BLS-407 BLS Academy - Trauma Emergencies
BLS 4 / ALS CAT 2 / 4 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the seventh class in the BLS Academy and it will cover the care of the patient with internal or external bleeding, signs/symptoms and the emergency medical care of shock and overall assessment and management of a variety of traumatic emergencies.
Instructor: Jason Ambrose
AIR-211 Advanced Airway Lab
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: ALSA hands-on lab reviewing traditional airway skills. Will also perform maneuvers on difficult airways, surgical airways, ETCO2 discussion and a review of latest technology.
Instructor: Allen Yee
Limited to: 30
EDU-812 EMS Instructor Update
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsThis session will discuss training and education issues, accreditation, quality assurance and administrate updates from the Office of EMS. This program will fulfill the update requirement for Education Coordinators, EMT Instructors, ALS Coordinators and EOIs to attend a mandatory update during their certification period. You do not need to register for symposium to attend this program.
Instructor: Gregory Neiman • Co-Instructors: Warren Short, Debbie Akers, Peter Brown
PREP-5013 Krav Maga for EMS
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllKrav Maga is the official self defense system for the Israeli Military and law enforcement. The system was developed so that people of various body types and athletic ability would be able to defend themselves using natural reactions. Students will be physically tested and are encouraged to wear workout style clothing and tennis shoes.
Instructor: Matthew Watson
Limited to: 20
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis class will involve a lecture and lab rotation. Participants will be split into two groups for the class. One group will start with a lecture component on relevant clinical anatomy. The other group will rotate through the major systems of the body on a dissected cadaver in the anatomy lab. Groups will then switch locations. This class will only be available Saturday morning, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Students allergic to latex gloves must bring their own gloves.
Instructor: Craig Goodmurphy
Limited to: 140
ADM-104 Now Your an Agency Leader; Is This a Rescue Squad or a Business
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis program will provide a brief overview of the administrative hurdles associated with being an agency administrator. Topics of discussion will include financial hurdles (such as budgeting and financial statements), marketing/public relations, customer service, and conflicts of interest. We will also discuss administrator transitions and team building skills.
Instructor: Adam Harrell
AIR-212 Managing the Difficult Airway With Basics!
BLS 3 / ALS 71 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSManaging the airway and ventilating sounds simple enough, but it’s neither simple nor basic! It’s actually one of the most difficult things we do in the field for any provider level! Patients must be kept oxygenated for long enough to be able to employ more definitive airway tools. This presentation covers the art of initial airway management with an emphasis on initial mask ventilation and the importance of having the right airway tools.
Instructor: Jonathan Politis
CAR-512 EKG Weirdness
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 72 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllExplore the field of Theoretical Electrophysiology as we look at all the potential weirdness that exists out there in the ups and downs of EKG rhythms from an exploration of Chaos Science to the age old EMS question of restarting a heart with a pair of jumper cables.
Instructor: David Powers
CAR-513 STEMI’s From Mars / STEMI’s from Venous
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSA panel of STEMI experts will present cases that are not your typical chest pain patients. These cases will be intriguing to even the most seasoned cardiac clinician.
Instructor: John Dugan • Co-Instructors: Pete O’Brien, David Burt, Mike Kontos
COM-705 The Role of Dispatch in a Mass Casualty Incident
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAs the 1st First Responder, the Communications Officer plays a key role in the initial assessment and field response to any mass casualty incident. This class explores the initial and continuous role of Communications during an event where the size and scope of an incident overwhelms the available resources.
Instructor: Ken Crumpler
EDU-813 Developing Simulation Education Outcomes
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsSimulation programs can be expensive and resource intensive to operate. One important aspect of any simulation program is reporting outcome measures to the program stakeholders. In this interactive session, we will explore the types of outcome measures our administrators, educators, and employers are looking for and how to collect data that focus on these outcome measures.
Instructor: Jeff Myers
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, AdministratorsThe history of emergency service organizations provides support for long term incidents through Auxiliary organizations. However, responder health and safety initiatives, including the NFPA 1584 standard, provide clinical methodology for adequate provider rehabilitation. This shift in thinking is essential to lessen significant risks of injury, illness and death in the responder population. Our industry must embrace improved techniques by establishing formal rehabilitation programs.
