Jointly Sponsored by:

Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children Foundation

Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Hosted by:

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

 


A collaborative effort with Tennessee’s Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Centers:

 

 

11th Annual Update in Acute & Emergency Care Pediatrics Conference

April 13-14, 2012

Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel

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Attendees: Register online by (credit card) or (mail check)

Exhibitors: Prospectus & Online Registration

CONFERENCE AGENDA

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 (6 Hours Credit)

 7:00 - 7:30 AM Hot Breakfast / Exhibitors
 7:30 - 7:45 AM Welcome / Introduction
 7:45 - 8:45 AM
Concussion Care for Kids: It's a Team Sport! - Gerard Gioia, MD

Objectives: 1) Achieve a working understanding of concussion, 2) Develop knowledge of evaluation & management of concussion, and 3) Develop the concept of the Concussion Team.
 8:50 - 9:50 AM
CPR: Changes & Challenges - Bob Hickey, MD

Objectives: 1) List 4 key elements of effective chest compressions, 2) Appreciate the danger of inadvertent hyperventilation, and 3) Appraise risk and benefits of chest-compression-only CPR.


9:50 - 10:20 AM Break/Exhibitors

  office acute care pre-hospital
10:20 - 11:20 AM
 What Jocks can Teach Docs about Head Knocks! -
Gerard Gioia, MD

Objectives:
1) Achieve a working understanding of concussion, and 2) Develop knowledge of evaluation & management of concussion, particularly in the sports context.
 The Pediatric Cardiac Post-op Patient in the ED: Too Cold, Too Blue and What To Do - David Parra, MD

Objectives:
1) Highlight the incidence of common pediatric cardiac emergencies, 2) Review the pathophysiology of single ventricle palliative surgical interventions, and 3) Review ED management of common pediatric cardiology emergencies.		 Wheels, Rotors and Wings - Tom Abramo, MD and Michael Gooch, MSN, NREMT-P

Objectives:
1) Utilizing Critical Thinking in the encompassing aspect of Pediatric Transport from point of stabilization to the final step of hand off, and 2) Individual Cases to reinforce this aspect and also the nuances of critically ill and injured neonates and pediatric patients.
11:30 - 12:30 PM
 Office Preparedness  - Mark Meredith, MD

Objectives:
1) Describe the incidence of in-office emergencies, 2) Describe common in-office emergencies, and 3) Discuss how to properly respond to in-office emergencies.		 Bad Medicine: Harmful or Ineffective Medical Practices - Bob Hickey, MD

Objectives:
1) List several examples of medical therapies that were once acceptable and are now considered dangerous, and 2) List several examples of current medical therapies that may be harmful or ineffective.		 Simulations of Pediatric Emegency Care -
Lee Blair, RN, EMT-P

Objectives:
1) Discuss the preparation, assessment & management of pediatric medical patients, and 2) Discuss the preparation, assessment and management of pediatric trauma patients.


12:30 - 1:45 PM Lunch/Awards


  office acute care pre-hospital
1:45 - 2:45 PM Why don’t we know more about how to diagnose and treat pneumonia in children? - B. Keith English, MD

Objectives:
1) Understand the utility (and limitations) of currently available tests to diagnose pneumonia in children, and 2) Understand the importance of antimicrobial resistance in choosing appropriate therapy for children with suspected bacterial pneumonia.		 Simulations of Pediatric Emegency Care -
Lee Blair, RN, EMT-P

Objectives:
1) Discuss the preparation, assessment & management of pediatric medical patients, and 2) Discuss the preparation, assessment and management of pediatric trauma patients.		 Youth and Violent Extremism: Emerging Threats to the United States - Eric Powell, PhD

Objectives:
1) Provide an overview of emerging threats in the area of violent extremism and youth involvement, and 2) Develop a greater understanding of social identity theory and national and international
strategies and countermeasures that may be employed to keep youth from choosing this path.


