Upcoming Medical Conferences in Baltimore

Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) 2019 National Conference is organized by Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) and will be held from Sep 04 - 07, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.  Who Should Attend? • Occupational Health Nurses and Physicians • Employee Health Professionals • Infection Control Practitioners • Industrial Hygienists • Safety Officers • Human Resource Administrators • Risk Managers • Hospital Administrators • Case Managers • Other Interested Individuals Accreditation: The pre-conference workshops, available on Wednesday, September 4, offer a maximum of 8.0 contact hours. The main conference agenda offers a maximum of 18.5 contact hours. Conference Description: There are 16 workshops being offered pre-conference, including Getting Started, graphing the great work you do, health and safety programs, reasonable suspicion/cause testing, OSHA recordkeeping, multidrug resistant organisms, and more. The main conference starts with general sessions full of information, such as the new TB testing recommendations for healthcare, immunizations, and USP 800, to name a few. The breakout sessions offer a wide variety of interesting topics and, if you are like me, you will have difficulty choosing which sessions to attend. Some of the presentations highlight success stories from facilities across the nation, information on workplace violence, and new treatments for HIV and HCV. With 27 sessions to choose from, you’ll be certain to find the right topics to advance your practice.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Practical Emergency Airway Management Course is organized by Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) and will be held from Sep 05 - 06, 2019 at Hampton Inn Baltimore-Downtown-Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. The target audience for this course is tailored to emergency physicians, but critical care physicians, hospitalists, anesthesiologists, and respiratory therapy and paramedical personnel responsible for emergency airways will also benefit from this specialized practical approach. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Overview: The Practical Emergency Airway Management 2 day course provides an in-depth look at effective airway management techniques that you will actually use in your next emergency airway This course provides an in-depth look at effective surgical airway management techniques that you will actually use in your next emergency airway. There is a unique focus on airway anatomy and imaging combined with one-of-a-kind opportunity to practice the techniques on a large variety of non-embalmed, specially prepared cadavers. This is the only cadaver airway course available. This course teaches practical, effective skills and strategies for adult and pediatric intubation that promote patient safety and increase provider confidence. Topics covered include orotracheal intubation, laryngoscopy, surgical airways (cricothyrotomy, tracheotomy), video laryngoscopy, fiberoptic intubation, nasotracheal intubation, pediatric intubation, and rescue ventilation devices such as the laryngeal mask airway. The intubation and ventilation techniques and devices are presented within an overall practical algorithm for the difficult airway that is applicable for emergency settings. There is significant focus on patient safety and a best practice approach to rapid sequence intubation. Learning Objectives: • Formulate an overall strategy for different emergency airway situations emphasizing pre-procedural assessment of the "difficult" airway, indications for nasal and surgical airways, and the role of rapid sequence intubation. • Apply and understand techniques of laryngoscopy including external laryngeal manipulation, head elevated positioning, and paraglossal straight blade technique. • Effectively use laryngoscopy adjuncts including tube stylets and introducers, as well as understanding the fundamentals of laryngoscopy blade design and selection. • Explain the role for and the methods of insertion for rescue ventilation devices including the laryngeal mask airway and tracheal-esophageal Combitube, as well as means of transitioning. • from such devices to tracheal tube placement. • Describe laryngeal and upper airway anatomy including the structures about the laryngeal inlet, and the significance of these anatomic landmarks in terms of laryngoscopy, rescue ventilation, and surgical airway techniques. • Cite the indications and techniques of emergency surgical airways including retrograde intubation, cricothyrotomy, and tracheotomy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA) 18th Annual National Clinical Conference is organized by American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA) and will be held from Sep 05 - 07, 2019 at Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Dry Eye: Effective Solutions for Challenging Cases is organized by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) and will be held on Sep 07, 2019 at Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Who Should Attend This activity is intended for ophthalmic technicians, residents, fellows, and physicians in ophthalmology and optometry. Accreditation: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Overview: Dry eye drastically affects patient quality of life, with negative effects in patient's productivity at work, leisure activities, social life, ability to read and safely drive, and overall visual function, yet it remains vastly under-recognized, misdiagnosed and undertreated. Dry Eye is now proposed as a common pathway to many ocular surface disorders, yet the variability of presenting symptoms, along with confusion in management strategies, poses a significant challenge to eye care professionals who encounter these patients on a regular basis. Additionally, as new diagnostic and treatment options become available, ECP's need to understand the indications for those newer treatments, differential mechanisms of action, and ultimately efficacy of each treatment modality. This activity is a comprehensive educational initiative for ECPs whom manage and diagnose patients with dry eye. This dynamic learning experience will merge patient scenerios with evidence-based clinical concepts and audience interaction to provide memorable, relevant, and retainable educational ecounters.  Objectives: • Screen for presence of dry eye including in asymptomatic patients. • Identify the two main types of dry eye disease. • Recognize other ocular surface diseases that could co-manifest with dry eye. • Assess available medical dry eye treatment options according to their differential mechanisms of action and efficacy. • Apply evidence based diagnostic and treatment plans to specific patient case scenarios. • Recognize various procedural treatment modalities. The registration fee includes instructional materials, continental breakfast, refreshment breaks and lunch. For registrations received after 5:00 p.m. ET on September 1, 2019 include a $50 late fee. On-site registrations are payable only by credit card.

