A Newsletter for the Members of the Hawaii Chapter - Spring 2019

Mark Baker, MD, FACEP

President

Debra Sanders

Executive Secretary

Will and Mark Go to Washington

Mark Baker, MD, FACEP

Aloha to Hawaii ACEP members. I have just returned from an amazing ACEP conference, the ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC). This is an annual event held in Washington DC. I would highly recommend attending. It has given me a much better understanding for how things get done (or don’t get done) in Washington, and more important, it made it clear to me that if we want change, we need to make it happen. And we can. READ MORE

Hawaii ACEP Board Meetings

The Hawaii ACEP Board meetings are held every other month. Hawaii ACEP members are welcome to attend the Board meetings – please contact us in advance if you are interested. For more information on the meetings, contact Debbie. Upcoming Board meetings will be held on the following dates: Wednesday, July 24, 2019; Wednesday, September 4 or September 11 (TBA), 2019; Wednesday, November 20, 2019.

Visit our Hawaii ACEP website where you can view or download past issues of our Hawaii ACEP e-newsletter.

2019 Hawaii ACEP Emergency Department Leadership Summit

Please mark your calendars for the 6th annual Hawaii ACEP Emergency Department Leadership Summit, which will be held at the Queen’s Conference Center on Monday, September 9, 2019, rooms 200 and 204. This is your forum, where you can discuss the with other ED leaders the issues and challenges you are facing. How often do we have the opportunity to come together in one place for such discussions? Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions for this important meeting. Contact Mark Baker for more information.

UH JABSOM Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)

EMIG encourages interested medical students to gain as much exposure and knowledge about Emergency Medicine as they can by offering workshops, physician shadowing, research opportunities, and volunteer activities. Hawaii ACEP members are encouraged to participate whenever possible to mentor what will be the next generation of emergency physicians. Visit the EMIG website or contact the EMIG group via email.

FROM NATIONAL ACEP

States Find Tool for Quick Legislative Response

Harry J. Monroe, Jr. Director, ACEP State and Chapter Relations

Those of us that work on state legislation often struggle with the pace of activity, particularly as deadlines approach for bills to get out of committee or as the end of the session nears. When ACEP rolled out engagED as a new social media platform for member communication and collaboration, I am not sure that it was really thought of as a new tool for advocacy efforts, but its value has been shown by at least a couple of chapters. READ MORE

New Policy Statements, PREP and Information Paper

During their April 2019 meeting, the ACEP Board of Directors approved the following new or revised policy statements/PREP/information paper:

New Policy Statements:

Salary and Benefits Considerations for Emergency Medical Services Professionals

Small Motorized Recreational Vehicles

Violence Prevention and Intervention in Emergency Medical Services Systems

Revised Policy Statements:

Crowding

Domestic Family Violence

Patient Support Services

Violence-Free Society

Revised Policy Resource and Education Papers (PREPs):

Resource Utilization in the Emergency Department: The Duty of Stewardship

New Information Paper:

Influenza Emergency Department Best Practices

Articles of Interest in Annals of Emergency Medicine - Spring 2019

Sam Shahid, MBBS, MPHPractice Management Manager, ACEP

ACEP would like to provide you with very brief synopses of the latest articles and articles coming soon to Annals of Emergency Medicine. Some of these have not appeared in print. These synopses are not meant to be thorough analyses of the articles, simply brief introductions. Before incorporating into your practice, you should read the entire articles and interpret them for your specific patient population. View synopses here.

Point of Care Tools

ACEP's point-of-care tools are transforming care at the bedside. We've recruited the field's top experts and thought-leaders to develop tools our members can trust and deploy in the clinical setting. The evidence-based, clinical content provided in these tools ensures that you are providing the best possible care to the patients in your emergency department. Tools can be found on topics:

AFIB – Management of Atrial Fibrillation
ADEPT – Confusion and Agitation in the Elderly
BUPE – Use of Buprenorphine in the ED
DART – Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis
ICAR2E – Identification of Suicidal patients
And more..

Check out all of ACEP's point of care tools!

Free eCME Courses

Two New Clinical Policy Courses from ACEP eCME

These two new courses give you the tools to better evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients presenting in the ED with Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease or Suspected Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. Earn CME and stay up-to-date on the latest policy and techniques to provide the very best care for your patients. Free to ACEP Members, including Resident and International Members. $15 for Nonmembers. Click the links below to learn more.

Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease

Clinical Policy: Evaluation and Management of Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.

FREE Annals of EM ACEP eCME Course

ACEPs FREE eCME course Managing Opioid Withdrawal in the Emergency Department with Buprenorphine will help you to identify opioid withdrawal symptoms and determine if medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) should be considered. This Annals of Emergency Medicine course is designed for emergency physicians who want to increase their knowledge in the latest emergency medicine advances and their applications as well as fill in gaps in knowledge where additional education and training may be necessary. Go to the course.

Registration open for the ACEP/CORD Resident’s Teaching Fellowship

Do you have a resident aspiring to an academic career? Want to give them the jump start they need? Spots still open for the ACEP/CORD Residents Teaching Fellowship this fall (Aug. 6-8 2019) – sign up soon as these seats go fast! Register here.

Registration Open for the EMBRS Course

Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills (EMBRS) is a 9-day, 2-session program where participants learn how to identify clinical research opportunities and become familiar with clinical research and outcomes. Participants are also eligible to receive an EMF/EMBRS grant based on their research grant application. Click here to learn more or email ACEP's Academic Affairs to register. The next course will take place Dec. 2-7th, 2019 (session 1) and April 14-16, 2020 (session 2) in Dallas, Texas.

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