PC 12: Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Course Directors
- Christian Nickel (Switzerland)
- Jacinta Lucke (The Netherlands)
Faculty
- Simon Conroy (UK)
- Arjun Thaur (UK)
- James van Oppen (UK)
- Bas de Groot (The Netherlands)
- Laura Blomaard (The Netherlands)
- Rosa McNamara (Ireland)
- Ruth Sneep (The Netherlands)
Participants
The course is designed for 24 participants (Emergency clinicians, nurses and paramedics welcome).
Course description
The number of older patients in the Emergency Department is rising. Many of these older patients suffer from complex comorbidities, frailty and are at risk of adverse outcomes. Working with frail older patients can be difficult for those working in Emergency Medicine, however it is becoming more and more important.
This ‘hands on’ pre-course has the goal to improve the knowledge and skills regarding Geriatric Emergency Medicine of the participants. We start with one lecture after which the rest of the day will be filled with working groups and scenario’s with small groups.
The participants will be provided with practical tips and clinical education points with which they can start working when they are back in their own hospital.
Using several themes the main issues of working with older patients in the ED will be discussed, such as frailty, the older trauma patient, sepsis, pain management, syncope, polypharmacy, cognitive impairment and end-of-life care.
Learning objectives
- To teach participants about general concepts of Geriatric Emergency Medicine such as frailty and its implications when working in the ED
- To give participants clinical education about older patients with:
- Trauma
- Sepsis
- Deprescribing / polypharmacy
- Pain management
- Abdominal pain
- Syncope
- Delirium and cognitive impairment
- To give participants training on how to discuss end of life care in the ED
Schedule
08:30– 08:40 | General introduction (program, general notices) |
08:40-09:00 |
General introduction into Geriatric Emergency Medicine |
09:00-10:40 |
Working groups 4x25 minutes |
Station 1: Scenario |
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Station 2: Scenario | |
Station 3: Table top discussion | |
Station 4: Table top discussion |
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10:40-11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00-12:40 |
Working groups 4x25 minutes |
Station 1: Scenario |
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Station 2: Scenario | |
Station 3: Table top discussion | |
Station 4: Table top discussion | |
12:40-12:55 | Summary of key-learning points |
12:55-13:00 | Closing & evaluation |
PC 11: Simulation Master: Train the Trainers Precourse
Course Directors
- Anne Laure Philippon (France)
- Pierluigi Ingrassia (Italy)
Faculty
- Youri Yordanov (France)
- Abdo Khoury (France)
- Mohammed Mouhaoui (Morocco)
- Felix Lorang (Germany)
- Guillem Bouilleau (France)
Participants
The course is designed for 15 participants.
Course description & learning objectives
- To learn the basis on medical education, medical error and human factor.
- To get knowledge on Simulation in Healthcare: definition, tools, scenarios, briefing, debriefing.
- To learn the concept of Crisis Management (CRM) and team work and multi-disciplinary approach in Simulation.
- To practice Simulation by producing scenarios in small trainee groups.
Schedule
Saturday 12 October
09:15-09:30 |
Welcome and Introduction |
09:30-10:10 | What is simulation education? From standardized patient to high fidelity simulation. Crisis Resource Management Objectives: Basis in medical education, medical error and human factor; simulation: definition, description of simulation tools. Intro to CRM |
10:10-10:30 | Preparing and running a simulation and debriefing session: Key principles Objectives: Scenarios, briefing, simulation session, debriefing, learning objectives |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:30 | Presentation of one patient simulator / Prebriefing Objectives: Practical presentation of simulation room and principles to learners |
11:30-12:30 | Scenario design and preparation Objectives: Creation of two simulation scenario (one with manikin and one simulated patient) |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
13:30-15:30 | Hands on opportunity (1): Running and taking part in a scenario |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00-16:45 | Hands on opportunity (2): Running and taking part in a scenario |
16:45-17:30 | Q&A, discussion, workshop evaluation Objectives: How to implement simulation in initial and continuous education |
PC 10: Young Investigators pre-course on Research
Course Directors
- Said Laribi (France)
Faculty
- Zerrin Defne Dundar (Turkey)
- Luis Garcia-Castrillo (Spain)
- Mehmet A. Karamercan (Turkey)
- Martin Mockel (Germany)
- Anna Slagman (Germany)
Participants
Maximum number : 20
EM residents and young EM researchers
Course description & Objectives:
Welcome to this training course on research for young EM residents and fellows. Our goal is to develop a common understanding and language for developing and implementing research in the field of Emergency Medicine. This course will increase your knowledge of current best practices, improve your skills and offer practical applications that will benefit you and your organization. Take advantage of being part of the enthusiastic community of EM researchers. We look forward to meeting you in Prague!