Instructor: Dennis Wood
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllFirefighters and EMTs routinely respond to roadway incidents. Vehicle fires, traffic crashes, medical calls, and hazardous materials spills are just some examples of emergencies that can expose our personnel to the hazards of moving vehicle traffic. The actions taken by first-arriving units at a roadway incident should provide for the safety of everyone involved – emergency responders, any victims of the initial incident and other motorists traveling in the area.
Instructor: Jack Sullivan
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllTo ensure your organization is prepared to meet daily challenges from your customers, your Leadership Team needs to be working toward the common goal of meeting the “Core Elements of Organizational Survival”. Chief Loy Senter and Chief Mark Nugent, bringing 70 years of experience, will review real-life scenarios of management and leadership in the following areas: recruitment and retention, membership typing, process improvement, training requirements, operational response, fiscal stability and Succession Planning.
Instructor: Edward Senter, Jr. • Co-Instructor: Mark R. Nugent
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsPresentation will discuss the concept of Positive Deviance and explain how it can encourage creativity and innovation to help generate positive change in an organization and more importantly how to recognize the positive deviants in your organization.
Instructor: John Todaro
MED-3014 Diabetic Disasters: Understanding and Managing the Out-of-Control Diabetic
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllGlucose metabolism is essential for function of every cell in the body. Diabetics develop complications when they fail to metabolize glucose to meet cellular needs. This program utilizes three unique cases to demonstrate the primary acute crises of diabetic patients: hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma. Participants will leave the program with a clear, easy-to-understand picture of the assessment and management of these potentially life-threatening conditions.
Instructor: Scott Bourn
MED-3015 Snake, Rattle and Roll
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllProgram focuses on the challenges of managing patients with venomous snake bite injuries. The epidemiology of this problem will be discussed and its relationship to how these become very sick patients in rural settings where transport can be extensive. Discussion will ensue regarding the most current trend in managing these patients.
Instructor: Travis Karicofe
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe measure of performance for most EMS systems is typically based on their ability to arrive at the scene of an ‘emergency’ within a defined criteria. In this session, the presenter will provide a literature review and original research to prove whether or not response times matter in patient outcomes.
Instructor: Matthew Zavadsky
OPE-4015 Order out of Chaos: Effective Strategies for Medical Response to Mass Chemical Exposure
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllHazardous chemical emergencies, especially those caused by highly toxic chemical threat agents, such as nerve agents and cyanide, must be handled swiftly if health care providers are to save lives from the potent toxic effects. Hence, in the face of a chemical attack or accident, the medical response must be quick to recognize specific conditions that need urgent medical interventions. Coupling basic toxicology concepts to a thorough understanding of the nature of hazardous chemical accidents can provide a framework for an effective emergency response strategy.
Instructor: Mark A. Kirk
PREP-5015 Working With the Medical Examiner and Recognizing Medical Evidence
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class will be an overview of the state medical examiner system: geography, mission and jurisdiction. Attendees will learn recognition and preservation of potential medical evidence and artifact. Come learn some enlightening facts about working with the Medical Examiner and recognizing medical evidence in your EMS environment.
Instructor: Elizabeth Kinnison
SPE-6012 Concussions in the Pediatric Population
BLS 8 / ALS 87 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSUsing a case-based approach, current literature in the management of pediatric patients with concussion will be discussed. A special emphasis will be placed on current treatment guidelines in the prehospital setting to help prehospital providers implement appropriate management of pediatric patients in the field and during transport to definitive medical care.
Instructor: Christopher M. Woleben
SPE-6013 From Brittle Bones to End-of-Life Issues: What BLS Providers Need to Know About Geriatric Patients
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLSMost EMT programs spend significantly more time discussing pediatrics than geriatrics – even though the percentage of the US population over the age of sixty-five is growing at a faster rate than ever before. Advancements in medicine and pharmaceuticals have pushed the average life expectancy to almost 80. An overview of specific pearls and pitfalls of assessing and treating geriatric patients will be covered, including important physical, social and cognitive facets every EMS provider should be familiar with.
