EMS at Firehouse World Conference Program
EMS EXPO at Firehouse World Pricing
| March 2, 2010 | |
| 8:30 AM | Criss Brainard, EMT-P BLS Track Airway management is one area where if you don't use your training, you may lose it. Join Criss for a refresher on airway management, including use of various airway devices and basic procedures. |
| 8:30 AM | Daniel Davis, MD ALS Track Join Dr. Davis as he explores recent advances in resuscitation science and how they might apply to prehospital medicine. These include the emphasis on chest compressions, use of pressor agents, defibrillation, antiarrhythmics and hypothermia. He will also look at future directions for resuscitation science, focusing on prehospital application of anti-reperfusion therapy. |
| 10:15 AM | Alan R. Cowen, MA, EMT-P BLS Track What can we learn from our experiences as prehospital care providers in the fire service? Where do we put the sights, sounds and smells of death? How can we reduce the stress and anxiety that plague us now and will continue to do so later in life? In this session, Alan explores death, dying, grief and stress based on his own experiences with the Los Angeles Fire Department. |
| 1:45 PM | Tom Anglim, NREMT-P, MBA, ED-Q BLS Track Explore with Tom the best practices of some fire and EMS systems that have integrated injury prevention, public relations, media campaigns, innovative training programs, new equipment and multiagency cooperation to maximize the fire/EMS positive impact on ill or injured kids. |
| 1:45 PM | Rick Rod, RN, CEN, NREMT-P ALS Track After paramedic school, professional EMS system providers develop their paramedic assets with implementation and support of a professional paramedic field training program. In this session, Rick looks at the basics of program structure and accountability, and brings you up to date on changes in training that include an increased focus on technical issues. |
| March 3, 2010 | |
| 8:30 AM | Heather Davis, MS, NREMT-P BLS Track Chest trauma is a leading cause of death in this country. Both BLS and ALS providers will benefit from this lecture on what's new in the management of cardiothoracic trauma. Learn how to apply the Fick Principle to development of shock in the chest trauma patient; recognize commotio cordis and key interventions for patient survival; and understand when to needle-decompress a pneumothorax. |
| 8:30 AM | Daniel Davis, MD ALS Track Prehospital endotracheal intubation is one of the most controversial and important topics facing EMS providers. In this lecture, Dr. Davis will review the evidence for and against prehospital intubation and discuss some alternative approaches. He will also cover the optimal approach to training and performance improvement. |
| 10:15 AM | Ivan Rokos, MD, FACEP ALS Track A systems-based approach for the care of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients is gaining significant attention. It's clear that the potential of the prehospital electrocardiogram to speed reperfusion can only be fully realized by integrating EMS into a regional network of STEMI receiving center hospitals. Join Dr. Rokos for a look at how patients are being saved by expedited cardiac cath lab times. |
| 1:45 PM | Cindy Tait, MICP, RN, MPH BLS Track Geriatric patients are EMS's most vulnerable patient population. Aging body systems and multiple medical conditions combined with prescription and over-the-counter medications alter the elderly person's response to illness and traumatic injury and present specific challenges for the EMS provider. This session will provide you with tips and techniques for assessing and managing geriatric emergencies. |
| 1:45 PM | Heather Davis, MS, NREMT-P ALS Track More than 30% of the population has some psychiatric pathology. As an EMS provider, inability to distinguish one condition from another limits you from predicting a patient's behavior. This session reviews the pathophysiology of common behavioral disorders and how they manifest in patients. Treatment strategies, both chronic and acute, will be discussed and visualized through popular media examples. |
| March 4, 2010 | |
| 8:30 AM | Heather Davis, MS, NREMT-P BLS Track Falls are a leading cause of injury in the elderly, resulting in more than one-quarter million hip fractures each year. As many as half of patients hospitalized with a hip fracture will die from associated injuries or illness within one year. In this session, Heather will review proper assessment for potential hip injuries, discuss dangerous complications of hip fractures, and examine new techniques for immobilization and transport of patients with suspected hip injuries. |
| 8:30 AM | Cindy Tait, MICP, RN, MPH ALS Track Patients today are being discharged from hospital to home "sicker and quicker." This presents new challenges for EMS responders who must assess, treat and transport patients with post-surgical/procedural medical devices that can become blocked, dislodged, infected or malfunction, prompting a 9-1-1 call from a home aide or family member. This session will help to reduce your "fear of the unknown" regarding this hardware and prepare you to safely care for your technology-dependent patients. |
| 10:15 AM | Alan R. Cowen, MA, EMT-P BLS Track With injuries being the leading cause of death and disability for children and young adults in this country and more than 145,000 lives lost each year, knowing the basics of trauma assessment is a must for providers of emergency care. Whether dealing with blunt or penetrating trauma, the mechanism of injury, signs and symptoms and your suspicions require rapid decision-making. In this session, Alan reviews the important elements of basic assessment in trauma care. |
| 10:15 AM | Cindy Tait, MICP, RN, MPH ALS Track The American Heart Association's new guidelines will be released in the near future. While not an official announcement, this session will review likely changes in the new BLS and ACLS guidelines as predicted by the most recent research that will change our practice for the next five years. New best practices will likely include: induced hypothermia, no or low oxygen supplementation, automatic CPR machines, fluid volume replacement, fewer medications and much more. |
