PRE-017 Operational Medical Directors Workshop
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: MD, DOThis class will cover new developments in patient care, rules and regulations, and EMS management for operational medical directors. This course will count towards requirements for re-endorsement as an EMS physician, and CME will be offered.
Instructor: George Lindbeck
PRE-018 Pediatric ITLS
BLS Various / ALS Various / 8 CEU
Target Audience: AllA one-day course designed to teach all levels of EMS personnel the skills necessary to recognize the mechanisms of injury, the ability to assess and perform critical interventions, management of airway problems, fluid resuscitation and the packaging and transport of the injured infant or child. Pediatric ITLS uses the principles of prehospital trauma care andrefines them for specific use on infants and children.
Instructor: William Carter
Limited to: 24
PRE-019 Terrorism Awareness
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsThis awareness-level course is designed for responders who require the skills necessary to recognize and report a potential incident involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or who are likely to witness or investigate an event involving the use of WMD’s. At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to identify and take appropriate action in the event of a potential or realized WMD incident.
Instructor: Lee Bennett
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 4 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis presentation focuses on A&P of the respiratory system, and the effects of ventilation, intubation, cricothyroidotomy, nebulized medication administration on the airway system, including the lungs and heart, using porcine organs.
Instructor: Jason Dush
Limited to: 60
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCome join us in a three hour hands-on workshop teaching the finer points of physical assessment and clinically focused surface anatomy. Starting at the head, we go all the way to the toes and learn how to find structures like the cricothyroid membrane, angle of Louis, the lung bases, which are often talked about but few can really locate. Even highly experienced providers walk away amazed at what they have learned to sharpen their assessment.
Instructor: Jonathan Politis
Limited to: 25
BLS-401 BLS Academy-Patient Assessment
BLS 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the first class in the BLS Academy. Attendees will learn techniques on how to approach and assess a patient experiencing a medical or traumatic emergency.
Instructor: Paul Fleenor
AIR-203 Prediction of the Difficult Airway
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNEMS students will receive valuable information to assist with identification of difficult airways. Specific attention will be paid to evaluation of patients to suggest difficulty with difficult bag-mask ventilation, difficult laryngoscopy and intubation, difficult extraglottic device placement and difficult cricothyrotomy.
Instructor: Fred Ellinger, Jr.
CAR-501 Vasoactive Agents: Beyond the Basics
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNDesigned to address the complex world of vasoactive agents utilized in SCT and aeromedical transport, this lecture addresses the nuances of medications that alter preload, afterload, and cardiodynamics. A focus is placed on physiology review, advanced pharmacodynamics, and the complex hemodynamics patient.
Instructor: Jeremiah Goyette
CISM-602 I’m not an Alcoholic, I Don’t go to Meetings…Addiction in EMS
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAddiction is a growing problem in society. Personality, biology and environment all contribute to a person’s susceptibility to this terrible disease - one that destroys families, careers and lives. This presentation will cover the most common warning signs and coping mechanisms as well as present attendees the path to take should they or someone that they know in the service desire help.
Instructor: Corinne Flammer
EDU-802 Street Ready Graduates? Are we Graduating and Employing Clinically Competent Providers
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsHow do you think your paramedics and EMTs stack up against the national standards for clinical competence? Are paramedic programs currently meeting the clinical education goals of the curriculum? Are these goals realistic? Do they have anything to do with clinical competence? This evidence based presentation will review the current literature and take a critical look at current methods of measuring competency during clinical education.
Instructor: David Page
MED-3001 The day the Blue Bloater met the Pink Puffer
BLS 5 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSOne of the most common calls to which an EMS provider responds is the classic “shortness of breath”. While there are many causes behind this chief complaint, this presentation focuses upon the 2 main types of COPD and how they are different, yet similar. Bronchitis Betty and Earl the Emphysemic are waiting to meet you!
Instructor: Christopher Ebright
PREP-5001 The Devil is in the Details
BLS 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThere are clues present on every assignment, from dispatch to scene, which give a world of information about a patient long before we ever lay a hand (or eye) on someone. Using forensic review of different types of “average” EMS calls, we will isolate some of those categories, showing the many small decisions and observations that factor into your clinical decision before ever meeting the actual patient.
Instructor: Tracey Loscar
SPE-6001 Perfect Storm - OB Emergencies
BLS 10 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: All“We have a secret in our culture, it’s not that birth is painful, it’s that women are strong.” (Laura Stavoe Harm) The miracle of birth begins with the physical and emotional growth and development for both mom and baby. This presentation discusses emergencies that can occur during pregnancy and birth, the assessment and management of select OB emergencies and the emotional and psychological effects OB emergencies can have on everyone.
Instructor: Jules Scadden
ALS-301 ALS Academy - oh This Heat!
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSReview of heat emergencies- their recognition, assessment and treatment at BLS and ALS levels.
Instructor: Rita Krenz
ALS-302 ALS Academy - Drowning
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 77 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSAn overview of the pathophysiology and treatment of drowning injuries. Emphasis on prevention, pathophysiology and prehospital treatment. Also look at current research and possible future interventions for immersion injuries.
Instructor: Martin Allen Payne
AIR-204 Capnography Case
BLS 3 / ALS 71 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCapnography is the gold standard for confirming and monitoring airway placement, yet provides a wide range of additional clinical information. Application and experience provide the best resources for learning and understanding clinical situations. This class illustrates the benefits of capnography through case studies in a wide variety of clinical situations, and using capnography to enhance patient management.
Instructor: Mike Watkins
AIR-205 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions About Airway Management
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThere is a 100 percent mortality rate for patients who do not have an airway. But what device and which technique to use can make for some interesting debate. This presentation addresses the numerous decisions as to advanced airway management. Traditional endotracheal intubation as well as supraglottic airways, rapid sequenced induction, and capnography will also be a topic of this case-based presentation.
Instructor: Kyle Bates
CAR-502 Special K
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, EducatorsWhat is the difference between hypokalemia and hyperkalemia? Should prehospital providers even care? Absolutely! Ever run a code or treat a dialysis patient, and despite everything you’re doing correctly his/her presentation doesn’t improve? Remember the H’s and T’s? Come participate…and we’ll discuss signs, symptoms,
physical presentation, ECG changes and other things to consider.Instructor: Christopher Ebright
COM-701 Developing a 911 Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement System That Works!
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: DispatcherThis course will discuss the design, development and implementation of a 911 Quality Assurance System that promotes Performance Improvement and staff development, informs Training focus and assists Management and Supervision. This discussion features a tested peer review technique that provides meaningful performance data while promoting results analysis and effective action for continuous performance improvement.
Instructor: Bernard DuCharme
LMGT-2001 A Quarter Million Mistakes: How EMS is Harming Patients and What we Must do About It
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWhile the rest of healthcare has taken the last 4-6 years responding to the Institute of Medicine’s “To Err is Human” report on medical mistakes, EMS has maintained the status quo. This unique program applies the statistics and lessons of the IOM to EMS, and describes tangible steps EMS must take to assure the safety of the patients we are called upon to serve.
Actual cases of errors and “near misses” are included to demonstrate the importance of the information.Instructor: Scott Bourn
MED-3002 Agitated Delirium
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSThis lecture reviews agitated delirium, signs that the patient may have, how patients with it differ from "standard" agitated patients and how treatment needs to differ.
Instructor: Lisa Dodd, DO
OPE-4003 EMS Aspects of Extrication: Fundamentals and Focus
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSGreat extrication demands unique collaboration between emergency personnel. To save a victim (not just chop up a vehicle) you need command, coordination, communication and care. This program connects core principles with a foundation of field trauma care. Presented for ALS, BLS and Fire/Rescue personnel this program delivers command, communication and collaboration, injury prioritization and care under difficult conditions, and concerns for special patient populations including geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnant patients.
Instructor: Rommie Duckworth
OPE-4004 The Role of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in a Mass Fatality Event - REPEAT
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) needs qualified, trained partners who understand legal and public health aspects of a disaster event. When disasters happen, there is no time to plan or train for our mission and needs. With this presentation, we hope to be proactive and develop EMS resource partnerships.
Instructor: Leah Bush
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis course is designed to provide participants with the training and tools necessary to become Instructors in Mass Casualty Incident Management Module I and II. Teaching requirements and techniques will be discussed and course content will be reviewed. Requirements for maintaining certification will also be discussed. Prerequisites for Inst. Certification includes MCIM I and II completion, EMS certification, and instructor certification in another class.
Instructor: Karen C. Owens
SPE-6002 Medical Misadventures in Elder Care
BLS 5 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSLearn how to avoid mistakes aka "misadventures" with your elderly patients. Just as children are not "little" adults, the geriatric patient is different as well. And the leading killer of our elderly is heart disease. Learn about the unique presentations of acute coronary syndromes in the elderly and answer the question, "what is an anginal equivalent?"
