GSACEP

Official GSACEP Media Spokespersons

torree — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:02:00 GMT

If you are contacted by your commanders or members of the media, the following four individuals are the GSACEP spokespersons for the 2008 Report Card. Please refer all questions to them.

Col Linda Lawrence, MD, FACEP
Chief of Medical Staff, 60 MDG, Travis AFB, CA
Emergency Medicine Consultant to Air Force Surgeon GeneralImmediate Past President, ACEP
wk:707- 423-7622

email: Linda.Lawrence@travis.af.mil

CAPT James V. Ritchie, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Residency Director; Interim Medical Director, Simulation Center Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA; Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS wk: 757-953-1407
cell: 757-335-0010 email: james.ritchie@med.navy.mil

COL David Della-Giustina, MD, FACEP, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA e-mail David.dellagiustina@amedd.army.mil
Work: 352-968-1250
Cell: 253-820-4255

Mark D. Olszyk, MD, MBA, FACEP
Deputy Chief of Staff, VA Maryland Health Care System
Chairman, National VA Advisory Committee for Emergency Medicine
wk: 410-642-1013
e-mail: Mark.Olszyk@va.gov

Exhibitor Prospectus

torree — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:25:00 GMT

GSACEP EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS

Joint Services Symposium 2009

Emergency Medicine on the River Walk

February 9-10 (exhibit dates)

Holiday Inn Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX

Government Services Chapter ACEP

(GSACEP) was established for those emergency physicians who are active duty military, reservists or employees of the federal government. The Joint Services Symposium is the premiere meeting for these military emergency physicians. Your product will be seen by a national audience of military emergency leaders who participate in purchasing decisions.

With a breakdown of over 90% emergency physicians, and 88% military, it is a market unequaled anywhere else.

Call GSACEP at 877-531-3044 and register now, or fill out your application online at gsacep.org

Exhibit Space Rates:

$750 for one tabletop

Rate drops to $100 with a sponsorship of $1500 or more.

6' x 30 draped table and side chair.

Exhibitor booth location is determined on a first come, first served basis with a signed application and full payment of fee required. There are premium locations reserved for sponsors

EXHIBITOR BENEFITS

Exhibit floor space
Listing of company information in onsite program
Invitation to Opening reception on February 9.
Exhibitor Badges
Assistance in Meeting Members
Listing in GSACEP newsletter EPIC

SPONSOR BENEFITS

Opening Reception (Exclusive)

$3,000 Monday evening

Join all of our attendees.

You'll be recognized on all signage, in the onsite program, and in the post-conference newsletter EPIC.

Continental Breakfast $2000. There will be three: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. The sponsor will have signage, be recognized in the onsite program, and if they like, provide their own napkins, mugs, or other items.
GSACEP Chapter Lunch
$3,000 Tuesday, February 10 exclusive; $1500 co-sponsor

The leadership of GSACEP and its national organization ACEP address emergency medicine issues and activities. At the luncheon, an outstanding leader is recognized through the GSACEP Excellence in Military Emergency Medicine Award.

You'll be recognized on signage, in the onsite program, and in the post-conference newsletter EPIC

Consultants Lunch

$3,000 Monday, February 9 exclusive; $1500 co-sponsor

The Consultants to the Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force report on the developments in their services pertinent to military emergency physicians.

You'll be recognized on signage, in the onsite program and in the post-conference newsletter EPIC

_______________________________________________________________________________

Exhibit Hours and Days

Monday, February 9

7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.

Tuesday, February 10

7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

SETUP: Sunday evening February 8 Details to follow. Setup must be complete by 7:00 A.M. on Monday. If your tabletop is not prepared, we reserve the right to move someone else into your position.

DISMANTLING:

Only after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday.

Please plan on being at your booth, during all breaks, which have been designed especially for you, and during morning registration.

INSURANCE:

It is the responsibility of each exhibiting company to maintain adequate insurance coverage against injury to persons, theft, damage to or loss of property.

GSACEP shall bear no liability for personal injuries, suffered by an exhibitor or that exhibitor‘s employees, contractors, or business guests.

GSACEP will assume no liability for damage or loss of property of an exhibitor.

CANCELLATION

Written notification is required on or before January 23.

A $250 fee will be retained by GSACEP.

EXHIBITOR BADGES:

Exhibitors are encouraged to list representative names on the application form where indicated. Deadline for badge requests is January 23

HOTEL SHIPPING INFORMATION

TBA.

Ready to join us? Click here to be taken to our secure server or email gsacep@aol.com for more information.

Tactical US Course Objectives

torree — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:59:00 GMT

Tactical Ultrasound Course 2009---GSACEP

Sunday, 8 February 2009

Target Audience: This course was designed for military emergency physicians on the application of ultrasound to the battlefield, but it also presents benefits to other practicing emergency medicine physicians, residents and physician assistants who are interested in the basics of ultrasonography as it applies to the setting of emergency medicine.

Description of educational content: The educational material regarding the emergency ultrasound workshop will be presented in two formats. Primary instruction will occur through PowerPoint presentations that will include both relevant photos and video clips. Additionally, educational instruction will be solidified through hands-on instruction for the various ultrasound applications previously covered by PowerPoint.

0700-0730

Registration/Breakfast

0730-0745

Introduction

MAJ Brad Younggren, MD, FACEP

0745-0815

Length: 30 minutes

Speaker: CPT Brooks Laselle MD; Fellow, Emergency Ultrasound; Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO

Title of presentation: Physics/Knobology

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives: The physics of ultrasound will be discussed as it relates to the bedside evaluation of patients. The knobology of a sample ultrasound machine will be discussed and demonstrated. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to discuss the essential physics related to emergency ultrasound and describe functional components of an ultrasound machine to enhance image acquisition

0815-0915

Length: 60 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Bradley N. Younggren, MD, FACEP: Associate Program Director, Madigan Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine; Acting Medical Director, Andersen Simulation Center, Fort Lewis, WA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington

CPT Todd J McArthur MD RDMS: Director ED Ultrasound, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: "FAST Examination"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation and Demonstration
Learning Objectives:

Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is a limited ultrasound examination directed solely at identifying the presence of free intraperitoneal or pericardial fluid. In the context of traumatic injury, free fluid is usually due to blood and indicates a surgical emergency. Upon completion of this session participants should be able to describe the essential views in a FAST examination, identify a positive exam in relation to all four primary views; discuss ultrasound guided decompression of pericardial tamponade.

