EMS EXPO 2010 will take place September 27-October 1, 2010 in Dallas, TX.
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2009 Conference Program
Conference sessions are typically 75 minutes in length unless otherwise noted.
For a print ready version of the conference program click here.
| October 28, 2009 | |
| 8:30 AM | Mike Smith, BS, MICP BLS Track  While most trauma calls don?t fit in the life-threat category, the ones that do require high-end performance if the patient is to have any chance of surviving. Mike presents the do?s and don?ts of managing patients with critical injuries. |
| 8:30 AM | Tim Duncan, RN, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, EMT-P ALS Track  All chest trauma is a life threat until proven otherwise. In this session, Tim identifies causes of chest trauma, describes assessment findings associated with chest trauma and emergency care of chest trauma victims. |
| 8:30 AM | Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P, WEMT Educator Track Online education is the most dynamic and fastest growing component of emergency responder education. Education programs are migrating from the desktop computer to iPods, mP3 players, smartphones and PDAs as m-learning programs, and 3-D virtual simulations are being used for training and evaluation. This session covers emerging trends in online education for emergency responders and discusses how to evaluate tools and technologies for your organization. |
| 8:30 AM | Jeffrey Lindsey, PhD General Audience Track The fire service has done a superb job of implementing fire-prevention programs and reducing the number of fires and fire-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. Now it?s time for EMS to do the same with injury prevention. In this session, Dr. Lindsey will identify a number of successful injury prevention programs and describe how to implement one in your own community. Learn how public health can become part of your program, and how your busy organization can implement a simple program without overburdening your crews. |
| 8:30 AM | Bryan Fass, ATCL, CSCS, EMT-P General Audience Track  This session is intended to educate front line crews and administrators alike on simple fitness techniques that can be integrated into a shift. From stretching to exercise in uniform, the class will explore safe and effective techniques to keep you feeling good, moving well and preventing injury. |
| 8:30 AM | Tim Holman, BA, EMT-P, CFO Administrator/Manager Track  Leadership is not about ego. It?s about the privilege to lead people, wanting to help people succeed and making the organization better today than it was yesterday. In this session, one of today?s outstanding leaders discusses the 25 key rules of effective leadership. |
| 8:30 AM | Kenneth Bouvier, NREMT-P Disaster Response/Special Operations Track Many emergency responders are injured or killed within the first 5 minutes of arriving on the scene of a hazardous materials incident. In most instances, the injured victims were unaware of the risks and dangers of the chemicals involved. In this must-attend lecture, Ken will define hazardous materials; discuss the five modes of transportation, placards and nine classifications of chemicals; and will look at a few hazardous materials incident case studies, followed by a discussion of types of chemical injuries and BLS/ALS care. |
| 8:30 AM | Tim Hillier, EMT-P Pediatric Track Injuries cause more fatalities among children than all diseases combined. Caring for an injured child requires special knowledge, precise management and scrupulous attention to detail, all while under the intense pressure of dealing with one of EMS?s most frightening calls. This session reviews assessment and management of pediatric trauma. |
| 10:15 AM | Scott Bolleter, BS, EMT-P In today?s complex world, a ?survive and concur? mentality often clashes with those of us in EMS who are programmed to ?seek and assist,? and the result of these confrontations is usually not pretty. Understanding the conflict and the reality of our collective solutions will strengthen our ability to respond and improve our caregiving flexibility. In this emotionally charged presentation, Scott looks at the reality of the professional world of EMS; describes the development and design of today?s provider; identifies the emotions related to emergency care; and defines the lessons offered by our patients. This talk is specifically designed to help realign our chosen profession with solutions that make a difference. |
| 3:00 PM | Tim Duncan, RN, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, EMT-P BLS Track Whether it?s acute MI, hypertensive emergencies or aneurysm dissection, the problem is the same: perfusion failure. This presentation looks at the emergent treatment of cardiovascular emergencies to restore perfusion. |
| 3:00 PM | Randall Benner, Med, MICP, NREMT-P ALS Track In this session, Randy discusses pacers and AICDs to include rhythm recognition, pacer code identification and troubleshooting. |
