Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Peter M. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP
Conference Chairman
Clinical Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Director of Faculty and Resident Development
Director of Emergency Medicine Services
Louisiana State University Medical School
New Orleans, Louisiana

Amal Mattu, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Co-Program Director, Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine Combined Residency
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Sejal G. Mattu, MD
Attending Staff, Department of Medicine
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis, Maryland
Affiliate Faculty, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. Additionally, Symposia Medicus Board, Planning Committee and staff members have disclosed that they have no significant financial relationships that could pose a conflict of interest to the planning of this conference. This information is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about content presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and verbally disclosed at the conference.

FRIDAY, JULY 30
Seattle, Washington
Depart 4:00pm

SATURDAY, JULY 31
(At Sea)

7:30am Registration/Check-in

8:00 Conference & Faculty Introduction
Peter DeBlieux, MD

8:15 Unrecognized Killers in Emergency Electrocardiography
Amal Mattu, MD

9:15 Update on Skin & Soft Tissue Infections (Including MRSA) (Rx = 20 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

10:15 Break

10:30 Dermatology in the ER: Visual Diagnosis
Sejal Mattu, MD

11:30 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:15pm Lunch Break

1:45 Abdominal Pain in the Elderly: Mythology & Mortality
Amal Mattu, MD

2:45 Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Rx = 15 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

3:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

4:15 Adjourn for Day

5:15-6:15 Group Reception (Faculty, Participants and their Guests)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1
Ketchikan, Alaska
Arrive 7:00am; Depart 4:00pm

MONDAY, AUGUST 2
Cruising Tracy Arm Fjord
Arrive 6:00am; Depart 10:00am

10:00am Common Airway Miscues (Rx = 15 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

11:00 10 Things You Must Consider in the Crashing Patient: Beyond A-B-C & ACLS
Amal Mattu, MD

Noon Vasopressor Use in the Emergency Department (Rx = 45 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

1:00pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for Day

Juneau, Alaska
Arrive 2:30pm; Depart 10:00pm

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3
Skagway, Alaska
Arrive 7:00am; Depart 8:30pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4
Cruising Inside Passage

1:00pm Updates on Community Acquired Pneumonia (Rx = 20 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

2:00 Diagnosis of Cardiac Dysrhythmias I
Amal Mattu, MD

3:00 Break

3:15 Diagnosis of Cardiac Dysrhythmias II
Amal Mattu, MD

4:15 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

5:00 Adjourn for Day

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5

8:00am Surviving Sepsis: Improving Mortality with New Therapies (Rx = 40 minutes )
Peter DeBlieux, MD

9:00 Winning at Failure! Modern Management of Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Amal Mattu, MD

10:00 Break

10:15 Initiating Appropriate Outpatient Care For Common Medical Maladies (Rx=25 minutes)
Sejal Mattu, MD

11:15 Emergency Cardiology Update: The Articles You've Got to Know!
Amal Mattu, MD

12:15pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:15 Conference Adjourns

Victoria, British Columbia
Arrive 7:00pm; Depart 11:59pm

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6
Seattle, Washington
Arrive 6:00am

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions