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1 2Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPHAssociate
ProfessorDepartment of Emergency
MedicineUniversity of Illinois College of
MedicineChicago, IL
3Attending PhysicianEmergency
MedicineUniversity of Illinois HospitalOur
Lady of the Resurrection HospitalChicago, IL
4 5Overview Mission Statement
- The Foundation for the Education and Research in
- Neurological Emergencies is an independent
not-for - profit organization committed to the following
principles - Patients with neurologic emergencies deserve
quality emergency care. - The emergency care for neurologic emergencies can
be enhanced through quality scientific research. - Emergency medical care providers can provide
optimal medical care for patients with
neurological emergencies through participation in
quality medical education that highlights
state-of-the-art neurologic care.
6Overview Goals
- Increased access to quality care
- Improved patient advocacy
- Improved patient care
- Enhanced diagnostic skills
- Optimal acute management
- Cost-effective Emergency Medicine
- Enhanced practice of Emergency Medicine
7Overview Goals
- FERNE plans to achieve these goals through
- Development of educational curricula
- Training of Emergency Medicine professionals
- Development of a network of collaborators
- Collaboration with
- Universities
- Hospitals
- Clinicians
- Researchers
-
8 9AdministrativeIncorporation
- Initial grant from Parke-Davis
- Incorporated in Delaware, 1997
- Not-for-profit organization (501-C3)
- Registered to do business in Illinois
- Registered as non-profit organization in Illinois
10AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH, FACEP
- Board Chairman and President
-
- Associate Professor
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Illinois School of Medicine
- Attending Physician
- Emergency Medical Service
- University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago
11AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- Andy Jagoda, MD, FACEP
- Treasurer
-
- Professor
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Attending Physician
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
12AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- J. Steven Huff, MD, FACEP
- Secretary
- Associate Professor
- Emergency Medicine and Neurology
- University of Virginia
- Attending Physician
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Virginia
13AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- William G. Barsan, MD, FACEP
- Professor and Chair
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Attending Physician
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
14AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- Michelle Biros, MS, MD, FACEP
- Associate Professor
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Minnesota
-
- Senior Associate Physician
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
15AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- E. Bradshaw Bunney, MD, FACEP
-
- Associate Professor
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- University of Illinois School of Medicine
- Attending Physician
- Emergency Medical Service
- University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago
16AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- Steven C. Dronen, MD, FACEP
- Associate Head
- Section of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- University of Michigan
- Staff Physician
- Emergency Department
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor,
MI - St. Joseph Mercy Medical Center, Ypsilanti, MI
17AdministrativeBoard of Directors
- James R. Roberts, MD, FACEP
- Chairman
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Mercy Health Systems, Philadelphia, PA
- Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
- Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann
University
18AdministrativeInfrastructure
- Dell PowerEdge 1400 Server
- Canon XL1 digital camcorder
- Adobe Video Editing Software
- Real-One Video Streaming Software
- CD-ROM Burners
- www.FERNE.org website
- Listserve of interested participants
19AdministrativeBrochure
20AdministrativeBrochure
21AdministrativeFERNE Booth
22AdministrativeNewsletter
- Quarterly
- Distribution ACEP, SAEM, NEIG, AAEM, EMRA
- Future meetings
- Research updates
- Collaborations
- Grants
23AdministrativeNewsletter
24AdministrativeCollaborations
- American Association of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
- American Stroke Association (ASA)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF)
- Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA)
- International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
25AdministrativeFuture Collaborations
- National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
- EMedHome.com
- ePocrates.com
26 27Education Primary Intended Audiences
- Emergency Medicine practitioners
- Emergency Medicine residents
- Emergency Medicine educators
28EducationIntended Audiences
- Non-physician providers of emergency care
- Advocacy Groups
- Emergency Medicine Organizations
- Government and Public Health Organizations
- Industry Sponsors
- Neurologic Emergency patients and their families
29EducationCurriculum Development
- Standardize training of EM residents
- SAEMs Neurologic Interest Group
- ACEP Clinical Policies Committee
30EducationEducational Meetings
- Residents Case-based Courses
- Teach-the-Teachers Courses
- Practitioners Courses
31EducationBranded Product
- Uniform case-based content
- Cases
- Introductions
- Case outcomes
- References
- Annotated bibliography
- Questions and answers to test knowledge
32EducationCourse Handouts
- Binders
- Cases, introductions, case outcomes,
references, annotated bibliographies - PowerPoint presentation handouts
- Course evaluation forms
- CD-ROM
- Power Point presentations
33EducationBranded Product Binder
34EducationCD-ROMs
- Material from educational courses
- Annotated PowerPoint slides
- Stroke materials, Spring 2002
- Seizure materials, Spring 2003
- TBI materials, Spring 2004
35EducationBranded Product CD-Rom
36EducationFERNE Courses
- Fit into the larger meetings agenda
- 90-120 minute presentations
- Presentations on the latest guidelines
- Rational use of resources
- Optimize patient outcomes
37EducationInternational EM Meetings
- Mediterranean EM Congress, Stresa, 2001
- ACEP Clinical Policies, Amsterdam, 2002
- UIC EM, Havana, 2003
- Mediterranean EM Congress, Barcelona, 2003
38EducationNational EM Meetings
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
39EducationCME
- Web-based CME pending
- CME at national educational meetings
- CME at state and local meetings
- CME University of Illinois at Chicago
-
40EducationWeb-based Learning
- Case-of-the-Month
- Videostreaming course materials
- Downloadable slide-based lectures
- Abstract search vehicle
41EducationCase-of-the-Month
- Neurological emergency case-of-the-month.
