Product Description
American Medical Seminars, Inc. Emergency Medicine – Day 3 2/18/2026
Original Release Date: July 1, 2026
Expiration Date: July 1, 2029
Presenting Faculty: Joel Kravitz; Ken Butler;
Is This Test Necessary: Efficient Use of Testing in the Emergency Department
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Develop efficient decision-making skills for the use of some commonly used lab & radiographic tests in the ED as per the COC guidance and recommendations.
- Determine the utility of some less commonly used tests in the ED, including strep tests, D-dimers and coagulation tests.
- Evaluate case scenarios to discuss optimizing patient care while reducing unnecessary costs.
Management of the Emergency Psychiatric Patient
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
- Recognize the early signs of agitation and employ strategies to resolve them.
- Select appropriate agents for chemical restraint based on available evidence.
- Using ACEP guidelines as a framework, develop a plan for the medical clearance of a psychiatric patient.
Bedside Sedation
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Analyze patient characteristics and clinical presentations where the most important risk is for apnea.
- Review pulse oximeter and wave form capnography – do we need it?
- Assess and specify when sedation is an appropriate consideration for the critically ill.
- Employ the use of sedation in the head injured patients as per the Clinical Practice Guidelines for emergency department use of Ketamine .
Being “Hip” On Ortho
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Assess if this is just another “found down” patient.
- Identify which fractures have the highest “missed” rate.
- Determine when ultrasound is better than a plain film.
- Using evidence-based medicine from NEHM, identify indications for fasciotomy.
Chest Pain in The Emergency Department – Value of Heart Score
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Determine which patients we should heart score in the ED.
- Identify specific risk factors that are significant and will change your approach to the patient with Chest Pain using the HEART Score of the European Society of Cardiology.
- Assess the incidence of a missed Ml in patients discharged from the ED.
- Determine when stress testing is most appropriate.
- Interpret how a slightly elevated troponin will affect your care and a patient’s disposition.
