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RSC-5001 Rescue Camp for Youth
Target Audience: Children 8-12 years oldRescue Camp for Youth is a fast paced and fun-filled session for children ages 8-12. Training covers CPR, water rescue, basic first aid, personal safety, as well as ropes and repelling. Rescue Camp is sponsored by the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads (VAVRS).
Instructor: Kathy Eubank
Limited to: 25
PRE-025 Advanced Moulage Techniques
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsProvide your students with realistic injuries which will grab their attention and challenge them to use their knowledge, skills and abilities to properly respond to the patient’s needs and provide the proper treatment modality. Join this experienced instructor in developing your casualty simulation skills, which will cause your students to stop in their tracks and ask, “Is this real or is it Memorex?”
Course Fee: $50/student for class suppliesInstructor: Robert Ryalls
Limited to: 16
PRE-026 AMLS Instructor
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAfter completion of the AMLS Provider course and scoring at least an 84 percent on the written evaluation and scoring IP (instructor potential) on the skill exam, the student will be invited to participate in the AMLS instructor course where they will learn the administrative requirements for conducting a course.
Course Fee: $10/studentInstructor: Cathy G. Cockrell
Prerequisite: Prior to class, student must purchase AMLS Advanced Medical Life Support book by NAEMT.
Limited to: 24
PRE-027 EMS has Gone to the Dogs
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSThis presentation will expose the street wise BLS and ALS provider to the information needed to assist in the event of a Canine injury or illness of a Fire, Police or Federal canine. We will also cover routine problems and how to prevent them.You will be able to practice CPR on the Canine “CASPER” and perform procedures on an atual working K-9. You will see how to adapt the Human EMS cache into an Emergency Canine EMS Cache. You will be exposed to new “Toys” used for Fire, Police and Military canines. These dogs serve as we do and come in our time of need and we as EMS Providers should be able to help in their time of need...A certificate of training will be given to all attendees.
Instructor: Vernon M. Frayser • Co-Instructor: Mary K. Frayser
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: MD, DOThis course will provide OMDs with the opportunity to gain some "hands on" experience in fire and rescue field operations that their providers frequently participate in. Emphasis will be given to the OMD’s role in planning and participating in such operations. This course will count toward requirements for EMS physician endorsement and CME credit will be offered. Participants will need a set of turnout gear that includes coat, pants, boots, helmet, gloves and eye protection. Much of the course will be held outdoors, so dress accordingly for weather conditions.
Instructor: George Lindbeck
Limited to: 24
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 72 / 4 CEU
Target Audience: RN, ALS, EducatorsThis course will be a hands-on course dealing with patient resuscitation in the pre-arrest and full arrest scenario. Problem and critical thinking skills will be used in a hands-on format working as a team to perform and integrate patient resuscitation. Class is for ALS and BLS providers, but may find the information geared more toward ALS.
Instructor: Richard T. Bonnett
Limited to: 24
ADM-102 How to Prepare for the Agency Inspection
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllA comprehensive didactic and practical presentation on how to prepare for an agency inspection in Virginia. We will review the 2012 Virginia EMS Regulations and the requirements for the agency inspection. In addition, participants will conduct a vehicle inspection along with other OEMS Program Representatives.
Instructor: Wayne Berry
BLS-404 BLS Academy - Airway Management
BLS 3 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLS ProvidersThis is the fourth class in the BLS Academy. Participants will review the anatomy and physiology of the airway, the assessment and management of airway and breathing compromise, and oxygenation and ventilation.
Instructor: Bradley Fields
ALS-306 ALS Academy - Chest Thump: Even Gorillas can Have Pain
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis session will be an interactive discussion of the varied causes of chest pain. The class will discuss the common and not so common chest pain presentations. Join in and develop or refine your approach to providing a rapid differential assessment which will help to guide the care you render.
Instructor: David Postelnek
CAR-505 Beyond Chest Pain, Providing Cardiac Critical Care
BLS 5 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllDifferentiating cardiogenic shock from other forms is essential to treating it correctly. We will discuss common cardiac emergencies (AMI, CHF) in uncommon, critical presentations where the “usual” therapy could be harmful or fatal.
Instructor: Michael Kurz
CAR-506 Leading the Big Chill
BLS 5 / ALS 74 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllProgram focuses on the challenges of managing the post arrest patient and cooling (induced hypothermia) after return of spontaneous circulation. Discussion will ensue regarding the effective theory of cooling and data associated with outcomes. The multiple methods of cooling these patients will be discussed as well as ICU management, and supportive care during the “big chill.”