| 3:00 PM | Jeff Myers, DO, Ed.M, NREMT-P ALS Track Every day, critically ill patients are transferred between hospitals, some of whom depend on transfusion of blood products to help resuscitate or treat them. In this session, Dr. Myers will describe the types and compatibility of blood components and indications for transfusion; recognize the signs, symptoms and treatment of transfusion reactions; and describe the steps required in maintaining or initiating a blood product transfusion. |
| 3:00 PM | Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P, WEMT Educator Track In this timely presentation, Greg describes the development and use of highly popular social networking, addressing strategies managers and educators can apply to build groups, deliver education and increase participation by the specific cohorts they are organizing and teaching. Learn the importance of leading, monitoring and participating in online conversation about your service or organization. |
| 3:00 PM | HM1 Jeremy Torrisi, U. S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) General Audience Track After enlisting in the Navy in 1994, Torrisi served in hospital billets in Groton, CT, and Naples, Italy, before volunteering for the U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsman pipeline in 2001, where he became a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman in 2004. During the next 4 years, he deployed to Fallujah, Iraq with the 3rd Recon Bn in 2005, returned to Ft. Bragg, NC, for SO-IDC in 2006, and deployed to Afghanistan in 2007-2008 with 2D MSOB. Shortly after returning from his most recent deployment to Afghanistan with MSOC Hotel, he was named both MARSOC Medic of the Year and Sailor of the Year for 2008. He is currently stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, where he lives with his wife, Neysa. In this lecture, HM1 Torrisi describes an anti-coalition force ambush in Afghanistan in the summer of 2008 in which 15 IA, 1 KIA and three CASEVAC lifts used TCCC guidelines. |
| 3:00 PM | Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD, NREMT-P, EFO, CMO Administrator/Manager Track Stuff happens! Vehicles collide, people die, clinical mishaps occur, sensitive equipment is lost. How you handle one of these events will impact, and possibly define, your career. This session includes discussion of possibilities, pre-planning and lessons learned from the collective experience of participants. |
| 3:00 PM | Jeffrey Lindsey, PhD Disaster Response/Special Operations Track This session addresses the basics of being a safety officer on the scene of an incident. Learn the basic function of the safety officer, what to look for and what to do when you see a potential safety issue at a scene. Take away key information that will help you and your coworkers stay safe, whether at a structure fire or working an incident along a highway. |
| 3:00 PM | Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP Research Track This session will review what is NEW in the literature about trauma care. Articles presented will be controversial and will try and test current protocols. The lecture will be presented in a journal club-type fashion, with audience participation encouraged. |
| 4:30 PM | Bryan Fass, ATCL, CSCS, EMT-P General Audience Track The stress and rigors of running calls, altered sleep patterns and the constant ?ON? stress response will eventually take their toll on your mind and body. Don?t miss this opportunity to learn how to use healthy and natural tactics to combat and even reverse the negative effects of stress. Areas covered will include: the stress response in relation to a public safety career; the importance of sleep and napping; nutrition to help you heal; good and bad foods; and how poor posture may be harming you. |
| 4:30 PM | Tim Hillier, EMT-P BLS Track The bugs are getting stronger, but what are these infectious conditions, and how do we remain safe while providing optimum care for our patients? In this session, Tim looks at SARS, VRE, MRSA and pandemics; describes techniques to avoid cross-contamination; and lists ways that EMS will be impacted by a pandemic. |
| 4:30 PM | Scotty Bolleter, BS, EMT-P ALS Track This fast-paced presentation takes an in-depth view of critical care transport and is targeted at anyone who has an interest in air medical or advanced care ground transport. The session is designed to gain your emotional attention while engaging, then satisfying, your curiosity about advanced paramedicine and field nursing. |
| 4:30 PM | John Davanzo, EMT-P/IC, RN, CEN, MBA Educator Track This session will walk you through the basics of medical simulation and discuss high vs. intermediate fidelity simulators. John also offers strategies for teaching in the simulation environment?scenario-based education?and uses video to show how this environment is very different from any you may have experienced before. |
