This CME Activity is structured to provide important and clinically advanced, information for physicians and other medical personnel who provide or use radiology services in emergency and critical care locations. State of the art imaging protocols; advanced techniques and diagnostic pitfalls are emphasized so that studies can be performed and interpreted in an optimal and time efficient manner. Faculty share pearls and pitfalls of emergency room and critical care imaging while keeping patient welfare in mind. The need for careful and complete communication between the radiologist and the clinicians is emphasized along with modern compliance and reimbursement practices.

Target Audience 

This course is primarily designed to educate radiologists, intensivists, trauma surgeons, allied health personnel and emergency medicine physicians. It should also be beneficial for those who order imaging studies and wish to better understand current applications of imaging methods and indications.

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this CME teaching activity, you should be able to:

– Discuss approaches to imaging of the most frequent and serious emergency and critical care problems that occur in their practice.

– Demonstrate an increased awareness on how best to respond to the wide variety of imaging and interventional situations that occur most often during the evenings and weekends.

– Optimize protocols to assess the trauma patient in a time efficient manner.

– Discuss the malpractice risks associated with trauma imaging.

Program : 

National and Regional ED Imaging Utilization and Patient Access Trends

Richard Duszak, M.D., FACR, FRBMA

Thoracic Infection: A Multimodality Approach Including COVID 19

Charles S. White, M.D.

Thoracic Trauma in the Acute Care Setting

Robert M. Steiner, M.D., FACR, FACC

Pulmonary Embolism CT Imaging: Old and New Insights

Charles S. White, M.D.

“Long COVID19” Variable Presentation in the ED

Robert M. Steiner, M.D., FACR, FACC

Pediatric Chest Imaging in the Acute Care Setting

Beverley Newman, BSc, MB.BCh, FACR

MDCT Evaluation of the Patient with Acute Chest Pain

Charles S. White, M.D.

Medical Malpractice: Radiology Facts vs. Fiction

Richard Duszak, M.D., FACR, FRBMA

Pulmonary Imaging CT Case Presentations

Charles S. White, M.D.

Imaging the Patient with Acute GI Bleeding

Jorge A. Soto, M.D.

Right Sizing the Radiology Work Force to Meet Increasing Demands for Imaging

Richard Duszak, M.D., FACR, FRBMA

Imaging in Acute Pancreatitis

Jorge A. Soto, M.D.

GI Emergencies in Children

Beverley Newman, BSc, MB.BCh, FACR

State-of-the-Art Abdominal Trauma Imaging

Mark P. Bernstein, M.D.

Pitfalls in CT of Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Jorge A. Soto, M.D.

The Expert Witness: Friend, Foe, or You?

Richard Duszak, M.D., FACR, FRBMA

GI Interactive Case Presentation

Jorge A. Soto, M.D.

Imaging Foreign Bodies in Children

Beverley Newman, BSc, MB.BCh, FACR

Iatrogenic Misadventures in Children

Beverley Newman, BSc, MB.BCh, FACR

MDCT of Maxillofacial Trauma: Saving Face

Mark P. Bernstein, M.D.

Head and Neck Emergencies

Kathleen R. Fink, M.D.

Easily Missed Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma

Mark P. Bernstein, M.D.

Ischemic Stroke: What is Really Important?

Kathleen R. Fink, M.D.

Imaging Cervical Spine Trauma

Mark P. Bernstein, M.D.

Non Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage: Clues to the Diagnosis

Kathleen R. Fink, M.D.

A Night in the Hot Seat: A Practical Case Based Review

Kathleen R. Fink, M.D.