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May 5 - 7, 2008
Atlantic City Convention Center
Atlantic City, NJ |
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| 5/5 |
Monday |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
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Registration, Room 405 |
| Outside Room 401/404 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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ATLS® Refresher Course - Physicians Only |
| Room 419 |
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Must have current ATLS® card
Alexander Axelrad, MD, FACS
Course Director |
ATLS® Refresher Course - Physicians Only
Half-day ATLS® student refresher course format that provides
ATLS® certified physicians the opportunity to maintain current status.
Content overview, triage scenarios, written practical tests included. |
| 5/6 |
Tuesday |
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
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Registration, Room 405/406
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| Room 402 |
Continental Breakfast, Pre-function
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| 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome, Announcements, |
| Room 403 |
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8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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General Session/Keynote Speaker
Scott Monk, DO Memorial Lecture
Special Consideration in Geriatric Trauma
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Thomas M. Scalea, MD, FACS |
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| 9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. |
Break-out Sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Spine Clearance in Children after Multiple Trauma
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Thomas Whalen, MD, MMM, CPE, FACS, FAAP |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Challenging Cases in the ED
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Thomas Brabson, DO, MBA, FACOEP, FACEP |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Fluid Resuscitation in TBI
Kenneth Abrams, MD, MBA |
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| 10:10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. |
Break, Networking, Exhibits |
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| 10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. |
Break-out sessions
Ralph Cavalier, MD
Memorial Lecture
Damage Control Orthopedics
Thomas M. Scalea, MD, FACS |
Trauma
Room 404 |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Patient Safety, What does it really mean?
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John Becher, DO |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Quality in the ICU: Beyond the Basics
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Manish Tandon, MD, MPH, FAC |
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| 11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. |
General Session/Keynote Speaker |
| Room 403 |
Lunch
Trends in Hemodynamic Monitoring:
The Future of the Pulmonary Artery Catheters
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Orlando C. Kirton, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP |
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| Room 402 |
Break, Networking, Exhibits, |
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| 1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. |
Break-out Sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Handlebar injuries in children
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Thomas Whalen, MD, MMM, CPE, FACS, FAAP |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Stroke: A neurosurgeon’s perspective
Michael Feely, MD, MCH, FRCS, BSC |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Update on Sepsis-Current Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
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Sergio Zanotti Cavazzoni, MD |
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| 2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. |
Break-out sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Does Anyone need surgery?
Non-operative management of solid organ injury
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David H. Livingston, MD, FACS |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Pediatric Concussion
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Aftab Karim, MD |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Update on Adrenal Insufficiency in Critical Care
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Romeo Pericic, MD |
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| 3:20 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Networking, Exhibits |
| Room 402 |
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| 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
General Session/Case Study
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Kathy McNulty, MSN, RN, ACNP-C |
| 5/7 |
Wednesday |
| 6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. |
Registration, Room 405/406 |
| Room 402 |
Continental Breakfast and
Pre-function |
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| 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
Sunrise Session |
| Room 403 |
Update on Abdominal Compartment
Syndrome/Intraabdominal Hypertension
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Alex Axelrad, MD, FACS |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. |
Welcome, Announcements |
| 8:10 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. |
General Session/Keynote Speaker
Use of Factor VIIa in the Trauma, ER & Critical Care Patient
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Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA |
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| 9:20 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. |
Break-out sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Child Abuse in Trauma
Arthur Cooper, MD |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Crush Injuries / Crush Syndrome
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William Gluckman, DO, MBA, FACEP, CPE |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Endpoints of perioperative fluid resuscitation
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Corrado Marini, MD |
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| 10:20 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. |
Break, Networking, Exhibits |
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| 10:50 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. |
Break-out sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Trauma Anesthesia
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Richard Dutton, MD, MBA |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
The unusual pediatric ED visit, what are we missing?
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Shanola DaSilva, MD |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Tight glucose control in the ICU to reduce morbidity and mortality
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David Safran, MD |
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11:50 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
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General/Lunch Session,
Keynote Speaker |
| Room 403 |
Ceptualizing a Cyborg – Developing a Thought controlled Artificial Limb
Douglas H Smith, MD |
| Room 402 |
Break/Exhibits/Networking |
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| 1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. |
Break-out sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
Traumatic Injuries in the morbidly obese
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Steven Ross, MD |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
Management of Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies: What you really need to know in the Emergency Department
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Brett Greenfield, DO, FACOEP |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Pediatric Resuscitation
Arthur Cooper, MD |
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2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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Break, Networking, Exhibits |
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| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Break-out sessions |
Trauma
Room 404 |
The pregnant trauma patient
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Ayoola Ali, MD, FACS |
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Emergency Medicine
Room 419 |
New Pre-hospital Trauma Devices
Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P, FACEP |
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Critical Care
Room 401 |
Current concepts in ICP Mgt in the Pediatric population
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Shanola DaSilva, MD |
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| 3:40 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. |
Pro/Con Debate |
| Room 403 |
Hot Topics in Trauma: Debate Panel
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Kathleen Kerstetter, MSN, RN, ACNP-C |
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