Building an Effective Stroke System of Care in Your Community
 

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016, 8:00AM – 2:00PM

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Peter Antevy, MD, Chief Mark Ellis, Brijesh P Mehta, MD

 

Stroke is the No. 1 cause of disability among adults in the U.S., with nearly 800,000 Americans suffering a stroke each year.

Similar to STEMI and trauma protocols, it is increasingly being recognized that EMS has a critical role in the chain of care for acute strokes caused by major blockages of blood vessels or large vessel occlusions (LVOs).

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At Memorial Healthcare System in south Florida, a team of physicians and EMS professionals have collaborated to transform stroke care in their community by successfully reducing door-to-treatment times and improving outcomes.

Attend this exclusive 4-hour workshop to see this collaboration in action as the faculty walks you through a stroke simulation using live demonstration of clinical assessment tools and innovative technology applications. You will also have the opportunity to utilize the RACE scale—a novel mechanism to activate the angiography suite prior to arrival in the ED—as well as other stroke assessment scales, on a simulated patient.

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This session is approved for 4 hours of CAPCE approved credit. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.  

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PR Boot Camp: An Exercise in Positive Press
7376

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 1:00PM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 5:00PM

Track: Operations

 

 

Matt Zavadsky, Rob Luckritz, Carissa Caramanis O’Brien, Rob Lawrence, MCMI

 

Your city manager just called. He read an article in the ICMA Newsletter about a study by the Center for Public Safety Management that says cities can save millions of dollars by eliminating fire-based medical first response and he wants to pursue it.

 

Moments later, you receive an e-mail from an investigative reporter from NBC News who asks if you can ensure that the issues highlighted in Dr. Saussy’s resignation from DCEMS are not occurring in your EMS agency.

 

How do you, as a local EMS leader, and we, as the EMS profession, respond to inquiries like these? What messages have we created? What public affairs strategies have we implemented to deal with the hard questions when they come?

 

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn from the top public relations experts in EMS about how to position your agency to deal with these kinds of issues, as well as how to promote your agency's achievements in regard to excellence in patient care, community education and resource deployment.

 

EMS faculty will be joined by members of the media who will provide their perspective on effective messaging and how to build winning relationships with the press that pay off when the hard stories come to light.

 

Attend this workshop to learn how to:

• Interpret how national and local issues may impact your agency;

• Stay informed about issues impacting EMS and healthcare;

• Create newsworthy stories for positive press coverage;

• Develop key message points that are honest but minimize potential negative perceptions;

• Build effective relationships with local stakeholders, including the media;

• Conduct an interview with helpful and hostile reporters;

• Create a social media presence that promotes both your agency and public health issues to your community.

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Controversy, Clinical Relevance and Critical Thinking: Education that Matters
7343

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 1:00PM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 5:00PM

Track: Educator

 

 

Daniel Limmer

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If you asked educators to list the most difficult topics to teach, controversy, clinical relevance and critical thinking always rise to the top. The ability to bring your education above the classic traps (rote information, teaching to the test) is the key to your success and the success of your students. It is challenging for even the most experienced educators to move to more dynamic, clinically focused education.

This 4-hour workshop reviews how to:

» Embrace change and differences in clinical medicine beginning in EMT class;

» Implement student-centered learning methods to stimulate thought and application;

» Develop and use dynamic exercises in traditional and hybrid classrooms;

» Write challenging exam items to stimulate thinking and integrate concepts.

Through lecture and practical exercises, this workshop will help educators integrate controversy and normal variations in practice into the classroom, then prepare the educator to apply a higher degree of clinical relevance through classroom presentation, exercises and exams.

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Creating an Evidence-Based Practice for EMS in Integrated Healthcare
7346

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 8:00AM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 5:00PM

Track: Educator

 

 

Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP, Scott Bourn, PhD, RN, EMT-P, Dan Swayze

 

Over the past few years, we have seen a proliferation of mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) programs launched by EMS agencies as a way to deal with increasing call volumes amidst shrinking resources while also providing patient-centric care and offering added value to our stakeholders in a healthcare system that is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Many programs that were initially funded by grant monies now need to find ways to be financially sustainable. In addition, EMS agencies need to prove the clinical value of the patient care they are delivering within the community paramedic model. Part of this process involves developing evidence-based practice for EMS in the integrated healthcare environment. This workshop will outline research methods, data capture and useful metrics related to program funding and patient outcomes.