Instructor: Raphael M. Barishansky
TRA-7012 Trauma Case Studies
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllLearning is most fun when participants are challenged to apply theoretical concepts to actual practice situations. This presentation uses actual case scenarios to stimulate discussion underscoring the importance of thorough patient assessments, accurate interpretation of data, the ability to preliminarily rule in or rule out a constellation of injuries, and exercising critical judgment skills to rapidly perform prehospital resuscitative interventions in patients sustaining trauma.
Instructor: Connie Mattera
TRA-7013 Trauma Triage - put Your Brain in the Game!
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe current CDC Field Trauma Triage are reviewed in detail. An in depth discussion about the science behind the guidelines comprises the majority of this course. The lecture ends with a series of case studies aimed at encouraging student participation.
Instructor: Asher Brand
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-311 ALS Academy - Kinetics of Trauma/Mechanism of Injury
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 78 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class examines mechanisms of injury from a common sense approach via multi-media as well as personal experience. By understanding the kinetics involved, the provider’s ability to assess and treat patients is enhanced by developing an index of suspicion.
Instructor: Max Bornstein
ALS-312 ALS Academy - Agricultural Injuries: Not Your Everyday Call
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 82 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis presentation covers agricultural trauma from machinery, silos and confined spaces, all of which, can cause shock, internal bleeding, amputations, crush injuries and respiratory arrest secondary to gas exposures. Also discussed, the dangers to EMS when responding to these calls, how the environment increases the lethality of the injuries, i.e. wound contamination, delay in rescue and transport, weather conditions. How to prepare in advance to respond to these injuries (additional training) and how to prevent them. Videos will be used to demonstrate how various equipment works and how injuries occur. Several case studies will be discussed, and will demonstrate rescue challenges and patient care challenges.
Instructor: Amy H. Johnson
AIR-213 Are we Killing our Patients? Hidden Dangers of Oxygen Administration
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSEMS classrooms have historically taught that oxygen is always good! However recent research has revealed that it is time for a paradigm shift! Oxygen is a drug with real, and potentially harmful side-effects. This presentation discusses the link between oxygen absorption and the development of harmful effects and how these effects impact patient outcomes!
Instructor: Kevin Collopy
CAR-514 Hilton Head Island - Strengthening a Community’s Chain-of-Survival
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSOverview of how Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue improved neurologically intact survival for sudden cardiac arrest. Topics include the CARES registry, “pit crew” CPR, early PCI for acute STEMI, therapeutic hypothermia, feedback, and the cardiac arrest and post-resuscitation care checklist.
Instructor: Tom Bouthillet
CAR-515 It’s not a STEMI! Deadly Diagnoses in 12-Lead Electrocardiography
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllLife-threatening conditions, apart from STEMI, can be picked up on the prehospital 12-lead. The presentation will review potentially deadly ECG findings and explain the concept of a “STEMI equivalent.” Providers will engage in case-based discussions about how to identify concerning 12-lead findings.
Instructor: Benjamin J. Lawner
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis presentation will review the resources that can be provided by a regional CISM team. Will cover what a peer team is, who’s on the team (i.e. Law Enforcement, EMS, Fire, 911 Dispatchers), what kind of training they’ve had, where you can join a team and how to contact your local team. The instructor will explain the different crisis intervention techniques offered: CMBs, RITS, demobilizations, defusings, debriefings, one-on-one, follow-ups.
Instructor: Patricia Copeland
EDU-814 The One Minute EMS Preceptor
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsThis presentation will cover the One Minute Preceptor Process. The One Minute Preceptor Process is an integrated strategy for instruction in the clinical setting that allows preceptors to take full advantage of clinical teaching encounters and maximizes time available for teaching.
Instructor: John Todaro
EVAC-906 To fly or not to fly...What Weather Determines Flight?
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSEvaluation of weather conditions is a routine part of the decision-making process when a flight request is accepted or declined by a flight program. However, this decision at times takes several factors into consideration. All disciplines that utilize air medical transport for their patients will be provided with useful insight into the “go” or “no go” decisions made by flight crews with regard to weather.