Schedule
Saturday October 12th
09:00-09:15 | Opening remarks and Faculty introduction | |
09:15-10:00 | How to identify a research question? | Mehmet Karamercan |
10:00-10:30 |
Ethical and regulatory rules, practical situations |
Said Laribi |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Different types of studies |
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1. Observational studies | Said Laribi | |
2. Data collection in the ED | Anna Slagman | |
3. Secondary data analysis | Anna Slagman | |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30-14:30 | Different types of studies | |
1. Diagnostic evaluation | Luis Garcia-Castrillo | |
2. Tips and tricks on literature search | Martin Mockel | |
14:30-15:30 | Which statistical tests to use? | Zerrin Defne Dubdar |
1. Differentiate qualitative from quantitative variables | ||
2. Determine risk of errors | ||
3. Parametric or non-parametric? | ||
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
16:00-16:30 | Tips to publish your research and scientific writing | Martin Mockel |
16:30-17:00 | Discussion between attendees and faculty members and Conclusions |
PC 9: Airway Management Precourse for inner-clinical Emergency Medicine
Course Directors
- Sabine Merz (Germany)
- Christian Hohenstein (Germany)
Participants
The course is designed for 20 participants (Emergency Physicians).
Skill stations will be coconducted in small groups.
Course description & learning objectives
Airway Management is a major topic in the Emergency Department. Anesthesiologists are not always available; therefore each member of the ED needs to be able to perform Airway Management. To secure the airway of a patient, it is necessary to know the different devices and techniques and also to consider, that the algorithm is different to the familiar pre-hospital and OR airway algorithm.
In this course, participants will learn about basic and difficult Airway Management. Furthermore, the technique of anaesthetization will be taught.
All participants will be able to train the different techniques and devices on intubation trainers.
Schedule
Coffee break will served at Lomond Auditorium Mezzanine from 10:30 to 11:00.
08.30– 09.30 | Lecture Dr Christian Hohenstein |
Oxygenation of the patient |
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Induction of Anesthesia |
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Intubation of the emergency patient in the trauma room (plan A) |
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Research update | |
09.30 – 10.30 | Lecture Dr Sabine Merz |
Specifics of airway management in the Emergency Department |
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Recognizing difficult airways |
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Explanation of techniques & description of devices for Airway Management (plan B) |
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Verification of tube position |
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10.30 – 12.30 | Workstations on Trainers |
Direct and indirect laryngoscopy | |
Intubation with the flexible intubation endoscope with and without additional tools | |
Supraglottic devices | |
Surgical Airways |
PC 8: Immobilization & Wound Closure (Non-Vital Trauma)
Course Directors
- Jean-Jacques Banihachémi (France)
Faculty
- Abdelouahab Bellou (USA)
- Alberto Gregori (Scotland)
- Patricia O'Connor (Scotland)
- Régis Pailhé (France)
- Franck Verschuren (Belgium)
- Francis Launois (France)
- Mohamed Ben Aissa (Belgium)
Participants
Maximum number : 30
All professionals involved in the management of non-vital traumatology: EPs, orthopedists, nurses, immobilization technicians, medical students.
Course description:
Non-vital trauma represents 40-60% of chief complaints in the ED. There are many pitfalls in the diagnosis of lesions generating therapeutic delays that can be dramatic in terms of functional prognosis for the patient. To avoid complications, it is essential to develop strong collaboration between orthopedic surgeons involved in trauma emergencies and emergency physicians (EPS). This course will be led by EPs and ED nurses in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons.
Objectives:
1. To learn the relevant immobilization techniques of the upper and lower limbs:
a. Plaster
b. Resin
c. Strapping
d. Specific assets: shoulder, finger.
2. To learn how to manage sutures of wound injuries in the ED.
Methodology
This session will take place over 2 days involving EPs, orthopedic surgeons and immobilization technicians ED nurses. This session will be exclusively practical and interactive. Experts will show how to carry out the various fixed assets and answer the trainees' questions. Trainees will be distributed into 3 groups.
1- Immobilization workshop with 2 groups: All trainees will practice with each other with the support of the trainers. The goal is to provide skills in all types of immobilization of limbs.
2- Sutures workshop: trainees will practice on simulation tool.
Schedule
Saturday 12 October
09:00 | Welcome |
09:10-09:30 |
Introduction of the course and presentation of the basic rules on immobilization techniques |
9:30-12:30 |
Practice on immobilization workshop (upper limbs): |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
13:30-17:00 |
Practice on immobilization workshop (lower limbs): |
17:00-18:00 | Clinical Cases series with quiz MCQ |
Sunday 13 October
08:00-08:30 | Basic rules on suture techniques |
08:30-10:30 |
Sutures workshop synthetic surgical glue |
10:30-11:00 | Conclusion and Diploma |
PC 7: SafeER PSA - Procedural sedation and analgesia for Emergency Physicians
Course Director
- Christian Heringhaus (The Netherlands)
Faculty
- Linda Bel (The Netherlands)
- Yannick Groutars (The Netherlands)
- Harald Hennig (Germany)
- Ruth Sneep (UK)
- Rebekka Veugelers (The Netherlands)
- Egon Zwets (The Netherlands)
Participants
The course is designed for 16 participants (Emergency Physicians).
