Education Schedule

Here is the core of what makes the SEMPA 360 conference a step above the rest - the most comprehensive EMPA education program available - and truly covers emergency medicine from every angle!

SEMPA 360 courses and hands-on workshops provide essential clinical content and vital risk-management concepts.

Course content and faculty subject to change.

All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Workshop: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine: A Hands-on Experience
Andy Godwin, MD, FACEP

This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for EM Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound-guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.

Workshop: Basic Ultrasound
Petra Duran Gehring, MD, RDMS

Focused, goal-directed US can be used at the patient’s bedside to answer specific clinical questions which could change the next step in management and expedite patient care. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of clinical ultrasound (CUS) and how to employ it to answer clinical questions. Short didactic sessions will be followed by an instructor-led, small group, hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models. Topics to be covered will include the FAST exam, renal, gallbladder and abdominal aorta imaging protocols.

Workshop: Critical Care Bootcamp
Mike Winters, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

The number of critically ill patients that present to emergency departments across the world continues to increase. The emergency provider is often the first provider to evaluate and resuscitate a critically ill patient. In addition to seeing more critically ill patients, emergency providers are frequently tasked with providing critical care long beyond the initial resuscitation. Prolonged boarding of critically ill patients in the ED is associated with increased duration of mechanical ventilation, increased intensive care unit length of stay, increased hospital length of stay, increased medication-related adverse events, and increased in-hospital, 30-day, and 90-day mortality. Given the continued increase in the quantity of critically ill patients along with the persistence of boarding critically ill patients in the ED, it is imperative for the emergency provider to be knowledgeable about recent developments in resuscitation and critical care, so that critically ill ED patients continue to receive current evidence-based care. We have designed this Pre-Conference Course to target select, high-yield conditions commonly encountered in the resuscitation and care of the critically ill ED patient.

Product Showcase Sponsored Lunch

Workshop: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine: A Hands-on Experience
Andy Godwin, MD, FACEP

This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for EM Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound-guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.

Workshop: Slit Lamp
Jason Knight, MD, MBA, FACEP

During this hands-on workshop, faculty will focus on how to perform a comprehensive eye exam from start to finish. We will teach you how to use a slit lamp, a tonopen, a panoptic and an ophthalmoscope. You also will learn how to test visual fields, and extra-ocular muscles, and how to call excellent ophthalmology consults. Additionally, you will learn how to use an ophthalmic burr and how to remove ocular foreign bodies using a real tissue eye model. There also will be an interactive case-based discussion with visual diagnosis slides and multiple case studies.

Workshop: Ventilator Management
Mike Winters, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

"Critically ill patients are intubated and initiated on mechanical ventilation daily in EDs across the country. Given the prolonged boarding time of many, the ED provider frequently needs to manage the ventilator. In this hands-on workshop, the speakers will discuss and demonstrate various ventilator pearls and pitfalls for the ED PA."

Workshop: Advanced Ultrasound
Petra Duran Gehring, MD, RDMS

Point-of-Care or Clinical Ultrasound (CUS) is essential to the management of critically ill Emergency Department patients and can improve patient care by altering treatment decisions based on the ultrasound examination. In this workshop, CUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take CUS to the next level. Participants will learn more advanced modalities including cardiac, IVC and lung ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor-led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.

Opening Session and Welcome
SEMPA Board of Directors

I Don't Want a Physician Assistant in my Emergency Department
Al Sacchetti, MD, FACEP

Lyes On, Lytes Off
Camiron Pfennig-Bass, MD, MPHE, FACEP

The Febrile Neonate: What's New in 2023
Al Sacchetti, MD, FACEP

HHS? DKA? WTF? Hyperglycemic Emergencies
George Willis, MD, FACEP

Papules, Petechiae, Purpura - Oh My!
Camiron L Pfennig-Bass, MD, MPHE, FACEP

Cath Lab or Not? STEMI Equivalents
George Willis, MD, FACEP

Wine and Cheese Reception with Exhibitors

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

The Power of One: A Humanitarian Crisis Response
Tracy Sanson, MD, FACEP

Glands Gone Wild! Endocrine Emergencies
George Willis, MD, FACEP

Mistakes You Don't Want to Make in Pediatric Patients
Richard Cantor, MD, FACEP

Cruising the Infectious Disease Literature
Jack Perkins, MD, FACEP

Critical Images in Trauma
Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP

Infections with Deadly Consequences
Jack Perkins, MD, FACEP

Lies Your Parents Told You About Pediatric Emergencies
Richard Cantor, MD, FACEP

Pediatric Literature Update 2023
Richard Cantor, MD, FACEP

Pulmonary Embolism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Tracy Sanson, MD, FACEP