0915-0945

Length: 30 minutes

Speaker: : MAJ Bradley N. Younggren, MD, FACEP: Associate Program Director, Madigan Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine; Acting Medical Director, Andersen Simulation Center, Fort Lewis, WA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington

CPT Todd J McArthur MD RDMS: Director ED Ultrasound, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: "Pneumothorax Scan/Central Venous Pressure"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives: Thoracic ultrasonography is an exciting component of skills seldom mentioned in the literature. Here we will discuss the excellent use of ultrasound in the identification of injuries or abnormalities in the thoracic cavity. Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to: determine how to acquire the appropriate images in a pneumothorax scan, a pneumothorax on ultrasound and relevant ultrasound signs for pneumothorax; identify a pleural effusion on ultrasound; estimated CVP using ultrasound to include the use of M-Mode.

0945-1015

Length: 30 minutes

Proctors: All Staff

Title of Presentation: "Breakout Scanning Session"

Teaching Method: Hands-on

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to demonstrate the ability to acquire the images of a FAST examination, demonstrate the ability to acquire the images for pneumothorax studies, and demonstrate the ability to acquire the images necessary for CVP measurements.

1015- 1100

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: CPT Todd J McArthur MD RDMS: Director ED Ultrasound, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: "Basic Abdomen/Kidney"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives: Abdominal and kidney evaluation in the emergency department can be time sensitive and direct early clinical decisions. It is a skill easily mastered with practice and a good working knowledge of anatomy. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to describe how to acquire appropriate images of the aorta and pertinent criteria for understanding abnormal scans. They should be able to explain the indications for renal ultrasound, identify abnormal renal ultrasounds to include hyrdonephrosis and analyze if there is urine entering the bladder by ultrasound.

1100-1215

Length: 45 minutes

Proctors: Staff

Title of presentation: "Breakout Scanning"

Teaching Method: Hands-on

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to acquire the appropriate images of the abdominal aorta, the appropriate images of the kidney, and the appropriate images of the bladder for nephrolithiasis.

1215-1300 Lunch

1300-1400

Length: 60 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Jeremy N. Johnson, DO: Emergency Ultrasound Fellow, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC

Title of presentation: "Central and Peripheral Vascular Access"

Teaching Method: Power point presentation

Length: 60 minutes

Learning Objectives: Establishing access to the vascular system has been traditionally a "hit and miss" event with reliance on "normal" anatomy. With the advent of ultrasound use, blind sticks should be a thing of the past. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to discuss the indications for central venous access, the methods of utilizing ultrasound to acquire peripheral access and the different methods of ultrasound-guided central line placement. The participant will be able to discuss the complications related to central line placement.

1400-1430

Length: 30 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Jeremy N. Johnson, DO: Emergency Ultrasound Fellow, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC

Title of presentation: "Small Parts/Abscess/Tendon/Joint/Muscle"

Teaching Method: Power point presentation

Learning Objectives: Ultrasounds have many other "small parts" use and application and during this session these are discussed at length. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to identify an abscess by ultrasound, a tendon and ligament injuries by ultrasound and relevant joint spaces by ultrasound.

1430-1500

Length: 30 minutes

Title of presentation: "Ocular Ultrasound"

Teaching method: Power point presentation

Learning Objectives: Eye injuries, sudden visual changes and altered mental status are not thought to be clinical scenarios that the ultrasound machine can assist the emergency medicine physician with. Well, it can. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to identify important structures related to ocular ultrasound, identify retinal detachment by ocular ultrasound and identify increased ICP by ocular ultrasound.

1500-1545

Length: 45 minutes

Title of presentation: "Tactical Case Examples"

Teaching method: Power point presentation

Learning Objectives: Open discussion of cases in the austere environment where ultrasound was used. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to explain the role that tactical ultrasound can play in the theater of combat medicine.

1545-1630

Length: 45 minutes

Proctor: All Staff

Title of presentation: "Final Scanning Opportunity"

Teaching method: Hands-on

Learning Objectives:

Final chance to put to practice all the skills and knowledge acquired today. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to acquire the appropriate and necessary images for central line placement and peripheral venous access; acquire the appropriate images as it relates to ocular emergency ultrasound; identify an abscess by ultrasound.

ED Directors' Course Objectives

torree — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:52:00 GMT

ED DIRECTOR S COURSE

Sunday, February 8

Target Audience: This program is designed for new medical directors or those aspiring to be medical directors and will provide valuable training in Emergency Department (ED) management. While this program has been designed for military physicians, it is equally applicable to civilian physicians.

Description of Education Content: The course has gathered present and past military medical directors and hospital senior leadership and utilizing lectures with PowerPoint presentations, a lunch workshop and panel discussion, address topics that all ED Directors face. Participants will attain and be able to negotiate, critically address and solve issues confronted by ED Directors in their daily jobs. An additional benefit of the program will be the opportunity to network with experienced ED directors and obtain the tools necessary to successfully be an ED director.

0700-0730 Registration/Continental Breakfast

0730-0740 Welcome

LTC Rolando Torres, MD, FACEP

Col Linda Lawrence, MD, FACEP

0740-0830

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: James S Eadie, MD, FACEP; Emergency Medicine Faculty, Wilford Hall Medical Center; Immediate Past President of GSACEP

Title of presentation: Strategies to Improve ED Throughput

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Waiting time at emergency departments throughout the nation is at an all time high, and ED directors must address these issues proactively to insure patient safety and optimize space, assets and personnel utilization. Upon completion of this session the participant will have the ability to choose an effective ED design that will promote and identify limiting factors of throughput. The participant will be able to integrate bedside triage, decide how to utilize and optimize ancillary services assets, and troubleshoot obstacles that will decrease time to admission.