Instructor: Richard Beebe
TRA-7001 Guns, Knives, Hand Grenades and Booby Traps
BLS 4 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllPenetrating trauma patients have a high mortality rate. Severe injuries occur in which early recognition in the field can mean the difference between life and death. With the increased risk of terrorist type acts unconventional injury patterns are more likely than ever to occur in the civilian world, yet most EMS providers are not prepared to treat these patients. This course will use case studies to review common injuries and explore some not so common penetrating injuries encountered in the field.
Instructor: Jason Ferguson
ALS-303 ALS Academy - Toxicology/Poisoning
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 76 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis course will satisfy the requirements of the ALS provider in Area 76.
Instructor: Andrew A. Galvin
BLS-402 BLS Academy - Medical Legal
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the second lecture of the BLS Academy. Attendees will learn about the Medical-Legal aspects of providing care to the patient.
Instructor: Ron Kendrick
BLS-403 BLS Academy - Medical Emergencies
BLS 5 / ALS CAT 2 / 4 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the third class of the BLS Academy. Attendees will cover topics related to Medical Emergencies in the BLS patient.
Instructor: Eric de Forest • Co-Instructor Leilani de Forest
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsHave you ever thought, “If I could just get my staff working on the same page, we could accomplish so much more.” This session will look at team building exercises and how to integrate them into your workplace and teaching programs. Through exercises and examples you will learn how to enhance the teamwork of supervisors, instructors, students and employees. Join Kirk and Margaret for a fun-filled session with real solutions to improve your team.
Instructor: Kirk E. Mittelman • Co-Instructor: Margaret A. Mittelman
BLS 2 / ALS 78 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSCome join us in a three-hour hands-on workshop teaching the finer points of physical assessment and clinically focused surface anatomy. Starting at the head, we go all the way to the toes and learn how to find structures like the cricothyroid membrane, angle of Louis, the lung bases...often talked about but few can really locate. Even highly experienced providers walk away amazed at what they have learned to sharpen their assessment.
Instructor: Jonathan Politis
Limited to: 25
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
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis presentation will provide guidance of the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) Grant Program provided by OEMS. This class will not only provide an overview of the RSAF grant program, but will also give participants information on other state, federal, non-profit and private funding that may be available for EMS providers. This workshop is highly recommended to those providing EMS for the public and are in need of EMS equipment, vehicle and system wide programs.
Instructor: Amanda Davis
AIR-206 Avoiding Airway Disasters –Tips and Tricks for the Difficult Airway
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllManagement of the airway is critical in the prehospital setting. Failure to establish an airway can lead to disastrous results. However, a difficult airway can be challenging even for the most seasoned provider. Learn the latest in airway management as well as tips to avoid pitfalls in these patients.
Instructor: Bruce Mingyung Lo
CAR-503 Cardiac Arrest
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 72 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllIn this class, we will review the various therapies employed by EMS to the patient in cardiac arrest. The basic therapies are the most important and include high quality, uninterrupted chest compressions and defibrillation. The more complex therapies are important yet much less so. These complex therapies include parenteral access, cardioactive medication administration and placement of invasive airways.
Instructor: William Brady
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, AdministratorsIt’s something we deal with on a regular basis. What happens when the victim is one of our own? This presentation will review the warning signs of possible suicidal behaviors and suicidal ideation, not in our patients, but in our partners who seem to be unable to reach out for help, appropriate interventions will also be presented.
Instructor: Corinne Flammer
EDU-803 Research in EMS: Why we do What we do When we do It
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllBasic overview of research methodology from the perspective of EMS providers. Inherent challenges of applying scientific method to our uncontrolled environment will be examined. Examples of well and less well executed prehospital research will be discussed.
Instructor: Michael Kurz
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllCrew Resource Management (or human factors training) has been taught in the aviation industry since the 1970’s. Why? Because after all these years, human factors are still the #1 cause of crashes in aviation. In fact, human factors are the main causes in almost every machine-related industry. The principles of CRM can be applied to Ground EMS, Dispatch, and in our personal lives as well. Join us in this presentation to learn how. This presentation will be co-presented by a flight nurse and pilot, providing perspectives from both worlds.
Instructor: Susan Smith
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSEmergency Incident Rehabilitation is designed to highlight the need for functional emergency incident rehabilitation. The program is centered on establishing a functional rehab sector at various types of emergency and prolonged operation settings. We will discuss the need for accountability systems, safety officers, responder medical monitoring, and for the appropriate transportation of responders that become patients.