| 4:30 PM | Dan White, EMT-P General Audience Track Attend this class to learn how to use different devices for delivering CPAP in the field. Dan will review respiratory anatomy and physiology, and explain the types of devices and methods of delivering CPAP. Also covered will be: indications and contraindications for CPAP therapy, how to set up and initiate CPAP therapy with several different types of CPAP device, how to determine appropriate initial device settings, goals for therapy and the appropriate procedure for troubleshooting most EMS-used CPAP devices. |
| 4:30 PM | Jerry Allison, MD, MS, FAAFP General Audience Track EMS textbooks spend many pages on how to do a good physical exam, but very little attention is given to taking the patient history. Given enough time, anyone can come up with a reasonable diagnosis, but in an emergency, we don?t have that luxury. Using the concept of ?history is king, physical is queen,? Dr. Allison offers a systematic approach to obtaining a quick, concise, thorough and accurate history every time. |
| 4:30 PM | Speaker Panel General Audience Track Are there questions you?d like to ask your federal government representatives? Now you can ask them in person in this informal Q&A session. Panelists will include reps from the Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security and more. A short reception will follow the program, allowing you time to personally meet and greet the panelists. |
| 4:30 PM | Raphael Barishansky, MPH, EMT-B Administrator/Manager Track Many EMS agencies are mired in the here and now and pay little attention to the future. With input from all levels of the organization, rational, well-crafted strategic plans can help make the future less frightening and put your agency on the road to success. In this session, Ray reviews the vital components of a strategic plan: a SWOT analysis, mission statement, vision statement, identification of goals and objectives, and implementation tips. |
| 4:30 PM | Chris Ebright, EMT-P Pediatric Track Thanks to advances in medical technology and more plentiful support services, children who have suffered critical injuries and those with unique disease states are being cared for at home more than ever. This presentation will explain the most common equipment and technology prehospital providers will encounter when caring for these patients. |
| October 29, 2009 | |
| 8:00 AM | Mike Smith, BS, MICP BLS Track Attend this session to gain a better understanding of how to assess and manage patients who are moving down the often lethal continuum of shock. This is hardcore clinical medicine, says Mike, so come prepared to learn. |
| 8:00 AM | Jerry Allison, MD, MS, FAAFP ALS Track Treating abdominal pain requires coming up with a correct diagnosis, which is usually based on history rather than physical exam or palpating the abdomen. In this session, you will learn a systematic, easy-to-follow approach to developing a short list of differentials in just minutes to help provide correct treatment quickly. |
| 8:00 AM | Art Hsieh, MA, NREMT-P Educator Track Teaching tools like problem-based learning and critical questioning can help lay the foundation for a life-long EMS learner. This presentation covers the basics of PBL teaching tools: how to create them, how to utilize them effectively and how to evaluate your students? learning. |
| 8:00 AM | Erik Gaull, MBA, MPP, NREMT-P General Audience Track Experts say the world is overdue for a pandemic influenza, and emergency services sector agencies need to think ahead to be sure they can continue to operate when it happens. Erik, who was a subject matter expert for development of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security?s Emergency Services Sector Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidelines, covers pandemic flu planning considerations for emergency services organizations. |
| 8:00 AM | Fritz Fuller, BS, PA-C, REMT-P General Audience Track EMS providers are expert at taking focused histories and performing exams, but we don?t always learn about the mind traps that can get us and our patients into trouble. Using actual cases gathered from years of quality improvement efforts, Fritz covers the most common information-gathering, processing and decision-making pitfalls, including how mental shortcuts can help and hurt your critical-thinking abilities; how biases can lead to inaccurate information-gathering; and how cognitive forcing strategies can help you care for your patients. |
| 8:00 AM | Mic Gunderson Administrator/Manager Track Response interval targets impact EMS outcomes, costs, logistics and patient satisfaction. How soon does EMS really need to arrive? Should 1% of cardiac arrests drive the response interval target? Why 90% reliability? This controversial lecture will challenge many current methods and introduce a new generation of approaches and tools for managing and improving EMS response interval performance that every EMS medical director, manager and regulatory official needs to know. |
