Public Safety Medicine Update 2017: The Cutting Edge

CME/MOC: 3.0
TRACK: OEM Clinical Practice

Fabrice Czarnecki, MD, MA, MPH, FACOEM, Transportation Security Administration, Arlington, VA
Michael J. Levine, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Occupational Medical Consultant, Williamsburg, VA
Patrick McKenna, DO, MPH, US Navy, Norfolk, VA
Richard J. Miller, MD, Peachtree, GA
Daniel G. Samo, MD, FACOEM, Northwest Medical Group, Chicago, IL

This session is designed to present the most up-to-date medical guidance, controversies, and central issues surrounding the evaluation and care of firefighters, law enforcement officers (LEOs), and emergency medical service workers. There will be an overview of updates to ACOEM’s Guidance for the Medical Evaluation of Law Enforcement Officers. Specific clinical cases of how the Guidance has been used for evaluation of LEOs with various medical conditions including spine conditions, hip injuries, and psychiatric issues will be presented. There will be a discussion of the extensive updates to NFPA 1582 and how to use the document to evaluate firefighters with conditions such as cardiac enlargement and heat stress. There will also be time for a presentation on any late-breaking topics, as well as a question and answer session for discussions with leading public safety medicine practitioners. This session was organized by the Public Safety Medicine Special Interest Section.