0830-0920

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: Col Lee E. Payne, MD, FACEP: Commander, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Title of presentation: Measuring Performance: From Customers Service to Clinical Outcomes

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Everyone is interested in how you run your ED- You should too! At the end of the session participants will be able to determine why your Hospital Commander or CEO/Board of Directors is concerned with what happens in your ED. At the end of the lecture the participant will be able to describe how an ED operation impacts the patient's perception of quality and service. Determine what factors contribute to the customer's perception of quality care. Participants will be able to assess the best ways to measure customer service and describe how multiple private organizations, medical specialty societies, and governmental agencies are beginning to define quality Emergency Care and what data and metrics they intend to apply to measure quality outcomes in your ED and what impact that may have on you! They will also be able to describe how these measures will be used to "Pay for Performance" and to drive quality care and outcomes and describe Lean Healthcare concepts and how then can improve your ED operations, the patient's perception of their care, and your efficiency.

0920-1010

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: CAPT Lynn Welling, MD, FACEP: Executive Officer, Naval Health Clinics, Hawaii

Title of presentation: Responsive Quality Care: What to do After an Incident

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Bad things happen, and emergency physicians usually are the ones to help those that are affected by accidents and sudden illness or pain. When they happen in the ED, that's another story and an ED director must be have a plan to address these events. After this lecture the participant will have working knowledge of the standard actions that an ED director must perform after an incident in the ED. These will include but are not limited to: Standard of care reviews, Incident reports, Expert legal reviews, Credentialing actions. The participant will also choose how to respond to allegations against themselves, including law suits and reports to the National Practitioner data base. The participant will be able to apply this knowledge to a proactive program to minimize the potential of an incident escalating to legal or other regulatory action.

1010-1025 Coffee Break

1025-1055

Length: 30 minutes

Speaker: Col Linda Lawrence, MD, FACEP: Chief of Medical Staff, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA; Emergency Medicine Consultant to the Surgeon General, Air Force; Associate Professor, Dept. of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, MD; Chair BoD/Immediate Past President, American College of Emergency Physicians

Title of presentation: How to Run an Efficient Department Meeting

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Most physicians dislike meetings, but as an ED director you must have them. Face to face conversations insures buy-in to new ideas, sharing of information and opinions from all key staff, and task accomplishment. Participants at the end of this session will be able to choose when you should (or shouldn't) have a meeting, how to prepare for a meeting and setting an agenda. As an ED director the participant will be able to devise discussion topics, manage conflicts within the ED and delegate tasks. They will be able to formulate a follow up plan, and what actions are needed after a meeting.

1055-1125

Length: 30 minutes

Title of presentation: Joint Commission Primer and Lessons Learned

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

ED directors are responsible to be prepared for Joint Commission surveys and keep up to date with new regulations. By sharing lessons learned the participants will be able to appraise the key elements of Joint Commission survey applied to the ED, implement strategies to create an environment of continuous compliance and evaluate the 2009 National Patient Goals and Standard changes.

1125-1215

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: CAPT Joel A. Roos, MD: Director Primary Care and Branch Clinics; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA; Specialty Leader, Navy Emergency Medicine

Title of presentation: The Business of Emergency Medicine: Turning RVU's into $

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Military Institution appears to run on an unlimited budget, which is far from reality. Our efficiency, acuity level and productivity issues are similar to our civilian counterpart. Our Commanders/CEO establishes a budget based on work load and productivity, and we must accurately reflect this to our department and patient advantage. After this session the participant should be able to discuss the importance of coding, provider productivity and staffing optimization. They will be able to determine compensation strategies and negotiate contracts and work with contractors

1225-1315

Length: 50 minutes

Speakers: Moderator, Rolando Torres, MD, FACEP; Drs. Della-Gisutina, Eadie, Lawrence, Munter, Payne, Roos, Welling

Title of Activity: Lunch with the Directors - Picking their brains

Teaching Method: Workshop

Learning Objectives:

This portion is designed for the participants to sit and in a more relaxed atmosphere exchange ideas and synthesize some of the concepts already discussed during the overall course. ALL 8 speakers will sit at one of the participnants' tables for lunch and discuss topics of interest. Participants will be able to discuss common pitfalls in ED management and how to avoid them. They will also be able to discuss hospital leadership expectations and how to meet them. Participants will be able to compare different approaches to problems at their own institutions and compare ways to address them in the near future.

1315-1405

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: COL David Della-Giustina, MD, FACEP, FAWM: Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: Negotiating for Success

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Negotiating or reaching a consensus or compromise is necessary to become a successful ED director. Standard of care, principles and ethics are never compromised, but how we accomplish success is dependent on how we work with our employees and our leaders. Participants at the end of this lecture will describe methods of Communication and devise buy-in from nursing and EMT's. They will be able to handle intra-departmental issues and haggle with the Boss. They will be able to utilize position papers and outside help such as consultant, national organization and practice guidelines to insure the delivery of excellence in health care.

1410-1500

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: David W. Munter, M.D., MBA, FACEP: President, The DESA Consulting Group, Chesapeake, VA

Title of presentation: Get to the Point

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Understand that in any communication, only a small portion of what is said is actually retained by the listener. This requires effective communications to be planned so that what is retained is what the speaker wants to be retained. At the end of this session the participants will be able to discuss the different learning styles in adults, and how to communicate effectively with each of those styles. Choose how to communicate succinctly and accurately when the situation requires, such as a telephone call to a consultant. Discuss how to communicate bad news, including the death of a loved one, to others. Describe 6-8 key points in preparing a presentation to medical colleagues, whether it is an informal morning report, or a more formal lecture.

1500-1515 Coffee Break

1515-1615

Length: 60 minutes

Speakers: Dr. Linda Lawrence, Dr. David Della-Giustina, Dr. Joel Roos

Title of Activity: Roundtable Discussion

Learning Objectives:

The leaders in Military Emergency Medicine from all three branches (Army, Air Force and Navy) will conduct a question and answer session with the participants. Topics will include the problem provider, deployment and readiness issues, JCAHO/HSI preparation, National Patient Safety Goals and ORYX measures. At the end of the session participants will be able to: analyze the actions they will need to perform as ED Directors; critically choose the correct actions; evaluate all in relationship to established guidelines or requirements.

Joint Services Symposium 2009 Course Objectives

torree — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:37:00 GMT

February 9 - 11, 2009, San Antonio, TX

Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this three-day course is to provide the latest information on a broad range of topics within emergency medicine.

Target Audience: The curriculum is designed for military emergency physicians but may also be applied to all practicing emergency physicians with the focus on clinical practice. Physician Assistants are also encouraged to attend.

