EDU-804 Human Patient Simulation Bootcamp
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS,PA, EducatorThis full-day, highly interactive, hands-on workshop is designed for the novice to journeyman instructor who desires to learn the successes and pitfalls of utilizing live human patient simulation as a teaching tool. Participants will learn and apply evidence based practices as they collaborate in small groups to design, choreograph and critique the use of live human patient simulations.
Instructor: David Page • Co-Instructor: Christopher LeBaudour
Limited to: 30
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 8 CEU
Target Audience: MD/ODThis course is a "hands on" opportunity for EMS physicians to be introduced to fire/rescue field operations, including fireground, hazardous materials and rescue operations. Protective gear ( e.g. turn-out gear) and equipment will be available. Participants should bring their own personal protective gear such as gloves and eye protections; participants can bring their own turn-out gear if desired. Participants should be prepared for a physically active, outdoor experience and dress accordingly in terms of footwear, gloves, and clothing appropriate for temperature and rain if expected. The focus is on exposure to field operations and education, and the course is not designed to be a strenuous, "boot camp" type experience.
Instructor: George H. Lindbeck, MD
Limited to: 25
ADM-105 Getting Started with VPHIB's State Bridge [REPEAT]
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis class is focused on teaching members of EMS agencies to serve as their agency's system administrator. OEMS recommends each agency have more than one VPHIB administrator. Whether learning for the first time, or taking existing skills to the next level, this course will teach the basics for setting up and maintaining their agency in the VPHIB system. Students will learn how to perform the minimum functions required by OEMS and more. Students will also be exposed to the many optional functions that State Bridge offers to agencies such as tracking staff, training records management, performance improvements tools, communication tools, how to make a report from data submitted and more.
Instructor: Paul Sharpe
Limited to: 12
BLS 03 / ALS CAT 2 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLS
his class will focus on the importance of securing and maintaining the airway from a BLS management skill perspective. BLS providers will be challenged to become proficient in all aspects of airway management. The student will be presented with airway management challenges to give them a better perspective at how difficult Basic Airway Management can be.
Instructor: Timothy Kimble • Co-Instructor: Michael Jenks, MD
Limited to: 30
BLS-404 Airway Management
BLS 03 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the fourth lecture of the BLS Academy. Attendees will cover topics related to airway management in the BLS patient.
Instructor: Bill Akers
ALS-303 Provide care to a patient experiencing Cardiovascular Compromise
ALS 73 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis program will provide CE for ALS area 73 only. You must attend the entire session to receive CE.
Instructor: Reginald I. Rivera
ADM-106 RSAF, What?
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, Educator, AdministratorThis presentation will focus on the grant program that is administered by OEMS known as the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF). Grant eligibility, program guidelines, what to apply for and the grant review process are some of the items that will be discussed during this program overview. This presentation will be useful for those that have applied for RSAF along with those that are brand new to this process.
Instructor: Amanda Davis
AIR-206 Assessing for the Potential Difficult Airway
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, PA, MD/DO, EducatorIt is imperative that EMS clinicians are EXPERTS in critical airway management. Maintaining a patent airway is of vital importance as to provide oxygenation and ventilation. Choosing the right airway at the right time with the right information is the right thing to do. This session will provide the clinician with additional assessment tools to make the right decisions in airway management.
Instructor: David Maatman
CAR-506 The Pre-hospital Assessment and Management of Aortic Aneurysms
BLS 05 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe word aneurysm comes from the Greek word for "widening". When these weak sections of vessels occur in the aorta, it is an ominous sign. When they leak or hemorrhage entirely the result is often a fruitless resuscitation effort. Who is predisposed to suffering aneurysms? What are the symptoms and if discovered, what is the management? Please join JEMS " Case of the Month" author Paul Werfel in this interesting and interactive discussion.
Instructor: Paul Werfel
CAR-507 CPR on the Move
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllAmbulance safety is an important concern for all EMS providers. Emerging data suggests that providers are exposed to significant acceleration forces during transport that may result in injury. Furthermore, the impact of these forces upon patient care will be examined.
Instructor: Michael C. Kurz, MD
EDU-805 Using Problem - Based Learning to Promote Critical Thinking
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorEducators strive to find ways to prepare the EMS student to assess, analyze and make critical decisions in chaotic situations. Problem‐based learning can develop the essential foundational learning blocks that allow the student to demonstrate high level thinking processes. This engaging, interactive presentation uses PBL principles to practice what it preaches, and provides participants a "hands‐on" experience in developing PBLS.
