12th Annual Emergency Medicine Update: Hot Topics

Emergency departments are the “front line” of health care in this country, providing an extraordinary public safety function. Health care delivery is changing rapidly and emergency care is no exception. This educational activity provides an opportunity for physicians involved in the delivery of emergency medicine to review important topics and discuss recent advances. The course also serves as a setting where physicians peripherally involved in emergency care may receive education that will expand their horizons.

As a result of course participant evaluations and community physician annual needs assessment surveys, the need for cutting edge information about emergency medicine has been identified. The course is designed to change physician competence in areas identified in the needs assessments, including difficult airway management, pediatric emergency care, ultrasound for dyspnea and vascular access, management of strokes, trauma management, heat illness, altitude illness, lightning strikes, and resistant infections. This year’s four-day 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. Faculty presenting and interacting with participants at this activity have been selected on the basis of their comprehensive clinical experience and academic excellence.