Ultrasound Podcast rejoins DevelopingEM in Cuba for a 2 Day Workshop

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Limited places are available for this unmatched Ultrasound Workshop experience at an unbeatable price!

Matt and Mike from the Ultrasound Podcast are bringing their renowned workshop to Havana on the 13th and 14th of September 2015
Due to the overwhelming positive feedback from the ultrasound workshops at previous conferences, we have added a two day pre conference workshop this year.
It was awesome last year in Salvador and you wont want to miss it this year.
Limited spaces are available so book now!
As always, the focus will mainly be a hands-on approach to capture the ultrasound experience.

To book, register for the conference today, and select the Ultrasound Workshop during the registration process. If you have already registered for the conference, log in to add the workshop to your registration. The cost of the workshop is USD $495.

You get all the lecture material ahead of time in very easy to consume video format that can be played on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. You can watch this material as many times as you like, while travelling, while working out, while doing the dishes, or wherever you’re able to learn. The day of course will have a very short review of the main points from the lecture. Then you scan!
This allows the team more time to assist you with actual hands on ultrasound skills, and gives you more time to enjoy Havana.

Here are the topics that will be covered each day. You’ll receive this material to view in the month preceding the actual conference.

Schedule

Day 1

Benefits / Introduction / Physics / Knobology
Trauma
Basic Cardiac
Vascular access
Aorta
RUSH
Day 2

Appendix
Soft Tissue
DVT
GB
Pelvic
Renal

 

NAEMSP Medical Direction Overview Course added to DEM 2015

This year DevelopingEM teams with the National Association of EMS Physicians to provide a preconference workshop in EMS Medical Direction. This interactive course focuses on EMS in the real world and serves to enhance physicians’ expertise in EMS issues. Participants will receive a foundation upon which to function effectively as an EMS medical director, receive specific management tools that may be of use in their local EMS system, initiate dialogue with other EMS physicians to allow future networking, and develop an understanding of how EMS functions within the broader emergency care system. Brent Myers, the President-Elect of NAEMSP, is joined by Jose Cabanas and Jeff Beeson from Texas to provide an unmatched level of expertise in EMS. The NAEMSP course is on Sunday 13th of September and registration is available through our website. Register Now!

At DEM 2014 Fergal McCourt from Greater Sydney Area HEMS discussed their approach to PreHospital RSI. Check out his Powerpoint and Audio here.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/b83p8akkcglcw7p/Trauma%20-%20Pre-hospital%20RSI%20-%20Fergal%20McCourt.mov?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u3ihf3n7428950/DEM.pptx?dl=0

Global EM

DevelopingEM has, from the very first, had a focus on emergency medicine and critical care around the globe. Our sessions on global EM have been amongst the most interesting and enjoyable components of the last two conferences.

This year we have the IFEM President Jim Holliman coordinating an afternoon session on Tuesday September 15 to compliment the morning Cuban and Caribbean presentations.

Jim has gathered an amazing group of physicians to discuss their experiences around the globe, from Papua New Guinea to India and Vanuatu.

Jim will also be giving us an update on IFEM’s current activities.

Join us in Havana, Cuba to hear Jim’s team give some truly inspirational presentations.

As an example of what you can expect here’s Ravi Morchi’s incredible presentation on Essential Surgery in the Undifferentiated Medical Environment from DEM 2014.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk9hvgbchtbeuo2/Global%20EM%20-%20Surgical%20Skills%20-%20Ravi%20Morchi.mov?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cf0mckw2yraqchy/Surgical%20Skills%20-Developing%20EM.ppt?dl=0