Instructor: Margaret McCauley • Co-Instructor: John Stanley
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BLS 6 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsReview updated disease and regulatory information regarding OSHA compliance and infection control practices. Learn 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: AllBeing prepared is everything but is your agency prepared to react to their own tragedy of having a member significantly injured or killed? Too often agencies experience their own tragedy before they address what is required in these situations. An agency needs mechanisms for recovery with programs such as behavioral health, management guidelines, lessons learned, etc. Attend this session and take some lessons learned back to your agency.
Instructor: Richie Bowers • Co-Instructor: Jennie Collins
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrator, DispatcherIn October 2012, Virginia’s EMS Regulations introduced a fractile performance reporting requirement (12VAC5-31-610) to all licensed agencies. Learn from an agency that has developed demand analysis and reporting tools to create, maintain and improve fractile performance requirements.
Instructor: Rob Lawrence
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: MD, DO, AdministratorsLEAN Process Improvement is the practice of evaluating systems and processes and eliminating waste. Elimination of waste can improve employee satisfaction and reduce unnecessary expenses. This presentation will review the basics of LEAN and the steps necessary to carry out a process improvement project.
Instructor: Anthony Cascio
MED-3016 Fever! (Hum the Tune)
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSTemperature is one of the Vital Signs and when it’s elevated it can indicate disease. Did you know that a patient who’s having a heart attack can have a fever? In this session we will discuss the differential diagnosis of fever and its treatment.
Instructor: Richard Beebe
MED-3017 My Breath is Barely There
BLS 5 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAsthma is a condition that is very common and its prevalence is rising worldwide. The patient experiencing an inflammation of their asthma may experience symptoms which may be relatively minor or may be life threatening. This session will provide a brief history of this condition, its pathophysiology, treatments, and a review of several real life cases.
Instructor: James R. Williams
MED-3023 Front Line of Bioterrorism...Response to the 2013 Ricin Letters
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllIn April 2013, several letters containing the biological toxin ricin were mailed to high ranking officials. This session will describe an appropriate response to a mail facility or office with a suspicious mail item, including lessons learned. Modern hazardous materials response capabilities and methodologies will be described. The clinical and toxicological considerations for a ricin exposure will be discussed. Critical partnerships with other response agencies to improve coordination will also be discussed.
Instructor: Dennis Wood
OPE-4016 Types of Farm Accidents, or E, I, E, I, Ow!
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis course will cover various types of farm machinery, accidents and considerations EMS providers must take into account when responding. It will not cover the trauma treatment, as the EMT should be familiar with this. Since most EMS providers are not familiar with farm machinery and dangers, this will provide an introduction to the dangers and difficulties they may face in responding to farm accidents and incidents.
Instructor: Glenn Mantell
OPE-4017 When the Circus Comes to Town
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWe’ll review the medical coverage for special athletic events, including but not limited to, triathlons, marathons, adventure races, bike races. Working with event organizers and evaluating EMS coverage requirements based on data such as participant, staff, volunteers, spectator, media numbers, venues, etc. Also working with medical personnel organic to the event organizations. Cost vs. benefit analysis. A case study will be included.
Instructor: Timothy L. Soyars
PREP-5016 What not to Do
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsThis session is a review of Va., and outside of Va., common challenges and issues for EMS providers, especially in “what not to do” in EMS.
Instructors: Matthew R. Streger • Co-Instructor: Michael D. Berg
SPE-6014 Pediatric Shock for the EMS Provider
BLS 8 / ALS 86 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWhen a child presents with poor perfusion, it is imperative for the EMS provider to be able to rapidly assess that patient and determine what kind of shock they are in. We will discuss the four main types of shock pediatric patients usually present with, and the initial steps of stabilization for each one.
Instructor: Patricia Lynn
BLS 8 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSMany children with special health care needs require adjuncts for survival. This interactive class will include many of these specialized pieces of equipment. Learn how to identify these adjuncts, reasons a child would need these, problems that can occur with this equipment and how to manage a sick child who is dependent on this equipment.
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
Limited to: 20
SPE-6016 A Look at the Twilight Years
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSPeople over the age of 65 make up over 12 percent of the U.S. population. Today more than ever before, caring for the aging patient is a priority in emergency care. This lecture examines the aging trends and attitudes of our society and the medical community toward the elderly. Common patterns of trauma are discussed along with special treatment modalities.
