Time | 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location | CAMC Center for Learning and Research
Cost | Free to Vandalia Health employees
Program overview
The 2026 Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Symposium will feature lectures, case presentations and educational sessions on a variety of acute and critical care issues facing health care professionals today. This one-day conference will focus on current trends in emergency and pre-hospital medicine. The program is designed for physicians, EMS professionals and advanced practice providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
The program is limited to 120 participants. No prerequisites are required.
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Discuss difficult airway management, focusing on tracheostomy complications and pediatric airway management.
- Review the prevention of peri-intubation cardiac arrest
- Simulation and practice of surgical airway procedures and the SALAD technique for contaminated airways.
- Discuss current snakebite care recommendations and who is eligible for antivenin.
- Discuss and review the practice of ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block for hip fractures.
The symposium will be held in the Kanawha River Conference Room at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research.
CAMC Center for Learning and Research
3044 Chesterfield Ave.
Charleston, WV 25304
Agenda
7 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. | Pediatric Airway: Tips and Tricks - Amy Hunt, DO
8:30 a.m. | Posterior Circulation Strokes - Kristen Babiak, DO
9 a.m. | Break: Poster Session One
9:30 a.m. | Snake Bites: So, Who Gets Antivenom? - Pierre Jean Charbonniez, DO
10 a.m. | Tracheostomy Complications and Management - Jeffrey Mullen, DO
10:30 a.m. | Break: Poster Session Two
11 a.m. | Preventing Peri-Intubation Arrest - Brian Hensley, MD
11:30 a.m. | Ultrasound: Femoral Nerve Blocks - Marc Dotson, DO
Noon | Lunch provided
1 p.m. | Breakout sessions:
- SALAD Technique (Vomikin) - Brian Hensley, MD; William Brent Brash II, DO; and Adam Thomas Crawford, DO
- Surgical Airway Management (Cric, Pig Trachea) - Mark Gustafson, DO, FACEP; Collin Smith, DO, FACEP; and Jessica Sop, DO
- Ultrasound Femoral Nerve Block - Marc Dotson, DO; Kristen Babiak, DO; Pierre Jean Charbonniez, DO
3:30 p.m. | Final Questions/Conference Evaluation/Adjournment
4 p.m. | Networking and Refreshments
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for the health care team.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this program for a maximum of six and a half hours of AOA Category 1-A credits.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 7 contact hours (JA0026-26-23-585).
The West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services has approved this course for six and a half CEUs.
Program Directors and Faculty
Kristen E. Babiak, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
William Brent Brash II, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
CAMC Plateau Medical Center Emergency Department
PMC Provider
Charleston, WV
Pierre Jean Charbonniez, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Adam T. Crawford, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
CAMC Plateau Medical Center Emergency Department
PMC Provider
Charleston, WV
Marc P. Dotson, DO
Medical Director, Integrated Health Education
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Mark L. Gustafson, DO, FACEP
Associate Designated Institutional Official
Emergency Residency Program Director
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Brian M. Hensley, MD
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Amy E. Hunt, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Jeffrey M. Mullin, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
CAMC Plateau Medical Center Emergency Department
PMC Provider
Charleston, WV
Collin C. Smith, DO, FACEP
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
Jessica L. Sop, DO
Vandalia Health CAMC Emergency Medicine Providers
Charleston, WV
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this conference.
Limited parking is available at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research. Participants may also park at the Aladdin Restaurant parking lot, the former CHERI building lot and the Vandalia Health CAMC Cancer Center parking lot. A shuttle will be available from the CAMC Cancer Center lot. There is no charge for parking.
Every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room. However, we realize everyone’s comfort zone is different, so please bring a sweater or light jacket.