LLSA

GDAY DevelopingEMers
One of the repeat components of the program this year will be the addition of a Lifelong Learning and Self Assessment session.
This session focussing on Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Literature Review will be an optional afternoon session on Tuesday 15 September.
The session will be conducted by Luis Lovato who is the Director of Critical Care at the Department of Emergency Medicine Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
Luis is a LLSA specialist and has a monthly column in Emergency Medicine News entitled “Living with the LLSA” providing comprehensive reviews of required reading for members of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
DevelopingEM is excited about the return of the LLSA session and are very thankful for the involvement and expertise of Luis.
For an example of what to expect check out Luis’ session last year in Salvador here.
Stay tuned for more details of the best program DevelopingEM has ever put together.
See you in Havana soon.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bl46tcfp3on1vv/lovato.jpeg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c7lcva7o9aszt8t/EBM%20-%20LLSA%202014%20-%20Luis%20Lovato.mov?dl=0

EM in Cuba and the Caribbean

One of the core components of this years’ program will be delivered by our regional colleagues from Cuba and the Caribbean. The focus will be on how EM is developing in the region and also will review how our Cuban colleagues are assisting around with missions around the globe. Of particular interest will be the Cuban Response to Ebola in West Africa.

Our regional coordinators are some of the most respected physicians in the region and include Pedro Veliz and Carlos Perez from Cuba, Lisa Charles from St Lucia, and Regan Marsh from Mirabelais in Haiti.

As for all our core sessions we will have UN style translation during this part of the program. Our regional colleagues are as excited as we are to interact and discuss the challenges we all face in emergency medicine so make sure you come and support their efforts in hosting this session.

Yet another great reason to come to DevelopingEM 2015.

Register now and join us all in Havana.

 An example of what to expect during this session is provided by the wonderful Ana Paula Freitas from Porto Alegre in Brazil. Check out her presentation from DevelopingEM 2014 here.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqwprd7md7d2yc7/EM%20in%20Brazil%20-%20EM%20Training%2C%20Porto%20Allegre%20-%20Ana%20Paula%20Freitas.mov?dl=0

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgoa0ip83c13hwh/DEVELOPING%20EM2014.pptx?dl=0

Anthony Crocco – Paediatrics

Anthony Crocco from Ontario has been a major part of DevelopingEM since 2013 when he presented in Havana.

In 2014 he coordinated an excellent paediatric program for us in Salvador.

This year he is arranging a multinational faculty for what will be another ground breaking Paediatric EM and Critical Care session.

He’s also a fantastic presenter himself and spoke to the audience at DevelopingEM 2014 about some critical practice changing paediatric articles.

Check him out here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2og59jd3majcj2/Peds%20EM%20-%20Practice%20Changing%20Articles%20-%20Anthony%20Crocco.mov?dl=0

Introducing the trauma program

Our trauma program this year for DevelopingEM 2015 is again shaping up as a fantastic session with presenters from around the globe discussing approaches to trauma ranging from the prehospital world to ICU.

With presenters including Mallon, Abernethy, Langcake, Viccellio, McKenzie and Swadron it’s sure to be an unmissable session.

Our good friend James Salway from USC is taking up the mantle of coordinating these heavyweights from Sanj Fernando who did a fantastic job in Salvador for DevelopingEM 2015.

As an example of what you can expect here’s Billy Mallon’s presentation on ED Thoracotomy from DEM 2014.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ssx3ri6vlveoya/Trauma%20-%20ED%20Thoracotomy%20-%20Billy%20Mallon.mov?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/enhc11jwio8ho33/thoracotomy%202.ppt?dl=0

Introducing Brian and the adult EM program

Once again the adult emergency medicine and critical care track in Salvador at DevelopingEM 2014 was packed full of useful, clinically relevant, evidence based information.

Brian Wright, an attending and associate professor from Stony Brook in New York, coordinated an incredible session in Salvador.

An example of the quality presentations was the opening lecture by Dr David Wallace. David discussed some of the practice changing critical care articles from the previous year.

Check out his presentation here

Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxz23bfwu088nrl/Critical%20Care%20Articles%20EBM%20-%20David%20Wallace.mov?dl=0

Presentation: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nns3avhfuhhan8/em_brazil_wallace.pptx?dl=0

Brian is once again putting together another fantastic session for us in Cuba this year.

Included will be come amazing talent including Viccellio, Weingart and Mallon amongst others in the lineup.