Instructor: Arthur Hsieh
EVAC-902 Do We Make A Difference? Case Studies in Air Medical Care
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllDo you wonder if air medical treatment and transport really does make a difference? What are the advantages? When might another approach to care be a better decision? This interactive session will explore several case studies that will review prehospital, air medical, and patient outcomes and care. Participants will review and discuss case studies in trauma, cardiac, and stroke.
Instructor: Paul Davenport
BLS 07 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: MD/DO, Educator, AdministratorUnfortunately, every EMS agency has unusual occurrences that take place that require investigation. Often, these investigations are conducted in a haphazard manner, without guidelines or good documentation, and often by individuals who have a conflict with the subject of the investigation. This lecture will look at a legal and ethical framework for conducting investigations that protects all of the individuals involved, and the agency, and ensures that any investigations have sound outcomes.
Instructor: Matthew Streger
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: RN, PA, MD/DO, AdministratorLike many EMS systems across the country, DC Fire and EMS often faces prolonged waits in emergency departments when dropping off patients. In order to reduce drop times DC Fire and EMS conducted a study of the factors involved in drop times and sought to implement solutions to reduce drop times. This session will discuss the results of the program and highlight the importance of study methodology when undertaking such endeavors.
Instructor: Jason Garrison, MD
MED-3005 Acute Abdomen
BLS 05 / ALS 82 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllPatients presenting with signs and symptoms of an Acute Abdomen are candidates for emergency surgery, until proven otherwise. The course will explore the multiple etiologies of the Acute Abdomen, the varied patient presentations, the suggested guidelines for pre-hospital care, and the definitive treatment for several conditions.
Instructor: Chris Stevenson
MED-3006 Spice - Not the One in Your Cupboard
BLS 05/ ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllSpice, or synthetic cannabis, is more popular as a drug of choice by American teenagers for a "legal high." It has been banned in 15 states. Routine blood drug screens will not detect its use. In states where Spice is legal, it is sold in tobacco shops and gas stations. Because it can be bought over the counter, more teenagers are using it without realizing the potential untoward effects. The presentation will discuss the history, presentation, when to suspect Spice use and the management of patients who have consumed Spice. Current hot topics on street drug use will also be discussed.
Instructor: Audrey Snyder
OPE-4005 Lethal Exposures: Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide
BLS 05 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllCarbon monoxide (CO) leads poisoning deaths worldwide yet is frequently misdiagnosed. Learn why this common poison eludes detection and how you can use new technologies to discover and prevent poisonings. Smoke inhalation is responsible for most fire deaths and Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is believed responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 US fire victims annually. Learn what you can do as an EMS provider to dramatically improve outcomes for fire victims. The life you save may be your own.
Instructor: Mike McEvoy
BLS 07 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllAfter almost ten years and in the midst of a dynamic legal and technical environment, HIPAA compliance remains a challenge. Hear from an EMS HIPAA Privacy Officer as he discusses several practical compliance issues, including use of laptops and other mobile devices, tricky disclosure situations (such as police, friends, and family), HIPAA training requirements, ride-alongs, the new breach notification rule, and other important updates enacted in the last two years.
Instructor: Jim Kelly
BLS 02 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSHave you ever been frustrated doing a patient assessment interview with an elderly patient? The fastest growing population group in the United States is those over age 65. With the elderly it is sometimes necessary to act more like a crime scene investigator than a medical provider. Using a mix of lecture and skills stations this class will share tips and tricks the instructor has learned over a 20 plus year career for assessing geriatric patients and getting the needed information to treat these patients.
Instructor: Daniel B. Green, II
Limited to: 24
BLS 02 / ALS 87 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RNThe child athlete is ever growing and changing physically and socially. Sports become an exciting and fun part of their growth, developing physical and social skills, teamwork, the importance of following rules, and the health benefits of exercise. Participation in sports means the child will experience a sports injury at some point and sports injuries in children differ from those seen in adults. This presentation discusses the benefits of sports, commonly seen injuries in the child athlete and special circumstances involving sports injuries in children with special challenges.