Instructor: Travis Karicofe
CISM-604 Sink or Swim? Understanding and Creating Resiliency in your EMS Agency
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWhat keeps some people in emergency services longer than others? Is there any way to predict longevity and success in this complicated field? Can we train providers to last? What behaviors do we really need to cultivate in the next generation of providers? Answer these questions and more as we explore together the concept of resiliency and how it can improve our work place, quality of care and lives.
Instructor: Corinne Flammer
COM-703 Innovations in EMS Communications and Dispatch
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: DispatcherTechnological innovations are constantly evolving in Public Safety and EMS communications, but is the 911 world doing enough to keep up the Operational changes as well as the Technological changes? This class will explore how a 911 dispatch center has to incorporate evolving operational procedures to meet the continuing technological changes.
Instructor: Mark Rector
EDU-806 No Fair (use that is) Media Usage in Education
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsDo you use media in your presentations? Do you have permission or did you pay for it? Technology has made it quite easy to download and insert media into all sorts of presentations. What are the usage guidelines? Are you distributing it online? These are but two of the questions that you need to ask before claiming Fair Use.
Instructor: Kyle Bates
EDU-807 Precepting in EMS
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSHow do you train your preceptors? What are the diverse skills needed to build the mentors who mold future EMS providers to teach others in the field? Let us develop the confidence of preceptors and provide mentoring tools to guide the development of new providers. We’ll review challenges of precepting and discuss unique solutions with an engaging and interactive discussion.
Instructor: Mike Watkins
BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWhat can zombies teach us about infection control? Pretty much everything! Avoiding zombies or other types of infection is about basic procedures and safety measures that can be taken for granted. Join this class and see what the undead can teach us about staying safe and not endangering our family by what we drag home. Let’s learn a healthy dose of proactive prevention and leave the paranoia at home.
Instructor: David Powers
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsHow do you judge your trainees and employees? Whether their name is Amy, George or Raymond they deserve a fair shake when being evaluated in the field and training environment. During this session you will be challenged to look at your department training and evaluation methods along with the effectiveness of your evaluation techniques. Join Kirk and Margaret for a fun and innovative look at effective student and employee evaluations.
Instructor: Kirk E. Mittelman • Co-Instructor: Margaret A. Mittelman
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class will outline the common pitfalls made by leaders on a daily basis. Whether it's making the transition from worker to leader, the failure of the leader to use their delegation and proper communication skills or taking their role as a leader too seriously, it is easy to lose your leadership ability with these common pitfalls. Join us as we discuss the 10 most common management mistakes.
Instructor: Chris Cebollero
LMGT-2006 The EMS Quiz Show
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorsAre you as smart as you think? Come find out! Grab a remote control voting device on your way in and come participate in an interactive session that covers the most frequently asked administrative questions in EMS. See where you stack up against your peers, as you answer questions before we walk you through the answers and why they are right. Have you been tested before?
Instructor: G. Christopher Kelly
MED-3005 Big and Small, we Haul ‘em All
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllFor the past decade, the number of Americans who are classified as being obese has risen dramatically. Morbid obesity is a medical condition which may develop slowly, but can have devastating effects on the overall health of the patient. This session will discuss the definition of morbid obesity, co-morbid conditions associated with obesity, prehospital treatment concerns, and various methods for reducing the patient's weight.
Instructor: James R. Williams
MED-3006 Dying to Help: How can we Take Better Care of Hospice Patients?
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEMS care for hospice patients can be challenging. The patients and families have unique needs interwoven with complex and sometimes tragic medical conditions. Many EMS responders ask themselves "what do they want me to do for them?" And afterwards may believe they failed to meet their patient's needs. This program describes the unique needs of hospice patients and steps that EMS crews can take to better meet them.
Instructor: Scott Bourn
OPE-4007 Unusual Chemical Hazards for the EMS Professional
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSDescribe incidents and indicators of accidental and intentional chemical events. We'll provide an overview of chemical agents; commercial/consumer-level hazmat, industrial (TIA), and chemical weapons. Case studies will be used to highlight the unusual use of chemicals for chemical assisted suicide, consumer level hazardous materials events, homemade chemical bombs and drug production. Details will be provided for specific chemicals as they relate to scene safety, provider safety, decontamination, triage, and transportation. We will also discuss mass casualty decontamination as well as decontamination for protecting responders and hospital emergency departments. Responders will learn situational awareness related to unusual chemical events. Tips for triage, personal protective clothing and decontamination will be provided.
