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SAEM 

Society for Academic 

Emergency Medicine 

2013 Annual meeting 

The Westin Peachtree Plaza 

May 14-18, 2013 

Jointly sponsored by the University of Cincinnati 

atlanta

Table of Contents 

General Information 2 - 4 

Senior Leadership Faculty Forum 5-6 

AEM Consensus Conference 7 

Grant Writing Workshop 8 

Residency Program Update 8 

Resident Leadership Forum 9 

Medical Student Symposium 10 

Junior Faculty Development Forum 11 

SAEM Annual Business Meeting 12 

Best of CORD 13 

Photo Exhibit and Visual Diagnosis Contest 14 

Daily Schedule and Meetings 23-32 

Maximize Your Time at the SAEM Annual Meeting 33 

Didactic Presentation 34-54 

Abstracts for Presentation 53-73 

Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (ME) 74-75 

European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) Abstracts 75 

Gallery of Excellence Nominees 76-78 

Acknowledgements 78 

Late Breaker Abstracts 79-81 

Moderators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

Abstract Submission Reviewers 83 

Disclosures 84-87 

Exhibitor Announcements 90-91 

The Westin Peachtree Plaza 92-95 

200 Peachtree Conference Center 96 

Visit our Exhibitors in Peachtree Ballrooms (8th Level) 

• Thursday, May 16, 2013: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Morning Coffee service at 7:00 am - 8:00 am 

• Friday, May 17, 2013: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 


Coffee Break at 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm 

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2013 Annual meeting 

The Westin Peachtree Plaza 

May 14-18, 2013 

Welcome to the SAEM Annual Meeting! 

This program is our best ever and includes the best of the best emergency medicine education and research. Here at the annual 

meeting, you have the chance to interact with the presenters, authors, and researchers who have produced this work. In this process, 

you have the opportunity not only to learn and grow, but also to teach. Engage with the presenters, question, debate, and in this method 

you will make the work better, more thoughtful, and, I believe, make a contribution to the advancement of the science. Most of all, have 

fun. This meeting is the place we can all come together to share and celebrate our accomplishments and the joy we derive from our 

professional roles. Enjoy your time in Atlanta. You are the best and brightest emergency medicine has to offer, so contribute and make 

this the best SAEM Annual Meeting ever! 

Thanks for coming to the 2013 SAEM Annual Meeting in Atlanta. 

Cherri Hobgood MD, FACEP 

President 

SAEM 

Welcome to Atlanta for the 2013 SAEM Annual Meeting! 

How does one begin to summarize such a spectacular meeting? This year represented the largest submission of didactics, abstracts, 

and innovations ever for the annual meeting. In order to showcase these spectacular submissions, your Program Committee has 

scheduled the most didactics, abstracts, and innovations in the history of SAEM. We were able to secure a wonderful keynote speaker, 

Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the CDC, as one of the highlights of the meeting. This keynote address will occur on Thursday, May 16, 

from 2:00 - 3:00 pm, just prior to the Plenary Session from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. This year we also decided to recognize the best abstract 

submissions to the meeting by showcasing them in the “Gallery of Excellence.” This extravaganza will run concurrently with the opening 

reception, also on Thursday, May 16, and our hope is that you will be able to browse through the offerings and enjoy the quality of the 

abstracts whilst enjoying the company of colleagues and friends. This year’s Consensus Conference, “Global Health and Emergency 

Care: A Research Agenda,” will focus on emergency medicine on a global scale. Our specialty is expanding worldwide with a phenomenal 

trajectory, so be sure to register to participate and contribute to the ongoing development of emergency medicine on an international 

scale. The perennial favorites SIM Wars and SonoGames are back, so feel free to come and cheer on the teams as they aim for 

SAEM glory as victors of the games. Senior and Junior Faculty Development Forums, Resident Leadership Forum, Medical Student 

Symposium, Residency and Fellowship Fair…the list goes on! Worried about missing important parts of the meeting? Don’t. This year’s 

digital and social media will keep you up and running. With your own personal planner available on the website, the mobile app, email 

updates, Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, and message boards, you will be able to keep it all straight and enjoy everything SAEM has 

to offer. 

This year’s meeting should meet the needs of everyone in the emergency department, from medical student to seasoned veteran. 

This meeting is a dynamic forum for educators, researchers, policy makers, and administrators to exhibit the very best of the specialty. 

It will provide you with opportunities to learn something new, develop new ideas, improve your patient care, network with a colleague, 

and most importantly, pause to appreciate what we as a specialty have achieved and inspired. 

Thanks for coming to the 2013 SAEM Annual Meeting in Atlanta. 

Christopher Ross MD 

Chair of the 2013 Program Committee 

SAEM 

May 14-18, 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia 1

General Information 

Welcome to the 2013 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. As you attend the meeting, hopefully you will notice 

the many significant innovations we have implemented for 2013. 

Registration 

For the cost of the basic registration fee, attendees may attend all paper, poster, and didactic sessions, except those sessions that 

have limited enrollment, require pre-registration, or require an additional registration fee. For those who have pre-registered to attend 

sessions that require pre-registration, be sure to arrive a few minutes early. 

Continuing Medical Education 

Target Audience: This conference has been created for emergency medicine physicians who want to expand and update their knowledge 

of quality instruction in emergency medicine training programs and improve the quality of emergency medical care. 

Overall Program Objectives: 

• Apply research findings to your emergency medicine practice. 

• Apply key statistical indicators in analyzing research results. 

• Utilize acceptable research methods and study design in the development of research projects. 

• Realize the details of the framework for ABEM so that the intended practice improvements are vetted through this prism. 

Joint Accreditation Statement: 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for 

Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Cincinnati and Society for Academic Emergency 

Medicine. 

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The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University 

of Cincinnati designates this live activity for a maximum of 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit 

commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Faculty Disclosure Declaration: 

According to the disclosure policy of the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, all faculty, planning committee members, and 

other individuals who are in a position to control content are required to disclose any relevant relationships with any commercial 

interest related to this activity. The existence of these interests or relationships is not viewed as implying bias or decreasing the 

value of the presentation, and any conflict of interest is resolved prior to the activity. All educational materials are reviewed for fair 

balance, scientific objectivity and levels of evidence. Disclosure will be made at the time of the activity. 

Learner Assurance Statement: 

The University of Cincinnati is committed to resolving all conflicts of interest issues that could arise as a result of prospective 

faculty members’ significant relationships with drug or device manufacturer(s). The University of Cincinnati is committed to 

retaining only those speakers with financial interests that can be reconciled with the goals and educational integrity of the 

CME activity. 

Annual Business Meeting 

The Annual Business Meeting will be held on Friday, May 17, 2013, from 3:30 - 5:00pm, in Plaza Ballroom A-B-C. Keynote speakers, 

Gordon Wheeler, Atul Grover MD, PhD and Walter J. Koroshetz MD will discuss “The Future of Health Care Reform and Implications for 

Emergency Medicine. The SAEM Board of Directors elections will be announced, in addition, the Young Investigator Award Recipients; 

the recipients of the Research Training, Institutional Research Training; and the recipients of the 2012 Annual Meeting Best Presentation 

Awards will be presented to the membership. 

Cherri Hobgood MD, will present her presidential summary address to the membership. Incoming President Alan Jones MD, will then be 

introduced and address the membership with his preview of the coming year. 

Clinical Pathologic Case Presentation 

The 2013 Semi-Final CPC Competition will be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 8:00 am-5:00 pm in the following rooms: International 

B/C/D/E/F/F. Annual Meeting attendees are encouraged to attend the competition and support the various residency program 

participants. There is no registration fee to attend the competition, which showcases EM residency programs. The CPC consists of the 

presentation and discussion of the best 72 cases submitted. The competition finalists from each of the tracks will be announced during a 

reception held from 5:30pm-8:00pm on Wednesday in Augusta Room 1-2. The CPC Final Competition, consisting of presentations by the 

six semi-finalist teams, will be held during the ACEP Scientific Assembly, in Seattle, Washington, in October 2013. The CPC Competition 

is sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA, and SAEM. 

Academy Meeting dates and times 

AAAEM Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine 

• Business Meeting: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

AEUS Academy of Emergency Ultrasound 

• Business Meeting: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

AGEM Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine 

• Business Meeting: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Vinings II (6th Level) 

AWAEM Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine 

• Business Meeting: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Vinings II (6th Level) 

• Luncheon: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00p-2:00p Conference Room 1-2 (7th Level) 

CDEM Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine 

• Business Meeting: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

GEMA Global Emergency Medicine Academy 

• Business Meeting: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

SIM Simulation Academy 

• Business Meeting: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00a-12:00p Conference Room 4 (7th Level) 

ADIEM Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine 

• Business Meeting: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:00p-5:00p Vinings Room I (6th Level) 


Social Events 

Opening Reception & Gallery of Excellence 

Join us on Thursday, May 16, 2013, for the opening reception from 5:30pm- 

7:00pm. This is a great opportunity to socialize and network with other 

SAEM members. It will be located in the Grand Atrium. 

AWAEM Luncheon 

The 4th Annual AWAEM Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 17, 2013 

from 12:00-2:00pm in PT-Conference Room 1-2 (7th Level). This is a great 

opportunity to network and discuss hot topics within emergency medicine 

today. Lunch is $75.00 per person and seating is limited. 

“Cocktails and Dreams” Foundation Awareness Reception 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 4:30pm-6:30pm in Carnegie Foyer. 

Enjoy FREE wine/beer and hors d’oeuvres while learning how the SAEM 

Foundation helps young physicians jump start their careers. Also, register 

to win the latest iPad. 

Visit us on Facebook & Twitter 

See what everyone is saying about the Annual Meeting on Twitter and join 

in on the conversation. Use the hashtag #SAEM13 on Twitter and follow 

@SAEMOnline. 

Visit and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saemonline. 

Cocktails 

& 

Dreams 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 

4:30 – 6:30 pm 

In Carnegie Foyer 

Join us for a free glass of beer or wine 

and discover how the SAEM Foundation has 

helped to jump start the careers of many 

young emergency medicine physicians. 

2013 Annual Meeting 

Program Committe 

Harrison Alter MD 

Alameda County Medical Center 

Highland Hospital 

Gillian Beauchamp MD 

University of Cincinnati 

College of Medicine 

Steven Bird MD 

University of Massachusetts 

Medical Center 

Andra Blomkalns MD 

University of Cincinnati-College 

of Medicine (SAEM BOD Liaison) 

Jennifer Carey MD 

Brown University 

Moira Davenport MD 

Allegheny General Hospital 

Kevin Ferguson MD 

University of Florida 

Susan Fuchs MD 

Children’s Memorial Hospital 

Chris Ghaemmaghami MD 

University of Virginia 

Eric Gross MD 

Hennepin County Medical Center 

Sanjey Gupta MD 

New York Hospital Queens 

Todd Guth MD 

University of Colorado 

Carolyn Holland MD 

University of Florida - 

Gainesville 

Jason Hoppe MD 


Denver Health Science 

Lauren Hudak MD 

Emory University 

School of Medicine 

Gabe Kelen MD 

Johns Hopkins University 

Hollynn Larrabee MD 

West Virginia University 

JoAnna Leuck MD 

Carolinas Medical Center 

Jason Liebzeit MD 



Henderson McGinnis MD 

Wake Forest Baptist Health 

Joseph Miller MD 

Henry Ford Hospital 

Henderson McGinnis MD 

Wake Forest University 

Angela Mills MD 

University of Pennsylvania 

Dave Milzman MD 

Georgetown University 

James Olson, PhD 

Wright State University 

Charissa Pacella MD 

University of Pittsburgh 

Daniel Pallin MD 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

and Children’s Hospital Boston 

Peter Pryor MD 

Denver Health 

Ali Raja MD 


Megan Ranney MD 


Rhode Island Hospital 

Linda Regan MD 


Kevin Rodgers MD 

Indiana University 

Sarah Ronan MD 



Brett Rosen MD 

York Hospital 


Cook County Hospital 

(Program Committee Chair) 

Todd Seigel MD 


Rhode Island Hospital 

Lorraine Thibodeau MD 

Albany Medical Center 

R. Jason Thurman MD 

Vanderbilt University 


Jody Vogel MD 

Denver Health Medical Center 

Joshua Wallenstein MD 


Robert Woolard MD 

Texas Tech El Paso 


Senior Leadership Faculty Forum 

PT - 200 Conference Room 3 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 

8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome/Introduction – K Robinson 

8:15 – 10:00 am Leadership Lessons – Barsan/Hockberger 

Participants in this session will be able to answer the following questions: 

1. What is the difference between management and leadership? 

2. What leadership qualities are most important for success? 

3. What particular leadership style best fits my personal traits and skills? 

4. How do I develop a vision for others to follow? 

5. How do I develop relationships that lead to results? 

6. What leadership goals should I set for myself in the coming year? 

10:00 – 10:50 am Developing and Sustaining a Vision – B Zink 

This session will describe how a leader can collaboratively formulate 

a vision for his/her organization. We will examine the components of 

a successful vision statement, how to track and measure success of 

the vision, and how to revise the vision as the organization succeeds 

and matures. 

Objectives: 

1. Participants will learn how to create a strong vision statement for 

their organization. 

2. Participants will consider the components of a vision statement 

and how to measure and track the success of a vision statement. 

3. Participants will learn how to assess, and revise the vision as the 

organization moves forward. 

10:50 – 11:10 am Break 

11:10 am – 12:00 pm Facilitating Effective Meetings – R Strauss 

“Oh no! Not another meeting!” This course will review when to and 

when NOT to have a meeting, and how to make the meetings you do 

have more effective and rewarding. Learn how to guide the discussion, 

create focus and deal with the overbearing, the sarcastic, the bashful, 

and the detractor. Discover effective methods to open and close 

discussions. This is one meeting that will help to improve the rest of 

your meetings. During the presentation, interspersed pre-recorded 

vignettes will be used to demonstrate points and generate discussion. 

Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

1. Describe when to and when not to have a meeting. 

2. Describe effective meeting planning and preparation 

and “rules of engagement”. 

3. Develop an effective and accomplishable agenda. 

4. List problems that occur during a meeting and methods 

to resolve them. 

5. Review common traps that chairs fall into, such as wandering 

discussion, taking a side, berating members. 

6. Describe what to do when the meeting has concluded, 

accountability and follow-up. 

7. Using pre-taped scenarios, discuss methods to bring 

the meeting back on track. 

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch 

1:00 – 1:50 pm Building a Team – T Crocco 

This presentation will cover the essential elements of team building. 

The differences between team work and effective team building will 

be discussed. Additionally, common mistakes in building a team will 

be highlighted. At the conclusion of this presentation, participants 

should have a new perspective on team development. 

Objectives: 

1. To understand the purpose of a team. 

2. To explain the difference between team work and establishing an 

effective team. 

3. To discuss the essential elements of team building. 

2:00 – 2:50 pm Conflict Resolution – J Adams 

Objectives: 

1. List the common, predictable causes of conflict in the 

healthcare environment. 

2. Describe how our human nature is designed to create conflict 

3. Describe techniques that will reduce the negative, 

destructive conflicts. 

4. Explain the techniques of communication that will facilitate 

conflict resolution and achievement of productive goals. 

2:50 – 3:10 pm Break 

3:10 – 4:00 pm Strategic Planning – S Schneider 

The course will summarize the strategic planning procedures starting 

with why and when to undertake strategic planning. A general outline 

of the procedure will be discussed with examples of tools often used 

in the drafting of a plan such as SWOT analysis. Several templates 

of strategic plans will be discussed. Finally implementation and 

evaluation of the plan will be examined. 

Objectives: 

1. Describe the benefits of strategic planning and optimal times to 

undertake this endeavor. 

2. Describe the tools for creating a plan, including mission statement, 

vision statement, SWOT analysis. 

3. Describe the creation of a timeline and check points for the 

implementation of a strategic plan. 

4:00 – 5:30 pm Reception 

Wednesday May 15, 2013 

7:30 – 8:20 am Human Resources – L Zun 

Physician managers in emergency medicine frequently deal with 

human resource issues. Rarely are emergency physicians trained 

in hiring, firing, compensating and evaluating physicians, midlevel 

providers and others providers in the emergency department. Many of 

the human resource challenges will be addressed such as dealing with 

disruptive physicians, identifying impaired physicians, recruitment 

challenges and hiring the wrong care provider. Land mines that can 

*Additional fee and ticket required 


Senior Leadership Faculty Forum 

PT - 200 Conference Room 3 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 

interfere with operations of the emergency department such as 

wrongful discharge, conflict resolution and remediation will also 

be discussed. This presentation will provide the basic approach to 

human resource management for emergency physician managers to 

address many of the challenges and to avoid many of the landmines 

through a case based approach. This discussion will not address 

credentialing or privileging issues. 

Objectives: 

1. To understand the essential issues in human resources management. 

2. To use the best approach in hiring, firing, compensating, and 

advancing. 

3. To avoid the pitfalls in human resource management. 

8:30 – 9:20 am ED Operations Overview – K Robinson 

This presentation provide an overview of ED operations, including 

recent history, models and evidenced process improvements in ED’s, 

with a focus on academic ED when possible. 

Objectives: 

1. Describe the context in which ED operations performance 

improvement projects are conducted. 

2. Describe the most widely accepted model of Input-Throughput- 

Output for describing ED operations. 

3. Describe evidenced-based process improvements for many steps 

in the Input-Throughput-Output model. 

4. Identify key resources for further understanding of the ED 

Operations literature. 

9:30 – 10:20 am Change Management – T Sanson 

Leaders are judged in times of adversity and change, not in times 

of success. Change is very much a part of our everyday lives. 

Change leadership needs to be part of any leader’s essential skills. 

This presentation will identify the characteristics of leaders who 

initiate, guide, and provoke change. We will discuss how to catalyze 

people around change, how to recognize the personal and emotional 

difficulties people have with change. We will discuss how to encourage 

risk during volatile times while maintaining trust and wellness for 

your organization. We will learn how to effectively lead staff to move 

through periods of disengagement and crisis. 

10:20 – 10:40 am Break 

10:40 – 11:30 am Negotiating for Your Department/Faculty 

– K Heilpern 

Objectives: 

1. To understand the interests of the university or administration. 

2. To understand the interests of the department or faculty. 

3. To gain knowledge about how to most effectively negotiate in 

support of your department or faculty. 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch 

12:30 – 1:20 pm Overview of Department Finance – J Bihun 

This session will focus on describing the various sources of 

departmental funding. It will help you appreciate what can be done 

to understand and to influence your department’s financial position. 

Objectives: 

1. Understand where departmental funds come from. 

2. Appreciate how funding amounts are determined. 

3. Learn about productivity and process variables that influence the 

financials. 

4. Gain a perspective on the typical expenses in an academic 

environment. 

1:30 – 3:30 pm Communication Skills – B Clyne 

Part I-Interpersonal Communication 

What type of first impression do you make? Does your body language 

convey confidence? Are you readily perceived as trustworthy? This 

interactive session focuses on the power of personal “presence” and 

how seemingly minor, yet controllable behaviors affect our ability 

to engage others and lead effectively. Participants will learn and 

practice nonverbal communicating skills to increase confidence, 

decrease stress and increase their leadership potential. 

Objectives: 

1. Understand the science and power of non-verbal communication. 

2. Learn to use body language and facial expressions to build rapport. 

3. Understand how posture and gesture affect confidence and 

leadership ability. 

Part II-Presenting To Change The World 

Are you an exceptional public speaker? Do you communicate clearly 

and with credibility? Exceptional presentation skills open doors 

to leadership opportunities. The first step toward improvement is 

understanding the components of any presentation. In this interactive 

session, participants will learn to create presentations with: 

• A Message that is focused and relevant. 

• Visuals that are simply designed and uncluttered. 

• A Delivery that is authentic and conversational. 

Objectives: 

1. Understand how to organize, refine and structure a presentation. 

2. Learn to create powerful visual aids that reinforce key points. 

3. Practice techniques for engaging the audience. 

4. Learn to reduce nervous energy and avoid verbal fillers. 

*Additional fee and ticket required 


SAEM’s 14th Annual AEM Consensus Conference 

GLOBAL HEALTH AND EMERGENCY CARE: A RESEARCH AGENDA 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – Plaza Ballrooms A, B and C (10th level) 

7:30 - 8:00 am Registration 

8:00 - 8:10 am Welcome, Opening Remarks, Consensus Process Principles 

8:10 - 8:35 am Plenary Session 1: Defining Acute and Emergency Care as a Human Right and a Global Research Agenda 

Jeffrey P. Koplan MD, MPH, Vice President for Global Health; Director, Emory Global Health Institute Emory University 

8:35 - 9:20 am Discussion: Evidenced-Based Summary of the Trajectory of Global Emergency Care Research 

Adam C. Levine MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Co-Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, 

Brown University Alpert Medical School; Clinical Advisor for Emergency and Trauma Care Partners in Health - Rwanda 

9:20 -9:50 am Plenary Session 2: HIV as a Global Emergency: Unique Opportunities in Treatment and Prevention 

Myron Cohen MD, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology and 

Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

9:50 - 10:00 am Break 

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Session 1: Global Research, Collaboration from Nations to Specialties 

Breakout 

Topic 

1: Medical Education 

(UME, GME, CME) 

2: Data Collection, 

Management & Analysis 

3: Ethical Issues 

in Research: 

4: Funding 

Generating a research agenda for undergraduate, 

graduate, and post-graduate medical education in a 

global health setting, with the goal of better defining 

learner competencies, learner and program evaluation 

practices, and outcomes to learners and patients 

Analyzing how emergency care 

data informs systems development 

and prevention, such as burden of 

emergency care disease 

Discussing key ethical 

issues, including cultural 

considerations, consent 

IRBs, and publications 

Surveying global trends in 

research funding priorities 

for global acute and 

emergency care 

Breakout 

Session 

Leader(s) 

Ian Martin 

Janis Tupesis 

Hani Mowafi 

Teri Reynolds 

Mark Bisanzo 

Cameron Crandall 

Phillip Seidenberg 

Mark Hauswald 

Bhakti Hansoti 

Michelle Biros 

Jon Mark Hirshon 

Mark Hauswald 

Kinjal Sethuraman 

Scott Sasser 

Alex Vu 

Herbie Duber 

12:00 - 12:15 pm Break 

12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunchtime Keynote Panel Discussions: Cross-Cutting Issues in Conducting Global Research 

Linda C. Degutis DrPH, MSN (Moderator), Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention 

Meena Nathan Cherian MD, Emergency & Essential Surgical Care (EESC) Clinical Procedures Unit, Department of Health Systems Policies 

& Workforce, World Health Organization 

Lee Wallis, MBChB, MD, FRCS, FCEM, FCEM(SA), FIFEM, Head of Emergency Medicine, Provincial Government Western Cape; Head, 

Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University; President, African Federation for Emergency 

Medicine (AFEM) 

Margaret M. Murray, PhD, Director, Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, U.S. National 

Institutes of Health 

1:30 - 1:40 pm Break 

1:40 - 3:40 pm Concurrent Breakout Session 2: Practical Issues in Implementing and Sustaining Emergency Care Research in the Global Environment 

Breakout 

Topic 

5: Health Services 

6: Clinical/ 

Translational Research: 

7: Health Systems Research: Vertical + 

Horizontal = Diagonal 

8: Basic Sciences 

Research/ 

Resuscitation 

Examining critical vs. desired 

services in acute medical care at 

all levels of the healthcare system 

(community, primary health clinic, 

district hospital, referral hospital) 

Defining goals, priorities, and 

metrics when integrating 

research in a developing 

emergency care system 

Investigating Health Systems Research, one of a few 

dominant “health system” theories proposing that 

models can usefully deconstruct complex systems 

into more basic functions and components 

Learning about emerging 

resuscitation research, with 

a particular focus on injury 

and cardiac resuscitation 

Breakout 

Session 

Leader(s) 

Rachel T. Moresky 

Mark Bisanzo 

Regan Marsh 

Michael Runyon 

Hendry Sawe 

Christian Theodosis 

Emilie Calvello 

Lee Wallis 

Tom Aufderheide 

Marcus Ong 

3:40 - 3:55 pm Break 

3:55 - 4:40 pm Discussion: Consensus Building for a Global Research Agenda in Emergency Care 

4:40 - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks 

*Additional fee required 


2013 SAEM Grant Writing 

Workshop 


International H (6th Level) 

Breakout sessions in 

Tower Rooms 1405, 1406 & 1407 

7:30 am Continental Breakfast 

7:55 am Introduction (Prasanthi Govindarajan MD, 

University of California, San Francisco) 

8:00 am Developing Your Funded EM Research 

Program (Lori Post PhD, Yale University) 

9:00 am The Anatomy of Science (Mark Angelos MD, 

The Ohio State University) 

9:30 am Writing the Specific Aims Section of the 

Grant (Jeffrey Kline MD, Indiana University) 

10:00 am Break 

10:15 am Developing the Grant Budget: Managing the 

Project Requirements within the Budget 

Restrictions (James Holmes MD, MPH, UC 

Davis) 

10:45 am Responding to Reviews and Resubmitting 

(Alan Jones MD, University of Mississippi) 

11:15 am NIH Review Session 

(Walter Koroshetz MD, NINDS) 

12:00 pm Networking Lunch (with course faculty) 

1:00 pm Small Group Session (with course faculty) * 

2:30 pm Break 

2:50 pm Career Development Awards 

(Manish Shah MD, University of Rochester) 

3:20 pm Career Development Grant Panel Discussion 

(Manish Shah MD, University of Rochester, 

moderator) 

3:50 pm Wrap-Up and Transition to Optional 

Breakout Session (with course faculty) ** 

4:00 pm Optional Breakout Session 

5:00 pm Close 

Residency Program 

Update Session: 

What you HAVE to know from the RRC, 

to the NAS to the CCC 

Wednesday, May 15 – 8:30-2:30 

PT-200 Conference Room 1, 7th level 

Be sure to keep up-to-date with all of the latest information to 

keep your residency running smoothly as we transition into the 

Next Accreditation System! 

Two sessions will focus predominantly on the latest information 

from the ACGME including the Next Accreditation System (NAS), 

Milestones and Clinical Competency Committees. Sessions will 

focus on practical information that you can use when you return 

home. The remaining two sessions will tackle the tough topics of 

faculty accountability and resident motivation, especially important 

as we move forward with more complex educational systems. 

8:30 - 9:50 am RRC Update and Q&A Session: 

Wallace A. Carter MD & 

Lynne Meyer PhD, MPH 

10:00 - 11:00 am Faculty Accountability - From 

Didactics to the Bedside 

Sarah Stahmer MD 

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Trophies, Blue Ribbons...and the 

Woodshed - Motivating Residents in 

the Age of Milestones 

Damon Kuehl MD 

12:00 - 1:00 pm Break for Lunch 

1:00 - 2:30 pm Workshop on Clinical Competency 

Committees (CCC) - Everything You Need 

to Know to Create a Successful CCC 

Susan Promes MD & Mary Jo Wagner MD 

*Small Group Session: Participants will rotate through four 20-minute skillbuilding 

stations which will each focus on a specific aspect of successful grant 

writing. Stations will include: specific aims section, training plan and letter of 

recommendation from primary mentor, revising and resubmitting grants, and 

managing your grant budget. 

**Optional Breakout Session: During this optional session, participants who 

have submitted grants for feedback will have the opportunity to speak one-onone 

with reviewers to discuss how they can improve their applications. 

Additional fee and ticket required 


2013 SAEM Resident Leadership Forum 

Thursday, May 16, 2013 

PT-200 Conference Room 1-2-3 

Resident Leadership Track 

7:00 - 7:30 am Breakfast/Introductions 

7:30 - 8:00 am Hidden Gems: 

Developing the Leader Within You 

(Top 10 Attributes of Successful Leaders) 

Robert Hockberger and Bill Barsan 

8:00 - 8:30 am Talk the Talk: Maximizing Your 

Communication & Negotiation Skills 

Jim Adams 

8:30 – 9:00 am Have A Vision: Identifying and 

Developing Your Career Leadership Track 

Andra L. Blomkalns 

9:00 - 9:30 am Reaching for the Stars: 

Roadmap to National Leadership 

Cherri Hobgood 

9:30-10:00 am Break / Move to Separate Track Rooms 

Chief Resident Forum Track 

10:00 - 10:30 am Wish I’d Thought of That: 

Transitioning to the CR Leadership Role 

Felix Ankel and Eric Katz 

10:30 - 11:00 am Caught in the Middle! 

The Art of Middle Management 

(Delegation, Meetings, 360° Management, 

Managing Up/Managing Down) 

Jennifer Walthall MD 

11:00 – 11:50 am Don’t Waste Your Energy: 

RRC Non-Negotiables 

(Lunch with the Program Directors) 

PDs 

11:50 am - 12:00 pm Break 

12:00 - 1:15 pm You Can’t Do That: 

Managing Difficult Resident Problems 

(Dealing with the “Resident in Crisis”: 

Depression/Suicide, Drug / Alcohol Abuse, 

Unprofessional / Disgruntled / Tardy 

Resident; Sexual Harassment, Resident 

Health Issues, Confidentiality and Fairness 

Issues) 

Phillip Shayne MD 

Mary Jo Wagner MD 

Steve Bowman MD 

1:15 - 1:45 pm And The Answer Is… 

Pearls and Pitfalls From Former CRs 

(SAEM / EMRA / AAEM RSA 

Chief Resident Panel) 

EMRA/AAEMRSA 

1:45 - 2:00 pm Move to Keynote 

2:00 - 3:00 pm SAEM Keynote Address: 

Dr. Thomas Frieden, CDC Director 

3:00 - 3:30 pm Break 

3:30 - 5:00 pm SAEM Plenary Session 

Resident Academic Track 

10:00 - 10:30 am Is This For Me? 

Selecting and Planning an Academic Career 

(includes Promotion and Tenure discussion) 

Carey Chisholm 

10:30 - 11:15 am Point-Counterpoint: All Academic Faculty 

Should Be Fellowship Trained 

Don Yealy and Paul Pepe 

11:15 am - 12:05 pm Lunch with Academic Leaders 

12:05 - 12:15 pm Break 

12:15 - 12:45 pm Fostering Academic Productivity & 

Research for All Faculty 

Alan Jones 

12:45 - 1:15 pm In the Spotlight: Teaching Anywhere 

Mike Epter 

1:15 - 1:45 pm Survival 101: Work-Life Balance/Wellness 

Jason Liebzeit 

1:45 - 2:00 pm Move to Keynote 

2:00 - 3:00 pm SAEM Keynote Address: 

Dr. Thomas Frieden, CDC Director 

3:00 - 3:30 pm Break 

3:30 - 5:00 pm SAEM Plenary Session 


Medical Student Symposium 

friday, may 17, 2013 – 8:00am - 2:00pm 

Augusta Room 1-2-3 (Seventh Level) 

Objectives 

The Medical Student Symposium is primarily tailored 

to medical students who have identified emergency 

medicine as their future specialty but is also valuable 

for students still contemplating specialty choice. The 

symposium includes presentations from seasoned EM 

educators, roundtable discussions geared for more 

individualized guidance, lunch with residency program 

directors, and a panel discussion with current EM 

residents. Major themes of the symposium include 

highlighting career options within EM and navigating the 

residency application and selection process. The program 

is followed by a residency fair representing most EM 

programs from across the county 

At the completion of the session, 

participants will be able to: 

1) Assess their personal and career goals 

that make EM a good “fit”, 

2) Identify the multitude of career paths 

that exist within EM, 

3) Optimize their fourth-year schedule, 

4) Maximize their performance in the EM clerkship, 

5) Identify key factors and variables 

in selecting potential training programs, 

6) Assemble a strong and compelling application 

package, and 

7) Perform their best during interviews. 

7:30 – 7:45 am Welcome 

Todd Guth MD, University of Colorado 

7:45 - 8:15 am Is EM Right for Me? 

Jason Liebzeit MD, Emory University 

8:15 - 8:45 am Oh, the Places You’ll Go: Career Paths in EM 

Herbert Hern MD, Alameda County Medical Center 

8:45 - 9:15 am Q&A with Drs. Liebzeit & Hern 

9:15 - 9:30 am Break 

9:30 – 10:00 am How to Shine and Get the Most 

out of Your EM Clerkship 

Gus Garmel MD, 

Stanford University/Kaiser Permanente 

10:00 – 10:30 am Finding the Match Made in Heaven: How to Select 

the Right Residency 

James Colletti MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester 

10:30-11:00 am Mistakes EM Students and Applicants Make 

Maria Moreira MD, 

Denver Health Medical Center - University of Colorado 

11:00 – 11:30 am Q&A with Drs. Garmel, Colletti & Moreira 

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch with Program Directors 

1:00 – 1:30 pm The Written Word: SLORs, MSPE, 

& the Personal Statement 

Bernard Lopez MD, Jefferson Medical College 

1:30 – 2:00 pm The Interview: Selling Yourself without 

Shooting Yourself 

Michael Gisondi MD, Northwestern University 

2:00 – 2:15 pm Q&A with Drs. Lopez and Gisondi 

2:15 – 3:00 pm Small Group Breakout Sessions 

3:00 - 3:15 pm Break 

Osteopathic Students - 

Marc Squillante DO, 

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria 

Women in EM 

Tracy Sanson MD, University of South Florida 

international Medicals Students 

Christain Jacobus MD, Synergy Medical Education 

Alliance 

Strategic Planning for M1&M2 Students 

Jeffrey Barrett MD, Temple University 

Optimizing Your Fourth-Year Schedule 

Jennifer Avegno MD, Louisiana State University 

3:15 - 4:30 pm Resident Panel (EMRA and AAEM-RSA) 

4:30 – 6:30 pm Residency Fair 


JUNIOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FORUM 

friday, may 17 – 8:00 am - 2:00 pm 

PT Conference Room 3 

Overall Workshop Objectives: 

• Provide specific guidance on building a 

foundation for success in academic EM 

• Develop and cultivate junior faculty to 

become the next generation of academic 

leaders in research, administration and 

education 

• Nurture emergency medicine junior faculty 

collegiality and collaborations across 

institutions 

By the end of this program, 

participants will 

1. Understand the structure of a career in 

academic emergency medicine, including a 

general overview of the promotion process 

2. Receive an overview of 3 major career 

pathways in academic EM: Administration, 

Research and Education 

3. Gain insight into the skills and steps 

required for success in EM administration 

4. Review strategies for success in medical 

education, including mechanisms for more 

effective teaching and feedback 

5. Understand fundamental skills of creating 

a career in EM research, including a review 

of funding mechanisms 

6. Receive specific advice for successful 

professional development from current 

leaders in the field 

8:00 – 8:55 am Overview of Academic Medicine: How to Survive 

& Thrive 

Speakers: Philip Shayne MD and Terry Kowalenko MD 

• Summarize the three pillars of academic medicine: clinical care, research and education. 

• Understand what makes a career in academic medicine unique. 

• Examine the distinctive challenges that face junior faculty. 

9:00 – 9:55 am Developing Skills in EM Administration 

Speakers: Leon Haley MD and Eric Gross MD 

• Review ED administration positions and potential avenues to reach these positions/careers. 

• Highlight the pros and cons of ED Administration roles. 

• Describe leadership principles and characteristics necessary for ED Administration. 

10:00 – 11:25 am Developing Skills in EM Education 

Speakers: Fiona Gallahue MD, David Gordon MD and Brian Stettler MD 

• Gain a basic understanding of the continuum of medical education and relevant accreditation 

agencies and requirements. 

• Examine educational leadership opportunities in medical education. 

• Identify the diverse venues and learners faculty teach at academic medical centers. 

• Highlight the critical need to provide effective feedback to learners. 

• Acquire basic skills in teaching, giving feedback and evaluation. 

• Discuss the challenges and strategies for managing poorly performing residents. 

11:30 am – 12:55 pm Developing Skills in Research 

Speakers: Jason Haukoos MD, MS, Tamara Espinoza MD and David Cone MD 

• Provide a general overview of funding structures for academic medicine and EM more specifically. 

• Detail the step-by-step process for setting up a research project. 

• Highlight skills necessary to lead effective and successful research programs. 

• Understand the importance of fostering innovation and teamwork/collaboration for a successful 

research career. 

• Discuss grant opportunities. 

• Identify the varied venues for sharing research findings with academic colleagues. 

12:40 - 1:55 pm Senior Faculty Roundtable: “Lessons Learned: If I 

Knew Then What I Know Now…” 

• Learn from senior faculty the opportunities, support, resources, and relationships that will foster a 

successful academic career. 

• Understand the benefits and the logistics of identifying and working with a mentor. 

Moderator: Andra Blomkalns MD 

Speaker: Brian Zink MD 

Roundtable Discussants: Brian Clyne MD, Deborah Diercks MD, Kate Heilpern MD, 

Cherri Hobgood MD, Alan Jones MD 


SAEM ANNual business meeting 

Friday, May 17, 2013, 3:30 – 5:00 pm 

The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA – Room: Plaza Ballroom A-B-C 

All SAEM members are urged to attend 

Keynote Speakers: The Future of Health Care Reform 

and Implications for Emergency Medicine 

a. Gordon Wheeler, Associate Executive Director of the Public 

Affairs Division/Washington Office, ACEP 

b. Atul Grover MD, PhD, Chief Public Policy Officer, AAMC 

c. Walter J. Koroshetz MD, Deputy Director, National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Acting Director, NIH 

Office of Emergency Care Research 

SAEM Awards – Cherri D. Hobgood MD and 

Alan E. Jones MD 

a. Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award 

- Michael S. Beeson MD, FACEP 

b. Excellence in Research Award – Gail D’Onofrio MS, MD 

c. John Marx Leadership Award – Vincent P. Verdile MD, FACEP 

d. Young Investigator Awards 

– Nathan J. White MD, MS; Daniel K. Nishijima MD, MAS; 

Comilla Sasson MD, MS 

e. Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency 

Medicine Award 

- Kathleen J. Clem BSN, MD, FACEP 

f. Master Clinician Bedside Teaching Award: Erik G. Laurin MD 

Grant Presentations 

– Spadafora Toxicology Scholarship 

Meghan Spyres MD, NYU School of Medicine 

– Research Training Grant 

J. Scott VanEpps MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

– Institutional Research Training Grant 

Roland C. Merchant MD, MPH, ScD, Rhode Island Hospital 

SAEM-approved Research Fellows 

Jestin Carlson MD, University of Pittsburgh 

Anitha Mathew MD, Emory University 

Danielle McCarthy MD, Northwestern University 

Bryn Mumma MD, University of California, Davis 

SAEM Academy Awards 

– Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine 

• Marcus L. Martin Leadership Award - Lisa Moreno-Walton 

MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 

• Visionary Educator Award - Iris M. Reyes MD, Perelman 

School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 

• Outstanding Academician Award - Jeffrey P. Druck MD, 

University of Colorado School of Medicine 

• Outstanding Future Academician Award - Juron Foreman MD, 

Emory University School of Medicine 

– Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine 

• Early Career Faculty Award - Renee Yuen-Jan Hsai MD, MSc 

• Outstanding Resident Award - Laura N. Medford-Davis MD 

• Research Award - Debra Elaine Houry MD, MPH 

– Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine 

• Outstanding Clerkship Director Award 

• Outstanding Young Educator Award 

• Innovation in Medical Education Award 

– Global Emergency Medicine Academy 

• Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award 

• EM Globalization and Advancement Award 

• Academic Achievement Award 

• Humanitarian Service Award 

• Young Physician Award 

2012 Annual Meeting Awards 

Best Faculty Presentation 

– Alan E. Jones MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

Best Young Investigator Presentation 

– William J. Meurer MD, University of Michigan Medical School 

Best Basic Science Presentation 

– Nathan J. White MD, University of Washington 


Best Resident Presentation 

– Nicole Dubosh MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ 

Harvard Medical School 

Best Fellow Presentation 

– Darlene R. House MD, Indiana University School of Medicine 

Best Medical Student Presentation 

– Andrew J. Thomas MPH, Oregon Health & Science University 


Resident Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner 

– Elizabeth Placzek MD, Regions Hospital/Children’s Hospital 

Medical Student Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner 

– Felix Huang, University of Illinois College of Medicine 

SAEM Annual Business Meeting 

a. AEM Report 

b. Treasurer’s Report 

c. Election Results 

d. Recognition of Board of Director members whose terms 

are expiring 

e. Remarks of Outgoing President – Cherri D. Hobgood MD 

f. Introduction of 2013-14 President – Alan E. Jones MD 

Other New Business 

Adjournment 

Note: Newly elected members of the Board of Directors, Nominating Committee, and Constitution/Bylaws Committee, along with all award, fellowship, and grant recipients, are asked 

to remain after the annual business meeting to participate in a brief photo session. Photos will be published in upcoming issues of the SAEM Newsletter. 


Best of CORD 

Friday, May 17, 2013 – 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 

International Room B (seventh Level) 

Web 2.0: 10:00-10:45 am 

Robert Cooney MD; Michael Bond MD; Michelle Lin MD 

This session will detail the current trends in Web 2.0 technology and how they 

apply to emergency medicine education. Participants will learn how people 

are using blogs, wikis, and podcasts in medical education and will be given a 

plan how to develop their own blog, wiki, or podcast. In addition to covering 

the basics of voice recording and podcast design, the presenters will discuss 

and demonstrate how to incorporate vodcasting (video and audio) into 

medical education. 

Objectives: 

• Understand the uses of web 2.0 tools, including blogs, podcasts, and wikis 

• Choose among the tools and effectively apply the tools to medical education 

at their institution 

• Demonstrate the basic principles of creating a basic blog, wiki, and podcast 

• Understand how to use vodcasting in medical education 

Social Media & Professionalism: 10:45-11:30am 

Hollynn Larrabee MD; Janis Tupesis MD 

Social Media plays an increasingly large role in our day-to-day interactions. 

Studies have demonstrated an increasing number of physicians are using 

Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other electronic accounts in their daily life. 

This session will discuss the current social media environment as well as the 

possible risks to professionalism that can occur. The session will address how 

to educate your department on the pitfalls of social media using examples 

from medical education and legal cases. The talk will conclude with examples 

of how to develop an individualized social media policy. 

Objectives: 

• Describe how social media has impacted professionalism 

• Discuss social media utilization effectively with residents and faculty 

• Develop social media policies to protect your department and institution. 

ED Transitions of Care - What Constitutes a Good 

Handoff Between ED Residents: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm 

Gene Hern MD 

Handoffs present a risk for communication error and may adversely affect 

appropriate patient care. Although standardization is widely believed to be 

the means to improve handoff efficacy, consensus on the procedural and 

logistical components of an effective handoff has not yet been reached. This 

workshop will use several simulated resident-to-resident handoff videos, 

followed by small group discussions of the data points required for a safe, 

effective handoff. This session serves as an opportunity to reflect on the 

needed communication skills of residents delivering handoff information 

to peers in the time-pressured, easily distractible environment of a busy 

ED. Tools to provide resident feedback and education in the context of Joint 

Commission National Patient Safety Goals and ACGME expectations will be 

reviewed, as will the assessment of resident competency with the handoff 

process. Strategies for clear documentation of the time for transition of 

care will also be explored. 

Objectives: 

• Describe best practices for what constitutes a good handoff. 

• Define best practices for safe, complete resident handoffs. 

• Describe best practices for effective feedback to residents after 

handoffs have occurred. 


PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT & VISUAL DIAGNOSIS CONTEST 

There were 52 cases and photos submitted to the Program 

Committee for consideration of presentation at the Annual Meeting. 

Selected photos and cases will be displayed in two formats. 

Photography Exhibit & 

Visual Diagnosis Participants 

Medical students and residents will be invited to participate in 

the Visual Diagnosis Contest. Winners in both medical student 

and resident categories will be awarded a one-year membership 

to SAEM, including a subscription to the Academic Emergency 

Medicine Journal (AEM), free registration to attend the 2014 SAEM 

Annual Meeting in Dallas, a major emergency medicine textbook, 

and a subscription to the SAEM Newsletter. Recipients will be 

announced in the July/August issue of the SAEM Newsletter. 

“Clinical Pearls” photos will be displayed for the benefit of all 

attendees. These photos will include a case history, as well as the 

diagnosis and “take home” points. SAEM is proud to display original 

photos of educational value and gratefully acknowledges the efforts 

of the individuals who contributed to this year’s Clinical Pearls and 

Visual Diagnosis Contest entries. 

2013 SAEM Medical Photography 

Exhibit/Visual Diagnosis Contest 

Please join us for our annual exhibition of outstanding medical 

photographic images, which will be on display throughout 

the duration of our Annual Meeting in the main poster hall. 

The images will be presented initially as case unknowns, with 

challenging questions to answer for the viewer’s interest. If 

desired, residents and medical students may enter answer 

sheets for a contest that will reward the highest scoring entrant 

in each category with a copy of the textbook, The Atlas of 

Emergency Medicine, featuring over 1,500 high-quality medical 

images. Entries for the contest will be accepted from May 15 

at 8:00 am to May 16 at 4:00 pm, when the contest officially 

closes. At this time, all answers for the case unknowns will be 

posted alongside the images. Additionally, we will offer teaching 

rounds for anyone interested, and our faculty volunteers will 

“round” on the cases with participants at 4:00 pm on May 16, 

9:00 am on May 17, and 3:00 pm on May 17, teaching on the 

cases and answering questions along the way. We look forward 

to seeing you at the exhibit this year! 

Brett Monroe MD 

Baylor College of Medicine 

Patrick Sullivan MD 

Brown University/Rhode Island 

Hospital 

Neha Raukar MD, MS, FACEP 


Hospital 

Nicholas Caputo MD 

Columbia University Medical Center 

Elizabeth Dubey MD 


Sukru Ardic MD 

Gulhane Military Medical Academy 

Ibrahim Arziman MD 


Teymur Caferov MD 


M. Emre Kesim MD 


Ken Adams MD 

Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 

Lisa Moreno-Walton MD, MS, MSCR 

Louisiana State University 

Marney Gruber MD 

Louisiana State University 

Ian C. May MD 

Madigan Army Medical Center 

Gerald J. Hopkins MD 


Ian Wedmore MD 


Suzanne Bialeck MD 

Maimonides Medical Center 

David Saloum MD 


Lawrence Haines MD 


Steve C. Christos DO, MS, FACEP, 

FAAEM 

Resurrection Medical Center 

Joseph Grueter MD 

Resurrection Medical Center 

Suzanne Roozendaal MD 

St. Luke’s University Health Network 

Grant Lipman MD 

Stanford University School of Medicine 

Eric Ladd MD 


Randy Barros MD 

SUNY Upstate Medical University 

Nicholas E. Nacca MD 


Brian T. Kloss MD 


Richard Cantor MD 


Meenal Sharkey MD 

The Ohio State University 

Sarah Greenberger MD 


Maxwell Hill MD 


Tapan Desai DO 

Thomas Jefferson University 

Masashi Rotte MD 


Van Ton MD 


Joseph Portale MD 


Natalie Kreitzer MD 


Francisco Fernandez MD 


Jeremy Fried MD 

University of Connecticut 

Veronica Tucker DO 

University of Connecticut 

Joseph Shiber MD 

University of Florida, Jacksonville 

Emily Fontane MD 


Petra Duran MD, RDMS 


Brian Hawkins MD 

University of Kentucky 

Kelly Barnett MD 


Zachary Dezman MD 

University of Maryland 

T. Andrew Windsor MD 


Nicholas Daniel MD 

University of Nebraska 

Brian Doane MD 

University of Southern California 

Shannon Langston MD 

Vanderbilt University Medical School 

Greg Christiansen DO, Med, FACOEP 

Virginia Commonwealth University 


Business Meeting ~ Wednesday, May 15, 2013 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Vinings Room I on 6th Level 

8:00 am - 9:30 am 

General Business Meeting 

9:30 am - 11:30 am 

Presentation of the AAAEM 

Annual Benchmark Survey Results 

Panel discussion on how to use 

data within your department, 

hospital or clinical practice. 

11:30 am - 12:00 pm 

Wrap Up 

For more information on how to 

become a member of AAAEM 

visit us www.saem.org 


Our Mission 

Academy for Diversity and 

Inclusion in Emergency Medicine 

•To promote equal access to 

quality healthcare and the 

elimination of disparities in 

treatment and outcomes for 

all groups regardless of race, 

sexual orientation, disability, 

or socioeconomic status 

through education and 

research 

•To enhance the retention and 

promotion of those historically 

underrepresented in 

medicine and to create an 

inclusive environment for the 

training of emergency 

medicine providers; 

specifically using the AAMC’s 

guide “to unite expertise, 

experience, and innovation to 

inform and guide the 

advancement of diversity and 

inclusion in emergency 

medicine” 

•To enhance the professional 

development of all EM faculty 

and residents with respect to 

culturally competent medical 

care 

Why is ADIEM important? 

Although the U.S. population 

continues to become more 

diverse, ethnic and racial 

health care disparities persist. 

The benefits of a diverse 

medical workforce have been 

well described, but the 

percentage of emergency 

medicine residents from 

underrepresented groups is 

small and has not significantly 

increased. ADIEM has 

partnered in a more powerful 

way with SAEM, working 

towards the realization of our 

common goals of diversifying 

the physician workforce at all 

levels, eliminating disparities 

in health care and outcomes, 

and insuring that all 

emergency physicians are 

delivering culturally 

competent care. 

Dear friends, 

In ADIEM’s inaugural year, we are delighted to highlight our events for the SAEM 

Annual Meeting. It is particularly meaningful for me as president of ADIEM and faculty 

at Emory to welcome you to my home city of Atlanta. We are particularly pleased with 

ADIEM’s didactics, including one that takes a historical look at diversity and inclusion 

in emergency medicine in SAEM, and our groundbreaking didactic on LGBT health. 

Our business meeting lends itself to 

networking and sharing of ideas to expand our 

mission of addressing cultural awareness for 

all people. We had several submissions from 

across the nation, and we look forward to 

learning more and engaging in these very 

important topics. The poster presentations 

include “Barriers to the Emergency 

Department Utilization of Interpreter Services” 

and “Cultural Competencies in Emergency 

Medicine: Caring for Muslim-American 

Patients from the Middle East.” 

Each year, we also honor and celebrate 

SAEM members in several award categories. 

This year’s winners are: 

Marcus L. Martin Leadership Award 

Dr. Lisa Moreno-Walton, LSU Health Science Center 

Visionary Educator Award 

Dr. Iris Reyes, Univ. of Pennsylvania’s Perelman SOM 

Outstanding Academician Award 

Dr. Jeffrey Druck, Univ. of Colorado 

Outstanding Future Academician Award 

Dr. Juron Foreman, Emory SOM 

Lastly, another activity on the horizon in which several 

ADIEM members participate is the upcoming conference 

of the National Medical Association Section of 

Emergency Medicine. Leaders of ACEP and AAEM will 

be present at this event, scheduled to be held July 

27-31 in Toronto, Canada. All are invited to participate in 

a national discussion on health disparities with this 

year’s focus on the obesity epidemic and how 

emergency providers can be part of the solution. Visit 

www.nmanet.org for more information. 

Thank you for your commitment to and engagement in the 

topics of diversity and inclusion in Emergency Medicine. 

Sincerely, 

Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH 

President - ADIEM 

ADIEM Events at SAEM 

Business meeting 

(May 15 1:00 - 5:00 pm - Vinings Rm I [6th 

floor]) 

Inaugural Didactic Presentations 

(May 16 8:00 - 10:00 am - 

International Rm B [6th floor]) 

“LGBT Health: Educating EM Physicians 

to Provide Equitable and Quality Care” 

“Disparities and Diversity in Emergency 

Medicine: SAEM - Where are we now?” 

NMA Annual Convention 

and Scientific Assembly 

www.saem.org : membership@saem.org 


All are invited to AGEM’s exciting slate of didactic and research presentations . . . . . . . 

DIDACTIC PRESENTATIONS 

Thursday, May 16 

(Vinings II Room – 6 th Level) Floor) 

8:00 - 9:00 am AGEM Business Meeting 

9:00 - 10:00 am “Oncologic Emergency Medicine: An Emerging Subdiscipline?” 

Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH 

Professor and Chair; Department of Emergency Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center 

10:00 - 11:00 am "Working with Your Institution to Geriatricize Your ED" 

Kevin Biese MD, MAT, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine Residency Director, 

University of North Carolina 

and 

Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics, and 

Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 

AGEM FEATURED PRESENTATION 

11:00 am - 12:00 pm “Seeking AGEM Grant Support FEATURED from PRESENTATION 

Foundations: Understanding Mission-Driven 

11:00 am 12:00 pm 

Philanthropy” 

“Seeking Grant Support from Foundations: Understanding Mission-Driven 

Marcus 

Philanthropy” 

Escobedo, MPA 

Program Officer, The John 

Marcus 

A. Hartford 

Escobedo, 

Foundation 

MPA, Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation 

Friday, May 17 

(International Room D, 6 th Level) Floor) 

8:00 - 9:30 am “Informed Consent in Emergency Research – Pitfalls and Practical Pearls.” 

Ula Hwang MD, MPH; Adit Ginde MD, MPH; Jin Han MD, MSc; Lynne Richardson, MD 

9:30 – 10:00 am “Models of Subspecialty Geriatric Emergency Departments – The Silver Tsunami: The 

Top Ten Interventions for Establishing a Geriatric (-Friendly) ED” 

Kathleen Walsh, MD 

GERIATRICS-RELATED ORAL PRESENTATIONS 

Wednesday May 15 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Geriatric Pain Oral Presentations (Atlanta G) 

Thursday May 16 8:00 – 9:00 am Geriatrics Oral Presentations (Atlanta B) 

Thursday May 16 12:00 – 1:00 pm Geriatric Trauma Oral Presentations (Atlanta A) 

Friday May 17 9:00 – 10:00 am Geriatrics Lightning oral (Roswell 2) 

Friday May 17 1:00 – 2:00 pm Geriatrics Lightning oral (Atlanta A) 

AGEM is grateful for the support of the following institutions through AGEM group memberships: 




AEUS small group meetings 

(committee members only) 

AEUS small group meetings 

Room: Tower Room 1401 

(committee members only) 

Room: Tower Room 1401 

8:00 -8:50 am REASON Trial 

9:00 8:00 –-8:50 9:50 am am REASON EUSFellowships Trial 

9:00 10:00 –– 9:50 10:50 am am EUSFellowships 

AEUS Board Meeting 

11:00 10:00 – 11:50 10:50 am International AEUS Board Meeting Subcommittee 

11:00 12:00 – 11:50 12:50 pm am International Resident Subcommittee/Med 

Student 

12:00 – 12:50 pm Resident Subcommittee/Med 

Student 1:00– 1:50 pm Membership Subcommittee 

2:00 1:00– – 1:50 2:50 pm Membership Social Media/Grants Subcommittee 

2:00 – 2:50 pm Social Media/Grants 



AEUS Business Meeting 

AEUS Business Meeting 

Room: Vinings Room I (6 th floor) 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Room: Vinings Room I (6 th floor) 

8:00 • am Teaching – 12:00 in pm the Modern World: Social 

Media, Apps and other technologies. 

• Teaching Panel of Experts in the Modern on Tele-Ultrasound; 

World: Social 

Media, uses, challenges Apps and and other solutions. technologies. 

• Panel Pearls of of Experts Grant Writing on Tele-Ultrasound; 

• uses, Awards challenges and 2013-2014 and solutions. BOD 

introductions 

Pearls of Grant Writing 

• Awards and 2013-2014 BOD 

introductions 

AEUS Didactic Sessions 

Room: International Rooms E-F (6 

AEUS Didactic Sessions 

th floor) 

1:00 – 3:00 pm 

Room: International Rooms E-F (6 th floor) 

1:00 – 3:00 pm 

Controversies in Emergency Ultrasound: 

The Debate Rages On 

Controversies in Emergency Ultrasound: 

(1:00 – 1:50 pm) 

The Debate Rages On 

(1:00 – 1:50 pm) 

Resident Education in Ultrasound: Meeting 

the Milestone 

Resident Education in Ultrasound: Meeting 

(2:00 – 2:50pm) 

the Milestone 

(2:00 – 2:50pm) 

Activities 2013 

Activities 2013 

Saturday, May 18 

Saturday, May 18 

SonoGames 2013 

SonoGames 2013 

Room: Plaza Ballrooms A-B-C Combined 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Room: Plaza Ballrooms A-B-C Combined 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Join us for the 2 nd annual SonoGames 

and watch resident teams compete to be 

Join us for the 2 nd annual SonoGames 

the nation’s top sonologists. 

and watch resident teams compete to be 

the nation’s top sonologists. 

All aspects of ultrasound competence will 

be assessed, including image acquisition, 

All aspects of ultrasound competence will 

image interpretation, and incorporation 

be assessed, including image acquisition, 

into clinical practice. 

image interpretation, and incorporation 

into clinical practice. 

Will Boston Medical Center retain its title 

of SonoChamps? Or will a new team claim 

Will Boston Medical Center retain its title 

the Cup? 

of SonoChamps? Or will a new team claim 

the Cup? 

www.saem.org/academy-emergency-ultrasound 

www.saem.org/academy-emergency-ultrasound 


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AWAEM Didactics 

The AWAEM Meeting Initiative Committee 

has prepared a remarkable Didactic lineup 

for the 2013 SAEM Annual Meeting. 

These didactics include cutting-edge content, 

nationally recognized speakers, and 

stimulating formats. 

AWAEM Annual Meeting 

Tips & Tricks for Women 

Navigating Academic EM 

May 17, 8:00 am-12:00 pm 

Vinings II (6th floor) 

AGENDA 

-AWAEM Business Meeting 

- Navigating the Academic Compass, 

Directions for 

Success: An 

invaluable 80 

minute faculty 

development 

session for medical 

students, residents 

and faculty in all career stages that will 

include six topics, moderated by 

Jeannette Wolfe: 1) Pros and Cons of 

Academic versus Private EM by Kinjal 

Sethuraman; 2) Tips for Residents to 

Jump Start their Academic Career by 

Alyson McGregor; 3) Hitting the Ground 

Up and Running: A Guide for the First 

Two Years of Your Academic Career by 

Stephanie Abbuhl; 4) Educator's Portfolio: 

How to Stay Organized and On Track by 

Gloria Kuhn; 5) Networking: Why, How 

and Where to Connect with Peers and 

Mentors in Academic EM by Bhakti 

Hansoti; and 6) Possibilities, Pearls and 

Pitfalls of Part Time Academics by 

Jeannette Wolfe. 

- Managing People in Academic 

Emergency Medicine: Tools of the Trade 

for New Investigators by Kinjal 

Sethuraman 

- Technology: How Women Can 

Maximize Their Productivity by 

Utilizing Social Media, A Social Media 

Primer by Bhakti Hansoti 

AWAEM Annual 

Networking Luncheon & 

Awards Presentation 

May 17, 2013 12:00p-2:00p 

Conference Room 1-2 (7th floor) 

Mining the Hidden Science in Your 

EM Research: Gender-Specific Study 

Design and Analysis 

May 18th, 8:00 – 9:30am 

International Room C (6th floor) 

Two hours of the SAEM Annual Meeting 

have been designated for AWAEM’s 

support of gender-specific emergency 

medicine. This first didactic aims to 

stimulate interest in research on genderspecific 

medicine and understand the 

challenges and solutions of performing 

gender-based analyses. This 

session will be a 

moderated panel led 

by Esther Choo. A 

statistical expert, 

Heemun Kwok, will 

discuss a framework 

for considering 

relevant genderspecific 

research questions within 

diverse areas of emergency medicine 

research and analytical strategies for 

approaching the question of the impact 

on gender on clinical outcomes. Two 

additional EM researchers, Deborah 

Diercks and David Wright, will 

demonstrate how they have applied 

these methods in their own work using 

specific approaches and analytical 

methods. 

Gender-Specific Men’s Health – 

Top 5 Plays of the Day 

May 18th, 9:30-10:00am 

International Room C (6th floor) 

The second presentation in the SAEM 

Annual Meeting will take the audience 

through five physiologic systems using 

the ESPN style of “Top 5 Plays of the 

Day.” Each expert presenter, led by 

Alyson 

McGregor, 

will update 

the audience 

on the top 

genderspecific 

EM 

articles for 

2012-13 and how they impact men’s 

health. You will hear updates in 

Cardiology with Basmah Safdar, Sports 

Medicine with Neha Raukar, Traumatic 

Injuries with Federico Vaca, Sepsis with 

David Portelli and Neurologic 

Emergencies with Nina Gentile. Hold 

onto your hat! This fast paced program 

will be sure to provide a stimulating 

learning opportunity. 

A big thank you to the 

AWAEM Meeting 

Initiative Committee, 

led by Alyson McGregor, 

with members Esther Choo, 

Basmah Safdar, Julie Welch, 

Jeannette Wolfe, Tracy Madsen, 

and Preeti Jois. 

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CDEM Programming for SAEM Annual Meeng 2013 

Educators of all levels are encouraged to aend the following sessions 

surrounding emergency medicine educaon. 


8:00 am - 12:00 pm CDEM Business Meeng 

PT – 200 Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

8:00 – 9: 00 am Business Meeng 

9:00 -11:00 am CORD Take-Aways: Highlights from CDEM at CORD that each Clerkship 

Director must have 

11:00 am -12:00 pm Networking Fair 

Milestones for Medical Students (Stacy Poznanski, Wright State) 

SLOR Update (SLOR Task Force) 

Naonal Exam vs. CDEM Exam (Emily Senecal, Corey Heitz) 

CDEM Iniaves Fair: CDEM Anyme Anywhere (Self-study modules, 

iBooks, iTunes U), Social Media, CDEM Communicaons Commiee – 

newsleer, Assessments in EM – SAEMTests/ ACE EM ACE, EM OSCE 

Friday, May 17, 2013 

8:00 - 8:50 am Educaonal Porolio: Your Secret Weapon for Promoon 

Internaonal E-F combined (6th level) 

9:00 - 9:50 am Good to Great: Effecve Feedback to Learners with Difficules 

Internaonal E-F combined (6th level) 

1:00 - 3:00 pm Educaonal Topics and Educaonal Research (Formally Best of CDEM) 

Hugh A. Stoddard, M.Ed., Ph.D. 

