Wisconsin Chapter
American College of Emergency Physicians
2005 Annual Meeting
Program
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Blue Harbor Resort -- Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Morning Session

8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.             Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. - 12:00 noon         GENERAL SESSION
 

   8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.          Welcome
                                                  William Falco, MD, WACEP president
                                                  Christine Duranceau, MD, WACEP vice president & program chair

   9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.          E.D. Management of Septic Shock:  Defining Care or  Delaying Progress
                                                  Emanual P. Rivers, MD, MPH, Franklin, MI

   9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.       Discussion

   10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.     Emergency Department Zebras
                                                  Carl M. Ferraro, MD, FACEP, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, IL

   10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.    Discussion

11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.       Break

   11:20 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.    Googling for Patient Care - Regional Health Information 
                                                 Organizations (RHIOs) and the Implications for Emergency Medicine
                                                 Ed Barthell, MD, FACEP, Mequon, WI

   12:05 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.    Discussion
  
Noontime Session

12:20 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.        LUNCHEON

12:50 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.          NOONTIME PROGRAM 
                                                  Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!  Development of 
                                                  Public Policy and How It Affects Emergency Medicine
                                                  The Honorable Dale Schultz, Wisconsin State Senate (invited)
                                                  The Honorable Curt Gielow, Wisconsin State Assembly (invited)

Afternoon Session

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.             GENERAL SESSION

   1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.          WACEP Annual Business Meeting

   1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.          What Part of "No" Don't You Understand?  Patient Refusal of
                                                  Emergency Medical Treatment
                                                  Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
   2:30 - 2:45 p.m.                  Discussion

   2:45 p.m.                             Adjourn