Title:  2024 Primary Care: Emergency Medicine Update – Day 1 (Non-Physician)

Faculty:  Gary Vilke, MD; Michael Wilson, MD, PhD, FAAEM, FACEP.; Joe Nemeth, MD; Leslie Zun, MD, MBA

Release Date: 7/1/2024 Expiration Date: 7/1/2027

Day 1

Psychiatric emergencies

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Differentiate how to evaluate psychiatric complaints
• Develop strategies to evaluate and treat common and uncommon psychiatric emergencies

Common office emergencies – shortness of breath, abdominal pain, syncope, seizures, endocrine, trauma

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Evaluate common emergency conditions seen in the office
• Consider appropriate treatment of emergency conditions in the office
• Determine which patient needs to be transferred to the emergency department

Uncommon office emergencies – anaphylaxis, heat and cold, burns, bites and stings

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Review uncommon emergencies that may present to an office
• Develop strategies to evaluate and treat anaphylaxis, poisoning, cold and heat problems, burns, bites and stings.

The Geriatric Patient with an Acute Presentation: It’s not Always a UTI 

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Develop strategy to properly assess and manage the challenging geriatric aged patient in a similarly challenging emergency department

Bad Headaches You Can’t Afford to Miss 

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Review rare but serious disease processes which can present with a headache
• List and explain investigation strategies which can be utilized to rule out serious causes of headaches