Description
Course Overview
The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Emergency Medicine offers this one-week postgraduate course for local, national, and international emergency physicians, specialty physicians, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and EMTs. This five-day course will cover a vast array of topics, including:
- Acute Compartment Syndromes
- Acute Ischemic Stroke: Tenecteplase, Expanded Treatment Windows, and Other Updates
- Addressing Burnout in Emergency Medicine
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Pearls
- Applying Systems Engineering and Innovation to Improve ED Patient Experience
- Approach to the Sick Trauma Patient
- ARDS
- BURNS
- Cardiac Arrest
- Circulatory Shock Quiz Bowl
- Code ICH! The First Hours of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Management
- Critical Care Double Feature: Push-Dose Pressors, and Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Critical Care Toxicology
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
- Echo in Shock
- Emergency Preparedness
- Escalation Alert: Best Practice Communication to Keep ED Staff and Patients Safe
- Eye Emergencies
- Geriatric Agitation in the ED: Differentiating and Managing Dementia and Delirium
- Geriatric Emergency Departments: Is that a thing? History, Concept and Evolving Evidence
- Geriatric Trauma and Falls
- Hand Injuries: How would You treat them; Case-Based Updates
- High Altitude Illness
- Mild Head Trauma
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Pediatric Head Trauma/Concussion
- Point-of Care Ultrasound
- Priapism Management
- Reading Cardiac Ischemia on ECGs: the Basics
- Sepsis Updates
- Shock and Awe: Six Strategies to Prevent Hemodynamic Collapse
- Spine Trauma
- STIs
- Substance Use Disorder in the ED
- The Crashing Neonate
- Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation
- Vasopressors & Shock Pearls
This interactive course will include didactic presentations, Q&A, review of cases, problem solving and other engaging formats via remote learning. Learners will have many opportunities to develop new strategies they can incorporate into their practice setting.
2024 Agenda
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Monday, April 8, 2024
Welcome
Calvin Huang, MD, MPH
Reading Cardiac Ischemia on ECGs: the Basics
J. Toby Nagurney MD, MPH
The Digital Transformation of Emergency Medicine
Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH
Break
Geriatric Falls
Shan Liu, MD, MPH
Hand Emergencies
Dana Stearns, MD
Lunch
Emergency Medicine Burnout
Joshua Baugh, MD, MPP, MHCM
Advances in the Treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation and Sudden Cardiac Death
Keith Marill, MD, MS
Break
Eye Emergencies
David Peak, MD
Acute Compartment Syndromes
David Peak, MD
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Suzanne Leslie, MD
Code ICH: The First Hours of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Management
Joshua N. Goldstein, MD, PhD
Break
Escalation Alert: Best Practice Communication to Keep ED Staff and Patients Safe
Jonathan Sonis, MD, MHCM
Emergency Preparedness
Paul Biddinger, MD
Lunch
Pediatric Trauma & Concussion
Ari Cohen, MD
Priapism Management
Andrew Eyre, MD, MS
Break
Shock and Awe: Six Strategies to Prevent Hemodynamic Collapse
Andrew Reisner, MD
Circulatory Shock Quiz Bowl
Andrew Reisner, MD
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
POCUS – Procedures – peripheral IV & Lumbar Puncture
Calvin Huang, MD, MPH
POCUS – e-FAST
Nour Al Jalbout, MD
Break
POCUS – Cardiac & Lung
David L. Chu, MD
POCUS – Pediatric Cases
Sigmund Kharasch, MD
Lunch
Applying Systems Engineering and Innovation to Improve ED Patient Experience
Benjamin A. White, MD
Virtual Observation: Lessons Learned From Redefining The Walls of the ED
Benjamin A. White, MD
Break
Neonatal Resuscitation
Nicole Nadeau, MD; Maggie Samuels-Kalow, MD
Sepsis Updates
Michael Filbin, MD, MPH
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Burns
Robert Sheridan, MD
Considerations in Anticoagulation Reversal
Lanting Fuh, RPH
Break
ARDS
Peter Hou, MD
Critical Care Double Feature: Push-Dose Pressors, and Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal
Paul Jansson, MD, MS
Lunch
Mild Head Trauma
Pierre Borczuck, MD
Updates in Ischemic Stroke
Kori Zachrison MD, MSC
Break
Cardiac Arrest
Sean Kivlehan, MD
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Donna Felsenstein, MD
Friday, April 12, 2024
Approach to the Sick Trauma Patient
Rama Salhi, MD, MHS, MSC
Physiologically Difficult Airway Cases
Derek Monette, MD
Break
Fever POCUS Algorithm
Hamid Shokoohi, MD, MPH
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Dan Egan, MD
Lunch
5 Tests to Consider Avoiding in Your PEM Patients: Why It’s Good for You And Good for Them
Nicole Nadeau, MD
Managing Critically Ill Patients with Septic Shock