Instructor: Rick L. Russotti
BLS 7 / ALS 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsThis session will review common legal myths, related to documentation, out of work conduct, billing, social media, and other areas of interest to EMS providers, administrators and OMDs.
Instructor: Matthew R. Streger
PREP-5005 No-Loads: Coerced or True Patient Refusal?
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWho really decides if the patient should go to the hospital by ambulance? Have you witnessed your partner talking a patient out of a ride to the hospital? This, tell it like it really is, presentation will be case-based and focused on the pearls and pitfalls of patient refusals. Learn tips to improve your "powers of persuasion" and "powers of observation". See what the research says about EMS providers leaving patients and how to make educated decisions that will help minimize the legal and patient care risks inherent in these types of encounters.
Instructor: David Page
SPE-6006 Curbside to Bedside: Pediatric Trauma Case Studies
BLS 8 / ALS 87 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllInjury is the number 1 killer of children in the U.S. In 2010, injury accounted for 69.5 percent of all deaths in children younger than 18 years. The financial burden to the society of children who survive childhood injury with disability continues to be enormous. The entire process of managing childhood injury is complex and varies by region. Only the comprehensive cooperation of a broadly diverse group of people will have a significant effect on improving the care and outcome of injured children. This session will address injuries and illnesses of children and their respective treatment modalities from the scene through ED. There will be an emphasis on collaboration and teamwork to benefit patient care.
Instructor: Jason Dush
SPE-6007 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Kid?
BLS 8 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSClass covers a call for a sick or injured child, which brings fear and worry to many EMS practitioners. The confidence we have in our abilities diminishes fear and brings efficiency and calm to a scary situation. This presentation reviews pediatric assessment and management of cardiovascular, respiratory emergencies, special needs children, pediatric maltreatment, EMS making a difference through advocacy of the child and the special circumstances of helping children in pre-disaster planning through discussion and scenario
interaction.Instructor: Jules Scadden
TRA-7005 Cracking the Chest - Thoracic Trauma
BLS 4 / ALS 81 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSTraumatic chest injuries are challenging and understanding the chest's anatomy and physiology and how the injury is affecting your patient's condition is critical. Join this class and discuss care of the patients with traumatic chest injuries. Videos of emergency department thoracotomies and a surgical repair of gunshot wound to heart will be shown to enhance participant's learning.
Instructor: Ranjit Pullarkat
TRA-7006 Heads Up!
BLS 4 / ALS 79 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAre we hurting our kids? A national conversation is occurring about sports injury and safe practices while on the athletic field. This will be a discussion of mild traumatic head injury and associated concussive syndromes that occur in youth sports!
Instructor: Richard Beebe
CAR-507 STEMI Equivalents and STEMI Mimics
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, MDNot every patient with ST-elevation is experiencing acute STEMI and not every "STEMI" has ST-elevation in 2 or more anatomically contiguous leads! Learn how to identify the key STEMI equivalents and STEMI mimics in this dynamic and informative presentation.
Instructor: Tom Bouthillet
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 83 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllAll bleeding eventually stops, hopefully sooner rather than later! This session is a hands-on skills session & didactic session for bleeding management, wound management including the use of antihemorrhagic & hemostatic agents, as well as commercial tourniquet use. Participants will rotate through skills stations and will work with scenarios after learning the skills. Actual animal models will be used for some of the skills. Topical hemostatic agents have been gaining popularity for use in emergency bleeding control, especially in military medicine. Class geared toward the ALS provider, but skilled BLS providers will gain valuable information as well.
Instructor: William Carter Co-Instructor: Matt Overton
Limited to: 24
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllCome navigate the Trauma Maze, filled with blood, guts and...you and your team! How will you handle trauma - secure airways, cease bleeding, splint bones, treat shock, 'blindly' apply apparatus? The Trauma Maze will take you to the tops of the mountain and deep into the earth. Can you handle it? It's not for the faint of heart! Prepare to deal with true grit!
Instructor: Bonnie Caplinger
Limited to: 50
AIR-209 Are you Bagging the Life out of Your Patients? Controlling Ventilations Effectively
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWe used to think the basic skill of ventilation was simple and uncomplicated... or just "bag 'em". Come to find out how successful ventilation and oxygenation is deceptively complicated in how it can impact blood flow, blood chemistry, cerebral perfusion and ultimately patient outcomes. This presentation is a "back to basics" presentation on the "ABCs" of ventilation and oxygenation based upon current resuscitation science.
