Emergency Medicine 2014: 37th Annual Winter Conference

Emergency Departments provide the “front line” of health care in this country, and serve an extraordinary public safety function. However, health care delivery in the country is changing rapidly, and emergency care is no exception. As a result of course participant evaluations and other annual assessment surveys, the need for cutting edge information about emergency medicine has been identified. The course is designed to change physician knowledge and competence in areas identified in the needs assessments, including:

• Difficult airway management

• Headache treatment

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• Acute coronary syndrome diagnosis and therapy

• Important ED infections

• Pediatric rashes, limp, and asthma

• ED ultrasound

• Regional anesthesia

• Reversal of anticoagulation

This year’s 5-day long conference will specifically address these identified educational needs and provide practitioners with state-of-the-art tools to provide improved treatment options for their patients. This is an important opportunity for physicians involved in the delivery of emergency medicine to review important topics and discuss recent advances in key areas. This also provides an excellent chance for physicians peripherally involved in emergency care to expand their horizons.