| 8:00 AM | Dudley Wait, BBA, NREMT-P Disaster Response/Special Operations Track Over the last 3 years, the state of Texas has begun deploying strike teams of 4 to 7 ambulances in disasters with an assigned strike team leader. This has helped propel the state toward NIMS compliance and greatly improved responses to hurricanes. This lecture will review the strike team concept, training of strike team leaders, and look at personal preparation, equipment to stockpile, and reminders for safe and proper disaster response. |
| 8:00 AM | Scotty Bolleter, MS, EMT-P Pediatric Track This is an interactive lecture laced with the reality of actual case studies designed to improve your understanding, assessment and treatment of the injured or ill child. The class offers you an understanding of the critical difference these calls present and the focused necessity they demand. |
| 9:30 AM | Randall Benner, Med, MICP, NREMT-P BLS Track Don?t miss this interactive lecture on how to recognize a patient in trouble, based on traumatic case studies. |
| 9:30 AM | Michael Wallace, MPA, EMT-P, CCEMT-P ALS Track In this case-based presentation, Mike takes you through the critical thinking process that EMS professionals must engage in when considering a patient?s medical history and treating hypotension. Find out if you really know what?s going on. |
| 9:30 AM | Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP Educator Track Have you ever taken a class that you hated? Did the instructor use PowerPoint? In this lecture, Baxter covers problems with using PowerPoint in the classroom, suggests how it should be used properly, and shows you how to apply the knowledge gained from this lecture to your practice in the classroom. |
| 9:30 AM | William Brown, Jr., RN, MS, CEN, NREMT-P General Audience Track Faced with the requirement for accreditation of paramedic programs by 2013, this is a class you can?t afford to miss. NREMT Executive Director Bill Brown offers an update on the latest activities and requirements of the National Registry. |
| 9:30 AM | Jill Torres, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, FF General Audience Track This unique presentation allows you to utilize your skills and knowledge in dealing with different injury patterns, mechanisms of injury and different types of vehicle collisions, and discusses why primary and secondary assessments are vital to your patient?s survival. |
| 9:30 AM | Troy Hagen, MBA, NREMT-P Administrator/Manager Track The goal of the Multi-Agency Emergency Response Training Program is to improve public and employee safety through communication, coordination and information sharing. This informative presentation will provide a step-by-step process of developing a MAC program in your community, share lessons learned and recognize important milestones in your journey toward success. |
| 9:30 AM | Kenneth Bouvier, NREMT-P Disaster Response/Special Operations Track This session is designed to help first responders, EMTs and paramedics be better prepared to handle incidents where students become victims of gun violence. Learn how EMS systems may become overloaded with requests for service and how to render care to children from your own community. Ken also covers scene safety, how to manage the scene, respecting the crime scene and dealing with anxious parents. |
| 9:30 AM | Jeff Myers, DO, EdM, NREMT-P Research Track Tourniquets have been used as a last resort to control life-threatening hemorrhage. Has this ?last ditch? decree harmed patients by essentially removing tourniquets from our toolbox. Are there situations where early use of a tourniquet may be helpful? This session explores the recent literature on tourniquet use and attempts to squeeze out the story on this modality. |
| 11:00 AM | Shaun Fix, RPM, NREMT-P BLS Track This lecture is designed to help EMTs understand ALS procedures and be better prepared to assist with them. It?s also an excellent review for paramedics and nurses. Areas covered will include oral and nasal intubations, C-spine, cricothyrotomy, plural decompression, intraosseous infusion and medication calculations. |
| 11:00 AM | John Davanzo, EMT-P/IC, RN, CEN, MBA ALS Track We all know the classic signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but this ?classic? presentation does not hold true for much of the population, including most women and many ethnic groups. John will discuss how to refine your index of suspicion for the ?atypical? presentation, focusing on clinical clues associated with the atypical, identifying patients at high risk for these presentations, and how to act on your suspicion using tools you already have to prove or disprove your field impression. |
| 11:00 AM | George Barber/Deborah Wagner Educator Track The effectiveness of classroom instruction and street practice both rely on students? ability to understand, assimilate and apply what they have learned. This class offers instructors tips on how to effectively dealing with adult learners, giving consideration to social/cultural factors, different learning theories, using multiple intelligence to maximize outcomes and learning domains. |