“Dr. Strangedata: or, how I learned to stop worrying and love 

accreditaon" 

1:00 pm How Good Are You, The LCME and ACGME Want to Know! Program 

Assessment, Evaluaon and Improvement 

Internaonal Room B (6th level) 


The Globalization of Emergency Medicine Affects YOU 

When you travel, do you want to be taken care of by professional emergency physicians? Do you want to know 

they have had the right training? Do you want a good pre-hospital care system to take you to the right hospital? 

All around the world, EM is emerging as a specialty. Working together, we can mutually strengthen our specialty. 

GEMA (the Global Emergency Medicine Academy) of SAEM is YOUR VEHICLE to further academic emergency 

medicine around the world. 

Join us during our academy meeting 

May 16, 2013 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

8:00 am - 9:30 am GEMA Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony 

9:30 am -10:30 am GEMA Global EM Fellowships Showcase 

10:30 am -10:45 am 2013 AEM Consensus Conference Highlights 

10:45 am - 11:00 am Break/Refreshments 

11:00 am - 12:00 pm How to Get Global EM-related Endeavors Published? 

GEMA Didactic Sessions 

May 17, 2013 -International Room E-F (6th level) 

10:00 am - 10:50 am - Life and a Career in Global Health: Can You Have It 

All? 

11:00 am - 11:50 am - The Top 10 Global Emergency Medicine Articles from 

2012: Highlights from the Global Emergency Medicine 

Literature Review 


Your Simulation Academy is comprised of 

emergency medicine physicians who are 

committed to enhancing education, research, 

and patient safety through the use of simulation 

Thursday, May 16, 2013 ~ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Conference Room 4 on 7th level 

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08:00 to 08:30 Simulaon Academy Board 

08:30 to 10:00 Simulaon Academy Business Meeng 

10:00 to 12:00 Didacc / Q & A Panel on Educaonal 

Stascs 

Didacc Descripon: The NAS Taskforce has been 

working with stascians to create a data analysis plan 

for simulaon-based milestones data. This panel 

discussion will consider choice of analysis methods and 

sample size consideraons. Topics include Classical 

Reliability Tesng, Item Response Theory, and 

Generalizability Theory. Strengths, drawbacks, and the 

reasoning behind our evolving choices will be discussed 

in a panel Q&A format, with brief didacc introducon 

by Dr. Bruce Center PhD. 

SIM WARS 

Friday, May 17, 2013 ~ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm 

Plaza Ballrooms A-B-C on 10th floor 

An EMRA-sponsored educational program and an inter-disciplinary simulation competition 

between healthcare providers. 


daily schedule – Wednesday, May 15, 2013 

7:30 - 9:00 am 

Academy Meeting 

• Committee of Academy Leaders meeting (COAL)/ 

PT-200 Conference Room 

8:00 - 5:00 pm 

Other Sessions 

• Leadership Conference/PT-200 Conference Room 3 

• Grants Workshop/International H 

• AEM Consensus Conference/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

• CPC Finals/International Rooms B/C/D/E/F/G 

• MERC sessions/International A 

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 


• AAAEM Academy Business Meeting/Vinings I 

9:30-11:30 Presentation of the AAAEM Annual Benchmark 

Survey Results – Panel discussion on how to use data within your 

department, hospital or clinical practice. 

8:00 - 8:50 am 

Didactics 

• The Role of Electroencephalography and of Reduced Lead EEG in 

the Emergency Department/Peachtree A & B 

Jay Brenner MD, Ed Michelson MD 

• How to Effectively Supervise and Teach Residents: 

Entrustment and Autonomy/Peachtree C 

Bill Bassin MD, Sally Santeen MD, Katie Saxon MD, Meg Wolff MD 

• In the Middle: Non Physician Providers in the Emergency 

Department/Peachtree D 

Henderson McGinnis MD, Jeff Hinshaw PA, 

Randy Howell DO, FACOEP 

• Development of Clinical Decision Instruments in Emergency 

Medicine/Peachtree E 

Robert Rodriguez MD, James Holmes MD, 

Nate Kuppermann MD, PhD, William Mower MD, PhD 

9:00 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• ED-Based Critical Care Resident Rotations & Experiences 

as Opportunities for Teaching Critical Care in the Emergency 

Department/Peachtree A & B 

Kevin Ferguson MD, Lillian Emlet MD, 

Robert Sherwin MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Scott Wiengart MD 

• Impact of the 2010 AHA Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Guidelines: 

Assessing Knowledge Translation & Implementation/Peachtree D 

Kelly Sawyer MD, MS, Teresa Camp-Rogers MD, MS, 

Michael Kurz MD, MS-HES 

9:00 - 10:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Pediatric Abdominal Pain/Presentation # 7-10/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Nathan Kuppermann MD, MPH 

• Hemorrhagic Shock/Presentation # 19-22/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Michael Gibbs MD 

• Measures for Emergency Medicine/Presentation # 23-28/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Jeremiah D. Schuur MD 

• Congestive Heart Failure and Dyspnea/ 

Presentation # 29-34/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Alan B. Storrow MD 

Detailed Didactics can be found starting on page 34. Detailed Abstracts can be found starting on page 53. 

• Emergency Medical Services/Presentation # 35-40/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Michael Runyon MD 

• Toxicology/Presentation # 41-46/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Ed Otten MD 

9:00 - 10:20 am 

Didactics 

• Not Another Boring Lecture: 

Five Ways to Spice Up Your Didactics!/Peachtree C 

Meg Wolff MD, Mary Jo Wagner MD, 

Sally Santen MD, PhD, Stacey Poznanski MD 

• Introduction to Statistics/Peachtree E 

Roger Lewis Harbor MD, PhD 

9:00 - 11:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Ultrasound/Presentation # 11-18/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: James H. Moak MD 

10:00 - 10:50 am 

Didactics 

• The Current State of Critical Care Fellowship Training for 

Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates/Peachtree A & B 

Kevin Ferguson MD, Andrea Gabrielli MD, 

Jay Menaker MD, Mike Winters MD 

• Fulfilling the Residency Educational Mission at Independent 

Academic Medical Centers/Peachtree D 

Arvind Venkat MD, Moira Davenport MD, 

Gus Garmel MD, Eric Katz MD 

10:00 - 11:00 am 

Abstracts 

• STEMI/Presentation # 73- 76/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Deborah B. Diercks MD 

• Clinical Efficiency/Presentation # 87-92/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Richard Zane MD 

10:00 - 12:00 pm 

Abstracts 

• Radiology/Presentation # 47-55/ Atlanta A 

Moderator: Ali S. Raja MD, MPH, MBA 

• Traumatic Brain Injury/Presentation # 56-63/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Opeolu Adeoye MD 

• Acute Coronary Syndromes/Presentation # 64-72/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Chad E. Darling MD 

• Pediatrics/Presentation # 77-85, 817, 834/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Brent R. King MD 

10:30 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• Systems Milestones for Academic Programs: 

Moving from Novice to Expert/Peachtree C 

Felix Ankel MD, Robin Hemphill MD, Sally Santen MD, PhD 

• Team Science in Research: 

What is the Role of Emergency Medicine?/Peachtree E 

Chadwick Miller MD, MS, Roger Lewis MD, PhD, 

Alan Storrow MD, Gregory Fermann MD 



11:00 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• Advances in EMS Education for Residents/Peachtree A & B 

Michael Hilton MD, David Cone MD, Jonathan Fisher MD, MPH, 

Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH 

• The Non-Quantitative Aspect of Resident Training in the 

Community ED/Peachtree D 

Michael Hochberg MD, Al Sacchetti MD, 

Kevin Klauer MD, Chad Kessler MD 

11:00 - 12:00 pm 

Abstracts 

• Critical Care/Presentation # 93-96 Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Robert Rodriguez MD 

• Geriatric Pain/Presentation # 97-100/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Robert Woolard MD, 

• Accelerate Your ED/Presentation # 101-106/Roswell 2 

Moderator: David F. Brown MD 

1:00 - 1:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Thriving in the Wilderness: What Wilderness Medicine Fellowship 

Applicants and Directors Need to Know/Peachtree A & B 

N. Stuart Harris MD, MFA, Tracy Cushing MD, MPH 

• Investigator Initiated Research without an Existing Research 

Infrastructure: How to Succeed in Any Practice Setting/Peachtree D 

John Cienki MD, MSPH, Robert J Hoffman MD, 

Brigitte Baumann MD, MSCE, Judd Hollander MD 

• Asking the Question that Clinicians Want Answered within an 

Adaptive Comparative Effectiveness Trial/Peachtree E 

William Meurer MD, MS, Jason Connor PhD, Roger Lewis MD, PhD 

1:00 - 2:00 pm 

Abstracts 

• Health Services Research/Presentation # 107-110/ Atlanta A 

Moderator: Keith E. Kocher MD 

• Clinical Decision Rules/Presentation # 111-114/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Ian G. Stiell MD 

• Critical Care/Presentation # 115-118/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Michael Gibbs MD 

• Renal Colic/Presentation # 119-122/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Romolo Gaspari MD 

• Learning Styles/Presentation # 123-128/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Brandon Maughan MD, MHS 

• Imaging in Trauma/Presentation # 129-134/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Greg Hendey MD 

• Triage/Presentation # 135-140/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Gabor Kelen MD 

1:00 - 2:20 pm 

Didactics 

• Taking Advantage of the Teachable Moment: A Workshop for 

Efficient, Learner-Centered Clinical Teaching/Peachtree C 

Todd Guth MD, Elise Lovell MD, Sneha Shah MD, Mike Epter DO 

1:00 - 5:00 pm 

Poster Session 

(Posters will be attended by authors from 2:00-4:00) 

• Presentation # 141-263/200 Gallery -level 6 


ADIEM Academy Business Meeting/Vinings I 

2:00 - 2:50 pm 

Didactics 

• From the Bleachers to the Sidelines: Careers and Opportunities in 

Sports Medicine/Peachtree A & B 

Jeffrey Feden MD, Daniel Garza MD, Moira Davenport MD 

• Creating a Successful Research Assistant Program in Your 

Emergency Department/Peachtree D 

Daniel Keyes MD, MPH, Ed Panacek MD, MPH, 

Judd Hollander MD, Daniel Pallin MD, MPH 

• Real Strategies for Quasi-Experiments: How to Identify Causation 

Using Non-Randomized Data/Peachtree E 

Lisa Schweigler MD, MPH, MS, Jason Haukoos MD, MSc, 

Christopher Kabrhel MD, MPH 

2:30 - 3:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Is the Patient Safe? Assessing Procedural Competence/Peachtree C 

Laura Hopson MD, Suzanne Dooley-Hash MD, Doug Ander MD, 

Ernest Wang MD 

3:00 - 3:50 pm 

Didactics 

• The Business of EM: Defining Productivity/Peachtree D 

Michael Hochberg MD, Brent King MD, 

Richard Zane MD, Kirsten Rounds RN, MS 

• An Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Emergency Medicine 

Research/Peachtree E 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS, Karin Rhodes MD, MS, 

Adam Landman MD, MS, MIS 

3:00 - 4:20 pm 

Didactics 

• How to Become a Trailblazer: Perspectives of Resident Innovators/ 

Peachtree A & B 

Marie Vrablik MD, Carey Chisholm MD, Jonathan Heidt MD, 

Karen Lind MD, Shereaf Walid MD 

4:00 - 5:00 pm 

Abstracts 

• Cardiac Risk Stratification/Presentation # 264-270/ Atlanta A 

Moderator: Andra L. Blomkalns MD 

• Psychiatry/Presentation # 271-275/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Rebecca Cunningham MD 

• Trauma Resuscitation/Presentation # 276-281/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Eric Legome MD 

• Ultrasound/Presentation # 282-287/ Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Romolo Gaspari MD 

• Toxicology/Presentation # 288-293/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Aaron Skolnik MD 

• Clinical Decision Rules/Presentation # 294-297/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Michael Brown MD, MSc 

• Training Competencies/Presentation # 298-303/ Roswell 2 

Moderator: Jeffrey Love MD 

4:30 - 6:30 pm 

Event 

• Cocktails and Dreams Reception/Carnegie Foyer 

5:30 - 8:00 pm 

Event 

• CPC Reception/Augusta Room 1-2 

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Detailed Didactics can be found starting on page 34. Detailed Abstracts can be found starting on page 53.

tuesday - Wednesday, May 14-15, 2013 

The Following SAEM Committees/Interest Groups/Task Forces 

will NOT be meeting at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Atlanta: 

• Constitution & Bylaws Committee • Fellowship Certification Task Force • CPR/Ischemia/Reperfusion Interest Group 

• Observational Medicine Interest Group • Palliative Medicine Interest Group 

• Quality Medical Management Interest Group • Uniformed Services Interest Group 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – SAEM and Committee/Task Force/Academy Interest Group/Board Meetings 

8:00am-5:00pm SAEM BOD Meeting Executive Boardroom (6th Level) 

4:00-5:00pm SAEM PC Sub-Committee Meeting TBD 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – Affiliated Meetings 

7:00am-5:00pm ABEM- EM Model Review Task Force PT-200 Conference Room 1 (7th Level) 

9:00am-5:00pm EMRA BOD Meeting PT-200 Conference Room 2 (7th Level) 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – SAEM and Committee/Task Force/Academy Interest Group/Board Meetings 

7:00-8:00am PC Daily Meeting PT-200 Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

7:30-9:00am SAEM Committee of Academy Leaders meeting (COAL) PT-200 Conference Room 4 (7th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm AAAEM Academy of Administrators in 

Academic Emergency Medicine-Business Meeting 


9:00-10:00am SAEM Social Media Committee Meeting Tower Room 1401 (14th Level) 

9:00-10:00am SAEM Disaster Medicine Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

9:30-11:00am SAEM/ABEM Ex. Committee Meeting Ex. Board Room (6th Level) 

11:30am-1:00pm SAEM Faculty Development Committee Meeting Tower Room 1401 (14th Level) 

1:00-2:00pm SAEM Development Committee Meeting Tower Room 1207 (12th Level) 

1:00-2:30pm SAEM Evidence Based Medicine Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1403 (14th Level) 

1:00-2:30pm SAEM CBAPO Task Force Meeting Tower Room 1401 (14th Level) 

1:00-5:00pm 

ADIEM Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in 

Emergency Medicine- Business Meeting 


2:00-3:00pm SAEM External Collaboration Committee Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12 Level) 

2:00-3:00pm SAEM International Outreach TF Meeting Tower Room 1402 (14th Level) 

2:00-3:30pm SAEM Academic Informatics Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1404 (14th Level) 

2:30-3:30pm SAEM Trauma Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1403 (14th Level) 

5:00-6:00pm SAEM Neurologic Emergencies Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1407 (14th Level) 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – Affiliated Meetings 

8:00am-5:00pm Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials Nett Collaborative Meeting Tower Room 1408 (12th Level) 

9:00am-12:00pm EMRA BOD meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

1:30-2:30pm EMRA Committee Chair/Vice Chair Orientation Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

1:30-2:30pm EMRA Regional Representative Committee Tower Room 1205 (12th Level) 

1:30-5:30pm EMRA Medical Student Governing Council Tower Room 1206 (12th Level) 

2:30-3:00pm EMRA Conference Committee Orientation Meeting Augusta Room 3 (7th Level) 

3:00-4:00pm EMRA Reference Committee Public Hearing Augusta Room 3 (7th Level) 

3:00-6:00pm National HIV Testing Consortium Meeting Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

4:00-5:00pm EMRA Reference Committee Work Meeting Augusta Room 3 (7th Level) 

4:00-5:30pm EMRA Quiz Show Contest PT-200 Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

4:00-6:00pm EMCREG-International Steering Committee- By Invitation Only Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

6:30-9:30pm U of M Society for Academic EM Dinner - By Invitation Only PT-200 Conference Room 2-3 (7th Level) 


daily schedule – thursday, May 16, 2013 

7:00 - 9:30 am 

Other Session 

• Resident Leadership Forum: in AM joint session/ 

PT-200 Conference Room 2 

8:00 - 8:50 am 

Didactics 

• LGBT Health: Educating EM Physicians to Provide Equitable and 

Quality Care. Academy Sponsored - ADIEM/ International B 

Paul Krieger MD, Joel Moll MD, Thea James MD, 

Ellen Slaven MD, Ted Corbin MD 

• Future Directions in Electrocardiography in Acute Coronary 

Syndromes/International C 

Stephen Smith MD 

• Choosing a High-Impact Resident or Student Quality Improvement 

Project and Getting it Published/Plaza Ballroom A 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS, John J. Kelly DO, FACEP, 

Arjun Venkatesh MD, MBA 

• Careers & Opportunities at the CDC/Plaza Ballroom B 

Kevin Munjal MD, MPH, David Sugerman MD, MPH, 

Samuel Graitcer MD 

8:00 - 9:00 am 

Innovations 

• Didactics Spotlight/Presentation # 8-11/ Atlanta H 

Abstracts 

• Geriatrics/Presentation #304-307/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Christopher R. Carpenter MD 

• Clinical Efficiency/Presentation #324-327/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Tom Scaletta MD 

• Atrial Fibrillation/Presentation # 328-333/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Richard Summers MD 

• IV Access/Presentation # 334-339/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Alexander T. Limkakeng 

• Disaster Management/Presentation # 340-344/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Richard Zane MD 

8:00 - 10:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Sepsis/Presentation #308-315/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Emanuel Rivers MD, MPH 

• Therapeutic Hypothermia/Presentation #316-323/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Stephen Trzeciak MD 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Innovations 

• Innovations Exhibits/Presentation # 1-7, 11/200 Gallery -level 6 

Posters 

• Presentation # 366-490/200 Gallery -level 6 

Innovations Exhibits and Posters will be attended by 

authors from 10:00am-12:00pm 


• SIM Academy Business Meeting/PT-200 Conference Room 4 

8:00am-12:00pm (7th Level) 

8:00-8:30am Simulation Academy Board 

8:30-10:00am Simulation Academy Business Meeting 

10:00am-12:00pm Didactic / Q&A Panel on Educational 

Statistics 

• CDEM Business Meeting/PT-200 Conference Room 5 

8:00-9:00am Business Meeting / Awards 

9:00-11:00am CORD Highlights 

Milestones for Medical Students 

SLOR Update 

National Exam vs CDEM Exam 

11:00am-12:00pm Networking Fair: 

CDEM Initiatives Fair: CDEM Self-study 

Modules 

Twitter 

CDEM newsletter 

Exam 

• AGEM Business Meeting/Vinings II 

8:00 - 9:00am AGEM Business Meeting 

9:00 - 10:00am Oncologic Emergency Medicine: 

An Emerging Subdiscipline? 

10:00 - 11:00am Working with Your Institution to 

Geriatricize Your ED 

11:00am - 12:00pm Seeking Grant Support from Foundations: 

Understanding Mission-Driven Philanthropy 

• GEMA Business Meeting/Vinings I 

8:00 - 9:30am GEMA Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony 

9:30 -10:30am GEMA Global EM Fellowships Showcase 

10:30 -10:45am 2013 AEM Consensus Conference Highlights 

10:45 -11:00am Break/Refreshments 

11:00am -12:00pm How to Get Global EM-related 

Endeavors Published? 

9:00 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• Disparities & Diversity in Emergency Medicine: SAEM - 

Where Are We Now? Academy Sponsored -ADIEM/International B 

Sheryl Heron MD, MPH, Marcus Martin MD, 

Michelle Biros MS, MD, Lynne Richardson MD 

• Harnessing the Emergency Medicine Perspective: Emphasizing 

Key Differences Between Adult and Pediatric Chief Complaints 

to Enhance Resident Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine/ 

International C 

Jeffrey Hom MD, MPH, Robert Cloutier MD, MCR 

• The War on MRSA: Lessons for Success in Planning, Funding, and 

Executing Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases/Plaza Ballroom B 

Daniel Pallin MD, MPH, Jeremiah Schuur MD, MS, David Talan MD 

9:00 - 10:00 am 

Innovations 

• Technology Spotlight/Presentation # 12-15/Atlanta H 

Abstracts 

• Abdominal Pain in Adults/Presentation # 356-360/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Brigitte M. Baumann MD, MSCE 

• Sickle Cell Management in the Emergency Department/ 

Presentation # 361-365/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Jeffrey A. Glassberg MD 

• Out of Hospital Telemedicine/Presentation # 345-348/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Steven Horng MD 

• Anticoagulants/Presentation # 349-352/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel K. Nishijima MD 

• AEM Consensus Conference on Global Health/ 


Moderator: Jon Mark Hirshon MD 



thursday, May 16, 2013 

9:00 - 10:20 am 

Didactics 

• The Inside Scoop: Background Information and Tips on Using the 

Large National Datasets Provided by NCHS and HCUP, including 

NHAMCS and NE/Plaza Ballroom A 

Lisa Schweigler MD, MPH, MS, Brendan Carr MD, MS 

Linda McCaig MPH, Ryan Mutter PhD, 

Stephen Pitts MD, MPH, Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA 

10:00 - 11:20 am 

Didactics 

• Navigating the AMA Discharge - Case Studies/International B 

Mark Clark MD, James Adams MD 

• The Great Pediatric Sedation Debate!/International C 

Amy Drendel DO, MS, Frank Petruzella MD, Patrick Solari MD, 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS, Robert Kennedy MD 

• Minimizing the Pain of Maximizing Pain Relief: Strategies for 

Emergency Physicians To Treat Pain Safely/Plaza Ballroom B 

Lewis Nelson MD, Jeanmarie Perrone MD, Edward Boyer MD, PhD, 

Robert Hendrickson MD 

10:00 am - 2:00 pm 

Other Session 

• Resident Leadership Forum: Chief Resident Forum Track (Lunch)/ 

International E-F 

• Resident Leadership Forum: Resident Academic Track 

International D 

10:30 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• Can We Trust Clinical Practice Guidelines?/Plaza Ballroom A 

Eddy Lang AB, Michael Brown MD, MSc, Francis Fesmire MD, 

Clifton Callaway MD, PhD 

11:30 am - 12:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Challenging the Physician-Patient Relationship: Negotiating 

Deception, Manipulation, and Medical Mistakes/International B 

Joel Moll MD, Jean Abbott MD, MPH, 

Tammie Quest MD, Mark Clark MD 

• We All Make Mistakes - But What Do You Do Afterwards?/ 


Robert Wears MD, MS, PhD, Kathleen Lanava MD, Albert Wu MD, 

MPH, Terry Fairbanks MD, MS 

• Building Blocks for Establishing Hospital-Based Violence 

Intervention Programs in (Your) Emergency Departments/ 

Plaza Ballroom B 

Thea James MD, Theodore Corbin MD, Rochelle Dicker MD 

12:00 - 12:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Optimizing Electronic Health Records in an Academic Emergency 

Department: The Administrative and Informatics Perspective/ 

Plaza Ballroom A 

Daniel Handel MD, MPH, Kevin Baumlin MD, Nicholas Genes MD, 

PhD, Mark Moseley MD, MHA 

12:00 - 1:00 pm 

Innovations 

• Medical Student Spotlight/Presentation # 3, 16-18 /Atlanta H 

Abstracts 

• Milestones in Training/Presentation # 491-494/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Christopher Ross MD 

• Patient Communication/Presentation #495-498 /Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA 

• Geriatric Trauma/Presentation # 499-502 /Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Timothy F. Platts-Mills MD 

• Ischemic Conditioning/Presentation # 503-506 /Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH 

• Emergency Department Quality/Presentation # 507-512 /Atlanta A 

Moderator: Arjun K. Venkatesh MD 

• Undergrad Education/Presentation # 513-518 /Roswell 1 

Moderator: Lorraine Thibodeau MD 

• Prehospital CPR/Presentation # 519-524 /Roswell 2 

Moderator: Jane Brice MD 

2:00 - 3:00 pm 

Keynote 

Thomas Frieden, Director 

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

3:30 - 5:00 pm 

Plenary 

• Presentations # 1-7/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

Moderator: David Cone MD 

• Voices from the Past Informing the Future of Academic 

Emergency Medicine: Brian Zink MD/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

5:30 - 7:00 pm 

Event 

• Opening Reception and Gallery of Excellence/Grand Atrium 



thursday, May 16, 2013 

Thursday, May 16, 2013 – SAEM and Committee/Task Force/Academy Interest Group/Board Meetings 

7:30-8:00am PC Daily Meeting International Room H (7th Level) 

8:00-9:00am SAEM Consultation Services Committee Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

8:00-10:00am Ex. Leadership of EM Organizations-By Invitation Only Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm AEM CC 2014 Planning Meeting Tower Room 1205 (12th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm AGEM Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine-Business Meeting Vinings Room II (6th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm CDEM Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine -Business Meeting PT-200 Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm GEMA Global Emergency Medicine Academy-Business Meeting Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm SIM Simulation Academy - Business Meeting PT-200 Conference Room 4 (7th Level) 

9:00-10:30am SAEM Public Health Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1207 (12th Level) 

10:30-11:30am SAEM ED Crowding Interest Group & Clinical Directors 

Interest Group Meeting 

Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

11:00am-12:00pm SAEM EM Medical Education Research IG Meeting Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

11:00am-12:30pm SAEM Research Committee Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

11:00am-12:30pm SAEM Research Directors Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1206 (12th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm SAEM EMS Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm SAEM Medical Toxicology Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1205 (12th Level) 

12:00-1:30pm AEM Reviewers Lunch International Room H (7th Level) 

12:30-1:30pm SAEM Health Services & Outcomes Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1404 (14th Level) 

12:30-2:00pm SAEM Grants Committee Meeting Tower Room 1206 (12th Level) 

1:00-2:00pm SAEM Pediatric EM Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

5:00-7:00pm International EM Fellowship Consortium Meeting Tower Room 1206 (12th Level) 

6:00-10:00pm AACEM Dinner-By invitation Only Commerce Club 

Thursday, May 16, 2013 – Affiliated Meetings 

8:00-8:30am EMRA Rep. Council Welcome Breakfast & Registration Augusta Room 1-2 (7th Level) 

8:00am-5:00pm AAEM/RSA Board of Directors Meeting Tower Room 1408 (12th Level) 

8:00am-5:00pm CORD Committee Meetings Tower Room 1403 (12th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm Physio-Control Usability Interviews- By Invitation Only Tower Room 1402 (12th Level) 

8:30am-12:00pm EMRA Rep Council Meeting & Town Hall Augusta Room 1-2 (7th Level) 

10:30-11:30am ACEP Joint Milestones Task Force Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

11:00am-2:00pm WestJEM Advisory Board and Educational Meeting - By Invitation Only Tower Room 1406 (12th Level) 

11:30am-2:00pm ABEM/ACEP Officer’s Meeting Executive Boardroom (6th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm EMRA Rep Council Lunch Augusta Room 3 (7th Level) 

12:00-1:30pm ACEP Research Forum Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

12:00-2:30pm Emergency ID Net Investigators Meeting -By invitation only Tower Room 1207 (12th Level) 

1:30-3:30pm EMRA International Committee Augusta Room 1 (7th Level) 

1:30-3:30pm EMRA Health Policy Committee Augusta Room 2 (7th Level) 

1:30-3:30pm EMRA Research Committee Meeting Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

1:30-3:30pm EMRA Critical Care Committee Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

1:30-3:30pm EMRA Technology Committee Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA Awards Committee Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA EMS Committee Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA Wilderness Medicine Committee Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA EM Resident Advisory Committee Meeting Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA Education Committee Meeting Augusta Room 1 (7th Level) 

3:30-5:30pm EMRA Ultra Sound Committee Meeting Tower Room 1207 (12th Level) 


daily schedule – friday, May 17, 2013 

8:00 - 8:50 am 

Didactics 

• Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Exposure: How Much is 

Too Much?/International B 

Jennifer Marin MD, MSc, Angela Mills MD, 

Kimberly Applegate MD, MS 

• Preventing Opioid Analgesic Overdose Among ED Patients/ 


Edward Boyer MD, PhD, Kavita Babu MD 

• Educational Portfolio: Your Secret Weapon for Promotion/ 

Academy Sponsored - CDEM/International E-F 

Corey Heitz MD, Gloria Kuhn DO, PhD, Douglas Ander MD 

8:00 - 9:00 am 

Innovations 

• Oral Presentations/Presentation #19-22/Atlanta H 

Abstracts 

• Pain Management/Presentation #525-528/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Sergey M. Motov MD 

• Patient Informed Consent/Presentation #536-539/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH 

• Academic Emergency Medicine/Presentation # 540-545/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Susan Promes MD 

• Novel Cardiovascular Ideas/Presentation #546-551/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Chad E. Darling MD 

• Injury Prevention/Presentation #552-557/ Roswell 1 

Moderator: Megan Ranney MD 

• Emergency Department Discharge/ 

Presentation #558-563/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Ziad Obermeyer MD 

8:00 - 9:20 am 

Didactics 

• Informed Consent in Emergency Research - Pitfalls and Practical 

Pearls. Academy Sponsored - AGEM/International D 

Ula Hwang MD, MPH, Adit Ginde MD, MPH, 

Jin Han MD, MSc, Lynne Richardson MD 

8:00 - 10:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Ultrasound/Presentation # 529-535/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: David J. Blehar MD 

Other Session 

• EuSEM Session/PT-200 Conference Room 3 

Overcrowding in EDs: What Are the Solutions in Europe? 

Eric Revue 

Organisation of STEMI Care: What Is the Difference between 

USA and Europe? 

Abdel Bellou 

Evolution of Mortality of Acute Heart Failure in Europe : 

Said Laribi 

Policy on Quality Metrics in Emergency Medicine in Europe : 

Nathalie Flacke 


8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Innovations 

• Innovations Exhibits/Presentation #23-28/200 Gallery -level 6 

Poster Session 

• Presentation #155, 236, 594-717/200 Gallery -level 6 

Innovations Exhibits and posters will be attended by 

authors from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 


• AWAEM Business Meeting/Vinings II 

• AEUS Business Meeting/Vinings I 

8:00 am - 1:00 pm 


• SIM WARS/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

8:00 am - 3:00 pm 


• Residency & Fellowship Fair/Grand Atrium 

• Junior Faculty Forum/PT-200 Conference Room 5 

9:00 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• Mapping the Path for Current and Future Research for Safe, 

Effective, and Appropriate Trauma Imaging/International B 

Kaushal Shah MD, Michael Gibbs MD, Ian Stiell MD, 

Eric Legome MD, Ali Raja MD, MPH, MBA 

• Good to Great: Effective Feedback to Learners with Difficulties. 

Academy Sponsored - CDEM/International E-F 

Sorabh Khandelwal MD, Marcia Perry MD, 

Sally Santen MD, PhD, Lalena Yarris MD, MCR 

9:00 - 10:00 am 

Innovations 


Abstracts 

• Frequent Emergency Department Users/ 

Presentation #572-577/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Martin Reznek MD, MBA, FACEP 

• Neurology/Presentation # 578-583/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Edward Jauch MD, MS 

• Pediatric Decision Tools/Presentation #584-587/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Michele Nypaver MD 

• Geriatrics/Presentation #588-563/Roswell 2 

Moderator: James Miner MD 

• Pain Management/Presentation #564-567/ Atlanta B 

Moderator: Sergey M. Motov MD 

• Coronary Angiograph/Presentation # 568-571/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Judd Hollander MD 

9:00 - 10:20 am 

Didactics 

• Identifying the Value of Emergency Care in the 

Climate of Health Reform/International C 

Keith Kocher MD, MPH, MPhil, Arthur Kellermann MD, MPH, 

Brent Asplin MD, MPH, Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS, 

Adam Sharp MD, MS 


friday, May 17, 2013 

9:30 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• Models of Subspecialty Geriatric Emergency Departments. 

Academy Sponsored - AGEM/International D 

Kathleen Walsh DO, MS, Mark Rosenberg MD, Knox H. Todd MD 

10:00 - 10:50 am 

Didactics 

• Where is the Evidence III: Common Pediatric Infections in 

Emergency Medicine/International D 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS, Todd Florin MD, MSCE 

• Life and a Career in Global Health: Can You Have It All? 

Academy Sponsored - GEMA/ International E-F 

Bhakti Hansoti MD, Stephanie Kayden MD, MPH, 

Tracy Sanson MD, Bobby Kapur MD, MPH 

10:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Other Session 

• Best of CORD/International B 

10:30 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• Policy Change 101: A How-To Primer for Emergency Physicians/ 


Lauren Hudak MD, MPH, Megan Ranney MD, 

Art Kellerman MD, MPH, Sara Patterson MA 

11:00 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Pediatric 

Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/International D 

Mark Zonfrillo MD, MSCE, Rachel Bengtzen MD 

• The Top 10 Global Emergency Medicine Articles from 2012: 

Highlights from the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review. 

Academy Sponsored - GEMA/International E-F 

Gabrielle Jacquet MD, Adam Levine MD, MPH 

1:00 - 1:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Pediatric Airway Management in the 21st Century: 

Muddling to Mastery/International D 

Nathan Mick MD, Joshua Nagler MD, Aaron Donoghue MD 

• Controversies in Emergency Ultrasound: The Debate Rages On. 

Academy Sponsored - AEUS/ International E-F 

Christopher Raio MD, Andrew Liteplo MD, J. Christian Fox MD 

1:00 - 2:00 pm 

Innovations 


Abstracts 

• Electronic Medical Records/Presentation #718-721/Atlanta B 

Moderator: John P. Marshall MD 

• Cardiovascular Basic Sciences/ 


Moderator: Michelle Biros MS, MD 

• Geriatrics/Presentation #726-731/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Kevin Baumlin MD 

• Health Services Research/Presentation # 732-737/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Jesse M. Pines MD 

• Video Laryngoscopy/Presentation #738-743/Atlanta G 

Moderator: Ron Walls MD 

• Pediatric Trauma/Presentation #744-747/Roswell 1 

Moderator: Rakesh Mistry MD 

• New Ideas in Education/Presentation #748-752/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Kevin Rodgers MD 

1:00 - 2:20 pm 

Didactics 

• Inauguration of the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research/ 


Charles Cairns MD, Roger Lewis MD, PhD, 

Walter Korshetz MD, Scott Somers PhD 

1:00 - 3:00 pm 

• Hot Topics in Medical Education and Education Research/ 

International B 

2:00 - 2:50 pm 

Didactics 

• Child Abuse Pediatrics Research Update - New Innovations, New 

Best Practice/International D 

Daniel Lindberg MD, Philip Scribano DO, MSCE 

• Resident Education in Ultrasound: Meeting the Milestone. 

Academy Sponsored - AEUS/International E-F 

Nova Panebianco MD, MPH, Resa Lewiss MD, 

Saadia Akhtar MD, Jason Nomura MD 

2:00 - 3:00 pm 

Abstracts 

• Information Technology/Presentation #754-757/Atlanta B 

Moderator: D. M. Courtney MD 

• Markers and Treatment of Sepsis/ 


Moderator: Donald M. Yealy MD 

• Emergency Medical Services/ 

Presentation #762-765/Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Theodore R. Delbridge MD 

• Emergency Department Crowding/ 

Presentation #766-769/Atlanta G 

Moderator: James Holmes MD 

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases/ 

Presentation #770-775, 86/ Atlanta A 

Moderator: TBD 

• Health Services Research in Trauma/ 


Moderator: Brendan Carr MD 

• Residency Training/Presentation #782-788/Roswell 2 

Moderator: Christian Arbelaez MD 

3:30 - 5:00 pm 

Business Meeting - The Future of Health Care Reform and 

Implications for Emergency Medicine/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

4:30 - 6:30 pm 

Resident/Fellowship Fair/Grand Atrium 



friday, May 17, 2013 

Friday, May 17, 2013 – SAEM and Committee/Task Force/Academy Interest Group/Board Meetings 

7:00-8:00am SAEM Past Presidents, Breakfast Tower Room 1401 (14th Level) 

7:00-9:00am AEM Editorial Board Meeting Breakfast PT-200 Conference Room 1 (7th Level) 

7:30-8:00am PC Daily Meeting PT- Conference Room 2 (7th Level) 

8:00-9:00am SAEM Web Evolution Committee Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm AEUS Academy of Emergency Ultrasound-Business Meeting Vinings Room I (6th Level) 

8:00am-12:00pm AWAEM Academy for Women in 

Academic Emergency Medicine-Business Meeting 

Vinings Room II (6th Level) 

9:00-10:00am SAEM Resident & Student Advisory Committee Meeting Tower Room 1206 (12th Level) 

9:00-10:30am SAEM Ethics Committee Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

9:00-11:00am SAEM GME Committee Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th level) 

9:30-10:30am SAEM Awards Committee Meeting Tower Room 1204 (12th Level) 

10:00am-3:00pm 2014 PC Planning Meeting International Room A (7th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm SAEM Patient Safety Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1202 (12th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm SAEM Sports Medicine Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

12:00-2:00pm SAEM Foundation Board Luncheon-By Invitation Only Ex. Board Room (6th Level) 

12:00-2:00pm AWAEM Academy for Women in 

Academic Emergency Medicine-Luncheon 

PT- Conference Room 1-2 (7th Level) 

1:00-2:00pm SAEM Membership Committee Meeting Tower Room 1205 (12th Level) 

5:00-6:30pm AWAEM/AAWEP Reception PT-200 Conference Room 3 (7th Level) 

5:00-6:30pm SAEM Wilderness Medicine Interest Group Meeting Tower Room 1203 (12th Level) 

Friday, May 17, 2013 – Affiliated Meetings 

8:00am-1:00pm SIM WARS Plaza Ballroom A-B-C combined (10th Level) 

8:00am-5:00pm CORD Committee Meetings Tower Room 1403 (12th Level) 

8:00am-5:00pm Physio-Control Usability Interviews- By Invitation Only Tower Room 1402 (12th Level) 

8:00-10:00am ACEP Academic Affairs Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

8:30am-3:00pm EMRA BOD Meeting & Committee Updates Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 

10:00-11:30am ACEP-SAEM Research WG Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

12:00-1:00pm Janssen Product Theater International H (6th Level) 

12:30-2:00pm ACEP Research Committee Meeting Tower Room 1208 (12th Level) 

5:00-6:00pm CTSA Research Network Meeting PT-200 Conference Room 5 (7th Level) 

6:00-7:00pm EMRA Spring Awards Reception PT-200 Conference Room 1 & 2 (7th Level) 

5:30-7:00pm ACEP EMBERS’ Alumni Reception Tower Room 1207 (12th Level) 

Visit our Exhibitors in Peachtree Ballrooms (8th Level) 

• Thursday, May 16, 2013: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 


• Friday, May 17, 2013: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 


Coffee Break at 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm 


daily schedule – saturday, May 18, 2013 

8:00 - 8:50 am 

Didactics 

• Motivating Success: Conducting High Quality Behavioral 

Interventions for Addiction in Ed Patients - Lessons Learned From 

The Smart-Ed Multisite Trial/International B 

Cameron Crandall MD, Ryan McCormack MD, 

Alyssa Forcehimes PhD 

• Presentation Design - An Evidence-Based Approach to 

Creating Impactful, Effective Visual Aids/International G 

Malford Pillow MD, MEd 

8:00 - 9:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care/Presentation #809-814/Atlanta A 

Moderator: Richard Summers MD 

• Simulation in Emergency Medicine/ 

Presentation #815-820/Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Daniel Handel MD, MPH 

• Prescription and Abuse of Opiates/ 

Presentation #821-826/ Roswell 1 

Moderator: Steven B. Bird MD 

• Toxicology/Presentation #827-833/ Roswell 2 

Moderator: Kavita Babu MD 

8:00 - 9:20 am 

Didactics 

• The Hidden Science in Your Emergency Medicine Research: 

Gender-Specific Study Design and Analysis. 

Academy Sponsored-AWAEM /International C 

Esther Choo MD, MPH, Roger Lewis MD, PhD, 

Deborah Diercks MD, David Wright MD 

8:00 - 10:00 am 

Abstracts 

• Airway Management/Presentation #789-796/Atlanta B 

Moderator: Diane Birnbaumer MD 

8:00 - 11:30 am 

Abstracts 

• International Emergency/Presentation #797-808/ Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Charles Gerardo MD 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Other Session 

• SonoGames/Plaza Ballroom ABC 

9:00 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• SAEM AND EMF Grants: 

Opportunities and Submission Process/International B 

James Holmes MD, MPH, Mark Courtney MD, MSCI, 

Andrew Chang MD, MS, Comilla Sasson MD, MS 

• Deliberate Practice: A Learning Technique That 

Improves Mastery, Execution, and Retention of 

Medical Knowledge/International G 

Rodney Omron MD, MPH, Doug Franzen MD, M.Ed, 

Rahul Patwari MD 

9:30 - 9:50 am 

Didactics 

• Top 5 Plays of the Day: How Gender-Specific Medicine Impacts 

Men’s Health. Academy Sponsored-AWAEM/ International C 

Alyson McGregor MD, Frederico Vaca MD, MPH, Nina Gentile MD, 

Basmah Safdar MD, Neha Raukar MD, David Portelli MD 

10:00 - 10:50 am 

Didactics 

• NIH Individual Research Career Development (K) Awards: 

A Pathway to Research Independence/International B 

Jane Scott ScD, MSN, Lance Becker MD, 

Benjamin Abella MD, MS, Sean Collins MD, MSc 

• Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research: 

An Introduction to the EQUATOR Network and Implications 

for Emergency Medicine/International C 

Christopher Carpenter MD, MSc, Brian Hiestand MD, MPH, 

Zachary F. Meisel MD, MPH, MSc 

• Peer Mentoring: Enhancing Academic & Research Mentoring/ 

International G 

Stephen Cico MD, Med, Kelly Black MD, MSc, 

Joseph House MD, Cemal Sozener MD 

• Improve Your Teaching: Evidence-Based Teaching Workshop Using 

Articles That Will Change Your Teaching Practice/International H 

Sally Santen MD, PhD, Sue Farrell MD, Med, 

Robin Hemphill MD, MPH, Laura Hopson MD 

11:00 - 11:50 am 

Didactics 

• NHLBI K12 Research Career Development Programs in 

Emergency Medicine Research/International B 

James Holmes MD, MPH, Arthur Kellermann MD, MPH, 

Jane Scott ScD 

• Superstars of Social Media: How to Incorporate 

Social Media Into Teaching and Education/International C 

James Miner MD, Michelle Lin MD, Scott Joing MD, Sean Fox MD 

• Trauma and Teamwork: Lessons from Iraq/International G 

Martin Makela MD 

• Quantifying the Worth of My Publications for 

Promotions and Grants: The h-Index, m-quotient, Eigenfactor, 

and Other Measures of Academic Currency/International H 

Christopher Carpenter MD, MSc, Cathy Sarli MLS, AHIP 

Saturday, May 18, 2013 – Affiliated Meetings 

9:00am-12:00pm EMRA BOD Meeting Tower Room 1201 (12th Level) 



Maximize your time at the SAEM 2013 Annual Meeting: 

A guide for residents and medical students 

Winter has dragged on and on for many of us across the country. From 

the record snowfalls in the Northeast to the frigid temperatures in the 

Midwest, spring seems a little far off, even for those of us out West with 

ski slopes to enjoy the long winter! After all these cold months, SAEM 

couldn’t have picked a better place for our 2013 Annual Meeting than the 

Peach State, and ‘Hot-lanta’, as the locals affectionately call their capital 

city. The nickname might stem from the warm weather of the South 

or the exciting nightlife of Atlanta, but either way we have a lot to look 

forward to, and we haven’t even talked about the conference yet! Now, 

let’s focus on a few of the many stand-out conference sessions available 

to you at the 2013 meeting. 

Day 1, May 15, offers some excellent sessions from a professional and 

educational standpoint. Come be inspired by some former residents 

(also known as junior faculty) selected from a nationwide search for 

individuals who brought innovation and leadership to their respective 

programs as residents (“How to Become a Trailblazer: Perspectives from 

Resident Innovators” 3:00 pm.) If you are already thinking about what to 

do after residency, check out some of the fellowship-focused sessions – 

from critical care (“The Current State of Critical Care Training” 10:00 am) 

to EMS (“Advances in EMS Education” 11:00 am) to wilderness medicine 

(“Thriving in the Wilderness” 1:00 pm), there is something for every 

interest. 

Here’s hoping your after-hours activities on Day 1 didn’t run too late, 

as the session “Choosing a High-Impact Quality Improvement Project as 

a Resident or Student AND Getting it Published” at 8:00 am promises 

to provide maximum impact. All residents are required to engage in 

quality improvement and scholarly works, so why not learn to tackle 

both tasks simultaneously? Later in Day 2, “Challenging the Physician- 

Patient Relationship: Negotiating Deception, Manipulation and Medical 

Mistakes” will deal with some controversial and hard-hitting topics we 

will all face during our careers. And of course, don’t miss the keynote 

speaker, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the CDC, which can also be 

found right here in Atlanta. 

In the second half of the conference, we have some additional sessions 

that we think would be worthwhile for residents to attend. Let’s start 

with the sessions on Friday, May 17. Though we all like to sleep in to 

some degree, “Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Exposure: How Much 

is too Much?” promises to be worth waking up to attend at 8:00 am! At 

some point, a patient has asked you about the radiation exposure of all 

the studies you order, and this talk will address some of these concerns. 

Additionally, the 10:30 am didactic on “Policy Change 101: A How-To 

Primer for the Emergency Physician” should be of value to residents 

and students. In this day and age of graduate medical education cuts, 

trimming of costs from hospitals, and yet even more patients, it is 

important to be involved in the health policy debate. 

On the last day of the conference, there are a number of outstanding 

sessions. During residency (and beyond,) we will have to give a lecture 

or presentation on a topic. At 8:00 am, “Presentation Design: An 

Evidence-Based Approach” should help you with this important skill. 

And finally, we are all hearing more and more about Twitter, Facebook, 

LinkedIn, blogs, podcasts, and all other types of social media within EM. 

Wondering what in the world is a hashtag? Or, do you keep hearing about 

FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) and want to know what the big 

craze is about? One of the final sessions of the conference at 11:00 am 

is about incorporating social media into education. See how this new 

phenomenon is changing the way we learn and debate information. Also, 

be sure to check out SonoGames; either bring your own ultrasound team 

or be a spectator at the fight for sonographic supremacy! 

The SAEM Annual Meeting is the premiere event for the latest and 

greatest research within EM. No matter what sessions you choose 

to attend, you are bound to learn something that will help you in your 

practice. The more meetings you attend, the better you will be able to 

critically evaluate posters and didactics. Use this information that you 

gain to decide how to shape the way you practice EM. One of the authors 

of this article (BR) has been to 5 annual meetings already and feels 

strongly that the knowledge you will learn WILL shape your practice and 

put you on the cutting edge of EM. Another great reason to come to the 

meeting is for networking with your colleagues from across the country 

(and the world!) Virtually all of the interest groups hold meetings here, 

and you get to join one free with your membership! Additionally, all of 

the academies have their own meetings. For residents and students, the 

Residency & Fellowship Fair is a great place to network with program 

directors and other faculty/residents/fellows from individual programs. 

This is the best time to ask your questions and get a feel for the program 

before deciding to apply. The list of programs at the fair is published 

in advance - make sure you circle the ones you want to go to and have 

questions ready for them. You will be surprised by how friendly everyone 

is and how quickly you can catch someone’s eye or make a connection! 

In conclusion, the Annual Meeting is the face of the Society and all that 

it does over the course of the year. The Society is the only emergency 

medicine organization that represents all residents in every program 

throughout the country as THE academic society in emergency medicine. 

It is worth attending as a student or resident at a minimum once. In 

addition to all of the great academic material you will learn, you will have a 

great time! Between the social events, experiencing Atlanta, and gaining 

knowledge, it will be a great conference and we look forward to seeing 

many of you here. And, of course, to those unable to attend because they 

are staffing our emergency departments, we thank you too! 

Brett Rosen MD – member, Resident and Student Advisory Committee 

Marie Vrablik MD – co-chair, Resident and Student Advisory Committee 


SAEM 2013 Annual Meeting Didactic Presentations 

May 14 - 18, Atlanta, GA 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15th 

The Role of Electroencephalography and of Reduced Lead EEG in 

the Emergency Department. 

DS001 – Peachtree A & B 

Session Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:00 - 8:50 am 

Historically, EEG has been used in the emergency department setting on a 

limited basis when prompted by neurological consultants. Dr. Brenner has been a 

proponent of the use of EEG with reduced lead to diagnose nonconvulsive status 

epilepticus. Dr. Michelson has pursued the use of EEG in the recognition of stroke. 

He will also review the recent literature and current trials on quantitative EEG 

in assessment of traumatic brain injury. Together, they are studying the use of 

reduced lead EEG in a multicenter trial. They will each review the indications and 

limitations of reduced lead EEG in the emergency department setting. 

Objectives: At the completion of this session, participants should be able to 

recognize the indications for reduced lead EEG use in the ED and be aware of the 

limitations of its interpretations. 

Jay Brenner MD – submitter, presenter 

SUNY-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 

Ed Michelson MD - presenter 

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 

How to Effectively Supervise and Teach Residents: Entrustment 

and Autonomy 

DS002 – Peachtree C 


The purpose of residency is to train residents to manage patients independently 

while the role of the attending faculty varies in supervision and allowing 

autonomy. This concept has been termed entrustment (ten Cate, 2006). This is 

the key to Entrustable Professional Activities which further delineate the new EM 

Milestones. As residents progress along the milestones, the role of the supervising 

physician is to facilitate incremental increase in responsibilities of patient care 

to residents with concurrent reduction in clinical oversight. Entrustment varies 

based on attending factors (experience, confidence), resident factors (level of 

training, characteristics), patient factors (severity of illness, complexity) and 

environment (volume, service expectations). In this session, we will discuss 

how leveraging entrustment can create an effective learning environment. We 

will explore resident perceptions of autonomy, the learning environment, and 

strategies for faculty to enhance resident learning within this framework. The 

workshop will be highly interactive, requiring participants to use and understand 

resident supervision and autonomy, review their own current practice, and then 

apply new techniques to their clinical teaching. This session will start with short 

didactic presentation and large group discussion to understand entrustment and 

autonomy. We will then incorporate facilitated small group discussions to further 

understand the concepts and develop ways to improve each participant’s ability to 

engage with a resident at an appropriate level of supervision and autonomy. Small 

group facilitators: Nadia Juneja, Robin Hemphill, Felix Ankel, and Sheryl Heron. 

Objectives: At the completion of this session, participants should be able to: 

1. Describe the factors affecting autonomy, 

2. Demonstrate the ability to navigate the barriers to entrustment, 

3. Appropriately facilitate resident autonomy and grant-trainee-suitable 

entrustment of patient care to enhance resident education while maintaining 

appropriate supervision. 

Sally Santen MD, PhD – submitter, presenter 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

Ben Bassin MD - presenter 


Katie Saxon MD - presenter 


Meg Wolff MD - presenter 


In the Middle: Non-Physician Providers in the Emergency Department 

DS003 – Peachtree D 


There are an increasing number of non-physician providers (NPs and PAs) 

working in academic and community emergency medicine departments. Many 

departments may have initially turned to non-physician providers as a way 

to increase staffing and provide direct patient care. Some departments have 

integrated the non-physician providers fully into their academic structure and 

mission. These providers are now responsible for resident and student education, 

research and professional development in addition to their duties of patient care. 

Just like physicians, they must balance the demands on their time and chart a 

course for career advancement. We will examine the evolution of opportunities 

for non-physician providers in the emergency department and illustrate how 

non-physician providers can become an integral part of an academic emergency 

medicine department. There will also be a discussion for non-physician providers 

on where to turn for resources for career development. 


1. Define current and future roles for non-physician providers in academic 

emergency medicine. 

2. Discuss the challenges and rewards of integration of non-physician providers 

in emergency departments. 

3. Review resources for education and integration of non-physician providers. 

Henderson McGinnis MD - submitter 

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC 

Jeff Hinshaw PA - presenter 

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC 

Randy Howell DO, FACOEP - presenter 

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 

Development of Clinical Decision Instruments 

in Emergency Medicine 

DS004 – Peachtree E 


Decision Instruments (DIs) allow for safe, effective diagnostic test utilization 

with resource savings and other notable benefits, such as decreased radiation 

exposure. The following topics will be discussed: 1) Choice of DI topics (how 

to choose appropriate topics for a DI), 2) Basics of DI study design (derivation 

and validation techniques), 3) Study methodology including controlling for bias 

(especially work-up bias), and 4) Statistical concepts (sample size, recursive 

partitioning vs. logistic regression). During the first 36 minutes, presenters will 

discuss the above topics in three 12 minute Power-point presentations. During the 

last 14 minutes, the moderator will summarize the discussion and lead a question 

and answer session. 

Objectives: On completion of the session, participants should be able to: 

1. Describe the utility of DIs and how to choose a topic for DI development. 

2. Describe the basics of DI study design. 

3. Define the need for controlling elements of bias4: Discuss basic statistical 

concepts inherent in DI methodology. 

Robert Rodriguez MD – submitter, presenter 

UCSF, San Francisco, CA 

James Holmes MD - presenter 

UC Davis Dept of Emergency Med, Davis, CA 

Nate Kuppermann MD, PhD - presenter 

UC Davis, Davis, CA 

William Mower MD, PhD - presenter 

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 

ED-based Critical Care Resident Rotations & 

Experiences as Opportunities for Teaching 

Critical Care in the Emergency Department 



Critical Care has long been a major part of Emergency Medicine. For the most 

part clinical critical care has been taught by inpatient intensivists on inpatient 

ICU’s with the expectations the methods and techniques would be naturally 

transitioned to the ED. Due to many factors including increasing numbers of 

Emergency Intensivists on residency faculties providing bedside teaching of 

critical care techniques has expanded. While inpatient ICU experiences are still 


*Disclaimer: Didactics are placed in the program how they were submitted to SAEM.

of value in resident education programs are now creating ED-based critical care 

rotations. This session will provide results of a survey of programs on the current 

use of both inpatient and ED-based critical care education. Panelists will present 

2 current ED-based critical care rotation designs describing the educational 

methods and resident responses to the courses. After the panelist’s presentation 

there will be time for questions from the audience about the survey results and the 

courses described as well as the potential evolution for this type of experience in 

other programs. 

Objectives: At the completion of this session participants should be able to: 

1. Describe the current critical care education methods reported in the survey of 

residency programs. 

2. Describe the emerging use of ED-based clinical critical care rotations and 

experiences in resident education. 

3. Define the facilities and resources needed to establish ED-based critical care 

rotations. 

4. Demonstrate how to create ED-based critical care experiences without a 

dedicated ED critical care unit. 

Kevin Ferguson MD - submitter 

University of Florida., Gainesville, FL 

Lillian Emlet MD - presenter 

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

Robert Sherwin MD, FACEP, FAAEM - presenter 

Sinai Grace Hospital/Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI 

Scott Wiengart MD - presenter 

Sinai School of Medicine & Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, NY 

Not Another Boring Lecture: Five Ways to Spice Up Your 

Didactics! 



This session will challenge participants to branch out of their comfort zone by 

demonstrating and encouraging the use of modern instruction. Learners only 

retain 10-30% of what they hear in standard lectures often because little attention 

is paid to learning theories and principles of instructional design that promote 

improved attention and knowledge retention. During the session, participants will 

participate in several methods of interactive teaching that demonstrate dynamic 

opportunities for the teacher to engage the learner. These will include the flipped 

classroom methods, slide presentation principles framed within Richard Mayer’s 

cognitive theory of multimedia learning, embedding active learning in the lecture 

format, and innovative lecture techniques. At the completion of the session, 

participants will be able to incorporate new teaching methods into their practice. 

Due to the interactive nature of this workshop there will be 4 facilitators: Robin 

Hemphill, Ben Bassin, Mary Jo Wagner and Philip Shayne. 


1. Recognize examples of less effective instruction 

2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of modern learning theories and their role 

in instructional design 

3. Employ new teaching tools effective for their environment. 

Margaret Wolff MD - submitter, presenter 


Mary Jo Wagner MD – presenter 

Central Michigan University, Saginaw, MI 

Sally Santen MD, PhD - presenter 


Stacey Poznanski MD - presenter 

Wright State University, Dayton, OH 

Impact of the 2010 AHA Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Guidelines: 

Assessing Knowledge Translation & Implementation 



In 2010 AHA and ILCOR published guidelines that advocated implementation of 

comprehensive post-cardiac arrest care, including therapeutic hypothermia, 

to improve outcomes after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation research has surged 

in the last decade explicitly because the results of two randomized controlled 

trials showed that the application of mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac 

arrest positively influenced neurologic outcomes. Now over two years since the 

2010 Guidelines, the impact on systems of care remains largely unknown and 

highly variable. Numerous factors play roles in the acceptance and adherence to 

published guidelines, including 1) individual knowledge of such recommendations 

and 2) institutional expertise, experience (patient volume), and resources. 

In the US, there are several different models of post-arrest care, from the 

multidisciplinary, on-call team approach to a protocol-driven order set initiated 

upon admission to the intensive care unit. Emergency Medicine physicians 

are uniquely positioned as experts in emergency care to resuscitate patients 

suffering both in- and out of hospital cardiac arrest. As such, knowledge of current 

guidelines and appreciation for potential limitations to their implementation may 

improve our ability to initiate comprehensive post-arrest care and advocate in 

the best interest for our patients. Evidence-based recommendations for postarrest 

care will be reviewed though specific management techniques will not 

be discussed. The conversation will incorporate a discussion of future research 

directions within cardiac resuscitation as pertaining to the guidelines. 


1. Discuss the concept of comprehensive post-cardiac arrest care and the general 

evidence-based goals as laid out in the 2010 Guidelines 

2. Identify the variations in implementation of the 2010 Guidelines in the US 

3. Describe limitations to knowledge translation and developing systems of care 

for cardiac arrest 

4. Identify future research directions within cardiac resuscitation 

Kelly Sawyer MD, MS – submitter, presenter 

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 

Teresa Camp-Rogers MD, MS - presenter 

UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 

Michael Kurz MD, MS-HES - presenter 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

Introduction to Statistics 



To succeed in research and academia, a fundamental knowledge of important 

statistical concepts is a necessity. This knowledge will allow investigators to plan a 

sound research study, develop testable hypotheses, choose appropriate analytical 

methods, and determine the feasibility of performing a study in a given population 

and setting. In this session, Dr. Lewis will discuss introductory statistical topics 

such as types of data, common statistical tests, p values, confidence intervals, 

and sample size and power calculations. An overview of subgroup analysis, interim 

data analysis, and intention to treat will also be provided. Through discussion of 

these concepts at this session, attendees will increase their understanding of 

statistical concepts and will be able to apply this knowledge to their research and 

practice. 

Objectives: 

1. Describe types of data, common statistical tests, p values, and confidence 

intervals 

2. Apply sample size and power calculations 

3.Distinguish subgroup analysis, interim data analysis, and intention-to-treat 

concepts 

Roger Lewis. Harbor MD, PhD – submitter, presenter 

UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 

The Current State of Critical Care Fellowship Training for 

Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates 


Session Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10 - 10:50 am 

Decades of effort to open Critical Care Training and certification to Emergency 

Physicians are culminating in rapid expansion of Fellowships and Certification 

Pathways. Currently ABEM and ABIM have defined a pathway to certification 

for Emergency Physicians who have completed a 2 year IM based program. 

Anesthesiology and Surgery are currently exploring and developing pathways for 

Emergency Physicians to complete Critical Care fellowships in their programs. 

This session will provide an update on these developments and provide insight 

to the curriculums of the various programs. A survey of current CCM programs 

accepting emergency physicians and current state of ABEM certification 

agreements will be presented by the moderator. Panelists consisting of Program 

Directors from Medicine, Anesthesiology and Surgery Fellowships that accept 

EP’s will make brief presentations on their current or planned curriculum, pathways 

to certification for their graduates and potential employment opportunities 

as emergency intensivists in their institutions or departments. After the panel 

presentations there will be a period of questions and answers from the audience 

to the panel. 

Objectives: 

1. Summarize the results of a recent survey of critical care fellowship directors 

regarding emergency physician applicants 


2. Describe the differences in the curriculums of anesthesia, medicine and 

surgery fellowships 

3. Identify the various pathways to certification for graduates of the various 

fellowships. 

4. Define the potential career options as emergency intensivists in their 

institutions and departments. 

Kevin Ferguson MD - submitter, presenter 

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

Andrea Gabrielli MD - presenter 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

Jay Menaker MD - presenter 

Univ. of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore MD 

Mike Winters MD - presenter 

University of Maryland, Baltimore MD 

Fulfilling the Residency Educational Mission at Independent 

Academic Medical Centers 


Session Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10 - 10:50 am 

Independent academic medical centers represent an important setting for the 

training of emergency physicians. Neither university-based departments of 

emergency medicine nor community hospitals serving as secondary training 

sites, independent academic hospitals are home to nearly one-third of accredited 

allopathic emergency medicine residency programs. This session will explore the 

unique challenges and opportunities that exist in training emergency medicine 

residents in the independent academic hospital setting. Dr. Katz will provide 

an overview of the common practice setting differences between universitybased 

and independent academic hospitals and their implications for residents 

and faculty in the independent academic environment. Dr. Garmel will describe 

the challenges and opportunities faced by faculty educating residents while 

working at an independent academic hospital, with specific focus on didactic and 

bedside teaching in this environment. Dr. Davenport will elucidate the challenges 

and opportunities for emergency medicine residents who train at independent 

academic hospitals, with specific focus on the clinical environment, the diversity 

of teaching faculty, and approaches for residents to maximize their academic 

preparation in this setting. Dr. Venkat will discuss the challenges and opportunities 

for resident scholarly activity in the independent academic environment, with 

specific focus on garnering resources for research and approaches to increasing 

scholarly productivity by residents in this setting as preparation for an academic 

career. The session will conclude with a question-answer session to further 

discuss the challenges and opportunities of residency education in this setting. 


