CA 90274Phone: 310-544-1600Email: kstamler .zerowet@verizon .netWebsite: www .zerowet .comThe ZEROWET SUPERSHIELD is the most widely used, widely recommended wound irrigation shield in the world, by far . If your ED doesn’t yet use this unparalleled product, come see what you’re missing . And the KLENZALAC is perfect for quickly and effectively cleaning out even the nastiest wounds . Come see them both today!

z-medIca, llc

4 Fairfield BlvdWallingford, CT 06492Phone: 203-294-0000Email: info@z-medica .comWebsite: http://www .z-medica .com/Z-Medica, LLC is the innovator and manufacturer of QuikClot® products for hemostasis . QuikClot® hemostatic dressings, are impregnated with kaolin, a naturally occurring mineral . This comprehensive line of products for hemostasis includes QuikClot® 2x2™, 4x4™ QuikClot® Combat Gauze™, and QuikClot® Interventional™ and QuikClot® Radial™ .

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Support Acknowledgement

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine would like to acknowledge the unrestricted grant and support from the following for the 20th Annual Scientific Assembly:

FInal Program adverTIsIngCEP America

hoTel key cardsWeatherby Healthcare

mobIle aPPInfinity Healthcare

regIsTraTIon bag InserTsCEP America

NuvoMed, Inc .

PEPID, LLC

Regency Therapeutics

Southeast HEALTH

A Study on ED Dizziness Presentations


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Certificate of Workplace FairnessThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine strongly supports fair working practices for emergency physicians . Consequently, it will certify that an emergency department meets standards for employment excellence if its physician employees are guaranteed the following five workplace conditions:

1 . A reasonable due process policy . 2 . A reasonable policy of financial transparency that protects physicians against financial exploitation . 3 . A reasonable policy of financial equity that allows physicians to share in the department’s profits . 4 . A reasonable policy of political equity that allows physicians to improve their own working conditions . 5 . Employment arrangements that do not impose post-contractual restrictions .

recognIzed as beIng In comPlIance WITh cerTIFIcaTe oF WorkPlace FaIrness sTandards & condITIons

ORGANIzATION STATECentral California Emergency Medicine Physicians CAClear Lake Regional Medical Center TXEmergency Physicians of Community Hospital Anderson (EPCHA) INEmergency Physicians of St . Louis, P .C . - St . Anthony’s Medical Center MOEmergency Physicians at Sumner, PLLC TNEnglewood Community Hospital FLFawcett Memorial Hospital FLFredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance, Inc . VAGranite State Emergency Physicians - Catholic Medical Center NHGulf Coast Emergency Physicians (GCEP) FLKern Medical Center CAMadison Emergency Physicians-St . Clare Hospital WIMadison Emergency Physicians-St . Mary’s Hospital WIMadison Emergency Physicians-Sun Prairie Emergency Center WIMount Sinai Hospital ILNewport Emergency Physicians, Inc RIPiedmont Emergency Consultants/ Martha Jefferson Hospital VAReid Hospital/Emergency Medicine of Eastern Indiana INSouthern Colorado Emergency Medical Associates COSouthwestern Michigan Emergency Services, P .C . MISt . Luke’s Hospital IATitan Emergency Group FLUCI Medical Center CAValley Emergency Physicians-South Bend INWest Jefferson Emergency Physician’s Group LA


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Committee MeetingsTenTaTIve commITTee and board meeTIng scheduleSCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE . PLEASE SEE REGISTRATION DESK BULLETIN BOARD FOR ANY UPDATES TO THE SCHEDULE .

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WednesdayFebruary 12, 2014

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Concourse C(lower level)Capacity 28

Concourse D(lower level)Capacity 27

Concourse E(lower level)Capacity 34

Concourse F(lower level)Capacity 22

Concourse G (lower level) Capacity 40

8:00am-12:00pmAAEM Board of Directors Meeting

(Concourse D)

12:00-1:00pm1:00-2:00pm

2:00-3:00pm

3:00-3:30pm Com . Chairs3:30-4:30pm EMS YPS Board International

4:30-5:30pm PA Task ForceCAL/AAEM BOD

(4-5pm)Content

Management SystemLegal

5:45pm Opening Reception

Thursday February 13, 2014

Concourse B(lower level)Capacity 34



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Capacity 40

Morgan (main level-2nd floor)

Capacity 40

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7:00-8:00am8:00-9:00am9:00-10:00am10:00-11:00am IAEMC WestJEM

Editorial BoardRSA Board

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FridayFebruary 14, 2014





Capacity 40


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SaturdayFebruary 15, 2014





Capacity 40


Capacity 40


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11:00am-12:00pm12:00-1:00pm

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