| 11:00 AM | Raphael Barishansky, MPH, EMT-B General Audience Track In this very timely presentation, Ray touches on the motivation of volunteers and the current state of volunteerism in EMS. He will also discuss proven techniques for recruiting and retaining volunteers, and explain why these techniques work. Learn tricks, tips and ideas from across the country, including a wide assortment of do?s and don?ts. |
| 11:00 AM | Adam Wojciehowski, MA, NREMT-B General Audience Track Receiving a grant can save municipalities sacred dollars for costly capital outlay endeavors. But the ?art? of successful grants is not in the writing, but rather the research. This class will explain how a small- to medium-sized public safety agency can obtain funding assistance for its projects. Included will be examples of successfully written grants that can be customized to fit your needs. |
| 11:00 AM | Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD, NREMT-P, EFO, CMO Administrator/Manager Track This session will provide participants with in-depth information about the status of the National EMS Leadership Agenda for the Future, as well as describe specific action steps you can take on a local, regional and state basis in support of the national EMS leadership development movement. Lessons from other public safety disciplines, military establishment and the healthcare industry will be considered. |
| 11:00 AM | Frederic Grant, PhD, MBA, PMP Disaster Response/Special Operations Track Technology advances in biosurveillance and diseases surveillance have been significant and rapid. As a result, EMS and other responders may be unaware of current state-of-the-art tools being used. Dr. Grant discusses the new tools now available, how bio-event and situational awareness is created, and how countermeasures, when available and deployed, could mean the difference between life and death during public health emergencies. |
| 11:00 AM | Chris Ebright, EMT-P Pediatric Track We have all heard the warning, ?never, ever shake a baby.? Unfortunately, when it happens, EMS providers are the first to encounter what is usually a bad situation. Chris explains the pathophysiology, signs and other issues relating to these terrible events in a presentation that is not for the faint of heart. |
| 3:00 PM | Tim Hillier, EMT-P BLS Track Let?s face it: Patients aren?t getting any smaller. Larger patients bring with them assessment and management challenges, along with some unique medical conditions. Tim uses this session to present an interesting case study that reviews these challenges. |
| 3:00 PM | Jerry Allison, MD, MS, FAAFP ALS Track Although septic shock is most often seen in-hospital, it has been shown that recognition and early resuscitation in the prehospital setting can prevent this life-threatening condition. In this presentation, Dr. Allison discusses key pathophysiology, signs, symptoms and algorithm for management of sepsis and septic shock in the prehospital and emergency department settings. |
| 3:00 PM | Art Hsieh, MA, NREMT-P Educator Track Although EMS education has increased in length and complexity since the 1970s, one aspect remains constant: the ability to move knowledge from the head to the hands. In this class, Art discusses and demonstrates techniques to help both new and experienced practitioners learn how to perform essential EMS procedures quickly and accurately. |
| 3:00 PM | Mike Wallace, MPA, EMT-P, CCEMT-P General Audience Track This presentation focuses on the many challenges facing emergency services as they relate to public perception of EMS, and how that perception relates to public value. Mike discusses the importance of being a change agent in your organization, with the ultimate goal to create or maintain public value in what you do. Hint: It?s not just about emergency and nonemergency calls. |
| 3:00 PM | Jill Torres, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, FF General Audience Track A cry for help or a true desire for permanent escape? At some point in their career, most EMS personnel are confronted with a suicide attempt or completion. Learn how to identify characteristics of potential suicide; who commits suicide; how can suicide be prevented; trauma assessment techniques for failed suicide attempts; and more. |
| 3:00 PM | Troy Hagen, MBA, NREMT-P Administrator/Manager Track ICS is no longer just a tool used to manage wildfires. This series of federally mandated classes is the standard for managing emergency response. Troy discusses the all-hazards approach that will progressively better prepare you for all types, sizes and complexity of events. Are you ready? |
| 3:00 PM | Rick Patrick Disaster Response/Special Operations Track While catastrophic events are unlikely in most communities, the potential for some events does exist, and preparations for response and mitigation must be in place to intervene and bring the situation to a satisfactory and successful resolution. Emergency services should expect that law enforcement will request your services to provide specific support at these incidences. This presentation will address several issues surrounding preparedness and walk participants through a matrix to determine your present position in terrorism preparedness. |
