
Topics
The following overview provides a focused outline for the presentations in the optional workshops and main course.
ECG Boot Camp Topics
(Optional Workshop)
- 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)
- 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
Advanced EM Boot Camp Topics
(Main Course)
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