Course Director: W. David Freeman, M.D. 

Co-Course Directors: Leslie V. Simon, D.O. and Sarah H. Peacock, A.R.N.P. 

This course will provide attendees with an overview of 14 neurological emergencies, including acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningitis/encephalitis, coma after cardiac arrest and spinal cord injury. The course is designed for a broad group of providers, including emergency medical service paramedics, nurses, residents, fellows, primary care physicians, and physicians specializing in emergency medicine, intensive care, infectious diseases, neurology, and neurosurgery. Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops or tablets to take emergency neurological life support (ENLS) online quizzes. Attendees who pass the quizzes will receive an ENLS certificate from the Neurocritical Care Society.

Registration Fees

Additional Educational Opportunity (Additional Fee Required)

Neuro and Intensive Care: Review and Hands-on Workshops 2017
May 4-6, 2017
Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

This course is designed for medical providers who care for patients with neurological emergencies, acute stroke and brain hemorrhage, acute brain injury, coma, and disorders that require hospital, Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) evaluation. The course will provide a mixture of didactic, case-based and evidence based guideline review, as well as hands on workshops. These hands on workshops include central line placement, critical care ultrasound including Focus exam, focused cardiac and lung ultrasound, transcranial Doppler ultrasound, intracranial ICP monitor and ventriculostomy placement, hypothermia and targeted temperature management (TTM), mechanical ventilation, multimodal monitoring, and ECMO workshops.

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