| 3:00 PM | Ray Fowler, MD, FACEP Research Track Emergency medical services have been the focus of broad research efforts around the world, addressing topics that range from cardiac arrest to shock and airway management. This presentation focuses on 10 important areas of research that will affect patient care and clinical practice in the near future. |
| 4:30 PM | James Davis, RN, EMT-P BLS Track Jim discusses the care, treatment and potential ?traps? in the management of the most common ingestions encountered by EMS. Learn which ingestions are most common; how the poison center can benefit patient care; nontoxic ingestions and how to care for them; and how to treat toxic ingestions. |
| 4:30 PM | Jeff Myers, DO, Ed.M, NREMT-P ALS Track The dogma in trauma resuscitation for the last 40 years has been fluid, fluid, fluid. However, there is a growing body of literature that shows too much fluid may be bad for patients suffering from hemorrhagic shock. This session discusses the background for high-volume resuscitation, reviews the pathophysiology of hemorrhagic shock and describes the physiology behind permissive hypotension in trauma resuscitation. |
| 4:30 PM | Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP Educator Track Evidence-based education is a key word being used by educators today. Do we really know the best way to teach EMS providers? This lecture will investigate what we are doing, why we are doing it and whether there is a better way. |
| 4:30 PM | G. Christopher Kelly, JD General Audience Track Rules and regulations seem to be in constant motion. Attend this session to catch up with what?s new and what?s coming in legal issues that affect EMS providers. Issues Chris will cover include: new Red Flag rules for identity-theft prevention, the transition to Medicare Administrative Contractors, implementation of the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and effectiveness of the Medicare appeals process and post-payment review system being created by the RACs and Program Safeguard Contractors. |
| 4:30 PM | James Augustine, MD, FACEP General Audience Track Carbon monoxide has been the leading cause of poisoning in the U.S. for the last 100 years. In this session, Dr. Augustine describes the challenges of EMS evaluation and treatment of CO and smoke inhalation, including cyanide; looks at the present role of screening and monitoring in CO and other toxins; and demonstrates techniques for safe application of screening technologies in managing firefighters and civilians in fire incidents. |
| 4:30 PM | Mic Gunderson Administrator/Manager Track All too often, formal improvement efforts in EMS are limited to chart reviews, remedial education and fancy graphs showing call types and procedures performed. In fire operations, formal improvement efforts are often limited to post-incident critiques. Derived from mainstream industry best practices, Six Sigma provides a framework for prioritizing, selecting, supporting and managing improvement initiatives in all parts of your organization. A strong emphasis is placed on projects with measurable returns on investment (ROI), which may be clinical, financial or operational. In this session, see examples of how Six Sigma works and learn how to implement it in your EMS agency or fire department. |
| 4:30 PM | Erik Gaull, NREMT-P, CEM Disaster Response/Special Operations Track Join Erik in this informative discussion about some of the new technologies that have recently been developed or are under development with assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security?s Science and Technology Directorate. Also included will be various elements of the First Responder Technologies Program at DHS and how they serve first responders. |
| 4:30 PM | Fritz Fuller. BS, PA-C, REMT-P Research Track Do the acronyms OPALS, ROC PRIMED or NEXUS mean anything to you? They should, since they?re three of the most important studies impacting EMS in the last several years. This class will look at the top 10 important studies you should be aware of, help you gain a better understanding of research methodology and highlight the impact on field providers as noted in recent EMS literature. |
| October 30, 2009 | |
| 8:00 AM | John Davanzo, EMT-P/IC, RN, CEN, MBA BLS Track The American Heart Association recommends that EMS systems implement protocols to rapidly identify and evaluate patients who may benefit from fibrinolytic therapy and transport them to an appropriate facility for treatment. If you are curious about the latest information on stroke evolution and treatment, join John to explore current trends and learn how you can make a difference in stroke patients? care. |