Critical Images in Abdominal Imaging
Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP

Oncologic Emergencies
Jack Perkins, MD, FACEP

Break & Exhibit Hall

Workshop: Hand Injuries and Infections
James Marinucci, PA-C; Ryan Strauss, PA-C; Debra Diaz. PA-C

Ever increasingly, emergency medicine and urgent care practitioners are being entrusted to handle both simple and complex hand injuries and infections. Proper assessment and management are essential to ensuring the best possible outcome for the patient. This workshop empowers emergency medicine providers with critical knowledge and essential skills in managing acute hand injuries and infections.

Workshop: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine: A Hands-on Experience
Andy Godwin, MD, FACEP

This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for EM Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound-guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.

Workshop: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Petra Duran Gehring, MD, RDMS

Workshop: Slit Lamp
Jason Knight, MD, MBA, FACEP

During this hands-on workshop, faculty will focus on how to perform a comprehensive eye exam from start to finish. We will teach you how to use a slit lamp, a tonopen, a panoptic and an ophthalmoscope. You also will learn how to test visual fields, and extra-ocular muscles, and how to call excellent ophthalmology consults. Additionally, you will learn how to use an ophthalmic burr and how to remove ocular foreign bodies using a real tissue eye model. There also will be an interactive case-based discussion with visual diagnosis slides and multiple case studies.

Workshop: Enhanced Suturing for Emergency Medicine Providers
Brian Lin, MD, FACEP

"This workshop is a novel take on the suturing workshop, aimed specifically towards learners in emergency medicine, and utilizing best practices in educational theory to aid in learner skill acquisition and retention. The workshop was developed using a previously developed online video library of techniques created by the author."

Quiz Bowl

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Emergency Medicine is Hard But YOU Are Not Alone
Jaime Hope, MD

Fundamentals of Trauma Resuscitation: What the Trauma Surgeon Wants You to Know!
Kenji Inaba, MD

The Perfect Laceration Repair: An Evidence-Based Approach
Brian Lin, MD, FACEP

Initial Evaluation and Management of Penetrating Chest Trauma
Kenji Inaba, MD

Spinal Clearance: Is CT Good Enough
Kenji Inaba, MD

Bariatric Surgery Complications
Brian Lin, MD, FACEP

Magical Medications in Emergency Medicine
Jaime Hope, MD

Human Trafficking: How Can We Help?
Hillary Larkin, PA-C

Strangulation: How Forensics in Trauma Can Solve Crimes
Hillary Larkin, PA-C

Eye Emergencies
Jason Knight, MD, FACEP

HALO Procedures
Jaime Hope, MD

Bouncebacks! Don't Get Burned By These Cases
Mike Weinstock, MD

Round Table: Update from the NCCPA
Alicia Quella, PhD, PA-C

Workshop: Basic EKG Workshop
Susan Torrey, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

An interactive review of 20 EKGs that are critical to acute care practice. (Participants should be comfortable with basic EKG interpretation)

Workshop: Slit Lamp
Jason Knight, MD, FACEP

During this hands-on workshop, faculty will focus on how to perform a comprehensive eye exam from start to finish. We will teach you how to use a slit lamp, a tonopen, a panoptic and an ophthalmoscope. You also will learn how to test visual fields, extra-ocular muscles, and how to call excellent ophthalmology consults. Additionally, you will learn how to use an ophthalmic burr and how to remove ocular foreign bodies using a real tissue eye model. There also will be an interactive case-based discussion with visual diagnosis slides and multiple case studies.

Workshop: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine: A Hands-on Experience
Andy Godwin, MD, FACEP

This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for EM Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound-guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.