Instructor: Jonathan Politis
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNTreating dysrhythmias can be confusing at times. Should I cardiovert or try medication? Or if I'm close to the hospital should I do anything at all? A.R.R.E.S.T. stands for Acute Rhythm Recognition, Electrotherapy or Stable Treatment. This course will review proper treatment of cardiac dysrhythmias as determined by the 2010 AHA Guidelines and the most recent research. Participants will learn how to use critical thinking to quickly recognize stable versus unstable patients and provide the appropriate treatment in the field.
Instructor: Jason Ferguson
EDU-808 Hybrid Education in EMS
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsKick up your training and slow the brain drain! Through the use of multiple learning methods, including traditional classroom lectures, hands-on skills labs and a variety of online and distributive media, you can maximize learning opportunities for your students and staff. This session will demonstrate ways to integrate these components that are successful to meet the needs of learners and the training organization. Even better, learn ways to get the job done on a budget!
Instructor: Terrence J. McGregor
EVAC-903 Work With us, not Against us - Streamlining Helicopter Interactions
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWhen used right, EMS helicopters are an excellent tool that reduces morbidity and mortality. The research though, says something different. In addition, common complaints from ground services are: it's too hard to get a helicopter to respond, it takes too long for them to get to us and they don't do anything more than we do. This presentation discusses strategies to overcome these logistical barriers toward working together to improve patient outcomes.
Instructor: Kevin Collopy
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllYour partner yells "shots fired" and you are shot, what now? As an EMS provider you face death; but commonly it is in terms of someone else dying. How will you react when facing violent patients? Will you see the warning signs? Missing the signs can cause injury or death. Join Kirk as he discusses his experience with being shot and what to do if things go wrong.
Instructor: Kirk E. Mittelman
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllMany occupational medicine groups are not offering the "true" practice of occupational medicine and are not collecting the data which is needed for your department. Join this session and learn what should be in place, how you can improve the monitoring of your program and understand the reasons why the efforts will pay your agency dividends in the long haul.
Instructor: Katherine H. West
LMGT-2007 Bundles of Care
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSYou may be measuring the right metrics but are you measuring them the right way? Come learn why and how the Robert Wood Johnson Mobile Health Service changed the way it measures and analyzes the quality of care provided to its patients. This new methodology has significantly raised the standard of care in that service.
Instructor: Anthony Cascio
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class will cover the basics in how to develop a plan to build your system's own Community Paramedic Program. We'll look at the partnerships you need to build community resources that your agency should be using, and how to frame your program to make it successful. Community Paramedicine isn't a new concept, we're bringing the house call back to life! We'll discuss how community medicine is the future of care and how valuable this will be to your agency and community.
Instructor: Steven C. Watkins
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWhile "the job" is the same for all of us, there are some facets of EMS that challenge women differently than men. Come take a light-hearted look at women in EMS and some early pioneers of women in healthcare, where and why they thrive or fall short. See what happened to the prehospital field when "Johnny & Roy" met "Rosie the Riveter."
Instructor: Tracey Loscar
MED-3007 Acute Stroke: What’s new and What you Really Need to Know
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSStroke care is rapidly evolving starting from the prehospital setting. New guidelines have come out in terms of evaluation and triage in the field. Learn what cutting edge technologies are there in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke and what you need to know to avoid pitfalls in diagnosing stroke in the prehospital setting.
Instructor: Bruce Mingyung Lo
MED-3008 To Pee is to Be
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWhen the kidneys fail a patient presents with a variety of non-specific signs and symptoms. Whether it’s an acute situation or a chronic problem, kidney failure may lead a patient to become dependent on dialysis. This presentation helps you gain some insight into the challenges these patients provide to the EMS professional.
Instructor: Christopher Ebright
OPE-4008 It’s Coming - are you and Your EMS Agency Ready for the Next Pandemic?
BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe question isn't "if" but "when" the next society altering Pandemic will occur. The SARS and H1N1 pandemics that swept across the entire world left us with many affected patients and should have served as a wake-up call to EMS agencies across the US about the realities they will face in a pandemic situation. Significant absenteeism, altered treatment and/or transport protocols, as well as personal protective equipment needs are issues EMS will face.
Instructor: Raphael M. Barishansky
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, AdministratorsThe threat of coordinated armed attack is one that has emerged as one of the most probable in modern homeland security preparedness. It is critical that EMS and law enforcement agencies are planning and training together to prepare for this threat. This discussion will describe the threat and provide a model frame work for agencies to use to consider in their own planning needs.