Description of Education Content: A variety of evidence-based, cutting edge lectures will be presented to include such subjects as Emergency Medical Care in the Austere Environment, Bedside Ultrasonography, and Toxicology Cases Identification. Developed by military physicians, the course also covers the latest techniques practiced by physicians who have been stationed in war zones.

Board Review: Board review and Continuous Certification Training (LLSA Review) are also presented.

JSS speakers are nationally known experts in the field of emergency medicine.

JSS COURSE AGENDA AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Monday February 8,

0700-0800

Registration/Complimentary Continental Breakfast

0745-0800

Welcome

Maj James Eadie, MD, FACEP and Maj Julio Lariet, DO, FACEP

0800-0855

Length: 55 minutes

Speaker: Lt Col Edward L. Fieg, DO, FACEP, FAAEM: Commander, Emergency Services Flight, Wright Patterson Medical Center Wright Patterson AFB, OH; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University

Title of presentation: Medical Embedded Training Team: Mentoring the Afghan National
Army Medical Service

Teaching Method: PowerPoint Presentation
Learning Objectives:

The military emergency physician is viewed as the caretaker of the service member, their families and our retirees. In time of war we deploy to conserve the fighting force, but there are times we must take on other roles. Dr. Fieg was a physician mentor with the Afghan National Army Medical Service. Upon completion of this lecture the participant should be able to describe the history and current status of healthcare and healthcare delivery in Afghanistan. He/ she should be able to detail the training, pre-deployment preparation, and conduct of the deployed medical embedded training team; assess the capabilities, idiosyncrasies, limitations and current status of a prototypical Afghan National Army Regional Community and Combat Support Hospital.

0900-0955

Length: 55 minutes

Military Keynote Speaker: Brig. Gen. Byron C. Hepburn, MD, Commander Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA), Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C

Title of presentation: Military Physician Leaders - A Call to Action!

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

The military medicine professional has a unique leadership role. Our lecturer will address Global operational engagement and national medical challenges. He will discuss activities within the national capital region and joint medical research. Officership will be discussed as it is relevant to competency, strategic awareness and mentoring. Upon completion of this session participants should be able to describe the strategic factors impacting military medical practice today and the leadership qualities needed to excel in the current military medicine environment. The participants should be able to discuss the transformational activities within the Military Health System.

0955-1015 Coffee Break

1015-1100

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: LTC John McManus, MD, MCR, FACEP: Emergency Medical Liaison for Combat Casualty Care Research, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

Title of presentation: Pain Management in the Austere Setting

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

In the wilderness, during medical mission trips and warfare, providing care outside the hospital can be difficult and at times daunting. Emergency physicians are adept at providing rapid and effective pain relief, but planning must be made prior to facing these challenges outside the hospital. Upon completion of this lecture, the participant should be able to describe why we care about pain, what constitutes adequate pain control, and how to define it. He/she should be able to discuss pain control at presentation and during transportation to definite medical care. Participants should be able to plan using the methods available in the austere setting and limitation of equipment and medicines in these environments.

1100-1145

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: LtCol Robert Thaxton, MD: Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Emergency Medicine Residency; Vice-Chair WHMC Ethic Committee

Title of presentation: Medical Ethical Dilemmas in a Deployed Setting

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

The lecturer will broach ethical dilemmas, not often spoken about during military deployments in the war zone. The participants, after attending this lecture, should be able to discuss what the ethical conflicts are when deployed and how to overcome these conflicts. The participants should be able to train themselves and others to deal with ethical conflicts.

1145-1230

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: COL Bruce D. Adams, MD, FACEP: Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Chief, Department of Clinical Investigation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, TX

Title of presentation: Combat Research: From the Bedside to the Battlefield and Back

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

War and the U.S. military medical corps have been instrumental in the advancement of medical innovation and have contributed greatly to medical research in various fields. After this lecture, the participants should be able to discuss the historical background of battlefield medicine and its translations into medical practice. They should be able to discuss current research efforts on the modern battlefield and explain how to perform research in the combat theater.

1230-1355

Length: 85 minutes

Consultants Lunch

Speakers: Col Linda Lawrence, MD, FACEP: Chief of Medical Staff, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA; Emergency Medicine Consultant to the Surgeons General, Air Force; Associate Professor, Dept. of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, MD; Immediate Past President, American College of Emergency Physicians

CAPT Joel Roos, MD, FAAEM, Director Primary Care and Branch Clinics, NMC Portsmouth, VA: Specialty Leader, Navy Emergency Medicine

COL Ian Wedmore, MD, FACEP: US Army Consultant to the Surgeons General; Adjunct Assistant Professor, USUHS.

Learning Objectives:

These Consultants to the Surgeons General for the respective services will explain the operational mission of each service and where the emergency medicine specialty is going within the military. The participant will be able to discuss emergency medicine staffing and assignments in the different military services, define roles of emergency medicine in medical readiness and identify career opportunities for emergency physicians within the federal system. Each consultant will take approximately 30 minutes presenting his/her portion.

1400-1445

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: CPT (P) Scott E. Young, DO; Staff Physician, Dept Emergency Medicine, Womack AMC, Fort Bragg, TX

Title of presentation: Resuscitative Technology in the Austere Environment

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Portability and reliable performance in the deployed setting are essential components for equipment that we have to use in the field environment. This is particularly important in the austere locations where resuscitation is our mission. Dr. Young will demonstrate various devices. At the end of this session the participants will be able to discuss the obstacles to resuscitative critical care in the austere environment. They will be able to negotiate the devices currently in use, including vents, blood warmers, IV pumps, pt warming equipment and PRBC/FFP storage devices presented. They should be able to evaluate and describe the "walking blood bank", with current policies and developing research for bedside screening.

1450-1535

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: LTC Bret T. Ackermann, DO, FACEP, FAAEM: Commander, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion 65th Medical Brigade, 8th U.S. Army; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Military Emergency Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, MD

Title of presentation: Radiation Exposure and Illness: Current Diagnosis and Treatment

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Radiation at home or in the deployed setting is a reality and emergency physicians must be ready to treat the victims immediately after an event such as a Chernobyl, a nuclear weapons detonation, or our radiology department accident. Following this session, participants should be able to recognize the different syndromes associated with increasing levels of radiation exposure. They should be able to estimate the level of exposure based on timing and presentation of symptoms and applicable diagnostic tests and be aware of current treatment options available.