Workshop: Basic Ultrasound
Petra Duran Gehring, MD, RDMS

Focused, goal-directed US can be used at the patient’s bedside to answer specific clinical questions which could change the next step in management and expedite patient care. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of clinical ultrasound (CUS) and how to employ it to answer clinical questions. Short didactic sessions will be followed by an instructor-led, small group, hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models. Topics to be covered will include the FAST exam, renal, gallbladder and abdominal aorta imaging protocols.

Workshop: Dental Emergencies
James Marinucci, PA-C; Ryan Strauss, PA-C; Debra Diaz. PA-C

During this interactive skills workshop, the speaker will review the most common dental emergencies which frequently present to the ED, clinic, or urgent care center. Dental pain and caries, dental fractures, loose and avulsed teeth, as well as dry sockets, post-extraction bleeding and loose appliances (caps, crowns, fillings) will be discussed. Dental and facial regional anesthesia will be reviewed utilizing case presentations and video. Simulation of the dental injections with capped syringes will be approximated on partners. Dental medicaments, glues and pastes will be mixed and applied to dental models.

Friday, May 12, 2023

Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Jessie Werner, MD

Caffeine: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Sean Nordt, MD

Soft Tissue Injuries and Infections of the Hand
Danielle Campagne, MD, FACEP

Trauma in Pregnancy: Two Patients, One Resuscitation
Brittany Guest, DO

Managing Difficult Dislocations in the Emergency Department
Danielle Campagne, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medical Abstracts Live!
Sanjay Arora, MD; Mike Menchine, MD

Documentation Disasters: Quality Over Quantity
Mike Weinstock, MD

Does My Face Look Puffy: Angioedema Pearls and Pitfalls
Jessie Werner, MD

Burn Care 2023
Brittany Guest, DO

Update on the Treatment of Snake Envenomation
Sean Nordt, MD

Troubleshooting Tracheostomies
Jess Mason, MD,FACEP & Kevin Wilcox, DO

EMRAP Meet and Greet

Workshop: Orthopedic Skills Lab
Danielle Campagne, MD, FACEP

Workshop: Advanced Ultrasound
Petra Duran Gehring, MD, RDMS

Point-of-Care or Clinical Ultrasound (CUS) is essential to the management of critically ill Emergency Department patients and can improve patient care by altering treatment decisions based on the ultrasound examination. In this workshop, CUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take CUS to the next level. Participants will learn more advanced modalities including cardiac, IVC and lung ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor-led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.

Workshop: Advanced EKG Workshop
Susan Torrey, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

This workshop assumes a basic foundation in ECG interpretation and will consider ECG presentations of common and important EM diagnoses, including electrolyte abnormalities, syncope, palpations and chest pain.

Workshop: Emergency Airway Management
Andy Godwin, MD, FACEP

During this course, participants will discuss and review current concepts in emergency airway management, including algorithms, the emergency provider is expected to know and employ in an airway emergency. A combination of didactic presentations, small group discussion, hands-on skills and simulation will be utilized to iterate, demonstrate, and reinforce the required concepts that are necessary for participation in airway management in common emergency practice.

Workshop: Emergent ENT Skills
James Marinucci, PA-C; Ryan Strauss, PA-C; Debra Diaz. PA-C

Every provider should have solid ENT and dental management skills, yet there are limited opportunities for hands-on learning to develop these skills. This is a case-based workshop that will work through the diagnosis, management, pearls, and pitfalls of managing ENT and dental problems commonly presented to the clinic, ER and urgent care settings. Participants will work with tools, techniques and tricks of the trade to develop the skills required to perform the most essential ENT procedures

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Nerve Blocks for the Face
Jess Mason, MD,FACEP & Kevin Wilcox, DO

Delirium in the Elderly Patient
Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, FACEP

Managing Anxiety and Bipolar Disorders in the Emergency Department
Leslie Zun, MD, FACEP

Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies: Nothing or Nightmare
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP

Break

Extreme Ultrasound Cases: You Make
the Diagnosis!
Jacob Avila, MD

Managing Pediatric Psychiatric Disorders: Pearls and Pitfalls
Leslie Zun, MD, FACEP

Elder Abuse and Neglect: Don't Miss the Diagnosis
Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, FACEP

Pediatric Genitourinary Emergencies: What's Going On Down There?
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP

Ultrasound in the Arresting and Peri-
Arresting Patient
Jacob Avila, MD