 

This workshop has been developed by the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) at UCLA. The PCRF has educated more than 500 individuals in prehospital care research over the last 15 years. The faculty have extensive experience in research and integrated health and community paramedicine delivery systems in EMS. The format will be lectures with interactive participation by attendees. Primary faculty will be Dr.’s Scott Bourn, Daniel Swayze and Baxter Larmon.

 

Attend this workshop to find out how you can be part of the future of integrated health in EMS!

 

Sponsored by the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) at UCLA and Evolution Health

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Advanced Medical Life Support Course Español

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Domingo, 2 de octubre y Lunes, 03 de octubre 2016 las 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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This course will be taught completely in Spanish and is intended for international participants fluent in Spanish

El Curso “Advanced Medical Life Support” (AMLS), “Soporte Avanzado de Emergencia Médica”, es un curso que desarrolla habilidades y destrezas en el diagnóstico y tratamiento emergencias médicas no-traumáticas más comunes.  Desarrollado por expertos en sistemas de emergencias médicas en Estados Unidos de la National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), el curso  ofrece una metodología de pensamiento crítico dirigido a todos los niveles profesionales de la salud. Por medio de simulación de casos clínicos, prácticas y talleres innovadores, el presente curso le permitirá al participante realizar un adecuado abordaje del paciente, determinando su riesgo y priorizando los niveles de intervención. Uno de los valores centrales de NAEMT es la creencia de que la educación profesional, estándares nacionales de educación e investigación en el SEM son esenciales para la entrega consistente de cuidado médico de alta calidad y basado en evidencia. Esta creencia es la fundación bajo la cual nuestros programas de educación están construidos. 

 

AMLS permite al participante:

-       Demostrar un acercamiento sistemático para identificar posibles amenazas a la vida del paciente.

-       Discutir una impresión de campo y progresar a un diagnóstico diferencial, utilizando un acercamiento pragmático a la identificación de emergencias médicas comunes, mediante la historia enfocada y la evaluación física.

 

Manual  (Requisito de antemano): El curso y las evaluaciones se basarán en el Manual del AMLS 2ª edición, elaborado por la NAEMT. Se requiere tener el manual con anticipación para su adecuada lectura.

Dirigido a: Paramédicos, Técnicos en Urgencias Médicas a todos niveles, Enfermeras de Urgencias, y Médicos Generales en Áreas de Urgencias. Es adecuado, tanto para principiantes, como para profesionales en atención prehospitalaria. CURSO COMPLETAMENTE EN ESPAÑOL.

Incluye: Certificación internacional NAEMT por 16 Horas valida por 4 años

 

PRECIO: $175 US Dólares antes de 2 de Septiembre 2016; $200 US Dólares Después del 2 de Septiembre 2016.

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NREMT Scenario Development Workshop
7436
 

Monday, October 3 2016 10:00AM - 5:00PM & Tuesday, October 4 2016 7:30AM - 12:00PM

Track: Educator

 

 

Faculty: Senior Facilitator David Page, MS, NREMT-P, and Paul Rosenberger, MPA, EdD, NRP, along with program directors and educators from across the nation who have experience using formative and summative scenarios in the classroom are helping to facilitate this workshop.

 

In coordination with the National Association of EMS Educators, the National Registry of EMTs is offering this workshop to provide paramedic program directors and educators with hands-on experience developing formative and summative scenarios for use in their classroom. During this workshop we will discuss how formative scenarios reinforce the skills learned in the skills lab, and how summative scenarios evaluate the ability of your students to manage a simulated patient. Attendees will integrate these ideas to create formative and summative scenarios in small groups. These scenarios will then be performed using paramedic students as the team leader so attendees can further revise them. During a group debrief, we will discuss how to integrate scenarios into your classroom. At the end of the workshop, the NREMT will provide an update on the inclusion of scenarios in its psychomotor exam.