1535-1550 Coffee Break

1550-1635

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: Major Paul DeFlorio, MD, FACEP: Staff Emergency Physician, Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland Air Force Base, TX

Title of presentation: Blast Trauma

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

During his deployment, Dr. DeFlorio took care of hundreds of blast injury patients. He has developed a unique lecture on the subject, combining photographs of presentation with real-life correlating radiographic images, and couched in a review of the literature. Following the session the participant should be able to explain the physics involved in military blast and how they impact the body, analyze the pathophysiology of blast trauma and determine the diagnostic approach and therapeutic interventions involved in the different subsets of blast trauma.

1640-1725

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Robert L. Mabry, MD: Medical Director for Academics, Department of Combat Medic Training Fort Sam Houston, TX

Title of presentation: Airway Management on the Battlefield

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Airway is the cornerstone of resuscitation and this takes greater center stage in the austere environment. Following this session the participant should be able to describe the most common injuries associated with airway death and the advantages and disadvantages of current methods available for management of the airway in the tactical setting. They should also be able to describe the best technique for cricothyroidotomy in the tactical setting and discuss the role of supraglottic airways in the tactical setting.

Track 2, Monday February 9, Advanced Tactical Ultrasound

Target Audience: The target audience includes civilian or military emergency physicians, military emergency medicine residents and physician assistants who are interested in advancing their skills in emergency ultrasound as it relates to the tactical/wartime environment.

1020- 1105

Length: 45 Minutes

Title of presentation: Emergency Echocardiography

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

Echocardiography can be a rapid, noninvasive, objectivetool in the assessment of ventricular function and preload duringresuscitation. Ultrasonography has emerged as an important, noninvasive,bedside diagnostic tool for emergency physicians to facilitateearly detection of potentially reversible and time-dependentconditions. Upon completion of this session participants should be able to discuss the utilization of bedside echo in ED code situations, determine how to estimate ejection fraction, identify right ventricular strain by ultrasound and describe the echocardiography signs seen in pulmonary embolism.

1105-1150

Length: 45 Minutes

Title of presentation: Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

Imaging guidance for nerve localization and peripheral block improves pain control for many procedures at the bedside. Regional anesthesia using the ultrasonography modalities improves success and decreases complications otherwise encounter during blind needle insertion. Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to describe the relevant anatomy in a brachial plexus block, in a forearm/wrist block, in a popliteal block and in a femoral nerve block. The participant will also be able to describe the technique used to perform a peripheral nerve block once the relevant anatomy is identified.

1150-1220

Length: 30 Minutes

Speaker: MAJ Jeremy N. Johnson, DO: Emergency Ultrasound Fellow, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC

Title of presentation: Testicular Ultrasound

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

A sudden onset of pain in the *** is considered a serious problem. Delay in diagnosis and treatment can lead to loss of function. Have you waited for your consultant or for a technician thinking time is critical and wished you could do the ultrasound? Upon completion of this session the participants should be able to discuss the role of EM testicular ultrasound, the limitations of this process and the liability with testicular ultrasound.

1230-1355 Consultants Lunch (see above)

1400-1430

Length: 30 Minutes

Speaker: CPT Todd J McArthur MD RDMS: Director ED Ultrasound, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: "Deep Venous Thrombus"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

Accurate diagnosis of DVT represents a significant concern to the practice of emergency medicine; undiagnosed DVT can cause serious complications, including sudden death from pulmonary embolism. Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to review the relevant anatomy as it related to DVT identification, the current literature supporting the use of ultrasound in the ED to identify DVT's, and what images must be acquired to complete a thorough scan consistent with radiology standards at most hospitals.

1430-1530

Length: 60 minutes

Speakers: MAJ Bradley N. Younggren, MD, FACEP: Associate Program Director, Madigan Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine; Acting Medical Director, Andersen Simulation Center, Fort Lewis, WA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington

CPT Todd J McArthur MD RDMS: Director ED Ultrasound, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

MAJ Jeremy N. Johnson, DO: Emergency Ultrasound Fellow, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC

CPT Brooks Laselle MD; Fellow, Emergency Ultrasound; Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO

Title of presentation: "Breakout Scanning Session"

Teaching Method: Hand-ons with live models for scanning

Learning Objectives:

This session the participants will have the opportunity to practice the series of lectures and techniques just completed with the assistance of the lecturers at their side. Different diverse ultrasonography machines will be available as well as live models. Upon completion of this workshop participants should be able to acquire appropriate images in the different windows for bedside echo, cardiac images and estimate ejection fraction and images consistent with the major peripheral nerve blocks.

1530-1550 Coffee Break

Toxicology Laboratory

1550-1750

Length: 120 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Brandon Wills, DO, MS: Attending Physician, Dept of Emergency Medicine Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA; Associate Medical Director, Washington Poison Center, Seattle, WA

MAJ Melissa Givens, MD, MPH: Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX

LTC Michael A. Miller MD: Assistant Chief, Medical Toxicologist, Department of Emergency Medicine
Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

LtCol Shawn Varney, MD, FACEP: Medical Toxicology Fellow, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO: Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, MD

Title of presentation: "Toxicology Lab"

Teaching Method: Interactive stimulus lab and Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

This laboratory proctored by four emergency medicine and toxicology boarded faculty is an interactive stimulus lab with visual stimuli and a few toxic odors. This will be an invaluable active learning experience for younger residents and a good refresher for seasoned emergency physicians. For 60 minutes the participants will be exposed to over 25 questions related to visual and olfactory stimuli and each station will highlight many high-yield management points. This will be followed by four 15 minute lectures. Upon completion of this laboratory the participants should be able to answer questions taken from each stimulus which are practical and clinically relevant for acute care toxicology and will include important discussion from staff toxicologists. They will be able to identify subtle clues frequently present in the ED when these patients arrive and describe the appropriate clinical decision necessary for the care of the toxicology patient. The participant should be able to discuss recognition, pathophysiology, treatment and disposition of these types of cases.

Tuesday, February 10

Track 1

0700-0800 Registration/Complimentary Continental Breakfast

0800-0855

Length: 55 minutes

Speaker: Richard Schwartz, MD, FACEP: Professor and Chairman, Dept of Emergency
Medicine, Medical College of Georgia.

