March 4-7, 2005
Royal Pacific Resort
Orlando, FL
Improving the Care of Emergency Department Patients
with Seizures and Status Epilepticus
March, 2005
Orlando, FL
Royal Pacific Resort
ACEP Spring Congress
Monday, March 7, 2005
| ACEP Clinical Policy Development: 2004 Seizure Clinical Policy William Dalsey, MD, MBA, FACEP Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| Sz and SE Patients: What the ACEP Policy Doesn’t Tell You Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH, FACEP Professor and Research Development Director Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the development of clinical polices and their relevance to clinical practice in the Emergency Department.
- Describe the recommended treatment strategies of ED patients who present with seizures and SE, based on the 2004 ACEP clinical policy.
- Examine ways in which guidelines, protocols and clinical policies can be utilized to improve the ED care of seizure and SE patients within institutions given the ACEP clinical policy and clinical data not included in this consensus document.
This educational symposium is supported in part through an unrestricted educational grant from UCB Pharma, Inc.
Improving the Care of Emergency Department Patients
with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
March, 2005
Orlando, FL
Royal Pacific Resort
ACEP Spring Congress
Friday, March 4, 2005
Part I: Epidemiology, ED Diagnosis & Treatment
| Epidemiology, Pathophysiology of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Edward C. Jauch, MD, FACEP Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati |
| Optimal ED Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients Marc Dorfman, MD, FACEP, MACP EM Residency Program Director Ressurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL |
| Efficient ED Neurological Exam, CT Diagnosis, and Documentation Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH, FACEP Professor and Research Development Director Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Monday, March 7, 2005
Part II: CT Interpretation and ICH Journal Club
| Blood Can Be Very Bad: CT Interpretation for the EM Physician Andrew Perron, MD, FACEP Residency Director Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center |
| ICH Journal Club: Articles That Will Impact Your Clinical Practice Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH, FACEP Professor and Research Development Director Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Learning Objectives:
- Examine the completion and documentation of an efficient neurological exam in ED intracerebral hemorrhage patients.
- Describe the optimal CT diagnosis and ED treatment of patients who present with intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Discuss the specific operative and non-operative management strategies in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Review journal articles that will optimize the ED approach to ICH patients.
These educational symposia are supported in part through an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc.