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2015 Critical Procedures


in Emergency Medicine
Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine
Presented by the
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine
Sponsored by the
University of Maryland School of Medicine

How often do you save a life?


Imagine this scenario: Its 3a.m. and you get word that an unstable patient

with a stab wound to the chest is on the way to your ED. Its been YEARS since
your last thoracotomy and that was in residency. The trauma surgeon is 45 minutes
away and not answering your page. What do you do? Run to Roberts and Hedges
and re-familiarize yourself with the procedure? Do you feel comfortable treating
such a critically ill patient?
What if there was a way to practice life-saving, invasive procedures in an
educational and controlled environment?
This c

ourse is intended to educate and train emergency medicine

professionals in critical invasive procedures. Although these procedures are life-

saving, many physicians will perform them infrequently in clinical practice due to
their invasive nature. This course will focus on retraining or introducing physicians
to a number of critical and invasive procedures. By using a 2:1 participant to
cadaver ratio, emergency providers will have the opportunity to practice difficult
procedures in a controlled but realistic setting. Participants in this course will have
a forum to build on and maintain their clinical skills.
4:1 participant to instructor
2:1 participant to cadaver experience.
Course Schedule (Subject to change)
Course Instructors

Mak Moayedi, MD
Dr. Moayedi graduated from residency at Thomas Jefferson hospital in
Philadelphia. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Emergency Medicine. During his time at the University of Maryland he has been
teaching invasive medical procedures in the cadaver lab since 2004. He has also
authored 2 text book chapters about procedure education and has lectured
internationally on the topic.
Mike Abraham, MD
Dr. Abraham completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of
Maryland in 2008. He served as chief resident during his final year of residency.
He subsequently graduated from the ACEP teaching fellowship. He has lectured
nationally and internationally on multiple Emergency Medicine topics. He is
currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland and serves as
the Assistant Medical Director and the Assistant Program Director for the
Department of Emergency Medicine.
Haney Mallemat, MD
Dr. Mallemat completed a combined Emergency and Internal Medicine residency
at Kings County Hospital Center / SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. During his
final year he served as chief resident for the EM/IM program. He continued on to

complete a two-year Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the DartmouthHitchcock Medical enter in New Hampshire. He dedicated a significant portion of
his training to Critical Care ultrasound and Echocardiography. He completed both
his critical care and echocardiography boards in 2010. He now works as an
Attending physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center, splitting his
time between the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Dr.
Mallemat also teaches Critical Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography courses
nationally.
Ben Lawner, DO
Dr. Lawners academic interests include emergency medical services, cardiac
arrest, and airway management. Dr. Lawner obtained his EMT certification in 1994
and worked as a paramedic/firefighter prior to his emergency medicine residency
at the University of Maryland. Dr. Lawner completed fellowships in faculty
development and prehospital care. He serves as the Deputy Medical Director for
the Baltimore City Fire Department. Dr. Lawner provides medical oversight for
regional prehospital education programs including the EMT program at the
Community College of Baltimore County and the Critical Care Transport Course at
the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Lawner is also a faculty
preceptor for the emergency medicine residencys cadaveric procedural labs.
George Willis, MD
Dr. Willis graduated from the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine
residency in 2010. After graduation he completed a Faculty Development during
his Chief Residency. His academic interests are based in procedural and simulation
education. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate
Medical Education at the University of Maryland.
Doug Sward, MD
Dr. Sward was a practicing Paramedic prior to medical school at the Medical
College of Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland Emergency
Medicine Residency. He currently practices Emergency Medicine at the Upper
Chesapeake Medical Center. He also practices Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine at
the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He has particular interest in
Wilderness Medicine. Dr. Sward has been teaching cadaver based procedures since
2005.
Target Audience

The target audience for this event includes physicians, residents, NPs, PAs in the
field of emergency medicine.
Course Objectives
The objectives for each procedure include learning the indications,
contraindications, equipment, technique, complications, sites, post procedure
follow up and pearls needed to perform the procedures competently. Ultimately
these emergency medicine procedures will be practiced in a controlled setting on
human cadavers. The list of procedures covered in the curriculum is as follows:
1. Lateral canthotomy
2. Facial nerve blocks
3. Endotracheal intubation
4. Retrograde intubation
5. Cricothyrotomy
6. Central venous access
7. Tube thoracostomy
8. Emergency thoracotomy
9. Pericardiocentesis
10.Arthrocentesis of wrist
11.Arthrocentesis of knee

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