Title of presentation: Beyond Mass Casualty Triage

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

"Is your ED ready for the pan flu?" Local, state and national agencies have a vested interest that their health care infrastructure can handle an epidemic and emergency departments are the front lines combatants in everyone's scenarios. At the conclusion of this session, the participant should be able to describe the difference between Mass Casualty Triage and Pandemic Population-based triage. He/she should be able to explain how to triage mass casualty patients using the SALT methodology and discuss the key components of a Pandemic Population based triage system and the impact of Pandemic Population-based triage on emergency medicine.

0900-0955

Length: 55 minutes

Keynote Speaker: David C. Seaberg, MD, FACEP: Dean and Professor, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN

Title of presentation: Clinical Decision Rules and Practice Guidelines: Pathways to the Future or Cookbook Medicine

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

How does your practice decide which are good clinical decision rules or practice guidelines to adopt? Are they right for your department or group? Upon conclusion of this session the participant should be able to describe the processes involved in the development of valid clinical decision rules and practice guidelines. He/she should differentiate between clinical decision rules and practice guidelines and give recent examples of each. He/she should be able to review the strengths and weaknesses of the various techniques/methods for implementing practice guidelines. He/she should describe what patient-centered outcomes are and how they could be incorporated into practice guidelines and explain how explicit and tacit knowledge affect guideline implementation and discuss practice guidelines and their affect on medical-legal issues.

0955-1020 Coffee Break

1020-1110

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: COL David Della-Giustina, MD, FACEP, FAWM: Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: Peripheral Neuropathies in the ED

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

The presentation of neurological complaints in the ED is common and when presented, the first step is to determine is the lesion central or peripheral. Once it is determine to be a peripheral neuropathy, your clinical approach is determined by the location of the lesion and the immediacy that the complaint should be further addressed. Upon conclusion of this lecture the participants should be able to distinguish peripheral from central neurological complaints and review the differential for peripheral neuromuscular complaints. They should be able to identify life-threatening etiologies for peripheral neuromuscular complaints and their management and describe non-urgent peripheral neuropathies that commonly present to the ED.

1110-1200

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: CAPT (ret) David W. Munter, MD., MBA, FACEP: President, The DESA Consulting Group, Chesapeake, VA; former President, GSACEP

Title of presentation: Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Foreign bodies within the GI tract are not only painful, but may pose a life-threatening event. The rapid evaluation and clinical decision making is imperative when dealing with this complaint, and knowing when to call the consultant is essential. Upon completion of this session, the participants should be able to outline the basic approach to evaluation and management of foreign bodies and foreign body sensation in the oropharynx and throat. He/she should identify the common areas of entrapment of esophageal foreign bodies, and radiographic appearance of foreign bodies in these areas. He/should be able to describe several interventional approaches to management of esophageal foreign bodies, and understand what types of esophageal foreign bodies represent true emergencies. Describe the basic approach to evaluation and management of rectal foreign bodies, and understand the indications for surgical consultation. Explain the approach to management of special ingestions including button batteries, safety pins, and sharp objects.

1200-1330

Length: 90 minutes

Speaker: Maj Julio Lairet, DO, FACEP: Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC EMS Fellowship; Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine

David C. Seaberg, MD, FACEP: Dean and Professor, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN

Title of Presentation: GSACEP Chapter Lunch

Learning Objectives:

The Chapter president Dr. Julio Lairet and our keynote speaker Dr. David C. Seaberg will address the chapter at large to give us an update on both the Chapter and ACEP at the national level. Participants at the end of this session should be able to list chapter accomplishments for the past year, identify chapter goals for 2009 and describe ACEP-chapter collaboration on critical issues facing emergency medicine.

1330-1415

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: COL Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP, FIFEM: U.S. Army Reserve; Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS Professor, University of Texas at Southwestern; Past President, International Federation for Emergency Medicine; Past President of ACEP

Title of presentation: Emergency Medicine Around the World

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Emergency medicine truly is international. Many emergency departments throughout the world face the same problems as we do in the US, and we can gain knowledge from them, by understanding their approach to these issues. Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: explain the difference between the Franco-German and Anglo-American approaches to emergency medicine, and where they are found; identify from a list of countries in the world, those with highly developed emergency medicine systems and be able to discuss the pace and direction of emergency medicine specialty development worldwide.

1415-1500

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: CAPT James V. Ritchie, MD, FACEP: Emergency Medicine Residency Director; Interim Medical Director, Simulation Center Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA; Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS

Title of presentation: Resuscitation Physiology: Recognizing Occult Peril

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Resuscitation is often thought of as ACLS or only CPR. Emergency physicians are students of resuscitation, and it is our primary tool. Be a master. Upon completion of this session the participants should be able to explain a conceptual framework for physiological response to physiological stressors and recognize potential for occult ongoing injury and compromise despite reassuring appearance. They should as well be able to recognize absence of bedside indicators of key physiologic measurements and articulate resuscitative strategies based on physiologic predictions.

1500-1520 Coffee Break

1520-1605

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: COL Robert A. De Lorenzo, MD, MSM, FACEP: Senior Fellow, Department of Clinical Investigations, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX; Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS

Title of presentation: Fainting, Swooning and Blacking Out: The Many Facets of Syncope

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

One of the most common complaints that arrive to the ED is syncope or near syncope. What do you do with these? Admit them all, do a million dollar work up, or dismiss them as nothing? After this session the participant should be able to discuss the historical and scientific basis of syncope as it relates to emergency medicine practice. They will be able to identify the scientific evidence available on syncope with an emphasis on recent research developments and construct a reasonable approach to the diagnosis and management of syncope that includes the latest clinical practice guidelines.

1605-1650

Length: 45 minutes

Speaker: Maj Julio Lairet, DO, FACEP: Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC EMS Fellowship; Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine

Title of presentation: Hypothermic Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation

Learning Objectives:

Increased brain temperature contributes to ischemic brain damage in patients after cardiac arrest and there is evidence that by lowering brain temperature, may decrease brain damage. Upon conclusion of this lecture the participants should be able to discuss the history of therapeutic hypothermia and define therapeutic hypothermia. They should be able to describe the mechanism of therapeutic hypothermia, the effects of hypothermia on the body and the available methods of cooling patients. Participants should be able to describe the available literature addressing therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest - An EBM approach and the challenges faced when trying to institute therapeutic hypothermia in daily practice.