- PowerPoint presentation
- Cases, introduction, case outcomes, references,
annotated bibliography, and question and answer
section - Interactive
- Grant money available
- eMedhome.com 250,000 hits/month
42Education2002 FERNE Courses
- TBI Stroke Lectures, AAEM, March 2002, SF, CA
- CPC EBM Course, ACEP, April 2002, Amsterdam
- Seizure Symposium, SAEM, May 2002, St. Louis, MO
- Pediatric Case Course, SAEM, May 2002, St. Louis,
MO - Stroke Palm Course, SAEM, May 2002, St. Louis, MO
- Case Studies Course, ACEP, Oct 2002, Seattle, WA
- Seizure Symposium, ACEP, Oct 2002, Seattle, WA
43Education2001 FERNE Courses
- Stroke Course, ACEP, October 2001, Chicago, IL
- Residents' Course, ACEP, October 2001, Chicago,
IL - Seizure Symposium, ACEP, October 2001, Chicago,
IL - Case Studies Course at the First Mediterranean
Emergency Medicine Congress, September 2001,
Stresa, Italy - Stroke Symposium, SAEM, May 2001, Atlanta, GA
- Residents' Course, SAEM, May 2001, Atlanta, GA
44Education1999-2000 FERNE Courses
- Stroke Symposium, ACEP, October 2000,
Philadelphia, PA - Residents' Course, ACEP, October 2000,
Philadelphia, PA - Residents' Course, SAEM, May 2000, San Francisco,
CA - Residents Course, ACEP, May 1999, Boston, MA
- Residents Course, ACEP, October 1999, Las
Vegas, NV
45EducationFERNE Supported Lectures
- Blood Can Be Very Bad, Part I Head CT
Interpretations for Emergency Physicians - Jeff Kline, MD, Carolinas Healthcare System,
Charlotte, North Carolina - Blood Can Be Very Bad, Part II Head CT
Interpretations for Emergency Physicians - Andrew Perron, MD, University of Virginia
Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia - Use of AEDs in Seizure Migraine Disorders
- ACEP, Philadelphia, PA, October 2000
- Brain Injury Symposium at the World International
Brain Injury Congress - Turin, Italy, May 2001
46EducationFERNE Courses
- EMRA/FERNE Residents Course
- ACEP, October 2001, Chicago, IL
- The Neurologic Exam in ED Patients With Suspected
TIA/CVA Edward Sloan, MD, MPH,
FACEP - A Case of Sudden Severe Headache
Andy Jagoda, MD, FACEP - A Case of Eye Pain and Confusion
Daniel Murphy, MD, FACEP - A Case of Dizziness
William Barsan, MD, FACEP
47EducationFERNE Courses
- EMRA/FERNE/ASA Stroke Symposium
- ACEP, October 2001, Chicago, IL
- Transient Ischemic Attacks
Rodney Smith, MD - Ischemic Anterior Circulation Stroke
Edward Jauch, MD, MS - Ischemic Posterior Circulation Stroke
Christopher Lewandowski, MD - Hemorrhagic Stroke
Andrew Asimos, MD - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Nina Gentile, MD - Clinical Use of tPA With Stroke
Edward Sloan, MD, MPH
48EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Seizure Symposium
- ACEP, October 2001, Chicago, IL
- Developing Clinical Guidelines
Andy Jagoda, MD - Seizure Recognition/EEG Use in the ED
J. Stephen Huff, MD - New Onset Seizures
Andy Jagoda, MD - Managing Sub-therapeutic AED Levels Oral Versus
IV Loading
Edwin Kuffner, MD - First-line Therapy in Acute Seizure Management
William
Dalsey, MD - Status Epilepticus Medication Alternatives
Edward Sloan,
MD, MPH
49EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Case Studies Course
- September 2001, Stresa, Italy
- The Neurologic Examination for the Emergency
Physician
Andy Jagoda, MD - New Onset Headache Diagnosis and Management
Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS - Spontaneous Vertebral Artery Dissection
William Barsan,
MD - Status Epilepticus (SE) Diagnosis and Management
Edward P.