1. Describe the challenges to training emergency medicine residents at 

independent academic medical centers, specifically within the categories of 

clinical practice, didactics, and scholarly activity. 

2. List ways to mitigate these challenges to advance the educational mission of 

residencies in independent academic hospitals. 

3. Describe the opportunities available for residents and faculty at independent 

academic hospitals. 

Arvind Venkat MD – submitter, presenter 

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 

Moira Davenport MD - presenter 


Gus Garmel MD - presenter 

Stanford/Kaiser Permanente, Palo Alto, CA 

Eric Katz MD - presenter 

Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 

Systems Milestones for Academic Programs: Moving from 

Novice to Expert 



The Next Accreditation System (NAS) is based in the Dreyfus Model of individual 

milestone development from novice to expert. A parallel development of 

milestones for systems can be created for academic programs when leaders 

manage the domains of autonomy, coping with complexity, and perceiving 

context. The workshop will be highly interactive, requiring participants to reflect 

on their programs and design elements of improvement in their academic program 

in a strategic fashion. This session will start with a short didactic presentation 

followed by a large group discussion. During the session participants will have 

the opportunity to reflect on the Dreyfus’ Model, work in small groups to 

develop a strategy that fits within the context of their institution’s culture, and 

develop a blueprint for moving academic programs towards the expert level. 

To allow for effective small group facilitated discussion, additional small group 

facilitators include: Stephanie Taft MD (Regions Hospital), Sheryl Heron MD 

(Emory University), Laura Hopson MD (University of Michigan) and Sam Hauff MD 

(University of Michigan). 


1. Describe the Dreyfus Model of novice, beginner, competent, proficient, and 

expert through the domains of autonomy, context, and complexity 

2. Reflect on systems milestones needed to develop expert programs 

3. Design a 10-point blueprint for system expertise to bring back to participants’ 

local programs 

Felix Ankel MD – submitter, presenter 

Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, MN 

Robin Hemphill MD - presenter 

National Center for Patient Safety, Veterans Health, Ann Arbor, MN 

Sally Santen MD, PHD - presenter 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MN 

Team Science in Research: What is the Role of 

Emergency Medicine? 



Whether the project is basic science or clinical research, the team approach to 

research is not only necessary but a competitive advantage. In these teams, 

each member contributes specific resources or areas of expertise to accomplish 

the goals of the project. Because EM is not disease specific, integrating EM 

investigators into a research team can be less intuitive than with other specialties. 

In the first part of this panel discussion, EM investigators who have been 

successful PIs of large multi-disciplinary proposals will share tactics and pitfalls 

associated with the EM investigator as team science PI. Topics covered will 

include methods for leading a team, seeking out researchers and study personnel 

from various disciplines, congealing the team, honing the approach, and keeping 

team members accountable for deliverables. During the second part of this panel 

discussion, experienced EM investigators will share examples of collaborations 

in which their involvement as Co-I was successful and those that were not. These 

examples will serve to outline a framework in which EM investigators generally 

contribute: a) access to patients; b) research infrastructure for enrollment of ED 

patients; and/or, c) intellectual expertise. Discussions will focus on negotiations 

of items such as academic credit, expected deliverables, consumption of research 

resources, and financial compensation. These experts will also provide examples 

of EM investigators who have developed an area of intellectual expertise that 

successfully integrates into research teams. In the conclusion of this presentation, 

the panel will present a list of general principals to guide EM investigators as they 

develop and contribute to research teams. 


1. Describe approaches for EM investigators to be successful research team 

leaders 

2. Conceptualize successful and unsuccessful arrangements when joining a 

research team as a co-investigator. 

3. Describe, with examples of successful teams involving EM investigators: 

a. Implementation of a clinical trials unit, 

b. Development of a multicenter federally sponsored clinical trial, 

c. Definition of an area of intellectual expertise as an EM investigator. 

Chadwick Miller MD, MS – submitter, presenter 

Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 

Roger Lewis MD, PhD - presenter 

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA 

Alan Storrow MD - presenter 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

Gregory Fermann MD - presenter 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 

Advances in EMS Education for Residents 



The American Board of Medical Specialties recently established Emergency 

Medical Services (EMS) as a sub-specialty of Emergency Medicine, recognizing 

that EMS comprises a distinct practice and fund of knowledge. Emergency 

Medicine residents have varied exposure to pre-hospital care and EMS systems 

depending on their training location and departmental priorities/resources. The 

SAEM EMS Interest Group and its EMS Curriculum Development Task Force have 

sought to continue to develop the new sub-specialty, cultivate the fertile ground 


for research, spark an interest in residents and students to pursue careers in 

EMS, and improve patient care in all phases of healthcare that interact with EMS 

by refining and further developing standard EMS curricula for EM residents and 

students. This session will begin with overview of, and commentary on, the Interest 

Group’s recommendations with a focus on resident education. The remainder of 

the session will be devoted to a discussion of how to implement and achieve these 

important educational objectives. Audience participation will be encouraged to 

create a vibrant discussion. Ideas raised in this session will be incorporated into 

the task force’s final report. 


1. Describe the current model of EMS education for residents; 

2. Describe EMS educational objectives for residents, as well as methods to 

achieve these objectives. 

Michael Hilton MD - submitter 


David Cone MD - presenter 

Yale University, New Haven, CT 

Jonathan Fisher MD, MPH - presenter 

Harvard University, Boston, MA 

Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH - presenter 


The Nonquantitative Aspect of Resident Training in the 

Community ED 



We all remember what it was like to be a resident: the long days and the hard nights, 

the feeling that maybe, perhaps, you missed something, the joy over successfully 

intubating. Faculty in turn takes great pride in enriching the experience. However, 

education is simply one piece of the resident-faculty interaction. Supervising 

residents on a clinical shift can have other intended and unintended consequences 

besides the creation of a positive learning environment. This session will explore 

the additional responsibilities community based academic emergency physicians 

encounter when residents are added into their departments. In particular topics 

to be presented will include 1) The financial costs of residents (Most affiliates 

now pay their salary) with a focus on the cost benefit of having a resident vs. midlevel 

provider as caregiver 2) the time demands for bedside teaching and how 

that influences physician coverage of other patients 3) the impact of residents 

on patient flow, patient satisfaction, and HCAHPs 4) the relationships between 

resident and medical staff, and resident and ancillary staff. 

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants should be able to: 

1. Identify both the positive and the negative aspects of having residents in 

community teaching EDs. 

2. Define the options available to resolve any adverse consequences, while at the 

same time enhancing the good aspects of a residency program. 

3. Describe how to establish programs and effectively communicate between 

residency directors and ED community faculty. 

Michael Hochberg MD – submitter, presenter 

Saint Peter’s University Hospital/Drexel, Saint Peter’s University Hospital/ 

Drexel, 

Al Sacchetti MD - presenter 

Our Lady of Lourdes 

Kevin Klauer MD - presenter 

EMP 

Chad Kessler MD - presenter 

Jesse Brown Hospital 

Thriving in the Wilderness: What Wilderness Medicine 

Fellowship Applicants and Directors Need to Know 


Session Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:00 - 1:50 pm 

Wilderness Medicine Fellowships are an increasingly popular means of gaining 

sub-specialty training in the provision of resource-limited medical care under 

austere conditions. Wilderness Medicine Fellows are trained through clinical 

and scholarly work at the nation’s major medical centers and in the planet’s most 

austere and remote environments. Following graduation, fellows contribute to 

the advancement of EM in a range of capacities: from starting new fellowships 

at leading academic medical centers, to teaching & providing clinical care on the 

slopes of Denali, the shores of post-tsunami Japan, and underserved areas of 

Africa. Fellowships produce scholars with active research careers funded by the 

NIH and other governmental sources. This panel discussion will provide emergency 

medicine residents with actionable data on how to assess advanced training 

options in wilderness medicine. We will describe how to create a vibrant research, 

clinical care, and teaching career as academic wilderness medicine specialist. 

We will provide a practical, pragmatic introduction to critical fellowship topics 

including: realistic goals for field experience, how to get started in wilderness 

medicine research, assessing research productivity and fit with applicant’s 

interests, key features of WM curriculum, and sources of WM expertise. 

Additional topics will include how to investigate potential WM field clinical care 

experiences, how to arrange synergistic interactions with other fellowships, and 

to highlight the benefits to EM residents and EM faculty provided by a vigorous 

WM Fellowship. Finally, we will discuss the creation and content of the unified 

national WM Fellowship Curriculum in the service of establishing ACGME/ABMS 

certification for wilderness medicine fellowships. 

Objectives: At the completion of this Panel, participants should be familiar 

with methods for assessing the quality and personal fit of advanced wilderness 

medicine training opportunities. They should be able to define the role of training 

in research, teaching, and clinical care expertise in advanced wilderness medicine 

practice. Additionally, this should provide directly applicable training on how 

academic EPs can establish a successful wilderness medicine fellowship. 

N. Stuart Harris MD, MFA 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 

Tracy Cushing MD, MPH 

University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 

Taking Advantage of the Teachable Moment: A Workshop for 

Efficient, Learner-Centered Clinical Teaching 



When working in a chaotic emergency department with competing priorities, 

clinical teaching may be sacrificed for the sake of patient flow and throughput. 

An organized, efficient approach to clinical teaching based upon constructivist 

educational theory helps focus the teaching on what the learner needs at that 

moment, incorporates regular feedback, keeps the department on track, and 

prevents over-teaching. In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss 

characteristics of ideal clinical teachers, the theoretical underpinnings of 

learner-centered education, and common barriers to effective clinical teaching. 

Learner-centered teaching models, such as the one-minute preceptor, SNAPPS, 

and L-CARE, will be compared. Videos illustrating examples of effective and 

ineffective teaching encounters will serve as a springboard for small group, 

case-based practice using the teaching models. At the end of this workshop, 

participants will be prepared to seize the teachable moment and provide timely 

and learner-centered clinical educational encounters. 


1. Discuss characteristics of ideal clinical teachers 

2. Recognize constructivist educational theory applied to learner-centered 

education 

3. Discuss barriers to effective clinical teaching 

4. Incorporate learner-centered teaching techniques into their clinical practice 

Todd Guth MD - submitter 

University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 

Elise Lovell MD - presenter 

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL 

Sneha Shah MD - presenter 

University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 

Mike Epter DO - presenter 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 

Investigator-Initiated Research Without an Existing Research 

Infrastructure: How to Succeed in Any Practice Setting 



The focus of Emergency Medicine research has changed dramatically in the last 30 

years. EM research has developed from a friendly homespun, investigator-initiated 

endeavor into a highly complicated competitive undertaking on a multimillion 

dollar national level. The NIH investment in emergency care research asks 

emergency physicians to identify research areas that aim at improving efficiency 

and resource utilization in our increasingly overburdened emergency care system. 

Physicians from every practice in Emergency Medicine play a critical role in this 

mission. But how can community based physicians and even those in academic 

centers without existing emergency medicine infrastructure accomplish this in 

our rapidly changing research landscape? Community-based academic medical 

centers, midway between university-based departments of emergency medicine 

and community hospitals without academic affiliation, frequently lack the 


esearch infrastructure of a university based institution. Even many university 

based programs lack sufficient infrastructure necessary to undertake seemingly 

basic research questions. The lack of institutional support as well as barriers to 

performing research can confound and overwhelm an unseasoned researcher. The 

speakers will address steps to facilitate study design, maximize data collection, 

and achieve support for research. 

Objectives: The objective of this didactic is to help faculty and residents learn 

the challenges and obstacles that face researchers in these settings, and various 

methods for dealing with them. At the end of this session, participants should be 

able to: 

1. Identify sources to assist in the development of research proposals. 

2. Identify the challenges in and find solutions for data collection and research 

assistants. 

3. Identify avenues for obtaining institutional and outside resources to conduct 

this research. 

John Cienki MD, MSPH – submitter, presenter 

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL 

Robert J Hoffman MD - presenter 

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 

Brigitte Baumann MD, MSCE - presenter 

Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ 

Judd Hollander MD - presenter 

Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

Asking the Question that Clinicians Want Answered Within an 

Adaptive Comparative Effectiveness Trial 



Our discussion of adaptive clinical trials will focus on a very specific class of 

flexible designs. Our use of the term adaptive refers to trials which make use of 

accumulating information from enrolled subjects to make changes in the conduct 

of the ongoing trial. Importantly, all of these changes are prospectively planned 

using extensive numerical simulation and sensitivity analyses. These designs 

can help the trial investigators concurrently accomplish important scientific 

and medical goals. In this session we will identify situations where specific types 

of adaptive clinical trial designs could be useful. In addition, we will situations 

in which adaptive designs may not be as useful or may even be less efficient. 

Adaptive trials offer potential benefits in improving trial efficiency (smaller 

trials which are more likely to be successful) that must be balanced against the 

additional complexities (extensive up-front simulation work and the need to 

rapidly incorporate accumulating data from participants within the on-going trial). 

We will provide an overview of the key characteristics of high-quality adaptive 

clinical trial designs, with a specific example of a comparative effectiveness trial 

designed to determine which treatment or treatments to use for established 

status epilepticus. In the workshop, we will present a real example of a simulated 

trial (using statistical software package R – participants are encouraged to bring 

laptops with R loaded), and demonstrate potential strengths of using simulation in 

research planning. Finally, the panel discussion will focus on lessons learned from 

the trial design process and the attendee will learn about potential methods to 

enhance the efficiency of trial design. 

Objectives: The learner should be able to: 

1. Describe the taxonomy of adaptive clinical trial designs and areas where such 

designs may be useful. 

2. Describe the advantages of using numerical simulation in clinical trial design and 

encourage attendees to consider using these methods when designing clinical 

research 

3. Anticipate potential process issues within trial or research design and use 

best practices identified through ADAPT-IT to maximize the efficiency of the 

process. 

William Meurer MD, MS – submitter, presenter 


Jason Connor PhD - presenter 

Berry Consultants, Austin, TX 


Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 

From the Bleachers to the Sidelines: Careers and Opportunities 

in Sports Medicine 



Primary care sports medicine has traditionally been practiced by family medicine 

physicians, internists, and pediatricians, but the subspecialty has seen growth in 

emergency medicine in recent years as well. Emergency physicians offer a unique 

skill set and are well-positioned for success in sports medicine. With the proper 

training, experience, or special interest, there are a variety of opportunities in 

sports medicine available to the emergency physician. This session will discuss 

the role of the emergency physician in sports medicine, the current state of 

sports medicine fellowship training, and career paths and other opportunities for 

residents and practicing emergency physicians with or without fellowship training. 

Each speaker practices academic emergency medicine, clinical sports medicine, 

and team medicine in settings encompassing high school, college, and professional 

sports. Jeffrey Feden MD, will provide an overview of the subspecialty, options for 

fellowship training, and typical career paths (10 minutes). Daniel Garza MD, a team 

physician at Stanford University and Medical Director for the NFL’s San Francisco 

49ers, will highlight the role of the emergency physician in team medicine (10 

minutes). Moira Davenport MD, Associate EM Residency Director and sports 

medicine fellowship faculty member at Allegheny General Hospital will offer her 

perspective on balancing a career in academic emergency and sports medicine 

(10 minutes). The program will conclude with a panel discussion moderated by 

Dr. Feden, during which all three speakers will share their recommendations 

for pursuing sports medicine within the academic setting (15 minutes). A brief 

question and answer session will follow (5 minutes). 


1. Identify the fundamental practice of primary care sports medicine and routes of 

entry into the subspecialty; 

2. Define the role and unique qualifications of the emergency physician in sports 

medicine; 

3. Recognize the spectrum of career paths available to the fellowship-trained 

emergency physician; 

4. Identify areas of involvement for the interested resident or emergency 

physician without formal training. 

Jeffrey Feden MD - submitter, presenter 

Brown University, Warwick, RI 

Daniel Garza MD - presenter 

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 

Moira Davenport MD - presenter 


Creating a Successful Research Assistant Program in your 

Emergency Department 



Emergency medicine core faculty faces difficult demands on their time and often 

do not have the resources to initiate original research. Creating a team of research 

assistants (RAs) to enroll patients is a core part of succeeding at this mission. 

This session will describe two successful ways of accomplishing these goals: 

1) University-based Research Associates Program: this method is sometimes 

referred to as an Emergency Medicine Research Associates Program or EMRAP. 

In this approach, a group of motivated students are selected for a college credit 

program volunteer in the ED as RAs enrolling patients. The research associates 

program recruits college students though a competitive process involving an 

application and selected interviews. Those who are selected receive training in 

research ethics, HIPAA compliance, use of the electronic medical record (EMR) 

and live training on how to enroll patients into clinical study. These programs 

often make use of a permanent research coordinator to co-direct the program. 

It is estimated that as many as 20 of these programs exist around the US. This 

segment will provide insight in how to start such a program at your site.2) Funding 

salaried RAs through use of departmental funds and grants: this segment will 

discuss ways to fund salaried research associates, who are employees in the ED. 

Advantages of this approach include having longer-term RAs who require fewer 

episodes of training, and to allow them to be paid for their services. Requirements 

include establishing a long-term coordinator to run the program, and obtaining 

initial and steady-state funding, through a mix of grants and contracts from 

government, foundation and industrial sources. 

Objectives: Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to: 

1) Identify two ways to create a research associates team within an emergency 

medicine residency program. 

2) Describe the basic process of creating a program, as well as some of the pitfalls 

that may occur, as well as growing and maturing the program. 

Daniel Keyes MD, MPH – submitter/presenter 

University of Michigan EM Residency Program, Ann Arbor, MI 

Ed Panacek MD, MPH - presenter 

University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 

Judd Hollander MD - presenter 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

Daniel Pallin MD, MPH - presenter 



Real Strategies for Quasi-Experiments: 

How to Identify Causation Using Non-Randomized Data 



Many EM researchers are interested in determining whether an intervention 

(any event impacting subjects) has an effect on practice or patient outcomes. 

However, often it is not possible to do a true randomized, controlled experiment, 

usually because of feasibility or ethical issues. In general, non-randomized, 

non-controlled data need to be used cautiously when assessing the effect of an 

intervention, as internal validity may be compromised by a number of factors such 

as confounding, temporality, selection bias, diffusion of intervention effects, or 

regression to the mean. Quasi-experimental study designs and analytic methods 

minimize threats to internal validity using a variety of approaches. Some of the 

methods to be discussed are also applicable to the analysis of observational data, 

but the focus will be on how to work with data collected under circumstances 

where the researcher has control over the intervention but not necessarily over 

who is exposed. 


1. Describe principles of causal inference and related concepts 

2. Discuss a broad range of quasi-experimental study methods and determine 

whether and how to apply these methods to their own data and research 

questions 

3. Appreciate how quasi-experimental methods can be used to perform highquality 

EM research. 

Lisa Schweigler MD, MPH, MS – submitter, presenter 

Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 

Jason Haukoos MD, MSc - presenter 

University of Colorado/Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 

Christopher Kabrhel MD, MPH - presenter 

Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 

Is the Patient Safe? Assessing Procedural Competence 



Procedural skills involve a complex combination of cognitive and technical skills. 

The new ACGME milestones and potentially requirements for maintenance of 

certification are increasingly requiring that learners and practitioners be formally 

assessed for competency. In addition, assessment also provides an opportunity 

for feedback to enhance skill development. Both of these goals require use of 

effective and valid tools. This session will review the evidence supporting the use 

of various assessment modalities including self-assessment, direct-observation, 

use of non-physician evaluators, and simulation. It will also review available 

assessment tools such as the OSATS instrument. The session will cover issues 

related to determining the validity of an assessment and development of a toolbox. 

Through the use of case examples and small groups participants will practice use 

of common assessment instruments and strategies for their implementation. 

Due to the interactive nature of the small group sessions, additional facilitators 

may employed for these sections of the workshop including Samantha Hauff MD; 

Alyssa Bryant MD; Jeff Siegelman MD; and Jared Novack MD. 


1. Discuss the needs, benefits, and limitation of assessment of procedural 

competency 

2. Discuss the educational rationale behind assessment of skills 

3. Identify methods that optimize use of available resources to perform procedural 

assessment on trainees. 

4. Develop a plan to implement an assessment of procedural skills 

in a variety of scenarios 

Laura Hopson MD – submitter, presenter 


Suzanne Dooley-Hash MD - presenter 


Doug Ander MD - presenter 

Emory University, Atlanta, GA 

Ernest Wang MD - presenter 

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

How to Become a Trailblazer: Perspectives of Resident Innovators 



This novel session will be a moderated panel discussion including junior and senior 

faculty. Nominations for the panelists were solicited from program directors 

via the CDEM listserve. After reviewing the nominations and descriptions, the 

SAEM Resident & Student Advisory Committee voted for top candidates. Three 

speakers were selected to describe a change they implemented at their program 

– why it was needed, steps they took toward their goal, barriers they faced, and 

outcomes. The panelists include Dr. Karen Lind, Maimonides Medical Center, 

Dr. Shereaf Walid, Detroit Receiving Hospital, and Dr. Jon Heidt, Washington 

University. Each panelist will be allotted 15 minutes to discuss their innovation or 

leadership experience as a resident. Dr. Lind will discuss creating and pioneering 

the education fellowship at her institution, Dr. Walid will discuss his transformation 

of his program’s didactics, and Dr. Heidt will discuss his work on a national level as 

a resident advocate in curricular reform. The senior faculty, Dr. Carey Chisholm, 

Indiana University, serving as the expert on leading from within was selected 

by the Committee co-chairs due to his tenure as the longest-serving program 

director in EM and his commitment to innovation. He will be allotted 10 minutes in 

closing remarks on what makes a resident successful in implementing change. In 

the remaining 20 minutes participants will break into 3 groups led by each panelist 

to discuss steps residents can take to create change in the panelists areas’ of 

expertise: curricular reform, post-residency education and national committee 

involvement. Dr. Marie Vrablik will serve as the session moderator. 


describe a framework for promoting change and leading initiatives within a 

residency program or department. Participants should also have the opportunity 

to establish a network or identify a mentor for promoting specific changes to their 

respective programs related to the panelists’ experiences. 

Marie Vrablik MD – submitter, presenter 

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 

Carey Chisholm MD - presenter 

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 

Jonathan Heidt MD - presenter 

Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 

Karen Lind MD - presenter 

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 

Shereaf Walid MD - presenter 

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 

The Business of EM: Defining Productivity 



As EM physicians we are expected to perform a myriad of duties---the sum of 

which is meant to define us within the context of an EM department. Academic 

chairs are subsequently faced with the seemingly difficult burden to somehow 

determine how much someone is worth. The days of simply saying that we teach 

residents and therefore it equals 10 hours of protected time are long distant 

memories. Academic emergency departments face the same dilemma that every 

community organization faces: how to keep costs down and maximize profitability 

for not just the department but for the organization at large. Every hour must be 

accounted for, every academic obligation charted, and every clinical shift covered. 

Justifying a new full time employee or someone’s protected time requires combing 

through complicated formulas. Formulas which are meant to explain productivity. 

From a clinical standpoint, our productivity is measured in RVUs; each of which is 

generated from our procedures, our documentation, our level of billing and coding. 

Ascribing a Relative Value Unit to resident education, clerkship directorships, 

committee involvement, EMS oversight, and research (to name but a few of the 

roles we play) is a much trickier and more complicated recipe. A panel of academic 

administrators, chairs, and business leaders in EM will analyze and discuss how 

productivity is defined; how to potentially maximize one’s productivity; and what 

the potential impact of a tightening health care system will have on academic 

dollars. A short question and answer period will follow at the end of the panel 

presentation to allow for audience participation. 


1. Define productivity in terms of clinical and academic output. 

2. Identify the budget challenges academic departments face in the present and 

the future 

3. Promote how physicians can work collaboratively with administration to 

create a set of goals to ensure that both the academic and clinical mission of a 

department are met. 

Michael Hochberg MD – submitter, presenter 

Saint Peter’s University Hospital/Drexel, New Brunswick 

Brent King MD - presenter 

University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX 

Richard Zane MD - Presenter 

University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 

Kirsten Rounds RN, MS - Presenter 



An Introduction to Qualitative Methods 

in Emergency Medicine Research 



Qualitative research seeks to develop concepts to better understand complex 

social phenomena in natural settings. Qualitative study designs commonly use 

in-depth interviews, focus groups, and field observation. Qualitative methods are 

particularly relevant in emergency medicine, where research questions often have 

little existing research background and outcomes are difficult to measure. These 

techniques are being used increasingly in emergency medical research, however, 

they are frequently misunderstood and few emergency physicians have formal 

training in this area. This introductory session will enhance participants’ capacity 

to design and conduct scientifically sound qualitative research. The faculty are 

emergency physician researchers with experience in qualitative methods and 

will use their projects to highlight concepts. Dr. Landman will discuss when to use 

qualitative methods and will describe how he used in-depth interviews to study 

emergency medical services agencies implementation of electronic patient care 

reports. Dr. Rhodes will provide an overview of qualitative methods focusing 

on core principles and practices, including selecting a study design. Dr. Rhodes 

will discuss how she used audiotaped ED visits to understand doctor-patient 

communication and focus groups and semi-structured interviews to identify 

asthma patients’ preferences for ED or primary care. Dr. Schuur will describe how 

to plan a qualitative research study, find mentors and collaborators, and resources 

required. Dr. Schuur will discuss how he used interviews and focus groups to 

identify successful infection prevention strategies in EDs. A question and answer 

session will follow. 

Objectives: At the end of this session participants should be able to: 

1. Define and describe qualitative research methods; 

2. Select appropriate qualitative methods for emergency medicine research 

questions; 

3. Describe example emergency medicine qualitative research studies. 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS – submitter, presenter 

Brigham & Women’s, Boston, MA 

Karin Rhodes MD, MS - presenter 


Adam Landman MD, MS, MIS - presenter 

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

thursday, MAY 16th 

LGBT Health: Educating EM Physicians to 

Provide Equitable and Quality Care 

DS026 – International B 

Session Time: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00 - 8:50 am 

In March 2011, the Institute of Medicine published a landmark report, The Health 

of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for 

Better Understanding. The report concluded that to advance understanding 

of the health needs of all LGBT individuals, researchers need more data about 

the demographics of these populations, improved methods for collecting and 

analyzing data, and an increased participation of sexual and gender minorities 

in research. The Joint Commission and the Department of Health and Human 

Services have both followed suit with plans for addressing the health needs of 

LGBT individuals, citing a need for education of health care providers. Recently, 

JAMA reported that medical schools, on average, have less than 5 hours of LGBTspecific 

content. The literature shows that 40% of LGBT patients cite lack of 

provider education as a barrier to care; 10% report being refused care outright; 

and 27% fear being treated poorly by providers. The SAEM position statement on 

diversity highlights the imperative that all physicians be trained to treat patients 

from all cultural backgrounds. As LGBT health takes a national spotlight, it is 

essential that our specialty responds with the appropriate educational tools to 

train the next generation of physicians to care for sexual minorities. The proposed 

panel discussion will address key areas related to LGBT health and the status of 

LGBT healthcare education. 

Objectives: At the end of this session participants should be able to 

1. List LGBT terminology and definitions 

2. Describe the role of EM physicians in providing a better health care experience 

for LGBT patients. 

3. Describe LGBT health care disparities and the complex variables, including 

current laws that affect LGBT health 

4. Summarize the results of a survey of EM programs regarding their current LGBT 

Health curricula and their educational gaps. Describe Public Health implications 

for LGBT Health 

Paul Krieger MD – submitter, presenter 

Beth Israel Medical Center/Albert Einstein, New York, NY 

Joel Moll MD - presenter 


Thea James MD - presenter 

Boston Medical Center/BU School of Medicine, Boston, MA 

Ellen Slaven MD - presenter 

LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA 

Ted Corbin MD - presenter 

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 

Future Directions in Electrocardiography in 

Acute Coronary Syndromes 

DS027 – International C 


The electrocardiogram is the initial test in patients with suspected ACS and the 

defining element of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Its most 

important use is in the detection of acute coronary obstruction and it is the most 

important, cost-effective, and immediately available initial test in the decision for 

emergency reperfusion therapy. However, its full potential is not being realized. 

In more than 25% of Non-STEMIs, the infarct-related artery (IRA) is occluded, 

and in these patients, biomarker levels and mortality are high. However, there is 

little in-depth ECG analysis helpful in identifying this group. Thus, there is a high 

false negative cath lab activation rate, and future research should be aimed at 

improving the sensitivity and specificity of the EKG for acute coronary occlusion. 


1. To describe the State of the Art in the use of ECG in acute coronary occlusion, 

2. Describe opportunities for research pathways in the future. 

Stephen Smith MD – submitter, presenter 

Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, MN 

Choosing a High-Impact Resident or Student Quality 

Improvement Project and Getting it Published 

DS028 – Plaza Ballroom A 


Emergency Medicine Residency competencies and milestones require a 

substantive experience in quality improvement (QI). For example, the recently 

released RRC-EM and ABEM Milestones consider participation in institutional 

process improvement and the use of analytical tools to assess quality and 

safety central to resident development. One key part of this is participation in 

a QI project. A well-designed QI project gives a resident hands-on experience 

in systems-based practice and excellent preparation for employment in our 

rapidly changing healthcare environment. Yet in a resident’s busy schedule it can 

be difficult to identify, develop and complete a QI project that has a meaningful 

impact on the ED and can be presented in a manner that supports academic 

development. This session will enhance participants’ capacity to identify, design 

and conduct impactful QI projects and promote their work through presentation 

and publication. The faculty members are national experts on quality improvement 

who have worked with residents and students to conduct and publish QI projects. 

Dr. Kelly will review residency requirements regarding quality improvement 

and present a framework for resident involvement in QI across the duration of 

residency. Dr. Schuur will review methods of QI project design that are likely to 

lead to valid improvements and can be presented or published. Dr. Venkatesh will 

identify venues for funding, presenting and publishing resident QI projects. Using 

actual projects the presenters will review appropriate topics for student and 

resident QI projects. A question and answer session will follow. 


1. Plan resident or student involvement in quality improvement across the duration 

of residency 

2. Select an appropriate topic for QI projects and a valid study design 

3. Describe potential funding sources for QI projects and venues for academic 

presentation and publication. 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS – submitter, presenter 

Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

John J. Kelly DO, FACEP - presenter 

Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 

Philadelphia, PA 

Arjun Venkatesh MD, MBA - presenter 

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of 

Medicine, New Haven, CT 


Careers & Opportunities at the CDC 

DS029 – Plaza Ballroom B 


Many of our members entered emergency medicine because they wanted to 

help people, make a difference or be on the front lines of healthcare. A few bold 

individuals step outside the ER to join the elite ranks of the Center for Disease 

Control & Prevention (CDC) where they conduct epidemiologic investigations in 

the field, oversee public health surveillance, and fight the global burden of disease. 

The role of the CDC, the guidelines they produce, and the coordination of resources 

they provide become increasingly important as healthcare shifts to a focus on 

population health. In this session, members will hear from several members of 

the CDC who got their start in emergency medicine followed by a fellowship in 

Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS). Panelists include David Sugerman MD MPH, 

a Medical Officer in the Division of Injury Response who will talk specifically 

about his work in trauma systems and disaster surveillance and response, and 

Samuel Graciter MD, a medical epidemiologist with the Immunization Services 

Division. Both panelists will explain how their work and that of the CDC is relevant 

to the practice of emergency medicine, how it relates to hospital emergency 

management, and how it is effecting and effected by evolving trends in healthcare 

policy. They will also discuss their career paths and ways to get involved with the 

CDC. They will give an overview of next steps for emergency physicians interested 

in a career or involvement with the CDC. 


1. Define career options that exist at the CDC within medical epidemiology, 

including EIS, and disease prevention. 

2. Describe recent CDC initiatives such as pandemic flu preparedness, updated 

field triage guidelines, treating and containing AIDS in Africa and Asia, and 

establishing guidelines for the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Kevin Munjal MD, MPH - submitter 

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY 

David Sugerman MD, MPH - presenter 

Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA 

Samuel Graitcer MD - presenter 

Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA 

Disparities & Diversity in Emergency Medicine: SAEM: Where 

are we now? 



It will be 10 years since publication of the Academic Emergency Medicine’s (AEM) 

Consensus Conference special issue on Disparities in Emergency Health Care. 

The goal of the AEM 2003 Consensus Conference was to improve the emergency 

medical care of patients by critically evaluating the presence, causes, and 

outcomes related to disparities in emergency health care. With the founding of 

the Academy for Inclusion and Diversity in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM), we 

take a historical look at where we are in EM as it relates to topics of Disparities 

and Diversity in EM. In addition, SAEM’s position statement published in 2000 

believes that attaining diversity in EM residencies and faculty that reflect our 

multicultural society is a desirable and achievable goal. We have pioneers in EM 

who have been key leaders on these topics who can reflect on SAEM’s past and 

make recommendations for the future. 

Objectives: At the end of this session participants should be able to: 

1. Discuss the history of Diversity and Disparities work in SAEM. 

2. Review EM education on health care disparities including best practices. 

3. Identify ways to recruit, retain and promote a diverse EM physician workforce. 

4. Illustrate strategies to ensure growth in SAEM’s mission to develop didactic, 

educational, research and other programs to assist academic emergency 

medicine departments to improve diversity at their institutions. 

Sheryl Heron MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 


Marcus Martin MD - presenter 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 

Michelle Biros MS MD - presenter 

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

Lynne Richardson MD - presenter 

Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 

Harnessing the Emergency Medicine Perspective: Emphasizing 

Key Differences between Adult and Pediatric Chief Complaints 

to Enhance Resident Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine 



General emergency physicians (EP) face the challenges of providing high quality 

care for patients of all ages. Children are cared for by general emergency physicians 

in 75% of all their Emergency Department encounters. In addition, greater than 

90% of their care is provided in non-pediatric emergency departments. Children 

present unique clinical challenges to EP’s. Current residency training requirements 

dictate that only 16% of all patient encounters be pediatric; despite the fact in a 

typical Emergency Medicine practice, children may account for 25% of all visits. 

Therefore, training requirements do not reflect the patient mix encountered in 

practice, making it imperative to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of 

resident Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) training. As a PEM educational 

framework, we seek to exploit the clinical acumen and heuristics resident utilize 

for adult patient care and behaviorally translate it for applicability to pediatric 

patients. Its clinical applicability to pediatric scenarios is largely shaped by 

the notable clinical differences in children but done through a prism of more 

developed general ED skills. Potentially, this framework could serve as a template 

for other PEM educational opportunities. This didactic session will explore the 

idea of harnessing key differences between adult and pediatric presentations to 

enhance resident PEM training. Using the adult chest pain ABdominal pain and 

resuscitative practice; we hope to transpose those elements of adult care most 

applicable to PEM and highlight the notable differences to improve the EP’s 

pediatric care acumen. Audience participation will be solicited along with an opendiscussion 

following the session. 

Objectives: At the completion of the course, participants should be able to: 

1. List ways to maximally leverage general EM knowledge bases to enhance PEM 

skill sets of residents in their PEM training and 

2. Describe critical differences in pediatric and adult diagnoses with significant 

morbidity and mortality. 

Jeffrey Hom MD, MPH - submitter 

Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 

Robert Cloutier MD, MCR – presenter 

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 

The Inside Scoop: Background Information and Tips On Using 

The Large National Datasets Provided by NCHS and HCUP, 

Including NHAMCS and NEDS 



The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AHRQ’s Healthcare 

Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) provide well known national data resources, 

including NHAMCS and NEDS, which EM researchers commonly employ to answer 

questions and generate hypotheses on a national, regional, and state level. The 

goal of this session is to provide inside perspectives on NCHS and HCUP data 

products which will help EM investigators conduct novel and also appropriate 

and effective research using these resources. At the beginning of the session, the 

moderator will provide a brief overview of the data products provided by NCHS 

and HCUP. Subsequently, two senior representatives from NCHS and HCUP will 

give succinct presentations (20 minutes each) describing the resources available, 

the history of these resources, how each resource is collected and made available, 

how emergency medicine researchers may obtain access to the resources, and 

how to use the resources most appropriately. This section will be followed by 

presentations (10 minutes each) from two established emergency medicine 

researchers on their experiences working with NCHS and HCUP data, focusing 

on what kind of questions can be asked, examples of previous work, and issues 

they have encountered in working with the data. The remaining time (15 minutes) 

will be devoted to a panel discussion comparing the different resources available 

and addressing common issues in their use, including how to most effectively work 

with the NCHS and HCUP staff in conducting analyses and accessing internal files 

and security processes, as well as answering audience questions. 


1. Describe the national data resources available through NCHS and HCUP. 

2. Formulate research questions that may be addressed through use of the NCHS 

and HCUP. 

3. Identify potential issues they will encounter when using these resources and 

how to overcome these issues. 

Lisa Schweigler MD, MPH, MS - submitter 



Brendan Carr MD, MS - presenter 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA 

Linda McCaig MPH - presenter 

CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville MD 

Ryan Mutter PhD - presenter 

AHRQ/HCUP, Rockville MD 

Stephen Pitts MD, MPH - presenter 

Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta,, GA 

Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA – presenter 

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 

The War On Mrsa: Lessons for Success in Planning, Funding, 

and Executing Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases 



Emergency medicine researchers start out with a general area of interest. 

The challenge lies in choosing a topic that will be fundable and bear fruit over 

the course of several investigations. In this session, three panelists who have 

succeeded in funding and executing patient-oriented research related to MRSA 

will discuss their strategies for success. The presenters will demonstrate how 

critical questions of importance to wide audiences can be pursued by descriptive 

methods and modest budgets, and how descriptive research paves the way for 

larger-scale work and interventional trials. They will use the example of MRSA 

research to demonstrate: 1) Choice of a research question, 2) Selection of the 

methodological approach, 3) Getting the resources needed to accomplish the 

research, with discussion of funders including the NIH, CDC, AHRQ, intramural, 

and industrial sources. 

Dr. Pallin will give specific examples of publications, grants, and ongoing trials 

related to MRSA. These will be used to demonstrate how important contributions 

can be made with various methodologies and various budgets, ranging from 

descriptive case series to large-scale epidemiology, surveys, qualitative research, 

and clinical trials. Dr. Talan will describe n multicenter research from EMERGEncy 

ID Net, a national network of emergency departments that is funded by the CDC, 

EMERGEncy ID Net approach to CA-MRSA research. Dr. Schuur will demonstrate 

how MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections can be a focus of healthcare 

quality research, the importance of knowledge translation and mixed-methods 

research in quality research, and discuss AHRQ as a funder of emergency medicine 

research. There will be time for questions and open discussion. 


1. Incorporate a Change in viewpoint of research from project-based to topicbased, 

accommodating career growth and multiple investigations. 

2. Apply a general research interest to specific questions. 

3. Describe patient-oriented research designs, from descriptive series to clinical 

trials. 

4. List greater than 4 avenues for financial support of clinical research 

Daniel Pallin MD, MPH - submitter 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MS - presenter 


David Talan MD - presenter 

Olive View - UCLA, LA, CA 

Navigating the AMA Discharge: Case Studies 


Session Time: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10 - 11:20 am 

This case-based interactive panel session will present actual cases of AMA 

discharges followed by discussion and expert commentary from the panelists. 

The discussion will clarify the most commonly encountered problematic aspects 

of the AMA discharge and specifically address ethical and legal considerations 

confronted by emergency physicians in practice. Specific topics to be covered 

include: 1) What ethical and legal obligations does the emergency physician have 

for these patients after an AMA discharge? 2) What are the nuts and bolts of the 

AMA process? 3) What are the benefits and drawbacks to the commonly used 

AMA forms? Does the signing of AMA forms lead to more or less risk and should 

they be used? 4) When is a psychiatric evaluation of capacity required? 5) Does the 

AMA discharge effectively relieve the EP from liability? 6) Are there populations 

that are unsuitable for AMA discharge? 7) Is there evidence that AMA discharges 

lead to preventable morbidity and mortality? 


1. Recognize the unique challenges inherent in the AMA discharge. 

2. Describe best practices for navigating ethically and legally sound care to this 

population and for teaching this topic to residents and junior faculty. 

3. List ethical and legal pearls and pitfalls in the AMA process. 

4. Explain when a capacity evaluation is an appropriate requisite 

for an AMA discharge. 

5. Summarize the limits of legal protection provided by AMA discharges. 

Mark Clark MD –submitter, presenter 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt, Columbia University, New York City, NY 

James Adams MD - presenter 

Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 

The Great Pediatric Sedation Debate! 



Want to learn more about the current evidence and variation in practice patterns 

for pediatric procedural sedation across the country? Perplexed by the medication, 

monitoring and resource utilization required for pediatric sedations? Few areas 

of medical practice remain as non-standardized as pediatric sedation. During 

this interactive session, 3 pediatric emergency medicine specialists with clinical 

and research experience in procedural sedation will debate the management of 4 

pediatric scenarios; including the use of alternatives to standard IV therapy and 

discussion of innovative and state-of the-art approaches. This fast-paced session 

will begin by utilizing an audience response system to determine the audience’s 

approach to the scenario. The experts will then be given 3-5 minutes each to argue 

the evidence supporting their sedation plan for this challenging case scenario. This 

will be followed by a group discussion of the pros and cons of management choices 

and the limitations of the current literature. At the conclusion of each scenario, an 

audience response system will be used to tabulate whether the debate changed 

the audience’s sedation plan. The audience is encouraged to bring their own 

challenging pediatric scenario for panel discussion during the final 30 minutes of 

the session. This session will critically evaluate the current literature, optimize 

pediatric care and encourage an open exchange of ideas and practice styles that 

will generate future research. 


1. Utilize the latest published evidence and guidelines for pediatric sedation to 

make management decisions about challenging pediatric scenarios. 

2. Discuss the current national variation in practice for sedation and treatment 

of pain for children. 3. Identify limitations in the current pediatric sedation 

literature that may result in future study. 

Amy Drendel DO, MS – submitter, presenter 

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 

Frank Petruzella MD - presenter 

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, VA 

Patrick Solari MD - presenter 

Seattle Children’s Hospital/ University of Washing, Seatttle, WA 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS - presenter 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 

Robert Kennedy MD - presenter 

Washington University in St. Louis 

School of Medicine St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO 

Minimizing the Pain of Maximizing Pain Relief: Strategies For 

Emergency Physicians To Treat Pain Safely 



Opioid analgesics are important therapeutics in patient care but are burdened 

by misuse and an ongoing public health crisis. Emergency physicians, as major 

prescribers of these potent analgesics, are wise to perform risk assessment 

prior to prescribing opioid medications to attempt to detect patients at risk for 

aberrant drug related behaviors. However, most existing screening tools have not 

yet been validated in emergency department settings and may indeed be limited. 

We will present the data underlying the need for cautious prescribing, describe 

strategies to identify and mitigate aberrant use, present effective responses 

to complex patient demands, and review effective alternatives to opioid-based 

analgesia. The moderator will frame the problem of ED pain management in the 

context of patient centered goals and the epidemic of opioid analgesic overdose. 

The development of tolerance and dependence and its impact on aberrant opioid 

using behavior, pitfalls in screening tools in the ED, and research needs at the 

intersection of pain management and addiction will be discussed. Methods will 

be demonstrated to adapt conversations about non-opioid pain management to 

conform to patient expectations, particularly those with chronic pain. The utility 

and limitations of state-based prescription drug monitoring programs will be 

described. 


1. Describe the scope of prescription opioid misuse and the need for increased 

scrutiny in ED opioid prescribing. 


2. Convey pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies to limit opioid 

prescribing while maintaining patient centered care and satisfaction. 

3. Summarize the current evidence supporting the use of PDMPs to identify 

patients at risk for aberrant drug use and areas for future collaborative 

research. 

Lewis Nelson MD – submitter, presenter 

New York University, New York, NY 

Jeanmarie Perrone MD - presenter 


Edward Boyer MD, PhD –presenter 

University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 

Robert Hendrickson MD - presenter 

Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 

Can we Trust Clinical Practice Guidelines? 



Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) play a key role in support of the decision-dense 

and algorithmic nature of EM practice. Furthermore the broad nature of EM 

demands evidence based guidance and decision support sanctioned by respected 

organizations adopting sound and unbiased methods. CPGs can standardize 

practice and suggest quality measures that monitor their impact; they can also 

mitigate medico-legal risk if followed. Unfortunately, they are also resource 

intense to develop, frequently inactionable, often out of date and supported by a 

weak evidence base leading to a paucity of strong recommendations. As a result, 

they are frequently perceived as watered-down and directionless and thus viewed 

skeptically by some target end-users. The International Liaison Committee on 

Resuscitation (ILCOR) and the American College of Emergency Physicians are 

the developers and guardians of the highest impact CPGs in EM. This session will 

highlight developments in CPG methodology that are being adopted by these 

organizations which are designed to address many of these limitations. Particular 

emphasis will be placed on how ACEP is attempting to meet the standards laid out in 

the recent Institute of Medicine report entitled Clinical Practice Guidelines we can 

Trust as well as ILCOR’s transition to the GRADE approach to CPG development. 

The session will also highlight other pertinent developments in guideline science 

designed to facilitate the critical appraisal, adaptation and implementation 

of CPGs at the local level as well as opportunities for EM academics to become 

involved in important national and international initiatives. 


1. Explain the rationale and methodology underlying changes in guideline 

development by ILCOR and ACEP. 

2. Summarize the international efforts to improve guideline development and 

implementation through rigorously developed instruments that address 

grading the quality of recommendations and the strength of recommendations 

3. Describe the tools for guideline appraisal, adaptation and implementation. 

Eddy Lang AB - submitter 

University of Calgary, Calgary AB 

Michael Brown MD, MSc - presenter 

University of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI 

Francis Fesmire MD - presenter 

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 

Clifton Callaway MD, PhD - presenter 


Challenging the Physician-Patient Relationship: Negotiating 

Deception, Manipulation, and Medical Mistakes 


Session Time: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:30 - 12:50 pm 

The course will be based on the recently approved Ethics Curriculum produced 

by the SAEM Ethics Committee, and approved by the SAEM Board of Directors. 

It will serve as an introduction of the curriculum as a resource in addressing 

ethical dilemmas and circumstances all emergency providers face in the practice 

of emergency medicine. The complete curriculum is comprehensive, and as an 

introduction, this course will focus only on the first module: The Physician Patient 

Relationship. Specifically content will address concerns with competence, 

beneficence, and compassion; confidentiality and privacy; and skillful 

communication and truthfulness. After a general introduction to the curriculum 

resources, participants will break into moderated small groups for a case based 

discussion of ethical dilemmas. Groups will then reconvene and discuss in large 

group format demonstrating use of the principles and resources of the newly 

developed ethics curriculum. 


1. Discuss the relationship between physician competency and professional ethics. 

2. Describe challenges to maintaining compassion and beneficence in emergency 

medicine. 

3. Explain the roles of confidentiality and privacy in the emergency department 

management of patients. 

4. List the potential barriers to maintaining privacy in the emergency department. 

5. Discuss the ethical handling of medical errors and the arguments for and against 

full disclosure of errors in the emergency department. 

Joel Moll MD - submitter 


Jean Abbott MD, MPH - presenter 

University of Colorado, Denver, CA 

Tammie Quest MD - presenter 


Mark Clark MD – presenter 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt, Columbia University, New York City, NY 

We All Make Mistakes. But What Do You Do Afterwards? 



You’re working a busy shift in the ED. Your next patient is an 82 year-old man who 

tripped while getting out of bed last night; he has a 3.5 cm laceration to the left 

eyebrow. There is some swelling around his eye but you don’t find anything else. 

You suture the laceration and send him home. Five days later, he returns for suture 

removal and is blind in the left eye. The ophthalmology consultant diagnoses 

rupture of a previous corneal graft and endophthalmitis. The patient requires 

enucleation of his left eye. In retrospect, you realize that the nurses forgot to 

check a visual acuity (despite a policy in place about checking it on patients with 

facial trauma). Also, the default H&P wording you accepted in the EMR failed to 

document the extent of your physical exam and led to some incorrect statements. 

Now what? The emergency department is a high-risk environment for adverse 

outcomes – some inevitable and some due to medical errors. This interactive 

panel discussion will provide tools for what to do in the face of such outcomes, 

whether you are the provider involved, a faculty member responsible for safety 

and quality improvement, or a faculty member who wants to model an appropriate 

response for residents. Panelists will use this actual case to illustrate three key 

action steps: (1) full disclosure of any errors to the patient and family, along with 

an offer to help mitigate the medical, social and economic impacts of the event; 

(2) support for the second victim, the medical staff involved in the error; and (3) 

a diligent analysis, looking for the system-level factors that contributed to the 

outcome and changing the system in ways that will reduce the likelihood of similar 

events in the future. 


1. Describe the pitfalls of the traditional response to crisis – a slow, stonewalling, 

defensive approach that risks antagonizing patient and family, blaming the 

provider, and missing opportunities for systems-level improvement 

2. Work with colleagues to develop a response plan for adverse outcomes in their EDs 

Robert Wears MD, MS, PhD - submitter 

University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 

Kathleen Lanava MD - presenter 

University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 

Albert Wu MD, MPH - presenter 

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD 

Terry Fairbanks MD, MS - presenter 

Medstar, Washington, DC 

Building Blocks for Establishing Hospital-based Violence 

Intervention Programs in (Your) Emergency Departments 



Each year, over 1.5 million victims are treated in hospitals nationwide for nonfatal 

gunshot, stabbing, and other physical-assault injuries. A national study found 44% 

of those under age 24 and hospitalized for violent injuries were later readmitted 

due to violence and 22% became victims of homicide. Violence is the leading 

cause of death for young African American males aged 15-34, and the 2nd leading 

cause of death for young Latino males (but only 5th among white males age 15- 

34). Disadvantaged & minority youth are not only at higher risk of violent injury, 

but also at higher risk of long-term mental and physical morbidity. In 1998, the 

U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (VOC) responded to an 

American Academy of Pediatrics’ report on youth violence and recommended that 

hospital-based counseling and prevention programs be established in medical 


facilities that provide services to gang violence victims. Today, the National 

Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP) connects 

17 member programs from Boston, Chicago, Oakland and other cities across the 

country through: (1) a comprehensive service model for violently-injured youth, 

beginning in the ED; and (2) education of emergency physicians and staff on the 

VIP model. However, there is a need for the VIP model to disseminate across the 

country. During this special session; a panel of NNHVIP members will discuss 

the challenges and details of successful models that address violence in our 

communities. During this didactic, attendees will learn why and how to apply the 

VIP model in their own ED. The discussion will close with next steps for research, 

education, and dissemination of this model. 


1. List steps to introducing ED hospital based violence intervention programs to 

medical centers and create a plan to develop one at their own ED 

2. Describe Trauma Informed Care 

3. Create a standardized data base to capture quantitative and qualitative data for 

evaluating programmatic efficacy and quality. 

4. Conduct research for program evaluation 

5. Discuss how cross-site evaluations can be performed. 

Thea James MD – submitter, presenter 

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 

Theodore Corbin MD - presenter 

Drexel University College of Medicine, PA 

Rochelle Dicker MD - presenter 

University of California School of Medicine San Fr, San Francisco, CA 

Optimizing Electronic Health Records in an 

Academic Emergency Department: 

The Administrative and Informatics Perspective 



Whether an academic emergency department (ED) is still on paper or has an EDonly 

electronic health record (EHR), sooner or later, we will all be using an electronic 

health record system. As most academic emergency departments have already 

made the transition to EHRs, the focus now is on how to use these tools to improve 

care delivery. Given the content expertise of the moderator and panelists, all who 

have led their respective academic EDs through this optimization, we will discuss 

lessons learned on how best to harness the power available in EHRs. Next, we will 

discuss the administrative steps needed to maximize the potential of the system 

to support ED operations (including how one factors in the additional complexity 

of residents and other healthcare learners). Lastly, we will explore steps that can 

be proactively taken to assure that good data is available, both to monitor the dayto-day 

operations, but also for research and educational purposes. 


1. Discuss the current environment of ED-only vs. hospital-wide EHRs and the 

pros and cons of each type. 

2. Describe the steps needed for successful EHR optimization, and use EHRs to 

optimize how an academic ED runs. 

3. Use an EHR to provide meaningful data, both in real-time and for longitudinal 

analysis. 

4. Describe the roles faculty and residents must play in the optimization of EHRs. 

Daniel Handel MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 

OHSU, Portland, OR 

Kevin Baumlin MD - presenter 

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 

Nicholas Genes MD, PhD - presenter 


Mark Moseley MD, MHA - presenter 

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

friday, MAY 17th 

Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Exposure: 

How Much is Too Much? 


Session Time: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00 - 8:50 am 

The United States health care system has seen a dramatic rise in the use of 

computed tomography (CT) during the past several decades. Emergency 

departments are responsible for a large percentage of the CTs performed. In 

many instances, CT scans are the optimal diagnostic modality in the ED, however, 

at times CT is unnecessary and there can be significant drawbacks. Specifically, 

CT scans are an important source of harmful radiation, lead to increased resource 

utilization and length of stay, and may unnecessarily increase health care 

costs. Recently, the cancer risk associated with diagnostic radiation has been 

rigorously studied and publicized in the media. Consequently, physicians should be 

knowledgeable of the true risks associated with CT, and the up-to-date strategies 

involved in minimizing the unnecessary use of this modality as well as techniques 

available to minimize radiation dosing. This didactic will review the current 

knowledge regarding diagnostic imaging and radiation, critically discuss how to 

incorporate this knowledge into emergency medicine practice, and discuss stateof-the-art 

research examining methods to decrease the unnecessary use of CT. 


1. Understand the radiation dosing associated with various computed tomography 

(CT) scans and the implications for different patient populations\ 

2. Recognize strategies to minimize unnecessary use of CT imaging including the 

use of electronic clinical decision support and alternative imaging modalities. 

3. Describe strategies to minimize radiation dosing that can be discussed with 

your home institution’s radiology department. 

Jennifer Marin MD, MSc - submitter 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 

Angela Mills MD - presenter 

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 

Kimberly Applegate MD, MS - presenter 

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 

Preventing Opioid Analgesic Overdose Among ED Patients 



Many ED patients have legitimate needs for opioid analgesics for pain control, yet 

mortality among inpatients from therapeutic opioid analgesic administration is 

increasing. For two reasons, emergency department patients are at heightened 

risk for adverse effects from opioid analgesic administration. First, unlike 

anesthesiologists who can provide analgesia before a painful stimulus is 

generated, emergency physicians are required to control pain that already 

exists. Emergency physicians, therefore, frequently administer elevated doses 

of analgesics relative to colleagues. Second, emergency physicians cannot 

know the timing, dose, and potency of opioid analgesics that a patient might 

take before or after an ED encounter. This didactic session will use real-world 

examples to highlight methods for avoiding in-ED opioid toxicity. The moderator, 

Kavita Babu MD, will frame the problem of management of pain in the ED in the 

context of patient satisfaction and the epidemic of opioid analgesic overdose. 

(10 minutes). The presentation will rely upon a series of concrete examples of ED 

opioid over- and misprescribing that have led to patient morbidity and mortality. 

Dr. Boyer will then 1) review the literature and analyzes each case from a toxicologic 

perspective; 2) describe methods that avoid preventable morbidity and mortality; 

and 3) discuss next steps for patient safety and overdose prevention research. 

Anticipated cases include: co-administration of opioids and benzodiazepines; 

administration of opioids to obese patients; dispensing fentanyl patches from 

the ED; and administration of a single opioid dose (e.g., one for the road) prior to 

discharge (40 minutes). 


1. Describe dangerous opioid prescribing practices; 

2. Effectively utilize techniques to safely and effectively treat pain, while providing 

adequate analgesia; 

3. Describe important next steps for ED-based analgesia research. 

Edward Boyer MD, PhD – submitter, presenter 

UMass-Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 

Kavita Babu MD - presenter 

UMass-Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 

Informed Consent in Emergency Research: Pitfalls and Practical 

Pearls. 

DS044 – International D 


Emergency clinical research, through design or execution, ideally should involve 

situations or populations that may be challenging to include. In particular, consent 

of subjects considered vulnerable based on their condition or situation may be 

especially challenging. This panel session will discuss the recruitment and consent 

of difficult populations including those from institutional settings, those with 

cognitive impairment, and those facing life-threatening conditions. The speakers 

will discuss frequently encountered barriers to consent and recruitment and 

practical methods of overcoming these obstacles in multiple settings. 


1. Discuss challenges to recruitment and consent for institutionalized populations 

and learn strategies to overcome these challenges. 


2. List practical ways to overcome obstacles specific to performing ED research in 

cognitively impaired elders, particularly obtaining consent. 

3. Describe criteria for seeking an exception from informed consent for emergency 

research on life-threatening conditions and responsibilities of investigators 

who conduct such studies. 

Ula Hwang MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 

Adit Ginde MD, MPH - presenter 

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 

Jin Han MD, MSc - presenter 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

Lynne Richardson MD - presenter 


Educational Portfolio: Your Secret Weapon for Promotion 

DS045 – International E-F 


Promotion within an institution can be challenging for someone with an 

educational focus. Emergency medicine educators have varied responsibilities 

and skill sets, some of which are difficult to highlight in a traditional curriculum 

vitae format. An educational portfolio is a document, set of documents, website, 

or other format which brings to attention and into one place all of the efforts put 

forth by an educator. A properly completed portfolio can be quite powerful in 

displaying your accomplishments to a P&T committee. This session will start by 

briefly covering the creation and contents of an educational portfolio. This will 

be followed by a panel discussion comprised of academic emergency physicians 

who have experience with promotion and tenure decisions. These accomplished 

academicians will provide examples of how educational portfolios can be used 

to support promotion and will discuss features of portfolios which add to their 

impact. 


1. Discuss the basic concept and philosophy of an educational portfolio 

2. List the components of an educational portfolio 

3. Describe how to use the educational portfolio to support promotion and tenure 

decisions 

Corey Heitz MD - submitter 

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 

Gloria Kuhn DO, PhD - presenter 

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 

Douglas Ander MD - presenter 


Mapping the Path for Current and Future Research for Safe, 

Effective, and Appropriate Trauma Imaging 



During the past decade there has been a trend toward earlier identification of all 

injuries in the initial assessment of a trauma patient. With increased availability, 

speed and accuracy of CT imaging, a dramatic increase in the use of CT imaging has 

occurred in the trauma setting. Much of this has occurred without an evidence base 

in the literature. As health care costs continue to rise and public concerns about 

radiation exposure escalate, emergency physicians will play an essential role in 

defining the future of trauma imaging research. This didactic session will explore 

the current state of research on the topics of chest and abdominal imaging for 

patients with trauma. A panel of experts in various disciplines within emergency 

medicine (trauma practice, research, quality measures) are brought together to: 

(1) discuss the basis of the current state of trauma imaging (e.g. does pan scanning 

improve mortality?), (2) debate the philosophical importance of identifying every 

injury versus only the clinically important ones (does a clinical decision rule need 

to be 100% sensitive for all abnormal findings?), and (3) develop a roadmap for 

future research goals (what is the ideal study design to develop a trauma imaging 

clinical decision rule?). Dr. Steill will discuss what the research methodology 

needed to determine ideal imaging strategies for patients with trauma. Dr. 

Legome will discuss the present research obstacles that exist at trauma centers 

in the US. Dr. Raja will describe the current state of trauma imaging and imaging 

quality measures at Level I Trauma Centers. Our short-term goal is to develop a 

white paper from this didactic that will define the emergency medicine research 

agenda for trauma imaging, with the eventual goal of developing the topic into a 

Consensus Conference. 


1. Describe the current state of the art regarding trauma imaging strategies 

2. Discuss how a list of relevant clinical findings will drive future efforts to improve 

imaging strategies can best be defined 

3. Define an emergency medicine-based trauma imaging research roadmap and 

the next steps needed to make progress 

Kaushal Shah MD - submitter 


Michael Gibbs MD - presenter 

Carolinas Medical Center, Charolette, NC 

Ian Stiell MD - presenter 

Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CA 

Eric Legome MD - presenter 

Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 

Ali Raja MD, MPH, MBA- presenter 

Brigham & Womens Hospital, Boston, MA 

Identifying the Value of Emergency Care in the 

Climate of Health Reform 



‘Value’ has become a buzzword in health policy circles. Yet the value of emergency 

care remains poorly understood. This process is vital as health policy increasingly 

focuses on accountability for costs and quality measures reflected in the move 

toward Accountable Care Organizations, pay-for-performance, and bundled 

payments. The ED is frequently stereotyped as being a wasteful cost center by 

government and other payers who remain skeptical regarding the value of care 

delivered in this setting, but emergency care must be assessed in the proper 

context to understand its value. The reality is that EDs continue to see significant 

patient demand for their services. Additional considerations include the societal 

services the ED provides such as a universal safety net, disaster preparedness, 

and public health surveillance that are important considerations when calculating 

the value of emergency care. Emergency providers also sit at the cross roads of 

the outpatient and inpatient arenas of the US health care system and control one 

of the most routine expensive decisions in health care—the decision to admit or 

discharge. Therefore, determining a value framework to measure emergency care 

is critical due to the common and often costly decisions made in the ED setting. 

