ACS Network Heart Attack Day 2022

*THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT ONLY**

Each year over 2,000 Heart Attacks are treated at St. Boniface Hospital.  The Manitoba ACS Network is committed to improve outcomes in these patients. This network is tasked to ensure that Heart Attacks patients have guideline-based care optimally, consistently and safely administered throughout the province.  Our network employs Recommended Standards, Algorithms, review of local protocols, partnering with EMS and reporting of key performance indicators to ensure quality.  We have strong links to health care providers providing care to Indigenous patients to address their specific needs.

The ACS Network’s annual “Heart Attack Day” is designed to teach Manitoba physicians, nurses, pharmacists, allied health, cardiology technologists, paramedics and educators the optimal care of patients with Heart Attacks. Didactic lectures, workshops and panel discussions will be employed for this educational event.

Objectives

• To identify recent practice changes in the contemporary management of patients presenting with ACS from pre-hospital to rehabilitation
• To improve ability to diagnose, triage, treat and follow up of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients
• To understand the unique challenges and recent quality initiatives that address service gaps in rural Indigenous ACS health
• To discuss challenges and opportunities for improvement of ACS patients post-discharge

Agenda

8:30 Opening Remarks

8:45  Updates from 2021: COVID-19 – Umar Ismail MD, FRCPC

9:00 ACS Network Update – John Ducas

9:15  Common issues in post-discharge care of ACS patients –

Thang Nguyen MD, FRCPC

Michelle Meade BPE, CSEP

Hamid Bonakdar, MD

Kevin Saunders MD, CCFP

10:15 Stretch Break

10:30  ACS care: Rural Indigenous Experience & Wisdom – Gordy Walker and Courtney Leary

11:30 Keynote Lecture: Challenges in Managing Acute Cardiovascular Diseases and Follow up in Rural Areas: An Australian experience – Sandra Thompson BSc(Med), MBBS, MPH, PhD

12:15  EKG Skills #1 – Liane Arcinas MD, FRCPC and Kirsten Marshall

12:45 Lunch Break and Exhibitor Hall

1:15 EKG Skills #2 – Liane Arcinas MD, FRCPC and Kirsten Marshall

1:45 Care of NSTEMI patients – Travis Warner BSP, ACPR, BCPS, EPPh  and Michael LoveMB, ChB, FRCPC (Edin) MD

2:45 Stretch Break

3:00 – Breakout sessions

• Cardiology technologists
• Nurses
• EMS
• MD/Pharmacy
• Indigenous Health

3:50 Summary of breakout discussions

4:00 Future initiatives and wrap up session – Andrew Morris and John Ducas

Registration

Physician: $150
Nurse/Other Health Professional: $50
Resident/Student/Trainee: $25

Study Credits

This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 6.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 6.0 hours.

Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.

The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).

**A $50 administrative fee will be applied if cancelled 14 days or more before the event date. No refunds will be given past this date**