Instructor: Marilyn K. Bourn
TRA-7014 Spinal Immobilization; how Rigid do we Need to Be?
BLS 4 / ALS 80 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSSpinal immobilization has been one of the cornerstones of the prehospital care of injured patients. Are we really achieving what we think we are? How effective are our current immobilization strategies? Can EMS providers more effectively identify patients who will, and won’t, benefit from spinal immobilization? What is the best way to manage the airway in the traumatized and immobilized patient? Are there complications to spinal immobilization? Emphasis will be given to examining the available evidence regarding spinal immobilization.
Instructor: George Lindbeck
TRA-7015 Thermal Burns
BLS 4 / ALS 90 / 1. 5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOnce you have seen, smelled and touched a patient with a critical full thickness burn, you will never forget the experience. But could you rapidly and accurately assess the difference between partial and thickness injury, calculate the percentage of body surface area burned using the Rule of Palms, determine the best way to manage the airway, calculate the amount of IV fluid needed using the Consensus Formula and therapeutically cool and dress the burn wound without augmenting hypothermia and increasing the risk for infection? No? This presentation will give helpful hints on responding to patients with thermal trauma.
Instructor: Connie Mattera
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-313 ALS Academy - Thoracic Emergencies
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 81 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCase-based discussion on six thoracic emergencies that you cannot miss. Including: ACS/MI, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, pericardial tamponade, tension pneumothorax, and esophageal perforation.
Instructor: Michael Emswiler
ADM-105 Virginia EMS Regulations
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEvery year providers, participants and consumers have questions about how the EMS Regulations pertain to them; the “how come”, “I heard” and “I know of someone who...” This interactive session will serve to break the myths and untruths regarding the application of the Virginia EMS Regulations for providers, agencies, OMDs and the consumers.
Instructor: Michael D. Berg
AIR-214 Managing the Difficult Airway
BLS 3 / ALS 71 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNsIt has been said that there is no such thing as an easy prehospital airway. Our environment alone can provide the novice paramedic with challenges in the area of airway management. Add to our environment several morphologic and pathologic features in our patients, and even the most experienced paramedic is challenged. In this interactive multimedia session, learn how to identify patients who may have a difficult airway and learn an algorithmic approach to airway management that can improve your success in recognizing and managing the difficult airway.
Instructor: Jeff Myers
CAR-516 Heart Failure and LVADs in 2013
BLS 5 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSStarting with a didactic session on heart failure types, and outcomes, this instructor will discuss indications for referral for heart transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) including reasons for the timing of each. Follow-up hands-on practice with Thoratec LVAD System controller and discussion of LVAD troubleshooting, alarms and patient assessment.
Instructor: Gary R. Zeevi
CAR-517 The 12-Lead EKG - How do I Read This Thing?
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, MD12-Lead EKGs are considered the standard of cardiac care in EMS. EMS providers/attendees are encouraged to expand their knowledge base and jump a little deeper into EKG interpretation, with an understanding of the physiology and electrical components of the tracings. An understanding of the right-sided and posterior augmented tracings will enhance the EMS provider/nurse’s ability to find cardiac events and treat them properly. This session will dissect and simplify an understanding of the physiology, components and lead positions with practice participation reading and interpreting the EKG.
Instructor: Jason T. Garrison
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe instructor will explain what makes an incident a “critical incident” to a provider. We will show different events that have been labeled as a critical incident and talk about the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and the classes that they offer.
Instructor: Patricia Copeland
EDU-815 EMS Education Duck Dynasty Style
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, EducatorsThe current state of our economy and teaching in smaller, more rural areas means instructors may have to be a little more creative in our teaching methods. Sim-Man...heck, I am lucky to have the outline of a person drawn on bulletin board paper to simulate the patient! Come learn and SHARE some creative ways to reach your learners in the classroom!
Instructor: Rebecca Anhold
EDU-816 Naked EMT Teaching
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, EducatorsThis class will help experienced instructors deliver a program that is focused on clinical evaluation and EMT critical thinking. See effective learning techniques independent of the National Standard Curricula. Learn how educational standard templates can be used to evaluate student competency.
