Course Directors
- Eric Dryver (Sweden)
- Gregor Prosen (Slovenia)
Faculty
- Veronique Brabers (Belgium)
- Tobias Becker (Germany)
- Nikolas Sbyrakis (Greece)
- Caroline Hard af Segerstad (Sweden)
Participants
The course is designed for 24 participants (residents, specialists and educators in Emergency Medicine).
Course description & learning objectives
This course focuses on competence development through scenario-based training. The competences in focus are:
1-The initial management of critical patients in all age groups
2-Differential diagnosis and decision-making
3-Systematic EKG interpretation
4-Systematic acid-base interpretation
5-Interpretation of the neurological examination and initial management of selected neurological conditions
Participants receive a checklist compendium that helps guide the initial management of critical syndromes (e.g. anaphylaxis, hemorrhagic shock, hyponatremic encephalopathy) and information-acquisition from patients with common symptoms (e.g. shortness of breath, vertigo).
Schedule
Coffee breaks will be served at Lomond Auditorium Mezzanine from 10:30 to 11:00 and from 15:30 to 16:00.
Saturday 8 September
| 08:00-09:00 | Course Introduction |
| Lecture: Resuscitation | |
| Demonstration: Resuscitation Scenarios | |
| 09:00-12:15 | Works on stations |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch (served at Lomond Auditorium Mezzanine) |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lecture: Differential Diagnosis & Decision-Making |
| Demonstration: Diagnosis and Decisions Scenarios | |
| 14:00-17:30 | Works on stations |
| 17:30-18:00 | Questions & Answers Period |
Sunday 9 September
| 08:00-08:45 | Lecture: Neurology / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| Demonstration: Neurology Examination | |
| 08:45-12:00 | Works on stations |
| 12:00 | Conclusion |