It’s yet another reason to join us in Havana this September for DevelopingEM 2015.

Our Return to Cuba!

Well 2015 is definitely looking like another exciting year for DevelopingEM.

As you know we’re heading back to Havana, Cuba in an amazing time in that nations’ history.

With our expanding multinational faculty determined to continue to provide outstanding education, you really cannot afford to miss this opportunity to come to Havana.

Not only will you have an unrivalled educational experience but you will have the opportunity to revel in the wonders of global emergency medicine with an incredible group of Cuban and Caribbean colleagues.

If you get in early you can take advantage of our early bird specials.

To give you an idea of what to expect take a look at our summary video from 2013

Havana, Cuba – yes we can!

DevelopingEM is a community aimed at promoting emergency medicine and critical care development world wide.

We function solely through the support of our multinational faculty and delegate group.

Word of mouth remains the most powerful tool we have for promoting our aims and objectives and you, our supporters, can help us spread the DevelopingEM concept.

Havana 2015 will be another amazing experience and the more delegates we have the more we can do as an organization to assist our Caribbean colleagues.

So tell your friends and workmates about DevelopingEM and help us make 2015 our best effort ever.

As an example of what to expect here is some of the incredible feedback following Salvador 2014.

“an amazing experience” Oscar Navea, Chile.

“It was great to compare notes with others doing international EM development work.” JP Rohde, USA.

“The conference was outstanding” Luis Lovato, USA.

“My experience with Developing EM was nothing but wonderful” Mariely Ercolano, Chile.

“I think this is really developing into a wonderful event. (Billy) Mallon said it was the best international medicine conference he has attended, because there was a genuine opportunity for people with needs to meet with people who can help” Peter Viccellio, USA.

“Thank you so much for  the enormous amount of work to arrange yet another  great conference.” Gill Perriment, Australia.

“I did enjoy being there and getting to know lot of colleagues from all over the world, same feeling I have while in a mission with MSF.” Carlos Trotta, Argentina.

“It was a pleasure to collaborate with such an amazing conference. I really enjoyed the program and having the opportunity to meet all that people from different places in the world.” Marcela Preto, Brazil.

“I found the conference to be both very enjoyable and stimulating. The topics were good and the speakers that you had attracted were of high quality.  The format was good with 20 minutes being a good length permitting some discussion. I fully agree with the ethos behind DevelopingEM and would welcome the opportunity to support you in the future.” Colin Banks, Australia.

“I would like to thank you both for the opportunity to attend the conference…. It was great! I really enjoyed the educational program, in special everything related to trauma care and POC ultrasound, and it is always good to know what people from abroad are doing in terms of patient care, their routine and their expertise.

For me the highlight of the conference was the ultrasound workshop: Lots of machines, a lot of time to practice, experienced teachers!!! Really well done!!! Hope I can attend more of your conference in the future!!!” Fabio Papa, Brazil.

“I had a wonderful time at the conference. I loved it. I think you guys have done an exceptional thing with this, and I hope it continues and would love to be a part of it.” Suzanne Beno, Canada.

“It was a really great conference. Everybody was very enthusiastic about everything and the group of faculty and attendees was awesome. I think that the level of the conference speakers and topics were very good.” Pablo Aguilera Fuenzalida, Chile.

“Excellent conference!” Jessica Best, USA.

“I personally found it very inspirational and it was great to meet all the like minded individuals (and especially the Brazilians).” James Salway, USA.

“I think you two put together a great conference. I was pleased with the content and variety as well as the caliber of many of the speakers.” Janna Welch, USA.

“The conference was awesome” Regan Marsh, USA.

“Thank you again for this great conference. I enjoyed it very much to meet you again and to follow the amazing presentations from all these great people from all over the world.” Joachim Unger, Germany.

“Brazil was a blast!! You guys sure know how to organize a cool conference:)” Tracey Catlin, USA.

“It was an honour for me to present to an extraordinary group of dedicated people doing amazing work in countries having the greatest need for EM services. My wife and I had an amazing time.” Steve Wall, USA.