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We're having a flash sale! Now until noon today, APP Skills Camp registrations are BOGO FREE (and 50% off single registrations). Register Now
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Skills Camp
May 2-3, 2019
EMLRC in Orlando, FL
Registration closes next Wednesday, April 24
View the Brochure
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TECC: Best Practices in Care
By Robert Creager, FF/Paramedic
1 hour | 1.0 CE
Accredited by ACCME | FBON | FEMS | FPA | CAPCE
Free & available until April 17, 2019
Watch Now
Want hands-on practice with the techniques you've learned? We have a few seats left for our TECC: Best Practices in Care live workshop on Friday, April 19 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in Orlando, FL. Learn more and sign up here.
FCEP Councillors serve a two-year term and represent FCEP at the national ACEP Annual Council meetings. We have 21 slots, of which 11 are currently filled. Read the requirements here and submit your letter of interest by April 17, 2019 (new deadline) to Executive Director Beth Brunner at bbrunner@emlrc.org.
FCEP Board of Directors serve a three-year term and are eligible to serve a maximum of two terms. Learn more here and submit your letter of interest to bbrunner@emlrc.org no later than April 17, 2019.
ACEP President Dr. Vidor Friedman invites you to an evening honoring Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD (D-CA) of California's 36th Congressional District on:
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
6:00-8:00 pm
EMLRC in Orlando, FL
3717 S. Conway Rd., Orlando, FL 32812
Dr. Ruiz was elected in 2012 and is the only emergency physician currently serving in Congress. He sits on the Energy and Commerce committee, which has oversight for health care in the House. ACEP has been working closely with Dr. Ruiz to formulate a bill to address out-of-network billing in the House as a counterpart to Senator Cassidy's Price Transparency Work Group's efforts in the Senate.
Suggested contributions are listed below and can be mailed to Dr. Raul Ruiz for Congress at PO Box 3433, Palm Desert, CA 92261 or online here:
$2,800 Sponsor
$1,000 Supporter
$500 Friend
(Contributions are not tax-deductible)
Please RSVP to Anna LoSecco at (574) 261-8651 or via email at anna@drraulruiz.com if you plan on attending.
This week the House passed a number of reforms impacting the health care sector. These measures range from significant revisions to scope-of-practice to the establishment of a drug importation program. The legislation is now in the hands of the Senate. These issues may play a substantial role in the budget negotiation process.
Read Updates Here
Hepatitis A — A Review of Disease and Surveillance Data
April 26, 2019
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT
By Faye Rozwadowski, MD
Register Now
In Florida, the number of hepatitis A cases is beginning to mirror national trends, with several Florida counties experiencing increases in hepatitis A among drug users, homeless persons, men who have sex with men, and other persons who have contact with infected persons. Between 2012-2016, an average of 120 hepatitis A cases were reported to the Florida Department of Health annually. As of March 16, 2019, 1,113 hepatitis A cases have been reported to DOH since the beginning of 2018.
Suggested Audience: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, emergency medical personnel, and hospital/health care support personnel involved in patient care
Please contact John Wilgis at john@fha.org with any questions.
Interested in being an exhibitor at Symposium by the Sea? Save money when you register by May 3, 2019! View our Prospectus here and contact mkeahey@emlrc.org for more information.
Symposium by the Sea 2019
August 1-4, 2019
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Boca Raton, FL
Registration opening soon
Florida PEDReady has launched a weekly enews called the PE2ARL: Pediatric Emergency Education, Advances, Research & Literature. Click here to read the second one!
Subscribe to PEDReady PE2ARL Here
FCEP members must opt-in to receive updates
Are you interested in contributing? Contact Dr. Phyllis Hendry at pedready@jax.ufl.edu for more information.
CLINCON 2019
Florida's Premier EMS/Fire Conference
July 17-19, 2019
DoubleTree by Hilton—Universal Studios
Orlando, FL
Register Now
35th Annual Bill Shearer ALS/BLS Competition
Hosted during CLINCON
July 18-19, 2019
DoubleTree by Hilton — Universal Studios
Orlando, FL
Register Now
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Please join us May 22-23, 2019 at the EMLRC in Orlando, FL for the next FCEP Committee & Board meetings. All FCEP members are invited to attend. A call-in # will be announced closer to the date.