Instructor: Dennis Wood
PREP-5007 You Make the Call! Cases With a Twist…
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis case-based presentation will walk you through some of the most challenging, real EMS calls you can imagine. These puzzling and unique cases will challenge even the most experienced EMS providers. Can you figure out what is wrong with these patients and how to help them?
Instructor: David Page
PREP-5008 Bath Salts Beauty or Beast?
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe street drug “Bath Salts” is the newest and latest addition to a growing list of items that young people can obtain to get high. Unfortunately, doctors, clinicians, and law enforcement have indicated that ingesting or snorting “bath salts” containing synthetic stimulants have been linked to an alarming number of ER visits for cardiac issues, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia, suicide, and murder across the country. This lecture will take an in-depth look at the street level use of “bath salts” and the challenges providers may face when managing this rising patient population.
Instructor: Jason Dush
SPE-6008 The Silent Majority: Geriatrics in the new Millennium
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe proportion of elderly in America is growing. What’s more, the aged tend to be our sickest and most challenging patients. What signs and symptoms may indicate common disease processes, the normal signs of aging or special needs of the geriatric patient? How do we address these needs? With a focus on every aspect of caring for your patient, this presentation answers questions so that you’ll love what you learn.
Instructor: Rommie Duckworth
TRA-7008 Ring my Bell! Concussion Physiology and Care
BLS 4 / ALS 79 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSPatients who have sustained a concussion are commonly encountered by EMS, both in organized sporting activities and during "unorganized" activities. Concussion severity can range from mild to severe. In this session, participants will review the pathophysiology, treatment and return to play recommendations for patients who have sustained a concussion.
Instructor: Jeff Myers
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorsIf you have never done any reports using your agency’s data in VPHIB, this class is for you. We’ll go over the use of "canned" reports, as well as experiment with the easy-to-use data cube. This is an introductory session designed to put you at ease!
Instructor: Carol B. Pugh
Limited to: 35
ALS-307 ALS Academy - Life and Times in the ER
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 71 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis session will cover all types of medical case studies and interesting cases that wind up in an ER. Assessment and history taking for interesting and unusual cases will be presented.
Instructor: Benjamin J. Lawner
BLS-405 BLS Academy - Infection Control
BLS 6 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the fifth class in the BLS Academy and will cover the techniques of BSI, PPE and safety precautions that can be taken prior to performing the role of an EMT.
Instructor: Jimmy Burch
ALS-308 ALS Academy - Cardiac Emergencies
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis course in the ALS academy will meet requirements toward Area 88.
Instructor: Andrew A. Galvin
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllA spin-off on reality TV, ESPN’s Monday Night Football “C’mon Man” and others. A review of those challenges and issues that you do not want to see on the front page of your local or national media!
Instructor: Michael D. Berg
AIR-210 Blood, Guts and Glory
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS ProvidersA review of the heroic procedures in EMS and the tricks to doing them right. Field Cricothyrotomy, Difficult Intubation, Needle Chest Decompression, RSI and more.
Instructor: Eric Stanley
CAR-509 Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe cardiovascular system is at the heart of both normal function and nearly all pathophysiologic states. In this discussion, we examine normal cardiovascular physiology and how it is altered in many pathologic conditions.
Instructor: Jeff Myers
COM-704 Next Generation 911 and EMS
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsSignificant changes are coming to the information and networking available from a 911 call, and the changes can impact dispatchers and field personnel. Is your GIS ready? Can you get out to the EMT/Responder? How will this impact EMD? This session will describe the planned changes, and some of the possible impacts to EMS operations.
Instructor: John Cummings
EDU-809 Chalk Talk
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsUse “Concept Maps” to get the conversation started. Phenomenal classes only require a white board or a table napkin! Learn about concept maps and mind mapping as a means to help students “visualize” problems, and use iconic memory to remember the material.
Instructor: Richard Beebe
EDU-810 You Call Yourselves Adults? Applying Adult Learning Concepts in Your Classroom
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsLong ago you had to memorize the differences between educating adults and children. But now you’ve forgotten what you learned, discovered that your “adult” students are sometimes quite childish, and grown frustrated with teaching less than enthusiastic learners. What went wrong? This will apply adult learning theory in a new way, reminding you of what adult students want (and need) and how you can give it to them.
