Emergency Medicine for Primary Care

Emergency Medicine for Primary Care – 12 Credits

Overview
This conference is designed to provide primary care clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information on commonly encountered issues in Emergency Medicine, while suggesting pragmatic approaches to clinical management. The discussion-based format of the conference will encourage audience participation through dynamic lectures, case-based studies, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers will present and critically assess recent advancements and industry updates in Emergency Medicine with the goal of enhancing the knowledge-base and core competence of attendees. The successful completion of this interactive program diagnosing, treating, and prescribing the most effective courses of treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes.

Target Audience
All Physicians and other Healthcare Professionals seeking clinical information about issues in Emergency Medicine.

Speakers
Our presenting national faculty speakers make it their professional goals to enhance the training of primary care clinicians. This Continuing Medical Education program promises to help you learn the most current, best medicine, and techniques for making the diagnosis easier during a 20-minute office visit.

Topics and Objectives

Deadly Headache Disorders You Can’t Miss!
Objectives: 1) Discuss the clinical presentation of select deadly headache disorders, including carbon monoxide, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, and meningitis 2) Identify pitfalls in the diagnosis of select headache disorders 3) Describe current evidence-based treatment of catastrophic causes of headache

Orthopedic Emergencies for the Primary Care Physician
Objectives: 1) Identify pitfalls in the diagnosis of patients with a septic joint 2) List critical features from the history and physical exam in patients with compartment syndrome 3) Discuss the latest evidence-based treatment of patients presenting with “fight bite” and high-pressure injection injuries

Catastrophic Causes of Neck and Back Pain
Objectives: 1) Identify concerning features from the history and physical exam in patients with a life-threatening cause of neck and/or back pain 2) Discuss pitfalls in the diagnosis of patients with vertebral artery dissection 3) Discuss pitfalls in the diagnosis of spinal epidural abscesses 4) State the indications for emergent imaging in patients presenting with acute neck and/or back pain

Modern Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Objectives: 1) Identify the signs and symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury 2) Discuss the management of patients with mild traumatic brain injury 3) List the indications for return to work or school for patients with traumatic brain injury

Unsuspected Killers in Primary Care
Objectives: 1) Identify multiple patient presentations where innocuous appearing complaints hide life-threatening pathology 2) Describe historical factors to assist in identifying these diseases 3) Outline a treatment strategy for each condition

Bringing Medicine Back to the Patient: A Primer on Patient-Centered Communication
Objectives: 1) Describe the principles of patient-centered communication 2) Outline three specific skill sets to help providers be more patient-centered 3) Provide specific “verbiology” to use when speaking to patients to help focus the encounter on them

Severe Hypertension: Does This Patient Need to Go to the ER?
Objectives: 1) Distinguish between the patient with true hypertensive emergency and the patient with severe asymptomatic hypertension 2) Discuss the pitfalls of acutely and aggressively lowering chronic hypertension 3) Appraise the literature (or lack thereof) with respect to approaching severe hypertension

How to Kill with Just Your Prescription Pad – Dangerous Drug Combinations!
Objectives: 1) Recognize commonly encountered deadly drug combinations 2) Highlight the dangerous nature of some commonly utilized medications

Is Your Office Ready for an Emergency?
Objectives: 1) Describe common emergency equipment that offices may wish to consider having available 2) Outline a rapid response plan for offices in the case of emergencies 3) Review the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) 4) Highlight important changes in the latest American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

A “Weekend Warrior” Is in Your Office – Dealing with Musculoskeletal Injuries
Objectives: 1) Discuss the most commonly encountered extremity injuries and their office management 2) Highlight emergent conditions that require immediate evaluation 3) Identify and mitigate potential sources of litigation

Eye Emergencies for the Non-Ophthalmologist
Objectives: 1) Enable the provider to recognize the true eye emergencies 2) Describe a thoughtful and systematic approach to common eye complaints 3) Highlight conditions that need further emergent evaluation

The Eyes Don’t See What the Mind Doesn’t Know!
Objectives: 1) Identify patients at risk for elder abuse and neglect 2) Describe useful screening tools in the recognition of elder abuse 3) List resources for patients, and families, who are victims of elder abuse

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