Reminder: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Forum December 7

The Perfect Storm: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Public Forum

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch
Truman Forum Auditorium
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64112

The Center for Practical Bioethics is hosting a symposium and forum on the ethics of disasters on December 7 at the Kansas City Public Library-Plaza Branch. The symposium features presentations by medical professionals who were on the scene during the Hyatt Hotel disaster in Kansas City, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in May 2011.

Continuing education credits are available for the symposium.

At 5 pm that evening, a public forum is scheduled with Anna Pou, MD, who spent nearly a week in Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. A responder panel will follow Dr. Pou’s remarks. Registration for the public forum is $15.

· Symposium: 8 am to 4 pm
· Public Forum featuring Dr. Anna Pou and responder panel: 5 pm (New Time!)
· Online Registration

Questions? Contact Cindy Leyland at cleyland@practicalbioethics.org or call 816-979-1357.

Schedule Change - Disaster Ethics Public Forum

The public forum featuring Anna Pou, MD, scheduled for December 7 at 6 pm, has been changed to 5 pm. A responder panel will focus on Kansas City’s ethical response to a disaster following Dr. Pou’s remarks.

Dr. Pou will speak about the days following Hurricane Katrina when she and two nurses at Memorial Medical Center were arrested and charged with second-degree murder of patients. A grand jury refused to indict any of the three and the case never went to trial.

Local media reports indicated the situation “ignited a furious debate in New Orleans and elsewhere about whether sharp ethical boundaries can be drawn around decisions on patient comfort made in a crisis.’

The Perfect Storm – Disaster Ethics Symposium & Public Forum will begin with the symposium at 8 am at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. The symposium features presentations by medical professionals who were on the scene during the Hyatt Hotel disaster in Kansas City, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in May 2011.

Continuing education credits are available for the symposium.

Links:

· Overview
· Symposium: 8 am to 4 pm
· Public Forum featuring Dr. Anna Pou: 5 pm
· Online Registration

Disaster Ethics Symposium Dec 7 in Kansas City

Terri Edens, RN, is an emergency room nurse at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO. On May 22, 2011, she was on duty when a devastating tornado shredded much of the southwest Missouri community.

Edens looks forward to the completion of the hospital’s temporary facility.

“It will be very nice to have more space and solid walls again,” Edens says, “but mainly we look forward to continuing to do the job we love which is serving our community.”

Hear Terri Edens and a host of other medical professionals describe their disaster experiences during The Perfect Storm: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Public Forum on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in Kansas City.

The symposium features presentations by individuals who were on the scene during the Hyatt Hotel disaster in Kansas City, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in May 2011.

At 6 pm that evening, a public forum is scheduled with Anna Pou, MD, who spent nearly a week in Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Registration for the public forum is $15.

Continuing education credits are available for the symposium.

Links:
Symposium - 8 am to 4 pm
Public Forum featuring Dr. Anna Pou: 6 pm
Online Registration
PDF Flier

Continuing Education Credits Available

Need continuing education credits before the end of the year?

Such credits are available for physicians and other medical professionals by attending “The Perfect Storm: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Public Forum” in Kansas City on December 7.

The two events examine the ethical issues faced by medical professionals who were on the scene during the Hyatt Hotel disaster in Kansas City, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in May 2011.

Dr. Anna Pou, who faced second degree murder charges following Hurricane Katrina, is one panelist during the symposium and will be the featured speaker at the public forum.

Continuing medical education credits are available for physicians; other credits are available through a Certificate of Attendance.

The Perfect Storm: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Public Forum
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Symposium: 8 am to 4 pm
Public Forum: 6 pm
Online Registration

For more information and to register click here.

The Perfect Storm: Disaster Ethics Symposium and Public Forum

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

· Symposium: 8 am to 4 pm
· Public Forum: 6 pm

The Center for Practical Bioethics is hosting a symposium and forum on the ethics of disasters on December 7 at the Kansas City Public Library-Plaza Branch.

The symposium features presentations by medical professionals who were on the scene during the Hyatt Hotel disaster in Kansas City, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in May 2011.

Continuing education credits are available for the symposium.

For more information and to register click here.