Wednesday, December 4 - Thursday, December 5, 2024
100% Virtual Conference!
Registration Now Open!
Conference Day 1
Conference Day 2
Streamed on day of conference AND videos will be available after event to watch at your leisure. Recordings will be posted Monday, December 9.
Check out a highlight from 2023's The Crashing Patient Conference!
From Rescue to Revival: Resuscitating Drownings
Cheyenne Falat, MD
Presentation from the 13th Crashing Patient Conference on November 8, 2023
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.
By the conclusion of this Conference, participants should be able to:
- Describe common pitfalls in documentation that reduce legal risks.
- Identify common pitfalls in managing acutely ill patients in the emergency department.
- List some best practices that can help avoid litigation and decrease the risk of morbidity and mortality in the emergency department.
Our Speakers
Mike Abraham, MD, MS
Jason Adler, MD
Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA
Afrah Ali, MBBS
Michael Bond, MD
Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd
Ken Butler, DO
Michelle Callahan, MD
Rose Chasm, MD
Eileen Chu, MD, MS
Sarah Dubbs, MD
Cheyenne Falat, MD
Robert Flint, MD
Jennifer Guyther, MD
Brianna Klucher, MD
Benjamin Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P
Bobbi Lowie, MD
Ashley Martinelli, PharmD
Joseph Martinez, MD
Amal Mattu, MD
Rohit Menon, MD
Gabriella Miller, MD
Siamak Moayedi, MD
Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH
Bennett Myers, MD
Lauren Rosenblatt, MD
Steve Schenkel, MD, MPP
Ryan Spangler, MD
Kathleen Stephanos, MD
Semhar Tewelde, MD
Jennifer Wang, MD
R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD
Rachel Wiltjer, DO
T. Andrew Windsor, MD
Mike Winters, MD, MBA
The Schedule
Day 1-Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
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Time |
Title of Lecture |
Speaker |
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8:30:00 AM |
Welcome & Introduction |
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8:40:00 AM |
Menacing Meninges: Managing Meningitis When Every Minute Counts |
Bobbi-Jo Lowie, MD |
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9:00:00 AM |
A Bloody Mess: Hidden Hazards of Hemophilia |
Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA |
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9:20:00 AM |
Line 1 for Critical Value: Lethal Electrolyte Emergencies |
Brianna Klucher, MD |
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9:40:00 AM |
Break |
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9:50:00 AM |
Neurology Case Reviews: Don't Be Chum for Lawyers! |
Mike Abraham, MD, MS |
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10:10:00 AM |
"My Throat Is Closing Up" - or is it? |
Kenneth Butler, DO |
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10:30:00 AM |
Green Eggs and Damn, That Ovary's Not Going to Make it |
Jennifer Wang, MD |
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10:50:00 AM |
Break |
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11:00:00 AM |
Must Know Rashes to Save Your Patients’ Skin |
Gabriella Miller, MD |
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11:20:00 AM |
Serious Slip-ups in Sepsis |
Mike Winters, MD, MBA |
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11:40:00 AM |
Into the Red Mist: Hemoptysis Nightmares |
Eileen Chu, MD, MS |
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12:00:00 PM |
Break |
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1:00:00 PM |
When the Blood Hits the Fan: Tips for Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
Siamak Moayedi, MD |
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1:20:00 PM |
Medicolegal Pitfall Cases: Learn from Their Mistakes |
Rose Chasm, MD |
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1:40:00 PM |
Words That Matter: Documentation Pearls to Bypass the Avoidable Malpractice Allegation |
Jason Adler, MD |
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2:00:00 PM |
Break |
|
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2:10:00 PM |
Biases, Pearls, and Pitfalls - High-Risk Cases from Fast Track |
Michael Bond, MD |
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2:30:00 PM |
The Pit of Despair |
Bennett Myers, MD |
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2:50:00 PM |
Beyond the Pain- Critical Complications of Sickle Cell Disease |
Sarah Dubbs, MD |
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3:10:00 PM |
Break |
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3:20:00 PM |
Resuscitating Hypothermia: From Cold & Dead to Warm & Alive |
Cheyenne Falat, MD |
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3:40:00 PM |
The Always Difficult Facial Trama Airway |
Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd |
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4:00:00 PM |
The Myth of Diuretics in Acute Heart Failure |
Amal Mattu, MD |
|
4:20:00 PM |
Day 1 Concludes |
Day 2-Thursday, December 5th, 2024
|
Time |
Title of Lecture |
Speaker |
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8:30:00 AM |
Welcome & Introduction |
|
|
8:40:00 AM |
Congenital Heart Crises: How to Not Kill a Kid in the First 10 Minutes |
Rachel Wiltjer, DO |
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9:00:00 AM |
From Crisis to Calm: Resuscitating the Agitated Patient |
Afrah Ali, MBBS |
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9:20:00 AM |
A Hard Pill to Swallow: CCB Overdose and Toxin-Induced Cardiogenic Shock |
Rohit Menon, MD |
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9:40:00 AM |
Break |
|
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9:50:00 AM |
Judging an Open Book: High Risk Pelvic Fractures |
T. Andrew Windsor, MD |
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10:10:00 AM |
Where Sea Meets Sand: Pediatric Submersion Injuries |
Jenny Guyther, MD |
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10:30:00 AM |
Free Air: Why Should We Care? Managing the Patient with Pneumoperitoneum |
Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH |
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10:50:00 AM |
Break |
|
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11:00:00 AM |
Antibiotics in Sepsis...What You Don't Know Can Kill! |
Ashley Martinelli, PharmD |
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11:20:00 AM |
Open Their Eyes! Life Threatening Neonatal Ocular Findings You Can't Afford to Miss |
Kathleen Stephanos, MD |
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11:40:00 AM |
Bariatric Surgery Blunders: Complications You Can't Miss |
Lauren Rosenblatt, MD |
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12:00:00 PM |
Break |
|
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1:00:00 PM |
High Risk Diagnosis Hidden in Plain Sight |
Ryan Spangler, MD |
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1:20:00 PM |
Mesenteric Ischemia: The Deadlier MI! |
R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD |
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1:40:00 PM |
Which Way is the Right Way for the Emergency Airway? A High-Definition Approach Through the Glottic Opening |
Benjamin Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P |
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2:00:00 PM |
Break |
|
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2:10:00 PM |
Cryptic Abdominal Pain: The CT was Negative, Now What?! |
Joesph Martinez, MD |
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2:30:00 PM |
Dismissed from Dialysis: Violence and Life Saving Therapies |
Steve Schenkel, MD, MPP |
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2:50:00 PM |
The Princess Bride: RV Rescue |
Semhar Tewelde, MD |
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3:10:00 PM |
Break |
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3:20:00 PM |
Who Are You Calling Frail?! New Concepts in Geriatric Trauma Management |
Robert Flint, MD |
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3:40:00 PM |
Brains and Babies: Peripartum Neurological Emergencies |
Michelle Callahan, MD |
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4:00:00 PM |
Top 5 Pitfalls in Managing Shock |
Amal Mattu, MD |
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4:20:00 PM |
Day 2 Concludes |
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 the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine.
"The Center for Emergency Medicine Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians."
The Center for Emergency Medicine Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NPs, RNs, LPNs, and PAs: You may claim a certificate of participation. ANCC and AAPA accept medical AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for nursing and physician assistant re-licensure.
For additional CME information please click here.