Strive to Revive:
Improving Cardiac Resuscitation
SYMPOSIUM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Melina AguinagaAguinaga - Meza, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute
Alison Bailey, MD
Director of Ambulatory and Preventive Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Kentucky
Starr Block, MS, BSN, RN
Senior Director American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
SAVE THE DATE
Strive to Revive:
Improving Cardiac Resuscitation
Sara Brouse, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Adjunct Associate Professor at UK College of Pharmacy
Sean Davenport, CCEMTCCEMT - P
Staff, UK Healthcare, Emergency Department
Patricia Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, NENE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Director of Emergency Services, UK Healthcare
Pamela Lane, BSN, RN
Patient Care Manager, Command Center, UK Healthcare
Walter Lubbers, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Kathy Semones, MSN, BSN, RN
Director of Capacity Management, UK Healthcare
Susan Smyth, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute,
Jeff Gill Professor of Cardiology
Location and Date
Friday, June 5, 2015 Griffin Gate Marriott
7:15am-4:45pm 1800 Newtown Pike
Lexington, KY 40511
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Strive to Revive:
Improving Cardiac Resuscitation
Strive to Revive:
Improving Cardiac Resuscitation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
SYMPOSIUM DETAILS
Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr., MD, FACEP, EMTEMT-P joined the UPMC/Pitt SOM faculty
in 1991 and has been active in teaching, research, clinical care and administrative
service. He works clinically as Attending Physician in the Presbyterian Emergency
Department and the UPMC Medical Communications and Commercial Airlines
Consultation Center. He serves as Director of the Pre-hospital Care rotation for the
EM residency program and Medical Director for UPMC Pre-hospital Care. He is
medical director of several EMS agencies and of the NAEMT’s Advanced Medical Life
Support program. Dr. Mosesso has been very committed to education at all levels
and teaches courses for medical students, residents, EMS providers and other
health professionals. Dr. Mosesso has authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers with a focus on cardiac arrest
and automated external defibrillators, and is on the editorial board for two journals. He served on the EMS
Examination Task Force and is currently a member of the EMS Examination Committee for the American
Board of Emergency Medicine.
This program is designed to provide hospital clinicians and resuscitation professionals
with the most recent resuscitation science and research including: an overview of
resuscitation management, pre-hospital resuscitation, in-hospital response teams,
therapeutic hypothermia, use of ECMO, future of epinephrine and an overview of
pediatric resuscitation. Our goal is to reach hospitals across the region to support
resuscitation efforts and share knowledge of recent science, with the aim of helping
hospitals improve resuscitation processes and survival rates. The cost of the
symposium is $40.00.
FACULTY AND AGENDA
An Overview of Resuscitation Management
Vincent Mosesso, MD
PrePre-Hospital Resuscitation: What Does the Evidence Say?
Walt Lubbers, MD
Best Practices in Hospital Resuscitation Response Teams
Timothy McFeely, MBA, BSN, RN, ANCC
Therapeutic Hypothermia: Where Do We Stand?
Melina Aguinaga-Meza, MD
TARGET AUDIENCE
Hospital clinicians and medical professionals with an interest in resuscitation, such as:
• Emergency Room Physicians
• Emergency Room Staff
• Cardiologists, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgeons, Anesthesiologists,
Hospitalists and Critical Care Specialists
• Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
• MET, RRT, Resuscitation & Code Team members
• CPR Trainers including EMT’s and Paramedics
• Quality Improvement staff
• Administrators and other hospital based staff that interface with emergency
response in their facility
The Use of ECMO in Post Cardiac Arrest
If you are not the appropriate person, please help spread the word by sharing
with your colleagues.
Allison Bailey, MD
What is the Future of Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Pros and Cons
Melissa Thompson Bastin, PharmD, BCPS and Komal Pandya, PharmD, BCPS
More conference details/information can be viewed at
www.heart.org/graresus
An Overview of Pediatric Resuscitation
Michael Wittkamp, MD
Surgical Resuscitation Management in PolyPoly -Trauma Patients
Andrew Bernard, MD
If lodging arrangements need to be made, please contact Griffin Gate Marriott Resort
directly at 859-231-5100 or visit www.marriott.com. Parking for the event is free.
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