Time | 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location | CAMC Center for Learning and Research in the Kanawha River Room
Cost | Free to Vandalia Health employees
Program overview
The 2024 CAMC Vandalia Health Emergency Medicine Conference will feature lectures, case presentations and educational sessions on a variety of acute and critical care issues facing emergency health care professionals today. This one-day conference will focus on current trends in emergency and prehospital medicine. The program is designed for physicians and advanced practice professionals, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners and EMS professionals.
The course is limited to 120 participants. No prerequisites are required.
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Examine new strategies for the treatment of respiratory patients with the use of noninvasive ventilation.
- Identify and explain current treatments for Bronchiolitis management in children.
- Recognize and describe current treatment for fractures in the emergency department.
- Review best practices in interfacility transports and patient expedition.
- Review ACS treatment and STEMI equivalent EKG’s.
- Examine treatment for stroke care, large vessel occlusion and thrombolytics.
- Discuss current treatment strategies in wilderness medicine.
- Breakout concurrent sessions will provide participants with an active learning experience in ultrasound-guided IV access, splinting and reductions and stroke simulation and telemedicine integration.
The symposium will be held at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research.
CAMC Center for Learning and Research
3044 Chesterfield Ave.
Charleston, WV 25304
Agenda
7:00 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions/Agenda for the Day - Marc Dotson, DO
8:30 a.m. | Lecture: Treatment of the Respiratory Patient with use of Non-invasive ventilation - Jessica Sop, DO
9:00 a.m. | Lecture: Pediatric Bronchiolitis: When less is more - Brian Hensley, DO
9:30 a.m. | Lecture: Fracture care in the Emergency Department - Brent Brash, DO
10:00 a.m. | Lecture: EMS Interfacility Transports: How to get your patients out - Collin Smith, DO
10:30 a.m. | Lecture: ACS Management and STEMI Equivalent EKG’s - Amy Hunt, DO
11:00 a.m. | Lecture: Stroke Care Large Vessel Occlusion and Thrombolytics - Kristen Babiak, DO
11:30 a.m. | Lecture: Wilderness Medicine - Pierre Charbonniez, DO
12:00 p.m. | Lunch provided
1:00 p.m. | Breakout sessions
- Breakout session one: Ultrasound Guided IV Access - Marc Dotson DO
- Breakout session two: Orthopedics-Splinting and Reductions - Pierre Charbonniez, DO, and Jeff Mullen, DO
- Breakout session three: Stroke Simulation and Telemedicine Integration - Kristen Babiak, DO
3:30 p.m. | Final Questions/Conference Evaluation/Adjournment
4:00 p.m. | Happy Hour/Networking in the lobby
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of six and a half AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this program for a maximum of six and a half hours of AOA Category 1-A credits.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for six and a half contact hours (JA0026-26-24-668).
The West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services has approved this course for six and a half CEUs.
Faculty
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this conference.
Limited parking is available at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research. Participants may also park at the Aladdin Restaurant parking lot, the former CHERI building lot and the CAMC Cancer Center parking lot. A shuttle will be available from the CAMC Cancer Center lot. There is no charge for parking.
Every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room. However, we realize everyone’s comfort zone is different, so please bring a sweater or light jacket.