Doctors who will follow the pre-course must be adequately trained in advanced life support and airway management skills.
Course description & learning objectives
Patients in the emergency department often need to undergo painful, distressing, or unpleasant diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as part of their acute care process. Therefore Procedural Sedation and Analgesia (PSA) performed by emergency physicians is a necessary skill to reduce discomfort, apprehension, and potential unpleasant memories.
PSA is potentially associated with complications and must be seen as a high-risk procedure. Due to the inherent risks, it is important that doctors are aware of and follow available national, international and local guidelines.
PSA must only be performed under absolutely safe condition by health care providers who are trained in monitoring sedated patients and who are trained in recognizing and handling all possible adverse events to avoid complications.
Furthermore it is crucial that adequate training should be followed to ensure the knowledge and skills to safely administer PSA and to treat possible adverse events to avoid complications.
With the SAFE ER PSA course we will give the participants an overview over existing national and international guidelines, show them how to prepare the patient and the environment to perform safe PSA on the Accident and Emergency Department and how to treat the most common adverse events to avoid complications related to PSA.
After an introduction with some short presentations we will mainly train with simulated patients in hands-on workshops.
Schedule
08.00 – 08.30 | Welcome and introduction |
08.30 – 09.00 | Lecture: SafeER PSA - The course |
09.00 – 09.15 | Lecture: PSA a continuum |
09.15 – 09.50 | Lecture: PSA – a routine procedure? |
09.50 – 10.05 | Lecture: Risk assessment and pre-sedation screening |
10.05 – 10.20 | Lecture: Airway |
10.20 – 10.30 | Lecture: Patient characteristics and positioning |
10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00 – 11.20 | Lecture: Monitoring |
11.20 – 12.30 | Lecture: Pharmacology |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch |
13.30 – 13.50 | Table Top exercise |
13.50 – 14.00 | Demonstration |
14.00 – 15.30 | Sedation workshops |
15.30 – 16.00 | Break |
16.00 – 17.30 | Sedation workshops |
17.30 – 18.00 | Quiz |
PC 6: EUSEM leadership course in cooperation with IEDLI and RCEM
Course Directors & Faculty
- J. Stroobants (Belgium)
- B. Hogan (Germany, EUSEM)
- P. Anderson (IEDLI)
- T. Hassan (UK, RCEM)
- R. Arafat (Romania)
- R. Leach (Belgium)
- J. Heyworth (UK)
- R. Petrino (Italy)
- I. Higginson
- C. Moulton
- D. Chung
- R. Leto (Belgium)
- S. Kayden (IEDLI)
- L. Lobon (IEDLI)
Participants
The course is designed for 30 participants. It will be organised in 5 small groups of 6 persons.
Course description & learning objectives
This workshop has been developed and presented jointly by EUSEM (EUSEM Professional Committee), the International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI) and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
The goal of the workshop is to teach leadership skills that are relevant for current ED leaders and directors, individuals who have mid-level leadership roles, and individuals who are interested in taking on leadership roles.
The workshop will be a seminar-style format that will focus on 4 topics. Each topic will include some interactive presentation of content by the faculty followed by activity in small groups in which the participants will interact with each other and the faculty to analyse data, work through challenges, develop plans.
Schedule
Saturday 12 October
08:30-08:45 | Welcome words | EUSEM, RCEM, IEDLI | L. Garcia Castrillo, T. Hassan, P. Anderson |
08:45-09:00 | Course introduction | J. Stroobants | |
09:00-09:15 | Module 1 - Introductory lecture |
Team building |
B. Hogan |
09:15-10:30 |
Module 1 - Individual working groups |
R. Arafat, J. Stroobants, R. Leach, J. Heyworth, R. Petrino, I. Higginson, B. Hogan | |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
11:00-11:15 | Module 2 - Introductory lecture |
Caring for Self, Team, Vision |
T. Hassan |
11:15-12:30 | Module 2 - Individual working groups | T. Hassan, C. Moulton, D. Chung, and Prof. Com. members | |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30-13:45 | Module 3 - Introductory lecture | Negotiations | J. Stroobants |
13:45-15:00 |
Module 3 - Individual working groups |
J. Stroobants, R. Arafat, R. Leach, J. Heyworth, R. Petrino, R. Leto, I. Higginson, B. Hogan | |
15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | ||
15:30-15:45 | Module 4 - Introductory lecture | Difficult conversation, dealing with the media | P. Anderson, S. Kayden, L. Lobon |
15:45-17:00 |
Module 4 - Individual working groups |
P. Anderson, S. Kayden, L. Lobon | |
17:30-18:00 |
Summary, wrap up |
J. Stroobants, T. Hassan, P. Anderson |
PC 5: Non-Invasive Respiratory Support in the Pandemic Era
Course Directors
Roberto Cosentini
Faculty
- Paolo Groff, Italy
- Patrick Plaisance, France
- Roberta Marino, Italy
- Rodolfo Ferrari, Italy
- Erwan L’Her, France
- Nicolas Peschansky, France
Participants
The course is designed for 25 participants (EM residents and physicians).