Instructor: Jules K. Scadden
BLS 08 /ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis presentation will discuss a dangerous game that a surprising number of young children and adolescents are engaging in. Hundreds of children die every year in this country from asphyxiation games and EMS personnel are often first responders to this dangerous activity. Learn to identify and answer questions about this activity and consequences that may await those who play these dangerous games.
Instructor: Cathy Fox
TRA-7004 Burn Care
BLS 04 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis presentation is for anyone involved in the health care field. The basics of burn care in the field & emergent care will be discussed. The discussion will include basic to advanced field care & the continuum of care once at the Burn Center. American Burn Association referral criteria will be presented along with a portion on Firefighter burn injuries; awareness, prevention & need for treatment.
Instructor: Katie Hollowed
TRA-7005 The Trauma Continuum of Care
BLS 04 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWhat happens to trauma patients after we take them to the hospital? Attendees will interactively follow patients through the full spectrum of trauma care. Real life case studies of blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, and crush injury patients, will help attendees identify the prehospital priorities of care, types of injuries, critical care management, and complications associated with mechanism. Follow the patient to the trauma center and focus on the triage, assessment, injury identification, and patient stabilization that occurs at the trauma center.
Instructor: Leonard J. Weireter, Jr., MD
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, AdministratorIn today's world, unfortunately, the creation of adequate surge capacity in a health care system is an absolute necessity. No matter what the disaster – natural, man-made, or technological – there is a very real possibility that the health care infrastructure including EMS will be overwhelmed at one time or another. This lecture will use current subject matter expert (SME) thinking and noted documentation to illustrate the need for EMS surge planning and discuss some ways for agencies to achieve this planning goal.
Instructor: Winnie C. Pennington
AIR-207 Ten Commandments of Airway Management in the Street
BLS 03 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllAirway, airway, airway. Seems like I have been hearing that dirge all of my life. We all know that airway maintenance in a patient is quite different from doing it in the classroom. Are there things that you should "write in stone" about airway maintenance? Please join JEMS Case of the Month author Paul Werfel in this new and insightful look into airway control. We will present you with 10 (easy to remember)"commandments" to better control your patient's airway in a pinch.
Instructor: Paul Werfel
CAR-508 Evaluating the Chest Pain Patient - Differentiating What is Deadly From What is Merely Incidental
BLS 05 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe chief complaint of chest pain is a minefield of potential pitfalls, as varied as they are dangerous. This course will examine the multiple deadly diagnoses that can present with chest pain, how to differentiate between them, and how to care for them appropriately.
Instructor: Michael C. Kurz, MD
CAR-509 Thou Shalt Not Kill
BLS 05/ ALS 72 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis course will discuss the evolution of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and focus on how the science has driven the most recent changes in the performance of CPR. The focus of the lecture will be on common errors made during the initial resuscitation and how to correct those errors. Attendees will also discuss emerging resuscitation technologies and where the science is pointing for the future of resuscitation standards.
Instructor: Katie Talk
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe "L" word can strike such fear in an agency as to cause well intended but misguided policies and actually make the dispatcher and the agency more open to litigation. This will be a frank discussion of liability as it relates to public safety communications and how simple actions can be taken to reduce the liability of the communicator and the agency.
Instructor: Hershel Kreis • Co-Instructor: Richard Rubino
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: EducatorWhat happens when a dynamic, engaging instructor tries to "liven up" a dry, boring, lecture-heavy slideshow during class? Usually the slideshow wins, and the students lose. That's because only about half of an engaging class comes from a dynamic instructor. The rest comes from courseware designed for interaction. Join us in this workshop and learn three specific techniques for transforming a dry slideshow into an interactive class. You'll spend about 1/2 the workshop actually working on transforming a slideshow that you bring with you.
Instructor: Jake Mazulewicz
Limited to: 40
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, AdministratorEMS 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 CAT 2 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOf all the things that you have to cope with in your leadership career, a line of duty death is the most difficult. Besides the emotional toll of losing a friend and colleague, you will have to be there for the family and your people while dealing with the media, making arrangements for a full honor funeral, helping the family with benefits, and dozens of other expectations that go with appropriately recognizing the passing of a fellow provider. This presentation describes one department's experience, the event, the planning process, liaison arrangements with the family and outside agencies, use of ICS, funding, and providing comfort for the department's employees and the public.
