Emergency Medicine – A Comprehensive Review 2015 (Videos)

The Oakstone Institute’s Comprehensive Review: Embracing Innovation and Best Practices in Emergency Medicine

Amidst the ever-evolving landscape of emergency medicine, The Oakstone Institute presents its Specialty Review program, an invaluable resource for practitioners seeking to remain at the forefront of patient care. This authoritative review offers unparalleled insights into the latest best practices, empowering you to reduce errors, enhance performance, and optimize patient outcomes.

The program’s meticulously crafted curriculum encompasses the rapid advancements in ultrasound applications, CPR recommendations, and clinical guidelines. Through engaging lectures, you will delver deeply into the standardized care protocols for acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism, undifferentiated shock, and airway management. Additionally, the review covers pivotal updates on ACLS, sepsis care, and pharmacological advancements in the management of angioedema, procedural sedation, and anticoagulation.

Key Benefits and Learning Outcomes

By investing in this Specialty Review, you will gain the following transformative benefits:

• Stay Current: Enhance your knowledge base with the latest evidence-based updates, ensuring you remain abreast of best practices that have emerged since your residency training.

• Master Ultrasound Applications: Develop proficiency in utilizing ultrasound for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, enhancing your ability to accurately assess and manage patient conditions.

• Interpret Diagnostic Tools with Expertise: Master the interpretation of tests, EKGs, and imaging studies, leveraging state-of-the-art knowledge to make informed clinical decisions.

• Analyze and Synthesize Data: Sharpen your analytical skills to compare, contrast, and critically evaluate data, enabling you to optimize patient care and minimize errors.

• Design Comprehensive Care Plans: Cultivate the ability to formulate multifaceted evaluation and care plans that prioritize cost-efficiency, quality, and optimal outcomes.

Target Audience

This comprehensive review is specifically designed for:

• Community emergency medicine practitioners eager to stay abreast of the latest advancements in the field.

• Mid-level practitioners specializing in emergency medicine settings.

• EM practitioners who completed their training before the widespread implementation of ultrasound in emergency medicine.

Course Highlights and Faculty Expertise

The Oakstone Institute Specialty Review features an impressive array of topics, expertly presented by renowned faculty members in the field:

• Dr. Brad Frazee: New Approaches & Updates in Skin & Soft Tissue Infections / Workup and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism / Pediatric Fever: Where We Are in 2015

• Dr. Caitlin Bailey: Emerging Infections Confronting the World / Street Drugs in 2015

• Dr. Gene Hern: Sore Throats That Kill / Anaphylaxis and Angioedema

• Dr. Amandeep Singh: Sepsis Update / ACLS Updates: Cooling, PCI, CPR Techniques / ACS Medical Therapy

• Dr. Kent Olson: Cardiac Drug Toxicity / Drugs That Cause Seizures / Working Up the Acidotic OD

• Dr. Robert Savio: Peripartum Emergencies: Baby

• Dr. Jahan Fahimi: Literature Review – Top Articles from 2014 and 2015 / Managing the Bleeding Patient: Updates on Blood Product Use, Massive Transfusion, and TXA

• Dr. Eric Snoey: Challenging Cases in Afib / Understanding the Newer Anticoagulants

• Dr. David English: Hyperkalemia and Electrolytes in the Renal Patient / Non-Electrolyte Emergencies in the Dialysis Patient / Ethics – What is a POLST/Who Has Decision-Making Capacity / Sedating the Agitated Patient

• Dr. Charlotte Page Wills: Diseases in Pregnancy / Pitfalls in Vaginal Bleeding / The Precipitous Delivery

• Dr. Barry Simon: Risk Management, Staying Out of Trouble, The Second Victim / Abdominal Pain in the Elderly / Preventing Errors in Airway Management / Ophthalmologic Emergencies

• Hillary Larkin: Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking

• Dr. Doug White: Subarachnoid Bleeds: Updates & Controversies / Approach to Unplanned Hypothermia

• Dr. Andrew Herring: Intractable Nausea and Vomiting/Gastroparesis / Treating ED Patients with Comorbid Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders / Pain Management / Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks

• Dr. Harrison J. Alter: Healthcare Disparities

• Dr. Daniel Mantuani: Ultrasound in the Workup of Unexplained Shortness of Breath

• Dr. Arun Nagdev: Ultrasound and Ocular Emergencies / Ultrasound for the Crashing Patient / Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Cannulation