2015 International Emergency Conferences

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2015 Vietnam International Emergency Medicine Conference
Sponsored by: Vietnam Society of Emergency Medicine and GSMDM

Date: March 9-13, 2015

Place: Halong Bay, Vietnam

Contact: Ms. Vicky Nguyen hoithao10@hoabinhtourist.com, hotline (+84) 913.631.936

	EM Leadership Conference		Sponsored by VSEM
TIME	Monday March 9, 2015 Location: Grand Hall	TIME	Tuesday March 10, 2015 Location: Grand Hall
		8:00 am	Thrombolytic Therapy: Who’s In, Who’s Out, How Much? Mai Duy Ton, MD
		8:20 am	What Options Are Available Other Than Systemic Thrombolysis? Adan Atrihan, MD
		8:40 am	What Should I Do for the Patient Who Gets Worse after Thrombolysis? Hanh Pham, MD
9:00 am	Opening Ceremony	9:00 am	Management of Stroke Under EMS in Japan Hideharu Tanaka, MD
9:30 am	Keynote Address Jim Holliman, MD	9:20 am	Questions and Answers
10:15 am	Break	9:40 am	Break
10:30 am	Stroke Care from Prehospital to ICU: What Are the Issues? Evie Marcolini, MD	10:00 am	The CT Shows Blood: What Next? Further Medical Imaging Options. Molly Mulfur, MD
11:15 am	Do Regional Stroke Centers Improve Outcome? Thailand Ministry of Public Health	10:20 am	How Do I Treat the Patient with Hemorrhagic Stroke? Donna Venezia, MD
		10:40 am	What About the Stroke Patient Who Takes a “Blood Thinner?” Joe Lex, MD
		11:00 am	When Do I Start Antiplatelet Therapy in the Patient with Stroke? Joe Lex, MD
		11:20 am	Questions and Answers
12:00 pm	Lunch	12:00 pm	Lunch
	Location: Lecture Hall 1 Prehospital & ED Stroke Care
1:00 pm	Using the NIHSS: What Are Its Benefits and Pitfalls Ashley Bean, MD	1:00 pm	What Is the Role of Ventriculostomy, Hemicraniectomy, and Local Thrombolysis in the Patient with Hemorrhagic Stroke? Carolina Maciel, MD
		1:20 pm	What Is the Role Blood Pressure, Glucose, and Temperature in the Patient with Acute Stroke? Kim Lim, MD
1:40 pm	What Stroke Chameleons Do I Need To Know? Steve Huff, MD	1:40 pm	What About the Young Person with Stroke? Susan Torrey, MD
		2:00 pm	What Happens to the Post-Stroke Patient Who Does Not Get Therapy? The Natural Course of Stroke? Ann McIntosh, MD
2:20 pm	Can I Accurately Read the CT Scan in a Patient With Stroke Symptoms Vu Dang Luu, MD	2:20 pm	Questions and Answers
3:00 pm	Break	2:40 pm	Break
3:20 pm	Hypothermia After Stroke Kees Polderman, MD
4:00 pm	Round Table Questions & Answers	3:00 pm	Where Do I Send the Stroke Patient after Emergency Department Care? Amy Noland, MD
		3:20 pm	What Post-Stroke Therapies Improve Outcomes? Who Does Post-Stroke Evaluation? Gene Hern, MD
		3:40 pm	The Post-Stroke Patient 30 Days Later: Why Do They Come Back? Mike Smith, MD
		4:00 pm	Teaching the Vietnamese Population About Preventing Stroke Nguyen Dat Anh, MD
		4:20 pm	Questions and Answers

Course Co-Chairs: Joseph Lex, MD and Evie Marcolini, MD

	2015 EM Symposium		Sponsored by: VSEM
TIME	Wednesday Mar 11, 2015	Thursday Mar 12, 2015	Friday Mar 13, 2015
8:00 am	Introductory Remarks Evie Marcolini, MD Overview of Neurologic Emergencies / How to Do a Focused, High-Yield Neurologic Exam Joanne Williams, MD	Management of Seizures and Status Epilepticus from Prehospital to Disposition Carolyn McCue, MD
9:30 am	Break	Break	Break
10:00 am	The Patient with Altered Mental Status or Coma Matthew Mostofi, MD	Managing the Patient with Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Michael Schick, MD
11:30 am	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 pm			Management of Meningitis, Encephalitis, and Other CNS Infections Vietnamese Version Do Ngoc Son, MD
2:30 pm	Break	Break	Break
3:00 pm			Neurological Emergencies in Special Groups: The Very Old and Very Young Susan Torrey, MD
3:00-3:30
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:15
4:15-4:45
4:45-5:00

Cecil James (Jim) Holliman, M.D. - Keynote speaker
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
Pennsylvania

Luther Kristian Arnold, M.D., M.P.H, FACEP – Leadership Symposium Chair
Chair, ACEP Ambassador Program
Assistant Professor (Retired), Emergency Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Massachusetts

Joe Lex, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM - Symposium Co-Chair
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine

Evie Marcolini MD - Symposium Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

James Ramseier, M.D. – Workshop Coordinator
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada

Michelle "Mickey" Guerrero RN, BSN – Nursing Symposium Chair
Nursing Advisor, Good Samaritan Medical and Dental Ministry
Clinical Supervisor III, Emergency Department
Valley Medical Center, Emergency
Las Vegas, Nevada