Track 2

0900-1500

Length: 270 minutes

Course Director: COL Marco Coppola, DO, FACEP: Commander, Texas Army National Guard; Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Las Colinas Medical Center; Secretary and Board Member, Questcare Partners; Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M University Systems Health Science Center College of Medicine

Title of Course: Oral Board Review Course

Teaching Method: PowerPoint presentation and Workshop

Learning Objectives:

The oral board is the second hurdle once residency is completed to become ABEM board- certified. This course is designed for third year residents or recent graduates that already past step one and is preparing for the oral boards. Practice with direct feedback has shown to be the best tool to successfully accomplish this goal. Upon completion of this course the participants should be able to explain the key elements needed to pass the oral boards and the organizational skill to do so. They should be able to actively manage simulated oral board case scenarios and synthesize the direct feedback following the encounter, analyze their performance after multiple mock oral board cases and gain confidence for their upcoming oral boards.

1215-1330 GSACEP Chapter Lunch (see above for objectives)

1520-1720 Research Forum

Length: 120 Minutes

Moderator: MAJ Melissa Givens, MD, MPH: Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX

Title of Event: Research Forum

Teaching Method: Forum Discussion and Presentation

Learning Objectives:

In this forum the participants will be able to present original basic science or clinical research. Open to all level of training, it affords an opportunity to present on topics that are unique to emergency medicine and military physicians. Submissions will be reviewed and the selected abstracts will be able to present a ten minute PowerPoint presentation. Participants at the end of this session should be able to

discuss the emphases of current and leading-edge operational research coming from military facilities. Be able to explain the challenges inherent in conducting operational research in the combat or field environment. They should be able to analyze current advances in military combat care and build research presentation skills through participation or vicarious learning.

Track 3

1330-1630

Length: 180 minutes

Speaker: LTC John McManus, MD, MCR, FACEP: Emergency Medical Liaison for Combat Casualty Care Research, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

Title of Presentation: 2008 LLSA Review

Teaching Method: PowerPoint presentation and small group discussion
Learning Objectives:

This is a synopsis of the required reading for the emergency physician for the 2008 LLSA. Participants upon completion of this course should be able to discuss the history and purpose of board certification and the model of the clinical practice of emergency medicine. List the core competencies defined by American Board of Medical Specialties and define the four broad areas that continuous certification must address. They will also be able to list the primary emergency medical continuous certification program requirements, discuss diplomat concerns with the new boarding process and evaluate Life Long Learning and Self-Assessment Articles.

Wednesday, February 11

Track 1

0730-0830 Continental Breakfast

0800-0855

Length: 55 minutes

Speaker: Dr. Sumeru Mehta: Methodist Stone Oak Hospital, San Antonio, TX Director of Emergency
Ultrasound, Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians Residency: Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania

Title of presentation: High Altitude Medicine: An Evidence Based Update

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Wilderness medicine and operational medicine has many things in common, and the sudden onset of high altitude illness is of concern that affects performance. Prevention is key, but when confronted with an ill patient, what does the evidence show. Upon completion of this session the participant should be able to describe the diagnosis and spectrum of High Altitude Illness (HAI) and the evidence based management of HAI. He/she should be able to discuss the challenges of practicing emergency medicine in the austere environment

0900-1000

Length: 60 minutes

Speaker: MAJ Melissa Givens, MD, MPH: Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX

Title of presentation: "Wine, Water, or Whiskey: Controversies in Fluid and Blood Product
Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Volume and fluid resuscitation is essential in the hypovolemic patient regardless of etiology. Controversy has surrounded as which is the best option for early and aggressive therapy. Upon completion of this presentation, the participant should be able to discuss available crystalloids and colloids for the resuscitation of the trauma patient, and blood product use and controversies in optimal use in the trauma patient. The participant should be able to explain what blood product alternatives are.

1000-1015 Coffee Breakfast

1015-1105

Length: 50 minutes

Speaker: LTC John Rayfield, MD, FS: Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Emergency Medicine Residency; Medical Director, Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant D.Sc Fellowship Brooke
Army Medical Center

Title of presentation: Itches, Boils and Patches; What You Need to Know about Emergency Dermatology

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Rashes are common entities in the practice of emergency medicine. The can be confusing, enigmatic and frustrating. Familiarization with important rashes is essential and these will be reviewed during this session. Upon completion of this session the participant should be able to recognize common skin conditions for the emergency physician and discuss dermatological findings for assorted medical conditions (malignancies, etc). The participant should be able to differentiate skin findings pertinent to deployment medicine.

1105-1200

Length: 55 minutes

Speaker: LTC Rolando Torres, FACEP: Associate Program Director; Medical Director, US Army/Baylor EMPA DSc Fellowship Program, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: Literature Review on the Febrile Child

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

The approach used to address the febrile infant is controversial and an item of intense debate among EM physicians. Why the controversy, why the different ways to address a very common problem in our practice? Upon completion of the session, the participants will be able to describe how the febrile child work-up has changed in the last 20 years as the literature emerged and how immunizations have changed the way we approach the febrile child. They should be able to compare the difference between standard of care and best care practice today in the approach of the febrile child, and evaluate fever guideline and their utility.

Track 2 Residency Track

0800-0855

Length: 55 minutes

Title of presentation: "Time Management for Real Life"

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Do you have a foreboding sense of falling behind in your responsibilities? Do you regret not spending more time in your most important relationship? Then this session is for you. Emergency medicine residents never seem to have enough time, and it gets worse after residency. Upon completion of this session the participant should be able to realize that your expectations aren't reasonable regarding what you can accomplish in the time you're given. They should be able to recognize Time Thieves that rob you of following your priorities and identifying strategies for recovering "lost" time. The participant should be able to budget available time to facilitate his/her life goals.

0900-1000

Length: 60 minutes

Speaker: David W. Munter, M.D., MBA, FACEP: President, The DESA Consulting Group, Chesapeake, VA

Title of presentation: Taking Care of Patients - What You Were Never Taught in School

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation
Learning Objectives:

Being clinically competent is only one part of the delivery of care to patients. Patients and clinicians have vastly different perceptions of quality. There is an art and science to managing all the components needed to optimize outcomes. Concepts common in other businesses can be successfully used in medicine. Upon completion of this session the participant should be able to describe what variation is and how it relates to the practice of medicine and the basic methods of measuring variation. They should be able to develop strategies to reduce variation leading to better outcomes at lower costs; explain how patients perceive quality (it's not clinical competence!), and how to modify a practice environment to optimize their perceptions. He/she should be able to put into practice basic customer tenants and use them to improve customer satisfaction in his/her clinical area.

