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Webinar May 15, 2012: Lessons from the Baghdad ER

CentreLearn Solutions Presents Dr. Todd Baker today, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Dr. Todd Baker, MD, FACEP, will describe the techniques his team utilized to save lives on a daily basis in the world’s premier combat hospital during the height of the troop surge in Baghdad, Iraq. He will also describe interesting cases from his tour, and will feature a question and answer session with viewers.

Objectives:

  1. Discuss pathophysiology of trauma
  2. Discuss changes in trauma care over the past 5 years
  3. Discuss parameters for immediate decision making
  4. Discuss hemodynamics and hypovolemic resuscitation
  5. Discuss the role of blood products in the treatment of the trauma patient

A limited number of seats are still available. Reserve your Webinar seat now.

About Dr. Baker:

There’s emergency medicine, and there’s emergency medicine in a war zone. Dr. Todd Baker spent 15 months as Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Army support hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Dr. Baker graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a medical doctorate in May 2001. He trained in emergency medicine at Fort Hood, TX from 2001 to 2004. After completing his residency in July 2004, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, LA. He later transitioned to Fort Lewis and joined the emergency medicine residency program at Madigan Army Medical Center, both in Tacoma, WA, in 2006.

Shortly after being chosen as “Teaching Staff of the Year” by the emergency medicine residents, he was assigned to deploy to Iraq with the 86th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY in October 2007.

Dr. Baker earned the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge for his service in Iraq. After almost 8 years on active duty, he separated from the U.S. Army at the rank of Major and now serves as co-medical director of the emergency department at Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, MO.

Dr. Baker is the author of Baghdad ER: Fifteen Minutes, a chronicle of the 15 months he served as the Chief Emergency Physician of the U.S. Army’s combat support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.

You can also hear Dr. Baker on the Medical Author Chat podcast

By Greg Friese

Greg Friese, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is an author, educator, paramedic, and marathon runner.

Greg was the co-host of the award winning EMSEduCast podcast, the only podcast by and for EMS educators. Greg has written for EMS1.com, JEMS.com, Wilderness Medical Associates, JEMS Magazine, EMSWorld.com and EMS World Magazine, and the NAEMSE Educator Newsletter.