6th Annual "Hot" Topics in Hospital Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Department Practice for the 21st Century

When: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Where: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Clinical Academic Building, 1302
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Time: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Topics:

Expect the Unexpected: Computer System Disasters
Ray Tyska, Help Desk Supervisor, RWJUH
Ralph Stewart, Director IS Network/Operations, RWJUH

Pharmaceutical Distribution in Mass Casualty Incidents
Patrick Bridgeman, RPh, Pharmacist, Emergency Department RWJUH

Chernobyl, Y2K, and the Swine Flu (H1N1): America's Reaction to Large Scale Events
Dr. Mark Merlin, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical Director, EMS and Critical Care Transport, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Medical Director, NJ EMS/Disaster Fellowship

Preparing for the Onslaught: Caring for the Worried Well
Paul Mikita RN, CEN, MICN
Staff Nurse, Emergency Department RWJUH
Gregg Sharp RN, CEN, MICN
Head Nurse, Emergency Department RWJUH

Trauma and Emergency Preparedness
Dr. Vincente Gracias
Chief, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care,
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Are You Ready for Children? Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
Dawn Tortajada BSN, RN
Nurse Educator, Pediatric Emergency
Department and Pediatric Float Pool RWJUH

H1N1: Fact verses Fiction
Brian Carney, EMT-P
EMS/Emergency Management Education and Planning
RWJUH

Brochure and registration information available at:
www.rwjuh-ems.org/new.htm