Instructor: Glenn H. Luedtke
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: MD/DO, Educator, AdministratorHealth care reform? Shrinking municipal budgets? The workforce of the future? EMS is "at a crossroads," according to a recent publication of the Institute of Medicine. But where do the crossroads lead? This session will discuss contemporary issues facing EMS agencies, take a look at several possible directions the consequences of their selection, and serve as food for thought for after-the-conference discussions.
Instructor: Skip Kirkwood, JD
MED-3007 Tales From the Crypt
BLS 05 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllHave you ever had that patient that didn't make it, but you never knew why? Or maybe you just knew it was an MI and later found out it was a PE? This course will use actual cases and autopsy information to show how each patient died. By understanding the cause of death in patients, we may be able to recognize similar signs and symptoms in the future and provide better care.
Instructor: Jason Ferguson
MED-3008 Austere Medical Care - A Surgeon's Experience in Haiti
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOn January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Haiti significantly damaging entire areas of the country and creating over 300,000 injured persons. The devastation, along with the sheer number of injuries and fatalities, redefined the term "austere medical care". This session will present the experiences of one trauma surgeon that responded to Haiti early in the rescue response and look at specific issues to providing care in such an environment to include medical standards of care, logistical issues, safety and security issues, and the psychological impact on the responders.
Instructor: Carol M. Gilbert, MD
OPE-4006 Recipe for Disaster: The Discovery Building Event
BLS 02 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllOn Sept 1, 2010 an individual entered the Discovery Channel Building in Silver Spring, Maryland and immediately initiated an active shooter situation. The active shooter was armed with improvised explosive devices and gun, and created a hostage situation. Attend and review the events, discuss the lessons learned and understand the approach to integrate law enforcement and fire and rescue personnel for entry teams when confronted with these situations.
Instructor: Richie Bowers
BLS 02 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe phrase "Scene safety…BSI" has been uttered by every EMS provider since the very first course they attended. It assumes that providers will not enter a scene that is unsafe but since responders are still being injured or killed it has not served us well. The term and better yet philosophy of "Situational Awareness" takes into account that real-life scenes are dynamic and have the potential for rapid deterioration. This case-based presentation will discuss a philosophy that has been used in the aeromedical and law enforcement industries for years that emphasizes continuous scene assessment and forethought of their safety.
Instructor: Kyle David Bates
BLS 06 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis session will cover new information on blood borne pathogens, TB, pertussis, and influenza, all the information needed to meet the OSHA annual update training requirements, and additional important information on infection control issues.
Instructor: Katherine West
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllAs a public safety provider, the public trusts us to take care of them and loved ones when they are having a bad day. They let us come into their homes, their offices, and let us touch them, ask intimate questions, and begin painful, invasive procedures with nearly blind faith. So, how is it that we think that it's perfectly fine to take videos and photos of scenes? This session will discuss the touchy subject of social technology and EMS.
Instructor: Arthur Hsieh
SPE-6007 Management of OB/GYN Emergencies for BLS Providers
BLS 10 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLSEncounters involving the OB/GYN patient can be stressful, challenging and present the professional provider with challenges in obtaining a correct history and complete assessment. Join this session to review key concepts of pathophysiology, assessment, communication and management of the OB/GYN patient.
Instructor: B. Gene McDaniel
SPE-6008 Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse
BLS 08 /ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEMS professionals may be the first health care provider to encounter a case of child abuse/neglect. As such, being familiar with the common presentations of child abuse and some of the conditions that mimic abuse is essential. In addition, all VA EMS providers are mandated reporters of child abuse/neglect and need to be knowledgeable about the reporting requirements/mechanisms.
Instructor: Theresa Guins, MD
SPE-6009 Caring for Special Needs Children in Your Ambulance
BLS 08 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RNWhen caring for an ill or injured special needs child, suddenly you will be faced with terms, diagnoses, equipment and supplies that you may have never seen or heard of before. AND, you have a caregiver who is expecting you to appropriately care for their child. Together we will work through scenarios that will introduce you to this special population and help you understand their illnesses and associated adjuncts - and how to manage them when they get acutely sick!
Instructor: Betsy Smith
BLS 04 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSA common call for most EMS agencies is for the isolated orthopedic injuries. These calls can range from fractures and dislocations to sprains, and strains. This course will look at common extremity injuries seen in the field and provide hands on applications for managing these injuries. Specific topics covered will be a variety of splinting techniques, joint reduction, re-alignment of angular fractures, and pain management.
Instructor: Thomas E. Schwalenberg
Limited to: 24
TRA-7007 Skydiving Related Injuries - It's Not the Fall That Kills!
