EMERGENCY MEDICINE ADVANCED CLINICAL TOPICS 
4/22/25 - Women's Health Emergencies 

Women's Health Care Presentations and Objectives

0900-0930: Hormone Changes: The Diagnosis We Forgot from Our Differential - Jessica Salzman, MD (CMC EM)
  • Describe the menopause transition and basic physiology
  • Understand the symptomatology related to the menopause transition
  • Apply the menopause transition knowledge to the Emergency Medicine patient population
0930-1000: The Baby is Ready—are you? Precipitous Delivery in the ED - Travis Hase, MD (ACMC EM) 
  • Review the logistics and preparation for precipitous delivery in the ED
  • Review healthy newborn delivery
  • Review common maternal and fetal delivery complications
1000-1030: Pelvic Pain-Ultrasound Images to Know - Margaret Lewis, MD (CMC EM)
  • Case-based review of common causes of pelvic pain and associated ultrasound images   
1030-1100: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Preeclampsia & its Complications - Nolan Broussard, MD MPH (ACMC EM) 
  • Discuss the importance of hypertension in pregnancy, incorporating maternal morbidity and mortality data•Discuss the importance of hypertension in pregnancy, incorporating maternal morbidity and mortality data
  • Review the clinical signs and symptoms of hypertension in pregnancy and its severe variants in the emergency setting
  • Differentiate preeclampsia from other hypertensive conditions in pregnancy, including the current ACOG diagnostic criteria for preeclampsia and eclampsia
  • Explore emergency department management, including stabilization, antihypertensive therapy, seizure prophylaxis, and when expectant management is appropriate
1100-1130: Red Alert-Vaginal Bleeding in the non-Pregnant Patient - Hannah Watts, MD CHSE (ACMC) 
  • Discuss the importance of a good H and P in a patient with vaginal bleeding.
  • Describe the differential diagnosis of non-pregnant vaginal bleeding.
  • Initiate an appropriate ED workup for both stable and unstable patients with abnormal uterine bleeding.
1130-1200: Management of Early Pregnancy Loss - Rachel Zigler, MDMSCI (CMC Ob/Gyn) 
  • Discuss diagnosis of early pregnancy loss
  • Discuss management options for early pregnancy loss
​1200-1300: Panel Q&A Session
DISCLOSURES
None of the Planning Committee members have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
None of the other planning committee members or faculty have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Brought to you by: 
The CMC & Wake Forest Cross Function Educational Team
Dr. Sean M. Fox              
Dr. Bryant Allen               
Dr. Mark Bullard              
Dr. Adeline Dozois         
Dr. Jessica Hoglund           
​Dr. Cedric Lefebvre
Dr. William Alley
Dr. Nicholas Hartman
Dr. Kathleen Hosmer
Dr. Adam Johnson