May 22, 2019: Committee Meetings
9:00 am: EMS/Trauma
10:00 am: Education & Academic Affairs
11:00 am: Medical Economics & Government Affairs
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Membership & Professional Development
2:00 pm: EMRAF
May 23, 2019: Joint FCEP/FEMF Board Meeting
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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UPCOMING FCEP & EMLRC EVENTS
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| DATE |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
| APRIL 24, 2019 |
Evening Honoring Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD — 6 - 8 p.m. |
EMLRC in Orlando |
| MAY 2-3, 2019 |
APP Skills Camp 2019 | Register Now |
Orlando |
| MAY 22, 2019 |
FCEP Committee Meetings — 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Orlando |
| MAY 23, 2019 |
FCEP Board Meeting — 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Orlando |
| JULY 17-19, 2019 |
CLINCON: Premier EMS/Fire Conference | Register Now |
Orlando |
| JULY 18-19, 2019 |
Bill Shearer ALS/BLS Competition |
Orlando |
| AUG. 1-4, 2019 |
Symposium by the Sea 2019 | Learn More |
Boca Raton |
To see the full calendar, click here.
WUSF-FM
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency visits climbed to a record high of 146 million patients nationally in 2016 — the most recent year available. More than 8 million of those patients were seen in Florida emergency rooms. But the state Agency for Health Care Administration reports that the numbers in Florida have flattened since then, bucking the national trend. Dr. Vidor Friedman, an Orlando doctor and president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, said that could be due in part to more urgent care use.
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The Washington Post
Ryan Stanton likes to joke that in October, San Diego was both the safest city in the United States and the most dangerous. The safest because, as the setting for the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians, it drew 10,000 doctors who, like him, treat acute injuries in the ER. And the most dangerous because a lot of those doctors couldn't resist sampling an innovation recently introduced to the Southern California city: the dockless electric scooter. They quickly realized motorized scootering was going to be good for business — business that, frankly, they'd rather not have.
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The New York Times
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of young children ingesting coins, toys and other foreign objects, including potentially fatal button batteries, a new study has found. According to the report, which was published in the journal Pediatrics, the rate of foreign-body ingestions among children under the age of 6 in the United States nearly doubled between 1995 and 2015, rising by about 92% during the 21-year study period — and increasing by about 4% annually.
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Fierce Healthcare
About one in five physicians currently use telehealth to care for patients up from about 5% in 2015 — and that figure is expected to soar within the next few years, a new survey from telehealth company American Well found. By 2022, more than half of physicians (61%) who are not currently using telehealth indicated they are either very likely or likely to start using telehealth representing half a million doctors, according to the survey, which polled 800 physicians. Among physicians who have tried video visits already, 15% currently use it two times a week or more — a figure that is projected to grow to 50% by 2022.
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By Scott E. Rupp
Emergency department visits increased by nearly 10 million patients in 2016 compared to 2015 data, according to a recent report the from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The total of 145.6 million visits is the highest number reported. Even with the total number of visits increasing, patients who used the ED for regular care decreased. Per the report, the percentage of emergency patients with nonurgent medical symptoms dropped from 5.5% to 4.3%.
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HealthDay News
Although many people believe the herbal drug kratom to be harmless, new research has found that, in an 18-month period, 91 Americans lost their lives to fatal overdoses in which the drug was a contributing factor. In seven of those cases, kratom was the only drug to show up in postmortem testing, said a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Besides the 91 deaths in which kratom consumption was at least a contributing factor, victims in another 61 fatal drug overdoses were found to have kratom in their bloodstreams, although other drugs may have been responsible for the deaths, according to a team led by Emily O' Malley Olsen.
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HealthLeaders
Excessive length of stay in emergency departments contributes to ER overcrowding, patients leaving without being seen, and decreased patient satisfaction. Establishing a fast track capability for patients with low-acuity conditions improves ER efficiency, researchers wrote recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Fast Track process has five elements: workflow, process management, data drivers, dedicated work space and enlisting leaders.
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DocWire
Healthcare remains a hot political issue, and it was ranked the top concern among voters in the 2018 midterm elections. With a new Congress in place, a number of new health care-related bills could be signed into law. During a presentation at the AMCP Annual Meeting, Mary Jo Carden, RPh, JD, vice president of government and pharmacy affairs, andElisabeth Brisley, MPH, legislative analyst of government affairs, both of AMCP, provided a look back at recent healthcare legislation and offered a view of what is projected to come.
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Clinical Pain Advisor
Six distinct patterns of trajectories for the resolution of acute pain after discharge from the emergency department were identified in a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study included participants admitted to the ED with an acute pain condition (lasting ≤2 weeks) who were discharged with an opioid prescription. Participants were asked to complete a diary over a 14-day period in which they were asked to report pain intensity on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale and pain medication use.
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