GOALS
- Understand pathophysiology of acute respiratory failure and the effects of
Non-Invasive respiratory support in COVID19 and non-COVID19 acute
respiratory failure. - Understand indications and contraindications of the various methods.
- Apply problem-solving to manage ventilators troubleshooting.
- Understand pros and cons of Non-Invasive respiratory support in COVID19 patients.
Course format
This is highly interactive hybrid course split in 2 parts:
- One is online before the pre-course (asynchronous learning)
- The second one is the hands-on sessions that will be held at the Congress, and will be split in:
2a. A morning session 2b. An afternoon session
- Online (pre-course lectures, asynchronous learning)
Six brief pre-course lectures will give you the crucial concepts on Non-Invasive Respiratory Support. They can be accessed before the on-site pre-course whenever you want (asynchronous learning)
- Hands-on, during the Congress 2a (morning)
These are training sessions on 4 O2 devices/ventilators stations. All participants rotate to bring you cuting edge information on all Non-Invasive respiratory support, pros and cons, caveats, with a focus on most common cases and a specific session on COVID19 pneumonia management.
For each indication, a hands on session will be run on a different O2 devices, CPAP systems and ventilators stations with cognitive simulation of clinical scenarios.
2b. Hands-on, during the Congress (afternoon)
These are training sessions on 4 O2 devices/ventilators stations. All participants will be involved to take part in case simulation and clinical decision making on all Non-Invasive respiratory support, pros and cons, caveats, with a focus on most common cases and 2 specific sessions on COVID19.
Schedule
Wednesday 27 October
PC 4: Disaster Medicine
Course Directors
- Massimo Azzaretto (Italy)
- Luca Ragazzoni (Italy)
- Eric Weinstein (USA)
Faculty
- Francesco Della Corte
- Jeffrey Franc
- Sofie Pauwels
- Eric Weinstein
- Evert Verhoeven
- Matteo Paganini
Participants
The course is designed for 30 participants.
Required materials
Participants should each bring their own laptop.
Course description
Participants from various backgrounds and experience in mass casualty incident planning and response will collaborate similar to the constituents involved in the creation of an actual mass casualty incident response plan. The class will be divided into three committees to work together and collectively to produce a hazard vulnerability analysis, resource analysis and a mass casualty incident plan of a fictional country. Participants will receive lessons from experts, breakout sessions to guide each of the committees to work towards completion of their assignments, and a computer simulation to exercise their plan.
Learning objectives
1. To identify and gather relevant constituents to research, create and implement a mass casualty incident response plan for a government or non-government organization.
2. To research, adapt and complete an appropriate hazard vulnerability analysis of risks facing a government or non-government organization.
3. To research necessary staff, stuff and structures already possessed by response agencies and to learn how to acquire or contract the remaining staff, stuff and structures to meet the demand of a mass casualty incident.
4. To collaborate with relevant constituents to research, create and implement effective and efficient exercises that stress the mass casualty incident response plan with critical review to then implement appropriate process and system improvement.
Schedule
Saturday 12 October
09:00-09:15 | Intro to Riceland Game | L. Ragazzoni |
09:15-09:45 |
Health Authority |
E. Weinstein |
09:45-10:15 | Risk Assessment and Risk Management | M.Paganini |
10:15-10:45 |
Resource Analysis and Logistics |
M. Azzaretto |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | |
11:30-12:00 | Surge Capacity and Crisis Standard of Care | F. Della Corte |
12:00-12:30 | ICS/HICS | J. Franc |
12:30-13:00 | MCI Plan | L. Ragazzoni |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00-14:15 | Explanation interactive map | M.Paganini |
14:15-14:30 | Explanation Committee format | E. Weinstein, M. Azzaretto |
14:30-15:00 |
Breakout Committee establish structure |
All instructors |
15:00-16:30 | Committees start work | All instructors |
16:30-17:00 | Break | |
17:00-17:30 |
Each Committee presents preliminary work |
All instructors |
17:30-18:00 | Committees continue work | All instructors |
Sunday 13 October
08:30-12:30 |
ISEE Simulation |
Sofie Pauwels, Evert Verhoeven |
12:30-13:00 | Final thoughts and wrap up | L. Ragazzoni, M. Azzaretto, E. Weinstein |