Description: Attend the AAEMLa24 Annual Conference at LSUHS Medical School, Shreveport, LA (live on-site/in person – as well as broadcast live on Zoom) to engage in discussion on important clinical topics and current emergency medicine issues with local experts.
Download the AAEMLa24 Annual Conference Flyer for all event details.
Please Note: Schedule and speakers subject to change.
7:30am Welcome* | Christopher J. Wolcott, MD FAAEM, President, AAEMLa; Meghan Maslanka, MD FAAEM, Vice President, AAEMLa; and Deborah Fletcher, MD FAAEM, Immediate Past President, AAEMLa
7:45am AAEM Update* | Robert Frolichstein, MD FAAEM, President, AAEM
8:00am I Bleed It Out: Prehospital Hemorrhagic Shock | David Janese, MD
8:30am Little Hearts: Childhood Resilience | Sarahbeth Howes, MD
8:50am DKA without the ICU | Nathaniel Mattison, MD
9:15am Skynet Has Become Self Aware: AI | Ryan Carbone, DO
9:45am To Breathe or Not to Breathe: PESI and PERC | Paul Bracey, MD
10:15am Kids, What a Headache: PECARN Changes | Teneshia Patton-Reed, DO, and Brittney Mitchell, MD
10:45am More Than a Tummy Ache: Validation of a Low-risk Rule for Children with Blunt Abdominal Trauma | Teneshia Patton-Reed, DO, and Brittney Mitchell, MD
11:15am Blind in One Eye and Can’t See Out of the Other: Consensus Guidelines on Topical Anesthetics for Simple Corneal Abrasions | Justine Tripp, DO
11:30am Does Size Really Matter: Chest Tube Size | Justine Tripp, DO
11:45am Let the Bodies Hit the Floor: MCI in the ED | Brittney Mitchell, MD, and Beaux Watkins, MD
* No CME credits available for the lectures.
Please Note: Schedule and speakers subject to change.
* AAEMLa members paid through 2025 receive free registration to AAEMLa 2024 Annual Conference.
- AAEMLa Members: FREE*
- Non-Members (Full Voting eligible): $125**
- Non-Member (Associate eligible): $75**
- Residents: FREE (Registration required)
- Students: FREE (Registration required)
** Conference registration fees will be applied towards your 2025 AAEMLa Chapter Division membership.
Group Registration
Email Tom Derenne, AAEMLa Staff Liaison for more information.
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and the Louisiana Chapter Division of AAEM (AAEMLa). AAEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In Person/Onsite LSU Health Shreveport
Shreveport Medical School ** New Building
Room 2315 (Raspberry Room)
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71130
** The new medical school building is at same address as before – new medical school building is located behind main hospital and the biomedical research institute – on south side of campus.
Live / Virtual Zoom Attendance – Zoom access link emailed to registered participants
Questions? Email Christopher Wolcott, MD FAAEM, President AAEMLa and/or Tom Derenne, AAEMLa Staff Liaison.