2012 Pediatric EM Symposium

January 8th, 2012

Please click on this link for Hotel information.

2011 Caribbean Symposium on EM Handouts

June 10th, 2011

June 10

  • ACLS Guidelines Update
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • The Era of MRSA
  • Rapid Sequence Intubation
  • Procedural Sedation
  • Ultrasound Guided Procedures
  • Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
  • Toxicology Review
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • June 11

  • Acute Seizure Management
  • Pre-Hospital Trauma and ATLS Updates
  • Fractures and Dislocation Management
  • Common Radiological Pitfalls
  • Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Management of Sexual Assault Survivors
  • Vaginal Bleeding
  • Extreme Situations in Pregnancy
  • June 12

  • Dealing with Health Insurance Companies
  • Self Defense in the ER
  • AMA, Eloped, LWBS
  • Emergency Medicine Pearls – The Game
  • Dengue Seminars

    October 12th, 2010

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be offering seminars on the Clinical Management of Dengue on the 16th and 24th of October 2010 in the PR Convention Center. Registration starts at 8:30am both days. These seminars are sponsored by the PR College of Physicians and Surgeons and have been approved for 4 CME hours (FREE!!).

    These seminars are required for all Emergency Physicians practicing medicine in PR, as well as for obstetricians and gynecologists, intensive care physicians, hospitalists, family physicians, pediatricians, internists, and general medicine physicians.

    To register, follow this link or call (787) 765-2929, exts. 4340, 4342, 4344, 4345, or 4354.

    2010 Caribbean Symposium Registration Form

    May 7th, 2010

    To register we prefer you please call (787) 548-0047 or write an email with your Name, Degree (MD, RN, etc), License Number, Address, Phone, and Email to info@hemspr.com. You can also download and print the form below and send it by mail** to:

    ACEP de PR
    PMB 107
    220 Plaza Western Auto
    Suite 101
    Trujillo Alto, PR 00976

    ** Please note that due to the proximity of the event, if you send your registration fee by mail we may not receive it by May 21st and you will have to pay at the registration booth.

    2010 Caribbean Symposium on EM

    March 12th, 2010

    We will soon post the final conference schedule and registration information, so check back with our website often. If you would like to see the preliminary Conference Schedule you can click here. For hotel information, follow this link or call the Sheraton PR Hotel & Casino front desk at 787-993-3613. Hotel rate will be $159.00 per night plus taxes, reservation code: ACEP.

  • Active ACEP Members and New Members: $200.00
  • Non-member Physicians: $300.00
  • Nurses, Emergency Technicians, Others: $150.00
  • Pediatric Symposium Flyer

    Meeting Minute Dec 1, 2009

    March 12th, 2010

    The minute for the December 1, 2009 meeting is now available.

    You can download the full document here.

    You must be a registered member in order to view and download the document. If you have trouble signing in or have not received your username and password, go to the Contact Us section and write us a note.

    2010 Peds EM Symposium Handouts are Ready for Download !!

    February 3rd, 2010

    The lectures from the 2010 Peds EM Symposium are now available for our members and visitors to download.

    You can follow the links below to download any of the individual lectures or you can follow this link to download all 8 lectures in a single zip file.

  • Updates in Pediatric EM Literature
  • Procedural Sedation
  • Belly Pain, Vomiting, and Diarrhea
  • Pediatric Head Trauma
  • Management of Seizures
  • Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies
  • Toxicologic Emergencies
  • Charts and Lawyers
  • Peds EM Symposium Lectures

    February 2nd, 2010

    We have been receiving a lot of emails from you requesting the lectures from PRACEP’s Pediatric EM Symposium. We are working on making PDF files out of the lectures to post them here in our website.

    Please keep checking our page frequently, as we will post the lectures soon.

    Peds EM Reference Material

    January 21st, 2010

    Our friends from the UPR-RCM Pediatrics Department have graciously provided a collection of reference materials from their Pediatric Emergency Medicine Program for our members.

    You will find documents that range from a map of the Pediatric ICU’s in PR, to a list of common drugs used during a pediatric resuscitation.

    You can download the files here (3.27 MB). You will need a .pdf viewer and a program able to open .zip files in order to view the files. If you are having problems downloading or opening the files, please contact us, we’ll be happy to help you.

    See you in the Peds EM Symposium !!

    Peds EM Symposium Registration

    November 25th, 2009

    You can now register for the 2010 Puerto Rico Symposium on Pediatric Emergency Medicine which will take place on Sunday, January 24, 2010 in La Concha Hotel, San Juan, PR.

  • Active ACEP Members and New Members: $50.00
  • Non-member Physicians: $75.00
  • Nurses, Emergency Technicians, Others: $50.00
  • EM Residents: Free Admission
  • CME Info: Ponce School of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.

    Click on the image below to see the final conference program and full registration information.

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