2008 American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly Neurological Emergencies Track:
FERNE Brain Illness and Injury Course

February 8, 2008
Amelia Island, Florida

ED Patients with Suspected Transient Cerebral Ischemia: Can These TIA Patients be Evaluated and Dispositioned Home from the ED?
Michael Ross, MD

ED Ischemic Stroke Patients: Can We Get Past the tPA Controversy by Documenting Well and Minimizing Medicolegal Risk?
E. Bradshaw Bunney, MD

Managing ED Anticoagulated Patients with ICH: What is the Optimal Procedure for Anticoagulation Reversal?
Mark Langdorf, MD

Lumbar Puncture in ED Headache Patients: What are the Optimal Indications, Procedure, and LP Interpretation Strategies in Suspected SAH and CNS Infection?
Heather Prendergast, MD

Hypothermic Resuscitation in Patients with CNS Injury Due to Cardiac Arrest: Is this a Procedure that We Should Initiate in the ED, and If So, How?
Scott Silvers, MD