ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICINE
March 23-26, 2009
Evans Hall
Room 327 A&B West Wing
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
John W. Becher, D.O., FACOEP, Program Chairman
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OBJECTIVE
Upon completion of this program, participants will acquire an updated understanding of current diagnosis, intervention and treatment of medical circumstances arising from infectious conditions including Kawasaki disease, pediatric fever, abdominal infections, soft tissue infections of the head and neck, infections from animals, and pediatric fascinomas and other conditions including rheumatologic emergencies and emergency delivery. Additionally the assessment and management of traumatic conditions involving the multiple injured patient, deceptive injuries, adult and pediatric brain injury, burn injuries, orthopedic and geriatric trauma, diving injuries, trauma in pregnancy, and airway injuries will be described and discussed. Risk management topics related to STEMI patients, electronic medical record, sign-out rounds, simulation and the guide to good medical practice, and trauma abstracts will also be reviewed, and challenging cases from current emergency medicine practice will be presented and discussed.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Physicians: "The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for twenty-eight hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credits. Approval is currently pending." Program approved by the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. Sign-in and full day attendance of program required for credit. All faculty participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by PCOM are expected to disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
PARKING
On-campus parking is available in our garage; please enter on Stout Road. All-day parking is $5.00. PLEASE NOTE: the automated gate takes quarters or one, five, and ten dollar bills. Enter Evans Hall through the front entrance across from the parking garage.
FEE POLICIES
Tuition Fee of $700.00 for Physicians. Individual days from Mon-Thurs. are $175.00 (7 credits per day). Physician Assistants and EMS would be $360.00. Individual days from Mon-Thurs. are $90.00. These fees include continental breakfast, lunch and syllabus. Registration is limited on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be confirmed without tuition fee. Refunds for extended programs - 90% of the fee will be refunded if written cancellation is post-marked at least ten days before the program date.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
If you need to make a reservation, contact Kirsten Bryant directly at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue (located next door to PCOM) via e-mail Kirsten.Bryant @ hilton.com or phone to make reservations @ (215) 879-3399, ext. 2016 for the PCOM preferred room rate of $125.00 + tax , which includes a buffet breakfast.
EMERGENCY MESSAGES
Call CME office at (215) 871-6348.