Hamid Shokoohi, MD, MPH
Break
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
Christopher Kabrhel, MD, MPH
Scaling Humanitarian Aid, from Ebola to Ukraine
Jarone Lee, MD
| TIME | PRESENTATION/PRESENTER | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 04/08/2024 | ||
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | Reading Cardiac Ischemia on ECGs: The Basics Toby Nagurney MD | |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | The Digital Transformation of Emergency Medicine Jared Conley MD PhD MPH | |
| 10:40 am – 11:20 am | Geriatric Falls Shan Liu MD | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Eye Emergencies David Peak MD | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | Emergency Medicine Burnout Josh Baugh MD | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | Advances in the Treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation and Sudden Cardiac Death Keith Marill MD | |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm | Acute Compartment Syndromes David Peak MD | |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Hand Emergencies Dana Stearns MD | |
| Tuesday, 04/09/2024 | ||
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | Postpartum Hemorrhage Suzanne Leslie MD | |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | Code ICH: The first hours of intracerebral hemorrhage Josh Goldstein MD | |
| 10:40 am – 11:20 am | Escalation Alert: Best Practice Communication to Keep ED Staff and Patients Safe Jonathan Sonis MD | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Emergency Preparedness Paul Biddinger MD | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | Pediatric Trauma & Concussion Ari Cohen MD | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | Priapism Management Andrew Eyre MD | |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm | Shock and Awe: Six Strategies to Prevent Hemodynamic Collapse Drew Reisner MD | |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Circulatory Shock Quiz Bowl Drew Reisner MD | |
| Wednesday, 04/10/2024 | ||
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | POCUS – Procedures – peripheral IV & Lumbar Puncture Calvin Huang MD MPH | |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | POCUS – eFAST Nour Al Jalbout MD | |
| 10:20 am – 10:40 am | BREAK | |
| 10:40 am – 11:20 am | POCUS – Cardiac & Lung David L. Chu MD | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | POCUS – Pediatric Cases Sigmund Kharasch MD | |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | Applying Systems Engineering and Innovation to Improve ED Patient Experience Ben White MD | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | Virtual Observation: Lessons Learned From Redefining The Walls of the ED Ben White MD | |
| 2:20 pm – 2:40 pm | BREAK | |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm | Neonatal Resuscitation Nicole Nadeau MD and Maggie Samuels-Kalow MD | |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Sepsis Updates Michael Filbin MD | |
| Thursday, 04/11/2024 | ||
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | Burns Rob Sheridan MD | |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | Considerations in Anticoagulation Reversal Lanting Fuh RPH | |
| 10:20 am – 10:40 am | BREAK | |
| 10:40 am – 11:20 am | ARDS Peter Hou MD | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Critical Care Double Feature: Push-Dose Pressors, and Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal Paul Jansson MD | |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | Mild Head Trauma Pierre Borczuk MD | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | Updates in Ischemic Stroke Kori Zachrison MD | |
| 2:20 pm – 2:40 pm | BREAK | |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm | Cardiac Arrest Sean Kivlehan MD MPH | |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Sexually Transmitted Infections Donna Felsenstein MD | |
| Friday, 04/12/2024 | ||
| 9:00 am – 9:40 am | Approach to the Sick Trauma Patient Rama Salhi MD | |
| 9:40 am – 10:20 am | Physiologically Difficult Airway Cases Derek Monette MD | |
| 10:20 am – 10:40 am | BREAK | |
| 10:40 am – 11:20 am | Fever POCUS Algorithm Hamid Shokoohi MD | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection Dan Egan MD | |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | 5 Tests to Consider Avoiding in Your PEM Patients: Why It’s Good for You And Good for Them Nicole Nadeau MD | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | Managing Critically Ill Patients with Septic Shock Hamid Shokoohi MD | |
| 2:20 pm – 2:40 pm | BREAK | |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm | Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism Chris Kabrhel MD | |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Scaling Humanitarian Aid, from Ebola to Ukraine Jarone Lee MD | |