Questions to be asked of the panel include: How would you define value in health 

care? How is the value of emergency care best assessed by this definition? What 

are 3 areas most ripe for measuring value in the practice of emergency medicine? 

What are the top challenges to emergency providers in delivering value-based 

health care? How will a focus on value under the current climate of health reform 

most impact the everyday practice of emergency providers? 

Objectives: At the completion of the session, participants should be able to 

understand issues in defining and measuring value in emergency care, specifically: 

1. Describe how value is defined in health care; 

2. Conceptualize how value should be measured in emergency care; 

3. Explore the implications of value-based health reform on the practice of 


Keith Kocher MD, MPH, MPhil - submitter 


Arthur Kellermann MD, MPH - presenter 

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 

Brent Asplin MD, MPH - presenter 

Fairview Medical Group, Minneapolis, MN 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS - presenter 


Adam Sharp MD, MS, BA - presenter 

University of Michigan/RWJ Clinical Scholars, Ann Arbor, MI 

Good to Great: Effective Feedback to Learners with Difficulties 



Rationale: This workshop builds upon previous workshops to look at the advanced 

skill of providing feedback to learners with difficulty. While educators view 

providing feedback as a crucial step towards improving learner performance, 

less is understood about how to provide effective feedback to problem residents 

and students. We will draw upon seminal articles in the feedback literature to 

both enable the participant to understand the psychological impact of feedback 

from the receiver’s perspective, and empower participants to employ practical 

strategies to successfully engage the learner in accepting feedback. Course 

description: This session will utilize a combination of short didactic presentations 

exploring the science of feedback, video stimuli for facilitated discussion and 

deliberate practice (using residents trained to be learners with difficulty) to enable 


participants to understand the challenges and develop effective practice. The 

workshop will utilize large and small group exercises to understand key concepts 

and develop ways to improve each participant’s feedback skills. Additional 

facilitators include: Ester Choo MD MPH, Robin Hemphill MD MPH, Josh Kornegay 

MD, John Martel MD, PhD 


1. Develop a plan to incorporate evidence from the feedback literature into their 

clinical teaching practice 

2. Outline steps required to provide effective feedback given the new conceptual 

framework 

3. Apply principles of feedback specific to the problem resident 

Sorabh Khandelwal MD – submitter, presenter 

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

Marcia Perry MD - presenter 


Sally Santen MD, PhD - presenter 


Lalena Yarris MD, MCR - presenter 

Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR 

Models of Subspecialty Geriatric Emergency Departments 



Geriatric patients are considered vulnerable and have the potential to raise 

complex challenges in emergency treatment. Recognition of this specific patient 

population and their potential for unique emergent presentations has prompted 

the development of specialty sections within larger emergency departments or 

separate subspecialty emergency departments altogether. Elder patients can 

often present with distinctive and sometimes complex medical conditions, stay 

longer for more extensive diagnostic testing and treatment regimens, and require 

special needs during their visit all of which may make rapid triage, diagnosis and 

disposition difficult in the traditional emergency department setting. In response 

to healthcare reform legislation, hospitals are identifying the emergency 

department as a priority among future facility development plans including 

upgrading infrastructure and technology to better serve the patient population. 

As a result, many facilities are moving ahead with new construction to expand and/ 

or renovate existing emergency departments. In this lecture, we will address ways 

to integrate changes to existing or future emergency departments specific to 

geriatric patients. Issues addressed will include physical space, quality initiatives, 

operational enhancements (observation protocols), staff and resident education 

and overall coordination of hospital resources. 


1. Discuss the clinical reasoning behind the establishment of geriatric emergency 

departments. 

2. Describe the infrastructure and personnel needed to establish a geriatric 

emergency department (or section within larger department). 

3. List potential changes within your own emergency department for optimal care 

of the geriatric patient. 

Kathleen Walsh DO, MS – submitter, presenter 

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI 

Mark Rosenberg MD - presenter 

St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Paterson, NJ 

Knox H. Todd MD - presenter 

Anderson Cancer Center, TX 

Where is the Evidence III: Common Pediatric Infections in 




Pediatric emergency visits are for suspected infectious diseases and very 

common; fortunately, most are benign in their pathogenesis and self-limited, 

such as common on upper respiratory infections. However, the presentation of 

infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections are often diagnostically 

challenging for many ED physicians. Meanwhile, infections of the skin and soft 

tissues pose an increased burden in the ED setting, and lack of consensus in 

management is the rule rather than the exception. Overall, dilemmas remain for 

each of these aforementioned infections, with respect to clinical evaluation, 

approach to diagnostic testing, and choice of most appropriate antimicrobial 

therapy. Accumulated evidence, including more recent trials, have advanced our 

knowledge of pediatric infectious diseases, and have permitted evidence-based 

approaches to their diagnosis and treatment. In this session, the most up-todate 

evidence for ED management of skin and soft tissue infection, pneumonia, 

and urinary tract infections in children will be presented. The presenters will 

discuss current epidemiology and review the evidence-based approach to clinical 

evaluation and diagnostic testing for each of these infections. The discussants will 

also synthesize current literature with respect therapeutic decisions, and present 

recommended therapies from recent guidelines released by the Infectious 

Disease Society of America and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition, 

discussion of ongoing large scale, ED-based clinical trials for these infections will 

be presented. Following the presentation, audience participation will be solicited. 


1. Describe the epidemiology and diagnostic evaluation for skin infections, 

pneumonia, and urinary tract infections in children. 

2. Form evidence-based management strategies for pediatric skin infections, 

pneumonia, and urinary tract infections evaluated in the ED setting. 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS –submitter, presenter 


Todd Florin MD, MSCE - presenter 

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH 

Life and A Career in Global Health: Can You Have It All? 



Many Emergency Medicine (EM) faculty, residents, and medical students have 

some involvement in international collaborations and service. Despite the many 

attractions in having a career in Global Emergency Medicine, there are inherent 

challenges. These include child rearing, short-notice deployments, hazardous 

work environments, among many others. The field of academic global health is 

extremely diverse; this variability enables many different career options that 

may allow flexibility when considering the constraints of work-life balance. By 

sharing the collective experiences of successful GEMA and AWAEM members, 

we will address some of the questions and concerns that emergency physicians 

may have in pursuing this career choice. In this session, four nationally recognized 

senior academicians in Global Emergency Medicine will participate in a panel 

discussion on the trials and tribulations of choosing a career in global health. The 

four panelists span a breath of global health-related career tracks and personal 

life choices, thus making the discussion diverse and broad so that many issues are 

discussed. Interspersed with the discussion, the moderator will provide a brief 

review of the current statistics and literature in this field. 


1. Describe the breadth of global health career choices. 

2. Navigate their career choices depending on their personal and professional 

priorities. 

Bhakti Hansoti MD – submitter, presenter 

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 

Stephanie Kayden MD, MPH - presenter 

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 

Tracy Sanson MD - presenter 

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 

Bobby Kapur MD, MPH - presenter 

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 

Policy Change 101: A How-to Primer for Emergency Physicians 



With the passing of the PPACA in 2010, it is imperative for emergency physicians to 

have the skills to educate policymakers about our hospitals, our patients, and our 

specialty. However, few emergency physicians think of themselves as proficient 

in this type of communication. We tend to focus on the immediate challenges in 

the ED rather than working for change on an institutional, state, or national level. 

Moreover, even those emergency physicians interested in policy often lack the 

necessary knowledge base and skills to be effective. This interactive session will, 

first, broadly introduce participants to the impact that effective education and 

engagement of policymakers can have on our specialty and our patients. We will 

then provide an overview of essential skills and communication that academic 

emergency physicians must know to engage in the policy process. Finally, the 

session will offer a few specific examples of academic emergency medicinerelated 

policy successes. 1) Importance of the policy process for academic 

emergency medicine (5 minutes) 2)Discussion of critical policy skills (25 minutes, 

Sara Patterson) SP will describe key areas of the policy process: policy briefing vs. 

analysis, policy implementation, policy promotion, and evaluation strategies. She 

will then provide a focused overview of critical education and advocacy skills for 

academic emergency physicians. 3) Examples of successful advocacy (30 minutes, 

Art Kellerman) AK will discuss his experiences and challenges with health policy 

and advocacy on national, state, and institutional policy levels. 4) Participant 

round table breakout sessions with policy experts (20 minutes, 6 facilitators). 



1. Describe the importance of engaging in the policy process for the specialty of 

emergency medicine 

2. Describe the key aspects of the Policy Process 

3. Identify the key components of educating policymakers 

4. Develop an effective strategy for a research, safety, or practice-related issue 

that is important to academic EM 

Lauren Hudak MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 


Megan Ranney MD - presenter 

Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 

Art Kellerman MD, MPH - presenter 

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica ,CA 

Sara Patterson MA - presenter 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 

CDC Policy Specialists- presenter 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 

and results, but also provide greater context to the research by discussing its 

importance within the larger realm of global health. In order to save time, articles 

with similar themes will be grouped together and discussed jointly. The didactic 

will be presented by the current managing editor and editor-in-chief of GEMLR, 

who will also be able to provide background during the discussion on how Global 

Emergency Medicine research has evolved over the past decade. 


1. Discuss the most recent, high-quality Global Emergency Medicine research 

being conducted around the world 

2. Describe evidence-based practices as it pertains to providing emergency care 

around the world 

3. Outline strategies for conducting ethical and high-quality Global Emergency 

Medicine research, having learned from the experience of recent investigators. 

Gabrielle Jacquet MD – submitter, presenter 

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 

Adam Levine MD, MPH - presenter 

Brown University Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, RI 

Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of 

Pediatric Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 



Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a disruption in normal brain 

function caused by the impact of biomechanical forces on the head or the body. 

Approximately 100,000-140,000 children and adolescents present to the 

emergency department for concussion each year in the United States. Immediate 

recognition of concussion and prompt initiation of treatment in the form of 

complete cognitive and physical rest is essential to promote recovery, and to 

prevent prolonged physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms. While emergency 

departments frequently serve as the initial point of entry for the care of pediatric 

concussion patients, providers may not have adequate training or tools necessary 

to provide standardized and evidence-based care. 

For this didactic session, the presenters will discuss the diagnosis, management, 

and after-care for concussion. A growing body of basic and clinical research has 

provided the evidence for standardized evaluation of concussion and prompt 

treatment with physical and cognitive rest. General awareness of concussion 

and a growing number of state laws requiring medical clearance before return 

to activity has resulted in a significant increase in concussion-related visits in a 

variety of clinical settings, including the emergency department. The presenters 

will provide the recent literature and recommend evidence-based best practices 

that emergency physicians can readily implement into their everyday practice. 

Following the formal didactic presentation, there will be allotted time for 

questions and discussion. 


1. Describe the principles of diagnosis and management of pediatric concussion. 

2. Explain the role that emergency medicine physicians can play in initiating 

cognitive and physical rest, and recommending appropriate follow-up. 

Mark Zonfrillo MD, MSCE – submitter, presenter 


Rachel Bengtzen MD - presenter 

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 

The Top 10 Global Emergency Medicine Articles from 2012: 

Highlights from the Global Emergency Medicine Literature 

Review 



The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) was developed in 

2005 to help EM providers navigate the growing abundance of Global EM literature. 

Now in its eighth year, the GEMLR highlights and disseminates high-quality Global 

Emergency Medicine research for use by both academics and practitioners in 

the field. Each year, the GEMLR conducts a search of the Global EM literature, 

producing about 7,000 articles from the published and grey literature. Our team 

of 30 reviewers and editors then screen and score the articles using established 

criteria to select those that are both high-quality and directly relevant to the 

field of Global EM. The top articles selected each year by the GEMLR represent 

a sample of the best research from around the world related to the bourgeoning 

field of Global EM. In this didactic, we will highlight the ten original research and 

review articles from 2012 that we believe will have the greatest impact on the 

practice of Global Emergency Medicine while also stimulating future research in 

this arena. For each article, we will not only summarize and critique its methods 

Inauguration of the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research 


Session Time: Friday, May 17, 2013 1:00 - 2:20 pm 

This session will highlight the leadership of the NIH OECR, the NIH Emergency 

Care Research Working Group, (which includes representatives from most 

NIH institutes and centers) which oversees the OECR and the scientific and 

administrative support group at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

(NIGMS) which houses the OECR . The panel will provide input on the development, 

design, priorities and function of the OECR. The NIH OECR leadership perspective 

(30 minutes) will be given by Dr. Walter Koroshetz from NINDS, Acting Director of 

the NIH OECR and Dr. Alice Maschette (Associate Director of NIH OECR). The NIH 

Emergency Care Research Working Group perspective (15 minutes) by the Chair of 

the Steering Committee member (Dr. Judith Greenberg, Acting Director of NIGMS) 

and the NIGMS scientific and administrative perspective (15 minutes) by Dr. Scott 

Somers (NIGMS Program Director and member of the NIH Working Group). Dr. 

Charles Cairns and Dr. Roger Lewis will serve as the moderators. The moderators 

will lead a panel discussion (20 minutes) on how the OCER will interact with current 

NIH funding programs, prioritize research initiatives and interact with emergency 

care investigators. 


1. Identify the leadership and support structure of the NIH OECR 

2. Describe initial research initiatives of interest to emergency medicine 

investigators. 

Charles Cairns MD – submitter, presenter 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 


Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 

Walter Korshetz MD, - presenter 

National Institutes of Health/NINDS, Bethesda MD 

Scott Somers PhD - presenter 

National Institutes of Health/NIGMS, Bethesda MD 

Pediatric Airway Management in the 21st Century: Muddling to 

Mastery 



Intubation in a small child is a low-volume, high-risk procedure and even a seasoned 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending will feel their pulse quicken when faced 

with a challenging airway scenario in a small child. Pediatric airway management 

is evolving rapidly with the advent of videolaryngoscopy and alternative airway 

techniques coupled with research questioning some of the long-held basic tenets 

of rapid-sequence intubation. In this session, 3 Pediatric Emergency physicians 

from varied backgrounds (one Emergency Medicine-residency trained, one 

Pediatric-residency trained and one dual-trained in Pediatric Emergency Medicine 

and Pediatric Critical Care) will dissect the current state of the art in Pediatric 

Airway Management with a focus on new techniques, the teaching of trainees 

using simulation and current areas of controversy including ketamine in head 

trauma and the use of atropine during RSI. 


1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of videolaryngoscopy for pediatric 

airway management based on current literature. 

2. Explain the controversies over the use of etomidate and ketamine for induction 

in pediatric RSI. 


3. Assess the utility of simulation and critical-action training with regards to 

pediatric airway management. 

Nathan Mick MD – submitter, presenter 

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 

Joshua Nagler MD - presenter 


Aaron Donoghue MD - presenter 


Controversies in Emergency Ultrasound: The Debate Rages On 



This session will feature a debate-style format with discussants utilizing an 

evidence-based approach to dispute two controversial topics in emergency 

ultrasound. First, should tele-sonography be employed in the clinical arena and 

in what settings? Tele-sonography is the digital storage and transmission of 

ultrasound images and video for either education and training or clinical use. The 

role of Emergency Physicians in developing tele-sonography programs will be 

discussed as well as issues related to implementation including synchronous vs. 

asynchronous data transmission, image quality, appropriate clinical applications, 

remote training, and technical and non-technical barriers to program development. 

Second, what is the appropriate utilization of the FAST examination in trauma 

patients? Discussants will review and debate issues related to the use of FAST in 

blunt/penetrating trauma patients, non-operative trauma management, cardiac 

imaging as a view in the FAST, limitations of the FAST, as well as outcomes data. 

Objectives: At the completion of this session participants should be able to 

describe these cutting edge and controversial issues in Emergency Ultrasound: 

the utilization of tele-sonography around the globe the use of FAST exam in 

trauma patients. 

Christopher Raio MD – submitter, presenter 

North Shore U. Hospital, Manhasset, NY, NY 

Andrew Liteplo MD - presenter 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Brookline, MA 

J. Christian Fox MD- presenter 

University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA 

Jason Nomura - presenter 

Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE 

Child Abuse Pediatrics Research Update 

- New Innovations, New Best Practice 



The last five years have seen an explosion of research in child abuse pediatrics, with 

important implications for the practice of emergency physicians. Investigators 

continue to negotiate unique ethical and logistical issues raised by abuse while, 

at the same time, new technologies have been shown to improve screening. These 

new techniques both support new guidelines to improve detection, and debunk 

persistent dogma. This program will discuss recent and developing tools and 

techniques in child abuse research, as well as the initial results of cutting edge 

abuse research for the emergency physician. Attendees will improve their ability 

to conduct research in child abuse detection and treatment in the emergency 

department, and will understand current and developing best practice guidelines 

for clinical practice. 


1. Use new research techniques and technology in the design of child abuse 

research protocols 

2. Describe and incorporate recent advances to improve child abuse detection into 

their clinical practice. 

Daniel Lindberg MD – submitter, presenter 

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

Philip Scribano DO, MSCE - presenter 


Resident Education in Ultrasound: Meeting the Milestone 



The Emergency Medicine Resident Review Committee of the ACGME in 

conjunction with CORD ABEM, and other organizations in 2012 released the 

Milestones in Emergency Medicine. Specifically PC12 addresses the education 

of EM residents in the use and integration of point of care ultrasound. Residency 

programs will be responsible for meeting the implementation and assessment 

of residents with regard to the Milestones. Not all programs have ultrasound 

directors to implement and assess the milestones for their residents. This 

didactic session will discuss a model curriculum for resident education in point 

of care ultrasound, minimum elements to meet the EM Milestones, and methods 

of assessments. The discussion will provide a framework and information that 

can utilized by programs with and without an ultrasound director. The discussion 

will highlight consensus work done through SAEM and CORD about ultrasound 

education to meet the Milestone requirements. 


1. Detail and specify a model curriculum design and resident rotation for 

emergency ultrasound 

2. Describe minimum standards that should be accomplished at every EM 

residency program. 

3. Detail an updated standardized model ultrasound education curriculum for 

emergency medicine residents 

4. Describe competency assessment tools for the novice and advanced resident 

sonographer, which complement the milestones with a focus on simulation, 

blended and ultrasound-based learning. 

Nova Panebianco MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 


Resa Lewiss MD - presenter 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt, New York, NY 

Saadia Akhtar MD - presenter 

Beth Israel, New York City, NY 

Jason Nomura MD- presenter 

Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE 

saturday, MAY 18th 

Motivating Success: Conducting High Quality Behavioral 

Interventions for Addiction in ED patients: 

Lessons Learned from the SMART-ED Multisite Trial. 


Session Time: Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:00 - 8:50 am 

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are potent tools that, if used properly, assess the 

efficacy of potential therapeutic interventions for a wide range of problems and 

patients. Conducting a high quality RCT is challenging under ideal circumstances; 

conducting RCTs in the ED presents unique and often significant methodological 

barriers compared to more traditional research settings. RCTs that test the 

efficacy of behavioral interventions (BI) should ensure a high quality, high fidelity 

BI across subjects, interventionists and sites. These challenges are particularly 

problematic in chaotic environments, such as seen in many EDs. Many ED patients 

with problematic substance use might appear ‘less-than-ideal’ subjects, given 

economic barriers, homelessness and a generally unstable environment. We will 

identify common challenges experienced by the researcher when conducting BI 

in the acute care/ED setting. We will also describe strategies to identify, recruit 

and maintain research subject interest, including strategies particularly useful for 

the ‘less-than-ideal’ participant. We will draw upon our recent experience with the 

SMART-ED (Screening, Motivational Assessment and Referral to Treatment in 

Emergency Departments) multicenter trial. This NIDA funded trial delivered a high 

fidelity BI across 6 different US ED sites. The design and sample size estimates 

required enrollment of 1,285 subjects with at least 85% follow-up at 3-months 

post-randomization. Because the efficacy of BIs for drug use in the ED is not 

known, we will describe the steps used to ensure high fidelity and consistency of 

the BI. We will describe challenges faced and strategies used to enroll our target 

sample with nearly 90% follow-up at 3 months. 


1. Discuss strategies and factors associated with the identification of subjects 

during screening who will have a high probability of completing a behavioral 

intervention (BI) study. 

2. Describe steps and techniques to develop, test and maintain a high fidelity 

behavioral intervention for substance use in ED patients. 

3. Develop a cohort maintenance strategy to track and maintain participation of 

subjects in a BI trial. 

Cameron Crandall MD – submitter, presenter 

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 

Ryan McCormack MD - presenter 

Bellevue Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 

Alyssa Forcehimes PhD - presenter 

University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry, Albuquerque, NM 


The Hidden Science in Your Emergency Medicine Research: 

Gender-Specific Study Design and Analysis 



There is now clear evidence that gender plays a key role in health and disease 

at a biological level and can significantly impact patient outcomes. As a critical 

emerging field, high quality gender based research and data analysis is sought 

after by medical journals and by the National Institutes of Health. However, little 

gender-specific research has been conducted within emergency medicine. EM 

scholars can consider important gender-based questions within their current 

area of research. Such inquiry potentially impacts the medical care of both sexes 

and may provide researchers with additional opportunities for scholarship. This 

session aims to stimulate interest in research on gender-specific medicine and 

understand the challenges and solutions of performing gender-based analyses. 

The session will be an 80-minute moderated panel presentation with: 1) a brief 

introduction (5 minutes, Dr. Choo); 2) discussion of a general framework for 

considering relevant gender-specific research questions within diverse areas 

of emergency medicine research and analytic strategies for approaching the 

question of the impact of gender on clinical outcomes (25 minutes, Dr. Lewis); and 

3) demonstration of how EM physicians have applied these approaches, using as 

examples a) research on the diagnostic testing for cardiovascular disease (20 

minutes, Dr. Diercks) and b) research on female hormone therapy for traumatic 

brain injury (20 minutes, Dr. Wright). The session will conclude with 10 minutes for 

questions from the audience. 


1. Describe basic approaches that enable the study of the impact of gender on 

clinical outcomes. 

2. Detail the scientific approaches to research on diagnostic testing in cardiovascular 

disease and use of female hormone therapy for traumatic brain injury 

Esther Choo MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 

Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 


Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 

Deborah Diercks MD - presenter 

University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 

David Wright MD - presenter 

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 

Presentation Design: An Evidence-based Approach To Creating 

Impactful, Effective Visual Aids 

DS062 – International G 


The ability to give effective presentations is a critical skill for educators. Despite 

the multitude of tools available, there is very little formal teaching on the education 

and design principles necessary to create effective presentations. Often, the 

tools used to supplement the lecture (usually PowerPoint) do not fully utilize 

educational and design principles to optimize learning. Some of this may be due 

to a lack of knowledge of the principles, and some of this may be lack of familiarity 

with presentation software. There has been a recent explosion of a variety of 

new presentation software and presenting tools, as well as increased interest in 

podcasts and e-learning. As we continue to expand our educational arsenal, the 

principles underlying effective design become even more important. This session 

will start by making a case for a medical educators’ approach to presentation 

design. Medical education has specific goals, separate from business or marketing 

presentations, which play a direct role in designing the elements of a presentation. 

The session will then review the existing literature on optimal retention, 

motivation, learning styles, generational differences, and other key education 

principles that underlie a presentation. Finally, we will discuss and demonstrate 

the application of these principles, including several easy presentation software 

elements that can be used to implement the principles. 


1. Review Mayer’s principles of multimedia design 

2. Review Kosslyn’s theories on creating effective PowerPoint presentations 

3. Discuss other key educational principles integral to effective presentation 

design 

4. List 3 principles of memory and retention in relation to presentation design 

5. Take 3 example slides provided in the session and create 3 revised slides 

implementing the principles discussed in the session. 

Malford Pillow MD, MEd – submitter, presenter 

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 

SAEM AND EMF Grants: Opportunities and Submission Process 



The SAEM Foundation and ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) provide 

a variety of emergency medicine grants. Historically, many recipients of these 

grants have gone on to highly successful research careers with federal funding. 

These grants primarily target junior investigators including medical students, 

residents, fellows and junior faculty. The most appropriate grant category and 

application process, however, is often confusing to these interested individuals. 

This session will provide an overview of each foundation’s grant offerings and the 

submission and review process of each. Included will be the type of candidates 

targeted for these grants, types of proposals that score well and the timeline of 

review and the scoring system used. 


1. Describe the types of grants offered by SAEM and EMF 

2. Summarize the keys to successfully applying for such a grant. 

James Holmes MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 

UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 

Mark Courtney MD, MSCI - presenter 


Megan Ranney MD - presenter 

Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 

Comilla Sasson MD, MS - presenter 

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 

Deliberate Practice: A Learning Technique That Improves 

Mastery, Execution, and Retention of Medical Knowledge 



The concept of deliberate practice, first described in 1993 by Ericsson et al, has 

gained traction in medical education as it did before in sport, music, chess, and 

economics as a way to define the process of obtaining expert performance. It has 

been definitively demonstrated that exceptional performance in diverse fields and 

domains has a common set of causes and goes beyond genetics, with significant 

influence contributed by practice and training. Furthermore, it has been shown that 

by applying the principles of deliberate practice, a person who has reached expert 

level performance can remain at the same level and prevent skill decay. The steps 

of deliberate practice are: 1. buy-in from the learner; 2. active learning tasks; 3. 

immediate feedback; 4. repeated performance to refine the activity. The didactic 

component of this course will introduce the learner to the step by step process of 

deliberate practice. During the lecture, participants will be given real examples of 

how to institute a deliberate practice model into their education endeavors and will 

be given opportunities to have their questions answered. 


1. Define the process of deliberate practice 

2. Incorporate deliberate practice methods into the educational curriculum for 

trainees and individual educational goals. 

Rodney Omron MD, MPH – submitter, presenter 

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD 

Doug Franzen MD, M.Ed - presenter 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

Rahul Patwari MD - presenter 

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 

Top 5 Plays of the Day: How Gender-Specific Medicine 

Impacts Men’s Health 



Gender-specific medicine is not the same as women’s health. As defined by 

the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine, this relatively new science is 

the study of the differences in the normal function of men and women and in 

their experiences of the same disease. This holds true across the spectrum of 

prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and palliation. The Emergency 

Department (ED) has become a primary point of contact for health care in the 

United States with encounters that reflect acute presentation of a spectrum of 

diseases. The specialty is just beginning to appreciate the areas of acute care 

medicine in which gender-specific treatment decisions can rapidly and directly 

impact the outcomes of both women and men. This presentation will take the 

audience through 5 systems using the ESPN style of Top 5 Plays of the Day. 


Each expert presenter will update the audience on the top Gender-Specific EM 

articles for 2012-13 in Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Traumatic Injuries, Sepsis and 

Neurologic Emergencies and how they impact men’s health. 


1. Describe concrete examples of physiologic gender differences with significant 

implications for men’s health. 

2. Discuss examples of a gender-specific approach to crucial emergency medicine 

topics of cardiology, neurology, sports medicine, sepsis and trauma. 

3. Describe the top gender-specific EM articles for 2012-2013 and how they relate 

to the clinical practice of EM. 

Alyson McGregor MD - submitter 

Brown University, Providence, RI 

Frederico Vaca MD, MPH - presenter 

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 

Nina Gentile MD - presenter 

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

Basmah Safdar MD - presenter 

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 

Neha Raukar MD - presenter 

Brown University, Providence, RI 

David Portelli MD - presenter 

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence 

NIH Individual Research Career Development (K) Awards: A 

Pathway to Research Independence 


Session Time: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10 - 10:50 am 

Jane Scott, ScD, MSN, (Director, Office of Research Training and Career 

Development, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI) will lead a discussion on 

K awards. The K awards provide protected time for junior faculty as they conduct 

research, write papers and compete for NIH grants, on their path to research 

career independence. The goal of the session will be to provide a very brief 

overview of the Institutional K12 awards and a more in-depth review of individual 

K awards (K08 and K23). A panel of current and former K- awardee emergency 

medicine investigators will discuss their experiences in applying for the K awards, 

the benefits of the award, and comments on how the award helped them in their 

research careers. Panelists will include: former K08 awardee Lance Becker MD, 

former K23 awardee Benjamin Abella MD, MS, and current K23 awardee Sean 

Collins MD, MS. 

Objectives: At the completion of this session, the participants should be able to: 

1. Describe the different types of K awards available to early career faculty and 

fellows 

2. Detail the benefits of such awards in seeking research career independence. 

Jane Scott ScD, MSN – submitter, presenter 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health MD 

Lance Becker MD – presenter 

University of Pennsylvania SOM, Philadelphia, PA 

Benjamin Abella MD, MS - presenter 

University of Pennsylvania SOM, Philadelphia, PA 

Sean Collins MD, MSc - presenter 

Vanderbilt University SOM, Nashville, TN 

Enhancing the Quality And Transparency Of Health Research: 

An Introduction to the EQUATOR Network and Implications for 



Session Time: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10 - 10:50 am 

Using didactic presentations this session will provide attendees with accessible 

resources to guide the design, conduct, and reporting of emergency medicine 

research. Publication guidelines for most research designs have been developed 

and refined over the last decade. Researchers, methodologists, and journal editors 

accepted all of these guidelines before disseminating them across a large variety 

of clinical specialties. These guidelines include the CONSORT, PRISMA, STARD, 

STROBE, and MOOSE statements. By promoting better-informed reporting 

and enhanced reviewing, these guidelines minimize variability and reduce bias, 

thereby enhancing the overall quality of the research product. Unfortunately, 

most guidelines remain widely underutilized by research groups, journal editors, 

and the readers of the medical literature. The result is highly variable, often 

biased research reporting that increases the overall workload of the healthcare 

consumer. The EQUATOR group is an international collaboration with the mission 

to increase the general awareness, adoption and implementation of these 

guidelines, while providing a forum for the refinement of future guidelines. 

The presentation will consist of three 15-minute presentations by Dr. Hiestand, 

Dr. Meisel, and Dr. Carpenter discussing the methodological process to develop 

publication guidelines, the EQUATOR dissemination model, and the impact that 

these guidelines have upon manuscript quality. 


1. Understand why publication guidelines have been developed 

2. Describe where to find appropriate publication guidelines 

3. Detail how to incorporate the guidelines into ongoing work. 

4. Describe resources to facilitate successful incorporation of these principles 

into scientific and academic work-products. 

Christopher Carpenter MD, MSc – submitter, presenter 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO 

Brian Hiestand MD, MPH - presenter 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 

Zachary F. Meisel MD, MPH, MSc - presenter 

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of P, Philadelphia, PA 

Peer Mentoring: Enhancing Academic & Research Mentoring 



The rationale and need for mentors is a recognized part of a successful 

academic career. Mentoring goes beyond passing on knowledge and skill, and 

involves teaching, sponsorship, guidance, socialization into a profession, and 

moral support. Mentoring has been shown to enhance career development and 

satisfaction, productivity and networking. Traditional mentoring involves a 

higher-ranked, more experienced advisor who mentors a newer, less experienced 

mentee. Traditional mentoring has been shown to be very effective but can have 

limitations such as a shortage of mentors, and lack of consistency of mentors skills 

and abilities. Peer mentoring involves a model where all members are essentially 

the same age, rank and experience level. Peer mentoring may have the added 

benefits of shared commonalities (stage of life and career), the development of 

friendships and longer lasting relationships, increased collegiality, and decreased 

professional isolation. Peer mentoring can be used as an adjunct to traditional 

mentoring or may stand alone. 


1. Justify the importance of mentoring in an academic career 

2. Compare mentoring models traditional vs. peer 

3. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of traditional and peer mentoring 

4. Understand and interpret the current literature on peer mentoring 

5. Apply the evidence to develop a peer mentoring model in their own setting 

Stephen Cico MD, MEd – submitter, presenter 

Lurie Children’s Hospital & Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL 

Kelly Black MD, MSc - presenter 

Seattle Children’s and University of Washington, Seattle, WA 

Joseph House MD - presenter 


Cemal Sozener MD - presenter 


Improve Your Teaching: Evidence-Based Teaching Workshop 

Using Articles That Will Change Your Teaching Practice. 

DS070 – International H 


In teaching, medical educators, like in clinical practice, should use the evidence 

from the education literature and incorporate it into their teaching practice. 

This workshop will help participants translate the evidence from some landmark 

education articles including: 1) How to incorporate the evidence in clinical reasoning 

about intuitive (pattern recognition) and analytical thinking into your teaching 2) 

Best evidence in medical education (BEME); how do journal clubs affect learning 

and practice 3) Learning retention 4) Model for programmatic assessment 5) Hot 

topic in education research- thinking about validity evidence. The journal articles 

(evidence) will be briefly presented, then, in small groups the participants will 

discuss how these findings might be applied to their own settings. The workshop 

will be highly interactive, requiring participants to use both the evidence and 

apply it to their teaching, learning and assessment practices. The workshop will 

incorporate large and small group exercises to understand the concepts and 

develop ways to improve each participant’s teaching skills. The participants will 

understand the evidence in these areas for effective teaching and assessment, 

take home strategies for improving their teaching using and develop a plan for 

how they will incorporate the evidence into their teaching practice. Additional 

facilitators: Emily Senecal MD and Suzanne Dooley-Hash MD and James Takayesu 

MD, Joe House MD 



1. Challenge your thinking about traditional teaching 

2. Learn evidence from the teaching and learning literature 

3. Apply the evidence and develop strategies to change and improve your 

teaching practice 

Sally Santen MD, PhD – submitter, presenter 


Sue Farrell MD, MEd - presenter 

Harvard Partners, Boston, MA 

Robin Hemphill MD, MPH - presenter 

Veterans Association, Ann Arbor, MI 

Laura Hopson MD - presenter 


NHLBI K12 Research Career Development Programs in 

Emergency Medicine Research 



In July 2011 the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded 

six institutional research career development (K12) awards to promote 

multidisciplinary clinical research training programs in emergency medicine. 

These programs are designed to prepare clinician-scientists for independent 

research careers and academic leadership roles in Emergency Medicine. This 

five year, $21 million award represents a major opportunity for junior emergency 

medicine researchers to obtain NIH funded, mentored research career training. A 

brief overview of the K12 program will initially be provided (structure of the K12, 

eligible applicants, goals, etc). The panel will include a member from each of the six 

K12 award programs. Members from each program will provide a brief description 

of their respective programs. These presentations will highlight the strengths and 

unique attributes of each individual program, the types of candidates they are 

targeting, and the application process. Following the panel, interested individuals 

will be able to meet and discuss issues related to the K12 programs with members 

from each program (including current K12 scholars). 

Objectives: At the completion of this session, the participants should be able to: 

1. Describe the goals of the NHLBI K12 program, 

2. Define who the targeted applicants for the program are. 

3. Describe the application process and characteristics of each of the six K12 

programs. 

James Holmes MD, MPH - submitter 

UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 

Arthur Kellermann MD, MPH - presenter 

RAND, Santa Monica, CA 

Jane Scott ScD - presenter 

NHLBI, Bethesda MD 

Superstars of Social Media: How to Incorporate Social Media 

Into Teaching and Education 



The internet has become a ubiquitous presence in Medicine and Academics. The 

use of Social Media has become an important part of communication, and has 

assumed an increasing role in teaching and education. As utilization grows we 

have quickly gained some experience in approaches that have and have not been 

successful, although there is still a great deal to be learned. The best approaches 

have yet to be determined, but certain groups have found successful Social Media 

approaches in EM education. This didactic will review the use and development of 

Social Media through three successful approaches. The overall approach, specific 

techniques, and barriers to success will be discussed. Finally the discussion 

will focus on recommendations for the incorporation of Social Media tools for 

teaching and education. A video conference preview of the lecture will be posted 

at Academic Emergency Medicine and on SAEM Facebook page several weeks 

before the Annual Meeting in order to encourage electronic discussion of the 

topic prior to the meeting. Information and important points will be broadcast via 

Twitter with the hash tag #SAEM13 by the moderator during the presentation. 


1. Describe Social Media tools and their basic use. 

2. Discuss the role of Social Media in education. 

3. Provide recommendations for online engagement with learners. 

4. Review current approaches in Social Media and discuss future directions. 

James Miner MD – submitter, presenter 

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 

Michelle Lin MD - presenter 

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 

Scott Joing MD - presenter 

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 

Sean Fox MD - presenter 

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 

Trauma and Teamwork: Lessons from Iraq 



This photo rich lecture chronicles the author’s experiences leading a Shock Trauma 

Platoon in Fallujah Iraq, focusing specifically on traditional and innovative “onthe-job” 

methods to create a highly functioning team from a group of physicians, 

nurses, and technicians who had not previously worked together. This lecture 

discusses alignment of roles and purpose, cross training, patient care, functioning 

with limited resources, risk-benefit calculations, mass casualty and other issues 

directly applicable to civilian Emergency Department operations. Discussion of 

specific teamwork skills necessary for a satisfying Emergency Medicine shift and 

are applicable to Emergency Physicians at any career level. 


1. Describe ways of improving teamwork within a newly formed team 

2. Create a positive environment to foster innovative thinking 

3. Understand some of the challenges of practicing Emergency Medicine with 

limited assets in a battlefield environment, including the importance of true 

teamwork when the entire team is under fire. 

Martin Makela MD – submitter, presenter 

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 

Quantifying the Worth of My Publications for Promotions 

and Grants: The h-Index, m-quotient, Eigenfactor, and Other 

Measures of Academic Currency 

DS074 – International H 


Publications and grant funding are the promotional currency of academia. 

These scholarly effort metrics are used to assess research performance, career 

planning, and grant funding, as well as promotions and tenure. Traditionally, 

promotions boards used the journal impact factor as estimates of relative value 

of an individual researcher’s advancement package. Recent advancements 

in technology have spurred new, more author-level specific measures to 

demonstrate the impact of publications’ impact within the scientific and academic 

community. These measures include the h-index, m-quotient, Eigenfactor, citation 

counts, co-authorship patterns, usage data, and research foci trends. The first 

25-minute presentation will introduce metrics based on publication data while 

demonstrating how metrics are used to illustrate research impact from scholarly 

publications. This didactic will introduce attendees to electronic resources 

including the Web of Science® and SCOPUS which will be used to generate 

h-index, citation reports, global dissemination, and collaborative publishing 

reports and charts for individual researchers. The merits and disadvantages 

of each source of publication impact will be reviewed. The second presentation 

reviews two pragmatic applications for these impact metrics: promotions and 

grant applications. The general considerations of promotions boards regarding 

peer-reviewed publications will be summarized. Examples of annual academic 

portfolios that incorporate author-level publication impact metrics will be 

provided. In addition, a grant application incorporating measures of publication 

impact to emphasize expertise within a field will be highlighted. 


1. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary measures that are 

increasingly being used to assess the worth of individual publications at the level 

of the author and the publication. 

2. Find resources to generate their own measures of publication impact for grants 

or promotional packages. 

3. Incorporate measures of publication impact into promotional packages or 

grants to demonstrate the strength of your application. 

Christopher Carpenter MD, MSc – submitter, presenter 


Cathy Sarli MLS, AHIP - presenter 



“Being part of a democratic group means that you 

get to make decisions affecting your practice daily.” 

“It’s an amazing experience. I absolutely enjoy it 

and truly believe in CEP’s partnership model.” 

—True McMahan, MD 

ED Medical Director 

Garden Grove Hospital 

Find out why CEP America is different. 

Visit our booth 

at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Annual Meeting or 

info.cep.com/saem2013 

Your Life. Your Career. Your Partnership. 

Ian Martin, MD current President of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy from 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is one individual who took the SAEM 

Foundation challenge and BECAME ONE. 

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SAEM Annual Meeting Abstracts 

May 15-18, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia 

Listed below are the title, presenter name, and presenter Institution for the 834 abstracts that have been selected for presentation at the 2013 

SAEM Annual Meeting from the 1,224 abstract submissions. Please note the abstracts are listed in presentation order. These numbers do not 

correspond to the original abstract numbers given at time of submission. 

*SAEM Gallery of Excellence Nominees 2013 

Plenary Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Plaza Ballroom ABC 

Moderator: David Cone MD, Yale University School of Medicine 

1 NEXUS Chest: Validation of a Decision Instrument for Selective Chest 

Imaging in Blunt Trauma* 

Robert M. Rodriguez MD, UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital 

2 Intravenous Cobinamide Versus Hydroxocobalamin for Acute Treatment of 

Severe Cyanide Poisoning in A Swine (Sus Scrofa) Model - a randomized, 

controlled trial* 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center 

3 Anaphylaxis; Clinical Features and Evidence for A Mast Cell-leukocyte 

Cytokine Cascade in Humans.* 

Simon G A. Brown MBBS, PhD, FACEM, Western Australian Institute for 

Medical Research, Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western 

Australia 

4 Accuracy of an Ultra-Low Dose CT Protocol for ED Patients with Suspected 

Kidney Stone* 

Chris Moore MD, RDMS, Yale University School of Medicine 

5 Latino Caregiver Experiences with asthma Health Communications: A 

Qualitative Evaluation* 

Antonio Riera MD, Yale University School of Medicine 

6 Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase or Placebo with Low Molecular Weight 

Heparin for Acute Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: assessment of 

Patient-Oriented Cardiopulmonary Outcomes at Three Months* 

Jeffrey A. Kline MD, Indiana University School of Medicine 

WEDNESDAY, May 15th, 2013 

Pediatric Abdominal Pain - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Nathan Kuppermann MD, MPH, 

UC Davis 

7 The Effect of Operator Experience on Test Performance Characteristics 

for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Diagnosing Appendicitis in Children: 

Implications for Reducing Misdiagnosis-Related Medical Errors. 

Inna Elikashvili, Mount Sinai Medical Center 

8 The Effect of Point-of- Care Ultrasonography on Emergency Department 

Length of Stay and CT Utilization in Children with Suspected Appendicitis.* 


9 Signs and Symptoms associated with Surgical Intervention in Children with 

Abdominal Pain* 

Melissa Tavarez MD, Children’s National Medical Center 

10 Retrospective Review of Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Diagnosis of 

Pediatric Intussusception* 

Samuel H. F. Lam, Advocate Christ Medical Center 

Ultrasound - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 11:00 am in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: James H. Moak MD, RDMS, University of Virginia 

11 Ultrasound Confirmation of Central Femoral Venous Line Placement: the 

FLUSH Study (Flush the Line and Ultrasound the Heart)* 

Russ Horowitz MD, RDMS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

12 Accuracy of Emergency Medicine Residents during Completion of the American 

College of Emergency Physicians Minimum Ultrasound Training Benchmarks: A 

Multicenter Multiple Application Longitudinal Validation Study* 

John Bailitz Cook County (Stroger) 

13 Learning Curves in Emergency Ultrasound Education 

David J. Blehar MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

*Disclaimer: Abstracts are placed in the program how they were submitted to SAEM. 

14 Prospective Evaluation of Bedside Soft-Tissue Ultrasound Measurement 

Threshold to yield Positive Purulence on ED drainage procedure 

Carrie Fales MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

15 Accuracy of Ultrasound as a Tele-medicine Component Using a 

Commercially Available Tele-conferance System 

Eric Zevallos MD, Georgia Health Science University 

16 Success of Lumbar Puncture After Using Ultrasound to Identify Landmarks 

Kevin Rooney MS4, University of California Irvine 

17 Sonographic Inferior Vena Cava Measurements to assess Hydration Status 

in Football athletes During Preseason Camp 

Amish Shah MD, University of Arizona 

18 The Effect of Patient Position on the Parasternal Long Cardiac Ultrasound View 

Brian Euerle, University of Maryland School of Medicine 

Hemorrhagic Shock - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Michael Gibbs MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

19 A Markov Model Describes the Dynamics of Resuscitation in a Porcine 

Hemorrhagic Shock Model.* 

Heemun Kwok MD, MS, University of Washington 

20 Comparison of Intraosseous Infusion Rates of Plasma Under High Pressure 

in An Adult Hypovolemic Swine Model in Two Different Limb Sites* 

Julio Lairet, Emory University School of Medicine 

21 The Value of Peripheral Perfusion Index in Predicting Mortality of Patients 

Admitted to Intensive Care Unit and Association with APACHE II, SOFA and 

SAPS II Scores 

Yahya A. ACAR MD, Etimesgut Military Hospital 

22 Fibrinogen Concentrate Reduces Blood Loss and Improves Survival in A 

Porcine Model of Freely Bleeding Hemorrhagic Shock 

Nathan White MD, University of Washington 

Measures for Emergency Medicine - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Jeremiah D. Schuur MD, 

Brigham & Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School 

23 Quality Measure Performance Varies Among Hospitals by Proportion of Low 

Income Patients 

Christopher W. Jones, Christiana Care Health System 

24 Are Crowding Measures associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction 

Mortality? 

Rahul K. Khare, Northwestern University 

25 Effect of Health Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging in the Emergency 

Department 

Keith E. Kocher MD, MPH, University of Michigan 

26 Factors associated with Quality and Costs for Elderly Patients with Acute 

Myocardial Infarction Who Present to Emergency Departments 

Michael Wilson MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

27 Blood Culture Use in ED Patients with Pneumonia after Modification of a 

National Quality Measure 

Leah S. Honigman MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

28 ED Crowding Measures and In-hospital Sepsis Mortality: Is Less Crowding 

Really Better? 

Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA, Northwestern University 

Congestive Heart Failure and Dyspnea - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Alan B. Storrow MD, Vanderbilt University 

29 Bedside Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Edema in Patients 

Presenting with Acute Dyspnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 

David Barbic, McGill University 

30 The CUPID Study: Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound Protocol in Dyspnea 

Krithika Muruganandan MD, Brown University 


31 Evaluation of Dyspnea Severity assessment Methods 

Howard A. Smithline, Baystate Medical Center 

32 The Correlation Between Myocardial Ejection Fraction and MRproANP 

Levels in ED Patients with Dyspnea 

Orhan Cinar, Gulhane Military Medical Academy 

33 Supplemental Thiamine for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure 


34 The Burden of Acute Heart Failure on US Emergency Departments* 

Alan B. Storrow MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt 

University Medical Center 

Emergency Medical Services - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Michael Runyon MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

35 Degradation of Benzodiazepines After 120-Days of EMS Deployment* 

Jason McMullan MD, University of Cincinnati 

36 Do Prehospital Levels of End-tidal Carbon Dioxide Differ Between Chronic 

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Congestive Heart Failure?* 

Christopher Hunter MD, PhD, Orange County EMS System 

37 Prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale and Risk Stratification in Major Pediatric 

Traumatic Brain Injury: Association with Mortality and Non-Mortality 

Outcomes* 

Daniel W. Spaite MD, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, 

University of Arizona 

38 Racial Disparities in Stroke Recognition by Pre-hospital Providers 

Prasanthi Govindarajan MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco 

39 Validation of Criteria to Guide Pre-Hospital Antidote Administration for 

Drug Overdoses 

Matt S. Friedman MD, Fire Department of New York 

40 Intranasal Midazolam is a Viable Alternative to Intravenous Midazolam for 

Prehospital Seizure 

Susanne J. Spano MD, FACEP, UCSF Fresno 

Toxicology - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Ed Otten, University of Cincinnati 

41 Do Mnemonics Help Healthcare Professionals Learn and Recall toxic 

Syndromes for Cholinergic Hazardous Materials? 

Nicholas B. Hurst MD, University of Arizona 

42 “Hard” Versus “Soft” Patient Cues That Influence Emergency Medicine 

Provider Perception of Potential Opioid Misusers 

Lisa M. Mannina MD, San Antonio Military Medical Center 

43 Cost Savings associated with Poison Control Consultation by EMS Dispatch 

Michael Levine MD, University of Southern California 

44 An assessment of Opioid Prescribing Practices among Emergency Medicine 

Providers 

Shawn M. Varney MD, San Antonio Military Medical Center 

45 Prescription Stimulant Misuse in a Military Population - Prevalence and 

Risk Factors for Misuse 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center; AF Enroute Care 

Research Center 

46 Contribution of Serum Ethanol Concentration to the Osmol Gap: a 

Prospective Volunteer Study 

Shaun D. Carstairs, Naval Medical Center 

Radiology - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 - 12:00 pm in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Ali S. Raja MD, MPH, MBA 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School 

47 Should We Communicate Radiation Risk from CT Scans to Patients? A 

Mixed-Methods and Normative Ethical Analysis* 

Thomas E. Robey, Yale-New Haven Hospital 

48 Evidence Based Diagnostics: Meta-Analysis of the Accuracy of Physical 

Exam and Imaging for Adult Scaphoid Fractures* 

Ali S. Raja, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School 

49 Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of Bedside Ultrasound to Plain 

Radiography for Detecting Fractures of the Appendicular Skeleton in the 

Emergency Department: A Prospective Study* 

Paul E. Haiar DSc, PA-C, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center 

50 Diagnostic Testing and Treatment of Pediatric Headache in the Emergency 

Department 

Matthew L. Hansen MD, OHSU 

51 Screening for Fever in the ED: the Role of Oral, Tympanic Membrane, and 

Temporal Artery thermometry 

Purvi D. Shah, Montefiore Medical Center 

52 A Risk-Prediction Rule for Contrast-induced Nephropathy and Subsequent 

Long-term Mortality 

Alice M. Mitchell MD, MS, Indiana University School of Medicine 

53 Frequency Optimization for Detecting Intracerebral Hemorrhage in an 

Invivo Porcine Model Using Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation 

Joseph J. Korfhagen, University of Cincinnati 

54 Adult Emergency Department CT Utilization for Facial Trauma, Facial 

Fracture Rates, and Procedural Repair: A Retrospective Cohort Study 

Joshua S. Broder MD, Duke University Medical Center 

55 Test Characteristics of Quick-Brain MRI for Shunt Evaluation in Children: A 

New Modality to Avoid Unnecessary Radiation 

Matthew Hansen MD, Oregon Health and Science University 

Traumatic Brain Injury - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 - 12:00 pm in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Opeolu Adeoye MD, University of Cincinnati 

56 Emergency Department Initiated Interventions for Mild Traumatic Brain 

Injury; A Systematic Review 

Jocelyn Gravel, CHU Sainte-Justine 

57 Elevated Levels of Serum SBDP150 in the Emergency Department Are 

associated with Poor Outcome at One Month From Mild and Moderate 

Traumatic Brain Injury* 

Linda Papa MD, CM, MSc, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

58 Anti-platelet and Anti-coagulants Do Not Increase Traumatic Intracranial 

Bleeds in Elderly Fall Victims 

Darin Agresti DO, St. Luke’s University Hospital 

59 Early Results: Do All Patients with Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Need 

Hospital Admission? 

Sarah K. Flaherty MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

60 Performance of Early Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 Individually and in 

Combination in Distinguishing Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury 

from Trauma Controls and in Detecting Intracranial Lesions On CT* 


61 The Synergistic Effect of Prehospital Hypotension and Hypoxia in Major 

Traumatic Brain Injury: Profound Impact on Mortality 

Daniel W. Spaite MD, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, 


62 Emergency Department Disposition of the Mild Traumatic Brain Injured 

Patient: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. 

Jonathan J. Ratcliff MD, MPH, University of Cincinnati 

63 Significance of Prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale in Hospital Outcomes of 

Traumatic Brain Injury Patients 

Irina F. Brennan MD, PhD, University of Florida 

Acute Coronary Syndromes - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 - 12:00 pm in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Chad E. Darling MD, UMass Medical School 

64 The Association between Pretest Probability of Coronary Artery Disease 

and Stress Test Utilization and Outcomes in a Chest Pain Observation Unit 

Anthony Napoli, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

65 External Validation of the Australasian ED Acute Coronary Syndrome Score 

Jeffrey Shih, Mayo Clinic 

66 Utility of Routine Echocardiography in Low-to-intermediate Risk Patients 

with Potential ACS 

Judd Hollander, University of Pennsylvania 

67 High Sensitivity Troponin Implementation for Patients with Suspected Acs 

Increases the Rule-out Rate While Reducing Re-visits Resulting in Admission 

Andrew McRae, University of Calgary 

68 The Effect of Implementing High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing on ED 

Operational Efficiency in Three Large Urban Emergency Departments 


69 Can a Low-Risk Chest Pain Protocol Reduce Admission Rates Among 

Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain? A 

Quality Project 

Michael Zwank, Regions Hospital 

70 Cost-effectiveness of A Multi-disciplinary Observation Protocol for Lowrisk 

Acetaminophen Overdose in the Emergency Department 

Gillian Beauchamp, University of Cincinnati 


71 Potentially Avoidable Chest Pain Observation Unit Utilization: Admission 

of Very-Low-Risk Patients 

Simon A. Mahler, Wake forest University Medical School 

72 Prospective Evaluation of Outcomes in Geriatric Chest Pain Patients in an 

Emergency Department Observation Unit 

Matthew J. Fuller MD, University of Utah 

STEMI - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 - 11:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Deborah B. Diercks MD, UC Davis 

73 Young Women are Less Likely to Meet Reperfusion Guidelines for STEMI: 

the VIRGO Study (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender On Outcomes)* 

Gail D’Onofrio MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University 


74 Mode of Hospital Arrival in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Ethnic and 

Language Differences in an Urban STEMI Receiving Center 

Stephanie Y. Donald, George Washington University 

75 Evaluation of the Incidence and Outcomes of Contrast-induced 

Nephropathy Following STEMI Protocol Activation 

Brandon R. Allen MD, University of Florida 

76 Risk Stratification of Acute Chest Pain in an Emergency Setting: ST 

Segment Change on aVL Lead as a Predictor of Future MI 

Andrew Keralis, University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Pediatrics - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 - 12:00 pm in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Brent R. King MD, University of Texas Medical School 

77 Associations of Length of Stay and Disposition in Pediatric Emergency 

Department Patients 

Isabel A. Barata MS, MD, North Shore University Hospital 

78 Bronchiolitis Hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2009 

Kohei Hasegawa MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital 

79 Urban and Rural Patterns in Emergent Pediatric Transfer 

to a Higher Level of Care 

Timothy Horeczko MD, MSCR, University of California, Davis 

80 High Emergency Department and Urgent Care Use When Sick Children 

Cannot attend Child Care 

Andrew N. Hashikawa MD, MS, University of Michigan 

81 Clinical Pathway Expedites Systemic Corticosteroids for Children with 

Moderate-Severe asthma Exacerbation* 

Christopher Fee MD, University of California San Francisco 

817 Validation of A tool for the assessment of Trainees During Simulated 

Pediatric Resuscitation 

Jocelyn Gravel, Hôpital Sainte-Justine 

82 Broselow Tape: A Time to Revisit?* 

Muhammad Waseem MD, MS, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 

83 A New Pediatric Weight Estimation Device 

Jennifer Watts MD, MPH, Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics 

834 Self-assessment of Clinical Improvement by Pediatric Patients during an 

Acute asthma Exacerbation* 

Lori A. Montagna, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

84 Rapidly Administered Ketamine for Brief Pediatric Procedures: A Dose- 

Finding Study 

Sri Sankar Chinta MD, MBBS, Washington University in St. Louis 

85 Does Use of the Needle Free Jet-injection System with Buffered Lidocaine 

Device (j-tip) Improve IV Placement Success in Children? 

Maren M. Lunoe, Medical College of Wisconsin 

Clinical Efficiency - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Richard Zane MD, University of Colorado 

87 Financial and Quality Impact of Voice Recognition versus Dictation/ 

Transcription on Emergency Medicine Records 

Roshanak Didehban MHS, FACHE, Mayo Clinic 

88 Impact of Varying Biomarker Sampling Intervals and Stress Testing Rates 

and Availability On the Length of Stay in An Emergency Department 

Observation Unit Using A Simulation Model 

Jeremiah D. Schuur MD, MHS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

89 ED Hemolysis is More Strongly associated with Device Used to Obtain Blood 

Than Other Features of Phlebotomy* 

Andrew Wollowitz MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein 


90 Decreasing Turn-Around-Time with a Split ESI 3 Patient Flow Model 

Rajiv Arya MD, UMDNJ-RWJMS New Brunswick 

91 The Emergency Department Contribution to the Burden of Hospital- 

Acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI’s) 

Timothy J. Reeder MD, East Carolina University 

92 Patients Receiving Take Home Meds Instead of Prescriptions Are More 

Likely to Return to the ED 

Melissa Fleegler MD, University of New Mexico 

Critical Care - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 11:00 - 12:00 pm in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Robert Rodriguez MD, UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital 

93 The Relationship between Lactic Acidosis and Thiamine Levels in Patients 

with Diabetic Ketoacidosis* 

Ari Moskowitz MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

94 Variability in Intraosseous Flush Practices by Trained Emergency Physicians 

Joseph Sontgerath, San Antonio Military Medical Center 

95 Correlation of Central and Peripheral Venous Blood Gas Compared to 

Arterial Blood Gas in the Undifferentiated Critically Ill Patient 

J. Daniel Hess MD, Christiana Care Health System 

96 Defining the Geography of Infection-Related Death Rates in the United 

States: Hotspotting Areas for Targeted Interventions. 

Anish K. Agarwal MD, MPH, the University of Pennsylvania 

Geriatric Pain - Oral Presentations 

Wednesday, May 15, 11:00 - 12:00 pm in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Robert Woolard MD, Texas Tech University (El Paso) 

97 Age-related Differences in Pain Recovery After Motor Vehicle Collision: A 

Prospective Longitudinal Study* 

Greg Pereira, University of North Carolina 

98 Randomized Clinical Trial of an IV Hydromorphone Titration Protocol 

versus Usual Care for Management of Acute Pain in Older Emergency 

Department Patients 

Robert H. Meyer MD, 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center 

99 Pain Treatment in Older Adults During Prehospital Care in North Carolina: A 

Descriptive Analysis 

Katherine M. Hunold BSPH, University of Virginia 

100 Are there Disparities in the Quality of Acute Pain Care for 

Geriatric Patients in the ED? 

Ula Hwang, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Accelerate Your ED - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: David F. Brown MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

101 Lean-Based Systems Engineering Improves Performance Measures in the 


Benjamin A. White MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

102 Guest Relations assistants - How do They Impact Perception of 

Care and Loyalty? 

Neil Majmundar MD, St. John Hospital & Medical Center 

103 Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record System Reduces Physician 

Productivity in an Academic Emergency Department 

Gregory Lamb MD, University of New Mexico 

104 Comparative Effectiveness of an Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Versus 

23-Hour Observation for Chest Pain 

Alan J. Smally MD, 

Hartford Hospital and the University of CT School of Medicine 

105 Building a Super Track: Use of Lean to Decrease Turnaround Times for Low 

Acuity Patients 

Bruce M. Lo MD, 

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 

106 Motivation and Predictors of Physician Productivity in an Academic 

Practice Setting 

Amisha D. Parekh, New York Methodist Hospital 

Health Services Research - Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Keith E. Kocher MD, University of Michigan 

107 Ed Use of Online Social Media - Canadian National Survey of Physicians and 

Trainees. 

Maxim Ben-Yakov MD, CM, University of toronto 


108 National Study of Health Insurance and Underlying Reasons for Emergency 

Department Presentation 

Adit A. Ginde, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

109 Comparison of Geographic Distribution of U.S. Urgent Care Centers and 

Emergency Departments 

Adit A. Ginde, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

110 Do Emergency Department Patients Receive a Pathological Diagnosis? The 

Provision of Diagnosis at ED Discharge in a Nationally-Representative Sample 

Leana S. Wen, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency 

Clinical Decision Rules - Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Ian G. Stiell MD, University of Ottawa 

111 Randomized Trial of a Quantitative, Computerized Method to Estimate 

Pretest Probability of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Pulmonary Embolism: 

Effect on Patient Safety, Radiation Exposure, and Cost of Care* 

Jeffrey Kline, Indiana University School of Medicine 

112 HINTS Outperforms ABCD2 to Identify Stroke in Acute Vestibular Syndrome* 

David E. Newman-Toker MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of 

Medicine 

113 Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Rules for Clinical Deterioration Shortly 

After an Emergency Department Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism* 

Christopher Kabrhel, Massachusetts General Hospital 

114 Derivation of a Decision Instrument for Selective Chest Imaging in Patients 

with Falls from Standing 

Ali S. Raja MD, MPH, MBA, 


Critical Care - Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Michael Gibbs MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

115 Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention Education 

in the Emergency Department 

Joe Peraza MD, University of Arizona Health Network 

116 Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Activity Decreases in Connection 

with Profound Stress 

Lars W. Andersen BS, Research Center for Emergency Medicine 

117 Assessment of One-year Mortality Following Hospital Discharge Among 

Survivors of Cardiac Arrest Who Receive Pre-hospital Fluids 

David A. Pearson MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

118 Plasmin loaded echogenic liposomes: A Novel Thrombolytic 

Madhuvanthi A. Kandadai, University of Cincinnati 

Renal Colic - Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Romolo Gaspari MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

119 ED Provider Pretest Probability Predicts Nephrolithiasis in CTs for 

Suspected Renal Colic 

Brock Daniels MD, Yale New Haven Hospital 

120 Normal Renal Ultrasound Identifies Renal Colic Patients at Low Risk for 

Urologic Intervention: A Prospective Study. 

Justin Yan, the University of Western Ontario 

121 Comparison of Emergency Physician Performed Bedside Ultrasound vs. 

Computed tomography in the Diagnosis of Renal Colic* 

Megan Leo MD, RDMS, Boston Medical Center 

122 Radiation Dose Index of CTs for Kidney Stone Performed in the United 

States 

Adam Lukasiewicz MPH, Yale University School of Medicine 

Learning Styles - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Brandon Maughan MD, MHS, Brown University 

123 Dual Learning Enhances Knowledge Acquisition in an Emergency Medicine 

Sub-internship 

Jaime Jordan, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 

124 Do Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty Have Similar Learning 

Styles When assessed with the Kolb Learning Style Inventory? 

