2025 SEMPA 360 Workshops
Tuesday, March 11. 2025
8:00am - 11:00am
Workshop 1: Critical Care Bootcamp
Mark Sutherland, MD; Kami Hu, MD
The emergency provider is truly the first “intensivist” to deliver time-sensitive therapy to the critically ill patient. It is during these early hours of illness when lives can be saved or lost! We have focused this Bootcamp on common critical conditions encountered in the ED.
8:00am - 11:00am
Workshop 2: Basic Ultrasound
Jason Arthur, MD/MPH, FPD-AEMUS, FACEP
BASIC Abdominal US: Focused, goal directed US can be used at the patient’s bedside to answer specific clinical questions which could change the next step in management and expedite patient care. In this workshop participants will learn the basics of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for assessing common intrabdominal pathology, and how to employ it to answer clinical questions. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.
8:00am - 11:00am
Workshop 3: Dental and ENT Emergencies
Jim Marinucci; Ryan Strauss, MPH, MSHS, PA-C
"Emergency and urgent care providers should have solid ENT and dental management skills, yet there are limited opportunities to develop proficiencies through hands-on learning. This workshop will discuss common emergent ENT and dental conditions while participants learn procedural techniques required for their appropriate management.
EM and UC providers should have ENT and dental procedural skills, yet hands-on learning opportunities are scarce. Participants will develop skills to manage foreign bodies, epistaxis, peritonsillar abscess, dental trauma, nerve blocks, ear injuries and more!"
8:00am - 11:00am
Workshop 4: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine
Steven A. Godwin, MD, FACEP
This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for emergency medicine Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.
8:00am - 10:00am
Workshop 5: Basic EKG Interpretation
Susan Torrey, MD
Interactive workshop of systematic approach to interpretation of EKG, focusing on several important differentials.
Wednesday, March 12. 2025
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 6: Advanced Ultrasound
Jason Arthur, MD/MPH, FPD-AEMUS, FACEP
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a diagnostic tool used at the bedside to arrow diagnostic differentials and expediate clinical decision making. In this workshop, POCUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take POCUS to the next level. Participants will learn ore advanced modalities including musculoskeletal, soft tissue, ocular and DVT ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 7: Management of Acute Facial Injuries
Jim Marinucci; Ryan Strauss, MPH, MSHS, PA-C
Management of acute facial injuries should be a part of every emergency medicine and urgent care practitioner’s skill set. This workshop empowers providers with the knowledge and skills needed to manage common facial injuries while reducing reliance on consultants or transfers.
This workshop empowers providers with skills to manage common facial injuries to improve outcomes while reducing reliance on consultants. Participants will practice facial exams, epistaxis management, facial nerve blocks, advanced suturing of facial wounds, and more!
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 8: Critical Procedures in Emergency Medicine
Steven A. Godwin, MD, FACEP
This course is designed to help practitioners meet a significant number of their procedural requirements listed for emergency medicine Certificate of Added Qualifications. We will provide expert instruction on procedural skills including ultrasound guided central venous access, lumbar puncture with and without ultrasound guidance, tube thoracostomy and needle decompression, intraosseous, paracentesis and arthrocentesis.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 9: Slit Lamp
Jason Knight, MD, FACEP
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a diagnostic tool used at the bedside to arrow diagnostic differentials and expediate clinical decision making. In this workshop, POCUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take POCUS to the next level. Participants will learn ore advanced modalities including musculoskeletal, soft tissue, ocular and DVT ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 10: Ventilator Management
Mark Sutherland, MD; Kami Hu, MD
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a diagnostic tool used at the bedside to arrow diagnostic differentials and expediate clinical decision making. In this workshop, POCUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take POCUS to the next level. Participants will learn ore advanced modalities including musculoskeletal, soft tissue, ocular and DVT ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Workshop 11: ECG Interpretation: Can’t Miss ECGs!
Susan Torrey, MD
Interactive workshop in which we will consider EKGs pertinent to several common clinical presentations demonstrating EKG’s unique utility in acute care medicine.
Thursday, March 13. 2025
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 12: Critical Care Ultrasound
Jason Arthur, MD/MPH, FPD-AEMUS, FACEP
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is essential to the management of critically ill Emergency Department patients and can improve patient care by altering treatment decisions based on the ultrasound examination. In this workshop, POCUS will be used to assess patients by building on basic ultrasound skills to take POCUS to the next level. Participants will learn more advanced modalities including cardiac and lung ultrasound. Short didactic sessions will be followed by instructor led small group hands-on skill sessions utilizing live models.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 13: Emergency Airway Management
Steven A. Godwin, MD, FACEP
During this course, participants will discuss and review current concepts in emergency airway management, including algorithms, the emergency provider is expected to know and employ in an airway emergency. A combination of didactic presentations, small group discussion, hands-on skills and simulation will be utilized to iterate, demonstrate, and reinforce the required concepts that are necessary for participation in airway management in common emergency practice.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 14: Wilderness Medicine
J. Randy Howell, DHSc, PA-C
This workshop will provide hands on experience and open discussion regarding general concepts and unique characteristics of wilderness medicine. This workshop is an overview of common topics in wilderness medicine including environmental emergencies, patient assessment, drowning, CPR considerations, musculoskeletal injuries, advanced hemorrhage control, HEENT injuries, envenomation and wound management.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 15: Enhanced Suturing for Emergency Medicine Providers
Brian Lin, MD
The participant will have hands-on practice coaching in wound closure techniques. Essential techniques will be covered with variations available to challenge the intermediate/advanced learner.
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Workshop 16: Slit Lamp
Jason Knight, MD, FACEP
During this hands-on workshop, faculty will focus on how to perform a comprehensive eye exam from start to finish. Learners will be taught how to use a slit lamp, a tonopen, a panoptic and an ophthalmoscope. They will learn how to test visual fields, extra-ocular muscles, and how to call excellent ophthalmology consults. Additionally, learners will be taught how to use an ophthalmic burr and how to remove ocular foreign bodies using a real tissue eye model. There also will be an interactive case-based discussion with visual diagnosis slides and multiple case studies.