BLS 04 / ALS 90 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RNThere are an estimated 29 to 33 deaths related to skydiving every year. However, injuries are harder to estimate because not everyone reports them and there is no clear classification on what constitutes an injury. The United States Parachute Association reported there were 962 skydiving related injuries in 2005. This presentation will review three specific case studies involving skydive related accidents and the common injuries associated. We will examine the ethical dilemma and unique challenges to patient care with air transport crews in this patient population.
Instructer: Louis Seay • Co-Instructer: Harinder Dhindsa, MD
ALS-304 Assess and provide care to a near drowning patient
ALS 77 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis program will provide CE for ALS area 77 only. You must attend the entire session to receive CE.
Instructor: Reginald I. Rivera
BLS 06 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis is the 5th class in the BLS Academy and will cover the techniques of body substance isolation (BSI), personal protection equipment (PPE), and safety precautions that can be taken prior to performing the role of an EMT Basic.
Instructor: Jimmy Burch
OPE-4008 WMD: Radiological / Nuclear Awareness
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 4 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis class enables first responders to understand differences between radiological and nuclear emergencies and how to initiate safe operations. Safe/unsafe radiation exposure levels and signs/symptoms of acute overdoses of radiation will be explained. "Dirty" radiological bombs are discussed. Understanding the radiological / nuclear world can give first responders the knowledge to mitigate these incidents safely. We will use radiological detection equipment from local Haz Mat and MMRS.
Instructor: David Mangus
BLS 05 / ALS 73 / 3 CEU
Target Audience: AllEvery year approximately 20 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure. In many cases a heart transplant is the best chance for survival. Unfortunately only 2500 donor hearts are available each year. This leaves many patients with little hope for survival. Major advancements have occurred over the past several years. Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) are now able to prolong life until a transplant is available or possibly indefinitely. This session will allow the advanced emergency medical responder practical hands-on experience with most of the VADS currently used in the United States.
Instructor: Tonya Elliott
Limited to: 50
ALS-305 Provide Post Resuscitation Care-Cardiac Arrest Patient
ALS 74 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis program will provide CE for ALS area 74 only. You must attend the entire session to receive CE.
Instructor: Gregory Fleming
BLS 07 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe 2011 Virginia EMS Regulations are nearing implementation - what does this mean to you as a provider, as an EMS Agency? Learn about those areas that are significant in change and an opportunity to ask those burning questions that everyone has an answer for!
Instructor: Michael D. Berg
BLS 03 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllUpon completion of the lecture and hands-on practice, participants should be able to demonstrate correct usage of bag valve resuscitators, airway adjuncts, and blind insertion airway devises such as King LT and Combitubes. Participants will have an awareness of a wide range of additional airway devises and variations currently available as well as a variety of back up devices and novel improvisation techniques in emergency settings.
Instructor: Todd I. Barb
Limited to: 30
AIR-209 Breathless: Evaluation and Stablization of the Asthmatic
BLS 05 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSIn Virginia there are over 400,000 people that have asthma, some of them may die this year. Are you prepared? Breathless is an interactive presentation that allows students to discuss asthma, how it affects the body, as well as the assessment and treatment of a patient suffering an asthma attack.
Instructor: Kyle David Bates
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 72 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, PA, MD/DO, EducatorThis hands-on class will cover special resuscitation situations, going beyond the basic concepts of ACLS. Students will perform hands-on skills and steps related to advanced life support care for the cardiac patients. Special concerns in resuscitation guidelines will be covered in-depth. Students should come prepared to participate in a hands-on style learning environment.
Instructor: Richard T. Bonnett, Jr.
Limited to: 24
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, EducatorThis session is for instructors, lab assistants and others who want to enhance their teaching and practical skills sessions. The students will be shown how to incorporate props into scenarios, create scenario cards and use homemade and commercial props. Other tips such as car exercises, MCI exercises and fun tricks will be included. A group discussion will round out the session and props will be available to take home. There will be a $10 fee payable in the classroom for supplies that will be used to make the take-home props.
nstructor: Nancy Cosier
Limited to: 24
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllHelicopter services play an important role to the public by transporting critically ill or injured patients. Helicopter EMS safety is an ongoing concern especially with the drastic increase in fatalities over the past few years. Learn about Helicopter EMS operations, factors that could lead to accidents and how you can avoid a fatal consequence.
