Registration is open for the 2018 Neurocritical Care Society Emergency Neurological Life Support Course
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
Do you know what to do in the critical first hours of a neurological emergency? Come to this day of learning with nationally renowned neurological faculty.
Course description
The Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) Course is designed to help health care professionals improve patient care and outcomes during the critical first hours of a patient’s neurological emergency. ENLS demonstrates a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach and provides a consistent set of protocols, practical checklists, decision points and suggested communication to use during patient management. Content includes emergency management of traumatic brain and spine injury, hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, and much more.
Course schedule
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| 7 a.m. | Registration and breakfast | |
| 8 a.m. | Introduction to Emergency Neurological Life Support | Shaheen Shaikh, M.D. |
| 8:15 a.m. | Traumatic Spine Injury | Richard P. Moser, M.D. |
| 8:50 a.m. | Spinal Cord Compression | Richard P. Moser, M.D. |
| 9:20 a.m. | Approach to the Comatose Patient | Letha Mathews, M.D. |
| 9:55 a.m. | coffee break | |
| 10:10 a.m. | Acute Onset Weakness | Shaheen Shaikh, M.D. |
| 10:40 a.m. | Traumatic Brain Injury | Richard P. Moser, M.D. |
| 11:10 a.m. | Increased Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Intracranial Hypertension | Wiley R. Hall, M.D. |
| 11:40 a.m. | Status Epilepticus | Letha Mathews, M.D. |
| 12:10 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:40 p.m. | Ischemic Stroke | Wiley R. Hall, M.D. |
| 1:10 p.m. | Airway Ventilation Sedation | Letha Mathews, M.D. |
| 1:45 p.m. | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | Wiley R. Hall, M.D. |
| 2:15 p.m. | coffee break | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Intracerebral hemorrhage | Wiley R. Hall, M.D. |
| 3 p.m. | Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest | Shaheen Shaikh, M.D. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Meningitis and Encephalitis | Wiley R. Hall, M.D. |
| 4 p.m. | Pharmacotherapy | Shaheen Shaikh, M.D. |
| 4:20 p.m. | Questions and wrapup | Shaheen Shaikh, M.D. |
Education credits
The Neurocritical Care Society will award continuing education credits to physicians and nurses who successfully complete the online certification exam. After participants pass the exam, they may download the completion certificate from the ENLS account and collect a total of 15 continuing education units (CEUs) for the course. CEUs are provided by Ciné-Med Inc. and the Neurocritical Care Society and are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, American Nurses Credentialing Center and Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.
Fees
Norton Healthcare employees
Physicians: $25, Nonphysicians: $25
Nonemployed providers
Physicians: $250, Nonphysicians: $175, Students: $150
Fee includes course materials, electronic access to materials, breakfast and lunch.
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
Norton Orthopedic & Hand Center
Norton Medical Plaza II – Brownsboro
9880 Angies Way • Louisville, Kentucky
Registration is required.
To register, call (502) 629-1234, option 4. For questions about the course, contact Lynn Hundley at lynn.hundley@nortonhealthcare.org.