| 8:00 AM | Dudley Wait, BBA, NREMT-P ALS Track Rapid, coordinated response to STEMI patients has now become the standard of care nationwide. EMS is vital to this process, from early recognition and treatment to timely transport, appropriate care and alerting hospital staff. Participants in this class will learn the definition of STEMI, EMS?s role in diagnosing a STEMI patient, 12-lead monitor interpretation algorithms and their accuracy in STEMI diagnosis, pros and cons of coordinated care of STEMI patients in reducing E2B times. Leave this lecture with the necessary tools to help your own agency lead this approach in your community. |
| 8:00 AM | Chris Le Baudour, Ms.Ed, NREMT-P Educator Track With more than 20 years? experience in EMS, Chris shares the importance of objective-driven scenarios as a teaching tool for the affective domain. Participants will receive six of Chris?s time- and student-tested scenario templates to take back to their own classroom and use with confidence and success. |
| 8:00 AM | Rick Patrick, EMT-P General Audience Track Each year, a significant number of emergency service personnel are killed or injured while operating on or near a highway. Regardless of the reasons for these losses, they should never happen. This presentation will address specific situations that responders face and provide immediate solutions to the problems. |
| 8:00 AM | Keith Wesley, MD General Audience Track The person suffering from agitated delirium represents one of the most difficult scenarios to deal with. Frequently, law enforcement is involved and Tasers are employed. Join Dr. Wesley as he explores the pathophysiology of agitated delirium and various treatment strategies. He?ll also take a brief look at the literature regarding Taser use to develop a better appreciation of the scope of this life-threatening condition. |
| 8:00 AM | Tim Holman, BA, EMT-P, CFO Administrator/Manager Track Once you?ve been given the go-ahead to hire a new EMT, how do you determine who is best for the job? How do you fire someone who is undesirable? The objective is to try to change behavior rather than fire employees, but what if the behavior doesn?t change and you have no other options? In this must-attend session, Tim looks at hiring and then retaining good EMTs, and firing problem employees. |
| 8:00 AM | James Augustine, MD, FACEP Disaster Response/Special Operations Track All communities have planned social congregations that stress the special event capability of the EMS system. The 2009 inauguration was an event that required coordinated planning from the 3-state national capital region and the entire health system. In this session, attendees will get an update on the planning impact of security issues; integration into the ?life safety? operation; cell phones; identified mission-critical functions for EMS and their planned performance; use of new technologies to assist performance; how to address overwhelming circumstances and request for service; and documenting EMS performance. |
| 8:00 AM | Shaun Fix, RPM, NREMT-P Pediatric This hard-hitting, high-energy and graphic program picks up where PALS leaves off and is designed for any medical professional involved in caring for children. Shaun begins with a review of pediatric arrest physiology, stresses appropriate BLS management and follows with necessary and appropriate basic and advanced life support. Using live footage and emphasizing realistic treatment of the arrested child, Shaun?s goal is to help reduce anxiety, make attendees feel more comfortable with performing skills and understand expected outcomes in pediatric code situations. |
| 9:30 AM | Fritz Fuller, BS, PA-C, REMT-P BLS Track Have you ever been hit by unexpected vomiting? In this highly entertaining class, you?ll gain a better understanding of the basic pathophysiology of vomiting, explore the many diagnostic possibilities of vomiting as a chief complaint and understand how to manage your vomiting patients. |
| 9:30 AM | Ray Fowler, MD, FACEP ALS Track Waveform capnography is one of the most critical areas of understanding facing EMS professionals today. All EMS providers who evaluate critically ill or potentially critically ill patients must thoroughly understand the physiology of carbon dioxide transport and management in the body. Join Dr. Fowler to learn all about carbon dioxide: production and transport by the body, measurement in the airway, conditions in which carbon dioxide levels become altered, advanced airway management using waveform capnography, and more. |
| 9:30 AM | George Barber/Deborah Wagner Educator Track The instructors combine more than 60 years? classroom experience to offer practical solutions for common problems in the classroom, such as disruptive students, reluctant learners, ?can?t? and ?won?t? students and the learning disabled. They also discuss environmental factors that affect students? ability to learn and factors that undermine motivation, as well as motivational techniques like recognition, reward, praise and responsibility. Finally, they identify, define and model intervention techniques like use of humor, criticism, encouragement, diversion and defining limits. |