Jenna M. Fredette MD, Christiana Care Health System 

125 A Structured Educational Intervention Effectively Improves Morbidity & 

Mortality (M&M) Rounds - the Ottawa M&M Model 

Lisa A. Calder, University of Ottawa 

126 An Effective Remediation Program to Improve In-Training Exam Scores 

David Saloum, Maimonides Medical Center 

127 Development and Implementation of an asynchronous Curriculum Using a 

Web-based Platform 

Joshua G. Kornegay MD, Oregon Health & Science University 

128 Frequent Interruptions Do Not Impact Critical Decision Making by 

Emergency Medicine Residents and Attendings 

Jonathan L. Jones MD, University of North Carolina 

Imaging in Trauma - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Greg Hendey MD, University of California, San Francisco (Fresno) 

129 Diagnostic Yields of Chest Imaging in Blunt Trauma 


130 Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injury Identified by Chest 

Computed tomography but not Chest Radiograph in Blunt Trauma Patients 

Mark I. Langdorf MD, MHPE, University of California, Irvine 

131 Imaging of the NEXUS-negative Patient: When We Break the Rule 

John Morrison MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network 

132 Is Cervical Spine Imaging Required in Patients with Femur Fractures? 

Robert T. Dahlquist MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

133 Frequency and Mortality of Non-Contiguous Spine Fractures with CT Scan Use 

Preeti Dalawari MD, MSPH, Saint Louis University Hospital 

134 Can Sentinel Clinical and CXR Findings Predict the Likelihood of an 

Abnormal Chest CT Requiring Intervention following Blunt Trauma? 

Michael Manka MD, 

SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, Erie County Medical Center 

Triage - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Gabor Kelen MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

135 Does the Implementation of An Emergency Department Triage System 

Improve the Timeliness of Analgesia Provision? 

Sabine E. Lemoyne MD, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 

136 Reverse Triage in Pediatrics: A New Method to Increase 

In-Hospital Surge Capacity 

Eben Clattenburg, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

137 Utilization of a Pneumonia Triage Pathway 

Ryan Hunt MD, UC Davis Medical Center 

138 Physician Telemedicine Triage in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study 

Stephen Traub MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona 

139 Differences in Noninvasive thermometers in the Adult Emergency Department* 

Joshua Zwart MD, University of Rochester 

140 The Ability of the Physiologic Criteria of the Field Triage Guidelines to 

Identify Children Who Need the Resources of a Trauma Center 

E. Brooke Lerner PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 

Poster Presentations 

– Posters will be attended by authors from 2:00 – 4:00 pm 

Wednesday, May 15, 1:00 - 5:00 pm in 200 Gallery -level 6 

141 Emergency Medicine Resident Facilitated Procedural Sedation in the 


Laura Magnuson MD, Orlando Health 

142 Prospective, Open-Label, Efficacy and Safety Trial of Intranasal Ketorlac on 

Pain in Adults in the Emergency Department 

Sharon E. Mace MD, Cleveland Clinic 

143 ED Pain Care and its Effects on Short Term Hospitalization Outcomes. 

Ammar Siddiqui, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

144 Evaluation of a Novel tool for Pain assessment in the Emergency Department 

Philip W. Craven, University of Utah 

145 Video Laryngoscopy May Reduce First attempt Complications of Airway 

Management in a Medical Intensive Care Unit 

Jarrod M. Mosier, University of Arizona 

146 ACE-induced Angioedema in the Emergency Department: 

An Observational Study 

R. Mason Curtis, Queen’s University 

147 The Association of Ventilating Technique and Number of assisted Breaths 

Given after Rapid Sequence Induction with the Occurrence of Hypoxia 

During Intubation attempts Among Patients Intubated in the Emergency 

Department 

James R. Miner MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 


148 Accuracy of Ultrasound Guided Marking of the Cricothyroid Membrane Prior 

to Simulated Failed Intubation. 

Keith Curtis MD, University of Utah 

149 Determination of A Learning Curve for the Pediatric Glidescope in Infant 

Airway Management Novices - A Mannequin Study 

Faizan H. Arshad, Yale New Haven Hospital 

150 Are Geriatric Patients High Risk for Emergency Department 

Procedural Sedation 

Sharon E. Mace MD, Cleveland Clinic 

151 Comparison of Airway Ultrasonography and Continuous 

Waveform Capnography to Confirm Endotracheal Tube Placement 

in Cardiac Arrest Patients 

Junho Cho, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital 

152 Use of a Novel Electronic Pre-Sedation Checklist Improves Safety 

Documentation in Emergency Department Sedations 

R. Jason Thurman MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 

153 A Survey of Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents’ 

Experience with Cricothyrotomy 

Andrew L. Makowski MD, St. Joseph’s Hospital 

154 Theoretical Analysis of the Relative Impact of Obesity On Hemodynamic 

Stability During Acute Hemorrhagic Shock 

Sarah A. Sterling, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

156 Utility of Chest Radiographs in Emergency Department Patients 

Presenting with Syncope 

David T. Chiu, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

157 Utility of Trending CKMB in Emergency Department 

Chest Pain Observation Unit. 

Colin Mukubwa MD, VIdant Medical Center 

158 Comparison of Peak Troponin (cTnI) Levels Based on 

Various Patient Characteristics 

Dave Milzman, Georgetown U School of Medicine 

159 Failure of the North America Chest Pain Rule and 

“Sensitive” Troponin assays in Low Risk Patients 

Anwar D. Osborne, Emory University 

160 Can Emergency Physicians Accurately Diagnose Pericardial 

Effusion On Point-of-care Ultrasound? 

Lori A. Stolz, University of Arizona 

161 Survival Analysis of Patients Taking Dabigatran After Consulting 

Emergency Department for Acute Bleeding: A First Alarm 

Raoul Daoust MD, MSc, Hôpital du sacré cœur de Montréal 

162 Pilot Study of Lactate Levels as a Marker of Tissue Hypoperfusion in ED 

Acute Heart Failure Patients 

Kori Sauser MD, University of Michigan 

163 Differences in Nitrovasodilator Use and Rationale to Treat Acute Heart 

Failure Patients between Emergency Physicians, Hospitalists, and 

Cardiologists 

Peter S. Pang MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 

164 Improving Door to Balloon Time for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction 

Patients By Decreasing Emergency Department Door to ECG Time 

Nicholas Testa, LAC+USC Medical Center 

165 Safety of a Rapid Diagnostic Protocol with Accelerated Stress Testing 

Olanrewaju Soremekun, University of Pennsylvania 

166 Initial ED Cardiac Troponin is Highly Predictive of Drug Overdose Mortality 

Alex F. Manini MD, MS, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

167 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the BOA ® -Constricting IV Band by 

Paramedics and Nurses 

Richard N. Bradley, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 

168 Gender Disparities in Stress Test Utilization in Chest Pain Unit patients 

based upon the ordering Physician’s Gender 


169 Knowledge Deficiencies in Patients with Elevated Blood Pressure 

Catherine T. Ginty MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

170 Establishing a Threshold for D-dimer Testing in the Diagnostic Evaluation 

of Aortic Dissection: A Decision Analysis 

Richard A. Taylor, Yale University 

171 Systematic Review of Anti-Arrhythmic Drug therapy Compared to Lidocaine 

for Termination of Stable Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia 

Richard Sinert DO, Downstate Medical Center 

172 Young Adult Patients with Chest Pain: Utility of the Emergency Department 

Observation Unit 

Tamara Moores MD, University of Utah - Division of Emergency Medicine 

173 Evaluation, Management and Disposition of ED Patients in Hypertensive Crisis 

Catherine T. Ginty MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

174 Association Between Sex and Automated External Defibrillator Application 

After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Jody Vogel, Denver Health Medical Center 

175 A Prospective Trial of Video Podcast Use to Improve Knowledge and Confidence 

in Violent Person Management within an Emergency Medicine Clerkship 

Caroline A. Ball, Loyola University Chicago 

176 Performance in Trauma Resuscitation at an Urban Tertiary 

Level I Pediatric Trauma Center 

Payal K. Gala, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

177 A Survey of the Current Utilization of asynchronous Education Among 

Emergency Medicine Residents in the United States 

Sarah Schlein MD, Univerisy of Utah 

178 Is An Email-based Evaluation System for Students in An EM Clerkship 

Superior to That of A Handwritten, End-of-shift Evaluation System? 

Jeffrey Barrett MD, Temple University School of Medicine 

179 Improving Sign-out Communication in the Emergency Department: 

Outcomes Using A Standardized Sign-out Communication Method. 

Grace Sousa MD, University at Buffalo SUNY 

180 Comparison of Landmark Preformed Lumbar Punctures versus Ultrasound 

Guided Lumbar Punctures in A Novice Study Group 

David P. Evans, Virginia Commonwealth University 

181 Knowledge of Sexually-Transmitted Infections Among Patients 

in an Urban Emergency Medicine Department 

Julia L. Moon MPH, Drexel University, School of Public Health 

182 The Impact of Standardized Testing on Interview Scoring and 

Emergency Medicine Applicants’ Rank Position 

Meaghen Finan MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network 

183 Improving Patient Ability to Identify Acetaminophen-containing Products: 

Preliminary Data of a Brief ED Educational Intervention 

Joseph S. Palter MD, Cook County ( Stroger) 

184 Improvement in ACGME Core Competency Specific Summative Comments 

by Faculty Following Implementation of a Core Competency Specific Daily 

Feedback Cards program, a Faculty Incentive Program and Specific Faculty 

Development on the Core Competencies and Giving Feedback to Residents 

Todd Guth, University of Colorado 

185 A Close Examination of Increased HIV Testing Following 

A Computer-based Video Intervention in the ED 

Theodore C. Bania MD, St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center 

186 Medical Student Peer Teaching in Simulation 

Joseph House, University of Michigan 

187 The Current State of Emergency Medical Training in 

U.S. Schools of Podiatric Medicine 

David A. Wald DO, Temple University School of Medicine 

188 Self-regulated Learning and Study Time Allotment 

Sally A. Santen MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

189 Comparison of Standard Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation versus Ultrasound 

Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in A Novice Study Group 

David P. Evans, Virginia Commonwealth University 

190 A Required Fourth Year Emergency Medicine Clerkship Improves Medical 

Students Self-assessment of Procedural Experiences 

Luan Lawson MD, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 

191 Evaluation of a Hands on Facial Anesthesia Lab 

Todd M. Phillips, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

192 The Effect of Medical Students Upon Patient Satisfaction 

in a University-affiliated Community ED 

Christopher S. Kiefer MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine 

193 Interactive Spaced Online Education in Pediatric Trauma 

Rohit Shenoi MD, Baylor College of Medicine 

194 Are Emergency Medicine Resident Evaluations of Attending Faculty 

Influenced By their Performance Scores? 

Sarina Doyle MD, Orlando Health 

195 Variability by Institution in Emergency Medicine Inservice Reviews with 

Audience Response Units 


196 The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Ability to Identify 

Peripheral Nerves with Ultrasound 

Sandra J. Williams DO, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine 


197 The Use of an Endovaginal Task-Training Manikin as an Adjunct 

in Teaching Emergency Ultrasound of Early Pregnancy to Residents - 

CORD Educational Grant. 

Micelle Haydel, LSU-New Orleans 

198 An Observational Study of Superior Mesenteric Artery Blood Flow 

in Septic Patients 

Athena Mihailos, NY Methodist Hospital 

199 Apples and Oranges? An Evaluation of 4-year Emergency Medicine 

Residencies Using Program Websites and the SAEM Residency Directory. 

Daniel Runde, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 

200 Types of Diagnostic Errors in Neurologic Emergencies in the ED 

Nicole M. Dubosh MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

201 Current EM Ultrasound Training in Residency: Implications for Future Practice 

Erin S. Rardon MD, West Virginia University 

202 Conducting a Patient Safety Needs assessment for 

Undergraduate Medical Education 

Paul S. Jansson BA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

203 Factors Affecting Resident Perception of Faculty Entrustment of Autonomy 

Benjamin S. Bassin MD, University of Michigan 

204 Meaningful assessment of Resident Patient Handoffs Proves Challenging 

Michelle J. Chastain MD, Advocate Christ Medical Center 

205 Bedside Ultrasound Skills Acquisition by Medical Students 

on Emergency Medicine Rotation 

Christian Koziatek BA, Bellevue Hospital/NYU Medical Center 

206 The Implementation of ED Team Training Across Seven Hospitals 

Carrie D. Tibbles, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

207 Ultrasound Competency Assessment in Emergency 

Medicine Residency Programs 

Richard Amini, University of Arizona Medical Center 

208 Characteristics of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director 

David A. Wald, Temple University School of Medicine 

209 Translating Relative Value Units for Clinical Productivity in a Mixed 

Workload Academic Emergency Department 

Amisha D. Parekh MD, New York Methodist Hospital 

210 Validation of the BEEM Rater Scale: An Instrument to 

Define the “Best Evidence” for Emergency Medicine 

Christopher R. Carpenter MD, MSc, Washington University in St. Louis 

211 Race Related Healthcare Disparities Among California Workers 

Randy Woo MD, University of California, Irvine 

212 Trends in EMTALA Violations from 2002-2012 

Brian Raffetto MPH, LAC-USC 

214 Time of Day, Severity of Illness, and Insurance Status Are associated with 

Patients’ attempts to Seek Outpatient Care Prior to ED Visits 

Kathryn Groner, Christiana Care Health Systems 

215 Assessing the Rates of Error and Adverse Events in the Emergency Department 

Matthew Wong MD, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess 


216 Hospital- and County-Level Determinants of Emergency Department 

Admission for Deep Vein Thrombosis 

Kristin L. Rising MD, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 

217 Survival and Health Care Utilization for ED Patients with Metastatic Solid 

Tumors Randomized to Early Palliative Care Consultation versus Care as Usual 

Corita R. Grudzen, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

218 Referral Systems for Patients in Low-income Countries: A Case Study 

from Liberia 

Jimin Kim MSc, University of Chicago 

219 “Something is Fishy”: Emergency Department Visits for foreign Bodies in 

the Larynx and Pharynx in Korea and United States 

Viktor Livshits MD, Morristown Medical Center 

220 Assessing Need for Prioritization of Emergency Services in fort Liberte, Haiti 

Ayesha Khan, Stanford University Hospital 

221 The Academic Contribution from Taiwan to Emergency Medicine Field from 

1992 to 2011: A Perspective from Scientific Publications 

Ching-Hsing Lee, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

222 A Novel First Aid Curriculum Improves First Aid Knowledge in 

Laypersons in Rural Nicaragua 

Breena R. Taira MD, MPH, Olive View UCLA Medical Center 

223 Impact of An Emergency Triage assessment and Teatment (ETAT)-based 

Triage Process in the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) of A 

Guatemalan Public Hospital 

Heather L. Crouse MD, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital 

224 Development of Low Fidelity Simulation for the Low Resource Setting 

Bhakti Hansoti MD, Johns Hopkins University 

225 Analysis of Symptom Profiles in the NINDS Trial Using Latent Classification 

Opeolu Adeoye, University of Cincinnati 

226 Frequency and Speed of Early Antihypertensive Treatment of Severe 

Hypertension in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients in a Broad 

Community Setting. 

Abraham Flinders, Keck School of Medicine USC 

227 Safety and Efficacy of tPA administration in Ischemic Stroke Patients 

Requiring Aggressive Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment 

Bryan F. Darger BA,MSII, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 

228 The Efficacy of Intravenous Morphine for Acute Migraine 

Benjamin W. Friedman MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

229 Parenteral Treatment of Tension-type Headache: A Systematic Review 

Danielle Weinman MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

230 Lack of Association Between Headache Relief and Reduction in Blood 

Pressure Among Patients Presenting to An Emergency Department with 

Migraine and Elevated Blood Pressure 

Binoy W. Mistry BSc, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

231 The Neurocognitive Effect of Resistance and Simulated Use of force 

Encounters on Standardized Field Sobriety Testing 

Jeffrey Ho, Hennepin County Medical Center 

232 Evaluation of Primary Intra-Cerebral Hemorrhage by Age, 

Race and Stroke Volume 

John Martel MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

233 The Use of CTA Prior to Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Was 

associated with Increased, But Less Severe, Intracranial Hemorrhage 

Arif Azam MD, the University of Texas Health Science Center 

234 Impact of microEEG on clinical management and outcomes of Emergency 

Department patients with altered mental status 

Shahriar Zehtabchi, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center 

235 Management of Early Severe Hypertension in Acute Intracerebral 

Hemorrhage in Primary Stroke Centers vs. Non-Stroke Center Hospitals. 

Abraham Flinders, Keck School of Medicine USC 

237 Monocyte Count is associated with ICH Mortality 

Kyle B. Walsh, University of Cincinnati 

238 Impact of a County-wide Prehospital Routing Protocol On 

Thrombolytic Rates for Acute Ischemic Stroke 

Brandon Minzer MA, EdM, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix 

239 Characteristics of Participants with Pseudo-seizures and Other Nonepileptic 

Spells Mimicking Status Epilepticus in the Pre-hospital Setting in 

the Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Trial (RAMPART) 

Donna Harsh, University of Michigan 

240 Characterizing Emergency Department Utilization By A Population-based 

Cohort of Insured Pregnant Women 

Karin V. Rhodes, University of Pennsylvania 

241 Managing Missed Abortion in the Emergency Room with Manual Vacuum 

aspiration: Factors Predicting Who Receives EDMVA 

Kelly E. Quinley MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 

242 Ondansetron Versus Doxylamine/Pyridoxine for Treatment of Nausea and 

Vomiting in First Trimester Pregnancy: A Prospective Randomized Double- 

Blind Controlled Study 

Lauren G. Oliveira DO, Naval Medical Center 

243 Adherence to CDC Guidelines in the Evaluation and Management of Women 

with Pelvic Complaints* 

Dana E. Kozubal BS, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

244 Emergency Department Resident Physicians’ Comfort Levels with 

Diagnosing and Treating Depression 

Rasha Buhumaid MD, George Washington 

245 Incidence and Predictors of Traumatic Stress, Depression, and Substance 

Abuse Diagnoses in Hospitalized Violently Injured Youth 

Nathan A. Irvin MD, University of Pennsylvania 

246 Unmet Legal Needs among Emergency Department Patients 

Matthew W. Miller BA, University of Colorado School of Medicine 


247 Caring for Homeless Patients in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative 

Study of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Experiences 

Kelly M. Doran MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars 

Program, Yale University School of Medicine 

248 Prevalence and Treatment Needs of Patients Presenting to the Emergency 

Department with Alcohol Intoxication 

Kenneth W. Dodd MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

249 Predictors of Post-concussive Syndrome after Mild TBI 

Latha Ganti Stead MD, MS, MBA, University of Florida 

250 Does A Wireless Incentive Structure Improve Retention, Subject 

Satisfaction and Safety in Intimate Partner Violence Research? 

Melissa A. Rodgers BA, University of Pennsylvania 

251 Utilization and Safety of a Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Protocol in an 

Emergency Department Observation Unit 

Matthew Stewart MD, University of Utah 

252 Evaluation of An Age-adjusted D-dimer Threshold in the Diagnosis of Acute 

Venous Thromboembolism 

Joel C. Rowe MD, University of Florida 

253 “A Doctor is a Doctor”: Reasons Adult Patients Choose the Emergency 

Department Over Outpatient offices for Acute asthma Care - A Qualitative Study 

Charlotte C. Lawson, University of Pennsylvania 

254 The Effect of Empiric Systemic Anticoagulation Prior to Imaging for 

Pulmonary Embolism on Mortality 

Daren M. Beam MD, MS, Indiana School of Medicine 

255 The Ventilatory Effects of the Prone Maximal Restraint Position on Obese 

Human Subjects 

Christian Sloane MD, UCSD Medical Center 

256 Recommended Tidal Volumes are Not Commonly Started in Emergency 

Department Patients Developing ARDS. 

Michael G. Allison MD, University of Maryland Medical Center 

257 Intercellular Shear Destabilizes the Cell-Cell Junction 

in Models of Acute Lung Injury 

Ramaswamy Krishnan PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

258 The Effects of ED Crowding On Enrollment of Patients 

in A Randomized Controlled Trial 

Daniel Jafari MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania 

259 The Validity of Self-Reported Primary Adherence Among Medicaid Patients 

Discharged From the Emergency Department with A Prescription Medication 

Ru Ding, George Washington University 

260 Estimating Negative Likelihood Ratio Confidence when Test Sensitivity is 100% 

Keith A. Marill MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

261 Acuity Detection to Enhance Methods for Outbreak Biosurveillance 

Meredith H. Arasaratnam ScD, National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness 

262 Handling Repeat Enrollments During an Emergency Clinical Trial: the Rapid 

Anticonvulsant Medications Prior to Arrival Trial (RAMPART) 

William Meurer, University of Michigan 

263 Derivation of An Abbreviated Instrument for Use in Emergency Department 

Low Back Pain Research: the Five-Item Roland Morris Questionnaire* 

Laura W. Mulvey BS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

Cardiac Risk Stratification - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Andra L. Blomkalns MD, University of Cincinnati 

264 Immediate Exercise Stress Echocardiography versus Hospital Admission for 

Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Low Risk Chest Pain 

Danielle Minett MD, MPH, Christiana Care 

265 Low Risk Chest Pain Patients Less Than 40 Years Old do not Benefit from 

Admission and Stress Testing 


266 Emergency Department Recidivism and Outcomes of Previously Evaluated 

Chest Pain Unit Patients* 

Anthony Napoli MD, FACEP, 

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

267 Yield of Provocative Testing in Emergency Department Chest Pain Unit Patients 

Luke K. Hermann MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

268 Evaluation of a Novel Risk Stratification tool vs. the TIMI Score for Patients 

with Chest Pain in an Emergency Department Observation Unit 

Matthew J. Fuller, University of Utah 

269 Utility of Serial Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department 


Jason Dorais MD, University of Utah 

270 High Rate of False-Positive Cardiac Testing in an Emergency Department 


Jason Dorais MD, University of Utah* 

Psychiatry - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Rebecca Cunningham MD, University of Michigan 

271 Causal attribution, Perceived Illness Severity, and Smoking Stages of 

Change in Emergency Department Patients 

Michelle Jaques BA, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

272 Knowledge, attitudes and Practices of Emergency Department Providers in 

the Care of Suicidal Patients 

Marian E. Betz, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

273 Predicting Psychiatrist Continuation of ED Issued Psychiatric Holds: 

Examining the Predictive Validity of Alcohol Use 

Jerielle Adams MD, LSUHSC, Earl K. Long Medical Center 

274 Not Just for Kids: the Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorders in 

Adult Emergency Department Patients 

Suzanne Dooley-Hash MD, University of Michigan 

275 Prior Mental Health Services Use Among Suicidal ED Patients with and 

without Substance Abuse Histories 

Lisa M. Schweigler MD, MPH, MS, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown 

University 

Trauma Resuscitation - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Eric Legome MD, 

Kings County Hospital, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine 

276 A 4-year Analysis of Outcomes for Traumatized Patients Stratified by 

Initial Systolic Blood Pressure 

Colleen Tran DO, York Hospital 

277 End Tidal Co2 as a Non-invasive Marker for Occult Shock in Trauma 

Patients: A Prospective Cohort Validation Study 

Chris Stahmer MD, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center 

278 Determining the Relationship of Base Excess and Serum Lactate in Trauma: 

Is Base Excess Useful as A Point of Care Test? 

Douglas Fields MD, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center 

279 The Influence of Prehospital Hypotension and Hypoxia on Non-mortality 

Outcomes in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for 

Implementing the EMS TBI Management Guidelines 

Daniel W. Spaite, 

Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, University of Arizona 

280 Serum GFAP Out-Performs S100B in Detecting Traumatic Intracranial 

Lesions On CT in Trauma Patients 


281 Predictive Value and Appropriate Ranges of Prehospital Physiologic 

Criteria for Identifying Seriously Injured Older Adults During Field Triage* 

Derek Richardson MD, Oregon Health & Science University 

Ultrasound - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Romolo Gaspari MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

282 Pediatric Skin Abscesses Are More Difficult to Visualize with Bedside 

Ultrasound Than Adult Abscesses 

Russell Johanson MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

283 Does a Novel Simulator Provide Effective Hands On Training Versus 

Traditional Trauma Ultrasound Training for a Disaster Response Team? A 

Prospective Randomized Study 

Michael Paddock DO, Cook County (Stroger) 

284 Impact of Decontamination therapy on Ultrasound Visualization of 

Ingested Pills 

Jason D. Bothwell MD, Madigan Army Medical Center 

285 Ultrasound Guided Central Line Placement by Emergency Physicians in 

Beijing, China 

Joseph Walline, Saint Louis University 

286 The BREATH Pilot Study: Bringing Research in Echocardiography 

assessment to Haiti* 

Krithika M. Muruganandan MD, Rhode Island Hospital 

287 The Number of FAST Exams Required for Proficiency* 

Sharon Yellin MD, New York Methodist Hospital 




Moderator: Aaron Skolnik MD, Banner Good Samaritan/Phoenix Children’s Hospital 

Medical toxicology, Center for toxicology and Pharmacology Education 

and Research, University of Arizona College of Medicine 

288 Intraosseous Versus Intravenous Cobinamide in Treating Acute Cyanide 

toxicity and Apnea in A Swine (Sus Scrofa) Model* 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center; USAF Enroute Care 


289 The Effects of Increased Dosing of L-Carnitine in a Model of Verapamil Toxicity* 

Jason Chu, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center 

290 Pharmacotherapy with a Nicotinic Receptor Antagonist Protects the NMJ in 

A Swine Model of Severe Parathion Poisoning 

Steven B. Bird MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

291 The Effect of Intravenous Lipid Emulsions in an Oral Verapamil toxicity Model 

Jason Chu MD, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center 

292 Pretreatment with Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Reduces Mortality from 

Cocaine toxicity in a Rat Model 

Stephanie Carreiro MD, Alpert Medical School, Brown University 

293 Coral Snake Envenomations 2001-2011: Antivenin Use and Outcomes 

Benjamin W. Hatten MD, Oregon Poison Center, Department of Emergency 

Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University 

Clinical Decision Rules - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Michael Brown MD, MSc, Michigan State University 

294 Narratives Outperform Summary Content in Promoting Recall of Opioid 

Prescription Guideline Recommendations* 

Austin Kilaru, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

295 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in ED Patients with Drug Overdose* 

Alex F. Manini, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

296 Modifying the Sgarbossa Criteria to Diagnose ST-elevation Myocardial 

Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle Branch Block: A Comparison of the 

Smith ST/QRS Ratio Rule to the Selvester 10% Rule 

Kenneth W. Dodd MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

297 Hypothesis Listing and Justification Rule Impact Upon Data-Gathering and 

Clinical Decision Making 

Dane Michael Chapman, University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Medicine 

Training Competencies - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Jeffrey Love MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine 

298 Development of A Simulation Based assessment tool to Measure 

Emergency Medicine Resident Competency 

Kathleen Wittels, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

299 Outcome Feedback within Emergency Medicine Training Programs: An 

Application of the Theory of Deliberate Practice 

Timothy Dalseg MD, University of Ottawa 

300 Use of Electronically-Administered Patient Surveys to Evaluate Emergency 

Medicine Residents on ACGME Competencies 

Edward Durant MD, MPH, Alameda County Medical Center- Highland Hospital 

301 Can We Rely On EM Resident Self-Assessment of EM Knowledge? 

Katherine Jahnes, New York Methodist Hospital 

302 A Randomized Comparison Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a 

Computer-based Teamwork Training Intervention on Medical Teamwork and 

Patient Care Performance 

Rosemarie Fernandez MD, University of Washington 

303 Agreement Between Global assessment and Individual Competencies of 

Medical Student Performance 


thursday, May 16th, 2013 

Geriatrics - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Christopher R. Carpenter MD, Washington University in St. Louis 

304 A Quick and Easy Delirium assessment for Non-Physician Research Personnel* 

Jin H. Han MD, MSc, Vanderbilt University 

305 Comprehension of Emergency Department Care and Discharge Instructions 

among Older Community-Dwelling Patients 

Adam Frisch, University of Pittsburgh 

306 Using Biomarkers to Detect Delirium Among Elderly Emergency 

Department Patients* 

Maura Kennedy MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

307 Impact of A New Senior Emergency Screening and Social Work Intervention 

On Patient Satisfaction as Measured By Press-ganey Survey Methodology 

Nicholas Branscomb, University of Michigan EM Residency Program 

Sepsis - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Emanuel Rivers MD, MPH, Henry ford Hospital 

308 Blood Transfusion Seemed Not to be associated with Mortality among 

Patients with Severe Sepsis in ED* 

Chih-Yi Hsu MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

309 The Prognostic Value of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Combination with the 

Sequential Organ Failure assessment Score in Septic Shock* 

Won Young Kim MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

310 Do Gender Differences Exist in Sepsis Mortality, Overall Surviving 

Sepsis Campaign Bundle Completion, or Completion of Individual Bundle 

Elements?: the DISPARITY Study 

Tracy E. Madsen MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

311 The Impact of Crowding Upon Implementation of Early Goal Directed 

therapy in the Emergency Department. 

Anish K. Agarwal MD, MPH, the University of Pennsylvania 

312 Rapid Development of Septic Shock in a Swine Model Using Cecal Ligation 

and Perforation Plus Fecal Inoculation 

Lawrence A. DeLuca, University of Arizona 

313 Long-Term Mortality After Sepsis 

Henry E. Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham 

314 Risk Factors for Infection with Resistant Organisms in Severe Sepsis 

Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department 

David F. Gaieski MD, The University of Pennsylvania 

315 Higher Hospital Case Volume is associated with Decreased In-hospital 

Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis. 

Munish Goyal MD, FACEP, Georgetown University School of Medicine 

Therapeutic Hypothermia - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Stephen Trzeciak MD, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center 

316 Emergency Department Prediction of Survival and Neurologic Outcome 

in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia 

is Unreliable.* 

Catherine M. Wares MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

317 The Use of Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in Evaluating Resuscitative 

Endpoints in Post-cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia 

Anne V. Grossestreuer MS, University of Pennsylvania 

318 Neuromuscular Blockade is associated with Improved Survival in Postcardiac 

Arrest Patients Undergoing Induced Hypothermia 

Michael Donnino, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

319 Aassociation between Blood Pressure Measurements, Vasopressor Use, 

and Outcome in Post-cardiac Arrest Patients Treated with Therapeutic 

Hypothermia From Four Sites 

Sarah M. Perman MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania 

320 The Impact of Pre-Hospital Therapeutic Hypothermia on Mortality and 

Neurologic Outcomes in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic 

Review and Meta-Analysis* 

Benton R. Hunter MD, Indiana University School of Medicine 

321 Pre-hospital Activation of an Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest 

Response Team Improves ROSC and Hypothermia Utilization 

Nathan Deal, Baylor College of Medicine 

322 Neurologically Intact Survival After Prolonged Cardiac Arrest in the Era of 

Induced Hypothermia 

Tyler Giberson BS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

323 National Trends in the Use of Post-Cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia 

and Factors Influencing Utilization 

Charles Pearce MD, Northwestern University 


Clinical Efficiency - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Tom Scaletta MD, Edwards Hospital, Smart-ER 

324 Scribes in the Emergency Department: 

What Is the Effect On Facility Charges? 

John H. Burton MD, Carilion Clinic 

325 Decreasing ED Overcrowding Via Implementation of a Hospital Wide Surge Plan* 

Shira Schlesinger, LAC+USC Medical Center 

326 Computed tomography without Oral Contrast for Abdominal Pain: 

Effects on Emergency Department Efficiency and Patient Safety* 

William C. Krauss MD, FACEP, Kaiser Permanente 

327 Impact of a Computerized Decision Support System on Screening for 

Hyperlactatemia among Adults with Sepsis* 

Jeffrey P. Green, UC Davis Medical Center 

Atrial Fibrillation - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Richard Summers MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

328 An Evaluation of an Atrial Fibrillation Clinic for the Follow-up of Patients 

Presenting to the Emergency Department with Newly Diagnosed or 

Symptomatic Arrhythmia 

Brandon Hone, University of Alberta 

329 Emergency Department Visits for Atrial Fibrillation Between 2006 and 

2009: Regional Variability in Hospitalization and Cardioversion 

Tyler W. Barrett MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

330 Evaluation of the HATCH Score for Predicting Progression to Sustained 

Atrial Fibrillation in Emergency Department Patients with Newly Diagnosed 

Atrial Fibrillation 

Tyler W. Barrett MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

331 Incidence of 5-Day and 30-Day Adverse Events in a Prospective Cohort of 

Emergency Department Patients with Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation and 

Atrial Flutter 

Tyler W. Barrett, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

332 Adaptation of a Disease-Specific Research Instrument for Quality of Life 

assessments in Emergency Department Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter 

Nimmie Singh BS, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research 

333 Nt-pro Bnp Rise as A Marker for Cardiac Arrhythmia in Patients with Syncope 

Giorgio Costantino MD, Università degli Studi di Milano 

IV Access - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Alexander T. Limkakeng MD, Duke University 

334 Association Between Multiple Needlesticks and Patient Pain Levels in the 


Nicole Piela MD, Thomas Jefferson University 

335 Lidocaine Infiltration By Injection vs. topical LET Gel for Anesthesia for Incision 

and Drainage of Cutaneous Abscesses: A Randomized Controlled Study 

Mark K. Ellis MD, University of Arizona 

336 The Effect of Vapocoolant Spray on Pain Due to Venipuncture in Adults: A 

Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial 

Sharon Mace MD, Cleveland Clinic 

337 Using the VeinViewer Vision ® to Increase the Identification of Peripheral Veins 

for Intravenous Catheter Placement in Adults in an Emergency Department 

Bruce M. Becker MD, MPH, Brown University 

338 Prevalence and Characteristics of Patients Presenting with Difficult Venous 

Access to the Emergency Department* 

J. Matthew Fields MD, Thomas Jefferson University 

339 Prevalence of Needle Phobia in Patients with Difficult Venous Access 

Leah A. Davis MA, Thomas Jefferson University 

Disaster Management - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Richard Zane MD, University of Colorado 

340 The Potability of and Analysis of Sterilization Techniques of Fresh Water 

Sources Bordering the Flood Plain of South Long Island, NY and Queens, NY 

Shiau Hui Chin MD, New York Hospital Queens 

341 Effect of Hurricane Sandy on Prehospital Advanced Life Support Volume 

and Treatment 

Kimberly Baldino MD, Morristown Medical Center 

342 Hurricane Sandy: the Effect of Multiple ED Closures on Patient Volume & Acuity 

Gregg Husk MD, Beth Israel Medical Center 

343 Impact of Hurricane Sandy on the Presenting Complaints of Prehospital 

Advanced Life Support Patients 

Lisa Clayton DO, Morristown Medical Center 

344 The Disease Frequency Among Evacuees After the Great Eastern Japan 

Earthquake and Tsunami 

Takahisa Kawano, Fukui University Hospital 

Out of Hospital Telemedicine - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Steven Horng MD, 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School 

345 Prehospital ECG Transmission Is associated with Reduced 

False-Positive Cath Lab Activations 

Nichole Bosson MD, MPH, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 

Biomedical Research Institute 

346 Use of a Medical toxicology Telemedicine Consult Service to assist 

Physicians Serving Overseas: 2005-2012 

Joseph K. Maddry, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center 

347 Breaking Down Barriers to ePCR Implementation in EMS: Turnaround Time* 

Colby Redfield MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

- Harvard Medical School 

348 Real-time Clinical Information Exchange between EMS 

and the Emergency Department 

Colby Redfield MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

- Harvard Medical School 

Anticoagulants - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel K. Nishijima MD, University of California, Davis 

349 Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage After Minor Head Trauma 

in Patients On Clopidogrel 

Frank LoVecchio DO, Maricopa Medical Center 

350 The Mortality and Severity of Bleeding in Trauma Patients Taking Dabigatran 

Zachary DW. Dezman MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, 


351 Does Anticoagulant Use Necessitate Triage to A Level 1 Trauma Center? 

John J. Everett MD, William Beaumont Medical Center 

352 Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Does Not Reverse Dabigatran Induced 

Anticoagulation in a Rat Model 

Stephanie Carreiro MD, Brown University 

AEM Consensus Conference on Global Health - Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Jon Mark Hirshon MD, University of Maryland, Baltimore 

353 Prospective Evaluation of Patients Presenting to An ED in Kathmandu, Nepal 

Sneha Shrestha, Stanford School of Medicine 

354 Assessment of Pneumonia in Children in Resource-Limited Settings 

Payal Modi MD, MPH, Brown University 

355 Overcrowding : European Emergency Department Needs A New Management! 

Eric Revue, Director of the Emergency and Prehospital EMS, 

Louis Pasteur Hospital 

Abdominal Pain in Adults - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Brigitte M. Baumann MD, MSCE, 

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

356 The Effect of Suspected Diagnosis on Physician Pretest Probability 

for Abdominal Pain Patients Undergoing Computed tomography in the 

Emergency Department* 

Angela M. Mills MD, University of Pennsylvania 

357 Emergency Physician Interpretation of Capsule Endoscopy: A Video Survey 

Andrew C. Meltzer, George Washington University 

358 Is the Incidence of Intussusception increasing in the Adult Patient 

Population and Do Age/gender Differences Exist? 

Fred Fiesseler, Morristown Medical Center 

359 The Finding of Gallstones Alone On Bedside Ultrasound Has Excellent 

Sensitivity for Acute Cholecystitis. 

Julian Villar MD, MPH, UCSF 

360 Variation by Sex and Body Mass Index in Anterior Positioning of the 

Acutely Inflamed Appendix in Relation to the Psoas Muscle 

Craig Sisson MD, RDMS, University of Texas Health Science Center 

San Antonio 


Sickle Cell Management in the Emergency Department - 

Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Jeffrey A. Glassberg MD, Mount Sinai 

361 A Randomized-controlled Trial of Paracetamol Versus Morphine for the 

Treatment of Acute Painful Crisis of Sickle Cell Disease* 

Rifat Rehmani MD, MSc, King Abduaziz Hospital 

362 The Use of Low Dose Ketamine and Hydromorphone for Patients in Sickle 

Cell Crisis 

Erin L. Simon DO, Akron General Medical Center 

363 Variability in Pediatric ED Care of Sickle Cell Disease and Fever* 

Angela M. Ellison MD, MSc, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

364 Elevated Lactate Levels in the Emergency Department Are associated with 

Positive Blood Cultures in Children with Sickle Cell Disease* 

Jay G. Ladde MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

365 Emergency Provider attitudes towards Sickle Cell Patients 

Caroline Freiermuth MD, Duke University Medical Center 

Posters 2 - Poster Presentations - 

Posters will be attended by authors from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Thursday, May 16, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery -level 6 

366 Risk Factors associated with Urologic Intervention in Emergency 

Department Patients with Suspected Renal Colic. 

Justin Yan, the University of Western Ontario 

367 The Effect of Shorter Resident Shifts On Emergency Department Efficiency 

Brian N. Beer MD, Scott & White Healthcare 

368 Team STEPPS Training: the Effect of Training on Both Nursing Staff 

Perceptions Regarding Physician Behaviors and Patient Satisfaction Scores 


Shari Brand, Mayo Clinic Hospital 

369 Does Implementation of a formal Sick Call System Affect the Utilization of 

Sick Days by Emergency Attendings? 

Michael Heller, Beth Israel Medical Center 

370 Minimizing Transfer Time to an ST Segment Myocardial Infarction 

Receiving Center: A Delphi Consensus 

Conrad Williamson BS, UC Davis 

371 Effect of a Dedicated Emergency Department Pharmacist on Antibiotic 

Administration Times in Sepsis 

Robert Graham DO, Geisinger Medical Center 

372 Correlation of Emergency Department Operational Factors with the Percent 

of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department without Being Seen and 

the Average Length of Stay of Admitted Patients 

Kenneth Robinson MD, Hartford Hospital 

373 Name Calling in the Emergency Department: 

How Do Patients Want to Be Addressed? 

Nathaniel Minnick DO, St John Hospital and Medical Center 

374 Prospective Registry of Advanced IV Access: External Jugular Versus 

Peripheral Ultrasound Guided 

Michael D. Witting, University of Maryland 

375 Variables associated with Community Hospital Overcrowding 

Steven Weiss MD, University of New Mexico 

376 Impact of ED Crowding on Time to Antibiotic Initiation for Sepsis 

Arica Nesper BA, 

University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 

377 Accuracy of ED Medication Reconciliation as Determined By Mass 

Spectrometry Analysis of Urine 

Allyson A. Kreshak MD, University of California San Diego 

378 Successful Hospital-Wide Practice Change Targeting Crowding in A Setting 

of Increasing Demand 

Drew Richardson MD, Australian National University 

379 The Effect of Vessel Depth, Diameter, and Location on Success Rates for 

Placement of Ultrasound-Guided, Extended-Dwell Midline Catheters: a 

Comparison Between Two Brands. 

Tristan Wihbey, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

380 Board or Walk Rounds? 

Bobby Desai, University of Florida 

381 Do Standardized Written Handoff Cards Improve Interservice Communication 

During Emergency Department to General Medical Unit Transfers? 

Sharmistha Dev MD, MPH, Henry ford Hospital 

382 The Effect of Vessel Depth and Location on the Longevity of Ultrasound- 

Guided, Extended-Dwell Midline Catheters: a Comparison Between Two Brands. 


383 A Shorter Delay Before Analgesia Administration Has A Better Association 

with A Reduction in Emergency Department Length of Stay Than Adequate 

Analgesia in Patients with Severe Pain. 

Raoul Daoust, Sacré-Coeur Hospital 

384 Using Computer Modeling to Study the Impact of Adding 

A Fast Track to A Crowded ED 

Hari Balasubramanian PhD, University of Massachusetts 

385 Effect of Dezoning Physician Teams on Emergency Department Efficiency 

Czarina Sanchez MD, BIDMC 

386 Patient Satisfaction Variability by Chief Complaint in an Urban Community 


Kurt M. Isenberger MD, Regions Hospital 

387 Hourly Measures of Patients Waiting to be Seen are Accurately Predicted 

by a Discrete Event Simulation Model. 

Eric J. Goldlust MD, PhD, Brown University 

388 Reducing Alarm Fatigue in the Emergency Department 

William Fleischman MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

389 Improving Transfer of Care Accuracy and Information Delivery in the 


Justin Mazzillo, UT Health Science Center at Houston 

390 Evaluating the Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Triage 

Decision Making and Patient Outcomes 

Erin O’Connor MD, University of Ottawa 

391 Prospective Evaluation of Computerized Physician Order Entry in the 


Steven Horng MD, MMSc, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard 

Medical School 

392 The Impact of Interventions to Reduce Length of Stay in the Emergency 

Department: A Systematic Review 

Jameel Abualenain, The George Washington University 

393 The Accuracy of Interqual Acute Care Criteria in Determining Observation versus 

Hospitalization need in Chronic Heart Failure Patients in Emergency Department 

David Fernandez MD, JPS Health Network 

394 A Retrospective Review of Cardiac Stress Tests Ordered from the 

Emergency Department (ED) 

Lisa Moreno-Walton MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences 

Center-New Orleans 

395 Physician Situational Awareness in the Emergency Department 

Raphaelle Beard, Johns Hopkins University 

396 Ultrasound-Guided Midline Catheters: Patient and Operator Satisfaction. 


397 An Online Teaching Module to Improve Critical Care Coding 

Eric Steinberg DO, Beth Israel Medical Center 

398 Balancing Responsiveness and Efficiency with Flexibility in the ED: 

A Simulation Model 

Lauren F. Laker MBA, University of Cincinnati 

399 The Relationship between Patient Diagnoses and Observation Failure in a 

24-hour Clinical Decision Unit 

Andrew Chen, North Shore LIJ Health System 

400 Compliance of U.S. Camps with Guidelines for Health and Safety Practices: 

the Camp Prepared Study 

Kaylee M. Hollern, Penn State College of Medicine 

401 Does a Patient Advocate during the Emergency Department Discharge 

Process Improve 48-Hour and 6-Week Post-Discharge Patient Satisfaction? 

Stephanie Haddad MD, North Shore University Hospital 

402 Spatial Dynamics of Alcohol Misuse: Does Density of Crime and Alcohol 

Outlets Characterize Likelihood of Youth Alcohol Misuse Independent of 

Neighborhood and Individual Risk Factors? 

Manya F. Newton MD, MPH, MS, University of Michigan 

403 Influence of Riding in Bike Lanes vs. Traffic Lanes on Injury Severity of 

Bicyclists Involved in Crashes with Motor Vehicles 

Dietrich Jehle, SUNY@Buffalo 

404 The Prevalence of Injury Vs. Illness in Children with and without ADD/ADHD 

Presenting for Treatment to A Pediatric Emergency Department 

Bruce M. Becker MD, MPH, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at 



405 Changes in Bicycle-related Injuries in Urban and Non-urban EDs in 

Massachusetts 2007-2010 

Christopher Fischer MD, Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School 

406 Does An Educational Video Improve the Knowledge of Pediatric asthma 

Patients Visiting A Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center Emergency Department? 


407 BMC Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: Understanding Challenges 

to Recovery to Optimize Service Delivery for Victims of Violent Injury 

Thea L. James MD, Boston Medical Center, Boston University 


408 Drink Driving and associated Prescription Drug Misuse among High-risk 

Urban Youth Seeking Emergency Department Care 

Patrick M. Carter MD, University of Michigan 

409 Behaviors Increasing the Risk of Crash Injury in Latino Adolescent Males: 

the Influence of Acculturation and Parent Connectedness 

Daniel L. Summers MPH, Yale School of Medicine 

410 Adolescent Balloon Analog Risk Task Performance and Behaviors that 

Influence Risk of Injury 

Jessica M. Walthall BS, Yale University School of Medicine 

411 Comparing the Effects of Age, BMI and Gender On Severe Injury (AIS 3+) in 

Motor Vehicle (MVC) Crashes 

Patrick M. Carter MD, University of Michigan 

412 assault-injured Youth Presenting to the Ed for Care: Who? What? Why? 

Megan L. Ranney MD, MPH, Alpert Medical School, Brown University 

413 Distracted Drivers, at Risk Child Passengers 

Michelle Macy, University of Michigan 

414 Presence of Third Molars Predicts Increased Mandible Fractures 

in Blunt Facial Trauma 


415 Home Falls in the Elderly: Eliciting the Mechanisms 

Responsible for Severe Injury 

Christopher W. Davis MD, University of Arizona 

416 Car Ratings Take a Back Seat to Vehicle Type: 

Outcomes of SUV vs. Passenger Car Crashes 


417 A Prospective Randomized Prevention Trial assessing Paper-tape in 

Endurance Distances (Pre-TAPED) 

Mark Ellis MD, Stanford University School of Medicine 

418 A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Smoking Cessation Interventions 

for Adult Emergency Department Patients 

Jonathan H. Pelletier, Maine Medical Center Research Institute 

419 The Effect of Legalized Sunday Alcohol Sales on Emergency Department 

Visits for Alcohol Withdrawal 

David L. Gutteridge MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

420 Characteristics and Outcomes associated with Medicaid and Uninsured 

Patients Presenting to the ED with Non-Emergent Complaints Previously 

Evaluated by Other Health Care Providers 

Meredith Camp. Binford MHS, Yale School of Medicine 

421 Is Health Literacy associated with Medication and Dietary Compliance in 

Patients with Pre-existing Hypertension? 

Emma Dwyer, St. Louis University 

422 Emotions and Patient Satisfaction: Does a Patient Education and Expectation 

Pamphlet (PEEP) Improve Patient Satisfaction? 

Candice T. Cardon MD, Christus Spohn Memorial 

423 Validation of An ICD-9 Code for Accurately Identifying Emergency 

Department Patients Who Suffer An Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Steve B. Chukwulebe BS, BBA, University of Pennsylvania 

424 Visit Urgency amongst the Chronic Disease Population in a Large 

Metropolitan Region Emergency Department Network 

Gary M. Vilke MD, University of California, San Diego 

425 Patient Contact with Outpatient Providers Prior to 

Visiting the Emergency Department 

Kathryn Groner MD, Christiana Care Health Systems 

426 Antiemetic Use in United States Emergency Departments 

Elizabeth Savko DO, Saint Vincent Health Center 

427 Planning for the Demographic Shift: Analyzing the Resources Required for 

Managing Patients with Cancer in the Emergency Department 

Anjana Patel, Mayo Clinic 

428 Comparison of Mortality, Charges, and Procedure Use Among Injured Adults 

at Hospitals and Trauma Centers in California 

Mark Zocchi MPH, George Washington University 

429 Patient Literacy and Reasons for ED Use 

Ann Tsung, University of Florida 

430 Disparity in Patient Self-reported versus Charted Medication Allergy 

Information 

Preeyaporn Sarangarm Pharm D., University of New Mexico 

431 Correlation Between Opiate Prescribing Rates and State Medicaid Costs 

Sarina Doyle, Orlando Health 

432 Patterns of Recidivism in an Urban Academic Tertiary Care Emergency 

Department 

Lora AlKhawam MD, Northwestern University 

433 Physician Practice Patterns and Association with ED Length of Stay for 

Discharged Patients with Type 2 Diabetes with Severe Hyperglycemia 

Brian E. Driver MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

434 The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding On Physicians’ Decision to 

Admit Patients with Transient Ischemic attack Or Minor Stroke. 

Maxim Ben-Yakov, University of toronto (Division of Emergency Medicine) 

435 The Role of Observation Services in 30 Day Recidivism 

Amongst Patients with Congestive Heart Failure (HF) 

Sean M. Lowe MD, Emory University 

436 A Needs-Analysis of Uninsured Patients at the University of California, 

Irvine Medical Center 

Shahram Lotfipour MD, MPH University of California, Irvine 

437 Public Participation in Research in the Emergency Department: 

a National Study of Predisposing Factors 

Enesha Cobb MD, MTS, University of Michigan 

438 It Matters More Than You Think: TG in the ED 

Makini Chisolm-Straker MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

439 Pharmacists in the Emergency Department: A Study of Feasibility and Cost 

Jesse B. Cannon MD, Emory University, Atlanta VA Medical Center 

440 Linkage to Care and Healthcare Utilization Subsequent to 

HIV Diagnosis from an ED HIV Testing Program 

Andrew H. Ruffner MA, University of Cincinnati 

441 How Can We Improve the Emergency Department Experience for Patients? 

A Multiphasic Study Using Kano Methodology. 

Dipti Agarwal MBBS, Mayo Clinic 

442 Identifying Iowa’s Icu Staffing Models and Defining the 

Role of the Emergency Physician 

Elizabeth Hassebroek MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 

443 Percentage of Medicare- and Medicaid-funded Patients Seen in 

US ED’s Increased Between 2006 and 2010 

Susan Watts PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 

444 Impact of Gender on Patient Preferences for Technology Based 

Behavioral Interventions 

David J. Kim, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

445 Trail to Examine Text Message Based mHealth in ED Patients 

with Diabetes (TExT-MED) 

Sanjay Arora, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 

446 Assessing the Satisfaction of Mobile Health (mHealth) Amongst ED 

Inner-city Patients with Diabetes Who Received the TExT-MED Intervention 


447 Evaluating the Association Between Mental Health Professional 

Availability and ED Visits and Hospitalizations for Mental Health 

Related Conditions in California 

Sophie Terp MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of 

Southern California Keck School of Medicine 

448 Text-message Reminders Increase Patient attendance at Outpatient 

Appointment Following ED Visits 

Elizabeth Burner MD, MPH, University of Southern California 

449 Estimation of the Impact of Population Aging On Us Emergency Department 

Visits and Hospitalizations Through 2050 

Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

450 The Influence of Insurance Status On the Decision to Transfer Or Admit 

Patients Presenting with Orthopedic Injuries 

Dana Kindermann, George Washington University Hospital 

451 Discharges to Nursing Homes Or Home with Additional Services Is associated 

with Increased Readmissions Through the ED After An Index Hospitalization 

Peter Smulowitz MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

452 Factors associated with Super Users of Emergency Department 

Resources Admitted to Acute Care 

Edward M. Castillo PhD, MPH, University of California, San Diego 


453 Use of Short assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish Adults (SAHLSA-50) 

to Determine the Health Literacy Rate of the Spanish-speaking Population in 

an Urban Emergency Department 

Sheetal Thaker MD, Baylor College of Medicine 

454 Variation in Emergency Department Admission Rates at the Hospital Level: 

Role of Payer mix, Volume and Case Mix. 

Amber K. Sabbatini MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, 

University of Michigan 

455 Variation in National ED Admission Rates by Clinical Condition, 2009 

Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, MBA, Yale University 

456 A Comparison of Injury Severity and Resource Utilization between 

Motorcycle Trauma and Gunshot Trauma 

Sarah Fabiano MD, University of Rochester 

457 Prevalence of Undiagnosed Acute and Non-Acute HIV 

in a Lower Prevalence Urban Emergency Department 

Phillip Moschella MD, PhD, University of Cincinnati 

458 Discharge Glucose Levels and Amount of Glucose Reduction Are Not 

associated with Short-term Adverse Outcomes in Discharged Patients with 

Type 2 Diabetes with Severe Hyperglycemia 

Brian E. Driver MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

459 Pediatric ED Observation Protocol Care: A Cost Comparison 

Julie S. Weber, Wayne State University School of Medicine 

460 Emergency Department Hospitalization Case Volume 

and Mortality in the United States 

Keith E. Kocher, University of Michigan 

461 Describing the Mobile Health Capacity of Inner City Latino Emergency 

Department Patients: Are National Estimates Accurate? 

Sanjay Arora MD, Keck School of Medicine of the University of 

Southern California 

462 The Rapid Rise in Opioid Prescribing in U.S. Emergency Departments: 

A Cause for Concern 

Jesse Pines MD, MBA, MSCE, George Washington University 

463 Orthopedic Observation Units Reduce Hospital Admissions 

Amy Ernst MD, University of New Mexico 

464 Pain Management in Children with Multi-System Trauma 

Michael Kim MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 

465 The Association Between Parental Language and 72-hour Revisits Following 

Pediatric Emergency Department Discharge 

Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow MD, MPhil, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

466 Return to School in Students After A Sport-related Concussion: 

the Role of the School Nurse 

Robert P. Olympia MD, Penn State Hershey Medical Center 

467 Protocol-Directed Observation Care in Existing 

Pediatric Emergency Department Space 

Allison D. Cator MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

468 Car Safety Seat Usage in the State of Arizona and the 

Adherence to the 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines 

Allison Peasley MD, University of Arizona 

469 Adult Chest Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department: 

Treatment and Timeliness From Door to Departure 

Jeffrey H. Sacks MD, Emory University School of Medicine 

470 Broselow Tape: How Reliable Is Weight Estimation in Hispanic Children? 


471 Survey of Parents’ attitudes and Beliefs of Over the Counter Cold/Cough 

Medications in the Pediatric Emergency Department 

Urvi Thakker, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 

472 How Well Can Adolescents assess their Own asthma Symptoms? 

Tiffany Jan MD, the University of Chicago Medical Center 

473 Emergency Department Presentation of the Pediatric Systemic 

Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) 

Timothy Horeczko MD, MSCR, University of California, Davis Medical Center 

474 Frequency of Teratogenic Drug Administration without Pregnancy Testing 

Among Adolescent Emergency Department Patients 

Monika Goyal MD, Children’s National Medical Center, 

The George Washington University 

475 Do Pediatric Patients with Psychiatric Symptoms Need Screening 

Tests to Rule Out Medical Etiology? 

Reena Blanco MD, Emory University 

476 Parental attitudes towards the Use of the Federal Exception From Informed 

Consent (EFIC) for Emergency Studies of Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries 

Nicholas J. Rademacher, University of Michigan 

477 Knowledge and attitudes about Pediatric Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation 

(p-CPR) among Parents Bringing their Children to the Pediatric Emergency 

Department (ED) 

Lisa Moreno-Walton MD, 

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans 

478 Cost of Screening Laboratory Tests for Medical Clearance of Pediatric 

Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department 

J. Joelle Donofrio DO, Harbor UCLA Medical Center 

479 External Validation and Comparison of Three Popular Clinical Dehydration 

Scales in Children 

Joshua M. Jauregui MD, Brown University Department of Emergency Medicine 

480 Rate of Adherence to CDC Guidelines for Treatment of Influenza in a Pediatric 


Hamid R. Alai, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 

481 Ill Appearing, Not Ill Appearing, Or Not Sure? 

Paul Walsh, University of California Davis 

482 The Growth of Fellowship Programs in Medical Simulation 

Paul S. Jansson BA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

483 Ability of Emergency Medicine Residents to Meet the Standard of Care for 

tPA During Small Team-based Simulation 

Timothy Koboldt MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 

484 Physiology of Residents in Simulation Medicine 

Dale Cotton MD, UC Davis Medical Center 

485 Does a Physician Advanced Directive Survey Predict Bedside Response in 

Simulated End of Life Scenarios? 


486 Design and Validation of a Difficult Airway Training Model: 

A Prospective Observational Trial 

Joan Noelker MD, Washington University St Louis 

487 Evaluation of A Simulation-Based Curriculum for 

Rotating Residents in the Emergency Department 

David H. Salzman MD, Northwestern University 

488 Simulation Emergency Department Thoracotomy: 

A Novel Simulation Teaching Model to Enhance Residency Training 

Erinn Hama MD, Georgetown University and Washington Hospital Center 

489 Effectiveness of an Internal, Computer-Based Chest Compression 

Simulator on CPR Training: A Longitudinal Study 

Peter L. Griffin BS, Penn State University Hershey Medical Center 

490 Initiating and assessing a Team Training Curriculum 

for the Emergency Department 

Ambrose H. Wong MD, NYU School of Medicine 

Milestones in Training - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Christopher Ross MD, Cook County Hospital 

491 How Competent are Emergency Medicine Interns for Level 1 Milestones: 

Who is Responsible?* 

Laura Hopson MD, University of Michigan 

492 Inter-Rater Agreement of Emergency Medicine Milestone 

PC12 for Goal-Directed Focused Ultrasound Is Excellent* 

Stephen Leech, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

493 Self-assessment and Feedback are Both Important Factors in the Retention 

and Execution of Learning Goals by EM Residents 

Amish Aghera, Maimonides Medical Center 

494 How Do Practicing EM attendings Self-evaluate On the EM Milestones? 

Timothy C. Peck MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Patient Communication - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA, Northwestern University 

495 Preferences for Resuscitation and Intubation Among Patients with 

Do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate Orders: A 1 Year Follow Up Study.* 

John E. Jesus MD, Christiana Care Health Center 

496 Does Anyone Know What We Are Talking About? A Comparative Analysis of 

Emergency Department Verbal Communication and Patient Knowledge 

Kirsten G. Engel, Northwestern University 

497 Targeted Bedside Emergency Department HIV Screening 

Does Not Impact Length of Stay 

Bradley Hernandez MD, Regions Hospital 


498 Evaluation of Competency for Physicians who Self Translate for Limited 

English Proficiency Patients in the Emergency Department 


Geriatric Trauma - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Timothy F. Platts-Mills MD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 

499 Derivation of A Decision Rule for Obtaining A Head CT in the Elderly Fall 

Patient with Baseline Mental Status 

Darin Agresti DO, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network 

500 Elderly Falls On Level Ground: A Descriptive Study 

Khalief Hamden MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network 

501 Do Trauma Patients Age 55 and Older Benefit From Air Medical Transport? 

Howard A. Werman MD, Ohio State University 

502 Cervical Spine Injuries in Elderly Fall Patients Who Do Not Meet 

Trauma Alert Criteria 

Khalief Hamden MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network 

Ischemic Conditioning - Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

503 Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling in Endothelium Mediates 

Post-Ischemic Vascular Remodeling and Functional Recovery in an in Vivo, 

Closed-Chest Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction 

Stacey L. House MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis 

504 Opposite Effect of TNF Receptor 1 and Receptor 2 in Post-MI Remodeling and 

the Underlying Mechanisms Involved 

Yajing Wang MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

505 Critical role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 2 in Blood Brain 

Barrier Disruption, Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Neurovascular Injury in 

Experimental Stroke. 

Teresa Sanchez, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

506 Long Term Adiponectin Administration Protects Against Myocardial 

Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in High-Fat Diet Induced Diabetic Mice 

Wayne Bond Lau MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

Emergency Department Quality - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Arjun K. Venkatesh MD, Yale University 

507 There Is No Difference in Bystander CPR Rates for Male Versus Female 

9-1-1 Callers 

David E. Slattery, University of Nevada School of Medicine 

508 Implementation of Checklists for Central Line associated Blood Stream 

Infection Prevention in the Emergency Department.* 

Robert Klemisch AB, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 

509 Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in a Community Hospital Emergency 

Department with a Standardized Sterile Collection Technique* 

Wesley H. Self MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

510 Emergency Physician Perceptions of the Quality Improvement and 

Educational Value of a formal Peer Review Committee 

Martin Reznek MD, MBA, University of Massachusetts Medical School and 

UMassMemorial Medical Center 

511 Emergency Department Error Characterization: Findings from 18 months of 

formal Peer Review-based Error Analysis 

Martin Reznek MD, MBA, University of Massachusetts Medical School and 


512 Impact of A Change in Intensive Care Unit Admission Policy 

On Length of Stay and Morbidity. 

