Sunday Courses

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

AIR-219 Slap the Cap! Real Use for Capnography in EMS
BLS 03 / ALS 88 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

You've heard about it, read about it, now it's time to get down to it. Capnography represents an important UPGRADE for your clinical assessment skills. In this non-stop session, perform REAL waveform analysis of actual cases along with some pretty incredible real time video of capnography. Come see how the tool can be an incredible asset for the intubated and non-intubated patient.

Instructor: Bob Page

ALS-312 Assess and Provide Care to an infant or Child with Trauma
ALS 87 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALS

This program will provide CE for ALS area 87 only. You must attend the entire session to receive CE.

Instructor: Michael J. Barakey • Co-Instructor: Israel Medina, Michelle Clayton, MD

BLS-409 OB/GYN Emergencies
BLS 10 /2 CEU
Target Audience: BLS

This is the ninth lecture of the BLS Academy. Attendees will review and discuss Obstetric and Gynecological emergencies in the BLS patient.

Instructor: Karen C. Owens

CAR-520 All That is Elevated is Not an MI
BLS 05 / ALS 73 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All
Identifying MI patterns on a 12-lead EKG is something we have all been taught to do. By now you can probably do it in your sleep. What about those things that mimic a MI but are not? Many cardiac alerts are initiated based on infarct imposters rather than an actual MI. In this interactive session we will review the normal perfusion and conduction system of the heart, and apply that to the 12-lead to recognize both infarcts and their imposters.

Instructor: Robert Vroman

EDU-818 Teaching Styles - What works and What Doesn't
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: Educator

Have you ever been trapped in a classroom with the teacher from the movie Ferris Beuller's Day Off? Has that ever been you as an educator? Have you watched your students nod off and drift away? Let's take a critical look at how we present our material and ourselves to our students, and the impact that has. Learn about the different teaching styles available to the educator. What works? What does not work?

Instructor: Rita Krenz

EVAC-906 HEMS Utilization: Ask Yourself Why Before You Choose to Fly
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

As the number of air medical helicopters has increased, so have the requests for helicopter transport. This increased access, coupled with a lack of consistent education on appropriate HEMS utilization, has left many EMS providers uncertain on when to activate HEMS. During this presentation, current helicopter launch criteria will be reviewed through interactive real-life case scenarios.

Instructor: Susan Smith• Co-Instructor: Anita Ashby

HEA-1007 Developing a Culture of Safety in EMS
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

This class will discuss areas in EMS where efforts in developing a culture of safety in EMS agencies can benefit EMS providers as well as patients. Areas for discussion will include the health and safety of providers, provider practice issues, and transport and driver safety issues.

Instructor: George H. Lindbeck, MD

LMGT-2020 Managing Media and Marketing Your Agency
BLS CAT 2 / ALS CAT 2 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

This course seeks to provide some very basic strategies for the management of media interactions, responses, and the marketing of your agency. We will also explore some of the parameters, legalities, and rights that agencies and media members have. Developing good media relationships can prove to be mutually beneficial to agencies, media, and the public.

Instructor: Matt Coffin

MED-3020 Stroke - It's No Accident
BLS 05 / ALS 89 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

While research advances have helped reduce stroke mortality, it remains the 4th leading cause of death. Alarmingly, most stroke patients fail to receive evidence-based, best practice care. Why is that? How do ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes differ? What are the typical and atypical presentations of stroke? What are the quick EMS stroke screen assessments? Should a patient with suspected stroke be given O2, Ivs, naloxone, and dextrose just because they have altered mental status? Where should they be transported? Get with the guidelines! Come learn contemporary science in expertly managing brain attack.

Instructor: Connie Mattera

OPE-4019 Flavor of the Month - Street Drug Use
BLS 05 / ALS 76 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: All

What's the flavor of the month in your community? Spice, meth, cocaine? This presentation will expose you to the current trends in street drug use, to include the descriptions of the drugs, methods of use/abuse, street terms, geographical locations, and who's using/abusing them. We will also cover signs and symptoms of use and abuse.

Instructor: Matt Watson

PREP-5020 The 12- Lead ECG - How Do I Read This Thing?
BLS CAT 2 / ALS 73 / 2 CEU
Target Audience: ALS, RN, PA, MD/DO, Educator, Administrator

Just as the EMS provider needs to know the pharmacology of the drugs they are giving, they should understand what information the EKG is revealing and be able to interpret it beyond recognition of rhythms and reading an often inaccurate computer printout. As more hospitals receive EMS tracings and rely on early activation of PCI teams for STEMI care, the experience and knowledge of the EMS provider to interpret these independently and reliably will become more important. This class will cover understanding the tracing obtained & case studies in EMS care.

Instructor: Jason Garrison, MD

SPE-6025 Live Like You are Dying 2: EMS and Hospice
BLS 05 / ALS 92/ 2 CEU
Target Audience: BLS, ALS

End of life care is a hot topic in the United States right now. While EMS plays a vital role in the care of people who are dying, the educational curriculums do not provide a lot of information about end of life care. This class will explore the history of hospice care, the components of the hospice concept, and the role EMS plays in caring for hospice patients. The class will also explore how other people's opinions can impact how a hospice patient views the decisions that they have made.

Instructor: Daniel B. Green, II

TRA-7020 When things go boom - blast injuries
BLS 04 / ALS 78 /2 CEU
Target Audience: All

This lecture will review the basic mechanisms of primary, secondary, and tertiary blast injuries, provide an approach to the evaluation and initial management, and share experiences caring for blast injured patients from a deployed combat support hospital.

Instructor: Brandon Wills, DO