b'SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY PACEP 2022 CPC HIGHLIGHTThe Conclusion:CPC CASE The CaseBilateral Hand Numbness & Tingling STUDY RESULTS Diagnostic Test: Electromyography (EMG) Interpretation: Findings are suggestive of a demyelinating processconsistent with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP)/Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS)Please join us at ScientificDiagnosis: GBS provoked by COVID-19 vaccinationAssembly 2023 at Kalahari Case Resolutionpatient was started on plasmapheresis and regainedResort for this years CPC some strength but was discharged to inpatient rehab competition and see if you can solve the case!Relevance to EMrecent wave of vaccinations for COVID-19, important to keep on your differential diagnosis PEP-PAC UpdateBy Kirk Hinkley, MD, FACEPThe practice of emergency medicine hasmakers. Without strong relationships, we, been under continual attack, erodingand our priorities, will be overlooked and the specialty such that burnout is highersomeone else will tell our story, if at all. than ever before, and getting the bestDon\'t let someone else tell our story. candidates into our specialty has neverPledge a recurring or one-time donation been more difficult.While we fight theseto PEP-PAC. Every single cent supports battles to save and promote our specialtycandidates who support our industry through ACEP and NEMPAC nationally,and your profession. While we may not it is our job to aggressively protect ouralways agree with the politics, these patients, the ideal practice of emergencyrelationships ensure we are the first call medicine, and the careers of ourselveslawmakers make when they consider and our colleagues aggressively here inlaws that impact our industry. Now is the the Commonwealth. Our dollars get ourtime to prepare and to build something Kirk Hinkley, MD, FACEPfoot in the door to let our voice be heard.PEP-PAC Chair strong. We need your help to build a As emergency physicians, we stand ready,stronger PEP-PAC. Every dollar counts. "By failing to prepare, you are preparing24/7, 365. We have an opportunity thisGive what you can and help us encourage to fail."Benjamin Franklinyear to be vigilant and address head-onothers to do the same. the great challenges facing our industry.Thank you for your supportIn odd years, most of the political adsLet\'s not overlook those challenges stop. The junk mail from candidatesbeyond our control: a new legislature, aof PEP-PAC!dwindle and we\'re not as inundated withnew governor, and deepening political election noise. It might seem like a richlydivisions. As an association, our success deserved break, but this is the time of theis dependent upon the relationships we year where we must be the most vigilant.build in Harrisburg with these decision PACEP News | Spring 2023 23'