Jonathan McCoy, RWJUH/RWJMS 

Undergrad Education - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Lorraine Thibodeau MD, Albany Medical College 

513 Directing Medical Students to a Comprehensive Set of 

Chief Complaints can Standardize their Clinical Experience 

Timothy Peck MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

514 Current State of Undergraduate Education in Emergency Medicine 

Sorabh ‘Khandelwal, Ohio State University 

515 The National Emergency Medicine M4 Exam - an Update 

Corey Heitz, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 

516 The Efficacy of Electronic Versus Paper Medical Student Evaluations 


517 Text Messaging Enhanced Curriculum for Medical Student Emergency 

Medicine Clerkship 

Marjorie L. White MD, MPPM, MEd, University of Alabama Birmingham 

518 Medical Student Perception of Resident and Attending Contributions to 

Education during the EM Clerkship 

Brian Barbas, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

Prehospital CPR - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Roswell 2 

Moderator: Jane Brice MD, University of North Carolina 

519 Prehospital Life Saving Interventions in Patients with Cardiac Arrest 

in A Combat Setting - A Prospective, Multicenter Study 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center; 

US Army Institute of Surgical Research 

520 Concordance of Prehospital and Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest 

Resuscitation with Documented End-of-Life Choices in Oregon* 

Derek K. Richardson, Oregon Health & Science University 

521 Differences in Prognosis of Secondary Shockable Rhythms 

in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Andrew J. Thomas, Oregon Health & Science University 

522 The Impact of Pre-hospital Non-invasive Positive Pressure Support 

Ventilation in Adult Patients with Severe Respiratory Distress: A Systematic 

Review and Meta-Analysis* 

Sameer Mal MD, University of Western Ontario 

523 Improvements in Survival for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests 

in Singapore Over 10 Years 

Hsuan Lai, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 

524 Gender and Survival in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) - Results From 

the OPALS (Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support) Study* 

Basmah Safdar MD, Yale University 

Keynote Speaker - Thomas R. Frieden MD, MPH 

- Plenary Presentations, Thursday, May 16, 2:00 - 3:00 pm 

Plenary Presentations - Plenary Presentations 


Moderator: David Cone MD, Yale University School of Medicine 

1 NEXUS Chest: Validation of a Decision Instrument for Selective Chest 

Imaging in Blunt Trauma 




controlled trial 


3 Anaphylaxis; Clinical Features and Evidence for A Mast Cell-leukocyte 

Cytokine Cascade in Humans. 

Simon G.A. Brown MBBS, PhD, FACEM, Western Australian Institute for Medical 

Research, Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western Australia 


Kidney Stone 


5 Latino Caregiver Experiences with asthma Health Communications: A 

Qualitative Evaluation 


6 Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase or Placebo with Low Molecular Weight 

Heparin for Acute Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: assessment of Patient- 

Oriented Cardiopulmonary Outcomes at Three Months 


Voices from the Past Informing the Future of 

Academic Emergency Medicine 


Moderator: Brian Zink MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

FRIDAY, May 17th, 2013 

Pain Management - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Sergey M. Motov MD, Maimonides Medical Center 


525 Transbuccal Fentanyl Provides More Rapid Pain Improvement 

Than Oral Oxycodone 

Peyton Holder MD, University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine 

526 Opioid Pain Reliever (OPR) Adminstration and Prescribing Pattern in An 

Urban ED for Patients Presenting with Chronic Back Pain 

Nate Egger MD, Wayne State University 

527 Dental Pain in the ED, Costs that Hurt Patients and EDs 

Joseph S. Kim MD, University of Kentucky 

528 Analgesia Prescriptions for ED Patients with Low Back Pain: 

A National Perspective* 

Adam J. Singer MD, Stony Brook University 

Ultrasound - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: David J. Blehar MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

529 Evaluation of an Ultrasound Observed Structured Competency Exam (OSCE) 

Over the Course of A Emergency Medicine Residency 


530 Bedside Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Abscess Requiring 

Incision and Drainage. 

Isaac J. Farrell, University of Arizona 

531 Sonographic Characteristics of MRSA Skin Abscesses 

Romolo Gaspari MD, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

532 The Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Echocardiography in the Emergency 

Department Patient with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome 

Jordan Singleton MD, University of Arizona 

533 Bedside Ultrasound for the Detection of Dehydration in Youth (Buddy Study) 

Joshua M. Jauregui MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department 

of Emergency Medicine 

534 What Are the Baseline Measurements for Physeal Plate Widths in Healthy, 

Uninjured Children? 

Lorraine Ng MD, NYP Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York 

535 The Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Ocular Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of 

Retinal Detachment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.* 

Hal J. Minnigan MD, Indiana University School of Medicine 

Patient Informed Consent - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

536 Perceptions of Risk and Informed Consent in the Emergency Department 

James Ahn, University of Chicago 

537 Are Well-informed Potential Trial Participants More Likely to Participate? 

Alexander T. Limkakeng, Duke University 

538 The Impact of Race and Sex of Study Personnel On the Decision to 

Participate in Research* 

Kimberly W. Hart, MA, University of Cincinnati 

539 Which Parts of an Informed Consent Document Do Potential Trial Participants 

Consider Important? 


Academic Emergency Medicine - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Susan Promes MD, University of California, San Francisco 

540 Academic Career Interest in American Emergency Residents* 

John Burkhardt, University of Michigan 

541 Description and Productivity of Emergency Medicine Researchers Receiving 

K23 Or K08 Mentored Research Career Development Awards* 

Daniel K. Nishijima, University of California, Davis 

542 Quantifying Federal Funding and Scholarly Output Resulting From the 

Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conferences 


543 Faculty Prediction of In-training Examination Scores of 

Emergency Medicine Residents 

Amer Z. Aldeen MD, Northwestern University 

544 Performance on COMLEX-USA Exams Predicts Performance 

on EM Residency In-training Exams 

Deborah L. Pierce DO, MS, Einstein Medical Center 

545 Correlation of the National Emergency Medicine Clerkship Exam with USMLE 

Examination Performance 

Luan Lawson MD, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 

Novel Cardiovascular Ideas - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Chad E. Darling MD, UMass Medical School 

546 Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring During CPR is associated with Return of 

Spontaneous Circulation but Not Survival in ED Patients in Cardiac Arrest 


547 An Evaluation of Two Electronic Control Devices Using A Swine Comparative 

Cardiac Safety Model 

Donald M. Dawes MD, Lompoc Valley Medical Center 

548 Pleth Variability Index Does Not Predict Fluid Responsiveness as Measured 

By Pulmonary Artery Cathether thermodilution. 

Brandon C. Maughan MD, MHS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert 

Medical School of Brown University 

549 ECG Predictors of 30-Day Cardiac Events After Syncope 

Benjamin Sun, Oregon Health and Science University 

550 A Prospective Study on Point-of-Care Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in 

assessing for Thoracic Aortic Dimensions, Dilation, and Aneurysm in 

Correlation with CT Angiogram in Suspected Cases of Pathology 

Faizan Arshad, Yale New Haven Hospital 

551 A Prospective Observational Study of Inter-observer Agreement for Pretest 

Probability assessment of Deep Venous Thrombosis* 

Krista Brucker MD, Northwestern University 

Injury Prevention - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Megan Ranney MD, Alpert Medical School, Brown University 

552 Outpatient Follow Up and Management of ED Patients with 

Elevated Blood Pressure 

Brigitte M. Baumann MD, MSCE, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

553 Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence Victims Unwilling or 

Unable to Participate in a Follow-up Intervention 

Justin Schrager, Emory University School of Medicine 

554 Safe Zones and Danger Zones: a Geographic Study of Violence and 

associated Resilience Factors in the Urban Environment 

Ward P. Myers, Boston University 

555 One Dose of IV Antibiotics Increases the Risk of Antibiotic associated 

Diarrhea in Patients Discharged Home from the Emergency Department 

John P. Haran MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

556 Can A Social Network HIV Testing Program Expand HIV Testing Beyond the 

Usual Emergency Department Population? 

Robbie E. Paulsen MD, University of Cincinnati 

557 A Qualitative Study of Client Perception of Effectiveness and Impact of the 

Boston Medical Center Violence Intervention Advocacy Program Peer Model 

Salma Bibi MPH, Boston Medical Center 

Emergency Department Discharge - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Ziad Obermeyer MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University 

558 Short-Term Bounce-back Admissions Following Emergency Department 

Discharge in Medicare Patients 

Gelareh Z. Gabayan MD, MSHS, West Los Angeles VA and UCLA 

559 Emergency Department Crowding and 7-Day Bounceback Admissions 

Following Discharge 

Gelareh Z. Gabayan, West Los Angeles VA and UCLA 

560 Use of Teachback Discharge Instructions Does Not Improve Patient 

Satisfaction in the ED 

Yonitte Kinsella MD, Washington University in Saint Louis 

561 Evaluation of Patient Understanding of ED Discharge Instructions: 

Use of a Scale to assess Self Efficacy to Carry Out Discharge Instructions 

Luke A. Stevens MA, Boston University School of Medicine 

562 Verbal Communication of Discharge Instructions: 

Where Are the Deficits Greatest? 


563 Limitations of Teach-Back Method in the Emergency Department 

Maureen E. Gross MD, Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University 

Pain Management - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Sergey M. Motov MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

564 Does Treatment for Pain Influence Emergency Medicine Research Participation? 



565 Lack of Association Between Body Mass Index and Clinical Response to 1 mg 

Intravenous Hydromorphone 

Shujun Xia MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

566 Randomized Clinical Trial of the 2 mg Hydromorphone Bolus Protocol vs. 

the “1+1” Hydromorphone Titration Protocol in Treatment of Acute, 

Severe Pain in the First Hour of ED Presentation 

Andrew E. Chertoff MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore 


567 Low-dose Ketamine Versus Morphine for Acute Pain in the Emergency 

Department - A Randomized, Prospective, Double-blinded Trial* 

Joshua P. Miller MD, SAUSHEC 

Coronary Angiograph - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Judd Hollander MD, University of Pennsylvania 

568 Clear for A Year: Coronary CTA Follow-up for Low-risk ED Patients in the 

Community Hospital Setting. 

Aveh Bastani, Troy Beaumont Hospital 

569 Risk Stratification of Candidates for Coronary Ct Angiography Using High 

Sensitivity Troponin I. 

Frederick K. Korley, Johns Hopkins 

570 Coronary CTA in Elderly ED Patients with Low-to-intermediate Risk Chest 

Pain 


571 One Year Outcomes of Patients Following Coronary Computerized 

tomographic Angiography in the Emergency Department* 

Judd E. Hollander, University of Pennsylvania 

Frequent Emergency Department Users - Lightning Oral 

Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Martin Reznek MD, MBA, FACEP, UMass Memorial Medical Center and 

University of Massachusetts Medical School 

572 Comorbidity among Frequent Emergency Department Users with a 

Psychiatric associated Discharge Diagnosis 

Jesse J. Brennan MA, University of California, San Diego 

573 Asthma Exacerbations in Japan: Who Are the Frequent Utilizers of the 

Emergency Department? 

Hiroko Watase MD, MPH, Japanese Emergency Medicine Research Alliance 

574 Factors associated with Frequent Users of California 

Emergency Department Resources 

James P. Killeen MD, University of California, San Diego 

575 Frequent Emergency Department Users: Examining Service Duplication 

Across Hospital Systems 

Bahareh Aslani MD, Henry ford Hospital 

576 Reducing Frequent Attendance by Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at the 

Emergency Department. 

Connie Boh, Duke-National University Singapore Graduate Medical School 

577 Impact of Social Services Case Management on Homeless, Frequent Users of 

Emergency Departments 

Theodore C. Chan MD, University of California, San Diego 

Neurology - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 9:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Edward Jauch MD, MS, 

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 

578 A Prospective Cohort Study to Differentiate Traumatic Tap from True 

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 

Jeffrey J. Perry, University of Ottawa 

579 Quantitative EEG for Identification of Brain Dysfunction in CT Negative 

Acute Stroke Patients 

Edward A. Michelson MD, FACEP, University Hospitals Case Medical Center 

580 Thymosin 4 in the Treatment of Acute Stroke: A Dose Response Study 

Daniel C. Morris MD, Henry ford Health System 

581 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Ketorolac Versus Intravenous 

Metoclopramide + Diphenhydramine for Acute Treatment of Non-migraine, 

Bland Recurrent Headache* 

Victoria Adewunmi MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

582 Intramuscular Midazolam versus Intravenous Lorazepam for the Pre-Hospital 

Treatment of Status Epilepticus in the Pediatric Population 

Robert D. Welch, Wayne State University 

583 Use and Importance of Emergency Medical Services in Rural Hospital 

Delivery of Thrombolytics in Acute Ischemic Stroke 

Cemal B. Sozener MD, University of Michigan 

Pediatric Decision tools - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Michele Nypaver MD, University of Michigan 

584 Impact of An Evidence-based Guideline On Rates of 

Diagnostic Testing for Pediatric Syncope* 

Megan OBrien, Boston University School of Medicine 

585 Emergency Department Variation in Head Computed 

Tomography Scanning Among Pediatric Patients with Head Trauma* 

Jennifer R. Marin MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

586 Performance of Plain Pelvis Radiography in Children with Blunt torso Trauma* 

James Holmes, University of California -Davis 

587 External Validation of the PECARN Head Injury Criteria for Verbal (Age 2-18) 

Children in a Community Hospital Setting 


Geriatrics - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: James Miner MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

588 A Rapid assessment to Predict ED Revisits, Hospital Admissions or 

Death at 30 days Following ED Discharge in Older Individuals* 

James D. Dziura PhD, Yale School of Medicine 

589 Trends in Short Stay Hospitalizations for Older Adults from 1990-2010, 

Implications for Geriatric Emergency Care* 

Peter W. Greenwald MD, MS, Weill Cornell Medical College 

590 Is It the Volume Or the Hospital? A National Look at 

ED Admission Rates for Geriatric Patients 

Scott M. Dresden, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

591 Emergency Department Geriatric Visits Are Not Increasing Faster Than 

Increases in total Visits 

Michael E. Silverman, Morristown Medical Center 

592 Geographic Variation in Emergency Department Use by 

Older Adults in North Carolina 

Timothy F. Platts-Mills, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 

593 GEDI WISE: the Quality of Care Transitions for Older Adults Discharged 

from the ED to Home 

Corita R. Grudzen MD, MSHS, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Posters 3- Poster Presentations- Posters will be attended by authors 

from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Friday, May 17, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery -level 6 

155 Identification of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 2 as A Critical Modulator 

of Vascular Inflammation During Endotoxemia 

Teresa Sanchez, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

236 EMS Accuracy for Stroke Identification: Seizures Lead to Overdiagnosis 

Ethan Brandler, SUNY Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn 

594 Low Acuity Heart Failure Patients That Bypass 

the ED Observation Unit - Room for Improvement? 

Matthew Wheatley, Emory University School of Medicine 

595 Risk Estimates for the Canadian CT Head Rule 

in Patients with Minor Head Injury 

Edward R. Melnick MD, Yale School of Medicine 

596 Examining Clinical Decision Support Integrity: 

Is Clinician Self-Reported Data Entry Accurate? 

Anurag Gupta MD, MBA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

597 Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Symptomatic 

Ureteral Stone: the “S.T.O.N.E. Score” 


598 Systemic Antibiotics after Incision and Drainage of Simple Abscesses: 

A Meta-Analysis 


599 What Is the Acceptability of Using Text Messaging Communication 

for Notification of Normal and Abnormal Laboratory Results Amongst 

Emergency Department Patients? 

Adrienne Hughes, Baylor College of Medicine 

600 A Translational Study: Emergency Department Administrators’ Interest in the 

Adoption of an Unstaffed Computer Kiosk for Health Screening and Education 

Katie E. Dean MD, Emory 


601 Medication Adherence Emerges as A Strong Target for Mhealth Interventions 

in Qualitative Analysis of Text-med (Trial to Examine Text-based Mhealth for 

Emergency Department Patients with Diabetes) 


602 How Do ED Patients Compare to the General Population in their Use of 

Information Technology 

Lori Post, Yale University School of Medicine 

603 Limiting Acute Lung Injury in the Emergency Department 

Brian Fuller MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 

604 The Efficacy and Use of Bolus-Dose Phenylephrine for Peri-intubation 

Hypotension in the Emergency Department. 


605 How Does Performing Bedside Ultrasound Impact Utilization of Ct Scans in 

Critically Ill Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension? 

Hamid Shokoohi, George Washington University 

606 Body Mass Index is associated with Inappropriate Tidal Volume Settings in 

Adult Patients Intubated in the ED 

Shannon Graf MD, MedStar Washington Hospital Center 

607 Physiologic Instability in the Emergency Department Predicts Clinical 

Deterioration 

Daniel J. Henning MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

608 Palliative Care Screening for ICU Admissions 

Cheryl Courage, Wayne State University 

609 Gender Specific Differences in the Prevalence and Emergency Department 

Management of Anaphylaxis: A Multicenter Study 

Jonathan Bastian MD, University of Calgary 

610 CT Imaging of Pediatric Chest Deformation during Simulated CPR 

George Glass, University of Virginia 

611 The Use of An Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitoring (USCOM) Device 

in Addition to Cardiac Ultrasound in Patients Undergoing Treatment for 

Undifferentiated Shock 

Johanna C. Moore MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

612 Intravenous Thiamine Increases Oxygen Consumption in Critically Ill Patients 

Katherine Berg MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

613 Do Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders Affect Treatment and Interventions 

Performed By Emergency Physicians? 

Danielle Hollingworth, Orlando Health 

614 Prehospital Intubation Duration Does Not Increase Risk for Early Ventilatorassociated 

Pneumonia in Trauma Patients 

Nicholas M. Mohr, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 

615 A Survey Investigation of Knowledge and Confidence in the Performance of 

Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among Parents of Patients in A 

Middle Eastern Hospital 

Lisa Moreno-Walton MD, 

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans 

616 ECMO as Rescue Strategy for Refractory Cardiac Arrest and Profound Shock. 

David F. Gaieski, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

617 Lactate Clearance Is Not Prognostic in Cardiac Arrest Patients 


618 Modified Shock Index but Not Cross Product Predictive 

of Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest 


619 Measurement of Retinal Venous Oxygen Saturation During Progressive 

Hypoxia in Swine in vivo Using the Blue-Green Minima Technique 


620 Comparison of the Normal Saline and Heparinized Solutions for Maintenance 

of Arterial Catheter Pressure-wave. 

Yuri Ishii, Tokyo Medical University Hospital 

621 Initial Prospective Analysis of therapeutic Hypothermia for Inpatient 

Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Comparison to Historical Controls 

Kenneth Will MD, Cook County (Stroger) Hospital 

622 Practical Skill Retention in Medical Students: Improving Cardiopulmonary 

Resuscitation with Hands-On Practice 

Alexander M. Dabrowiecki BS, St. George’s University 

623 Lack of Agreement Between Swan-Ganz Continuous Cardiac Output and 

FloTrac Vigileo Cardiac Output in a Swine Model of Septic Shock 


624 Factors associated with Delayed Cooling in Cardiac Arrest Patients 



625 Time to Epinephrine and Survival Following In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Michael Donnino, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

626 Patient Perceived “Acceptable Risk” of Chest Computed tomography in 

Trauma and Pregnancy 

Eric C. Silverman MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 

627 How Many Ultrasound Examinations Are Necessary to Gain Proficiency in 

Accurately Identifying the Nerves of the forearm? 

Anthony De Lucia DO, University of South Florida 

628 Determination of a Body Mass Index Upper Limit in Adults for the Diagnosis 

of Acute Appendicitis Using a High Frequency Linear Ultrasound Transducer 

Craig Sisson MD, RDMS, 

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio 

629 Severity of DKA is associated with Length of Stay for Low-income, Resource 

Poor Patients 


630 Does CT Scan Affect Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Suspected 

Renal Colic? 

Michael D. Zwank, Regions Hospital 

631 Retrospective Validation of High Yield Criteria for Obtaining Chest X-ray in 

Non-traumatic Chest Pain 

Karl Weller DO, St. Luke’s University Hospital 

632 Reduction in Abdominal Computed tomography Use in Adult Trauma Patients 

as Use of the Focused assessment with Sonography in Trauma Increases 

Alexander Y. Sheng MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

633 Bedside Ultrasonography as an Adjunct to Routine Workup to Evaluate for 

Possible Acute Appendicitis in the Emergency Department 


634 Does the Finding of Gestational Sac On Point of Care Ultrasound Decrease 

the Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy? 

Brooke Hensley MD, UCSF 

635 History and Physical Exam plus Laboratory Testing and Ultrasonography for 

the Diagnosis of Urolithiasis: An Evidence-Based Review 

Richard Sinert DO, Downstate Medical Center 

636 Bedside Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest, Predicting Return of 

Spontaneous Circulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 

Nicolaus Hawbaker MD, University of Arizona 

637 Factors Interfered with the Accuracy of Noninvasive and Portable total 

Hemoglobin Monitoring Device in Emergency Department Subjects 

Chien-Hsiung Huang MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

638 A Comparison of “Hockey Stick” and Conventional Linear Array Transducers 

in the Detection of foreign Bodies 

Daniel Jafari MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania 

639 Correlation of Resident Training Level with Identification of Soft Tissue 

foreign Bodies 

David J. Thomas, East Carolina University 

640 Ultrasound Measurement of Renal Resistive Index: A Comparison of 

Emergency Physicians Versus Registered Sonographers 

Christina M. Millhouse MD, UC Davis Health System 

641 A Comparison of Three Different Approaches for Ultrasound Guided Central 

Venous Cannulation of the Right Internal Jugular Vein 

Amy Heard MD, Stony Brook University 

642 A Lack of Data Supporting Contrast-induced Nephropathy Following CT: 

A Meta-Analysis 

Ryan D. Aycock, Staten Island University Hospital 

643 Utility of Ultra-Low Dose CT Scans to Detect Ureteric Stones in the 


Brian O’Neil MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine 

644 Preliminary Analysis of Factors Related to Ct Use in Evaluation of Cervical 

Spine Trauma in Low to Moderate Risk Patients 

Steven Katz, Barnes-Jewish/Washington University in St. Louis 

645 Effect of Educational Intervention on ED Physician Ability to Perform a 

Rapid, Bedside Ultrasound assessment in Late Pregnancy 

Sachita Shah, University of Washington School of Medicine 

646 Analysis of Lawsuits Involving Emergency Physician Performed 

Point-of-care Ultrasound 

Lori A. Stolz MD, University of Arizona 

647 Image Quality Evaluation of a Pocket-Sized Ultrasound Machine for the 

FAST Examination 

Brian Euerle, University of Maryland School of Medicine 

648 Bedside Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Symptomatic Nephrolithiasis 

Matthew Kostura MD, University of Arizona

649 Ultrasound-guided Peripheral IV Access: 

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

Lori A. Stolz, University of Arizona 

650 Earthquake-Related Injuries in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic 

Review 

Gabrielle A. Jacquet MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

651 Computer versus Paper-based Hospital Triage in a Mass Casualty Event 

Eric C. Cioe MD, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 

652 Analysis of Twitter Users’ Sharing of official New York City Preparedness 

Messages During the Sandy Storm 

Nicholas Genes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

653 Child in Hand - A Hazard Identification, Vulnerability, and Disaster 

Preparedness Analysis of Orphanages and Schools in Haiti 

Srihari Cattamanchi MD, 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School 

654 Effect of EMS Airway Selection on Neurologic Status of Survivors 

After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Jason McMullan, University of Cincinnati 

655 Impact of Viewing an Ultra-Brief Chest Compression Only 

CPR Video on Lay Bystander CPR Performance in a Shopping Mall 

Omar Meziab, University of Arizona College of Medicine 

656 Published Research Is Inadequate for the Development of Guidelines for 

the Basic Life Support Management of Airway Obstruction in Adults: 

Results of a Systematic Review 

Richard N. Bradley, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 

657 Association between Prevalence of Diabetes and Incidence of Out-of-Hospital 

Cardiac Arrest According to Age Group: a Nationwide Case-Control Study 

Sang Do Shin MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine 

658 Strategic Placement of Automated External Defibrillators Using A 

Community-Based Participatory Research Approach 

Comilla Sasson MD, MS, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine 

659 Probability of Return of Spontaneous- Circulation as a Function of Timing of 

Vasopressor Administration in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

William P. Bozeman, Wake forest University 

660 A Validation of the Association Between A Quantitative CT Scan Measure of 

Cerebral Edema and Outcomes Post Cardiac Arrest 

Cristal Cristia MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

661 Prehospital End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Levels Are More Accurate in Predicting 

In-hospital Mortality than Traditional Vital Signs 

Christopher L. Hunter MD, PhD, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

662 Abnormal Prehospital End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Levels Are associated with 

a Diagnosis of an Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarct in the 


Christopher L. Hunter MD, PhD, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

663 Do the 2011 Revisions to the Field Triage Guidelines Improve Under- and 

Over-Triage Rates for Pediatric Trauma Patients? 

E. Brooke Lerner PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 

664 Distributive Education Can Be Used to Train Basic Emts to Treat Opioid 

Overdose with Intranasal Naloxone 

Michael W. Dailey MD, Albany Medical Center 

665 Compliance and Opportunity in the Use of a Prehospital Continuous Positive 

Airway Pressure Protocol in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure 

Chad M. Kovala DO, St. John Hospital & Medical Center 

666 assessing Prehospital Airway Management Using the Florida EMS Tracking 

and Reporting System (EMSTARS) 

Salvatore Silvestri, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

667 Paramedic Time to Endotracheal Tube Placement Using a Video Laryngoscope 

Joshua G. Salzman MA, Regions Hospital 

668 Factors associated with Positive Catheterization Among Patients who 

Present to the Emergency Department with Prehospital ST-Elevation 

Myocardial Infarction Notification 

Ke Zheng MD, New York Hospital Queens 

669 The Effects of Statewide Protocols On Helicopter 

EMS Utilization in Maryland 

Asa M. Margolis DO, MPH, MS, Johns Hopkins 

670 Patients with Confirmed Myocardial Infarctions are Frequently Undertriaged 

as Non-Emergent by Medical Priority Dispatch System 

Amy Cutright, East Carolina University 

671 Factors associated with Delay to Out-of-hospital ECG in Patients with 

Symptoms Suggestive of ACS 

Alison L. Sullivan MD, Baystate Medical Center 

672 Patient Recidivism in EMS: the Los Angeles Experience 

Stephen Sanko MD, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles Fire Department 

673 Ambulance Paramedics in a Metropolitan Australian Ambulance Service 

frequently misdiagnose anaphylaxis 

Craig Ellis, West Australian Institute for Medical Research 

674 A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study of a Prehospital Protocol 

for Fluid Resuscitation of Trauma Patients: Compliance and Outcomes 

Samuel J. Prater MD, University of Texas Medical School @ Houston, 

Department of Emergency Medicine 

675 Markers of Acidosis and Stress in a Sprint Versus a 

Conducted Electrical Weapon 

Donald M. Dawes, Lompoc Valley Medical Center 

677 Patient Survey of the Rationale of Using EMS Services vs. Alternate 

Transportation for Medical Emergencies 

Viral Patel MD, ME., St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center 

678 Factors associated with In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients who 

Present to the Emergency Department with Prehospital Hypotension 

Shih-Chin Chou MD, New York Hospital Queens 

679 Impact of attitudes and Understanding of Reporting Requirements on Latino 

Immigrants’ Presentations to Emergency Department in Texas and California 

Robert A. Weston MD, University Medical Center at Brackenridge 

680 Is there Agreement Between Emergency Physicians’ and Patients’ 

Interpretation of A Do Not Resuscitate Order? 


681 Adequacy of Non-contrast Ct in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pain in Older Adults 

Mary C. Bhalla, Summa Akron City Hospital 

682 A Survey to Define the Minimally Essential attributes of the Geriatric 



683 Performance of an Emergency Care Telemedicine Program for Older Adults 

Manish N. Shah, University of Rochester 

684 Characteristics of Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Concurrent 

Infections at a Large Urban County Teaching Hospital 


Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 

685 Can Physicians Predict Wound Infections? 

James Quinn MD, MS, Stanford University 

686 Rapid Universal Opt-out HIV Screening in Adolescents and 

Adults of All Ages in An Urban Level I Trauma Center Emergency Department 

James T. Scribner MD, John Peter Smith Health Network 

687 Lipoproteins Inhibit HMGB1 Release and Cytokine Activities. 

Haichao Wang, North Shore University Hospital 

688 Diagnostic Characteristics of a Clinical Screening tool in Combination with 

POCT Lactates in ED Patients with Suspected Sepsis 


689 Chief Complaints of Patients Testing Positive in a Universal HIV 

Screening Program 

Michael Sanders, Orlando regional medical center 

690 Mandatory Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing in the Emergency 

Department: An Evaluation of Statewide Testing in New York State 

Since the 2010 Legislation Making It Law 

Daniel J. Egan MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center 

691 Increased Endotoxin Activity is associated with Clinical Deterioration in 

Moderate Severity Emergency Department Sepsis Patients: A pilot study 

Ryan Arnold MD, Cooper University Hospital 

692 Synthesis of Recombinant Proteins to Facilitate Development of a Novel 

Staphylococcus aureus Diagnostic Test 

Tichaendepi Mundangepfupfu, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center 

693 Defining the Impact of Delayed Antibiotic Administration Using a 

Comprehensive Electronic Health Record screen to Identify Severe Sepsis 

Ryan Arnold MD, Cooper University Hospital 

694 Incidence of Emergency Department Visits Due to Pneumonia in the United 

States, 2006-2009: Findings from the Nationwide Emergency Department 

Sample (NEDS) 


695 Demographic and Treatment Patterns for Infections in Ambulatory Settings 

in the United States, 2009 

Larissa May MD, George Washington University 


696 The Evaluation of Febrile Infants Less Than One year of Age between 

Emergency Medicine Physicians and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians 

Antonio Muniz MD, Dallas Regional Medical Center 

697 A Fungus Among US: Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department 

After Exposure to Fungus-Contaminated Epidural Steroid Injections 

Janet S. Young MD, Carilion Clinic 

698 Antigen-Specific Influenza Antibody Responses in Acute Respiratory Tract 

Infections and it’s Relation to Influenza Infection and Disease Course 

John P. Haran, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

699 Blood Culture Use and Appropriateness in US EDs, 2002-2010 

Leah S. Honigman, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

700 Are High Risk Patients More Likely to Say Yes to An Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus Test? An Evaluation of Emergency Department 

Patients in a Rapid Testing Program 

Rishi Vohra MD, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt 

701 Clinical and Laboratory Findings to Differentiate Herpes Simplex from 

Enteroviral Meningitis 

Layli Sanaee MD, University of Ottawa 

702 Factors associated with Patients Declining Kiosk-Facilitated HIV Self-Testing 


Kaylin Beck BA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

703 Surgical and Antimicrobial Treatment of Skin Infections in the Age of CA-MRSA 

Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

704 Loading Doses of Vancomycin in the Emergency Department: Is It Safe? 

Jamie Rosini, Christiana Care 

705 Utilizing An Electronic Algorithm and Notification System to Improve ED 

Treatment of Health Care-associated Pneumonia in Patients with Severe 

Sepsis Or Septic Shock 

Adrian Garofoli MD, Mayo Clinic 

706 Challenges to Preventing New HIV Infections in a High-Risk Urban Population 

Daniel Egan, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt 

707 Viral Respiratory Detections in Children and Adults with Communityacquired 

Pneumonia Compared with asymptomatic Controls: Evaluating the 

Role of Viral Pathogens in Pneumonia 


708 Trends in Emergency Department Abscess Care 

Melanie K. Prusakowski MD, Carilion Clinic 

709 Organ Dysfunction in Survivors of Septic Shock Treated with Early 

Quantitative Resuscitation 

Sarah A. Sterling, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

710 Loading Vancomycin in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study of 

Initial Vancomycin Dosing 

Brian Levine, Christiana Care 

711 A Consensus-Based Gold Standard for Who Needs a Trauma Center 

Brian Willenbring BA, NREMT-B, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 

712 Comparison of a Clinical Decision Rule Versus Usual Care to Risk Stratify 

Children for Intra-abdominal Injury after Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Cost- 

Effectiveness Analysis 


713 Does Increased CT Scan Usage Improve Mortality for Patients with Blunt Trauma? 

Juliana Wilson DO, the State University of New York at Buffalo 

714 Is the Accuracy of FAST Interpretation by Emergency Medicine Residents 

Consistent Across Trauma Team Activation Levels? 

Joshua Parker, Scott and White Memorial Hospital 

715 Efficacy and Safety of Eight Centimeter Catheters for Needle Chest 

Decompression - A Radiographic Analysis 

Samuel J. Chang MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

716 The Role of Necroptosis in Burn Injury Progression in a Rat Comb Burn Model 

Avanish S. Reddy BS, Stony Brook University 

717 Using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test 

(ASSIST) to Determine the Prevalence of Substance Abuse in the Rhode 

Island Trauma Population 

Ralph Rogers, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

Electronic Medical Records - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta B 

Moderator: John P. Marshall MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

718 An Estimate of Inaccurate Physician Documentation Using Electronic Medical 

Records in the Emergency Department 

Jonathan W. Heidt MD, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis 

719 Patient Perceptions of Electronic Medical Record Data Entry Methods 

Peyton Holder MD, University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine 

720 An EHR-integrated Mobile App Quantitatively Improves Emergency Medicine 

Resident NIH Stroke Scale Documentation 

James R. Foster II MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel 

Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School 

721 Effect of a Computerized Decision Support System on Time to Antibiotic 

Initiation for Severe Sepsis 

Brandan Crum MD, University of California Davis Medical Center 

Cardiovascular Basic Sciences - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Michelle Biros MS, MD, University of Minnesota 

722 A Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator, Bay 41-8543, Preserves Pulmonary 

Artery Endothelial Function in Experimental Pulmonary Embolism* 

John A. Watts PhD, Carolinas Medical Center 

723 Co-targeting of Thrombomodulin and Epcr to the Pulmonary Endothelium Is 

Protective in A Mouse Model of Sepsis-induced Acute Lung Injury 

Colin F. Greineder MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania 

724 A Novel Esophageal Device Successfully Induces and Maintains therapeutic 

Hypothermia in a Large Animal Model 

Erik Kulstad, Advocate Christ Medical Center 

725 Activation of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 1 Provides 

Neuroprotection after Ischemic Brain Injury in a Brain Derived 

Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Dependent Way 

Teresa Sanchez, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 


Geriatrics - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Kevin Baumlin MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

726 Focusing on Inattention: A Very Brief Method to Detect Delirium in the 

Emergency Department* 


727 Adoption of New Media by ED Geriatric Patients 

Lori A. Post, Yale University School of Medicine 

728 A Qualitative Exploration of Emergency Department Revisits by Older Adults 

Stacy Salerno, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

729 Screening for Frailty in Older Community-Dwelling Patients: How Well Do 

Patient and Care Giver Agree on Deficits? 

Adam Frisch MD, University of Pittsburgh 

730 GEDI WISE: Improvement in Patient Satisfaction After Implementation of a 

Geriatric Emergency Department 

Nicholas Genes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

731 Developing and Validating the ED GRAY(Geriatric Readmission assessment 

at Yale) 


Health Services Research - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Jesse M. Pines MD, George Washington University 

732 A Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of Facilitated Primary Care Follow Up 

After ED Utilization* 

Michael Bouton, Beth Israel Deaconess 

733 A Study to Evaluate Emergency Provider Efficiency and Cognitive Load Using 

Different Methods of Computerized Physician Medication Order Entry* 


734 Evaluating the Association Between Primary Care Provider Availability 

and ED Visits and Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive 

Conditions in California 


Southern California Keck School of Medicine 

735 Reducing Racial Disparities in Access to Care: Health Care Utilization Trends 

in the Era of the Children’s Health Insurance Program 

Adrianne Haggins MD, MS, University of Michigan 

736 Does the “invisible Hand” Optimally Regionalize Acute Care Providers? 

Ari B. Friedman, University of Pennsylvania 

737 Can a Mobile Health Intervention (TExT-MED) Reduce Emergency 

Department Utilization and Hospital Admissions in Patients with Diabetes? 



Video Laryngoscopy - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta G 

Moderator: Ron Walls MD, Brigham & Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School 

738 Video Laryngoscopy Reduces the Rate of Esophageal Intubations Performed 

by Emergency Medicine Residents Compared to Direct Laryngoscopy 

Parisa P. Javedani MD, University of Arizona 

739 Success of Intubation by Novice Intubators using Direct Laryngoscopy, Video 

Laryngoscopy (GlideScope), and Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal 

Tube (S.A.L.T) 

Kimberly Leeson MD, CHRISTUS Spohn Texas A&M University Emergency 

Medicine Residency 

740 Timeliness of Simulated Endotracheal Intubation by Emergency Medicine 

Residents: A Comparison of Direct and Video Laryngoscopy 

Erik M. Angles MD, Maine Medical Center 

741 Do Emergency Medicine Residents Receive Appropriate Video 

Laryngoscopy Training? A Survey to Compare the Utilization of Video 

Laryngoscopy Devices in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs and 

Community Emergency Departments 

Anand Swaminathan, NYU/Bellevue 

742 Effect of Blood on First Pass Success Rate of Videolaryngoscopes 

Used in Emergent Intubations 

John C. Sakles MD, University of Arizona 

743 Video Laryngoscopy Improves First attempt Success and 

Quality of Laryngoscopic View Compared to Direct Laryngoscopy 

in a Medical Intensive Care Unit 


Pediatric Trauma - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Rakesh Mistry MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

744 Oral Contrast in the Evaluation of Intra-Abdominal Injuries 

in Children with Blunt torso Trauma 

Angela M. Ellison, University of Pennsylvania 

745 Importance and Performance of the Abdominal Examination to Identify 

Children with Abdominal Injuries 

Kathleen M. Adelgais MD, MPH, University of Colorado 

746 Pediatric Prehospital Lifesaving Interventions in A Combat Setting - 

A Prospective, Multicenter Study 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center; US Army Institute of 

Surgical Research 

747 Progesterone for Children with Serious Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): 

A Feasibility Study in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research 

Network (PECARN)* 

Rachel Stanley, University of Michigan 

New Ideas in Education - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Kevin Rodgers MD, Indiana University 

748 Evaluation of Differences in Care Provided During A Novel, thematically 

Paired Simulation assessment Between Adult and Pediatric Populations 

Yuemi An-Grogan MD, Northwestern University 

749 Development and Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Simulation-based Crisis 

Resource Management Curriculum to Improve Non-technical Skills in Trauma 

Resuscitations 


750 The Effects of Expressive Writing on Medical Student Anxiety and Performance 

Anne K. Merritt MD, Yale University School of Medicine 

751 Predictive Value of a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) for PGY-1 Performance in 

Emergency Medicine. 

Laura R. Hopson MD, University of Michigan 

752 Deliberate Practice for the Development of Expert Performance in Basic 

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 

David Scordino MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Information Technology - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm in Atlanta B 

Moderator: D. M. Courtney MD, Northwestern University 

754 Health Evaluation and Referral assistant (HERA): Improving Linkage with 

Tobacco Treatment 

Edwin D. Boudreaux PhD, the University of Massachusetts Medical School* 

755 Effect of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) on Emergency 

Department Throughtput Metrics and Test Utilization* 

Michael Manka MD, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, 

Erie County Medical Center 

756 The Effect of Clinical Decision Support on Physician Adherence to Evidence- 

Based Guidelines for use of CT Pulmonary Angiography in Patients with 

Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the ED 

Anurag Gupta MD, MBA, 


757 Automated Outcome Classification of Emergency Department 

CT Imaging Reports 

Kabir Yadav MDCM, MS, the George Washington University 

Markers and Treatment of Sepsis - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Donald M. Yealy MD, 

University of Pittsburgh / University of Pittsburgh Physicians 

758 Randomized Controlled Trial of Safety and Efficacy of L-carnitine Infusion for 

the Treatment of Vasopressor Dependant Septic Shock* 

Michael A. Puskarich, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

759 Tanshinone IIA Sodium Sulfonate Inhibits HMGB1-induced Chemokine 

Release and Protects against Lethal Endotoxemia. 


760 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPS) in Emergency Department Patients 

with Repeated Admissions for Sepsis 

Michael Koury, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

761 Performance of Procalcitonin as a Marker of Septic Shock in Adults with 

Community- Acquired Pneumonia 


Emergency Medical Services - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Theodore R. Delbridge MD, East Carolina University 

762 Barriers to Calling 9-1-1 in High-Risk Neighborhoods with Primarily Latinos in 

Denver, Colorado* 

Comilla Sasson MD, MS, University of Colorado Denver 

763 Association Between Emergency Department Operation Characteristics, 

Length of Stay, and Elopements by Change in ED Volumes* 

Daniel Handel MD, MPH, 

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 

764 Individuals who Self-Report Previous CPR Training Do Not Demonstrate 

Higher Performance Confidence or Accuracy 

Jennifer Sayegh MS, University of Cincinnati 

765 The Effect of CPR Quality on Survival and Neurological Outcome 

After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 

Uwe Stolz PhD, MPH, University of Arizona 

Emergency Department Crowding - Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm in Atlanta G 

Moderator: James Holmes MD, UC Davis School of Medicine 

766 Effects of Emergency Department Expansion on Emergency 

Department Crowding 

James Y. McCue BS, UC Davis 

767 The Effects Contact Precaution Policies On Emergency Department 

Flow and Hospital Length of Stay 

Kevin Kotkowski MD, University of Massachusetts 

768 The Association Between Timely Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for 

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Emergency Department Crowding 

Christopher W. Jones, Christiana Care Health System 

769 Emergency Department Crowding is Negatively associated with 

Pneumonia Quality Measure Performance 

Christopher W. Jones MD, Christiana Care Health System 

Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Friday, May 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm in Atlanta A 

Moderator: TBD 

770 Asymptomatic Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening within the Pediatric 

Emergency Department of A Disease Prevalent Population 

Devra Gutfreund, Newark Beth Israel 

771 Management Practices for Febrile Neonates in US Pediatric Emergency 

Departments 

Shabnam Jain MD, Emory University 


772 Are Emergency Medicine Clinicians Recognizing Acute Kidney Injury in 

Pediatric Sepsis ? 

Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne MD, University of Florida 

773 Identification of Inflammatory RNA Biosignatures in Adolescent Patients in a 

Pediatric Emergency Department with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 

Fran Balamuth, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

774 There’s an App for That: An Electronic Health Record Sepsis Registry and 

Clinical Protocol to Improve Quality of Care 

Fran Balamuth MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

775 Practices, Beliefs, and Perceived Barriers to Adolescent HIV Screening in the 

Emergency Department (ED) 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

86 Use of Nasal Capnography as a Measure of Hydration Status in Children 

Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department with Gastroenteritis 

Tovah G. Ellman MD, Orlando Health System 

Health Services Research in Trauma - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Brendan Carr MD, University of Pennsylvania 

776 No Man Is An Island: Living in A More Disadvantaged Neighborhood Increases 

the Likelihood of Developing Persistent Moderate Or Severe Neck Pain 6 

Weeks After Motor Vehicle Collision* 

Samuel McLean MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

777 The Association Between Geographic Access to Trauma Care and Injury Death 

in the US 

Catherine S. Wolff MS, University of Pennsylvania 

778 The Impact of Adding Level II & III Trauma Centers On Volume and 

Severity of Disease at A Nearby Level I Facility 

Brendan G. Carr MS, MS, University of Pennsylvania 

779 Disparities in Access to Trauma Centers in the United States 

Ariel Bowman, University of Pennsylvania 

780 Analysis of Road Traffic Accident Related Injuries and Outcomes at a Tertiary 

Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia 

Kate Cerwensky MPH, Center for Global Health and Development, Boston 

University School of Public Health 

781 Cost of Care Relating to Road Traffic Injuries in Two Tertiary Care Centers in 

the District of Kandy, Sri Lanka 

Catherine A. Lynch MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke School of 

Medicine, DGHI,Duke University 

782 Is Being Insured a Risk Factor for Admission to a Non-Trauma Center vs. 

Transfer Out Among Patients Presenting with Major Trauma? 

M. Kit Delgado, Stanford University School of Medicine 

Residency Training - Lightning Oral Presentations 


Moderator: Christian Arbelaez MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

783 Increasing off-Service Resident Productivity while on their Emergency 

Department Rotation Using the Hawthorne Effect 

Deena Ibrahim MD, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine 

784 The Prevalence of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Health 

Education - Training in Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Programs: 

What Do We Know? 

Joel Moll, Emory University 

785 Residents Are Hesitant to Report Hollow-bore Needle Sticks and Most 

Commonly Report Feeling Rushed During Procedures When Stuck 

Jessica S. Rose MD, East Carolina University 

786 Preparing Emergency Physicians for Malpractice Litigation: A Joint 

Emergency Medicine Residency - Law School Mock Trial Competition 

Stacey Marlow MD, JD, University of South Florida 

787 Implementation of a Structured Handoff tool, SOUND, Leads to an 

Improvement in Patient Handoffs in a Pediatric Emergency Department 

Priya R. Gopwani, Children’s National Medical Center 

788 Self-reported Sleep Disturbances Presage Decreases in Residents’ 

Psychological Well-being 

Julie M. Carland MD, University of Arizona Medical Center 

SATURDAY, May 18th, 2013 

Airway Management - Oral Presentations 

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 10:00 am in Atlanta B 

Moderator: Diane Birnbaumer MD, Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA 

789 Intubation Skills Correlate with Accuracy of Self-assessment* 

Amish Aghera MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

790 Declining Rate of Direct Laryngoscopy Intubations in an Academic 


John C. Sakles MD, University of Arizona 

791 Identifying Predictive Factors for Degradation of Intubation Skills 

Brian Gillett, Maimonides Medical Center 

792 Repeated Intubation attempts by an Operator associated with a Decreased 

Success Rate in the Emergency Department: An Analysis of Multicenter 

Prospective Observational Study in Japan. 

Tadahiro Goto MD, University of Fukui Hospital 

793 Complications of Airway Management Following Failed Noninvasive 

Ventilation 

Jarrod M. Mosier MD, University of Arizona 

794 The Impact of Obesity on the First Pass Success Rate of Emergency 

Department Intubations 

John Sakles, University of Arizona 

796 Incidence and Duration of Oxygen Desaturation During Emergency 

Department Intubation Using Continuous Data Acquisition Software 

Jerry B. Bodily MD, University of New Mexico 

International Emergency - Oral Presentations 

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 11:30 am in Atlanta E & F 

Moderator: Charles Gerardo MD, Duke Global Health Residency/Fellowship 

797 Physicians’ Diagnostic Accuracy in Using Simple Clinical Signs for Detecting 

Anemia and Its Severity in Patients Seen at the Emergency Department of A 

Tertiary Referral Hospital in Tanzania.* 

Hendry R. Sawe MD, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences 

798 The Prevalence of Suspected Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus and use of 

Random Blood Sugar to Detect Elevated A1c Among Emergency Department 

Patients in a Developing Country* 

Candace McNaughton, Vanderbilt University 

799 Characteristics of Adult Patients Presenting to 

Two Public Referral Hospitals in Cambodia* 

Lily Yan, Stanford University School of Medicine 

800 assessment of the Revised Kampala Trauma Score (KTSII) to Predict 

Mortality, Need for Admission, and Use of Hospital Resources at University 

Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia 

Hani Mowafi MD, MPH, Boston University 

801 Improving Patient Flow in Ghana with the Use of Computer Simulation 

Allyson Best, University of Cincinnati 

802 Characteristics of Pediatric Population Presenting to Two Public Referral 

Hospitals in Cambodia 

Mackensie A. Yore, Stanford University School of Medicine 

803 Characterizing Prehospital Transported Patients in the Ashanti Region of Ghana 

C. Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, Emory University 

804 Motor Vehicle Crash Patients: An International Comparison China V. the US 

Paul Ko MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University 

805 Trends in ED and Hospital Mortality associated with Opening of 

A Full Capacity Emergency Department in A Tertiary Level Hospital 

in Sub-Saharan Africa 


806 Activated Learning in Global Health Education - A Pilot Study 


807 Access to Care among Adults with Previously and Newly Diagnosed 

Cardiovascular Disease Presenting to the Emergency Department of a 

Tertiary Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya 

Rita K. Kuwahara MIH, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine 

808 Epidemiology of Injuries, Outcomes, and Hospital Resource Utilization at 

A Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia 

Philip Seidenberg MD, University of New Mexico 


Post-Cardiac Arrest Care - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta A 

Moderator: Richard Summers MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center 

809 Lactate Clearance is associated with Improved Survival and Neurological 

Outcome in Post-Cardiac Arrest* 


810 Microcirculatory Impairment in Post-cardiac Arrest Patients* 

Yasser Omar MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

811 Initial Hyperoxia is associated with Survival in Post-Arrest Patients Enrolled 

in the PATH Database 

David F. Gaieski MD, University of Pennsylvania 

812 Initial Base Deficit and Arterial Carbon Dioxide Level associated with 

Survival in Post-Arrest Patients 


813 Time to Target Temperature and Neurologic Outcome in Survivors of Cardiac 

Arrest 

Sarah M. Perman, University of Pennsylvania 

814 Emergent CT Does Not Delay Cooling in Patients After Cardiac Arrest* 


Simulation in Emergency Medicine - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta C & D 

Moderator: Daniel Handel MD, MPH, 

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 

815 Emergency Medicine Resident Leadership Ability: A Simulation-Based 

Longitudinal Study* 

Matthew C. Carlisle, UC Davis 

816 Effect of Simulated Rare Procedures Clinic on EM Faculty Clinical Procedural 

Knowledge and Confidence 

Amanda J. Carlson MD, Regions Hospital 

818 Effects of Team Training on 4th Year Medical Student Management of 

Simulated Critically Ill Patients 

Daniel Runde MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 

819 A Comparison of Evaluation Metrics for High-Fidelity ACLS-based Simulation 

Cases for PGY-1 and PGY-3 Level Learners 

Jo Anna Leuck MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

820 Surgical Specialty Residents Perform Better in Simulation Based Central 

Venous Catheter Insertion assessment Than Medical Specialty Residents 

Kosuke Mori, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Bay Urayasu/Ichikawa 

Medical Center, Noguchi Hideyo Memorial International Hospital 

Prescription and Abuse of Opiates - Lightning Oral Presentations 

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Roswell 1 

Moderator: Steven B. Bird MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

821 Association Between Opioid Prescribing in Florida 

and Statewide Morbidity and Mortality 

Erin Caddell, University of Central Florida, College of Medicine 

822 U.S. Prescription Opioid Overdose Death: A Health Disparities Paradox 

Tracy Macintosh MD, MPH, Yale-New Haven Hospital 

823 Prevalence of Adverse Events From Opiates in the Emergency Department 

Raoul Daoust, Université de Montréal 

824 Does Prescribing Opiate Medication Correlate with Emergency Department 

Patient Satisfaction Scores? 

Matt Burge MD, Scott & White 

825 Prevalence and Correlates of Nonmedical Prescription Opiate and 

Nonmedical Prescription Sedative Use Among A Group of Adolescents and 

Young Adults with Current Drug Use in An Urban Emergency Department 

Lauren K. Whiteside, University of Washington, Division of Emergency Medicine 

826 The Association Between Statewide Opiate Prescribing Patterns 

and Drug-specific Mortality Rates Over A 10 Year Period 

Sarina Doyle MD, Orlando Health 


Saturday, May 18, 8:00 - 9:00 am in Roswell 2 

Moderator: Kavita Babu MD, University of Massachusetts 

827 Survival from Organophosphate Poisoning Induces 

Changes in Respiration During Sleep 

Romolo Gaspari MD, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School 

828 Measurement of Venom and Clotting Function in Patients with Russell’s 

Viper Coagulopathy and Response to Antivenom 

Geoffrey K. Isbister FACEM, MD, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University 

of Newcastle and Department of Clinical toxicology, Calvary Mater Newcastle 

829 The Impact of the Bugaboo Wild Fires on Regional Emergency Department 

and Inpatient Visits 

Glenn R. Gookin PhD, University of Central Florida 

830 Inhalant Abuse: Trends from United States Poison Centers 

Janna H. Villano MD, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Department of 


831 Performance of a Multi-disciplinary Observation Protocol for 

Acetaminophen Overdose in the Emergency Department 

Gillian A. Beauchamp MD, University of Cincinnati 

832 What Characteristics Can Be Used to Predict Ethylene Glycol Ingestion? 

Cole A. Wiedel BA, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

833 The Efficacy of CYP2D6 Dependent Analgesics and Antiemetics in 

Emergency Department Patients 

Andrew A. Monte MD, University of Colorado 


2013 Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (ME) 

*SAEM Gallery of Excellence Nominees 2013 


Innovations Exhibits 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery -level 6 

1. Predicting Annual Inservice Scores Using Audience Response System 

Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton 1 , Kaushal Shah 2 , Grant Wei 3 , David P. Lisbon 

Jr 4 , Sally A Santen 5 , Katherine Jahnes 6 , Jaime Jordan 7 . 1 Tufts University 

Medical School Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; 2 Mt. Sinai 

School Of Medicine, New York, NY; 3 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson, New 

Brunswick, NJ; 4 The University Of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS; 

5 

University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 6 New York Methodist Hospital, 

Brooklyn, NY; 7 Harbor-UCLA, Los Ángeles, CA 

2. Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Education: 

A Homemade Phantom with Various Feedback Capabilities 

Daniela Morato, Dina Seif. LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 

3. Competency-Based Disaster Training for Medical Trainees 

in Less Than One Day 

Lancer A. Scott. MUSC, Charleston, SC 

4. Geriatric Abdominal Pain Game 

Nikki B. Waller, Kevin Biese, Kristen Barrio, Chris Howarth, 

Ellen Roberts, Jan Busby-Whitehead. 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 

5. Development of a Simulated “Night on Call” Experience within a 

Capstone Course at One U.S. Medical School 

David A. Wald, Alisa Peet, Jane Cripe, Michael Curtis. 

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 

6. Critical Actions In Common Floor Emergencies - A Multimedia, 

Multimodal And Simulation Based Approach 

Nelson Wong, Scott Goldberg, Christopher Strother. 


7. Resuscitation Elective for Emergency Medicine Residents Interested in 

Critical Care 

Jarrod M. Mosier, Alice Min, Albert Fiorello. 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

11. Emergency Medicine Resident Education in Ophthalmology 

Lara Phillips, Lawrence Stack. Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 

Innovations - Didactics Spotlight 

8:00 - 9:00 am in Atlanta H 

8. Using iTunesU as a Novel Emergency Medicine Curriculum 

Deployment Device.* 

Janis P. Tupesis, Nestor Rodriguez, Katy Oksuita, Matt Anderson, 

Carrie Voss-Harvey, Will Sanderson. 

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 

9. Developing Residency Education with Andragogy and Multimedia: The 

DREAM Curriculum* 

Karen R. Lind, Brian Gillett, David Saloum, Eitan Dickman, John Marshall. 


10. Teams Teaching Other Teams: An Interactive Educational Session* 

Chandra Aubin, Rebecca Bavolek, Evan Schwarz. 

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 

11. Emergency Medicine Resident Education in Ophthalmology* 


Innovations - Technology Spotlight 


12. The EM10 project: A High Yield, Mobile Device Based Learning Platform 

for Medical Student Education during Emergency Department Shifts* 

Jeffrey R. Vlasic. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 

13. Emergency Medicine E-Learning: Articulating the Facts, 

Moving to the Future* 

Cynthia Leung, Aaron Bernard, Nicholas E. Kman. 

The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 


14. Must-Read Article Of The Month: Cloud-based 

Asynchronous Journal Club 

James C. O’Neill, Iltifat Husain. 

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC 

15. Cloud-based Online Continuing Medical Education for an Emergency 

Medicine System 

James C. O’Neill, Iltifat Husain, Casey Glass, David Manthey, 

Cedric Lefebvre. Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC 

Innovations -Medical Student Spotlight 

12:00 - 1:00 pm in Atlanta H 

16. The Mentorship Gap: Bridging Residents and Medical Students through 

a Near Peer Mentoring Program* 

Robbie E. Paulsen, Matthew J. Stull, Sarah Ronan-Bentle. 

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 

17. EMIG: A Student-Driven Integrative Curriculum Approach 

to Simulation* 

Annette Dorfman. George Washington University, Washington, DC 

18. Assessment of Level 1 EM Milestones in Incoming Interns 

Laura Hopson, Marcia Perry, Samantha Hauff, Eve Losman, 

James Mattimore, Monica Lypson, Sally Santen. 


3. Competency-Based Disaster Training for Medical Trainees 

in Less Than One Day 

Lancer A. Scott. MUSC, Charleston, SC 

Friday, May 17, 2013 

Innovations – Oral Presentations 


19. Milestone Tracking and Documentation Augmented via an Electronic 

Tool Tailored to an Emergency Medicine Simulation Curriculum* 

Raymond P. Ten Eyck. Wright State University, Kettering, OH 

20. Attending Emergency Physician Airway Skills Assessment: The 

Annual Checkride 

Daniel R. Rodgers, Kevin C. King, Thomas E. Terndrup. 

Penn State Hershey, Hershey, PA 

21. Development Of A Novel, Competency-based Emergency Medicine 

“Dean’s Letter”* 

Cemal B. Sozener, Laura R. Hopson, Joseph House, 

Suzanne L. Dooley-Hash, Samantha R. Hauff, Monica L. Lypson, 

Sally A. Santen. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

22. Team Based Learning - Electrocardiogram Interpretation and 

Application for Emergency Medicine Residents 

Rebecca A. Bavolek, Chandra D. Aubin, Albert J. Kim. Washington 

University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 

Innovations Exhibits 

8:00 - 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery -level 6 

23. An Innovative Approach to Simulating the Repair of an Injured Nailbed 

Tara Martin, Nicholas Greek, Claudia Ranniger. 

George Washington University, Washington, DC 

24. A Novel Clear Ballistics Gel Phantom for Ultrasound Training 

Richard Amini, Lori Stolz, Srikar Adhikari. University of Arizona Medical 

Center, Tucson, AZ 

25. Emergency Medicine Interpersonal Communication Skills Curriculum 

Marquita N. Hicks 1 , Pooja Gajare1, Lisa Moreno-Walton 2 . 1 University of 

Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2 Louisiana State University 

Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 

26. Equianalgesic Opioid Conversion Worksheet for Cancer 

Pain Management 

Kyle D. Minor, Zachary Binney, Tammie Quest. 


27. Teaching Health Policy: Developing a Portable E-learning Tool for 

Medical Student Education 

Stephanie Y. Donald, Nathan Seth Trueger, Aisha Liferidge, 

Janice Blanchard, Steven Davis, Malika Fair, Joneigh Khaldun, 

Ali Pourmand, Cedric Dark. 

George Washington University, Washington, DC

28. Innovation in Education: Integration of Emergency Medicine In The 

Preclinical Years With A First Year Course, “Introduction To Emergency 

Medicine.” 

Amy Leuthauser. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 

Innovations – Oral Presentations 


29. Voodoo or Valid? An Exercise to Promote Academic and Clinical 

Integration toward Evidence Based Practice 

Joel Moll. Emory University, Atlanta, GA 

30. Integration of High Fidelity Simulation and Learning Management 

Software to Effectively Teach Mechanical Ventilation in Emergency 


Amish Aghera, Brian Gillett, Anatoliy Golster. Maimonides Medical 

Center, Brooklyn, NY 

31. Using an Online Discussion Board for Asynchronous Learning in an 

Emergency Medicine Curriculum 

Christine Zink, Christopher Zernial, Salim Rezaie, Dan Mosely. 

UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX 

32. A Flashcard Based Approach to Teaching Critical Appraisal Skills 

Tom Evens 1 , Julie-Anne Greenslade 2 , Shweta Gidwani 2 . 1 Ealing Hospital 

NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2 Northwick Park Hospital, London, 

United Kingdom 

Innovations - Oral Presentations 

1:00 - 2:00 pm in Atlanta H 

33. A Collaborative Approach to a Novel, Goal Directed Echocardiography 

Training for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Physicians for 

Management of Patients in Shock 

Jarrod M. Mosier, Lori Stolz, Albert Fiorello, John Bloom, Srikar Adhikari. 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

34. The Next Generations’ Journal Club: An Innovative Approach to 

Multimedia and Evidence Based Medicine 

Evan Pushchak, Charles Pearce, Mark Courtney. 


35. Direct Observation of Resident-to-Resident Communication during 

Transition of Care in the Emergency Department 

Adam Z. Tobias, Michele L. Dorfsman, Allan B. Wolfson. 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 

36. Development of Low Fidelity Simulation for the Low Resource Setting 

Bhakti Hansoti 1 , John Foggle 2 , Braden Hexom 3 , Jared Novack 4 , 

David Walker 5 , Ernest Wang 4 . 1 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD; 

2 

Brown University, Providence, RI; 3 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 

New York, NY; 4 Northshore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL; 

5 

Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY 

2013 SAEM Award Recipients 

2013 John Marx Leadership Award 

– Vincent Verdile MD, FACEP - Albany Medical College 

2013 Young Investigator Award 

– Nathan J. White MD, MS 

University of Washington School of Medicine 


– Daniel K. Nishijima MD, MAS 

University of California, Davis 


– Comilla Sasson MD, MS - University of Colorado-Denver 

Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award 

– Michael Beeson MD, MBA, FACEP 

Akron General Medical Center 

2013 Excellence in Research Award 

– Gail D’Onofrio MS, MD 

Yale University School of Medicine 

2013 Advancement of Women in 

Academic Emergency Medicine 

– Kathleen Clem BSN, MD, FACEP - Loma Linda University 

2013 Master Clinician Award 

– Eric G. Laurin MD - University of California, Davis 

European Society of Emergency 

Medicine (EuSEM) Abstracts 

Friday, May 17, 20138:00 - 10:00am 

PT-200 Conference Room 3 

Overcrowding in EDs: what are the 

solutions in Europe 

Eric Revue 

Organization of STEMI care: what is the difference 

between USA and Europe 

Abdel Bellou 

Evolution of mortality of Acute Heart 

Failure in Europe 

Said Laribi 

Policy on Quality metrics in Emergency Medicine 

in Europe 

Nathalie Flacke 

Small Group Values | Corporate Resources 

The Ideal 

BALANCE 

CHARLESTON, WV — Faculty opportunity within EM Residency. Three Hospital system 

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SAEM Gallery of Excellence Nominees 2013 Abstracts 

1 NEXUS Chest: Validation of a Decision instrument for Selective Chest Imaging in 

Blunt Trauma 




controlled trial 


3 Anaphylaxis; Clinical Features and Evidence for A Mast Cell-leukocyte Cytokine 

Cascade in Humans. 

