American College of Emergency Physicians

SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

DAY 1/ MONDAY, APRIL 14

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome/Introductions/David M. Jaffe, MD, FACEP, FAAP, Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Pediatric Literature Update: Could These Articles Change Your Practice?/
Richard M. Cantor, MD, FACEP, FAAP

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
CT Imaging for Mild Pediatric Head Trauma: Best and Most Recent Evidence/
Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH, FAAP

10:15 AM - 10:30 PM
Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Meningitis: Time for “New Rules”?/ Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH, FAAP

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Poisons that Kill and Antidotes You Need to Know/ Milton Tenenbein, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FAACT, FACMT

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Improving Patient Safety for Children in the ED: Practical Solutions/
David M. Jaffe, MD, FACEP, FAAP (Moderator)
Karen Frush, BSN, MD, FAAP
Richard M. Ruddy, MD, FACEP, FAAP

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Impact of PCR Testing in Pediatric Emergency Care/ Jeffrey Starke, MD, FAAP

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Managing Tuberculosis in Children in the 21st Century/ Jeffrey Starke, MD, FAAP

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Emergency Medicine/ Nick Anas, MD


4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Toxicology of Hyperthermic Syndromes: When  You’re Hot You’re Hot/
Richard M. Cantor, MD, FACEP, FAAP

DAY 2/ TUESDAY, APRIL 15

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Recent Advances in the Management of Bronchiolitis and Asthma/
Richard M. Ruddy, MD, FACEP, FAAP

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
What's New Down Under?: Genitourinary Emergencies in Children/
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Break

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
When the Pump Fails: Case-based Management of Heart Failure in Kids/ Anthony Chang, MD

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Long QT Syndrome (Cardiac Channelopathies): When to Worry, What to Do/
Anjan Batra, MD, FACC

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Cervical Spine Injury in Children: Controversies in Management/ Julie C R Leonard, MD, MPH

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch/

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Pediatric Chest Pain: When to Worry/ Ghazala Sharieff, MD, FACEP

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Fluid Resuscitation in Pediatric Trauma:  What Should I Give & How Fast Should I Give It?/ Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Physician Performance and Competence: Ways to Skin the Cat/ Joan Shook, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAP

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Evidence-based Approach to Wound Care: What Should You Put In or On Wounds?/
Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS


4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Pediatric EM Jeopardy: Test Your Skills/ Richard M. Cantor, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP

DAY 3/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Don’t Become Sharkbait: Medical-legal Misadventures to Avoid/ Gregory P. Moore, MD, JD

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Hematuria after Blunt Trauma in Children: Do Adult Diagnostic Criteria Apply?/
Nicholas C. Saenz , MD, FACS, FAAP

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Break

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Beyond Benzodiazepines: Advanced Therapy for Refractory Epilepticus/
Jill M. Baren, MD, MBE, FACEP, FAAP

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Strategies for Managing Dehydration in Children: What’s New?/ David M. Jaffe, MD, FACEP, FAAP

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Tweens and Teens : Risks and Challenges in Emergency Practice/
Jill M. Baren, MD, MBE, FACEP, FAAP

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Pediatric Sports Concussions: When is it Too Much?/ Chris Koutures, MD, FAAP