Invited Faculty:
Sally Reynolds, M.D., Program Chair
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Children's Memorial Hospital
Karen Mangold, M.D.
Fellow
Division of Emergency Medicine
Children's Memorial Hospital
Jacqueline Corboy, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Northwest Community Hospital
Attending Physician
Children's Memorial Hospital
Julia Lloyd, M.D.
Fellow, Division of Emergency Medicine
Children's Memorial Hospital
Justin Jeffers, M.D.
Year Fellow, Division of Emergency Medicine
Children's Memorial Hospital
Mary Clyde Pierce, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Attending Physician
Children's Memorial Hospital
Yiannis Katsogridakis, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Associate Medical Director, Emergency Department
Children's Memorial Hospital
Suzanne Schmidt, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Attending Physician
Children's Memorial Hospital
Mary Otting, R.N.
EMS Coordinator
Emergency Department
Children's Memorial Hospital
Courtney Hardy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Robert Listernick, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Director, Diagnostic & Consultation Clinic
Division of General & Academic Pediatrics
Children's Memorial Hospital
Schedule (tentative):
Friday, November 5
| 8 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. | Welcome; Introductions |
| 9:15 a.m. | Introduction; Preparing Your Team and office for Medical Emergencies - an Overview |
| 9:45 a.m. | Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Who are they?
- What can they do?
- When should they be called in?
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| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Physical Assessment |
| 11:00 a.m. | ASA Classification |
| 11:30 a.m. | Question and Answer |
| 12 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Cardiac Arrest |
| 1:30 p.m. | Seizures:
- How to recognize
- Immediate treatment
- Parental involvement when a patient is involved
- What medications are involved
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| 2 p.m. | Syncope and Hypoglycemia |
| 2:30 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. | Teaching Stations
How to recognize & treat:
- Syncope
- Seizures
- Cardiac Arrest
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| 5 p.m. | Adjourn |
Saturday, November 6
| 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
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| 9 a.m. | Child Abuse:
- How to report
- What happens
- Documentation
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| 10 a.m. | Respiratory problems:
- Wheezing and asthma attack
- Oxygen tank usage
- Respiratory depression resulting from anesthetic overdose
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| 10:30 a.m. | Break
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| 10:45 a.m. | Chemotherapy and Dentistry - What you need to know
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| 11:15 a.m. | Anaphylaxis
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| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch
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| 12:45 p.m. | Teaching Stations:
- Airway problems (laryngospasm, foreign bodies in airway)
- Wheezing
- Anaphylaxis
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| 3 p.m. | Break
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| 3:15 p.m. | Emergency Jeopardy - test your knowledge among your colleagues with this interactive session
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| 4:15 p.m. | Wrap-up and Questions and Answers
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| 5 p.m. | Adjourn
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This course is eligible for 13 hours of continuing education credit.
