Pediatric Telephone Triage Conference

ST. LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
2012 PEDIATRIC TELEPHONE TRIAGE CONFERENCE
ANSWERING THE CALL

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Clinically Challenging Calls: What Would You Do?
Barton Schmitt, MD, FAAP
Author of Your Child’s Health, My Child is Sick, and Pediatric Telephone Protocols: 13th Edition Pediatric Injuries: Looking Through the Caller’s Eyes

Carol Rutenberg, RN-BC, C-TNP, MNSc
National telephone triage expert, speaker and author

Program:

7:45 a.m. Registration / Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Welcome – Randy Sterkel, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Answer Line Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine 

8:45 am - Challenging Calls: What Would You Do?
Barton D. Schmitt, MD, FAAP,  Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Medical Director, Pediatric After-Hours Call Center, Children’s Hospital Colorado

9:45 a.m. Break

10:00 am – Vomiting and Diarrhea Update
Robert Rothbaum, MD,  Centennial Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

11:00 am – Telephone Triage: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Carol Rutenberg, RN-BC, C-TNP, MNSc, President, Telephone Triage Consulting, Inc 

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 pm – Keynote Q & A
Barton D. Schmitt, MD, FAAP & Carol Rutenberg, RN-BC, C-TNP, MNSc

2:00 pm – When Can My Child Go Back to School? Minimizing Contagion and Ensuring Safe Participation in School and Child Care
Randy Sterkel, MD, FAAP

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 pm – Update on Minor Head Injuries and Concussions in Children
Kimberly S. Quayle, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Clinical Affairs Emergency Services, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

4:15 p.m. Wrap up

For more information, call Children’s Direct at 800.678.4357.

ACCEDITATION 
Approved for 6.0 Nursing CEs

Cost:

Early Registration  is $110   (until April 11, 2012)
Late Registration is $135     (After April 11, 2012)
Cancellation fee is $50

Registration:

Registration is closed.

Intended Audience:

Nurses, physicians and other health care professionals who provide telephone triage in pediatric and family practice office settings