Instructor: Scott Bourn
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSHave you ever wondered what the outcome of the patient you flew was? Have you had suspicions of whether you made the right decision regarding whether or not to fly the patient? This tract will cover state trauma triage plans, as well as nationally recognized utilization criteria for the medevac transport of the on-scene and inter-facility patient. The tract will also cover medevac safety standards and how these relate to each and every patient flight requested that is received, as well as how these impact the ground provider.
Instructor: Anita Ashby
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe University of Pittsburgh recently conducted a study on the effects of 24-hour shifts on EMS providers. Research begs the question, is it time to eliminate 24-hour shifts in EMS? What were the results of this research? How would reduction of shifts impact the EMS system nationwide? Come take a humorous approach to a serious issue and see how this administrative change will forever change EMS as we know it.
Instructor: Jason Ferguson
BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllYou have an exposure control plan and you’re responsible for enforcing it. What tools might help improve your organization’s exposure control safety culture and how do you know if it is working? What other related questions may surface such as handling requests to help in a Good Samaritan exposure? Join this discussion about exposure prevention and post-exposure protocols and examine some case studies to make things interesting!
Instructor: Stephen Yannarell
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorsThis class offers an in-depth look into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We will explain its affects as well as the impact the law will have on your service from both the employer and provider points of view.
Instructor: G.Christopher Kelly
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class will cover the basics in how to develop a plan to build your system’s own Community Paramedic Program. We’ll look at the partnerships you need to build, community resources that your agency should be using and how to frame your program to make it successful. Community Paramedicine isn’t a new concept, we’re bringing the house call back to life! We’ll discuss how community medicine is the future of care and how valuable this will be to your agency and community.
Instructor: Steven C. Watkins
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllMotivation, delegation, time management and communication skills enable your employees to perform more effectively and efficiently. In this class we’ll discuss the common practices that will assist in keeping our employees moving in a positive direction, which will promote a sense of accomplishment and spark incentive and drive.
Instructor: Chris Cebollero
MED-3009 Everything Alcohol
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSEverything you ever wanted to know about ethanol, and the toxic alcohols: methanol, ethylene and isopropyl. How to recognize use, abuse, and overdose. Once recognized, this talk will describe prehospital management and treatment of these ingestions.
Instructor: Brian David Ekey
MED-3010 Respiratory Physiology for the EMT
BLS 5 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, EducatorsIt all comes down to ensuring that there is blood – and that blood has oxygen. Making sense of the science of the respiratory system is essential for making on-point patient care decisions. Additionally, this knowledge aids in the understanding of many other physiological processes. This session will focus on the functioning of the respiratory system and how it affects your patient care, in ways that may not be apparent.
Instructor: Terrence J. McGregor
MED-3011 Using Toxic Syndromes to Recognize and Treat Chemically Poisoned Patients
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllToxic chemicals can be grouped into classes with similar adverse health effects and most chemicals within the group are treated nearly exactly the same way. Toxic syndromes consist of a constellation of clinical effects (a set of clinical ‘‘fingerprints’’) easily recognized in the field. Toxic syndrome recognition is important because it provides a tool for rapid detection of the suspected cause and can focus on empiric treatments. This session will describe common toxic syndromes and their treatments.
Instructor: Mark A. Kirk
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllSuperstorm Sandy brought many challenges to the EMS system and hospitals in New Jersey and beyond. This presentation will share the experience of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and its Mobile Health Service as it prepared for and dealt with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
Instructor: Anthony Nicholas Cascio
OPE-4011 Leave Your Gun at the Door...
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllProgram focuses on the challenges of managing gunshot victims and the epidemiology of shootings in the U.S. Discussion about the firearm caliber and trajectory will provide participants a better understanding of these penetrating injuries. Also discussed will be the most current practice in the management of penetrating trauma.
Instructor: Travis Karicofe
PREP-5009 Ask the OMDs
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllHow much exposure to your OMD do you have? Want to pick their brain about anything? Why won’t you let us Cric or RSI? Why is it so difficult to refuse a patient? These and your questions are fair game with this panel of OMDs.
Instructor: Michael Kurz
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOver the past decade healthcare started looking at patients as customers. This presentation focuses upon the EMS mentality and how to adjust it so you can improve your customer service. We will give you customer service principles that will help you in delivering good service. It is not only for the field provider but also for the EMS leader, as it addresses the two types of customers: internal and external.
Instructor: Kyle Bates
SPE-6009 Pediatric Trauma Across the Age Spectrum
BLS 8 / ALS 87 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSUsing a case-based approach, the subtle differences in the management of pediatric trauma patients across the age spectrum from infancy to young adult will be demonstrated. Special emphasis will be placed on age-based physiologic mechanisms requiring unique treatment by EMS providers in the prehospital setting.
