Family and Emergency Medicine
Venue: Holland America\'s ms Ryndam
Location: Sail from Tampa, Florida, United States
Event Date/Time: Dec 06, 2009 | End Date/Time: Dec 13, 2009 |
Registration Date: Dec 04, 2009 |
Description
EM Physicians, Internists, Family Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners
Program Purpose / Objectives
Preliminary Topics for Activity:
Trauma mini course
Crashes in the outpatient office: first and follow up visits
C spine—initial and follow up evaluation
Head injury/concussion—initial and follow up evaluation and imaging
Pain management—initial and follow up evaluation
Ribs and Thorax Injuries
Office Gyn Mini Course
Current Pap testing
STD diagnosis and treatment
Warts
Itching
Biopsy and lesions on the genitals
Dermatology in the office
Biopsy: punch or shave or refer
Acne in a nutshell—a reasonable treatment plan
The heart and the workup of chest pain
D dimer testing and PE testing
CT Scan: who and how and why
Stress testing and risk stratification/risk factors/Stress or cath
Stenting and angiograms and PCI
Meds for CAD mgmt in the outpatient setting and survival
Diabetes in 2009
Insulin add on therapy
Diabetes and CAD
Radiology
CT scanning and radiation-past present future
Contrast and reactions and side effects CT and MRI
Inpatient topics Mini Course
Chest pain admits
Syncope ,spells and TNAs
TIA risk and workup: in or out
CHF
Central lines in 2008
Surviving Sepsis and inpatient ICU medicine
ID
MRSA 4 U
Pus in places and techniques to drain it
Pediatrics
Does this kid have appendicitis? Or, should I send home, to the ED, or to the OR?
Fever Without Localizing Signs in the Present
Pharyngitis
Myths and pearls
Folklore vs Evidence
Cases of interest