Critical Procedures Course is organized by University of Maryland School of Medicine and will be held on Sep 09, 2019 at VISTA Lab, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience:  Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine. Objectives:  At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to list for each procedure the indications, contraindictions and equipment needed.  Futhermore participants will be able to describe the technique and anticipate complications and provide the follow up needed for all of the listed procedures. The participants will have practiced each procedure in a controlled setting on human cadavers. Ultimately, the participants will be more prepared to perform the following invasive procedures on patients.  The list of procedures covered in the curriculum is as follows: • Lateral canthotomy • Facial nerve blocks • Endotracheal intubation • Retrograde intubation • Cricothyrotomy • Central Venous access • Tube thoracostomy • Emergency thoracotomy • Pericardiocetesis • Arthrocentesis of wrist • Arthrocentesis of knee Highlights: How often do you save a life? Imagine this scenario: It’s 3a.m. and you get word that an unstable patient with a stab wound to the chest is on the way to your ED.  Its been YEARS since your last thoracotomy and that was in residency. The trauma surgeon is 45 minutes away and not answering your page.  What do you do?  Run to Roberts and Hedges and re-familiarize yourself with the procedure?  Do you feel comfortable treating such a critically ill patient?  What if there was a way to practice life-saving, invasive procedures in an educational and controlled environment?   This course is intended to educate and train emergency medicine professionals in critical invasive procedures.  Although these procedures are life-saving, many physicians perform them infrequently due to their rare and invasive nature. This course will focus on retraining or introducing physicians to a number of critical and invasive procedures.  By using a 2:1 participant to human cadaver ratio, emergency providers will have the opportunity to practice difficult procedures in a controlled but realistic setting. Participants in this course will have a forum to build on and maintain their clinical skills. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Complex Procedures in Emergency Medicine is organized by is organized by University of Maryland School of Medicine and will be held on Sep 10, 2019 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience The target audience for this event includes physicians, residents, advance practice providers in the fields of emergency and critical care medicine. Course Objectives • You will know when to apply the Dix-Hallpike, Epely and HINTS maneuvers for each type of vertigo and how to interpret the results. This will lead to a dramatic decrease in unnecessary admission and neuroimaging. Not to mention patient satisfaction! • You will be able to know what tools are required and the proper steps for a Blakemore tube placement. • You will be able to float a transvenous pacer, operate the pacer box and trouble shoot failure to capture/sense/pace • You will be able to place a pig-tail chest tube using the Seldinger technique. This will lead to less pain, and less morbidity for your patients. Course Highlights:  • Small instructor to learner ratio • University of Maryland award winning instructors • Hands on practice with guidance • Use of task trainers (Pacerman, chest tube task trainer, airway/esophagus task trainer) • Use actual tools you will use in the ED Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Essential Procedures in Emergency Medicine Course is organized by University of Maryland School of Medicine and will be held on Sep 10, 2019 at VISTA Lab, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine  Course Description Essential Procedures in Emergency Medicine is a procedure-based course specially designed to focus on wound care management, non-invasive orthopedic procedures and lumbar puncture skills. The objectives for each procedure include learning the indications, contraindications, equipment, technique, complications, sites, post procedure follow up and pearls needed to perform the procedures competently. Procedures will be practiced in a controlled setting on human cadavers and high fidelity task trainers. The participants will be divided into small groups of 4-5 students with direct supervision of highly skilled instructors.  Participants will have ample opportunity for guided practice of all procedures reviewed. Course Highlights • Low instructor to student ratio  • Up to 5 CME credits • Human cadaver lab ○ Provides accurate human anatomy and tissue with all the natural variations.  ○ Palpation of landmarks and subtle anatomic differences provides a more realistic experience for the learner.  ○ All cadavers have been screened for communicable diseases and pose no threat to the learner.  • High fidelity task trainer ○ For procedures not possible on human cadavers (lumbar puncture) ○ As the learner becomes more proficient the simulator may be manipulated to increase the difficulty of the procedure, for example simulating obesity.  • Ultrasound ○ Use a high frequency ultrasound probes to assist with identification of soft tissue infections and foreign bodies. • Pathology simulation ○ Cadavers will be prepared in advance to simulate important pathology such as tendon injuries, abscesses, lacerations, joint effusions, and soft tissue foreign bodies.  ○ Students will be able to appreciate the subtle presentation of flexor tendon injuries and learn the importance of hemostasis in wound exploration.  ○ Abscess incision and drainage will yield simulated purulent discharge. ○ Arthrocentesis proficiency will be assessed with successful removal of colored fluid from commonly affected joints. Course Outline Cadaver lab • Facial nerve blocks (supraorbital, infraorbital and auricular) • I&D abscess (including loop drainage) • Arthrocentesis (wrist, ankle and knee) • Digital nerve block • Laceration repair • Wrist tendon injury identification • FB identification with U/S • Differentiating between abscess and cellulitis with U/S Lumbar puncture • Task trainer Orthopedic lab • Splinting • Joint reduction techniques without use of sedation Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, after performing procedures on human cadavers, high fidelity task trainers, or models for each of the 11 procedures listed, participants will be able to: • Define indications and contraindictions, landmarks, complications, and techniques for the procedures. • Perform the procedures with competence. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ICP Network Symposium: Physiological and Functional MRI of the Brain: Emerging Techniques and Clinical Applications is organized by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) and will be held from Sep 13 - 15, 2019 at Chevy Chase Bank Conference Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.  Who Should Attend: This activity is intended for scientists and clinicians interested in MRI imaging techniques for brain function, physiology and diseases. Accreditation: Credit Designation Statement: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other Credits: The Johns Hopkins University Has Approved This Activity for 9.5 Contact Hours for Non-physicians. Course Description: This symposium will discuss recent advances in physiological and functional MRI techniques, challenges and limitations, and their applications in basic and clinical neuroscience. Objectives: • List typical brain physiological and functional parameters that can be obtained with advanced MRI. • Describe available approaches to measure brain blood supply using MRI and their potential strengths and limitations. • Explain techniques to probe brain function, both under resting-state and under a task. • Outline MRI techniques to probe molecular properties of the brain. • Illustrate clinical applications of physiological and functional MRI techniques.

Musculoskeletal Medicine for Primary Care Providers is organized by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) and will be held on Sep 14, 2019 at Tilghman Auditorium, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Target Audience: Primary Care Physicians, Community Physicians, Family Practitioners, Nurses, Physical and Occupational Therapists. Accreditation: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Overview​: The goal of this course is to educate primary care providers to enhance basic skills and competencies in evaluation and management of common ambulatory musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints. In this course, our approach is multi-disciplinary and comprehensive, with speakers from rheumatology, orthopedics, spine, sports medicine, physical and occupational therapy. Hence, we aim to bring together expertise from different fields of MSK medicine to focus on 1) what is new in this field, 2) how to improve patient care and clinical outcomes and 3) how to enhance provider skills and confidence. Objectives: After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to: • Differentiate inflammatory from non-inflammatory joint and back complaints. • Design key diagnostic workup of MSK conditions including need for rheumatology, orthopedics, or sports medicine referral • Describe basic principles of treatment with disease modifying agents in inflammatory arthritis. • Describe basic principles of using injections and bracing in management of osteoarthritis. • Define basic principles in the diagnosis and management of back pain. • Identify the importance of medical optimization in orthopedic/joint replacement surgeries. • Identify the role of physical and occupational therapy in MSK conditions. • Discuss the role of psychological approach to pain management in MSK conditions. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

SABM 2019 Annual Meeting and PBM Certificate Course is organized by Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM) and will be held from Sep 18 - 21, 2019 at Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. SABM PBM Certificate Course with Exam will be offered on September 18, 2019. Continuing education credits for the four days of activity are estimated at 28 hours. Current highlights include: • President's Award: PBM as the Standard of Care • KEYNOTE: Creating a Culture of Safety within Large Healthcare Systems • PBM as a Public Health Issue • SABM Joint Sessions with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Network for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis (NATA) • Breakout Sessions: 1) PBM in Various Clinical Scenarios - Trauma, GI Bleeding and Pregnancy; 2) Bleeding and POC Testing; 3) Pediatrics; 4) When Blood is Not an Option and 5) Perfusion • Boot Camp for PBM Program Implementation • How to Implement a Successful Preoperative Anemia Clinic • Hospital Costs and Reimbursement Associated with Preoperative Iron Deficiency Anemia Clinic in Colorectal Surgery • Research 2019: Top Patient Blood Management Articles of the Year • Abstract presentations SABM PBM Certificate Course with Exam: This immersion course provides participants with the knowledge and tools needed for those working in the field of PBM. This course was created by recognized clinical experts in the field of PBM. Whether you are a physician, nurse, perfusionist, advocate, or administrator, this course offers administrative guidance, PBM program principles, clinical concepts and best practice applications. Course highlights include: • Physiology of Anemia and Oxygen Delivery • Pre-op Evaluation and Preparation of the Surgical Patient • Peri-operative PBM • PBM in the Trauma Patient • Profound Anemia When Blood is Not an Option • Law, Ethics and Patient Rights Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.