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Pre-conference
Courses & Workshops

Airway Intervention & Management in Emergencies (AIME)

Date: Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24 (2 separate courses)

Time: 07:30 - 17:45 (each day)

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 513AB

Registration Fees:

The Airway Interventions and Management in Emergencies (AIME) course has been providing valued and practical hands-on airway management learning experiences for clinicians around the world for over 21 years. AIME educators are experienced (and entertaining) clinical instructors who understand the varied work environments of practicing clinicians. Whether you work in a large, high volume centre or a small remote setting, AIME will provide a practical approach for airway management in emergencies.

Learning Objectives

  • Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

  • Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

  • Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

3 Essential Tools
for Emergency Physicians

Date: Friday, May 23

Time: 08:00 - 12:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 512DH

Registration Fees:

The workshop will consist of a combination of three very popular workshops from the annual AMUQ conferences: one on mechanical ventilation, one on thoracic pigtail insertion, and finally, one on rhinopharyngolaryngoscopy. The participants will rotate between each of the workshops, spending one hour on each. 

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Advancing Emergency Care through Scientific Journal-Based Publication

Date: Friday, May 23

Time: 13:00 - 17:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 512DH

Registration Fees:

The symposium aims to bring together editorial leaders from across the world to discuss and address critical issues in journal-based scholarship, focusing on artificial intelligence, equity, and building capacity for a sustainable future.

Learning Objectives

HEARTS ECG

Date: Friday, May 23

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 513CD

Registration Fees:

The HEARTS ECG course teaches a systematic approach to ECG interpretation and evidence-based application to emergency medicine, in small group and highly interactive format. First featured as a pre-conference workshop at CAEP 2023, it has been developed into multiple courses including two for emergency physicians: HEARTS Resident applies systematic ECG interpretation to a variety of emergency chief complaints; HEARTS Advanced applies advanced ECG interpretation for Occlusion MI, to identify false positive STEMI and false negative STEMI. See heartsECGcourse.com for full course descriptions and testimonials.

Learning Objectives

Transformative learning:
Land-based Indigenous Health Experiences for Emergency Medicine Providers and Trainees

Date: Friday, May 23

Time: 08:00 - 09:30

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 513CD

Registration Fees:

This workshop seeks to address this critical need by introducing an innovative (from a Western perspective), strengths-based education innovation that fosters greater cultural understanding and allyship. By leveraging Indigenous learning methodologies, this approach enhances clinical skills and promotes deeper cultural awareness and trauma-informed care practices.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Palliative Emergency Care:

Better Together

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 12:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 511BE

Registration Fees:

The course will review the essential applications of Palliative Care into the Emergency Department.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

ECGU: ACS...and friends

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 16:30

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 513CD

Registration Fees:

This ECGU course provides an in-depth review of ECG and clinical diagnosis, as well as comprehensive treatment in the emergency department for acute coronary syndromes and pericarditis, including the integration of the most recent literature on these topics. The ECG analysis follows a systematic method refined over 10 years of teaching and reflects the latest advancements in diagnostic techniques.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Challenges in Emergency Cardiology

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 16:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 510AC

Registration Fees:

In this preconference course, experts in emergency cardiology and education will teach participants about many selected high-risk, challenging and controversial topics in emergency cardiology using a case-based format. Numerous clinical pearls and pitfalls will be provided. 

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Coach Your Team in Burnout: A Framework for Leaders

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 510BD

Registration Fees:

Medical leaders are challenged with supporting teams experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout and compassion fatigue. This experiential workshop aims to help leaders uncover the few keystone practices that will help their teams transform themselves using high impact coaching framework principles. Participants will learn where their efforts will have the highest impact and when it makes sense to involve other professionals. 

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Black Cloud

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 12:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 510BD

Registration Fees:

Black Cloud is an immersive resuscitation learning experience. Imagine your busiest, most challenging day in the ED. Wouldn't it have been nice to have an expert sitting on your shoulder? You will be making your own decisions and managing multiple patients simultaneously. This is a truly unique and innovative workshop, curated by award winning educators Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst, utilizing a new and unique online clinical case interface.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Advancing Care in your Emergency Department through Quality Improvement

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 12:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 513AB

Registration Fees:

Whether you are interested in learning more about the science of QI or you are looking for an effective approach to tackle local quality issues, this practical workshop will provide you with the foundation and tools to successfully complete meaningful quality interventions in your EDs.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Mastering the Art
of Clinical Teaching

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 16:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 511AD

Registration Fees:

By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a versatile toolkit of pedagogical principles and practical strategies, tailored to the dynamic ED setting. These enhanced skills will not only improve their clinical teaching but also contribute significantly to shaping the next generation of proficient emergency medicine professionals.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Emergency Medicine Unlocked:
A Workshop for Medical Students Interested in a Rewarding Career Trajectory

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 511BE

Registration Fees:

A workshop created by medical students for medical students focusing on the most common concerns stopping students from entering emergency medicine. The workshop will aim to be interactive and also include an opportunity for the students to network. 

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Saving Lives Through Science:
A Global Emergency Medicine Trials Summit

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 17:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 511CF

Registration Fees:

This workshop plans to bring EM trialists from around the world together in person or virtually to discuss how their trial networks operate in their respective countries, present their success stories and lessons learned. Guest speakers with insight into global pandemic trials will be invited to speak about how global EM trial networks could work together to expand international collaboration and participation in clinical trials in EM.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Guided PIV Nursing

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 13:00 - 17:00

Location: Palais des congrès - Room 512DH

Registration Fees:

A workshop created by medical students for medical students focusing on the most common concerns stopping students from entering emergency medicine. The workshop will aim to be interactive and also include an opportunity for the students to network. 

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Onboard Medical Emergencies

Date: Saturday, May 24

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Location: 

Registration Fees:

The Onboard Medical Emergencies course is for all health professionals interested in the subject of inflight emergencies. Participants come from a wide range of medical backgrounds, including family and emergency physicians, occupational health physicians and professionals who work in the aeromedical/travel medicine domain.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

CASTED: Plastics

Date: Friday, May 23

Time: 08:00 - 16:00

Location: 

Registration Fees:

Hands-on course on ED Management of hand injuries and complex lacerations

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

CASTED: Emergency

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 16:00

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Registration Fees:

Comprehensive ED Orthopedic Course

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

When You Needed it Yesterday: Time-Critical Procedures in the ED

Date: Saturday, May 24

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Location: 

Registration Fees:

This workshop is your chance to review and practice the skills that we all want to be super-slick at when it really matters for our sickest ED patients. Participants will enjoy hands-on practice and coaching from members of the CAEP Critical Care Committee, with high-fidelity models and ample time to fine-tune your skills.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

PURE Course: Pediatric Ultrasound for Resuscitation and Emergencies

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 08:00 - 16:00

Location: Steinberg Center for Simulation and Interactive Learning, 3575 Park Avenue, Suite 5640, Montreal, Quebec

Registration Fees:

The PURE course is an innovative, one-day workshop focused on hands-on training in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for pediatric critical care. This immersive experience combines core application teaching with realistic simulation scenarios to enhance clinical skills.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

The Neurologic Examination in the Emergency Department:
What you Always Wanted to Know but Never Dared to Ask

Date: Saturday, May 24

Time: 

Location: 

Registration Fees:

Interactive workshop on how to perform and interpret the neurologic examination for ED patients.

Learning Objectives

Practice making acute care airway management decisions. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

Organize a practical staged approach to airway management. (Leader)

Choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations. (Medical/Family Medicine Expert)

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