8:30am—10:00am
CISM from Tragedy to Strategy
Presented by Jen Swab and Dr. Roy CoxCEU: 1.5 other

A line of duty death can be life-changing for any person involved. The magnitude of managing an event from a CISM Team’s perspective is by far one of the most complicated plans such a team will ever respond to. From a public safety administrative analysis to addressing the needs of public safety responders, this presentation will examine how incorporating CISM into an immediate plan of action will benefit organizations, enabling a quick recovery and return to normal function. Recent incidents will be examined and integration plans of CISM with ensuing results being shared for use during unfortunate future incidents.

Sure, the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale is a great tool, but it misses up to 40% of strokes. After a review of the basic cranial nerve anatomy, you may be able to identify that 40%. This presentation will help you provide a total examination of the cranial nerves in about a minute. Participants will lean how to test each cranial nerve and possibly detect more strokes.

As EMS providers, we are able to splint fractures, immobilize dislocations and dress burns. But, what’s next? Managing prehospital pain may be more than ice packs and narcotics. This session will introduce recent controversies in managing pain in the prehospital setting, discuss current medical therapies and look at other non traditional ways for managing pain.

Depending upon the type of disaster, emergency workers and others usually need a range of personal protective equipment, including hand protection and apparel, to keep them safe from any number of threats. These include bacteria and other biohazards, chemicals, debris, contaminated water, mildew, and mold. Join the ‘Wizard’ and the ‘Navigator’ as they review the basics of personal protection equipment (PPE) for disaster preparedness.

Everyone knows about cocaine and heroin. However, this discussion will focus on the less commonly encountered sexy drugs of abuse. Topics discussed will include PCP, GHB, LSD, Ecstasy (and other designer stimulants). Also, over-the-counter drugs that are abused will be discussed as well. The lecture will focus on presenting signs and symptoms and emergency stabilization of intoxicated patients.

Assessment of Medical Patient
Presented by David LindellCEU: 1.5 M/T

Medical assessment is often “glossed over” when compared to trauma assessment yet the majority of our EMS patients are seen for medical complaints. This program will improve your ability to assess the patient presenting with a medical complaint in the out of hospital environment.

This presentation is HIGHLY interactive and fast paced and will inspire Instructors to mold their field experience with Instructor training to create the best educational experience they can for their students. Multiple media options will be explored as well as “Presenting Without Powerpoint.” At the end of this presentation, attendees will have been given the opportunity to examine teaching options with the addition of creativity in the classroom. Adding humor to presentations will also be discussed. Instructors will be enriched through this presentation and attendees will be given many ideas to use in their lesson plans both in the classroom and at field sites.

Spinal immobilization in recent years has become a source of controversy in the prehospital field. The current use of spinal immobilization will be discussed and several studies will be reviewed relating to the use of prehospital spinal immobilization.

Times are rapidly changing, EMS rarely resuscitated pulseless patients but recent advances in understanding and treating patients in cardiac arrest is leading to an increased number of patients with a return of spontaneous circulation and an improved chance for survival to hospital discharge. Don’t blow it! This program will review the nuts and bolts of post resuscitation care, the use of induced therapeutic hypothermia and selection of a receiving facility.

This presentation discusses treatment of snake envenomations for the pre-hospital provider. The discussion will include common venomous snakes found in North America, clinical features of snake envenomations, and pre-hospital treatment. The lecturer provides multiple graphic pictures of typical snakebite victims from firsthand experience.

Explanation of risky behavior, such as huffing, cutting, suicide and “dusting” is broken down for EMS providers. Signs and symptoms of risky behavior are reviewed and the treatment of related injuries are discussed.

Dr. Martin-Gill will review the past, present, and future of regionalization of emergency medicine patients with a focus on the EMS patient population and the decisions that EMS providers and EMS medical directors come across when making destination decisions.  The current Trauma Center, Stroke Center, and STEMI Center systems will be discussed, along with state-of-the art and future models for regionalization including post-cardiac arrest care.  Evidence on whether these regional systems are beneficial will be critically evaluated and participants will leave with concrete information that will assist in making destination decisions for these groups of patients.

We are called to scenes involving patient movement from simply putting a patient back in bed, to some of the most complex calls which challenge even the most experienced Emergency Service Providers. We have a variety of patient moving devices available to transfer patients safely, so why do Emergency Service providers continue to become injured moving these patients and why do we continue to drop patients? This interactive program is intended to make patient care providers more aware of the issues surrounding provider injury and patient movement.

Karen will discuss breech deliveries, shoulder dystocia and prolapsed cord.  Physiologic changes in females during pregnancy are reviewed.