Instructor: Michael Ward
EVAC-907 Transportation of the STEMI Patient via Air Ambulance to Reduce Time to Cardiac Intervention
BLS 5 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNsThis presentation will describe the Air-STEMI transport process with Nightingale. It will discuss basic cardiac anatomy, how to read a 12-lead EKG and when to transport a STEMI patient by air, and the outreach program by the Sentara Heart Hospital to assist in the transport and care of the cardiac STEMI. The presentation will end with a group 12-lead EKG interpretation.
Instructor: Denise Baylous
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEMS agencies should appoint a Safety Officer to lead safety and loss prevention efforts, and coordinate safety program activity. This class will outline the benefits of having a safety officer and provide an overview of potential duties for the safety officer. EMS providers take care of other people and the EMS Safety Officer role is to take care of providers through strategies to prevent provider injuries and fatalities.
Instructor: Jack Sullivan
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAccessing and managing patients in hoarding conditions is rapidly becoming a familiar occurrence. Providers need to examine the dangers faced not only when entering a hoarding environment, but after patient care is completed. From increased exposure and biohazards to patient access issues, participants will be exposed to a different thought process and learn tactics to help protect them from a myriad of hazards when dealing with patients inside hoarding conditions.
Instructor: Ryan Pennington
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe changes in the healthcare environment will necessitate more than ever that WE make a difference. This session will provide specific examples of how EMS agencies can prove to their key internal and external stakeholders that they are a valuable member of the healthcare continuum.
Instructor: Matthew Zavadsky
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorsAlmost every EMS provider has uttered the words “It would be different if I was in charge” sometime in their professional lives. This lighthearted and informative lecture will provide EMS leaders and upcoming leaders with a look at some of the pitfalls and realities of EMS Supervision and Management. Tricks, tips and ideas will be offered in this presentation, which
comes from a lessons-learned perspective and includes a wide assortment of do’s and don’ts.Instructor: Raphael M. Barishansky
MED-3018 Altered Mental Status in the Movies
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllUsing television and movie clips, students will identify and differentiate between causes of AMS. Once identified, field treatments will be discussed.
Instructor: Monique Dixon
MED-3019 Shock Physiology for Dummies
BLS 5 / ALS 83 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis program will introduce participants to the history of shock, what we once thought was true, to what we currently believe to be the truth about the physiology of shock. This discussion will take us on a journey from 10,000 BC to current modern day medicine. In doing so we will discuss how shock presents itself and the current treatment options available to both BLS and ALS EMS providers.
Instructor: Mike Biamonte
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis presentation will highlight QA/QI programs that are currently being utilized by other agencies and the components that make these programs successful. Specifics will be components like customer satisfaction surveys; round table discussions; and peer review systems.
Instructor: Adam Harrell
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllParticipants will play an EMS Monopoly game on a room-sized board representing Virginia Rescue Agencies instead of streets. Roll the dice, answer an EMS question. You, the pawn, will advance around the board. RR, Jail and Go are replaced with Medevacs, Morgue and Dispatch. Pass Dispatch, collect your monies to purchase ambulances and fire trucks. Don’t let Chance and Doctor’s Bag (Community Chest) cause you to forfeit your purchases! Share your medical expertise with other EMS providers.
Instructor: Bonnie Caplinger
Limited to: 25
PREP-5018 Swimming With Sharks
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsThis class will review the legal framework for administrative, civil and criminal cases, as they relate to EMS providers, and the similarities, differences and interactions in the various areas of law.
Instructor: Matthew R. Streger
SPE-6017 Altered Mental Status in the Pediatric Population
BLS 8 / ALS 86 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSUsing a case based approach, a systematic approach to the management of pediatric patients with altered mental status will be discussed. Basic prehospital treatment guidelines for pediatric patients with altered mental status will be covered including a discussion of the various etiologies leading to altered mental status in the pediatric population.
Instructor: Christopher M. Woleben
SPE-6018 Kids do the Darnedest Things
BLS 8 / ALS 86 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAbuse and overdose of common over-the-counter medications has been on the increase for well over ten years, especially in the pediatric population. This not only impacts call volume in the prehospital setting, but is also responsible for an increase in ED visits. This session will identify several OTC medications, the effects of overdose, and treatment options.