Instructor: Rick L. Russotti
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSWherever two or more gather, a war story will surface. These tales of calls gone by serve more of a purpose than just an icebreaker or bragging rights. They provide insight into the type of provider you are. They function as an emotional cushion and debriefing tool. Using a collection of real life examples, this presentation breaks down the multiple roles of the EMS “war story” and what they mean.
Instructor: Tracey Loscar
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsOrienting and training in new EMS providers can be a powerful tool to rejuvenate and reshape the values of an ambulance service. This session will attack some of the stereotypes about the “new guy” and propose strategies that motivate the old timers to bring on new coworkers.
Instructor: David Page
MED-3003 The Night Joe’s Crab Shack Almost Changed Everything
BLS 5 / ALS 75 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RNBased on an actual event, this presentation follows the development of the pathophysiology, signs, symptoms and treatment of a severe anaphylactic reaction.
Instructor: Christopher Ebright
OPE-4005 Virginia State Anatomical Program
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllAn overview of the Virginia State Anatomical Program to include history, purpose, processes for donation, uses of cadavers, reasons for deferral of donation and contact information.
Instructor: Richard R. Sikon
BLS 7 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllJust like pooping, no job is done till the paperwork is. A look at documentation do’s and don’ts, and how to stay out of court. A look from all angles for the EMS provider.
Instructor: Eric Stanley
SPE-6003 Pediatric Emergencies: Scene Management, the Missing Piece
BLS 8 / ALS 86 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSPediatric Emergencies are difficult for everyone. Emotions run high for patients, parents, bystanders and even emergency responders. Trying to recall pediatric-specific vitals, values and medication doses can be tremendously stressful. Because of this, providers often miss the simple steps that can make an important difference in our care. With an approach of “first-things-first” this program shows how to manage the scene of a pediatric emergency with confidence, care and compassion.
Instructor: Rommie Duckworth
TRA-7003 Big Green Tractor
BLS 4 / ALS 83 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, ALSProgram focuses the challenges of managing rural trauma patients and the fact that these can be long transports. Farm trauma presents multiple challenges because of the significant mechanisms and degree of injuries. Program will discuss the latest practices in managing shock, soft tissue trauma, and aggressive airway management. Most importantly, what you should know to "first do no harm."
Instructor: Travis Karicofe
ALS-304 ALS Academy - Neurological Emergencies
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis course in the ALS academy will meet requirements in Area 89.
Instructor: Andrew A. Galvin
ALS-305 ALS Academy - Tales From the Dark Side
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSCome join this interactive session which will be guided by real life case studies where the patient’s presentation does not initially appear to be compatible with the final diagnosis. What can we learn from these unusual and not so uncommon medical condition cases? Attend and engage in the discussion which will broaden your perspective and sharpen your assessment and patient questioning skills.
Instructor: David Postelnek
AIR-207 Basic Ventilator Management
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 71 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllProviders will learn the basics of vent management and the physiologic response to intubation and mechanical ventilation. Numerous lung conditions will be discussed and how effective vent management will improve outcomes.
Instructor: William Aiken
AIR-208 The Art of the Airway
BLS 3 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS,RN,ALSAirway management relies on blending critical decision-making skills with clinical expertise. It requires a focused philosophy of training coupled with commitment to performance. This course will review current trends and evidence, and integrate this with a philosophy mind-set to improve how we manage our complex airways with understanding of why things happen in airways.
Instructor: Mike Watkins
CAR-504 12-Lead EKGs - not Just for Chest Pain Anymore
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN12-Lead EKG has become the standard of prehospital care for patients complaining of chest pain, but there are clues within the 12 Lead rhythm that may point to other illnesses and injuries. Participants will look at actual case studies where 12 Lead EKGs indicated other problems. Basic 12 Lead concepts will be reviewed along with the other uses for this
invaluable tool.Instructor: Jason Ferguson
COM-702 Developing Crisis Intervention Training for 911 Telecommunicators
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: DispatcherThe purpose of this workshop is to give insight to 911 centers on the development, implementation and ongoing training for a successful CIT program in a dispatch center. The telecommunicator must have training and skills to recognize the signs of a crisis and how to handle it until appropriate resources arrive. This training will address how 911 centers can develop curriculum working in a partnership with their public safety partners.
