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North York General Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Update 2010

The 2010 edition of EMU was once again a fantastic success. We had over 650 attendees who enjoyed our superb quality CME.
Thank you all for attending and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Highlights of this year’s conference included:

• ‘How The Experts Think’ – leading EM educators (including Drs. Mike Betzner, Sara Gray, Amal Mattu and Angelo Mikrogianakis) are presented cases and we get to see ‘how the experts think’.
• Keynote address by Dr. Ray Wiss – FOB Doc: Two Tours of Duty in Afghanistan – a moving presentation of his experiences at a front line medical station.
• Dr. Amal Mattu returns with a 2 hour seminar on The Elderly Patient in the Emergency Department, his 2 hour Dysrhythmia workshop, and an extended plenary session on The Crashing Asthmatic – Pearls and Pitfalls.
• Dr. Steve Socransky on Advanced Uses of Ultrasound in the ED
• Extended 2 hour, ‘hands-on’ seminars on ophthalmology, ultrasound, advanced suturing, and casting.
• Over 60 sessions to choose from.

Our extended pre-conference course line-up included:

• HIC - the Hemodynamic Instability Course
• SickKids Pediatric Sedation Course.
• SickKids Trauma Course
• EDE – Emergency Department Echo
• CASTED – The ‘Hands-On’ ED Orthopedics Course
• ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support

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EMU 2011

 North York General's Emergency Medicine Update 2011 will be held on May 5-7, 2011, at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto.

Pre-conference courses will be held May 3 and 4.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Physicians practicing Emergency Medicine: urban or rural,
  part-time or full time
• Emergency Medicine nurses and other Emergency Medical professionals

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Provide updates on topics clinically relevant to Emergency Medicine professionals
• Provide a selection of practical seminars to enhance clinical
  skills and knowledge
• Provide a forum for interaction and sharing of ideas among
  Emergency Medicine colleagues

“Best part of the conference is that the majority of the speakers are EM docs who are lively with an excellent sense of humour. They get to the meat of the matter and make for an excellent show. Awesome as always.”