The Crashing Patient Conference 2022

Check out a highlight from 2021's The Crashing Patient Conference!

FOCUS on POCUS: Don't Let the RV Strain You

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA
Presentation from the 11th Crashing Patient Conference on October 5, 2021.

Conference Leadership

Amal Mattu, MD
Conference Director

Brian Browne, MD
Department Chair

What is The Crashing Patient Conference?

There’s no question that the practice of emergency medicine is high risk. “High risk” implies danger to patients, but we all know that patients aren’t the only ones at risk in the Emergency Department (ED). Each patient visit also represents legal risk for the provider. The threat of malpractice in the U.S. healthcare system, especially in high-risk specialties such as emergency medicine, is an ever-present issue that affects physician workups, practice patterns, and dispositions on a daily basis.¹

This conference has been created to address both parties at risk in emergency medicine - the patient and the provider. Topics have been specifically chosen to educate attendees regarding the optimal care of the sickest patients we see in daily ED practice - sepsis, cardiac ischemia, aortic dissection, etc. - as well as to educate attendees in how to bullet-proof themselves from the plaintiff attorneys. The instructors for the conference are acclaimed educators, winners of more than a dozen national teaching awards, and experienced national and international-level speakers who know how to present information in a practical and entertaining way.

We know how valuable your time is, so we intend to make this conference the most productive you’ve ever attended. Our goal is simple... to teach you how to save lives and to minimize risk of malpractice. Get ready to learn!

Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Conference Director

Ref: ¹ Mattu A. Foreword: risk management. Emerg Med Clin N Am 2009;27(4):xv-xvi.

Our Speakers

Mike Abraham, MD

Leen Albliahead, MBBS

Afrah Ali, MBBS

Michael Bond, MD

Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd

Ken Butler, DO

Sarah Dubbs, MD

Cheyenne Falat, MD

Robert Flint, MD

J. David Gatz, MD

Jenny Guyther, MD

Rupal Jain, MD

Brent King, MD, MMM

Samantha King, MD

Priya Kuppusamy, MD

Benjamin Lawner, DO

Spencer Lovegrove, MD

Bobbi Lowie, MD

Ashley Martinelli, PharmD

Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH

Bennett Myers, MD

Lauren Rosenblatt, MD

Alexis Salerno, MD

Steve Schenkel, MD

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH

Kathleen Stephanos, MD

Mark Sutherland, MD

Semhar Tewelde, MD

R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD

T. Andrew Windsor, MD

Kami Hu Windsor, MD

Mike Winters, MD, MBA

The Schedule

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
Start Time	End Time	Speaker	Topic
8:00 am	8:10 am	Welcome & Introductions	Amal Mattu, MD
8:10 am	8:30 am	Perilous Paralysis	David Gatz, MD
8:30 am	8:50 am	Imaging the Deadly Headache	Rupal Jain, MD
8:50 am	9:10 am	POCUS in the Pulseless Patient	Samantha King, MD
9:10 am	9:30 am	Seeing When Your Patient Can’t: Ocular Ultrasound	Alexis Salerno, MD
9:30 am	9:55 am	Break
9:55 am	10:15 am	Occult Abdominal Trauma: Beware the Black Box!	Robert Flint, MD
10:15 am	10:35 am	Perilous Peri-Physiology: Avoid PEA!	Benjamin Lawner, DO
10:35 am	10:55 am	Discharge to Death!	Priya Kuppusamy, MD
10:55 am	11:15 am	Second-line Saviors in Septic Shock	Kami Hu Windsor, MD
11:15 am	12:00 pm	Panel Discussion

12:45 pm	1:05 pm	Deadly Misadventures in Mechanical Ventilation	Mark Sutherland, MD
1:05 pm	1:25 pm	Diabolical Devices	Bennett Myers, MD
1:25 pm	1:45 pm	Little People, Big Problems: Pediatric Trauma Arrest	Jenny Guyther, MD
1:45 pm	2:05 pm	Little Airways, Big Problems: Rescuing the Pediatric Airway	Brent King, MD, MMM
2:05 pm	2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm	2:50 pm	Carbon Monoxide Catastrophes	Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH
2:50 pm	3:10 pm	Lytic Complications in Stroke	Mike Abraham, MD, MS
3:10 pm	3:30 pm	Psychiatric Disasters	Stephen Schenkel, MD
3:30 pm	3:50 pm	Found Down? Check the Compartments!	R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD
3:50 pm	4:30 pm	Panel Discussion

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Start Time	End Time	Speaker	Topic
8:00 am	8:10 am	Welcome & Introductions	Amal Mattu, MD
8:10 am	8:30 am	Transfusion Confusion: Mistakes That Kill	Sarah Dubbs, MD
8:30 am	8:50 am	ENTerror!	Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd
8:50 am	9:10 am	Don’t Break Your Back! Med-Mal Pearls and Pitfalls with Back Pain	Michael Bond, MD
9:10 am	9:30 am	In Pace of Emergency: When Pacers Go Haywire in the ED	Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA
9:30 am	9:55 am	Break
9:55 am	10:15 am	Unmasking Mysterious Myxedema	Spencer Lovegrove, MD
10:15 am	10:35 am	When Veggies are Bad! The Latest Infective Endocarditis	Bobbi Lowie, MD
10:35 am	10:55 am	Avoiding the Nightmare: Optimizing Peri-Intubation Sedation	Ashley Martinelli, PharmD
10:55 am	11:15 am	Post-Arrest Pearls and Controversies	Mike Winters, MD, MBA
11:15 am	12:00 pm	Panel Discussion

12:45 pm	1:05 pm	The Crashing Pulmonary Embolism	Kenneth Butler, DO
1:05 pm	1:25 pm	Mastering Bariatric Resuscitation	Lauren Rosenblatt, MD
1:25 pm	1:45 pm	The Crashing GI Bleed	Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH
1:45 pm	2:05 pm	Damage Control Resuscitation at the Non-Trauma Center	T. Andrew Windsor, MD
2:05 pm	2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm	2:50 pm	The Deadly Rash!	Afrah Ali, MBBS
2:50 pm	3:10 pm	StrangeRRR Things in Electrocardiography	Semhar Tewelde, MD
3:10 pm	3:30 pm	When the Giants Fight Back: Resuscitating High Altitude	Cheyenne Falat, MD
3:30 pm	3:50 pm	Great Balls of Fire: Fever in the Non-Neonate	Kathleen Stephanos, MD
3:50 pm	4:30 pm	Panel Discussion

CME Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and
policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the
Center for Emergency Medical Education and University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine.

“The Center for Emergency Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

The Center for Emergency Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.50 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.

Questions?

Please contact

Doreen Lucadamo, CMP, DES, HMCC

Conference Planning Specialist

dlucadamo@som.umaryland.edu ♦ Phone: 443-562-8630

University of Maryland School of Medicine ♦ Department of Emergency Medicine

110 S. Paca Street, Sixth Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201