Advanced Emergency Medicine

ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICINE
March 18-21, 2013 - Evans Hall - Room 327 A&B West Wing - 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
John W. Becher, D.O., FACOEP, Program Chairman

Schedule

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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 common and not so common ingestions,
new drugs of the street and designer drugs, toxicity of energy drinks and weight loss products, and ENT
emergencies and procedures. Additionally the evaluation and management of head injuries, intrabdominal
and pelvic injuries, maxillofacial injuries, peripheral vascular injuries, occult chest and abdominal injuries,
geriatric trauma, volume resuscitation of trauma patients, advanced airway techniques, trauma transfer disasters and post-traumatic stress after traumatic injury will be presented and discussed. Additional presentations will include review of continuous osteopathic learning assessment, implementation of severe sepsis guidelines, medical clearance of psychiatric patients, medical necessity and ED chart documentation, ED electronic medical record, emergency medicine potpourri, unusual neurologic cases and challenging cases from current emergency practice.

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, ten, and twenty dollar bills. 
The garage is now equipped to receive credit card payments (Visa, Master Card and Discover)
at the two exit gates. Additionally, receipts are now available for those paying by cash or credit card.
Enter Evans Hall through the front entrance across from the parking garage.

FEE POLICIES
Tuition Fee of $740.00 for Physicians. Individual days from Mon-Thurs. are $185.00 (7 credits per day). Physician Assistants and EMS would be $400.00. Individual days from Mon-Thurs. are $100.00. 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 the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue (located next door to PCOM) at(800) 445-8667 for the PCOM (Client ID # 2681401) perferred room rate of $139.00 + tax, which includes a buffet breakfast.

https://secure3.hilton.com/en_US/hi/reservation/book.htm?ctyhocn=PHLPHHF&corporateCode=N2681401

Any other questions, please contact Michael Fitzgerald, Travel Sales, for Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue at (215) 879-3399 ext. 2016.

EMERGENCY MESSAGES
Call CME office at (215) 871-6348.

SCHEDULE