Sloan, MD, MPH
50EducationFERNE Courses
- Brain Injury Symposium
- May 2001, Turin, Italy
- Epidemiology of Traumatic and Ischemic Brain
Injuries
G.
Citerio, MD - Guidelines for the Management of Minor Head
Injuries in Adults
Ivo Casagranda,
MD - Management of Moderate and Severe Head Injuries
Ignacio
Previgliano, MD - Acute Stroke Identification and Treatment Time
is Brain
Andy Jagoda, MD - Pathophysiology of Brain Injury
F. Della Corte, MD - Traumatic Brain Injury Case Scenario Workshop
Maurizio
Berardino, MD
51EducationFERNE Courses
- EMRA/FERNE Residents Course
- May 2001, Atlanta, GA
- The Focused Neurologic Exam
Arjun Chanmugam, MD - Pediatric Seizure
Edward Sloan, MD, MPH - Low Back Pain
E. Bradshaw Bunney, MD - Amnesia
Allan Wolfson, MD - Violent Patients
Scot Hill, MD
52EducationFERNE Courses
- ASA/FERNE Stroke Symposium
- May 2001, Atlanta, GA
- Epidemiology of Stroke
Dexter L. Morris, MD, PhD - Pathophysiology of Stroke
Sid Shah, MD - The Focused Neurologic Exam in Stroke
Arjun Chanmugam, MD - Transient Ischemic Attacks
Rodney
Smith, MD - Ischemic Anterior Circulation Stroke
Edward
Jauch, MD, MS - Ischemic Posterior Circulation Stroke
Christopher Lewandowski, MD - Hemorrhagic Stroke
Andrew Asimos, MD
53EducationFERNE Courses
- ASA/FERNE Stroke Symposium
- May 2001, Atlanta, GA
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Nina Gentile, MD - Systems in Acute Stroke Care
Andy Jagoda, MD - Pre-hospital Care in Stroke
Todd Crocco,
MD - Neuroimaging of Stroke
Andrew
Perron, MD - Clinical Use of tPA With Stroke
Edward
Sloan, MD, MPH - Research Horizons/Future Therapies
E.