Simon G A. Brown MBBS PhD FACEM, Western Australian institute for Medical 

Research, Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western Australia 


Kidney Stone 


5 Latino Caregiver Experiences with asthma Health Communications: A Qualitative 

Evaluation 


6 Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase or Placebo with Low Molecular Weight Heparin 

for Acute Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: assessment of Patient-Oriented 

Cardiopulmonary Outcomes at Three Months 


8 The Effect of Point-of- Care Ultrasonography on Emergency Department Length 

of Stay and CT Utilization in Children with Suspected Appendicitis. 


9 Signs and Symptoms associated with Surgical Intervention in Children with 

Abdominal Pain 

Melissa Tavarez MD, Children’s National Medical Center 

10 Retrospective Review of Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Diagnosis of 

Pediatric intussusception 


11 Ultrasound Confirmation of Central Femoral Venous Line Placement: the FLUSH 

Study (Flush the Line and Ultrasound the Heart) 

Russ Horowitz MD, RDMS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

12 Accuracy of Emergency Medicine Residents during Completion of the American 

College of Emergency Physicians Minimum Ultrasound Training Benchmarks: A 

Multicenter Multiple Application Longitudinal Validation Study 

John Bailitz, Cook County (Stroger) 

19 A Markov Model Describes the Dynamics of Resuscitation in a Porcine 

Hemorrhagic Shock Model. 


20 Comparison of Intraosseous infusion Rates of Plasma Under High Pressure in An 

Adult Hypovolemic Swine Model in Two Different Limb Sites 

Julio Lairet, Emory University School of Medicine 

34 The Burden of Acute Heart Failure on US Emergency Departments 

Alan B. Storrow MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University 


35 Degradation of Benzodiazepines After 120-Days of EMS Deployment 

Jason McMullan MD, University of Cincinnati 

36 Do Prehospital Levels of End-tidal Carbon Dioxide Differ Between Chronic 

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Congestive Heart Failure? 

Christopher Hunter MD, PhD, Orange County EMS System 

37 Prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale and Risk Stratification in Major Pediatric 

Traumatic Brain injury: Association with Mortality and Non-Mortality Outcomes 

Daniel W. Spaite MD, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, University of 

Arizona 

47 Should We Communicate Radiation Risk from CT Scans to Patients? A Mixed- 

Methods and Normative Ethical Analysis 

Thomas E. Robey, Yale-New Haven Hospital 

48 Evidence Based Diagnostics: Meta-Analysis of the Accuracy of Physical Exam 

and Imaging for Adult Scaphoid Fractures 

Ali S. Raja, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School 

49 Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of Bedside Ultrasound to Plain 

Radiography for Detecting Fractures of the Appendicular Skeleton in the 

Emergency Department: A Prospective Study 

Paul E. Haiar DSc, PA-C, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center 

57 Elevated Levels of Serum SBDP150 in the Emergency Department Are associated 

with Poor Outcome at One Month From Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain injury 

Linda Papa MD.CM, MSc, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

60 Performance of Early Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 individually and in Combination in 

Distinguishing Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain injury from Trauma Controls 

and in Detecting intracranial Lesions On CT 

Linda Papa MD.CM, MSc, Orlando Regional Medical Center 

73 Young Women are Less Likely to Meet Reperfusion Guidelines for STEMI: the 

VIRGO Study (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender On Outcomes) 

Gail D’Onofrio MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of 


81 Clinical Pathway Expedites Systemic Corticosteroids for Children with Moderate- 

Severe asthma Exacerbation 

Christopher Fee MD, University of California San Francisco 

82 Broselow Tape: A Time to Revisit? 


89 ED Hemolysis is More Strongly associated with Device Used to Obtain Blood 

Than Other Features of Phlebotomy 

Andrew Wollowitz MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein 


93 The Relationship between Lactic Acidosis and Thiamine Levels in Patients with 

Diabetic Ketoacidosis 

Ari Moskowitz MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

97 Age-related Differences in Pain Recovery After Motor Vehicle Collision: A 

Prospective Longitudinal Study 

Shannon M. Matthews, University of North Carolina 

111 Randomized Trial of a Quantitative, Computerized Method to Estimate Pretest 

Probability of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Pulmonary Embolism: Effect on 

Patient Safety, Radiation Exposure, and Cost of Care 

Jeffrey Kline, Indiana University School of Medicine 

112 HINTS Outperforms ABCD2 to Identify Stroke in Acute Vestibular Syndrome 

David E. Newman-Toker MD PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

113 Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Rules for Clinical Deterioration Shortly After an 

Emergency Department Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism 

Christopher Kabrhel, Massachusetts General Hospital 

121 Comparison of Emergency Physician Performed Bedside Ultrasound vs. 

Computed tomography in the Diagnosis of Renal Colic 

Megan Leo MD, RDMS, Boston Medical Center 

139 Differences in Noninvasive thermometers in the Adult Emergency Department 

Joshua Zwart MD, University of Rochester 

243 Adherence to CDC Guidelines in the Evaluation and Management of Women with 

Pelvic Complaints 

Dana E. Kozubal BS, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

263 Derivation of An Abbreviated instrument for Use in Emergency Department Low 

Back Pain Research: the Five-Item Roland Morris Questionnaire 

Laura W. Mulvey BS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

266 Emergency Department Recidivism and Outcomes of Previously Evaluated Chest 

Pain Unit Patients 

Anthony Napoli MD FACEP, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

270 High Rate of False-Positive Cardiac Testing in an Emergency Department 


Jason Dorais MD, University of Utah 

281 Predictive Value and Appropriate Ranges of Prehospital Physiologic Criteria for 

Identifying Seriously injured Older Adults During Field Triage 

Derek Richardson MD, Oregon Health & Science University 

286 The BREATH Pilot Study: Bringing Research in Echocardiography Assessment to 

Haiti 

Krithika M. Muruganandan MD, Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Emergency 


287 The Number of FAST Exams Required for Proficiency 

Sharon Yellin MD, New York Methodist Hospital 

288 Intraosseous Versus intravenous Cobinamide in Treating Acute Cyanide toxicity 

and Apnea in A Swine (Sus Scrofa) Model 

Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical Center; USAF Enroute Care 


289 The Effects of increased Dosing of L-Carnitine in a Model of Verapamil Toxicity 

Jason Chu, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center 


294 Narratives Outperform Summary Content in Promoting Recall of Opioid 

Prescription Guideline Recommendations 

Austin Kilaru, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

295 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in ED Patients with Drug Overdose 

Alex F. Manini, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

304 A Quick and Easy Delirium assessment for Non-Physician Research Personnel 


306 Using Biomarkers to Detect Delirium Among Elderly Emergency Department 

Patients 

Maura Kennedy MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

308 Blood Transfusion Seemed Not to be associated with Mortality among Patients 

with Severe Sepsis in ED. 

Chih-Yi Hsu MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

309 The Prognostic Value of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Combination with the 

Sequential Organ Failure assessment Score in Septic Shock 

Won Young Kim MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

316 Emergency Department Prediction of Survival and Neurologic Outcome in 

Comatose Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia is 

Unreliable. 

Catherine M. Wares MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

320 The Impact of Pre-Hospital Therapeutic Hypothermia on Mortality and 

Neurologic Outcomes in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and 

Meta-Analysis 

Benton R. Hunter MD, Indiana University School of Medicine 

325 Decreasing ED Overcrowding Via Implementation of a Hospital Wide Surge Plan 

Shira Schlesinger LAC+USC Medical Center 

326 Computed tomography without Oral Contrast for Abdominal Pain: Effects on 

Emergency Department Efficiency and Patient Safety 

William C. Krauss MD, FACEP, Kaiser Permanente 

327 Impact of a Computerized Decision Support System on Screening for 

Hyperlactatemia among Adults with Sepsis 


338 Prevalence and Characteristics of Patients Presenting with Difficult Venous 

Access to the Emergency Department 

J. Matthew Fields MD, Thomas Jefferson University 

347 Breaking Down Barriers to ePCR Implementation in EMS: Turnaround Time 

Colby Redfield MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical 

School 

356 The Effect of Suspected Diagnosis on Physician Pretest Probability for 

Abdominal Pain Patients Undergoing Computed tomography in the Emergency 

Department 

Angela M. Mills MD, University of Pennsylvania 

361 A Randomized-controlled Trial of Paracetamol Versus Morphine for the 

Treatment of Acute Painful Crisis of Sickle Cell Disease 

Rifat Rehmani MD, MSc, King Abduaziz Hospital 

363 Variability in Pediatric ED Care of Sickle Cell Disease and Fever 

Angela M. Ellison MD, MSc, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

364 Elevated Lactate Levels in the Emergency Department Are associated with 

Positive Blood Cultures in Children with Sickle Cell Disease 


491 How Competent are Emergency Medicine interns for Level 1 Milestones: Who is 

Responsible? 


492 Inter-Rater Agreement of Emergency Medicine Milestone PC12 for Goal-Directed 

Focused Ultrasound Is Excellent 


495 Preferences for Resuscitation and intubation Among Patients with Do-notresuscitate/do-not-intubate 

Orders: A 1 Year Follow Up Study. 

John E. Jesus MD, Christiana Care Health Center 

508 Implementation of Checklists for Central Line associated Blood Stream infection 

Prevention in the Emergency Department. 

Robert Klemisch AB, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 

509 Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in a Community Hospital Emergency 

Department with a Standardized Sterile Collection Technique 

Wesley H. Self MD MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

520 Concordance of Prehospital and Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest 

Resuscitation with Documented End-of-Life Choices in Oregon 

Derek K. Richardson, Oregon Health & Science University 

522 The Impact of Pre-hospital Non-invasive Positive Pressure Support Ventilation in Adult 

Patients with Severe Respiratory Distress: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

Sameer Mal MD, University of Western Ontario 

524 Gender and Survival in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) - Results From the 

OPALS (Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support) Study 

Basmah Safdar MD, Yale University 

528 Analgesia Prescriptions for ED Patients with Low Back Pain: A National 

Perspective 


535 The Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Ocular Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of 

Retinal Detachment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 

Hal J. Minnigan MD, indiana University School of Medicine 

538 The Impact of Race and Sex of Study Personnel On the Decision to Participate in 

Research 

Kimberly W. Hart MA, University of Cincinnati 

540 Academic Career interest in American Emergency Residents 


541 Description and Productivity of Emergency Medicine Researchers Receiving K23 

Or K08 Mentored Research Career Development Awards 


551 A Prospective Observational Study of inter-observer Agreement for Pretest 

Probability assessment of Deep Venous Thrombosis 

Krista Brucker MD, Northwestern University 

567 Low-dose Ketamine Versus Morphine for Acute Pain in the Emergency 

Department - A Randomized, Prospective, Double-blinded Trial 

Joshua P. Miller MD, SAUSHEC 

571 One Year Outcomes of Patients Following Coronary Computerized tomographic 

Angiography in the Emergency Department 


581 A Randomized Controlled Trial of intravenous Ketorolac Versus intravenous 

Metoclopramide + Diphenhydramine for Acute Treatment of Non-migraine, Bland 

Recurrent Headache 

Victoria Adewunmi MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

584 Impact of An Evidence-based Guideline On Rates of Diagnostic Testing for 

Pediatric Syncope 

Megan OBrien, Boston University School of Medicine 

585 Emergency Department Variation in Head Computed tomography Scanning 

Among Pediatric Patients with Head Trauma 

Jennifer R. Marin MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

586 Performance of Plain Pelvis Radiography in Children with Blunt torso Trauma 

Maria Y. Kwok, Columbia University Medical Center 

588 A Rapid assessment to Predict ED Revisits, Hospital Admissions or Death at 30 

days Following ED Discharge in Older individuals 

James D. Dziura PhD, Yale School of Medicine 

589 Trends in Short Stay Hospitalizations for Older Adults from 1990-2010, 

Implications for Geriatric Emergency Care 

Peter W. Greenwald MD MS, Weill Cornell Medical College 

722 A Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator, Bay 41-8543, Preserves Pulmonary 

Artery Endothelial Function in Experimental Pulmonary Embolism 

John A. Watts PhD, Carolinas Medical Center 

726 Focusing on inattention: A Very Brief Method to Detect Delirium in the 



732 A Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of Facilitated Primary Care Follow Up 

After ED Utilization 


733 A Study to Evaluate Emergency Provider Efficiency and Cognitive Load Using 

Different Methods of Computerized Physician Medication Order Entry 


747 Progesterone for Children with Serious Traumatic Brain injury (TBI): A Feasibility 

Study in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) 


754 Health Evaluation and Referral assistant (HERA): Improving Linkage with 

Tobacco Treatment 

Edwin D. Boudreaux PhD, the University of Massachusetts Medical School 

755 Effect of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) on Emergency Department 

Throughtput Metrics and Test Utilization 

Michael Manka MD, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, Erie County Medical 

Center 

758 Randomized Controlled Trial of Safety and Efficacy of L-carnitine infusion for the 

Treatment of Vasopressor Dependant Septic Shock 

Michael A. Puskarich, University of Mississippi Medical Center 


762 Barriers to Calling 9-1-1 in High-Risk Neighborhoods with Primarily Latinos in 

Denver, Colorado 

Comilla Sasson MD MS, University of Colorado Denver 

763 Association Between Emergency Department Operation Characteristics, Length 

of Stay, and Elopements by Change in ED Volumes 

Daniel Handel MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 

776 No Man Is An Island: Living in A More Disadvantaged Neighborhood increases 

the Likelihood of Developing Persistent Moderate Or Severe Neck Pain 6 Weeks 

After Motor Vehicle Collision 

Samuel McLean MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

789 Intubation Skills Correlate with Accuracy of Self-assessment 

Amish Aghera MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

797 Physicians’ Diagnostic Accuracy in Using Simple Clinical Signs for Detecting 

Anemia and Its Severity in Patients Seen at the Emergency Department of A 

Tertiary Referral Hospital in Tanzania. 


798 The Prevalence of Suspected Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus and use of Random 

Blood Sugar to Detect Elevated A1c Among Emergency Department Patients in a 

Developing Country 


799 Characteristics of Adult Patients Presenting to Two Public Referral Hospitals in 

Cambodia 


809 Lactate Clearance is associated with Improved Survival and Neurological 

Outcome in Post-Cardiac Arrest 


810 Microcirculatory Impairment in Post-cardiac Arrest Patients 

Yasser Omar MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

814 Emergent CT Does Not Delay Cooling in Patients After Cardiac Arrest 


815 Emergency Medicine Resident Leadership Ability: A Simulation-Based 

Longitudinal Study 


834 Self-assessment of Clinical Improvement by Pediatric Patients during an Acute 

asthma Exacerbation 


innovations 

8 Using iTunesU as a Novel Emergency Medicine Curriculum Deployment Device. 

Janis P. Tupesis, Nestor Rodriguez, Katy Oksuita, Matt Anderson, 

Carrie Voss-Harvey, Will Sanderson. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine 

and Public Health, Madison, WI 

9 Developing Residency Education with Andragogy and Multimedia: The DREAM 

Curriculum 

Karen R. Lind, Brian Gillett, David Saloum, Eitan Dickman, John Marshall. 


10 Teams Teaching Other Teams: An Interactive Educational Session 

Chandra Aubin, Rebecca Bavolek, Evan Schwarz. Washington University School of 

Medicine, St. Louis, MO 

11 Emergency Medicine Resident Education in Ophthalmology 


12 The EM10 project: A High Yield, Mobile Device Based Learning Platform for 

Medical Student Education during Emergency Department Shifts 

Jeffrey R. Vlasic. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 

13 Emergency Medicine E-Learning: Articulating the Facts, Moving to the Future 

Cynthia Leung, Aaron Bernard, Nicholas E. Kman. The Ohio State University 

Medical Center, Columbus, OH 

16 The Mentorship Gap: Bridging Residents and Medical Students through a Near 

Peer Mentoring Program 

Robbie E. Paulsen, Matthew J. Stull, Sarah Ronan-Bentle. University of Cincinnati 

College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 

17 EMIG: A Student-Driven Integrative Curriculum Approach to Simulation 

Annette Dorfman. George Washington University, Washington, DC 

19 Milestone Tracking and Documentation Augmented via an Electronic Tool 

Tailored to an Emergency Medicine Simulation Curriculum 

Raymond P. Ten Eyck. Wright State University, Kettering, OH 

21 Development Of A Novel, Competency-based Emergency Medicine “Dean’s Letter 

Cemal B. Sozener, Laura R. Hopson, Joseph House, Suzanne L. Dooley-Hash, 

Samantha R. Hauff, Monica L. Lypson, Sally A. Santen. University of Michigan, 

Ann Arbor, MI 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS for 

Abstracts & Moderators 

I wanted to personally thank you for the significant 

time, effort, and resources you devoted to reviewing 

and moderating the many excellent abstracts 

submitted for the SAEM Annual Meeting this year. 

This was a record-breaking year for submissions 

in sheer numbers, so your service was appreciated 

more than ever. It is only through your efforts that the 

SAEM Annual Meeting continues to be the best peerreviewed 

forum for research in emergency medicine. 

The continued success of these important academic 

achievements depends on your continued enthusiasm 

in supporting the SAEM mission. 

Gratefully, 


on behalf of 

Program Committee, SAEM Annual Meeting 2013 

** Applications for consideration to be an abstract reviewer 

are posted in the SAEM newsletter and in Academic Emergency 

Medicine summer issues. 

Future SAEM 

Annual Meetings 

May 14-17, 2014 

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Dallas, TX 

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Late Breaker Abstracts 

# 3 Innovations Thursday, May 16 12:00 -1:00 pm in Atlanta H 

Competency in Chaos: A Novel Approach to 

Emergency Preparedness Training (EPT) 

Lancer A. Scott, Christopher Ashby Davis, Derrick Swartzenruber, 

Christina L. Bourne, Eric J. Larson, MUSC, Charleston, SC 

Providing comprehensive EPT for medical trainees is important 

to the future success of US emergency preparedness operations. 

Unfortunately, US medical schools have been slow to develop EPT 

curricula for medical students. In addition, few EPT training programs 

possess both competency-driven goals and metrics to measure 

performance during a simulated disaster. 

When developing new EPT curriculum for patient care providers, it is 

important to consider that disasters are rare, complex events involving 

many patients and environmental factors often difficult to reproduce 

in a training environment. In addition, lengthy courses lasting several 

weeks are often unnecessary to achieve basic competencies. 

We developed a 1-day, competency-based disaster course for patient 

care providers that recreate a multi-actor clinical disaster inside a 

humansimulation lab (see photo of lab). Our course enhanced provider 

knowledge, comfort level and disaster skill. Trainees were able to 

resuscitate twounstable simulated patients and prevent anthrax 

exposure to the hospital during a loud and chaotic disaster scenario. We 

believe ours is the first civilian curriculum in the US that combines high 

fidelity, multi-actor scenarios to measure the life-saving performance of 

patient care providers confronted with >10 patients at once. 

We will showcase our innovative curriculum utilizing posters and digital 

video of our training sessions (available at www.musc.edu/chpter). We 

will also ‘stage’ components of our disaster small group and/or team 

exercises to demonstrate how faculty can introduce clinical disaster 

preparedness into existing curricula. The purpose of the demonstration 

is to show faculty that disaster preparedness competencies can be 

achieved quickly, with measurable results, without compromising 

existing curriculum schedules. 

#136 Wednesday, May 15 1:00- 2:00 pm in Roswell I 

Reverse Triage in Pediatrics: A New Method to Increase In-Hospital 

Surge Capacity 

Eben Clattenburg, Lauren Sauer, Gabor Kelen, The Johns Hopkins School 

of Medicine, Baltimore MD 

Background: After disasters, hospitals are expected to provide four 

days of care without government help. Cancelling elective admissions, 

using alternative spaces, and reverse triage are strategies to increase 

bed capacity. Reverse triage involves the safe, early discharge of 

suitable patients. Among adult patients, 44% were previously found to 

qualify for reverse triage, representing the greatest surge-bed source. 

Objectives: The primary objective is to discover the proportion of 

pediatric patients suitable for reverse triage. The secondary objective 

is to determine characteristics associated with reverse triage eligibility. 

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review, by 3 trained reviewers, 

of pediatric inpatients on 3 general medical/surgical floors in the 

same tertiary academic hospital that participated in the adult study. 

Simulating a disaster, patients were deemed suitable for early discharge 

if they had no critical interventions (CI) over a 4-day period beginning 

with the first day of chart-review. Previously published CIs mandating 

continued admission were adapted for pediatric populations. Kappa 

statistic was calculated after 10% of charts were re-abstracted. 

Results: Of 526 pediatric patients, 41% were black, 48% Caucasian, 

46% female and 54% male. Mean age was 8.7 (±6.2) years and the mean 

length of stay was 3.5 (±4.5) days. The highest proportion of patients 

(45%) was admitted from the ED and 25% were elective admissions. 

There were 27 (5.1%) patients eligible for reverse discharge. Elective 

admission patients (RR 0.09) and older age (RR 0.93) are associated 

with lower eligibility for reverse triage in an adjusted multi-variable log 

binomial regression. Patients on nonsurgical services are more likely to 

be eligible for reverse triage (RR 2.75). Elective admission cancellation 

opens 25% of beds compared to reverse triage’s 5.1% and opening 

licensed beds’ 2.7%. Kappa statistic was 0.96. 

Conclusions: Unlike previous reports for adults, reverse triage at large 

academic centers for pediatrics may be an ineffectual strategy for 

increasing surge capacity. This question needs to be studied in the lower 

acuity community setting. 

Table 1. Adjusted risk ratios for reverse triage eligibility. 

Variable Risk Ratio 95% CI 

Age Category 

0 - 4 

5 -12 

13 + 

Hospital Service 

Pediatric Surgical 

General Pediatric 

Admission Source 


Elective Admission 

External Transfer 

Transfer from PICU 

Transfer from NICU 

Direct Admission 

1 

0.37 

0.62 

1 

2.46 

1 

0.14 

0 

0.94 

0 

0 

(0.13 – 0.98) 

(0.26 – 1.47) 

(1.05 – 5.73) 

(0.02 – 1.06) 

0 

(0.40 – 2.15) 

0 

0 

Table 2. Number of patients eligible for reverse triage over four day period by simulated start day since admission. 

Simulated Start 

Day After 

Admission 

Discharge Day 

# Eligible for 

Reverse Triage 

# of Patients 

Hospitalized 

at Start 

% of Patients 

Eligible for 

Reverse Triage* 

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 

1 14 10 2 1 27 526 5.13 % 

2 15 4 1 0 20 351 5.70 % 

3 10 3 1 0 14 235 5.96 % 

4 8 1 1 1 11 166 6.63 % 

5 3 1 1 0 5 104 4.81 % 

6 1 1 1 0 3 69 4.35 % 

* Chi squared test p-value= 0.975 



#234 Wednesday, May 15 1:00 – 5:00 pm in 200 Gallery-Level 6 

Impact of microEEG on clinical management and outcomes of 

Emergency Department patients with altered mental status” 

Shahriar Zehtabchi 1 , S. G. Abdel Baki 2 , A. Omurtag 2 , R. Sinert 3 , G. Chari 3 , 

S. Malhotra 3 , J. Weedon 3 , A. A. Fenton 2 , A. C. Grant 3 . 1 State University of 

New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2 Bio-Signal Group 

Corporation, Brooklyn, NY; 3 State University of New York, Downstate 

Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 

Background: Emergency Department patients presenting with Altered 

Mental Status (AMS) are at risk of nonconvulsive seizure (NCS). Our 

previous study revealed 78% EEG abnormalities including NCS (5%) in 

ED patients with AMS. 

Objective: To assess the impact of EEG on clinical management and 

outcomes of ED patients with AMS. 

Methods: Randomized controlled trial at two urban teaching 

hospitals. Inclusion: Adult patients (>18 years old) with AMS. Exclusion: 

immediately correctable cause of AMS (e.g. hypoglycemia), and 

admission before enrollment. Patients were randomized to routine care 

(control) or routine care plus EEG (intervention). Research assistants 

used a rapid (5-min) easy to apply scalp electrode set with a miniature, 

wireless EEG device (microEEG) to record a standard 30-min EEG from 

patients assigned to the intervention group upon presentation. The EEG 

results were reported to the ED attending by an off-site epileptologist 

within 30 minutes. No workup protocol was specified for either group. 

Primary outcomes: EEG results, change in ED management (differential 

diagnosis, diagnostic work-up, and treatment plan from enrollment to 

disposition). Secondary outcomes: length of ED and hospital stay, ICU 

requirement, and in-hospital mortality. The top 3 differential diagnoses 

were recorded with subjective probabilities (0-100%) by an ED attending 

at each time point. Statistical analysis: Data were reported as medians 

and quartiles or percentages with 95%CI. Groups were compared 

using Fisher’s exact or Mann-Whitney tests. Changes in probability of 

differential diagnoses were compared using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. 

Results: 149 patients were enrolled (76 controls and 73 interventions). 

Patients in the two arms had comparable characteristics at baseline. 

EEG in the intervention arm revealed abnormal findings in 93% (85-97%) 

including NCS in 5% (2-13%). The impact of EEG on clinical management 

in the intervention arm is shown in the table. Changes in probabilities of 

top 3 differential diagnoses from initiation of enrollment till disposition 

were statistically significant (p=0.030) between the groups. Secondary 

outcomes did not differ significantly between groups. 

Conclusion: EEG can be obtained in the ED with minimal impact on 

resources and can significantly impact clinical management (diagnosis 

and treatment) of these patients. 

Impact of 

EEG 

Helped establish a 

diagnosis 

Changed overall 

diagnostic work up 

Changed the overall 

treatment plan 

Upon receiving 

EEG result 

N (%, 95% CI) 

At final 

ED disposition 

N (%, 95% CI) 

41/73 (56%, 41 - 70%) 43/73 (59%, 47 - 69%) 

36/73 (49%, 38 - 60%) 36/73 (49%, 38 - 61%) 

31/73 (42%, 31 - 53%) 31/73 (42%, 31 - 53%) 

#248 Wednesday, May 15 12:00 – 5:00 pm in 200 Gallery-Level 6 

Prevalence and Treatment Needs of Patients Presenting to the 

Emergency Department with Alcohol Intoxication 

Kenneth W. Dodd, B. Woodbury, A. Schick, A, Lila W. Steinberg, Max 

Fitzgerald, Ethan Forsgren, Johanna C. Moore, James Miner,. Hennepin 

County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 

Background: Patients with alcohol intoxication consume a significant 

amount of ED resources. However, the overall treatment needs in 

patients intoxicated with alcohol presenting to EDs is unknown. 

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of alcohol intoxication in the 

ED as well as the treatment needs of such patients. 

Methods: For this cross-sectional study, all patients presenting to 

the ED of an urban, Level 1 trauma center from 11/1/2012-11/30/2012 

were prospectively screened by trained research associates. When an 

intoxicated patient was identified, study information including patient 

demographics, diagnoses, vital signs, blood alcohol concentration 

(BAC), GCS on arrival ABility to ambulate independently on arrival, use 

of physical or chemical restraint, previous ED visits, length of stay, and 

health insurance was collected. Data was analyzed using descriptive 

statistics. 

Results: During the study period, 7106 patients presented to the ED and 

6192 (87%) were screened by research assistants. Of those screened, 

681 (11%) were eligible and 668 (11%) were enrolled. The median age 

was 45 (range 14-82, IQR 33-52). 455 (68%) arrived by EMS, 122 (18%) 

by police, and 46 (7%) were ambulatory. 141 (21%) had a systolic blood 

pressure 180, 145 (22%) had a heart rate >110 or


#438 Thursday, May 16 8:00 – 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery – Level 6 

It Matters More Than You Think It Does  

Makini Chisolm-Straker 1 , Logan Jardine 2 , Peter L. Shearer 1 . 1 Mount Sinai 

School of Medicine, NYC, NY; 2 SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, 

NYC, NY 

Background: Gender refers to the self-expression of identity that 

relates to masculinity, femininity and their various combinations. For 

individuals who identify as transgender (TG), or having a gender identity 

different from their assumed sex, presenting for health care requires 

finding nonjudgmental and supportive providers. This may take years 

and is not an option in emergency circumstances. Such emergency 

patients face an unsafe decision point: To be potentially maltreated 

versus the potential for serious health consequences, including death, of 

not seeking emergent medical treatment. 

Objective: Our aim is to determine if persons who identify as TG fail 

to present to emergency healthcare; furthermore, we want to know 

how those who do present as emergency department (ED) patients 

experience the healthcare they receive. We hypothesized that many TG 

persons do not present to EDs and those who do have poor experiences 

with the healthcare personnel. 

Methods: This observational study anonymously surveys TG patients, 

recruited from Facebook and a local health clinic that specifically aims 

to serve the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community. Selfidentified 

TG patients, who are English-speaking and older than 17years, 

are eligible to participate in the survey. The study began June 1, 2012, is 

ongoing. 

Results: 111 surveys have been completed. 75% of the participants 

surveyed noted that they had occasion to want to use an ED; of these, 

90% sought emergency medical care. 29% of respondents reported a 

negative experience, 21% had a positive experience and 14% reported a 

mixed experience; 46% only described their chief complaint. With some 

participants having multiple suggestions for improvement in care, 56% 

recommended providers ask and use the patient’s preferred pronoun or 

name and 42% recommended providers only ask about or discuss TG 

status when it is relevant to the medical issue at hand. 

Conclusions: While it appears that most survey participants who 

thought they needed emergent medical care visited an ED, it is important 

to note that this sample is biased: Nearly 84% have at least graduated 

college and, as a convenience sample, many are already connected to 

healthcare. Still, more than a third of participants reported having at 

least one negative experience in the ED due to their TG identity. This data 

indicates the need for further research, particularly recruiting from a 

population that is not as well connected with the healthcare community. 

Also, ED providers should receive training on how to serve this patient 

population in a culturally sensitive manner. 

hypotension in the Emergency Department (ED). Over the past few years 

a number of goal-directed bedside US protocols have been developed 

for this purpose. 

Objectives: To identify the effect of using bedside US on the number 

of CT scans ordered by emergency physicians in the critically ill 

hypotensive patients. 

Methods: A prospective, observational study of a convenience sample of 

non-traumatic hypotensive patients who received the standard care plus 

a goal-directed US within the first hour of their presentation in an urban 

ED between 2008-2010. The treating physician completed a pre-US and 

post-US questionnaire that included the need for computer tomography 

(CT) of chest ABdomen or pelvis in the evaluation of the patient. The 

chart was reviewed for the results of the CT scans that were done. 

Results: A total number of 118 patients were included in the study. 

The number of CT scans that the physician decided to order pre and 

post preforming US was 47 and the number of CT scans that were 

eventually done was 69 of which 39.1% had a positive diagnostic finding. 

The number of CT scans that the physicians decided to cancel after 

preforming US was 13 and none of them had a missed finding that was 

identified during their hospital course. The number of CT scans that the 

physician decided to order after the bedside US is 13 of which 2 had a 

positive diagnostic finding. 

Conclusion: Preforming bedside goal directed US did not change the 

overall number of CT scans the emergency physician ordered for the 

critically ill hypotensive patients but it helped identify cases where 

preforming CT scan was crucial for accurate diagnosis. 

#605 Friday, May 17 8:00 – 12:00 pm in 200 Gallery – Level 6 

The use of bedside ultrasound in critically ill patient influences 

utilization of CT scans in the emergency department 

Hamid Shokoohi, Keith Boniface, Ali Pourmand, Yiju Teresa Liu, Melissa 

McCarthy, Kabir Yadav, Rasha Buhumaid, Mohammad Salimian. George 

Washington University, Washington, DC 

Background: Literature suggests that the use of bedside ultrasound 

(US) in the evaluation of patients with undifferentiated shock allows for 

rapid assessment and improves accurate diagnosis in undifferentiated 


Moderators for the 2013 annual Meeting 

Opeolu Adeoye MD 


Christian Arbelaez MD 


Kavita Babu MD 

UMass-Memorial Medical Center, MA 

Brigitte M. Baumann MD, MSCE 


Kevin Baumlin MD 

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

Steven B. Bird MD 


Diane Birnbaumer MD 

Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA 

Michelle Biros MS, MD 

University of Minnesota 

David J. Blehar MD 


Andra L. Blomkalns MD 


Jane Brice MD 


David F. Brown MD 

Massachusetts General Hospital 

Michael Brown MD, MSc 

Michigan State University 

Christopher R. Carpenter MD, MS 


Brendan Carr MD 


David Cone MD 


D.M. Courtney MD 

Northwestern University 

Rebecca Cunningham MD 


Chad E. Darling MD 


Theodore R. Delbridge MD, MPH 

East Carolina University 

Deborah B. Diercks MD, MSc 

University of California -Davis 

Romolo Gaspari MD 


Charles Gerardo MD 

Duke Global Health Residency/Fellowship 

Michael Gibbs MD 


Jeffrey A Glassberg MD 

Mount Sinai 

Daniel Handel MD, MPH 

Oregon Health & Science University 


Greg Hendey MD 

University of California, San Francisco (Fresno) 

Jon Mark Hirshon MD 

University of Maryland, Baltimore 

Judd Hollander MD 


James Holmes MD 

University of California 

Davis School of Medicine 

Steven Horng MD 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 


Edward Jauch MD, MS 

Medical University of South Carolina 


Gabor Kelen MD 

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Brent R. King MD 

University of Texas Medical School 

Keith E. Kocher MD 


Nathan Kuppermann MD, MPH 

University of California 

Davis School of Medicine 

Eric Legome MD 

Kings County Hospital, 

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine 

Alexander T. Limkakeng MD 

Duke University 

Jeffrey Love MD 

Georgetown University School of Medicine 

John P. Marshall MD 


Brandon Maughan MD, MHS 


Nathan Woodburn Mick MD 

Maine Medical Center 

James Miner MD 


Rakesh Mistry MD 

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

James H. Moak MD, RDMS 


Sergey M. Motov 


Daniel K. Nishijima MD 

University of California -Davis 

Michele Nypaver MD 


Ziad Obermeyer MD 


Harvard University 

Ed Otten MD 


Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH 


Jesse M. Pines MD, MPH 

George Washington University 

Timothy F. Platts-Mills 

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 

Emilie Powell MD, MS, MBA 


Susan Promes MD 

University of California - San Francisco 

Ali S Raja MD, MPH 



Megan Ranney MD, MPH 

Alpert Medical School, Brown University 

Martin Reznek MD, MBA, FACEP 


Memorial Medical Center and 


Emanuel Rivers MD, MPH 


Kevin Rodgers MD 

Indiana University 

Robert Rodriguez MD 

University of California –San Francisco 

San Francisco General Hospital 


Cook County Hospital 

Michael Runyon MD 


Daniel E. Rusyniak 

Indiana University School of Medicine 

Tom Scaletta MD 

Edward Hospital. Smart-ER 

Jeremiah D. Schuur MD 

Brigham & Womens Hospital 


Aaron Skolnik MD 

Banner Good Samaritan/Phoenix Children’s 

Hospital Medical Toxicology, Center for Toxicology 

and Pharmacology Education and Research, 

University of Arizona College of Medicine 

Ian G. Stiell MD 

University of Ottawa 

Alan B. Storrow MD 

Vanderbilt University 

Richard Summers MD 

University of Mississippi Medical Center 

Lorraine Thibodeau MD 

Albany Medical College 

Arjun K. Venkatesh MD 

Yale University 

Ron Walls MD 

Brigham & Womens Hospital 


Robert Woolard MD 

Texas Tech University (El Paso) 

Donald M. Yealy MD 


University of Pittsburgh Physicians 

Richard Zane MD 



Abstract Submission Reviewers 

Srikar Adhikari MD 

University of Arizona Medical Center 

Michael G. Allison MD 

University of Maryland Medical 

Center 

Mark G. Angelos MD 


John Ashurst, DO 

Lehigh Valley Health Network 

Ryan D. Aycock MD 

Staten Island University Hospital 

Smita Badhey MD 

St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center 

Rebecca Barron MD 


Rachel Berkowitz MD 

Bellevue/NYU 

Brendan Carr MD 


Wallace Carter MD 

New York Presbyterian Hospital 

Anna Marie Chang MD 

Hospital of the University of 

Pennsylvania 

Hangyul M. Chung-Esaki MD 

University of California San Francisco 

Robert Louis Cloutier MD 

Oregon Health and Science University 

Robert Cooper MD 

Ohio State Medical Center 

Eric J. Cortez MD 


Zachary D. Dezman MD 


Katherine Douglass MD 


Brian Driver MD 


Marie-Carmelle Elie MD 


Marc Ellingson MD 

Regions Hospital 

Kevin L. Ferguson MD 


Gregory J. Fermann MD 


Katherine J. Glasrud MD 

Regions Hospital 

Anthony E. Grippo MD 

Advocate Christ Medical Center 

Hallam M. Gugelmann MD 


Sanjey Gupta MD 

New York Hospital Queens 

Todd Guth MD 


Michael F. Harrison MD 

Henry Ford Health System 

Jonathan W. Heidt MD 

Washington University 

School of Medicine in Saint Louis 

Carolyn K. Holland MD 

University of Florida, Gainesville 

Dennis Hsieh JD, MD 


Highland General Hospital 

Lauren Hudak MD 


Ula Hwang MD, MPH 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Janetta Iwanicki MD 

Denver Health Medical Center 

Brian Johnson MD 


Samantha P. Kadera MD 

UCLA Medical Center 

Daniel Keyes MD 

Univ of Michigan EM Residency 

Program 

William A. Knight IV MD 


Rebecca Kornas MD 


Nate Lisenbee MD 

UF Shands Gainesville 

Michael Martinez MD 


Larissa May MD 


Jason McMullan MD 


William J. Meggs MD, PhD 


Angela M. Mills MD 


David Milzman MD, FACEP 

Georgetown U School of Medicine 

Danielle Minett MD 

Christiana Care Health Systems 

Jillian Mongelluzzo MD 

University of California, San 

Francisco 

Melinda Morton MD, MPH 

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

Mary K. Murphy PhD 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

John T. Nagurney MD, MPH 


John Neuffer MD 

West Virginia University 

Daniel K. Nishijima MD 


Jason T. Nomura MD 

Christiana Care Health System 

Charissa Pacella MD 


Daniel J. Pallin MD, MPH 


Joseph D. Pate MD 

Georgetown/Washington Hospital 

Center 

Elizabeth M. Phillips MD 

Case Western Reserve University 

Peter Pryor MD 

Denver Health 

Robert Redwood MD 

University of Wisconsin 

Hospital and Clinics 

Karin V. Rhodes MD, MS 


Rebekah Richards MD 

The Ohio State University Wexner 


Brandon A. Roberts MD 

LSUHSC- New Orleans 

Robert Rodriguez MD 

UCSF/San Francisco 

General Hospital 

Dan Rolston MD 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt 

Pedro Roque MD 

Maricopa Medical Center 

Arthur Sanders MD 


Jonathan Schonert MD 

WVU 

David C. Seaberg MD 

University of Tennessee 

Todd Seigel MD 


Hospital 

Salvatore Silvestri MD 

Orlando Regional Medical Center 

Sameer Sinha MD 

St. John hospital 

Howard Smithline MD 

Baystate Medical Center 

Joseph P. Tagliaferro DO 

MetroHealth Medical Center 

Nik Theyyunni MD 


Susan Thompson DO 


J. S. VanEpps MD, PhD 


Amar Vira MD 


Taher Vohra MD 


Eric Wei MD 


Ambrose Wong MD 

NYU School of Medicine 


Abstracts Innovations – Speakers with No Disclosures 

Jameel Abualenain, 


Yahya A. ACAR,MD, Etimesgut Military Hospital 

Jerielle Adams,MD, LSUHSC, Earl K. Long Medical 

Center, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Kathleen M. Adelgais,MD MPH, 


Opeolu Adeoye, University of Cincinnati 

Victoria Adewunmi,MD, 


Negean Afifi,DO, Cook County ( Stroger) 

Anish K. Agarwal,MD, MPH, 

The University of Pennsylvania 

Dipti Agarwal,MBBS, Mayo Clinic 

Amish Aghera,MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

Darin Agresti,DO, St. Luke’s University 

Hospital and Health Network 

James Ahn, University of Chicago 

Hamid R. Alai, Department of Emergency Medicine, 


Amer Z. Aldeen,MD, Northwestern University 

Lora AlKhawam,MD, Northwestern University 

Brandon R. Allen,MD, University of Florida 

Michael G. Allison,MD, 

University of Maryland Medical Center 

Richard Amini, 


Lars W. Andersen,BS, 

Research Center for Emergency Medicine 

Erik M. Angles,MD, Maine Medical Center 

Yuemi An-Grogan,MD, 


Meredith H. Arasaratnam,ScD, 

National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness 

Ryan Arnold,MD, Cooper University Hospital 

Sanjay Arora,MD, Keck School of Medicine of the 


Faizan H. Arshad, Yale New Haven Hospital 

Rajiv Arya,MD, UMDNJ-RWJMS New Brunswick 

Bahareh Aslani,MD, Henry Ford Hospital 

Chandra Aubin, 

Washington University School of Medicine 

Ryan D. Aycock, 

Staten Island University Hospital 

Arif Azam,MD, 

The University of Texas Health Science Center 

John Bailitz, Cook County (Stroger) 

Fran Balamuth,MD, PhD, 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Hari Balasubramanian,PhD, 


Kimberly Baldino,MD, 

Morristown Medical Center 

Caroline A. Ball, Loyola University Chicago 

Theodore C. Bania,MD, 

St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center 

Isabel A. Barata,MS MD, 

North Shore University Hospital 

Brian Barbas, Cooper Medical School of 

Rowan Univerisity 

David Barbic, McGill University 

Elizabeth Barlow,DO, 

Saint Vincent Health Center 

Jeffrey Barrett,MD, 

Temple University School of Medicine 

Benjamin S. Bassin,MD, University of Michigan 


Jonathan Bastian,MD, University of Calgary 

Christopher W. Baugh,MD, MBA, 


Brigitte M. Baumann,MD, MSCE, 


Rebecca A. Bavolek,MD, Washington University in 

St. Louis School of Medicine 

Daren M. Beam,MD, MS, 

Indiana School of Medicine 

Raphaelle Beard, Johns Hopkins University 

Gillian A. Beauchamp,MD, 


Vikhyat S. Bebarta, San Antonio Military Medical 

Center; US Army Institute of Surgical Research 

Kaylin Beck,BA, 


Bruce M. Becker,MD, MPH, Warren Alpert School of 

Medicine at Brown University 

Brian N. Beer,MD, Scott & White Healthcare 

Maxim Ben-Yakov,MD.CM., 

University of Toronto 

Katherine Berg,MD, 


Allyson Best, University of Cincinnati 

Marian E. Betz, 


Mary C. Bhalla, Summa Akron City Hospital 

Salma Bibi,MPH, Boston Medical Center 

Meredith Camp. Binford,MHS, 

Yale School of Medicine 

Reena Blanco,MD, Emory University 

David J. Blehar,MD, 


Jerry B. Bodily,MD, University of New Mexico 

Connie Boh, Duke-National University 

Singapore Graduate Medical School 

Nichole Bosson,MD, MPH, 

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 

Biomedical Research Institute 

Jason D. Bothwell,MD, 


Edwin D. Boudreaux,PhD, The University of 

Massachusetts Medical School 


Ariel Bowman, University of Pennsylvania 

William P. Bozeman, Wake Forest University 

Shari Brand, Mayo Clinic Hospital 

Ethan Brandler, SUNY Downstate University 

Hospital of Brooklyn 

Irina F. Brennan,MD, PhD, University of Florida 

Jesse J. Brennan,MA, 

University of California, San Diego 

Joshua S. Broder,MD, 

Duke University Medical Center 

Simon G A. Brown,MBBS PhD FACEM, 

Western Australian Institute for Medical 

Research, Royal Perth Hospital and the 

University of Western Australia 

Krista Brucker,MD, Northwestern University 

Rasha Buhumaid,MD, George Washington 

Matt Burge,MD, Scott & White 


Elizabeth Burner,MD MPH, 


John H. Burton,MD, Carilion Clinic 

Erin Caddell, University of Central Florida, 


Lisa A. Calder, University of Ottawa 

Jesse B. Cannon,MD, 

Emory University, Atlanta VA Medical Center 

Candice T. Cardon,MD, 

Christus Spohn Memorial 

Julie M. Carland,MD, 



Amanda J. Carlson,MD, Regions Hospital 

Christopher R. Carpenter,MD, MSc, 


Brendan G. Carr,MS MS, 


Stephanie Carreiro,MD, 

Alpert Medical School, Brown University 

Emily Carrier, 

Center for Studying Health System Change 

Shaun D. Carstairs, Naval Medical Center 

Patrick M. Carter,MD, University of Michigan 

Edward M. Castillo,PhD, MPH, 


Allison D. Cator,MD, PhD, 


Srihari Cattamanchi,MD, Beth Israel Deaconess 

Medical Center / Harvard Medical School 

Kate Cerwensky,MPH, Center for Global Health 

and Development, Boston University School of 

Public Health 

Theodore C. Chan,MD, 


Samuel J. Chang,MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Dane Michael. Chapman, University of Missouri, 

Columbia, School of Medicine 

Michelle J. Chastain,MD, 


Andrew Chen, North Shore LIJ Health System 

Andrew E. Chertoff,MD, Albert Einstein College of 

Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center 

Shiau Hui Chin,MD, New York Hospital Queens 

Makini Chisolm-Straker,MD, 


David T. Chiu, 


Junho Cho, 

Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital 

Shih-Chin Chou,MD, New York Hospital Queens 

Jason Chu,MD, 

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center 

Steve B. Chukwulebe,BS, BBA, 


Orhan Cinar, Gulhane Military Medical Academy 

Eric C. Cioe,MD, State University of New York 

Downstate Medical Center 

Eben Clattenburg, 

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

Lisa Clayton,DO, Morristown Medical Center 

Enesha Cobb,MD, MTS, University of Michigan 

Giorgio Costantino,MD, 

Università degli Studi di Milano 

Dale Cotton,MD, UC Davis Medical Center 

Cheryl Courage, Wayne State University 

Philip W. Craven, University of Utah 

Cristal Cristia,MD, 


Heather L. Crouse,MD, Baylor College of Medicine/ 

Texas Children’s Hospital 

Brandan Crum,MD, 

University of California Davis Medical Center 

Keith Curtis,MD, Univerisy of Utah 

R. Mason Curtis, Queen’s University 

Amy Cutright, East Carolina University 

Alexander M. Dabrowiecki,BS, 

St. George’s University 

Robert T. Dahlquist,MD, 


Michael W. Dailey,MD, Albany Medical Center 

Preeti Dalawari,MD, MSPH, 

Saint Louis University Hospital 

Timothy Dalseg,MD, University of Ottawa 

Brock Daniels,MD, Yale New Haven Hospital 

Raoul Daoust,MD MSc, 

Hôpital du sacré cœur de Montréal 

Bryan F. Darger,BA, MSII, 

University of Texas Medical School at Houston 

Christopher W. Davis,MD, University of Arizona 

Leah A. Davis,MA, Thomas Jefferson University 

Anthony De Lucia,DO, 

University of South Florida 

Nathan Deal, Baylor College of Medicine 

Katie E. Dean,MD, Emory 

M. Kit Delgado, 



Bobby Desai, University of Florida 

Sharmistha Dev,MD, MPH, Henry Ford Hospital 

Zachary DW. Dezman,MD, MS, Department of 

Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland 

Roshanak Didehban,MHS, FACHE, Mayo Clinic 

Ru Ding, George Washington University 

Kenneth W. Dodd,MD, 


Stephanie Y. Donald,MD, 


Michael Donnino, 


J. Joelle Donofrio,DO, 

Harbor UCLA Medical Center 

Suzanne Dooley-Hash,MD, 


Jason Dorais,MD, University of Utah 

Kelly M. Doran,MD, Robert Wood Johnson 

Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale 

University School of Medicine 

Annette Dorfman, 


Sarina Doyle,MD, Orlando Health 

Sarina Doyle,MD, Orlando Health 

Scott M. Dresden, Northwestern University 

Feinberg School of Medicine 

Brian E. Driver,MD, 


Nicole M. Dubosh,MD, 


Edward Durant,MD, MPH, Alameda County Medical 

Center- Highland Hospital 

Emma Dwyer MD, St. Louis Univeristy 

James D. Dziura,PhD, Yale School of Medicine 

J. Matthew. Edwards,MD, 

Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center 

Daniel Egan, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt 

Daniel J. Egan,MD, 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center 

Nate Egger,MD, Wayne State University 

Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne,MD, 



Craig Ellis, 

West Australian Institute for Medical Research 

Mark Ellis,MD, 


Angela M. Ellison,MD,MSc, University of 

Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

Tovah G. Ellman,MD, Orlando Health System 


Amy Ernst,MD, University of New Mexico 

Brian Euerle, 

University of Maryland School of Medicine 

David P. Evans, 


Tom Evens,MBBS BSc, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 

John J. Everett,MD, 

William Beaumont Medical Center 

Sarah Fabiano,MD, University of Rochester 

Carrie Fales,MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Isaac J. Farrell, University of Arizona 

Christopher Fee,MD, 

University of California San Francisco 

David Fernandez,MD, JPS Health Network 

Douglas Fields,MD, 

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center 

J. Matthew Fields, Thomas Jefferson University 

fred fiesseler, Morristown Medical Center 

Meaghen Finan,MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital 

and Health Network 

Christopher Fischer,MD, Beth Israel Deaconess/ 


Sarah K. Flaherty,MD, 


Melissa Fleegler,MD, University of New Mexico 

William Fleischman,MD, 


Abraham Flinders, 

Keck School of Medicine USC 

Jenna M. Fredette,MD, 


Caroline Freiermuth,MD, 

Duke University Medical Center 

Ari B. Friedman, University of Pennsylvania 

Benjamin W. Friedman,MD, 


Matt S. Friedman,MD, 

Fire Department Of New York 

Adam Frisch,MD, University of Pittsburgh 

Brian Fuller,MD, Washington University in 

St. Louis School of Medicine 

Matthew J. Fuller,MD, University of Utah 

Matthew J. Fuller, University of Utah 

Gelareh Z. Gabayan,MD, MSHS, 

West Los Angeles VA and UCLA 

David F. Gaieski,MD, 

The University of Pennsylvania 

Payal K. Gala, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Adrian Garofoli,MD, Mayo Clinic 

Romolo Gaspari,MD, PhD, 


Tyler Giberson,BS, 


Brian Gillett, Maimonides Medical Center 

Adit A. Ginde, 


Catherine T. Ginty,MD, 


George Glass, University of Virginia 

Eric J. Goldlust,MD, Ph.D., Brown University 

Glenn R. Gookin,Ph.D., 

University of Central Florida 

Priya R. Gopwani, 

Children’s National Medical Center 

Tadahiro Goto,MD, University of Fukui Hospital 

Prasanthi Govindarajan,MD, MAS, 

University of California, San Francisco 

Monika Goyal,MD, Children’s National Medical 

Center, The George Washington University 

Shannon Graf,MD, 

MedStar Washington Hospital Center 

Robert Graham,D.O., Geisinger Medical Center 

Jocelyn Gravel, Hôpital Sainte-Justine 


Peter W. Greenwald,MD MS, 

Weill Cornell Medical College 

Colin F. Greineder,MD PhD, 


Peter L. Griffin,B.S., 

Penn State University Hershey Medical Center 

Kathryn Groner,MD, 

Christiana Care Health Systems 

Maureen E. Gross,MD, 

Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University 

Anne V. Grossestreuer,MS, 


Corita R. Grudzen, 


Anurag Gupta,MD, MBA, 


Devra Gutfreund, Newark Beth Israel 

Todd Guth, University of Colorado 

David L. Gutteridge,MD, MPH, 


Stephanie Haddad,MD, 

North Shore University Hospital 

Paul E. Haiar,MPAS, PA-C, 

San Antonio Military Medical Center 

Erinn Hama,MD, Georgetown University and 

Washington Hospital Center 

Khalief Hamden,MD, St. Luke’s University Hospital 

and Health Network 

Jin H. Han,MD, MSc, Vanderbilt University 

Daniel Handel,MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science 


Matthew L. Hansen,MD, OHSU 

Bhakti Hansoti,MD, Johns Hopkins University 

John P. Haran,MD, 


Kimberly W. Hart,MA, University of Cincinnati 

Kohei Hasegawa,MD, MPH, 


Andrew N. Hashikawa,MD, MS, 


Elizabeth Hassebroek,MD, 

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 

Benjamin W. Hatten,MD, Oregon Poison Center, 

Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon 

Health and Science University 

Nicolaus Hawbaker,MD, University of Arizona 

Micelle Haydel, LSU-New Orleans 

Amy Heard,MD, Stony Brook University 

Jonathan W. Heidt,MD, Washington University 

School of Medicine in Saint Louis 

Michael Heller, Beth Israel Medical Center 

Daniel J. Henning,MD, 


Brooke Hensley,MD, UCSF 

Luke K. Hermann,MD, 


Bradley Hernandez,MD, Regions Hospital 

J. Daniel Hess,MD, 


Marquita N. Hicks,MD, 

University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Peyton Holder,MD, University of Oklahoma 



Kaylee M. Hollern, 

Penn State College of Medicine 


Brandon Hone MD, University of Alberta 

Leah S. Honigman,MD, 


Laura Hopson,MD, University of Michigan 

Timothy Horeczko,MD, MSCR, 


Steven Horng,MD MMSc, Beth Israel Deaconess 


Russ Horowitz,MD, RDMS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie 

Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

Joseph House, University of Michigan 

Stacey L. House,MD PhD, 


Chih-Yi Hsu,MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

Chien-Hsiung Huang,MD, 

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

Adrienne Hughes, Baylor College of Medicine 

Katherine M. Hunold,BSPH, 


Ryan Hunt,MD, UC Davis Medical Center 

Benton R. Hunter,MD, 


Christopher L. Hunter,MD, Ph.D., 


Nicholas B. Hurst,MD, University of Arizona 

Gregg Husk,MD, Beth Israel Medical Center 

Deena Ibrahim,MD, University of California, Irvine, 


Nathan A. Irvin,MD, University of Pennsylvania 

Geoffrey K. Isbister,FACEM MD, Discipline of 

Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle 

and Department of Clinical Toxicology, Calvary 

Mater Newcastle 

Kurt M. Isenberger,MD, Regions Hospital 

Yuri Ishii, Tokyo Medical University Hospital 

Gabrielle A. Jacquet,MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins 


Daniel Jafari,MD MPH, 


Katherine Jahnes, New York Methodist Hospital 

Shabnam Jain,MD, Emory University 

Thea L. James,MD, Boston Medical Center, Boston 


Tiffany Jan,MD, 

The University of Chicago Medical Center 

Paul S. Jansson,BA, Northwestern University 

Feinberg School of Medicine 

Michelle Jaques,B.A., 


Joshua M. Jauregui,MD, Alpert Medical School of 

Brown University, Department of Emergency 


Parisa P. Javedani,MD, University of Arizona 


Karla P. Jeri-Lozano,BS, Human Biology, University 

of California, Irvine 

John E. Jesus,MD, Christiana Care Health Center 

Russell Johanson,MD, University of Massachusetts 


Christopher W. Jones,MD, 


Jonathan L. Jones,MD, 



Madhuvanthi A. Kandadai, 


Steven Katz, 

Barnes-Jewish/Washington University in St. Louis 

Takahisa Kawano, Fukui University Hospital 

Maura Kennedy,MD, MPH, 


Andrew Keralis, 

University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Daniel Keyes, University of Michigan 

Ayesha Khan, Stanford University Hospital 

Sorabh Khandelwal, Ohio State University 

Rahul K. Khare, Northwestern University 

Christopher S. Kiefer,MD, 

West Virginia University School of Medicine 

Austin Kilaru, Perelman School of Medicine at the 


David J. Kim, The Warren Alpert Medical School of 


Jimin Kim,MSc, University of Chicago 

Joseph S. Kim,MD, University of Kentucky 

Won Young Kim,MD, PhD, 


Dana Kindermann, 

George Washington University Hospital 

Austin Kinney,MD, University of California Irvine 

Yonitte Kinsella,MD, 

Washington University in Saint Louis 

Robert Klemisch,AB, Washington University 

School of Medicine in St. Louis 

Paul Ko,MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University 

Timothy Koboldt,MD, Washington University in St. 

