8th Annual Update in Acute & Emergency Care Pediatrics Conference
October 23 - 24, 2009
The Chattanoogan Hotel
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Conference Agenda:
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Friday, October 23, 2009
7:15 - 7:30 Welcome (Dr. Alan Kohrt)
7:30 – 8:30 Concussion Injuries F/U: 1 year later (Dr. Maurice Sholas)
8:30 – 9:00 Concussion Injuries Case Studies (Paula Denslow, Dr. Maurice Sholas, Dr. Stephen Beasley, Dr. Rita Westbrook)
9:00 – 9:30 Break
9:30 – 10:30 Choose a Breakout Session:
- (MD) Abusive Head Trauma in Children (Dr. Greg Talbott) -
Controversies in AHI with changes in terminology and new diagnostic measures - (RN) Medical Legal Issues in Charting (Josh Powers) -
How to chart to prevent legal red flags - (EMS) Simulation Lab (Dr.’s Keegan, Reade, Madiwale, Morrisey, Varghese, Thomas) -
Infant, toddler and child simulations for interactive education
10:30 – 11:30 Choose a Breakout Session:
- (MD) Orthopedic Trauma (Dr. Wendall Moses) -
Diagnosis and care of pediatric orthopedic injuries - (RN) Dealing with Difficult Pediatric Patients (Joni Evans, RN, FNP) -
How to treat a pediatric patient that has stress issues and is therefore a difficult to deal with patient - (EMS) Simulation Lab (Dr.’s Keegan, Reade, Madiwale, Morrisey, Varghese, Thomas) -
Infant, toddler and child simulations for interactive education
11:30 – 1:00 Awards Luncheon (lunch provided)
1:00 – 2:00 Pediatric Burns (Shriners) Early Resuscitation/Early Wound Care (Dr. Richard Kagan)
2:00 – 3:00 Choose a Breakout Session:
- (MD) Non-Trauma Surgical Emergencies (Dr. Trey Eubanks) -
When and why a pediatric patient requires emergent surgery and they are not a trauma - (RN) How to Recognize Child Abuse in the Pediatric Burn Patient (Debbie Harrell, RN, MSN) -
How to recognize child abuse in the pediatric burn patient - (EMS) Can we Talk? Bridging the Communication Gap with Technology and People (Mike McKeever, EMT) -
How to communicate with prehospital, hospital and regional support in a disaster
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:30 Jeopardy: Updates in Pediatrics (Dr. Andrea Bracikowski)
4:30 – 5:30 Choose a Breakout Session:
- (MD) Pediatric Pain Management in the Acute Care Setting (Dr. Ryan Redman) -
Medicating patients in the acute care setting, how to treat pain in a patient that is not chronic - (RN) Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Acute Medical Care Setting (Dr. Regina Gargus) -
Understand the feature characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and how to develop concepts to reducue stress and improve cooperation in a child with this disorder during medical care experiences - (EMS) Practical Field Approach to Pediatric Emergencies (Dr. Tom Bruns) -
Assessment, tools of the trade in dealing with pediatric patients in the pre-hospital setting
Saturday, October 24, 2009
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome (Cindy Rhodes, RN, MSN )
8:15 – 9:15 Healthcare Reform and Emergency Medicine (Dr. David Seaberg)
9:15 – 10:15 Jumpstart (Karen Ketchie, RN, EMT-P)
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Choose a Breakout Session:
- (MD) Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies (Dr. Matthew Good) -
Scope of pediatric emergencies in the office setting, what equipment is needed and a comparison between family practice and pediatric offices in dealing with preparedness - (RN) 5 Diagnoses that are Uncommon for the ED to Treat (Susan O’Hare, RN, MSN, PNP) -
Five diagnoses that pediatric emergency rooms do not see often and therefore experience difficulty - (EMS) Medical Surge Capacity and MCI Triage (Karen Ketchie, RN, EMT-P) -
Medical surge, how to prepare for a disaster in medicine, whether pre-hospital, office or hospital
12:45 – 1:00 Closing Remarks (Dr. Michael Carr and Dr. Marvin Hall)
