It's Not About the Honey: Recognizing Environmental Botulism in Infants

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

10:20am – 10:30am ET

Location: Sandringham/Windsor - 2nd Level

CE: 0.25 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Jordan Becker, MD SM FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Director of Airway and Procedural Education, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Temple University Hospital
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Session Moderator(s)

Jason Adler, MD (he/him/his)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Compliance and Reimbursement
University of Maryland Medical Center
OLNEY, Maryland

Disclosure(s): LogixHealth: Employment (full or part time) (Ongoing)
Dennis M. Allin, MD FAAEM, FAEMS (he/him/his)

Professor of Emergency Medicine and EMS Medical Director
University of Kansas
Lenexa, Kansas

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Diana Ladkany, MD, FAAEM

Associate Program Director, Georgetown Emergency Medicine Residency
Georgetown University
Silver Spring, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Jordan Becker, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

This session will (re)introduce you to a rare but immediately life-threatening cause of muscle weakness in an infant. Through this session, you will encounter a case of environmental botulism, learn why where you're practicing geographically matters, and receive information about the one treatment your hospital *won't* have (and how to get it).

Learning Objectives:

Recognize innocuous or subtle symptoms that may represent early infant botulism
Describe where in the US incidence is highest for infant botulism
Initiate consultation for suspected infant botulism cases and expedite treatment