1000-1015 Coffee Break

1015-1200

Length: 105 minutes

Speakers: CPT Emily Merchant, MD, Chief Resident, Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA

COL David Della-Giustina, MD, FACEP, FAWM: Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

CAPT James V. Ritchie, MD, FACEP: Emergency Medicine Residency Director; Interim Medical Director, Simulation Center Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA; Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS

Capt Torree McGowan, MD, USAF Medical Corps Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

CPT Rachel Villacorta Lyew, MD: Staff Physician, Dept Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Title of presentation: Beyond Residency

Teaching Method: Power Point Presentation and Group/Panel Discussion
Learning Objectives:

New graduates from residency have many choices to make and lots of more non-clinical information to process. This session is designed to give you some sound advice from two senior officers in the emergency medicine specialty, EMRA and ACEP members and recent graduates already in the field. Topics to be discussed include setting goals for you career, getting involved locally and nationally, life after residency, operational medicine for the EM trained and Navy Emergency Medicine. There will be a 15 minute question and answer time. Upon completion of this session, the participants should be able to provide the emergency physician with an approach to setting goals for career progression and satisfaction and with tools and techniques to enhance their career. He/ she should be able to describe numerous methods for the emergency physician to become involved in organized medicine in both local and national emergency medicine organizations. The participant should be able to describe real world situations where the military emergency physician may be utilized.

GSACEP Heroes of Emergency Medicine

torree — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Four of our members are currently being honored as "Heroes of Emergency Medicine" on the ACEP website. To see who else made the list in other chapters, click here.

Major James Eadie, MD, FACEP
Vice Chair Emergency Medicine/Medical Director/Flight Commander
Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas

Major James Eadie is medical director of the Air Force’s largest and only Level I Trauma Center emergency department, with over 50,000 patient visits annually and 48 military emergency medicine residents. He has served twice in Iraq, logging 19 combat medical missions. He most recently served as medical director of the Air Force Theater Hospital Emergency Department in Balad.

Passionate about improving medical care in the developing world, Major Eadie has volunteered extensively overseas. He served as director, Guyana Cooperative Education Program, Guyana, South America, where he collaborated with the Guyanese Ministry of Health and local physicians to design need-based educational programs. He also co-founded the Belize Cooperative Health Education Program, Belize. Working with Omni Med, he developed initial plans for the first continuing medical education program for the country of Belize. Major Eadie is president of Government Services ACEP and is co-chair of the ACEP Federal Government Affairs Committee.

Major Robert B. Blankenship, MD, FACEP
Medical Director
St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast
Carmel, IN

Major Robert Blankenship has served on active duty for 11 years in various positions, including emergency medicine assistant program director, ultrasound director and transitional program director. He started the military’s first Tactical Ultrasound Course and served as the first emergency medicine consultant on the Army’s Central Simulation Committee. Major Blankenship has served and continues to serve on numerous ACEP committees, as well as the ACEP News Editorial Advisory Board. He also served on Government Services ACEP’s board of directors and as its president.

Major Blankenship has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the “Bronze Star Medal” for meritorious service while serving as task force surgeon with 1-66 AR, 4ID during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the 2003 “Joseph F. Waeckerle Founder’s Award” for contributions to the Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association.

LTC(P) Andre Pennardt, MD, FACEP
U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Dr. Andre Pennardt has served in the Army for more than 16 years and has worked extensively with a variety of units within Army Special Operations Command in positions such as Command Surgeon, Group Surgeon and Special Operations Task Force Surgeon. He has deployed for more than 32 months to Iraq and Afghanistan on a voluntary basis.Dr. Pennardt was awarded three Bronze Stars for his actions in combat, including management of a mass casualty incident resulting from a bombing and establishment of a comprehensive medical support system for special operations units. During his deployments, Dr. Pennardt logged several hundred combat hours under some of the most dangerous flying conditions in the world and saved multiple lives, both on the battlefield and during high-risk mountain rescues. He also received four Air Medals for his achievements during specific combat missions. All of these accomplishments and more make Dr. Pennardt a true hero of emergency medicine.

William Michael Roberts, MD, MBA, FACEP
Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, United States Navy
Chief of the Navy Medical Corps
Medical Officer of the Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
Washington, DC

Rear Admiral Roberts is currently the senior emergency physician in the Navy. He has impacted virtually all of the Navy’s current and past emergency medicine physicians with his teaching, mentorship and personal example. Admiral Roberts is the calm voice of reason when things aren’t going well in the pit or when the demands of hospital administration are overwhelming.

As the Specialty Leader for Emergency Medicine to the Navy Surgeon General in the late 1990s, Admiral Roberts was a significant architect of the emergency medicine system the Navy now enjoys, and stewarded the huge growth in Navy emergency physicians, their assignment worldwide and the diversity of their career options. He has mentored virtually all of the Navy’s emergency physicians, and the most senior among them are building on his legacy. His efforts to train, lead and inspire emergency physicians are not confined to the Navy, as he is active with many specialists and on many fronts.

GSACEP at the 2008 Scientific Assembly

torree — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:27:00 GMT

ACEP Board Members:

Congratulations to new ACEP Board member Michael J. Gerardi, MD, FACEP

		Nicholas J. Jouriles, MD, FACEP, President

		Angela F. Gardner, MD, FACEP, President-Elect

		Linda L. Lawrence, MD, FACEP, Immediate Past President

		Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP

		Kathleen M. Cowling, DO, MS, FACEP

		Ramon W. Johnson, MD, FACEP

		Alexander M. Rosenau, DO, FACEP

		Andrew E. Sama, MD, FACEP

		David C. Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP

		Sandra M. Schneider, MD, FACEP

		David P. Sklar, MD, FACEP

		Robert C. Solomon, MD, FACEP

Dr. Dave McClellan, Col Marco Coppola, LTC John McManus

Capt Torree McGowan and Maj James Eadie

Dr. Dave and Terry McClellan

Maj Julio Lairet, Col Marco Coppola, Capt Torree McGowan

Dave McClellan's new glasses