Instructor: Janice McKay
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllIt is expected that agencies review patient care reports regularly. Implementing a quality management system should be more than simply reviewing reports and hearing complaints. By bringing together our OMD, providers and stakeholders we have been able to bridge the gap in knowledge, education and training while enhancing our agency's ability to provide excellent patient care. We will bring our thoughts and ideas and invite you to bring yours.
Instructor: Ray Whatley • Co-Instructor: Brian Hricik
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AdministratorFor an organization to be successful, it must build positive relationships with its stakeholders, all of which may have competing needs and priorities. The course will teach you to identify your stakeholders and engage them in meaningful dialogue to nurture relationships. This will help to build rapport and cultivate trust by finding common ground. Participants will leave this course with new tools and techniques to improve their relationships.
Instructor: Teddy Rogers
MED-3009 Emerging Drugs of Abuse
BLS 05 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllSubstance abuse is an evolving problem that is reaching epidemic proportions in some populations. Young people in particular are at increased risk of harmful effects when using drugs and chemicals not intended for human consumption. This talk will identify commonly abused products and provide diagnostic and treatment advice.
Instructor: S. Rutherfoord Rose, PharmD
OPE-4009 Hazardous Materials Medicine - A Case Study Approach
BLS 02 / ALS 76 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThrough the use of lecture and interactive case studies, students will review five different real life toxicological/hazardous materials incidents and the patients that they produced. A review of hazardous materials properties, hazardous materials patient care and a sample standard operating guideline will prepare the students to understand and safely take care of hazardous materials incident patients.
Instructor: Dennis C. Page
PREP-5008 When Is Dead Really Dead?
BLS 02 / ALS 73 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllNews stories of patients mistakenly presumed dead by EMS appear regularly. While they seem unbelievable, EMS providers rarely get training on the critical decision making skill of death pronouncement. This session will give you the tools you need to be certain the next dead patient you encounter is really dead, as well as indicators to help you determine when the death occurred. You'll be surprised at what others have missed and leave with tools to avoid being tomorrow's headline news story.
Instructor: Mike McEvoy
BLS 07 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe incidence of sexual and other inappropriate contact between health care providers and patients is rapidly rising, and presents a major pitfall for both EMS providers and agencies. This lecture will review some circumstances where such incidents have occurred, review the legal framework governing such conduct, and present some recommendations for preventing the occurrence of such events, on-duty and off-duty, and through electronic communications.
Instructor: Matthew Streger
SPE-6010 Welcome to Munchkinland
BLS 08 / ALS 91 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RN, Educator"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore…" If the thought of assessing and treating a child leaves you feeling as lost as Dorothy in the Land of Oz, this lighthearted and informative presentation will help you find your way. We will discuss the physical, emotional and psychological stages of pediatric development and how to apply developmentally appropriate assessment techniques for your pediatric patients through scenario based problem solving.
Instructor: Jules K. Scadden
SPE-6011 Understanding the Renal Dialysis Patient and Their Unique Needs
BLS 05 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllChronic Renal Failure patients receive life sustaining dialysis to improve their quality of life and potentially bridge to a kidney transplant. During this session, we will discuss the anatomy and physiology of the renal system along with what types of dialysis patients may be receiving. Discussion will also involve emergent care of the dialysis patient along with their unique needs during disaster times.
Instructor: Elizabeth Beatty
SPE-6012 Case Studies in Pediatric Airway Management - A systematic Approach to Challenging Airways
BLS 08 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS,ALS, RNWhile intubation is regarded as a high risk low volume intervention, pediatric intubation represents an even higher risk and lower volume intervention in most systems. Three cases involving pediatric difficult airway management will be discussed. In addition, a review of pediatric airway A&P and a systematic approach to dealing with a wide range of pediatric airway challenges will be reviewed.
Instructor: Louis Seay • Co-Instructor: Harinder Dhindsa, MD
TRA-7008 Chest Trauma
BLS 04 / ALS 81 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience:AllIn the United States the use of seatbelts and vehicles with supplemental restraint systems (SRS) continues to rise. Although these devices have decreased mortality and morbidity of trauma patients they do create predictable chest injury patterns. This session will review types of restraint systems, their deployment and associated predictable chest injury patterns.