Instructor: Christopher M. Woleben
SPE-6010 Having Babies Ain’t all it’s Cracked up to Be
BLS 10 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSChildbirth is normally a natural and joyful event, seldom complicated by an unexpected emergency. When that unusual situation does occur however, prehospital providers are rarely as prepared as necessary. This lecture will examine the emergencies associated with pregnancy such as placenta previa, abruptio, abortion and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
Instructor: Marilyn K. Bourn
TRA-7009 Improving Outcomes: Case Studies in Rural Trauma
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe majority of the world lives in urban centers, however most trauma related fatalities occur in the rural setting. An increased mortality signals the need for seeking out improvements in patient care. Several recent studies have identified common errors during rural trauma care. Come explore 3 case studies that highlight great care as well as opportunities for improvement in the care of rural trauma patients.
Instructor: Kevin Collopy
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorsAttendees will hone their skills using ad hoc reports available through the Report Writer 2 application in VPHIB. This class will be predominantly demonstration-based, but if you BYOC (bring your own computer) there should be ample time for you to “see one, do one.”
Instructor: Carol B. Pugh
Limited to: 15
ALS-309 ALS Academy - Blast Injuries to the Head
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 79 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis course in the ALS Academy will satisfy the requirements for recertification for Area 79.
Instructor: Andrew A. Galvin
BLS-406 BLS Academy - Infants & Children
BLS 8 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the sixth lecture in the BLS Academy. Attendees will cover topics related to medical and trauma situations involving 21 34th Annual Virginia EMS Symposium infants and children.
Instructor: Jason Johnson
ALS-310 ALS Academy - EMS Controversies: Beyond the Backboard
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 72 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSA critical look at EMS practices such as spinal immobilization and airway management in cardiac arrest. Providers will engage in some case-based discussion about how the current evidence determines prehospital treatment interventions.
Instructor: Benjamin J. Lawner
CAR-510 ACLS Pharmocology
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, EducatorsHow much do you know about the medicines that you are giving in ACLS? This class is a pharmacology based review of prehospital ACLS care. We will focus on in-depth discussion of why we give certain medications and what they do in the body. Providers will gain a better understanding of how what is given on calls can affect their patients.
Instructor: Brad Haywood
Limited to: 75
CAR-511 STEMI Showdown
BLS 5 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSDo you have what it takes to be the 2013 STEMI Showdown Champion? We will determine who knows their 12-leads the best. Using audience response technology we will test your knowledge. Are you new to 12-Leads? A BLS provider? Just want a refresher? No problem, come and you will be able to identify a STEMI after this interactive class.
Instructor: John Dugan • Co-Instructors: David Burt, Mike Kontos, Pete O’Brien, Keith Everett
EDU-811 I Just Have a Feeling…
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsHave you ever started an IV “just because” or transported emergency rather than non-emergency for an unidentifiable reason? Or perhaps you just had a “bad feeling” about a patient? Sometimes we do things or act in a specific way based solely on feelings. These feelings are called intuition. Intuition is a valuable and critical asset to emergency care.
Instructor: Marilyn K. Bourn
EVAC-905 So you Want to be a Flight Nurse or Paramedic?
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSMany nurses and EMS providers enter their chosen field with the dream of providing medical care in the medevac environment. HEMS is a unique and elite profession which seeks the “cream of the crop” providers to create their flight crews. This presentation will provide insight for you to learn how to position yourself to become a flight nurse or flight paramedic.
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEMS agencies and rescue squads should strive to incorporate safety into all aspects of their emergency response operations. This class will cover operational safety activities including personnel accountability systems, equipment and building safety inspections, training safety, rehabilitation safety, Personal Protective Equipment Hazard Assessments and more. The goal is to integrate safety for EMS personnel in day to day operations.
Instructor: Jack Sullivan
BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCourse will review updated disease and regulatory information regarding OSHA compliance and infection control practices. Learn about what’s new since last year and what may be required in the near future. Attendance at this session will meet your annual training requirement.
Instructor: Katherine H. West
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOftentimes, EMS is looked at as a sole endeavor and most EMS providers don’t think about the team effort that goes into almost every facet of an EMS agency. But there is always a team effort at work – whether you are a provider, supervisor or manager. These and other team elements – such as the pitfalls of groupthink – will be discussed in this informative presentation designed to further your knowledge of developing the teams that are so essential to a functional EMS agency and system.