| 9:30 AM | David Ellis, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, CMTE General Audience Track In this lecture, David explores little-known methods of obtaining a properly accredited degree through distance education and credit by exam. Areas covered include: obstacles facing transport providers; understanding school accreditation; detailed view of credit by exam and credit transfers; outline of program types that are transport professional-friendly; overview of cost and payment methods, and more. |
| 9:30 AM | Georgia Bureau of Investigation General Audience Track Don?t miss this opportunity to hear from a representative of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation?s medical examiner?s office about what to do and not do when called to a crime scene. Learn about crime scene preservation; who is in charge; when can EMS remove the body and rules that you won?t learn even on CSI. |
| 9:30 AM | Troy Hagen, MBA, NREMT-P Administrator/Manager Track Is your EMS service the best it can be? Most of us are limited only by the amount of money and resources we have available, but imagine what you could accomplish with a good business plan. In this session, learn how to create an effective business plan that will help your vision become reality. |
| 9:30 AM | Adam Wojciehowski, MA, NREMT-B Disaster Response/Special Operations Track The class reviews the components of highly motivated volunteer dive teams that work under extraordinary circumstances. There will be discussion about best practices, training, experiences and funding, as well as topics that relate to EMS, rescue and law enforcement directly. Anyone who wants to network with other teams and get fresh ideas is encouraged to attend. Bring your ideas, knowledge and advice. |
| 9:30 AM | Kevin McFarlane, RN, CEN, EMT Research Track Stroke remains the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the U.S. This session will look at what we know about stroke, and what the latest research and science may have around the corner. Kevin will break down and simplify some of the latest in stroke research and trials and discuss the process from research to adoption into practice. |
| 2:00 PM | James Davis, RN, EMT-P BLS Track Although sudden death in young athletes does not occur often, it is a high-profile event that may lead to assumptions and misunderstanding. Jim will explain the most common causes of sudden death in athletes and how to assess them, and offer diplomatic communication techniques for encouraging supposedly healthy young people to seek further medical attention for symptoms like dizziness or syncope that can be clues to serious situations. |
| 2:00 PM | Keith Wesley, MD ALS Track This lecture examines the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure and the history of its treatment. Dr. Wesley explores the role of pharmacologic agents, such as diuretics, nitrates and nesiritide, as well as the value of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support. |
| 2:00 PM | Chris Le Baudour, Ms.Ed, NREMT-P Educator Track Chris shares a sure-fire systematic approach to teaching core skills. Learn the importance of having instruments (skill sheets) designed for student learning and specific techniques for introducing the skill, skill practice and for skill mastery. Participants will receive the tools necessary to begin using these techniques successfully in their own classrooms. |
| 2:00 PM | Ray Fowler, MD, FACEP General Audience Track EMS has been proposed as a new medical subspecialty. In this presentation, Dr. Fowler discusses the history of EMS that has led to its becoming a sufficient body of knowledge to become a medical subspecialty, and explains the process by which the application is being placed before the American Board of Emergency Medicine and American Board of Medical Specialties. Learn how Dr. Fowler thinks subspecialty status will affect the practice and future of prehospital emergency care. |
| 2:00 PM | G. Christopher Kelly, JD Administrator/Manager Track The number of signatures you are required to collect keeps growing. Hear from Chris exactly who is required to sign, what the language needs to say, how long signatures are effective and who, if anyone, can sign as an alternate. |
| 2:00 PM | James Augustine, MD, FACEP Disaster Response/Special Operations Track Emergency leaders must prepare for contaminated patients and healthcare providers from a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive incident. This class features a review of selected incidents involving improper CBRNE decontamination and discussion of the principles of decontamination and protection of patients, EMS providers and the facility. Also covered are methods to differentiate decontamination based on agent, environment and desired outcome. |
| 2:00 PM | Kevin McFarlane, RN, CEN, EMT Pediatric Track In this session, Kevin looks at the complicated task of pediatric venous access. He?ll offer tips and tricks for starting pediatric IVs, look at intraosseous access and discuss the Broslow tape and other pediatric specialty devices. |
