Emergency Medicine and Women's Health

Emergency Medicine and Women's Health is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Sep 20 - 27, 2025 at Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

Objectives:
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) - How can I help my Patients?

• Describe the pathogenesis and the diagnostic process in PMS.
• Describe the natural history and prognosis of PMS.
• Discuss the evidence for current treatment of PMS.
• Apply the latest recommendations on how to manage PMS effectively.

High Risk Pregnancy: Doctor - what about my future health?

• Discuss recent recommendations for follow-up and intervention in women who had high-risk pregnancy conditions such as preeclampsia/eclampsia, fetal intrauterine growth restriction, and gestational diabetes.
• Detect the long-term consequences of these high-risk pregnancy conditions.
• Describe possible future health problems of offspring from high-risk pregnancies according to the Barker hypothesis.
• Assess the importance of continuous blood pressure monitoring, glucose and lipid profile levels, and weight reduction programs for specific high-risk pregnancies.

Diabetes in pregnant women and beyond

• Differentiate the different types of diabetes during pregnancy.
• Discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations for medical measures before pregnancy in a known diabetic patient.
• Apply appropriate management of diabetes during pregnancy, delivery, and post-partum.
• Discuss different management options for gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes.
• Apply evidence-based treatment options using the latest technological advances in insulin pumps and continuous glucose sensors.

Infertility - Basic evaluation of the couple

• Describe the basic diagnostic steps and treatment options for infertile patients.
• Discuss the preliminary evaluation needed for male, female, and unexplained infertility.
• Apply an up-to-date, structured evaluation using various fertility tests and treatment options based on medical findings.
• Explain infertility causes to patients and assist them in decision-making to achieve their goal of having a baby.

Sexual problems - How can I help my patients?

• Differentiate various common causes of both female and male sexual problems
• Discuss the latest recommendations for treating sexual dysfunction.
• Apply a structured, comfortable evaluation of sexual dysfunction.
• Determine when to refer patients for further evaluation and treatment by a psychological therapist or sexologist.

Chronic pelvic pain - A practical approach

• Discuss recent recommendations for evaluating chronic pelvic pain.
• Apply an evaluation plan in a structured manner.
• Assess female chronic pelvic pain using noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures.
• Describe and apply appropriate therapy based on diagnosis.

Women's Cardiovascular Problems - How can I help my patients?

• Discuss recent recommendations for evaluating women's cardiovascular problems.
• Apply an evaluation plan methodically.
• Promote female cardiovascular health through preventive measures and diagnostic procedures.
• Describe and apply appropriate therapy based on diagnosis.

Toxicology/Poisonings: What's Old and What's New

• Review the fundamentals of examining and diagnosing poisoned patients.
• Discuss appropriate strategies for managing common toxicologic emergencies.
• Analyze common and interesting cases of poisoned patients in the emergency department.
• Discuss emerging recreational drugs of abuse.

Vertigo: I'm So Dizzy, My Head Is Spinnin'

• Describe common presentations of peripheral and central vertigo.
• Review provocative testing to differentiate between benign vertigo and serious central vertigo.
• Explore a systematic approach to patients presenting with vertigo.

Syndromes you can't afford to miss

• Discuss rare but potentially dangerous syndromes that must be recognized.
• Describe the pattern-recognition approach to diagnosing these conditions.
• Explore cases where patients present with these syndromes.

Emergencies in Hematology and Oncology: Heme Horrors and Oncology Uh Ohs

• Discuss common but complex hematologic emergencies.
• Discuss common but complex oncologic emergencies.
• Develop a simplified approach to a complicated topic.
• Analyze difficult cases in hematology and oncology.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Emergency Provider

• Describe the mechanisms of action of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
• Explore clinical scenarios where hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be curative or adjunctive.
• Discuss controversial uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Difficult Airway: A Basic Problem-Solving Approach to the Difficult Intubation

• Discuss predictors of a difficult airway.
• Discuss strategies for creating a "Plan B" for difficult intubations.
• Use case-based discussions to reinforce understanding.
• Describe management of the failed airway.

Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults and Children

• Develop treatment strategies for otitis media, sinusitis, and pneumonia.