2:50 - 3:20 PM Break/Exhibitors


  office acute care pre-hospital
3:25 - 4:25 PM Simulation of In-Office Emergencies - Mark Meredith, MD

Objectives:
1) Be able to properly assess the critical pediatric patient in the office setting, 2) Be able to properly respond to patients with severe asthma, and 3) Be able to properly respond to patients with status seizures.		 Big Strokes in Little Folks -
Lori Jordan, MD

Objectives:
1) Review the epidemiology and presentation of childhood stroke, 2) Discuss the differential diagnosis of acute hemiparesis in children, 3) List the key steps in the evaluation of a  child with suspected stroke, 4) Discuss management issues after stroke in children, and 5) Discuss Peds Acute Stroke Protocols.		 Black Pearls: Lessons to be Learned from Our Mistakes in Pediatric Trauma Care -
Michael Carr, MD

Objectives:
1) Awareness of common errors in the management of the airway, breathing and circulation in pediatric trauma patients will educate and prepare us to handle these common, but sometimes difficult, scenarios, 2) An understanding of an evidence-based fluid resuscitation scheme in the pediatric trauma patient that goes beyond PALS and ATLS, 3) Realization that the management of severe traumatic brain injuries is not about restoring damaged neurons, but resuscitating the penumbra, and 4) Understanding the limitations of radiologic and laboratory testing in abdominal injuries in the pediatric trauma patient.

 


SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 (4 Hours Credit)

7:30 - 8:00 AM Breakfast/Welcome/Exhibitors
8:00 - 9:00 AM Ignite your Life! Discovering the Keys to Unlock Passion, Potential and Impact
- John O'Leary

Objectives: 1) Reignite passion for career, 2) Understand the power of healing, and 3) Take accountability for actions, attitudes and outcomes.
9:05 - 10:05 AM Dealing with “Special” Colleagues - Gerald B. Hickson

Objectives: 1) Describe and discuss the relationships between behaviors that undermine a culture of safety and suboptimal outcomes, 2) Identify a range of behaviors that undermine a culture of safety and describe a “disruptive behavior pyramid”, and 3) Articulate the essential elements of an organizational infrastructure for addressing behaviors that undermine a culture of safety.


10:05 - 10:30 AM Break/Exhibitors


  office acute care pre-hospital
10:30 - 11:30 AM Chief of Staph: MRSA's Rise to Power - Buddy Creech, MD

Objectives:
1) To provide a clinical update on staphylococcal infections in children, with a focus on skin and soft tissue infections and osteoarticular disease, 2) To discuss new therapeutic options for staphylococcal infections, including recently approved medications, and 3) To review new MRSA treatment recommendations, as recently provided by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.		 Child Abuse: Recognition and Response -
Deborah Lowen, MD

Objectives:
1) Participants will understand some of the risk factors for abuse while recognizing that any child may be a victim of abuse, 2) Participants will learn about different abusive injuries and their causal mechanisms, and 3) Participants will learn techniques of appropriate documentation and reporting.		 Leadership: Leading Your TEAM to the Promised Land
- Phil Sanderson, NREMT-P

Objectives:
1) Discuss the differences between the manager and the leader, 2) Discuss key principles for the entry level leader and experience leader, 3) Discuss why leaders must know their people, and 4) Discuss how successful leaders lead and win.
11:35 - 12:35 PM Crashing Carts: Managing Agitation in the Pediatric Patient - Edwin Williamson, MD

Objectives:
1) Assess the risks and benefits of common interventions for agitated patients under the age of 18, and 2) Demonstrate the goals of interventions in the agitated patient as related to timing of intervention, choice of pharmacological agent, dosing parameters, and the prevention, assessment, and management of adverse effects associated with these interventions in the urgent and emergency setting.		 Interpretation, Translation or Clarification: The Facts, Myths and Risks of Documentation - Jenny Slayton, RN

Objectives:
1) Identify characteristics and traits of objective, clarifying documentation as related to patient information, and 2) Implement practice changes and/or improvement projects to enhance the clarity and accuracy of documentation of patient specific information.		 911 - What Is Your Emergency? -
Randall Kirby, EMT-P

Objectives:
1) Will be able to relate the process of identifying special needs children in the school system, 2) Will be able to know how to integrate the information into a dispatch database, and 3) Will understand the importance of having the school health system and the local EMS in a good working relationship.

 


Course Alterations
Changes in the program faculty, topics and/or schedule may be necessary. These may occur without notice when time does not permit notification.