Paterson, NJ [MARCH 10, 2010] – The Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center invites you to a two-day Emergency Medicine Symposium on April 7-8 at the Passaic County Public Safety Academy in Wayne, New Jersey.  Learning objectives include new trends in emergency care; options in pediatric critical care, palliative medicine, and pain management; the application of skills in the use of slit lamps, nerve blocks, and US guided vascular access; and the application of advances in telemedicine, remote (Wilderness Medicine), and the care of chest pain patients.

Keynote speaker for the Symposium will be Alfred Sacchetti, MD, FACEP, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, NJ.  He is also assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, and a prolific researcher and educator.  An award-winning author, he is accredited with over 75 journal and textbook publications, more than 200 national and international lectures, and 10 editorial board appointments.  Dr. Sacchetti’s accomplishments include co-authoring the nations’ first Emergency Medical Services for Children Law and pioneering the Emergency Information Form for Children with Special Health Care Needs.  He is an inaugural board member of “Children Can Shape the Future.”

For additional information, including pricing and directions, please visit the Courses and Events section of the St. Joseph’s Healthcare System website. 

Registration for this event is required.  Visit www.emsymposium.org or call 973.754.2918.

St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This conference is approved for a maximum of 14 contact hours by NJSNA.  St. Joseph’s Healthcare System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center is an academic department, home to an Osteopathic Residency in Emergency Medicine and Fellowships in Administration, Emergency Ultrasound and EMS.  In 2009 the department treated 120,000 patients, including 38,000 in our 24-hour Pediatric Emergency Department.

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, is a major academic tertiary medical center and state designated trauma center conveniently located just off Route 80 at Exit 58A in Paterson.  A member of St. Joseph's Healthcare System, and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, the Regional Medical Center has a rich tradition of service excellence that spans more than 140 years.  For more information, visit www.StJosephsHealth.org or call 877.757.SJHS (7547).