Instructor: James R. Williams
TRA-7016 Septic, Hypovolemic, Obstructive and Cardiogenic Killers (S.H.O.C.K.)
BLS 4 / ALS 83 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllIt can be said that anyone who ever died, died from shock. The question is what type of shock did they die from? How can we recognize types of shock and how does treatment differ? Is it compensated, decompensated or irreversible? Why is hypotension confused with shock? This course provides a review of the different types of shock, common pitfalls and new trends in treatment.
Instructor: Jason Ferguson
TRA-7017 Traumatic Brain Injury
BLS 4 / ALS 79 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis presentation will focus on the anatomy and physiology of traumatic brain injury. Emphasis will be given to early recognition and management of brain injury, from mild (concussive) injury through severe brain injury, and to the impact of optimal prehospital care on the outcome of the patient with severe brain injury.
Instructor: George Lindbeck
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
ALS - 314 ALS Academy - Spinal Injuries
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 80 /1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSA case study approach to the treatment of spinal injuries. We’ll look at field treatment and packaging of patients, follow-up with the hospital course and outcome.
Instructor: Steven C. Watkins
BLS 9 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the eighth class in the BLS Academy. Participants will work hands-on in a variety of practical stations to complete the 3 hours of required skills refresher.
Instructor: Justin Miles
Limited to: 24
ALS-315 ALS Academy - Volume Resuscitation for Trauma and Sepsis
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 83 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSA literature-based discussion on the management of trauma patients with respect to volume resuscitation. There is a changing approach to fluid management in trauma. Pertinent studies will be reviewed as well as a review of the Military approach in hemorrhagic shock. The sepsis component of the lecture will also focus on fluid resuscitation and will briefly review the principles of “goal therapy” that is common in EDs across the country.
Instructor: Asher Brand
AIR-215 CPAP, BIPAP, PEEP: Adventures in Noninvasive Ventilation
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALSAn overview of the evolution of noninvasive ventilation and its use in prehospital care. We will review pathophysiology of respiratory conditions commonly treated with NIV, the effects of NIV on respiratory mechanics, current use of NIV, and what lies ahead.
Instructor: Martin Payne
CAR-518 New Technologies in Heart Failure Management
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class discusses new devices and rescue devices used in heart failure management - left ventricle assist devices, the total artificial heart and ECMO. We will discuss physiology, assessment of patients with these devices and management.
Instructor: Ashley Foster
Limited to: 45
CAR-519 Pediatric Rhythm Disturbances
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 84 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RNThis class will cover the three basic categories of emergent pediatric cardiac rhythms, and review the initial treatment for each distinct rhythm according to the AHA ECC 2010 guidelines.
Instructor: Patricia Lynn
EDU-817 Methods for Effective Adult Learning
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllHate PowerPoint presentations? Would you like to engage your class with outside of the box thinking? Learn skills and techniques for establishing a dynamic classroom presence that will allow you to deliver effective, entertaining and educational presentations.
Instructor: Monique Dixon • Co-Instructor: Mike Biamonte
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, AllWith the NFPA 1917 standard fast approaching, it is not all about having bells, whistles and black boxes fitted. It is about how you use those components as part of your overall safety strategy. Richmond Ambulance Authority has a safety system strategy involving training, education and management which has reduced accidents, lowered insurance premiums, and trained a workforce to deliver patients in one piece and support clinical excellence.
Instructor: Rob Lawrence
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllDealing with the tragic loss of a fire and rescue personnel in the line of duty is difficult. Just as difficult is dealing with the impact of suicide of one of our own. Are you aware of the prevalence of suicide within our ranks? Do your personnel talk about their own behavioral health? Should you? Attend this session and discuss the importance of addressing the psychological health risks facing providers.
Instructor: Richie Bowers • Co-Instructor: Jennie Collins
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSTo become a better leader you have to practice the five “Ls” - look, listen, learn, lead and laugh with your team! Take part in this class and you will be shown examples of how others perceive your actions and communications. Using simple rules of servant leadership you will learn how to become a more effective leader who is connected and engaged with a true passion for your agency and its members.
Instructor: Karen D. Wagner
MED-3020 Mind if I Smoke? Cyanide?