Instructor: Jada Lee • Co-Instructors: Kathleen Boone, Andrea Bryk, Cheryl St. John
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsInter-rater variability is a major threat to the validity of any subjective or performance evaluation. This presentation will discuss the problem of inter-rater reliability and discuss strategies to increase the dependability of performance and affective evaluations. Interactive remotes will be used to involve the participants in evaluation of practical skill videos.
Instructor: David Page
EVAC-902 Hair, Teeth and Eyeballs: Medevac Case Studies
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNAir transport providers find themselves exposed to the most diverse and critical populations of patients. This class will review three of our most interesting cases of the past year including trauma and complex medical transports. While reviewing patient assessment data, lab values, x-rays, and care given in transport, we will learn to incorporate current and future trends in critical care transport.
Instructor: Matthew Payne • Co-Instructor: Brian Gardner
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: Administrators, EducatorsEMS training often focuses on high-risk, low-frequency trauma and medical events. What training is provided on communicating with patients in mental crisis and how do you link these patients to the right care? Crisis intervention teams started in law enforcement over two decades ago as a jail diversion and injury prevention tactic. Learn how a multi-agency approach can prevent these crises from becoming violent and increase awareness of these issues.
Instructor: Courtney Ballantine Co-Instructors: Jonathan Teumer, Michael Gerber
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class will discuss the basic leadership skills and attributes that will make people glad to follow you. Developing the skills necessary that provide a feeling of trust, how to rally employees and build morale when the going gets tough. We’ll touch on the areas of setting a vision, creating and leading teams and motivation.
Instructor: Chris Cebollero
MED-3004 Coughing Your Brains Out!
BLS 5 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RNThere are many non – respiratory causes of the simple cough, a complex defensive reflex; some of which are potentially life – threatening! This session will be an interesting discussion about the differential diagnosis of a cough!
Instructor: Richard Beebe
OPE-4006 Understanding Flu and Biological Events
BLS 5 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, RN, AdministratorsUnderstanding Flu and Biologic Events is a program designed to bridge the gap between terrorism training and preparation for natural events involving emerging infectious disease. In this program we’ll examine probability and the impact on society of a biological event. Participants will be given a summary of selected biologic agents as well as an introduction to managing a pandemic event. We will also compare and contrast naturally occurring biologic events to intentional or man-made events.
Instructor: Rick L. Russotti
PREP-5003 Spanish for Health Care Providers
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 92 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSDuring this course, you’ll be provided with simple communication tools & resources which will assist you in introducing yourself in Spanish, completing a basic assessment & understanding the use of routine commands & questions. Our goal isn’t to make you fluent, rather immerse you in the language & provide you general Spanish communication skills. You’ll also have a chance to practice real time with one of our bilingual assistants.
Instructor: Francis Schmidt
Limited to: 25
SPE-6004 ABCs of KIDz: Supporting Critical Life Functions
BLS 8 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSMany of us were taught that kids were just “little adults” but have come to realize that this is not true. The anatomy and physiology of children are different and understanding this will allow providers to be successful in managing pediatric patients with medical and traumatic injuries. This case-based presentation addresses those differences along with management techniques.
Instructor: Kyle Bates
SPE-6005 Naturally Sweet Children With Diabetes Mellitus
BLS 5 / ALS 86 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllDiabetes Mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases seen in children and adolescents and is associated with serious health risks that can lead to premature death and disability. This presentation discusses the different types of diabetes found in children and adolescents, the unique challenges children with diabetes may face as they grow and explore treatment options through case studies dealing with DKA and hypoglycemia.
Instructor: Jules Scadden
TRA-7004 Out of Joint – Evaluation and Management of Dislocations
BLS 4 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllExtremity trauma is a common occurrence in both the prehospital and wilderness arena. Dislocations are not only painful, but failure to identify and treat in a timely fashion can lead to increased morbidity including permanent disability. In the austere environment, immediate reduction is indicated if neurological deficits are present and transport to definitive therapy will be delayed. Will review how to identify common dislocations as well as tips and tricks to appropriately perform dislocations.
Instructor: Bruce Mingyung Lo
EDU-805 ALS Coordinator Update
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorsThis session will discuss ALS training and education issues, accreditation, quality assurance and administrative updates from the Office of EMS. This program will meet the ALS coordinator’s requirement for attending an update as part of renewing the ALS Coordinator endorsement. You do not need to register for symposium to attend this program.
Instructor: Deborah T. Akers
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