Louis School of Medicine 


Joseph J. Korfhagen, University of Cincinnati 

Frederick K. Korley, Johns Hopkins 

Joshua G. Kornegay,MD, 


Matthew Kostura,MD, University of Arizona 

Kevin Kotkowski,MD, 


Michael Koury, 


Chad M. Kovala,DO, 

St. John Hospital & Medical Center 

Christian Koziatek,BA, 

Bellevue Hospital/NYU Medical Center 

Dana E. Kozubal,BS, 

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

William C. Krauss,MD, FACEP, 

Kaiser Permanente 

Allyson A. Kreshak,MD, 

University of California San Diego 

Ramaswamy Krishnan,Ph.D., 


Rita K. Kuwahara,MIH, 

UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine 

Heemun Kwok,MD, MS, 

University of Washington 

Maria Y. Kwok, 


Jay G. Ladde,MD, 


Hsuan Lai, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 

Julio Lairet, 

Emory University School of Medicine 

Lauren F. Laker,MBA, University of Cincinnati 

Samuel H. F. Lam, 


Gregory Lamb,MD, University of New Mexico 

Mark I. Langdorf,MD, MHPE, 

University of California, Irvine 

Wayne Bond Lau,MD, 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

Charlotte C. Lawson, 


Luan Lawson,MD, Brody School of Medicine at 


Ching-Hsing Lee, 

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 

Stephen Leech, 


Kimberly Leeson,MD, 

CHRISTUS Spohn Texas A&M University 

Emergency Medicine Residency 

Sabine E. Lemoyne,MD, senior emergency 

consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Megan Leo,MD, RDMS, Boston Medical Center 

E. Brooke Lerner,PhD, Medical College of 

Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 

Cynthia Leung,MD, PhD, The Ohio State 

University Medical Center 

Amy Leuthauser,MD, MS, 


Brian Levine, Christiana Care 

Michael Levine,MD, 



Karen R. Lind,MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

Viktor Livshits,MD, 

Morristown Medical Center 

Bruce M. Lo,MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 

Frank LoVecchio,DO, Maricopa Medical Center 

Sean M. Lowe,MD, Emory University 

Adam Lukasiewicz,MPH, 


Maren M. Lunoe, Medical College of Wisconsin 

Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, Tufts University Medical 

School Baystate Medical Center 

Sharon Mace,MD, Cleveland Clinic 

Tracy MacIntosh,MD, MPH, 

Yale-New Haven Hospital 

Michelle Macy, University of Michigan 

Joseph K. Maddry, 

Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center 

Tracy E. Madsen,MD, 

Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

Laura Magnuson,MD, Orlando Health 

Neil Majmundar,MD, 

St. John Hospital & Medical Center 

Andrew L. Makowski,MD, St. Joseph’s Hospital 

Sameer Mal,MD, University of Western Ontario 

Alex F. Manini,MD, MS, 

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

Michael Manka,MD, SUNY at Buffalo School of 

Medicine, Erie County Medical Center 

Lisa M. Mannina,MD, 


Asa M. Margolis,DO, MPH, MS, Johns Hopkins 

Keith A. Marill,MD, 


Stacey Marlow,MD, JD, 

University of South Florida 

John Martel,MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

Tara Martin,MD, 


Shannon M. Matthews, 


Brandon C. Maughan,MD, MHS, 

Department of Emergency Medicine, 


Larissa May,MD, 


Justin Mazzillo, 

UT Health Science Center at Houston 

Jonathan McCoy, RWJUH/RWJMS 

James Y. McCue,BS, UC Davis 

Samuel McLean,MD, MPH, University of North 

Carolina at Chapel Hill, Anesthesiology 

Jason McMullan,MD, University of Cincinnati 



Edward R. Melnick,MD, Yale School of Medicine 

Anne K. Merritt,MD, 


William Meurer, University of Michigan 

Robert H. Meyer,MD, Albert Einstein College of 

Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center 

Omar Meziab, 

University of Arizona College of Medicine 

Athena Mihailos, NY Methodist Hospital 

Joshua P. Miller,MD, SAUSHEC 

Matthew W. Miller,BA, 


Christina M. Millhouse,MD, 

UC Davis Health System 

Angela M. Mills,MD, University of Pennsylvania 


James R. Miner,MD, 


Danielle Minett,MD, MPH, Christiana Care 

Nate Minnick, St John Hospital 

Hal J. Minnigan,MD, 


Kyle D. Minor, Emory University 

Brandon Minzer,MA, EdM, University of Arizona 

College of Medicine - Phoenix 

Binoy W. Mistry,BS, 


Rakesh Mistry,MD, MS, 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Alice M. Mitchell,MD MS, 


Rebecca Mitchell,BA, University or Wisconsin 

School of Medicine and Public Health 

Payal Modi,MD, MPH, Brown University 

Nicholas M. Mohr, 

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 

Joel Moll,MD, Emory University 


Julia L. Moon,MPH, 

Drexel University, School of Public Health 

Johanna C. Moore,MD, 


Tamara Moores,MD, University of Utah - Division 

of Emergency Medicine 

Daniela Morato,MD, LAC+USC Medical Center 

Lisa Moreno-Walton,MD, Louisiana State 

University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans 

Kosuke Mori, Department of Emergency 

Medicine, Tokyo Bay Urayasu/Ichikawa Medical 

Center, Noguchi Hideyo Memorial International 

Hospital 

Daniel C. Morris,MD, Henry Ford Health System 

John Morrison,MD, St. Luke’s University 

Hospital and Health Network 

Phillip Moschella,MD PhD, 


Jarrod M. Mosier,MD, University of Arizona 

Ari Moskowitz,MD, Beth Israel Deaconess 


C. Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, Emory University 

Hani Mowafi,MD, MPH, Boston University 

Colin Mukubwa,MD, VIdant Medical Center 

Laura W. Mulvey,BS, 


Tichaendepi Mundangepfupfu, 


Antonio Muniz,MD, 

Dallas Regional Medical Center 

Krithika M. Muruganandan,MD, Rhode Island 

Hospital, Dept of Emergency Medicine 

Ward P. Myers, Boston University 

Anthony Napoli,MD FACEP, Warren Alpert 

Medical School of Brown University 

Arica Nesper,BA, University of California, Davis 

Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 

David E. Newman-Toker,MD PhD, 


Manya F. Newton,MD MPH MS, 


Lorraine Ng,MD, NYP Morgan Stanley Children’s 

Hospital of New York 


Joan Noelker,MD, Washington University St Louis 

Brian O’Neil,MD, 

Wayne State University School of Medicine 

Megan OBrien, 

Boston University School of Medicine 

Erin O’Connor,MD, University of Ottawa 

Lauren G. Oliveira,DO, Naval Medical Center 

Robert P. Olympia,MD, 

Penn State Hershey Medical Center 

Yasser Omar,MD, 


James C. O’Neill,MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health 

Anwar D. Osborne, Emory University 

Michael Paddock,DO, Cook County (Stroger) 

Daniel J. Pallin, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

Amisha D. Parekh,MD, New York Methodist 

Hospital 

Joshua Parker, 

Scott and White Memorial Hospital 

Anjana Patel, Mayo Clinic 

Viral Patel,MD, ME., 

St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center 

Robbie E. Paulsen,MD, 

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 

Charles Pearce,MD, Northwestern University 

David A. Pearson,MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Allison Peasley,MD, University of Arizona 

Timothy Peck,MD, 


Timothy C. Peck,MD, 


Jonathan H. Pelletier, 

Maine Medical Center Research Institute 

Joe Peraza,MD, 

University of Arizona Health Network 

Nithershini Periyasamy,MBBS,M.Sc MD 

(Community Medicine), General Hospital 

Jeffrey J. Perry, University of Ottawa 

Lara Phillips,MD, Vanderbilt 

Todd M. Phillips, 

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

Nicole E. Piela,MD, Thomas Jefferson University 

Deborah L. Pierce,DO, MS, Einstein Medical 

Center 

Jesse Pines,MD, MBA, MSCE, George Washington 

University 

Timothy F. Platts-Mills, University of North 

Carolina Chapel Hill 


Emilie Powell,MD MS MBA, Northwestern 

University 

Samuel J. Prater,MD, University of Texas Medical 

School @ Houston, Department of Emergency 


Melanie K. Prusakowski,MD, Carilion Clinic 

Evan Pushchak,MD, Northwestern University 

Michael A. Puskarich, University of Mississippi 


Kelly E. Quinley,BA, Perelman School of Medicine, 


James Quinn,MD MS, Stanford University 

Nicholas J. Rademacher, University of Michigan 

Brian Raffetto,MPH, LAC-USC Department of 


Megan L. Ranney,MD MPH, Alpert Medical 

School, Brown University 

Erin S. Rardon,MD, West Virginia University 

Jonathan J. Ratcliff,MD, MPH, University of 

Cincinnati 

Avanish S. Reddy,BA, Stony Brook University 

Colby Redfield,MD, Beth Israel Deaconess 


Timothy J. Reeder,MD, East Carolina University 

Rifat Rehmani,MD;MSc, King Abduaziz Hospital 

Eric Revue,Director of the Emergency and 

Prehospital EMS, Louis Pasteur Hospital 

Martin Reznek,MD, MBA, University of 

Massachusetts Medical School and 


Karin V. Rhodes, University of Pennsylvania 

Derek Richardson,MD, Oregon Health & Science 

University 

Kristin L. Rising,MD, University of Pennsylvania 

Perelman School of Medicine 

Kenneth Robinson,MD, Hartford Hospital 

Daniel R. Rodgers,MD, RDMS, Penn State 

Hershey 

Melissa A. Rodgers,BA, University of 

Pennsylvania 

Ralph Rogers, Warren Alpert Medical School of 


Jessica S. Rose,MD, East Carolina University 

Jamie Rosini, Christiana Care 

Joel C. Rowe,MD, University of Florida 

Andrew H. Ruffner,MA, University of Cincinnati 

Daniel Runde,MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 

Amber K. Sabbatini,MD, MPH, Department of 

Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan 

Jeffrey H. Sacks,MD, Emory University School 

of Medicine 

Basmah Safdar,MD, Yale University 

John C. Sakles,MD, University of Arizona 

Stacy Salerno, University of Rochester School of 

Medicine and Dentistry 

David Saloum, Maimonides Medical Center 

David H. Salzman,MD, Northwestern University 

Joshua G. Salzman,MA, Regions Hospital 

Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow,MD MPhil, Children’s 

Hospital of Philadelphia 

Layli Sanaee,MD, University of Ottawa 

Czarina Sanchez,MD, BIDMC 

Teresa Sanchez,PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess 

Medical Center, Harvard Medical School 

Michael Sanders, orlando regional medical center 

Stephen Sanko,MD, LAC-USC Medical Center, 

Los Angeles Fire Department 

Sally A. Santen,MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

Comilla Sasson,MD MS, University of Colorado 

Denver School of Medicine 

Kori Sauser,MD, University of Michigan 

Hendry R. Sawe,MD, Muhimbili University of 

Health and Allied Sciences 

Hendry R. Sawe,MD, Muhimbili University of 

Health and Allied Sciences 

Jennifer Sayegh,MS, University of Cincinnati 

Sarah Schlein,MD, Univerisy of Utah 

Shira Schlesinger, LAC+USC Medical Center 

Justin Schrager, Emory University School of 


Lisa M. Schweigler,MD, MPH, MS, The Warren 


David Scordino,MD, Johns Hopkins University 


Lancer A. Scott,MD, FACEP, MUSC 

James T. Scribner,MD, John Peter Smith Health 

Network 

Philip Seidenberg,MD, University of New Mexico 

Manish N. Shah, University of Rochester 

Purvi D. Shah, Montefiore Medical Center 

Sachita Shah, University of Washington School 


Alexander Y. Sheng,MD, Massachusetts General 

Hospital 

Rohit Shenoi,MD, Baylor College of Medicine 

Jeffrey Shih, Mayo Clinic 

Sang Do Shin,MD, Seoul National University 


Hamid Shokoohi, George Washington University 

Sneha Shrestha, Stanford School of Medicine 

Eric C. Silverman,MD, 


Michael E. Silverman, Morristown Medical Center 

Salvatore Silvestri, 


Erin L. Simon,D.O., Akron General Medical Center 

Richard Sinert,DO, Downstate Medical Center 

Adam J. Singer,MD, Stony Brook University 

Nimmie Singh,BS, 

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research 

Jordan Singleton,MD, University of Arizona 

Craig Sisson,MD, RDMS, University of Texas 

Health Science Center San Antonio 

Christian Sloane,MD, UCSD Medical Center 

Alan J. Smally,MD, Hartford Hospital and the 

University of CT School of Medicine 


Peter Smulowitz,MD, MPH, Beth Israel 

Deaconess Medical Center 

Joseph Sontgerath, 


Olanrewaju Soremekun, 


Grace Sousa,MD, University at Buffalo SUNY 

Cemal B. Sozener,MD, University of Michigan 

Susanne J. Spano,MD, FACEP, UCSF Fresno 

Chris Stahmer,MD, 



Latha Ganti. Stead,MD, MS, MBA, 


Eric Steinberg,DO, Beth Israel Medical Center 

Sarah A. Sterling, 


Luke A. Stevens,MA, 

Boston University School of Medicine 

Matthew Stewart,MD, University of Utah 

Lori A. Stolz,MD, University of Arizona 

Uwe Stolz,PhD, MPH, University of Arizona 

Garrick L. Stride,MD, 

Naval Medical Center San Diego 

Alison L. Sullivan,MD, Baystate Medical Center 

Daniel L. Summers,MPH, Yale School of Medicine 

Anand Swaminathan, NYU/Bellevue 

Breena R. Taira,MD, MPH, 

Olive View UCLA Medical Center 

Melissa Tavarez,MD, 

Children’s National Medical Center 

Richard A. Taylor, Yale University 

Raymond P. Ten Eyck,MD, MPH, 

Wright State University 

Sophie Terp,MD, MPH, Department of Emergency 

Medicine, University of Southern California 

Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 

Nicholas Testa, LAC+USC Medical Center 

Sheetal Thaker,MD, Baylor College of Medicine 

Urvi Thakker, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 

Andrew J. Thomas, 


David J. Thomas, East Carolina University 

R. Jason Thurman,MD, 

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 

Carrie D. Tibbles, 


Adam Z. Tobias,MD MPH, 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

Colleen Tran,DO, York Hospital 

Stephen Traub,MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona 

Ann Tsung, University of Florida 

Janis P. Tupesis,MD, University of Wisconsin 

School of Medicine and Public Health 

Shawn M. Varney,MD, 


Arjun K. Venkatesh,MD, MBA, Yale University 

Gary M. Vilke,MD, 


Janna H. Villano,MD, Advocate Christ Medical 

Center, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Julian Villar,MD, MPH, UCSF 

Jeffrey R. Vlasic, 

University of Michigan Medical School 

Jody Vogel, Denver Health Medical Center 

Rishi Vohra,MD, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt 

David A. Wald,DO, 

Temple University School of Medicine 

Nikki B. Waller,MD, 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Joseph Walline, Saint Louis University 

Kyle B. Walsh, University of Cincinnati 

Paul Walsh, University of California Davis 

Jessica M. Walthall,B.S., 



Henry E. Wang, 

University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Yajing Wang,MD, PhD, 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

Catherine M. Wares,MD, 


Muhammad Waseem,MD, MS, 

Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 

Hiroko Watase,MD, MPH, Japanese Emergency 

Medicine Research Alliance 

Anna Waterbrook, University of Arizona 

Jennifer Watts,MD, MPH, 

Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics 

John A. Watts,PhD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Susan Watts,PhD, Texas Tech University 

Health Sciences Center 

Julie S. Weber, 

Wayne State University School of Medicine 

Danielle Weinman,MD, 


Steven J. Weiss,MD, University of New Mexico 

Robert D. Welch, Wayne State University 

Karl Weller, DO, 

St. Luke’s University Hospital 

Leana S. Wen, Harvard Affiliated Emergency 

Medicine Residency 

Howard A. Werman,MD, Ohio State University 

Robert A. Weston,MD, University Medical Center 

at Brackenridge 

Matthew Wheatley, Emory University School 


Benjamin A. White,MD, Massachusetts General 

Hospital 

Marjorie L. White,MD, MPPM, MEd, University of 

Alabama Birmingham 

Nathan White,MD, University of Washington 

Lauren K. Whiteside, University of Washington, 

Division of Emergency Medicine 

Cole A. Wiedel,BA, 


Tristan Wihbey, 

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

Kenneth Will,MD, Cook County (Stroger) Hospital 

Brian Willenbring,BA, NREMT-B, Medical College 

of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 

Sandra J. Williams,DO MPH, 

Baylor College of Medicine 

Conrad Williamson,BS, UC Davis 

Juliana Wilson,D.O., 

The State University of New York at Buffalo 

Michael Wilson,MD, PhD, 


Kathleen Wittels, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

Michael D. Witting, University of Maryland 

Catherine S. Wolff,MS, University of Pennsylvania 

Andrew Wollowitz,MD, 

Department of Emergency Medicine, 


Ambrose H. Wong MD, NYU School of Medicine 

Matthew Wong,MD, Harvard Medical School, 


Nelson Wong, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Randy Woo,MD, University of California, Irvine 

Shujun Xia,MD, 


Kabir Yadav,MDCM MS, 


Justin Yan, The University of Western Ontario 


Sharon Yellin,MD, New York Methodist Hospital 

Mackensie A. Yore, 


Janet S. Young,MD, Carilion Clinic 

Esther L. Yue,MD, 


Shahriar Zehtabchi, State University of New York, 

Downstate Medical Center 

Eric Zevallos,MD, 

Georgia Health Science University 

Ke Zheng,MD, New York Hospital Queens 

Christine Zink,MD, UTHSCSA 

Mark Zocchi,MPH, George Washington University 

Michael D. Zwank, Regions Hospital 

Joshua Zwart,MD, University of Rochester 


Didactics CME 

The following didactic speakers have disclosures: 

Benjamin S. Abella MD, MS, Hospital of the University of 

Pennsylvania, Advisory Board: HeartSine Corp; Consultant: 

Velomedix Corp; Employee: Hospital of the University 

of Pennsylvania; Grant Recipient: NIH NHLBI, Philips 

Healthcare, Medtronic Foundation, Stryker Medical, Doris 

Duke Foundation 

Kimberly E. Applegate MD, MS, Emory University School of 

Medicine, Advisory Board: American Imaging Management; 

Other Relationship: Springer Publishing Company (Textbook 

Co-Editor) 

Brigitte M. Baumann MD. MSCE, Cooper University Hospital, 

SAEM Board Member 

Edward Boyer MD PhD, UMass-Memorial Medical Center, NIH 

Grantee; NIH Grant Reviewer 

Charles Cairns MD, University of North Carolina, Consultant: 

bioMerieux 

Clifton W. Callaway MD PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 

Intellectual Property/Patent: Medtronics ERS, Inc; COI: 

American heart Association, ILCOR 

Teresa Camp-Rogers MD, MS, UT Health Science Center at 

Houston, Volunteer Physician Member of American Heart 

Association Research Working Group. 

Andrew K. Chang MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 

Grant Recipient: NIA, K23 Award 

Esther Choo MD MPH, Brown Medical School, Grant 

Recipient: NIDA K23 

Sean Collins MD, MSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, 

Advisory Board: Novartis; Consultant: Novartis, Trevena, 

The Medicines Company; Grant Recipient: NIH/NHLBI, 

Radiometer, Medtronic, Cardiorentis 

Mark Courtney MD, MSCI, Northwestern University, SAEM 

Board of Directors, SAEM Foundation Board of Trustees 

Deborah Diercks MD, University of California Davis School of 

Medicine, Consultant: LG, Daiichi Sankyo, Mylan, Novartis: 

Board Member: SAEM, Society of Cardiovascular Patient 

Care, Emergencies in Medicine; Grant Recipient: Nanoshere, 

Radiometer, Cardiorentis; Radnor Registry, PCORI, 

NIH. Otsuka 

Doug Franzen MD, M.Ed, Virginia Commonwealth University, 

Shareholder: Johnson & Johnson 

Gus Garmel MD, Stanford/Kaiser Permanente, Other 

Relationship: Cambridge University Press 

Jason Haukoos MD, MSc, University of Colorado/Denver 

Health Medical Ctr, Employee: Denver Health and Hospital 

Authority; Board Member: Annals of Emergency Medicine 

Editorial Board,ACEP Clinical Policies Committee; Grant 

Recipient: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 

Diseases, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

Corey Heitz MD, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 

CDEM Executive Committee, NBME EM Advance Clinical 

Exam Committee 

Brian Hiestand MD, MPH, Wake Forest University Health 

Sciences, Consultant: NewMentor, Inc; Insight PD; Grant 

Recipient: Radiometer; Dyax, Inc 

Judd Hollander MD, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 

Advisory Board: Janssen; Consultant: Radiometer: Board 

Member: Annals of Emergency Medicine; Grant Recipient: 

Alere ABbott, Siemens, Brahms, NIH, ACRIN 

James Holmes MD, MPH, UC Davis School of Medicine, 

Grant Recipient NHLBI, Emergency Medical Services for 

Children, CDC. 

Ula Hwang MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Grant 

Recipient: NIA K23 AG031218, NIA R21 AG040734 

Scott A. Joing MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, 

Shareholder: Apple, Inc. 

Christopher Kabrhel MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School/ 

Massachusetts General Hosp, Consultant: Stago 

Diagnostica 

Arthur L. Kellermann MD, MPH, RAND Corporation, Advisory 

Board: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; 

IOM Governing Council 

Brent King MD, University of Texas Houston, SAEM Board 

Member; Grant Recipient: AHRQ; Editorial Board: 

Emergency Medicine News, Pediatric Emergency Medicine: 

Reviewer: UptoDate 

Kevin Klauer DO, FACEP, Emergency Medical Physicians, 

Board Member: ACEP Council Vice Speaker 

Keith Kocher MD, MPH, MPhil, University of Michigan, 

Consultant: Magellan Health Services, Inc. 

Nathan Kuppermann MD, MPH, UC Davis, InsuCalc (Co-Owner) 

Roger J. Lewis MD, PhD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 

Consultant: Berry Consultants, LLC, Octapharma, USA, 

Octapharma,AG, Venaxis, inc.; Applied Proteomics, Inc.; 

Grant Recipient: NIH; Other Relationships: US Food and 

Drug Administration, Center for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services, COI: Society for Clinical Trials 

Daniel M. Lindberg MD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Legal 

Representative:Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Group 

Health Cooperative, Johnson, Graffe, Keay, Moniz & Wick, 

Shymaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP 

Henderson McGinnis MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, SAEM 

Program Committee; Appalachian Center for Wilderness 


Zachary F. Meisel Meisel MD, MPH, MSc, Perelman School 

of Medicine at the University of P, Consultant: Patient 

Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); Board 

member: ZaBeCor Pharmaceuticals; Grant Recipient: 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NIH; Paid 

Contributor: Time Magazine 

Edward A. Michelson MD, Case Western Reserve University 

SOM, Advisory Board and Grant Recipient: BrainScope 

Chadwick Miller MD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 

Advisory Board: Mylan Specialty L.P.; Grant Recipient: 

Alere Scarborough, Dyax, 3M, Patent Application; Other 

Relationships: Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP 

Ryan Mutter PhD, AHRQ/CDOM, Employee: Holy Cross 

Hospital 

Jason T. Nomura MD, Christiana Care Health System, 

Consultant: Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, LLC; 

Board Member: Nomura Consulting LLC; Grant Recipient: 

Emergency Medicine Foundation 

Daniel Pallin MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Other 

Relationship: Trius Therapeutics, Inc.(Site PI for Clinical Trial) 

Christopher Raio MD, North Shore U. Hospital, Consultant: 

Zonare Medical Systems, Inc. 

Ali S. Raja MD, Brigham & Womens Hospital, SAEM Program 

Committee 

Robert M. Rodriguez MD, UCSF Dept of Emergency Medicine, 

Grant Recipient: CDC 

Tracy Sanson MD, University of South Florida, Employee: 

TeamHealth 

Robert Sherwin MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Sinai Grace Hospital/ 

Detroit Receiving Hospital, Advisory Board: Pfizer. 

David Talan MD, Olive View - UCLA, Advisory Board: Durata, 

Merck; Board Member: Hospital Quality Foundation; Grant 

Recipient: NIH, CDC 

Knox H. Todd MD, MPH MD Anderson Cancer Center, 

Advisory Board: Covidien; Consultant: CVS Caremark; Grant 

Recipient: Pfizer, Archimedes 

Ernest Wang MD, NorthShore University HealthSystem, 

Shareholder: Pfizer 

David W. Wright MD, Emory University School of Medicine, 

Patent: BHR Pharma 

Albert W. Wu MD MPH, Johns Hopkins, Advisory Board MAPI 

Research Trust, Genetech; Consultant, Pfizer, Merck, BMS, 

Intellectual Property, Joint Commission Book- Patient 

Safety 

Didactics CME 

The following didactic speakers have nothing to disclose: 

Jean Abbott MD MH, University of Colorado 

James Adams MD, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine 

Saadia Akhtar MD, Beth Israel Medical Center 

Douglas Ander MD, Emory University 

Felix Ankel MD, Regions Hospital 

Brent Asplin MD, MPH, Fairview Medical Group 

Kavita Babu MD, UMass-Memorial Medical Center 


Lance Becker MD, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Rachel R. Bengtzen MD, Oregon Health and Science University 

Michelle Biros MS MD, University of Minnesota 

Kelly D. Black MD, MSc, Sanford USD Medical Center, Sanford 

Children’s Hospital 

Jay Brenner MD, SUNY-Upstate Medical University, 

Michael Brown MD MSc, Michigan State University College 

of Human Medicine 

Christopher R. Carpenter MD, MSc, Washington University 

Brendan Carr MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania 

Carey Chisholm MD, Indiana University 

Stephen Cico MD, MEd, Lurie Children’s Hospital & 

Northwestern Univ. 

John Cienki MD, MSPH, Jackson Memorial Hospital 

Mark A. Clark MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 

Columbia University 

Robert Cloutier MD, MCR, Oregon Health and Science 

University 

David Cone MD, Yale University 

Jason T. Connor PhD, Berry Consultants 

Ted Corbin MD, Drexel University College of Medicine 

Cameron Crandall MD, University of New Mexico 

Tracy Cushing MD MPH, Fellowship Director of the University 

of Colorado 

Moira Davenport MD, Allegheny General Hospital 

Rochelle Dicker MD, University of California School of 

Medicine San Francisco 

Aaron Donoghue MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Suzanne Dooley-Hash MD, University of Michigan 

Amy L. Drendel DO MS, Medical College of Wisconsin 

Lillian Emlet MD, University of Pittsburgh 

Mike Epter DO, University of Nevada 

Rollin (Terry) Fairbanks MD, MS, National Center for Human 

Factors in Healthcare, MedStar Institute for Innovation 

Sue Farrell MD, MEd, Harvard Partners 

Jeffrey Feden MD, Brown University 

Kevin Ferguson MD, Univ. of Florida 

Gregory Fermann MD, University of Cincinnati 

Francis M. Fesmire MD, University of Tennessee 

Jonathan Fisher MD, MPH, Jonathan Fisher 

Todd A. Florin MD, MSCE, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital 


Alyssa Forcehimes PhD, University of New Mexico, 

Department of Psychiatry 

Sean M. Fox MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Andrea Gabrielli MD. University of Florida-Gainesville 

Daniel Garza MD, Stanford University 

Nicholas Genes MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Nina Gentile MD, Temple University 

Michael A. Gibbs MD, Carolinas Medical Center 

Adit Ginde MD, MPH, University of Colorado School of 


Samuel Graitcer MD, Centers for Disease Control & 

Prevention 

Todd Guth MD, University of Colorado, School of Medicine 


Daniel Handel MD, MPH, OHSU 

Bhakti Hansoti MBchB MD MPH candidate, Johns Hopkins 

University 

N. Stuart Harris MD MFA, Massachusetts General Hospital 

Jonathan Heidt MD, Washington University 

Robin Hemphill Md, MPH, Veterans Association 

Robert G. Hendrickson MD, Oregon Health Sciences 

University 

Sheryl Heron MD, MPH, Emory University 

Michael Hilton MD, University of Pittsburgh 

Jeff W. Hinshaw PA, Wake Forest Baptist Health 

Michael Hochberg MD, Saint Peter’s University Hospital/ 

Drexel 

Jeffrey Hom MD, MPH, Stony Brook University School of 



Joseph B. House MD, University of Michigan 

J. Randy Howell DHSc PA-C, Virginia Tech Carilion School 


Gabrielle Jacquet MD, Johns Hopkins University School 


Thea James MD, Boston University School of Medicine 

Bobby Kapur MD MPH, Baylor College of Medicine 

Eric D. Katz MD, Maricopa Medical Center 

Stephanie Kayden MD MPH, Harvard Medical School 

John J. Kelly DO, FACEP, FAAEM, FCPP, Einstein Medical 

Center Philadelphia 

Robert M. Kennedy MD, Washington University in St. Louis 

School of Medicine St. Louis Children’s Hospital 

Daniel Keyes MD, MPH, University of Michigan EM Residency 

Program 

Sorabh Khandelwal MD, The Ohio State University 

Walter Koroshetz MD, National Institutes of Health/NINDS 

Paul Krieger MD, Beth Israel Medical Center/Albert Einstein 

Gloria Kuhn DO, PhD, Wayne State University 

Michael Kurz MD, MS-HES, 



Kathleen M. Lanava , University of Michigan Health System 

Adam Landman MD, MS, MIS, Brigham & Women’s Hospital 

Eddy Lang AB, University of Calgary 

Eric Legome MD, Kings County Hospital/SUNY Downstate 


Adam Levine MD, MPH, Brown University Alpert School of 


Resa E. Lewiss MD, St. Lukes Roosevelt 

Michelle Lin MD, University of San Francisco 

Karen Lind MD, Maimonides Medical Center 

Andrew S. Liteplo , Massachusetts General Hospital 

Elise Lovell MD, Advocate Christ Medical Center 

Martin Makela MD, University of Washington Medical Center 

Jennifer Marin MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh School of 


Marcus L. Martin MD, University of Virginia 

Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh 

Linda McCaig MPH, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics 

Ryan P. McCormack MD, Bellevue Hospital, NYU School of 


Alyson McGregor MD, Brown University 

William Meurer MD, MS, University of Michigan 

Nathan Mick MD, Tufts University School of Medicine 

Angela M. Mills MD, University of Pennsylvania School of 


James Miner MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

Rakesh Mistry MD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Joel Moll MD, University of Michigan 

Mark G. Moseley MD, MHA, Ohio State University 

William Mower MD, PhD, UCLA Medical Center 

Kevin Munjal MD, MPH, Mount Sinai Medical Center 

Mary Murphy PhD, Yale University School of Medicine 

Joshua Nagler MD, Boston Children’s Hospital 

Lewis Nelson MD, New York University 

Rodney Omron MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins 

Edward Panacek MD, MPH, University of California, Davis 

Nova Panebianco MD MPH, University of Pennsylvania 

Sara Patterson MA, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Rahul Patwari MD, Rush University Medical Center 

Jeanmarie Perrone MD, University of Pennsylvania 

Marcia Perry MD, University of Michigan 

Frank Petruzella MD, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital 

Malford Pillow MD, M.Ed., Baylor College of Medicine 

Stephen R. Pitts MD, MPH, Emory University, Grady Memorial 

Hospital 

David Portelli , Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown 

University 

Emilie S. Powell MD, MS, MBA, Northwestern University 

Stacey Poznanski DO, Wright State University 

Tammie Quest MD, Emory University 

Neha Raukar MD, Brown University 

Karin V. Rhodes MD, MS, Dept. EM, UPenn 

Lynne D. Richardson MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount 

Sinai 

Mark Rosenberg DO, MBA, FACEP, FACOEP-D, St. Joseph’s 

Healthcare System 

Kirsten Rounds RN, MS, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown 

University 

Alfred Sacchetti MD, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 

Basmah Safdar MD, Yale University School of Medicine 

Sally Santen MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

Cathy C. Sarli MLS, AHIP, Washington University 

Comilla Sasson MD, MS, University of Colorado School of 


Kelly Sawyer MD, MS, William Beaumont Hospital 

Kathleen Saxton MD, University of Michigan 

Jeremiah Schuur MD, MHS, Department of Emergency Med., 

Brigham & Women’s 

Lisa Schweigler MD, MPH, MS, Brown University/Rhode 

Island Hospital 

Jane Scott ScD, NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute 

Philip V. Scribano DO, MSCE, Children’s Hospital of 

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 

Kaushal Shah MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

Adam Sharp MD, MS, BA, University of Michigan/RWJ Clinical 

Scholars 

Ellen Slaven MD, LSU Health Science Center 

Stephen Smith MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

Patrick Solari MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital/ University 

of Washing 

Cemal B. Sozener MD, University of Michigan 

Ian G. Stiell MD, Ottawa Hospital 

Alan B. Storrow MD, Vanderbilt University 

David Sugerman MD, MPH, Center for Disease Control & 

Prevention 

Federico E. Vaca MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine 

Arvind Venkat MD, Allegheny General Hospital 

Arjun Venkatesh MD, MBA, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical 

Scholars Program 

Marie Vrablik MD, Indiana University 

Shereaf W. Walid MD, Wayne State University 

Kathleen Walsh DO, MS, University of Wisconsin Hospital 

and Clinics 

Robert Wears MD, MS, PhD, U of Florida 

Scott Weingart MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

Michael Winters MD, University of Maryland 

Margaret Wolff MD, University of Michigan 

Lalena Yarris MD, MCR, Oregon Health and Science University 

(OHSU) 

Richard D. Zane MD, University of Colorado 

Brian Zink MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

Mark R. Zonfrillo MD, MSCE, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 


The following Abstract Authors have disclosures: 

Tyler W. Barrett MD MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 

K23 HL102069 from NHLBI, Grant Recipient 

Steven B. Bird MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 

NINDS. Grant Recipient; SAEM Program Committee, Non- 

Commerical disclosure 

Richard N. Bradley, The University of Texas Health Science Center 

at Houston, North American Rescue, LLC, Grant Recipient, 

Non-Commericial, The American Red Cross Scientific Advisory 

Council 

Sri Sankar Chinta MD MBBS, Washington University in St. Louise, 

KEN GRAFF YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD- AMERICAN 

ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS- SECTION ON EMERGENCY 

MEDICINE, NIH T32 Grant (T32HD049338-01A2), Grant 

Recipient 

Donald M. Dawes, Lompoc Valley Medical Center, TASER 

International. Consultant, Shareholder 

Gail D’Onofrio MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale 

University School of Medicine, NHLBI 5R01HL081153, NIDA 

5RO1DA025991-05, SAMHSA 5U79TI020253-05. Grant 

Recipient 

Rosemarie Fernandez MD, University of Washington, AHRQ , 

Department of Defense. Grant Recipient; R18 Grant, 

Congressional Grant. Grant Recipient 

James R. Foster II MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth 

Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, 

EM Gladiators LLC., Officer, Committee, or Board Member 

David F. Gaieski MD, University of Pennsylvania, Stryker Medical, 

Consultant, Grant Recipient 

Nicholas Genes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Emergency 

Medicine Practice, Emergency Physicians Monthly, Medscape 

Emergency Medicine, Medgadget LLC. Advisory Board 

Corita R. Grudzen MD, MSHS, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 

CMS, Consultant; American Cancer Society. Grant Recipient; 

Mentored Research Scholar Grant, Other Relationships 

Adrianne Haggins MD, MS, University of Michigan, Robert Wood 

Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholar, Grant Recipient 

Corey Heitz, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, C. Heitz: 

Non-commerical, NBME 

Jeffrey Ho, Hennepin County Medical Center, TASER International, 

Inc. Shareholder, Medical Director 

Ula Hwang, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NIA K23 AG031218. 

Grant Recipient 

Christopher Kabrhel, Massachusetts General Hospital, 

Sanofi Aventis. Consultant; Biomarker Assays. Consultant; 

Thromboembolism. Grant Recipient; Harvard Milton Fund. Grant 

Recipient; Foundation Awards. Grant Recipient 

Jeffrey Kline, Indiana University School of Medicine, CP 

Diagnostics LLC., shareholder; AHRQ , Grant Recipient, 

Genentech, AHRQ, Grant Recipient 

Keith E. Kocher MD, MPH, University of Michigan, Magellan Health 

Services, Inc. Consultant 

Erik Kulstad, Advocate Christ Medical Center, National Science 

Foundation. Grant recipeint; Advanced Cooling Therapy, LLC., 

Intellectual Property/Patents 

Jo Anna Leuck MD, Carolinas Medical Center, J. Leuck: Non- 

Commerical, SAEM Program Committee 

Sharon E. Mace MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic. Employee; 

Luitpold Pharmaceutical. Grant Recipient, Gebauer, Speaker’s 

Bureau, McGraw-Hill, Intelletual Property Patent 

Simon A. Mahler, Wake Forest University Medical School, NHLBI 

T32, AHA, Grant Recipient 

2013 AEM Consensus Conference – No Disclosures 

Christine Babcock MD, MSc, FACEP, FAAEM, 

University of Chicago 

Michelle, H. Biros, MS MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

Mark Bisanzo MD, DTM&H, University of Massachusetts 

Sabrina M. Butteris MD, University of Wisconsin 

Emilie J.B. Calvello MD, University of Maryland 

Meena Nathan Cherian MD, Emergency & Essential Surgical Care 

(EESC) Clinical Procedures Unit, Department of Health Systems 

Policies & Workforce, World Health Organization 

Myron Cohen MD, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

David C. Cone MD, Yale University 

Rebecca Cunningham, University of Michigan 

Linda C. Degutis, DrPh, MSN, National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

Elizabeth L. DeVos MD, MPH, University of Florida 

Kate Douglass MD, MPH, 


Saul Drajer MD, Clinica de la Esperanza 

Herbie Duber MD, MPH, University of Washington 

Stephen Dunlop MD, CTropMed ® , Hennepin County Medical Center 

Barb Forney, University of Cincinnati 

Bhakti Hansoti MD, MBchB, BSc, University of Chicago 

Stephen Hargarten MD, MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin 

Mark Hauswald MD, FACEP, University of New Mexico 

SueLin Hilbert MD, MPH, Director of Global Health Initiatives, 

Washington University School of Medicine 

Jon Mark Hirshon MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM, FACPM, University 

of Maryland 

C. James Holliman MD, FACEP, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian 

Assistance 

Stephanie Hubbard, MA, MPH, sidHARTe, Department of Population 

and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of 

Public Health 

2013 AEM Consensus Conference – Disclosures 

Tom P. Aufderheide MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Board 

Member - Take Heart America, Board Member - Citizen 

CPR Foundation, Grant Recipient - NHLBI -ROC, Immediate, 

Resqirial, Grant Recipient - NINDS-NETT, Volunteer - National 

American Heart Association 

Bentley Bobrow MD, Arizona Department of Health Services, 

Grant Recipient - Medtronic Foundation - Heart Rescue 

Project Grant to University of Arizona 

Hillary Cohen MD, MPH, Maimonides Medical Center, Consultant 

- World Health Organization 

Debra Houry MD, MPH Emory University, Board Member - SAEM 

and SAVIR, Grant recipient - CDC and NIH 

Renee Hsia MD, University of California, San Francisco, 

Employee - University of California, San Francisco, Grant 

recipient - NIH/CTSI KL2; RWJF Physicians Faculty Scholars, 

Emergency Medicine Foundation 

Prof. Walter Kloeck, MB,BCh(Wits), DipPEC(SA), FCEM(SA), 

FERC(Belg), FAHA (USA), Chairman - Resuscitation Council of 

Southern Africa, Other - Academy of Advanced Life Support 

Jennifer R. Marin MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh School of 

Medicine, NIH NHLBI K12 research scholar receiving research 

and salary support Grant Recipient (self), NIH NHLBI R01 

funded investigator receiving research and salary support, 

Grant Recipient (spouse) 

Andrew C. Meltzer, George Washington University, Given Imaging, 

Consultant 

Edward A. Michelson MD, FACEP, University Hospitals Case Medical 

Center, BrainScope Corp., Advisory Board 

Andrew A. Monte MD, University of Colorado, Emergency 

Medicine Foundation-Research Training Grant. Grant Recipient 

Chris Moore MD, RDMS, Yale University School of Medicine, 

Philips Healthcare Inc., Sonosite Inc. Consultant; AHRQ , Grant 

Recipient 

Peter S. Pang MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern 

University, Novartis, Consultant; Otsuka, Consultant; 

Trevena, Consutlant; Palatin Technologies, Consultant; Abbot, 

Consultant; Alere, Consultant; Alere, Other relationship; 

Beckman Coulter, Other relationship ; Momentum Research, 

Other relationship; Nile Therapeutics, Other relationship; 

MyLife, Other relationship 

Linda Papa MD.CM, MSc, Orlando Regional Medical Center, 

Banyan Biomarkers Inc. Consultant 

Sarah M. Perman MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, NIH T32., 

Grant Recipient 

Ali S. Raja MD, MBA, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 

Harvard Medical School, SAEM Program Committee, Noncommerical 

disclsoure 

Antonio Riera MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Health 

Innovation Grant Award from the Children’s Fund of Connecticut 

and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. Grant Recipient 

Thomas E. Robey, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Greenwall 

Foundation, Grant Recipient 

Robert M. Rodriguez MD, UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital, 

Centers for Disease Control: RO-1 1 R01/CE001589-01, Grant 

Recipient 

Wesley H. Self MD MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 

Affinium Pharmaceuticals, CareFusion, Astute Medical, 

bioMerieux. Grant Recipient; Product, antistaphylococcal 

antibiotic AFN 1252, Chloraprep, Astute Nephrocheck, Brahms 

Vidas procalcitonin assay, Non-Commericial, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, Etiology of Pneumonia in the 

Community Study 

Ammar Siddiqui, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, American 

Federation on Aging Research, Grant Recipient 

David E. Slattery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Pfizer. 

Consultant 

Daniel W. Spaite MD, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research 

Center, University of Arizona, National Institutes of Health- 

NINDS, Grant Recipient 

Alan B. Storrow MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Roche Diagnostics, 

Consultant; Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Consultant ;Mylan 

Specialty, LP, Consultant; NHLBI, Grant Recipient; Abbot 

Diagnostics, Grant Recipient; Roche Diagnostics, Grant 

Recipient; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Grant 

Recipient; McGraw Hill, Other Relationship 

Benjamin Sun, Oregon Health and Science University, American 

Geriatrics Society, National Institutes of Health, Grant 

Recipient 

Gabrielle A. Jacquet MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School 


Jaime Jordan MD, Harbor UCLA Medical Center 

G. Bobby Kapur MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine 

Kajal Khanna MD, Stanford School of Medicine 

Adam C. Levine MD, MPH, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, 

Brown University Alpert Medical School 

Rohith R. Malya MD, MSc, Division of Global Health, University of 

Texas Medical School at Houston 

Regan H. Marsh MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard 

Medical School, Partners In Health, Mirebalais Hospital, Haiti 

Ian B.K. Martin MD, FACEP, University of North Carolina 

Melissa McMillian, SAEM 

Rachel T. Moresky MD, MPH, Columbia University 

Hani Mowafi MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine 

Ziad Obermeyer MD, M.Phil, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard 


Marcus Ong MD, MPH, Singapore General Hospital 

Helen Ouyang MD, MPH, Harvard University 

Ronald Pirrallo, Medical College of Wisconsin 

Junaid Razzak, PhD, The Aga Khan University 

Teri Ann Reynolds, PhD, University of California, San Francisco 

Joshua C. Ross MD, University of Wisconsin 

Scott Sasser, Emory University 

Hendry R. Sawe MD, MMED-EM cand(MUHAS), Emergency Medicine 

Association of Tanzania(EMAT) 

Kinjal Sethuraman MD, MPH, University of Maryland 

Sang Do Shin MD, PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine 

Sérgio Timerman, Escola de Ciêcias da Saúde 

Janis Tupesis, University of Wisconsin 

Benjamin W. Wachira, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya 

Lee Wallis, MBChB, Provincial Government Western Cape 

Jeffrey P. Koplan MD, MPH, Emory Global Health Institute, Emory 

University, Board Member - LifeAlly 

Peter Layde MD, MSc, Medical College of Wisconsin, Expert 

Witness – Bayer 

Prof. Gavin Perkins, Warwick Medical School and Heart 

of England NHS Foundation Trust, Advisory Board - 

Glaxosmithkline, Institution Grant Recipient - UK Government 

National Institute for Health Research, Editor - Resuscitation 

Journal 

Amelia Pousson MD, The George Washington University, Spouse, 

Employee - Marriott International 

Phil Seidenberg MD, University of New Mexico, Consultant - 

Global Rescue LLC 

Gerald van Belle, PhD, University of Washington, Consultant 

- Novo Nordisk, Grant Recipient - NHLBI Resuscitation 

Outcome Consortium 

2013 Grant Writing Workshop Disclosures 

Andrew Chang MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Grant recipient - NIA 

James F. Holmes MD, MPH, UC Davis School of Medicine, Grant recipient - NHLBI 

Jeffrey A. Kline MD, Indiana University, Grant recipient - AHRQ and NIH 

Walter J. Koroshetz MD, NIH/NINDS, Shareholder - Neurologica 

Manish N. Shah MD, MPH, University of Rochester, Employee - University of Rochester Medical Center 

2013 Grant Writing Workshop – no Disclosures 

Prasanthi Govindarajan MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco 

Brendan Carr MD, University of Pennsylvania 

Mary Murphy PhD, Yale University School of Medicine 

Barb Forney, University of Cincinnati 

2013 Jr. Faculty Development Forum Disclosures 

Eric Gross MD, Hennepin County Medical Center 

• Commercial Entity: Forests Labs- Taflaro- Pneumonia Skin Infection 

Andra L. Blomkalns MD, University of Cincinnati 

• SAEM Board of Director Member 

2013 Senior Leadership Faculty Forum Disclosures 

Todd Crocco, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine 

• Genentech- EMS Education Tool- Stroke 

• Medical Dialogues Group- Acute Stroke Care-Stroke 

Leslie Zun, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital 

• Alexa Pharma-Medication Acquisition-did not get approved 

Sandra Schneider, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

• Hereditary Angioedema Association-Mylar-Drug-Hereditary Angioedema Anaphylaxis 

• Logical Images-Visual DX-rashes 

CDEM Educational Topics and Educational Research 

– no disclosures 

Hugh Stoddard, M.Ed., Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine 

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• Over 30 Nationally Known Educators 

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“EmCare offers a fulfilling and 

challenging career with room 

for growth. There is never a 

dull moment at EmCare.” 

~ Harsh Bhakta, DO 

Baylor Medical Center at McKinney 

McKinney, Texas 

Quality people. Quality care. Quality of LIFE. 

Hundreds of Jobs Nationwide 

EmCare is the nationwide leader in emergency medicine and is a company that is making health 

care work better, especially for physicians. EmCare provides the resources and support you need so 

you can focus on patient care. EmCare currently has hundreds of opportunities available for 

emergency medicine physicians. The company offers: 

• Communities from coast-to-coast – small towns to major urban areas 

• Several practice settings – small, rural and critical access hospitals to major academic 

facilities, including children’s hospitals 

• Competitive compensation 

• A-rated professional liability insurance 

Your exciting new adventure awaits! 

CALL: (855) 367-3650 (Use Reference Code “SAEM”) 

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Search hundreds of opportunities at www.EmCare.com/Recruiting.aspx 

IT’S ABOUT 

WHAT MOVES 

YOU. 

What moves you? Is it the opportunity to grow with a group of medical professionals that are serious 

about their work AND play? You can have both. As an integral part of Questcare, you will find a platform 

and philosophy that is conducive to creating the work/play balance of life that you have the power to 

orchestrate. 

• Ownership opportunity 

• Democratic group process 

• Excellent compensation and benefits 

• 21 ultramodern facilities in Dallas/Fort Worth, 

San Antonio, El Paso, and Oklahoma City 

• Leadership development program 

• Journal club 

• Committee involvement 

• Documentation and efficiency academy 

• Mentoring and development 

questcare 

EMERGENCY MEDICINE 

Regina Rivera, MD / Emergency Medicine / Amateur Mountaineer 

“When I finished residency, I wanted an EM group that would offer me 

ownership in the practice, growth/development opportunities, and a 

balance between my career and family. Questcare came through with all 

of that plus state-of-the-art facilities and great colleagues.” 

Let’s talk about what moves YOU. 

jobs@questcare.com or (972) 600-2885 

www.questcare.com facebook.com/questcare 


Job#: Io-018188 Date: 05.14.13 

able to follow my passion. 

“TeamHealth affords me every opportunity to 

become the best emergency physician possible. 

With access to resources and peers nationwide, 

my knowledge base and career opportunities are 

expanded beyond a limited geography. I’m able 

to follow my passion for using digital medical 

technology to improve practice efficiency and 

enhance patient care.” 

Sujal Mandavia, MD 

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 

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physicianjobs@teamhealth.com 

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Emergency Medicine Faculty Positions 


The Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Kentucky College of Medicine is recruiting full-time faculty members 

at the assistant or associate professor level. The desired individual must be BP/BC in emergency medicine. Academic 

tenure track and non-tenure track positions available. 

The Department of Emergency Medicine benefits from excellent institutional support from both a financial and facility 

standpoint. Resident physicians learn the practice of emergency medicine from engaged and supportive faculty in a stateof-the-art 

40,000 square-foot facility (adult and pediatric EDs are contiguous), which opened in July 2010 and now has 

an annual census of over 65,000 patients. The University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center is an ACS certified adult 

and pediatric Level I Trauma Center located in Lexington, in the heart of the “bluegrass” region of the state. Lexington is 

one of the best small to medium sized cities in America because of the climate, the cost of living, safety and the atmosphere 

of living in a “college town.” 

If you are interested in learning more about this outstanding opportunity, please contact Roger Humphries, MD, Chair, 

Department of Emergency Medicine, UK College of Medicine, Room M-53, Williard Medical Sciences Building, 800 Rose 

Street, Lexington, KY 40536. Email contact is roger.humphries@uky.edu and phone is (859) 323-5908. 

The University of Kentucky is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from minorities and women. Upon offer of employment, successful 

applicants must pass a pre-employment drug screen and undergo a national background check as required by University of Kentucky Human Resources. 


exhibitor announcements 

Thursday, May 16 & Friday, May 17: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Questcare 

Cornerstone Therapeutics 

Challenger Corporation 

Teed & Company 

Questcare is a physician-owned Emergency 

Medicine organization with an academic 

focus on quality medicine. We are a 

democratic group with an entrepreneurial 

vision and dedication to career growth 

and development. Questcare delivers 

high-quality emergency care in twentyone 

ultra-modern facilities in Dallas-Fort 

Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, and Oklahoma 

City. Questcare focuses on supporting and 

establishing successful emergency medicine 

careers for new physicians. 

Booth 311 

Sharon Hirst, V.P. Medical Staff Services 

12221 Merit Drive, Suite 1610 

Dallas, TX 75251 

Phone: 214-217-1914 

Sharon.hirst@qrxmed.com 

We are a specialty pharmaceutical company 

focused on commercializing products for the 

hospital and adjacent specialty markets. We 

are actively seeking to expand our portfolio 

of products for these markets through the 

acquisition of companies and products and 

through internal development. 

Booth 109 

Linda Jenkins 

1255 Crescent Green Dr., Suite 250 

Cary, NC 27518 

Challenger provides learning and testing 

tools for program directors and institutions to 

quantify the skill sets of residents and Pas in 

training. Challenger’s reporting system yields 

compliance, performance and remediation 

data on individual users, program years, and 

for your entire program. These statistical 

outputs permit client institutions to prove 

compliance and effectiveness to certifying 

organizations. 

Booth 111 

Catherine Hanna, Marketing Manager 

5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1410 

Memphis, TN 38137 

901-762-8449 

Channa@chall.com 

Teed & Company is the nation’s preeminent 

emergency medicine search and recruitment 

firm. From chif search to director to academic 

or clinical positions. Teed & Company provides 

comprehensive service to hospitals, staffing 

groups and partnerships. Senior level 

physicians and newly graduating residents 

have found Teed & Company’s in-depth 

knowledge of the marketplace a resource on 

which to depend. For expert knowledge and 

guidance in furthering your own career, visit 

our booth in the exhibit hall. 

Booth 309 

Andrea Light, Vice President 

27 Ann Street 

Norwalk, CT 06854 

203-857-0191 

alight@teedco.com 

CSL Behring 

Physio-Control 

QGenda, Inc. 

SonoSim, Inc. 

CSL Behring is a global biopharmaceutical 

company committed to saving lives and 

improving quality of life for people with 

rare and serious diseases. The company 

manufactures and markets a range of 

plasma-derived and recombinant therapies 

that are used around the world to treat 

coagulation disorders including hemophilia 

and von Willebrand disease, primary immune 

deficiencies, hereditary angioedema and 

inherited respiratory disease, and neurological 

disorders in certain markets. CSL Behring’s 

parent company is CSL Limited (ASX:CSL). 

Booth 202 

Susan Wong, Associate Director Acquired Bleeding 

1020 First Avenue 

King of Prussia, PA 19406 

610-878-4359 

Susan.wong@cslbehring.com 

Physio-Control partners with professional 

responders al over the world to privde 

solutions in emergency care. With 

leading edge technologies such as the 

LIFENET® SYSTEM for efficient patient 

data management and the LUCAS Chest 

Compression System, Physio-Control is 

partnering with emergency response teams 

to improve patient care and save lives. 

Booth 101 

Lynn Baker, Marcom Strategy Manager 

11811 Willows Road, NE 

Redmond, WA 98052 

425-867-4125 

lynn.baker@physio-control.com 

QGenda is the leading provider of 

automatically generated work schedules for 

any size practice while abiding by the group’s 

complex business rules. QGenda factors 

in each Provider’s Skill Level, Specialty, 

Availability, and Preferences allowing 

requesting and swapping of assignments. 

Access QGenda 24/7 via PC, Mac, and Smart 

Phones. 

Booth 406 

Lori Brown, V.P. of Sales 

Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 1210 

Atlanta, GA 30346 

770-399-9945 

sales@QGenda.com 

SonoSim creates the SonoSim Ultrasound 

Training Solution, a revolutionary, realpatient 

based ultrasound training product. It 

uses a laptop computer training environment 

to deliver unparalleled didactic content, 

knowledge assessment and hands-on 

training. The refreshingly engaging learning 

experience allows users the freedom to learn 

anything -anywhere. 

Booth 400 

Stephanie Carney, Conference Coordinator 

3030 Nebraska Avenue, suite 301B 

Santa Monica, CA 90404 

310-315-2828 

info@sonosim.com 

Shift Administrators 

LocumTenens.com 

Emergency Consultants, Inc. 

TeamHealth 

Shift Admin is a completely web based 

schedule management system designed for 


Booth 103 

Megan Louis, Sales 

2818 Centerbury Road 

Columbia, SC 29204 

888-SHIFT-40 

info@shiftadmin.com 

LocumTenens.com is a full-service staffing 

firm serving physicians, CRNAs, NPs and Pas 

searching for locum tenens and permanent 

job opportunities and healthcare facilities 

looking to solve employoment shortages. 

Booth 105 

Christina Cruz, Marketing Manager 

2655 Northwinds Parkway 

Alpharetta, GA 30009 

770-643-5559 

ccruz@locumtenens.com 

In 1972, ECI Healthcare Partners was founded 

with a single, cherished principle: Quality 

healthcare is achieved by valuing people. 

Over the years, having efficiently managed 

the care of over 27 million patients in over 30 

states, we have prospered into a network of 

professional 

Booth 210 

Michelle Morrisette, 

Healthcare Marketing 

Residency Services Consultant 

4075 Copper Ridge Drive 

Traverse City, MI 49684 

800-253-5358, ext. 3957 

michelle.morisette@emergencyconsultants.com 

TeamHealth was founded by physicians in 

1979 and has been dedicated to creating the 

best practice environment for emergency 

physicians for the past three decades. 

TeamHealth offers the administrative 

support, leading resources, educational 

activities, career advancement, and 

professional collegiality to provide rewarding 

careers. With a veriety of practice settings 

from community hospitals to Level I trauma 

centers across the United States, TeamHealth 

is the practice of choice for thousands of 

healthcare providers. 

Booth 307 

Meghan Benton, Marketing Coordinator 

265 Brookview Centre Way, Suite 400 

Knoxville, TN 37919 

865-293-5485 

www.teamhealth.com 


Thursday, May 16 & Friday, May 17: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm 

exhibitor announcements 

TASER International 

TASER International was founded in 

September 1993 and has remained 

committed to providing solutions which 

Protect Life, Protect Truth, and Protect 

Family. From our industry-leading CEWs, to 

our AXON/EVIDENCE.COM on-officer video 

and storage system, we are committed to 

reducing violent confrontation, providing 

accountability, and preventing danger. We 

are committed to protecting life by providing 

innovative, high quality products and 

services that exceed customer expectations 

every time. 

Booth 305 

Danielle Cavan, Assistant Events Manager 

17800 North 85th Street 

Scottsdale, AZ 85255 

480-463-2141 

dcavan@taser.com 

Emergency Medical Associates 

Emergency Medical Associates is one of the 

country’s most respected, truly democratic 

emergency medicine physician groups. 

Widely recognized for clinical excellence, EM 

research, our physicians enjoy exceptional 

life-work balance, outstanding compensation 

and unlimited growth opportunities. We are 

currently seeking BC/BE EM physicians for 

career positions on the east coast. 

Booth 208 

Dana Criscuolo 

3 Century Drive 

Parsippany NJ 07054 

www.ema.net 

CEP America 

Founded in 1975, CEP America today is 

one of the largest providers of acute care 

management and staffing solutions in the 

nation, with more than 1,800 providers at 

over 100 practice locations, serving more 

than 4 million patients annually. 

Booth 301 

Alie Tupman, Project Manager 

2100 Powell Street, Suite 900 

Emeryville, CA 94608 

510-350-2686 

tupmanA@medamerica.com 

EmCare 

Quality people. Quality Care. Quality LIFE. 

EmCare is the nation’s leading physician 

practice management company. It is known 

for developing local practices, supporting 

affiliated clinicians with regionally-located 

clinical leadership and operational personnel, 

and providing them access to unprecedented 

national resources. Opportunities exist 

at small and large hospitals in locations 

nationwide. EmCare offers competitive pay 

and exceptional benefits. Call (855) 367-3650 

or search jobs at www.EmCare.com. EmCare 

is…Making Health Care work Better. 

Booth 200 

Heidi Wilson, Event & Conference Planner 

13737 Noel Road, Suite 1600 

Dallas, TX 75240 

214-712-2418 

Heidi_wilson@emcare.com 


Physicians 

For 20 years, our physician group model has 

allowed us to forge the best relationships 

with each other and our hospital partners. We 

navigate the changing waters of healthcare 

with our servant’s heart and owner’s mind. 

We relate and innovate. And we always enjoy 

the ride. 

Booth 208 

Phebe Dave 

4535 Dressler Road NW 

Canton, OH 44714 

800-828-0898 

pdave@emp.com 

Healthcare Cost & 

Utilization Project (HCUP) 

HCUP is a family of health care database, 

software tools, and products developed 

through a Federal-State-Industry partnership. 

Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP database 

provide the largest collection of all-payer, 

longitudinal hospital care data in the United 

States. 

Booth 107 

Jennifer Podulica 

540 Gaither Road 

Rockville MD 20850 

866-290-4287 

HCUP@AHRQ.GOV 

Sharp Medical Products, LLC 

The Reactor is a revolutionary new chest 

tube device that should be faster, easier 

and safer than the standard open technique 

which has not changed in more than 100 

years! Stop by our booth and see the future 

of chest drainage! 

Booth 404 

Jim Sash, Sales Director 

2571 Kaneville Court 

Geneva, IL 60134 

630-921-6003 

jimsash@comcast.net 

Masimo 

Masimo is a global medical technology 

company responsible for the invention of 

award-winning nonivasive technologies, 

medical devices, and sensors that are 

revolutionizing patient monitoring, including 

Masimo SET, Masimo rainbow SET Pulse 

CO-Oximetry, noninvasive and continuous 

hemoglobin (SpHb), acoustic respiration rate 

(RRa), Masimo SafetyNet, and SEDLine, (EEGbased) 

Brain Function Monitors. 

Booth 408/410 

Tammy Russo 

40 Parker 

Irvine CA 92618 

949-297-7353 

www.masimo.com 

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc 

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies 

of Johnson & Johnson are dedicated to 

addressing and solving some of the most 

important unmet medical needs of our time 

in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, 

infectious diseases and vaccines, and 

cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. 

Booth 206 

Mary Ann Gengo, CTSM 

1000 Route 202 

Raritan, NJ 08869 

Office: 908.218.7551 

www.janssen.com 

Carolina Care, PA 

Democratic Emergency Medicine Group 

located in Columbia SC. 

Booth 303 

Gregory Conde MPH 

215 Redbay Rd 

Elgin, SC 29045 

gregconde@mac.com 

Premier Physician Services 

A key factor in Premier’s success is our 

providers. We strive to enhance the provider 

experience. We do so by offering a model that 

emphasizes best practices without sacrificing 

our commitment to satisfaction. Programs 

and educational offerings assist you in taking 

a career path that fits your lifestyle. After one 

year, become a shareholder and participate 

fully in the decisions and financial rewards 

of the practice, without a buy-in. Talk to us 

today about the many opportunities and 

benefits Premier can offer you. 

332 Congress Park Drive 

Dayton, OH 45459 

(800) 726-3627 

www.premierdocs.com 

NIDA/SAMHSA 

Blending Initiative 

The Blending Initiative aims to accelerate the 

dissemination of research-based drug abuse 

treatment into clinical practice, and catalyze 

the creation of user friendly treatment tols 

and products for use in front-line settings. 

Joanna Weston 

8757 Georgia Ave 

Suite 1440 

Silver Spring, MD 20910 


The Westin Peachtree plaza 

The cafe / Registration / concierge – LEVEL 5 

international rooms / vinings rooms – LEVEL 6 



atlanta ballroom / augusta rooms – LEVEL 7 

peachtree ballroom / roswell rooms – LEVEL 8 



peachtree ballroom balcony – LEVEL 9 

accessable elevator to pool 

plaza ballroom / fitness center – LEVEL 10 

accessable elevator to pool 



tower meeting rooms – LEVEL 12 

tower meeting rooms – LEVEL 14 


the Gallery 

20,180 

200’ x 100’ 

18’ 

700 

2,000 

100 

mezzanine level 

20,000 

100’ x 250’ 

12’ 

920 

2,000 

80 

conference center 8,500 

66’ x 172’ 

12’ 

200 peachtree conference center 

cc room 1 

2,380 

66’ x 40’ 

12’ 

470 

70 

566 

190 

630 

136 

275 

60 

cc room 2 

1,870 

66’ x 29’ 

12’ 

80 

150 

136 

275 

cc room 3 

1,604 

66’ x 24’ 

12’ 

70 

133 

136 

200 

cc room 4 

1,742 

66’ x 26’ 

12’ 

70 

141 

136 

275 

cc room 5 

3,225 

66’ x 53’ 

12’ 

180 

260 

136 

275 

cc rooms 1-5 

10,821 

66’ x 172’ 

12’ 

470 

870 

630 

60 

*measUreD at WiDest / hiGhest point 

buILDINg FLOOR pLANS 

pEachTrEE STrEET 

ELLIS STrEET 

ELLIS STrEET 

sPeCiAL eveNTs (Lobby Level) 

CONFeReNCe CeNTeR 

(Mezzanine Level) 


SAEM Annual Meeting Attendees, 

Come cheer on your favorite residency team at the 

2 nd Annual SonoGames 

of the Academy of Emergency Ultrasound of SAEM 

Saturday, May 18, 2013 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Plaza Ballrooms A-B-C Combined 

This year’s contestants include: 

The Pistol Shrimp (Boston Medical Center) 

1540 (University of South Florida College of Medicine) 

A Catholic, a Jew, and a Mormon walk into a Bar (Medical University of South Carolina) 

ALARA (Indiana University) 

Argyle Artifacts (Yale University) 

Arizona Acoustic Enhancements (University Of Arizona) 

Bellevue/NYU (Bellevue Hospital/New York University) 

Endocavitary Explorers 

(Texas A&M Christus Spohn EM Residency) 

F.A.S.T. and the Furious (Emory University) 

Ga. Probers (Georgia Regents University) 

HAEMR Time (Harvard Affiliated EM Residency) 

Half FAST (George Washington University) 

Hertz So Good (University of Michigan) 

Houston Lung Rockets (University of Texas at Houston) 

Inferior Vena Cavaliers (University of Virginia) 

Johns Hopkins (Johns Hopkins University) 

Probe Masters (Maimonides Medical Center) 

Probe-able Cause (Thomas Jefferson University) 

Rare Birds 

(Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington) 

Rutgers Resolution (UMDNJ-RWJMS) 

Sinai Supersonics (Mount Sinai) 

Sonimus Maximus (Staten Island University Hospital) 

SonoNinjas (Stanford University School of Medicine) 

Sono-you-didn’t (St. Luke’s-Roosevelt) 

Space City Sono Warriors (Baylor College of Medicine) 

Stroger Endocavitrons (Cook County) 

TBD (Henry Ford Hospital) 

The County Kings (SUNY Downstate – Kings County Hospital) 

The Dirty Shadows (University of Chicago) 

The Ruptured Globe Trotters (University of Connecticut) 

The SonoCats!?!? (University of Kentucky) 

US Trojans (University of Southern California) 

Sponsored by: 

SonoChamps 

2013 

[Your School Here] 

May 14-18, 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia

See You In Dallas, TX 

May 2014 

www.saem.org

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