Lab Medicine Emergencies
November 8, 2025 from 10:30am MDT to 11:20am MDT
The following presentation is fast paced, cased based, and highly engaging presentation that reviews management of laboratory medicine emergencies including hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia, and tumor lysis syndrome. Lecture is case based and relies heavily on audience response/polling to drive home key concepts. After attending this presentation participants will be much more confident managing laboratory emergencies.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
- Recall evaluation and treatment of hyponatremia
- Recall evaluation and treatment of hyperkalemia
- Recall evaluation and treatment of hypercalcemia
- Recall evaluation and treatment of tumor lysis syndrome
Speakers / Panelists
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Lab Medicine Emergencies
November 8, 2025 from 10:30am MDT to 11:20am MDT
Andy Herber
PA-C
Andy Herber
Andy Herber works as a Physician Assistant in Hospital Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for the past 20 years. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Mayo College of Medicine, Instructor in Medical Education, and an Associate in the Division of Hospital Medicine. In addition to seeing patients, Andy serves as the NPPA Education Chair for Mayo Clinic. He is a course director for two NPPA specific Hospital Medicine CME courses as well as a NPPA Leadership and Professional Development course. Andy has been a PA preceptor for 15 years, and serves as faculty at the Mayo Clinic Simulation Lab. He is a nationally recognized speaker and has won numerous education awards. When not seeing patients or educating, you can find Andy telling horrible dad jokes and cruising in his minivan listening to 90's on 9.