BLS 5 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllProgram focuses on the challenges of managing the patient exposed to by-products that contain cyanide. We will discuss advanced technology to detect cyanide at fire scenes and what was thought to be “routine” fires. This is a unique problem because it not only affects our patients, but our responders as well. The latest preferred treatment of these patients will be discussed.
Instructor: Travis Karicofe
MED-3021 Sepsis: The Storm Within
BLS 5 / ALS 83 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSThis presentation will review the physiology of sepsis and the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). Emphasis will be given to helping EMS providers recognize the signs and symptoms of SIRS and to become familiar with treatment strategies including early goal directed therapy (EGDT).
Instructor: George Lindbeck
OPE-4019 You too, can Plan for the “Great Days of CPR” in Your Community
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThe “Great Days of CPR” is a program that has been delivered to the citizens of the City of Richmond for the past several years. In 2012, the members of the Richmond Ambulance Authority reached out to their regional partners to teach CPR in their communities. The presenters will share the successes and pitfalls to this regional approach, giving the participants the tools needed to take this home with them.
Instructor: Shannon Daniel • Co-Instructor: Daniel Linkins
OPE-4020 Zombie Apocalypse-Lessons Learned From World War Z
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe recent popularity in “Zombie Attacks” and preparation for said attacks, has led to some very valuable lessons that we as first responders can learn from. There are many analogies that can be made between a “Zombie Attack” and a Pandemic and the response of EMS. This is a tongue and check approach to “prepping” for possible natural disasters.
Instructor: Matthew Watson
PREP-5019 JEDI Medic: The Return
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSReturn to the time of the Jedi Medic. Overcome the “DARK SIDE” of patient assessment. Free your patients from the mechanized technology riddled evil empire. Dare to learn the nearly lost art of patient assessment using nothing more then the principles of the “FORCE”.
Instructor: John Todaro
PREP-5020 The Low-Down on the High Side - Special Considerations EMS Responders Should Know About Motorcycle Accidents
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAccidents involving motorcycles, both on road and off road, are different than accidents with cars or trucks. There is a greater chance of death, increased seriousness and diversity of injuries, and an increased chance of fuel and oil spill. The field responder will be taught how to identify potential injuries and special skills to remove safety equipment.
Instructor: Ken Crumpler • Co-Instructor: John Luck
SPE-6019 Pediatric Assessment: Figuring out if a Child is Sick
BLS 8 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSWe all have varying degrees of comfort (or discomfort) when caring for ill and injured infants and children. But, are we able to apply the “why” to the signs and symptoms we discover? Then are we able to determine just how sick (or not) our little patient really is? Join us to fine tune your pediatric assessment skills and take them to the next level!
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
SPE-6020 The Squeaks and Peeps That Kids Make
BLS 8 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSKiddos can be very scary, especially when they’re experiencing a respiratory related emergency and they can’t tell you what’s wrong. This class will discuss the differences between the pediatric and adult respiratory anatomy, common pediatric respiratory emergencies, their presentations and how to treat them without sending yourself into an arrhythmia.
Instructor: Tiffany Chatham
TRA-7018 Case Study in a Burn Mass Casualty
BLS 4 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSA case study of a burn mass casualty will be used to highlight burn care from dispatch to discharge. Emphasis will be given to the prehospital management of burn patients, using the case to highlight teaching points on airway management, wound care and updated fluid resuscitation guidelines. Finally, advances in burn care in the hospital setting will be discussed.
Instructor: Christopher Stevenson
TRA-7019 Ocular Trauma
BLS 4 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOne of our most valuable senses is the ability to see, yet how much do you know about ocular anatomy and physiology? Approximately 1.2-2.5 million people suffer eye injuries each year in the U.S.; over 40,000 are associated with some visual loss and 25,000 result in total blindness. How confident are you in your ability to assess and manage these patients? Why is visual acuity the vital sign of the eye? Can you distinguish between a penetrating and perforating injury? What causes a hyphema? What is ciliary spasm and how can you make the patient more comfortable? What physiologic changes occur due to a chemical splash burn to the eye? Should corneal abrasions still be patched? Expand your trauma preparedness skills by attending this “must see” presentation by a reformed eye patcher.
Instructor: Connie Mattera
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