Instructor: David Maatman
TRA-7009 Lessons Learned in Haiti
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe January 2010 devastating earthquakes in Haiti provided the opportunity for pre-hospital and medical personnel to volunteer in this third world country. This presentation will share experiences of volunteers, present common injuries and illnesses encountered and discuss the role of pre-hospital providers as part of the medical team. Disaster relief needs and challenges will be described along with concerns for health care provider safety. International medical opportunities for medical personnel will be discussed.
Instructor: Audrey Snyder
BLS-406 Infants & Children
BLS 08 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: BLSThis is the sixth lecture of the BLS Academy. Attendees will cover topics related to medical and trauma situations involving infants and children.
Instructor: Wendi Ambrose, Jay Porter, and David Keeler
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, Educator, AdministratorIf you are interested in applying for an EMS grant through the Office of EMS, this presentation is a MUST! This class will end the myth of the CGAP Fairy that visits your computer and magically transfers the data to the Office of EMS. This presentation will center around the Consolidated Grant Application Program (CGAP) software that is required to submit an RSAF Grant. The most recent version of this software will be presented, along with the changes and requirements, and the transfer of data that is necessary to submit your application.
Instructor: Amanda Davis
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis course is designed to show students how to effectively use EMS data that their agency has submitted to OEMS through the VPHIB system. Students will learn how to use "Report Writer" and pull standard reports as well as create ad-hoc reports. Students will also learn how to use the performance improvement tools included in the system such as performing run form reviews, using EMS data for decision making, and OMD access options. Also, a demonstration of other tools used by OEMS to review and report EMS data.
Instructor: Paul Sharpe
Limited to: 12
AIR-210 Airway Controversies
BLS 03 / ALS 71 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEstablishing and maintaining an airway are perhaps the most primal concerns of EMS personnel. Airway and ventilation tend to be what educators stress to their students. The researchers now tell us that certain advanced airway techniques are bad. Is it the techniques that are to blame? What tools do we use when trying to accomplish this task? How do we train providers in airway support? Is there a better way? This discussion will address these issues.
Instructor: Paul Werfel
AIR-211 All That Wheezes
BLS 05 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllWheezing is not caused by asthma and COPD only. It goes way beyond that and includes CHF, airway obstruction, allergic reaction and cardiogenic wheezes in your various patient populations. Identification of the different breath sounds will be discussed to help identify the type of wheeze being experienced by your patient. This session will focus on these common causes, reviewing the distinguishing features and a discussion about the appropriate treatment options for each type.
Instructor: Stephen Ausband, MD
CAR-512 History, Development and Current Practice of Primary Angioplasty
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 74 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe historical treatment of acute myocardial infarction with an emphasis on the development and current practice of primary angioplasty will be reviewed. Understanding the current technique and limitations of primary angioplasty will be reviewed. Reperfusion strategies for STEMI and how early recognition affects patient outcome will be discussed. Learn the important of the EMS provider's role in STEMI care and what happens to your patient after you arrive at the hospital.
Instructor: Andrew Galvin
COM-704 The PSAP'S Role in Air Medical Response
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllPSAP's frequently interact with air medical HEMS providers. This program will identify strategies to enhance the HEMS response to EMS incidents. Integration with EMD and response criteria will be discussed. The outcome will be to provide telecommunicators with new concepts in the utilization of air medical services.
Instructor: Gary P. Critzer
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, AdministratorEMS agencies and rescue squads should consider appointing a Safety Officer to lead safety and loss prevention efforts and to 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 in an EMS environment. EMS providers spend their days taking care of other people. The role of the EMS Safety Officer is to take care of the providers and develop strategies and tactics to prevent injuries and fatalities on the job.
Instructor: Jack Sullivan
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 /1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllCareer advancement opportunities are limited in EMS agencies, and competition for those coveted promotional positions is fierce. Yet many EMS providers do nothing to prepare themselves for advancement until a position is announced, and then it is often too late. Employees who might make great supervisors or managers are left in the dust. This session will help aspiring EMS leaders to position them selves for advancement - before opportunity passes them by.
Instructor: Skip Kirkwood, JD
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis session will focus on the unhappy patient/family, stressing the importance of customer service from every angle of the patient care team. How is staff (both career & volunteer) educated to prepare for such complaints? How are complaints handled, in both the volunteer and career systems, as well as people feeling like they "didn't get what they paid for" during this age of revenue recovery? Ideas and discussions on current practices in the industry will be covered.