Instructor: Raphael M. Barishansky
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllFaced with rising call volume, reduced reimbursement and increasing budget pressures, EMS providers need to find clinically appropriate ways to improve patient outcomes and reduce the incidence of inappropriate EMS and emergency department use. In this session, the presenter will outline the steps taken to implement a community health program credited with reducing 911 use by frequent EMS users by 51 percent. This program earned the presenter a JEMS EMS 10 Innovator Award in 2010.
Instructor: Matthew Zavadsky
MED-3012 Bath Salts and Spice, not Everything Nice… Synthetic Drugs
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSIn recent years, several “synthetic drugs” have emerged in the marketplace. Exploiting several gaps in drug laws, these materials have been deemed legal in several markets. Young people are purchasing these drugs online and using them at an alarming rate. Several deaths have been attributed to their use. It is important that EMS providers are aware of these drugs.
Instructor: Dennis Wood
MED-3013 The Fifth Vital Sign
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOne of the oldest and most basic roles of the healthcare provider is to alleviate pain. Approximately 90 percent of the patients we treat have a primary symptom of pain. Although different types of pain may be associated with specific medical or traumatic conditions, the goal of treatment still remains to alleviate our patient’s discomfort and to treat the underlying conditions. This session explores the pathophysiology of pain, measuring pain, treatments and explores alternative therapies.
Instructor: James R. Williams
OPE-4012 Mass Human Decontamination Following Large Scale Chemical Incidents
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllPatient decontamination is an integral component of the medical response to a chemical incident because it limits patient exposure and the toxicity that follows as well as protecting responders from secondary contamination. This session will describe basic toxicology principles as they apply to decontamination, highlighting supporting scientific evidence for key aspects of mass human decontamination. A new National Guidance for Mass Human Decontamination will also be reviewed.
Instructor: Mark A. Kirk
OPE-4013 Preparing for Zombies and Other Disasters
BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllZombies are at the forefront of pop culture society in everything from comic books and television series to big budget action films. Do they really exist? Well, not exactly like the movie version of the animated undead, but various exotic and even mundane viruses and illnesses can create patients that look or act like zombies. We see them frequently on calls and sometimes turn into them after one too many shifts. This tongue-in-cheek seminar on apocalyptic survival methods will both entertain and educate listeners as it blends lessons from epidemiology, emergency preparedness, medicine, and personal combat.
Instructor: David Powers
PREP-5011 Care of the Entrapped Patient
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCritically injured patients who are entrapped are some of the most difficult to care for: The ABC’s, temperature control, analgesia, sedation, extrication. The essence of prehospital care is the treatment of patients in these circumstances, but many providers today understand very little about this type of “rescue” medicine. This presentation is an in depth look at caring for patients who are entrapped
and essentials of packaging and removal.Instructor: Jonathan Politis
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThere are complexities associated when dealing with injured firefighters in full personal protective equipment (PPE). The class will review best practices for PPE removal from an injured firefighter and transitioning the situation from removal to EMS care. Join in an interactive discussion of chain of evidence issues, how today’s PPE advancements impact patient care, and receive suggestions of how to establish your own interactive company training drills on this subject.
Instructor: Richie Bowers • Co-Instructor: Jennie Collins
SPE-6011 For God’s Sake, Don’t Push!
BLS 10 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class covers the excitement and potential disasters of prehospital delivery. How to manage the mom, the baby and your stress level.
Instructor: Eric Stanley
TRA-7010 Blown Away – Understanding Blast Injuries
BLS 4 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSBlast injuries can cause multiple issues for the EMS provider in treating the patient. This session will outline the ABCs of blast injury care and includes photographs and detailed information on potential injuries seen in this patient population.
Instructor: Khaled Basiouny
TRA-7011 What’s at the Heart of Chest Trauma? A Pathophysiology and Treatment Update
BLS 4 / ALS 81 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe essence of chest trauma is pneumothorax and flail chest, right? Wrong! It turns out that these most-commonly taught problems are only a fraction of the chest trauma story. This very current program will look at the pathophysiology, assessment, and management of chest trauma with a new emphasis on pulmonary contusion and the progression of myocardial contusion.
Instructor: Scott Bourn
VPB-8003 Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsMark Twain said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Virginia EMS data will be used to demonstrate how to tell the difference between lies and the facts. The session will focus on the interpretation of applied statistics -- no formulas, no number crunching!
Instructor: Carol B. Pugh
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