Bradshaw Bunney, MD
54EducationFERNE Courses
- EMRA/FERNE Residents Course
- ACEP, October 2000, Philadelphia, PA
- The Neurologic Exam
Andy Jagoda, MD - The Case of the Comatose Prisoner
James Roberts, MD - Hemiparesis The Emerging Role of the Emergency
Physician in Stroke Management
Edward Sloan,
MD, MPH - Double Vision Differentiating Emergent from
Non-emergent Processes
J. Stephen Huff, MD - Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis and
Management
Andy Jagoda, MD
55EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Stroke Symposium
- ACEP, October 2000, Philadelphia, PA
- The Focused Neurologic Exam in Stroke
Arjun
Chanmugam, MD - Transient Ischemic Attacks
Rodney Smith, MD - Ischemic Anterior Circulation Stroke
Edward
Jauch, MD, MS - Hemorrhagic Stroke
Andrew Asimos, MD - Ischemic Posterior Circulation Stroke
Christopher
Lewandowski, MD - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Nina Gentile, MD
56EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Residents Course
- SAEM, May 2000, San Francisco, CA
- The Focused Neurologic Exam
Andy Jagoda, MD - Hemiparesis The Emerging Role of the Emergency
Physician in Stroke Management
Edward Sloan,
MD, MPH - Double Vision Differentiating Emergent from
Non-emergent Processes
J. Stephen Huff, MD - Thunderclap Headache A Challenge in Clinical
Decision Making
Michael Gerardi, MD - Weakness Using a Systematic Approach to
Localizing Pathology
Peter Shearer, MD
57EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Stroke Symposium
- SAEM, May 2000, San Francisco, CA
- Hemiparesis The Emerging Role of the Emergency
Physician in Stroke Management
Edward Sloan,
MD, MPH - Double Vision Differentiating Emergent from
Non-emergent Processes
J. Stephen Huff, MD - Thunderclap Headache A Challenge in Clinical
Decision Making
Michael Gerardi, MD - Weakness Using a Systematic Approach to
Localizing Pathology
Peter Shearer, MD
58EducationFERNE Courses
- FERNE Residents Course
- SAEM, May 1999, Boston, MA
- Acute Dizziness and Vertigo Diagnosis,
Assessment, and Management
Gregory Bergey, MD - Altered Mental Status/Confusion
J. Stephen
Huff, MD - Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Andy Jagoda, MD - Status Epilepticus (SE) Diagnosis and Management
Edward
Sloan, MD, MPH - The Case of the Comatose Prisoner
James Roberts, MD - The Neurologic Screening for the Non-Neurologist
Andy
Jagoda, MD
59EducationFERNE.org
- All lectures videostreamed
- All PowerPoint slide shows
- Possibility for web-based CME
- Planned collaboration with EMedHome.com
60EducationFERNE Website Content
- Download with PDF ssoftware
- Enhanced printing capabilities
- PowerPoint shows allow easy viewing
- Redistribution at your own institutions
- Greater number of physician learners
61EducationStroke Series
- American Stroke Association (ASA)
- France Foundation
62EducationAEM Supplement
- Material from educational courses
- Michelle Biros-Editor of AEM
- Stroke materials, Spring 2002
- Seizure materials, ??Spring 2003
- Pain materials, ??Spring 2004
63EducationHandheld Technology
- Use of tPA
- NIH Stroke Scale
- Written by a team at Mount Sinai, New York
- Funded by a FERNE grant
- Planned collaboration with ePocrates.com 250,000
visits/month
64EducationStroke Card
65 66ResearchGrant Opportunities
- Research support is provided by FERNE
- via three mechanisms
- FERNE/EMF 50,000 Directed Neurologic Emergencies
Research Grant - FERNE RFP's
- Seed grants for unsolicited proposals
67ResearchDirected Neurological Emergencies
Research Grant
- 2002-2003 recipient Edward Jauch, MD, MS
- University
of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
- Functional Proteomics Identification of Serum
Proteins Associated with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Following Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic
Stroke
68ResearchDirected Neurological Emergencies
Research Grant
- 2002-2003 recipient John E. Duldner, Jr., MD
- Akron
General Medical Center - Akron, OH
- Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Compliance, Hyperacute Management, and Mortality
After Published Guidelines
69ResearchDirected Neurological Emergencies
Research Grant
- 2001-2002 recipient Kevin M. Curtis, MD,
- Hospital of
the University of PA - Philadelphia, PA
- Characterizing and quantifying the delayed
mitochondrial calcium overload in the hippocampus
after trauma and after global ischemia.
70ResearchUnsolicited Proposals
- John Duldner, MD, received a 5,000 seed grant
from FERNE for his research on Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage (SAH) - Johns Hopkins University Emergency Evaluation
of the ED Dizzy Patient, 5,000 pending - Mt. Sinai Hospital, 5,000 for palm stroke
application development
71ResearchSeed Grants
- Up to 5,000 grants
- Promote new research
- Help secure future funding
72- Opportunities
- With the SAEM
- NEIG and WEIG
73SAEM NEIGOpportunities
- Grant writing and participation
- New participation in education
- New content areas
- Operational support
- Administrative oversight
- Grant support
74SAEM WEIGOpportunities
- Teaching others how to use web
- Develop new web content
- Live transmission of events
- Administrative oversight for projects
- Grant writing and support
75ConclusionsLargest Challenges
- Ongoing funding
- New participants in the teaching process
- More learners
- Better technology
- More time
76ConclusionsFERNE
- Good educational materials
- Use of new technologies
- Opportunity to support research
- Opportunity to participate
- www.FERNE.org
77Questions?
edsloan_at_uic.edu 312 413 7490