West Virginia Upper Ohio Valley Chapter of the AALNC

Meetings are held at noon on the second Tuesday of each month at the Wheeling Academy of Law and Science, located at 1413 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV. Lunch is optional at an additional cost.

Monthly meetings will provide legal nurse consulting education based on the core curriculum of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice in an effort to prepare all members for the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants certification examination.

EVENTS

Join us in this riveting educational conference exploring medical and legal aspects of emergency care sponsored by the West Virginia Upper Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and Ohio Valley Medical Center EMSTAR

Crossroads of Emergency Care

will be held at

Belmont Technical College

I-70 and SSR 331

St. Clairsville, OH

Friday October 17, 2008

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Michael Frank, M.D. General Counsel & Director of Risk Management Emergency Medicine Physicians

EMTALA: The Cobra that became an 800-pound Gorilla

9:15 Am - 9:30 AM Break

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Steven Benvenisti, Esq., Partner: Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, PC; Teaneck, NJ will present

The Most Significant Case of My Entire Career

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Sue Masoorli, RN President and CEO of Perivascular Nurse Consultants, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pa.

Infusion Therapy: Clinical Issues and Legal Consequence

Herb Minch, MS, ATC, EMT-P, West Liberty State College, Athletic Trainer, Softball Coach

Sports Injuries Requiring Emergency Care

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sam Fox, Esq. and Judy Davis RN from the WV Mutual Insurance Company will be presenting

Claims and Case Scenarios: A Risk Management Overview

Howie Werman, M.D., FACEP Medical Director - MedFlight of Ohio

Triage & Treatment of Elderly Trauma Patients

2:30PM - 2:45 PM Break

2:45PM - 4:15PM Bennet I. Omalu, MD, MPH Forensic Pathologist/Neuropathologist/Epidemiologist from California will present

The Forensic Pathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in American Athletes .

For More Information please contact, Debbie Pritts at dap@wtwlaw.com or Linda Wiater @ linwtr@aol.com

**link to download conference brochure

2008 MEETING SCHEDULE

(All dates are on Tuesdays)

February – Cancelled x 2 due to inclement weather

March 11 – 5:30 p.m. Lemuel's Restaurant* - Educational Presentation – Sue Blackhurst B.S.N., R.N., LNCC presented an educational offering for 1.0 CEU entitled “How to Limit Plaintiffs to a Field Goal Instead of a Touchdown: Mitigating Damages in Clear Liability." Case examples presented

April – No meeting due to National Conference

May 13 – 5:30 p.m. Lemuel's Restaurant* - Educational Presentation – Cathy Latos BSN, RN presented an educational offering for 1.0 CEU entitled " The Power of Body Language In The Professional Arena - A book review : The Power Of Body Language by Tonya Reiman "

June 10 – 12 noon – WALS**

July 15 – 12 noon – WALS**

August 12 – 5:30 p.m. Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP Law office 1446 National Rd. Wheeling WV 26003- Conference Planning

September 9 – 12 noon – WALS**

October 17, 2008 – Fall Conference - Crossroads of Emergency Care

To be held at Belmont Technical College I-70 and SSR 331 St. Clairsville, OH

please see Meetings and Events for further information

November 11 –5:30 p.m.– Location TBA - Educational Presentation – Debbie Pritts RN LNCC an educational offering for 1.0 CEU entitled " Proving Conscious Pain and Suffering: Harnessing the Medical Evidence " a review of the book by Lorna Morelli-Loftin, RN, LNCC

December – Christmas Dinner location to be announced

*Lemuel's Restaurant – 1413 Eoff St., Wheeling, WV

**Wheeling Academy of Law & Science – 1413 Eoff St., Wheeling, WV