ECG Boot Camp Topics
(Optional Workshop – August 22nd)

• Interpreting the Electrocardiogram
• The Tachycardias
• The Bradycardias
• The ST Segment and T wave: Ischemia
• The ST Segment and T wave: Nonischemia
• Potentially Lethal ECGs
• Electrocardiography Review: Unknowns
• Question/Answer Session

Imaging Boot Camp Topics
(Optional Workshop – August 22nd)

• Interpretation of the Adult Chest X-ray
• The Adult Upper Extremity
• The Adult Lower Extremity
• The Pediatric Extremities
• The Pediatric Chest and Abdominal X-rays
• Spinal Imaging
• The Head CT
• Radiology Review: Unknowns

General

• Mythbusting in Emergency Medicine
• State-of-the-Art Resuscitation: The Bleeding Patient
• State-of-the-Art Resuscitation: The Critically Ill Medical Patient
• Tricks of the Trade for the Master Practitioner
• A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Serious Causes of Common Complaints
• Avoiding Errors in Medical Decision Making
• Challenging Cases You Can’t Miss (1 Session/Day)
• Cutting Edge Literature That Will Change Your Practice (1 Session/Day)
• Question/Answer Panel Session (2 Sessions/Day)

Administrative

• Avoiding Errors: Understanding Medical Decision Making
• Perfect Phrases for Difficult Situations: The Toolbox

Airway/Anesthesia

• Best Practice: Rapid Sequence Intubation
• Best Practice: Procedural Sedation
• Effectively Using Airway Adjuncts: From Noninvasive Ventilation to Videoscopes
• Creating the Ouchless ED
• The Master Practitioner: Nerve Blocks You Need to Know

Cardiology

• Minimizing the Risk of Low Risk Chest Pain
• More Than ACS: Potentially Lethal Causes of Chest Pain

Eye

• Eye Emergency Cases

Hematology/Oncology

• The Anticoagulated Patient in the Emergency Department
• Oncologic Emergencies: When Cancer Comes to the ER
• Transfusions: Risks, Benefits and Controversies

Imaging

• Best Practice: Emergency Imaging

Medicolegal

• Medicolegal Quicksand: The System
• Medicolegal Quicksand: The Patient

Neurology

• The Seizing Patient: Optimizing Diagnosis and Treatment
• The Dizzy Patient: When Is “Spinning” Life-Threatening?
• The Rapid Emergency Department Neurologic Exam
• Stroke and TIA Update

OB/GYN

• Finding the Threats: Pelvic Pain and Vaginal Bleeding

Orthopedics

• Fun and Interesting Reductions
• The Quick and Accurate Orthopedic Exam

Pediatrics

• Best Practice: The Febrile Infant and Child
• Assessment and Treatment of Neonatal Emergencies
• The Acutely Withdrawing Patient
• Evidence-Based Approach to the Wheezing and Croupy Child

Pulmonary

• When the Triage Note Says “SOB”: The Dyspneic Adult

Sepsis

• Sepsis Update: Where Do We Stand?

Trauma

• The Rapid Trauma Exam

Toxicology

• Drugs Today: What’s New in Toxicology?
• The Opioid Epidemic: Past, Present and Future