Instructor: Teddy Rogers
MED-3010 Septic, Hypovolemic, Obstructive, and Cardiogenic Killers (S.H.O.C.K.)
BLS 05 / 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
MED-3011 Emergent Conditions of the Respiratory System
BLS 05 / ALS 88 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllFor the provider in the field the call for shortness of breath can mean many things. This session will focus on the disease processes of the respiratory system. Anatomy and pathologies of the respiratory system will be reviewed and case studies presented, along with current treatment in the field. Acute respiratory failure requires immediate treatment to minimize morbidity and mortality.
Instructor: Francis X. Chuidian, MD
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, AdministratorIn the past few years Rehab for firefighters has become an essential part of fire ground operations. Did you know that the Rehab standard NFPA 1583 mentions rehab for all emergency service workers for both emergencies and training? This session will explore what rehab really is and how we can deploy it not only for our firefighter but for ourselves to ensure that we are truly fit for the duty of providing essential medical care to our communities. Remember you can't respond if you are the patient.
Instructor: Darrin Batty
PREP-5010 Load & Go or Stay & Play
BLS 02 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThis course takes an entertaining, case based approach to reviewing the concept of "load and go or stay and play". Is this decision based on patient presentation only? Does the level of on scene care make a difference? Should we be so concerned with the "platinum ten minutes"? Come participate in this interactive discussion to answer these questions and many more.
Instructor: Marilyn K. McLeod, MD • Co-Instructor: Jason Ferguson
PREP-5011 Up Your Nose - Intranasal Medication Administration
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: ALSNot everything Mom warned you about sticking up your nose is necessarily bad for you. This class will discuss the emerging procedure of giving medications intra-nasally in the field. Join this experienced provider and instructor in a review of the nasal anatomy and the various medications which can be administered by this route.
Instructor: Thomas E. Ezell, III
Limited to: 24
SPE-6013 A Weighty Issue
BLS 05 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALSThis class provides general information to EMS providers on Bariatric patients. The presentation addresses anatomical and physiological anomalies, as well as injuries and illnesses common to bariatric patients. It will also address many of the "new" types of surgical and medical interventions for the morbidly obese and how EMS providers may effectively treat these patients, as well as focus on planning for effective and expedient transport from a scene.
Instructor: Tim Perkins
BLS 08 / ALS 85 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RNAirway, airway, airway - it's all about one little tube because that's all they've got! This hands-on session will teach you how to manage children who have tracheostomy tubes. What do you do when the tube gets plugged? If it falls out? If you can't ventilate through it? You will work through these and other scenarios to build the skills that will increase your confidence and knowledge when caring for children with trachs.
Instructor: Betsy Smith
Limited to: 18
SPE-6015 Challenges in Caring for the Obese Patient
BLS 05 / ALS 89 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllThe management of the obese patient presents significant challenges for the EMS provider in terms of equipment, lifting and moving, and specific disease processes. This course will discuss specifically the physiological changes associated with obesity, and look at some of the more common challenges faced during the resuscitation, transport, and management of the obese patient.
Instructor: Stephen D. Wohlgemuth, MD
TRA-7011 Head Injuries: That Ain't Rocks Rattling in Your Head!
BLS 04 / ALS 79 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: AllEach year in the United States over 1 million cases of head injuries are reported. EMS responders will encounter many of these cases after the initial insult. Join us for this discussion that reviews the physiology, presentation, assessment and treatment of the head injured patient. EMS responders make a difference in the outcomes of head injured patients…it's a head injury, that ain't rocks rattling in your head!
Instructor: B. Gene McDaniel
TRA-7012 Trauma at the End of the Spectrum: Geriatric Trauma
BLS 04 / ALS 78 / 1.5 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS, RN, PA, MD/DOAs we see a steady rise in the number of elderly in our population, the incidence of geriatric trauma also continues to rise. This course will look at the physiological changes that occur with the aging process and discuss the mechanism of injury, clinical signs and management of the common traumatic injuries seen in the geriatric population. This course will also identify the most common complications associated with traumatic injuries in the geriatric population.
Instructor: Scott Reed, MD
ALS-306 Assess and provide care to a patient with a suspected spinal injury
ALS 80 / 1 CEU
Target Audience: ALSThis program will provide CE for ALS area 80 only. You must attend the entire session to receive CE.
Instructor: Gregory Fleming