 

Please Note: Registration for this workshop is being handled by the National Association of EMS Educators. Visit http://naemse.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=804640&group= for more information and to register.

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Active Shooter Response Workshop
7407

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 8:00AM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 12:00PM

Track: Operations

 

Michael Wright

 

EMS providers, firefighters and other emergency responders are being called to situations involving an active assailant with alarming frequency. During this hands-on, scenario-based workshop, participants will learn how to respond to these incidents learning not only the "how," but the "what" to do.

 

This 4-hour course provides an introduction to Rescue Task Force (RTF) training for an Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incident (AS/MCI), providing rapid medical treatment and extraction. The course is designed to show how responders can work together to implement survivor care and removal from an incident scene using RTF principles.

 

The course will feature both didactic and hands-on training. A 60-minute session will give an outline/overview and a brief history of recent active shooter events. Then students will receive an in-depth explanation and demo of RTF and EVAC team movement prior to break outs. Students will then break into teams and rotate through the following stations: Station 1 (Patient care/self care/buddy aid) classroom; • Station 2 (RTF/EVAC) room-to-room evolution; • Station 3 (RTF/EVAC) stairwell evolution; • Station 4 (The role and importance of triage) classroom; • Station 5 (RTF/EVAC) room to open area to include common area evolution. Realism will be imparted by professionally moulaged live patients that will give the students an upfront and first-hand experience of the urgent nature of this environment.

 

Following the hands-on portion, the workshop will conclude with a Q&A review.

 

 

Active Shooter Response Workshop                  SOLD OUT
7408

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 1:00PM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 5:00PM

Track: Operations

 

Michael Wright

 

EMS providers, firefighters and other emergency responders are being called to situations involving an active assailant with alarming frequency. During this hands-on, scenario-based workshop, participants will learn how to respond to these incidents learning not only the "how," but the "what" to do.

 

This 4-hour course provides an introduction to Rescue Task Force (RTF) training for an Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incident (AS/MCI), providing rapid medical treatment and extraction. The course is designed to show how responders can work together to implement survivor care and removal from an incident scene using RTF principles.

 

The course will feature both didactic and hands-on training. A 60-minute session will give an outline/overview and a brief history of recent active shooter events. Then students will receive an in-depth explanation and demo of RTF and EVAC team movement prior to break outs. Students will then break into teams and rotate through the following stations: Station 1 (Patient care/self care/buddy aid) classroom; Station 2 (RTF/EVAC) room-to-room evolution; Station 3 (RTF/EVAC) stairwell evolution; Station 4 (The role and importance of triage) classroom; Station 5 (RTF/EVAC) room to open area to include common area evolution. Realism will be imparted by professionally moulaged live patients that will give the students an upfront and first-hand experience of the urgent nature of this environment.

 

Following the hands-on portion, the workshop will conclude with a Q&A review.

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All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) Beta course   SOLD OUT

                                                     

Monday, Oct 3  2016 8:00AM – 5:00PM

 

Be a part of field testing an exciting, new NAEMT course! AHDR is for prehospital providers who care for patients in a disaster or mass casualty event. The course empowers all prehospital practitioners with knowledge and skills to manage patients during the initial timeframe of a disaster or mass casualty event.

The content is presented in the context of realistic scenarios and the course culminates with a large scale mass casualty event. The course highlights a team-based strategy to approaching the most common MCIs. Interactive learning modules make for a highly engaging and practical course with imperative skills. 

Participants will receive 8 hours of CAPCE approved credit.

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Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS), 2e course   SOLD OUT

                                                                        

Monday, Oct 3 and Tuesday,  Oct 4 2016 8:00AM – 5:00PM

 

Experience the 2nd edition of NAEMT’s AMLS course—new, current medical content, challenging critical thinking scenarios, and an updated AMLS Patient Assessment Pathway.

AMLS is a 16 hour course that provides a solid knowledge base to enable beginning and experienced prehospital care providers to diagnose medical patients with urgent accuracy.  Practitioners at all levels of practice will enjoy this interactive course that emphasizes the AMLS Patient Assessment Pathway, an important guide for assessing patients with medical conditions.

Participants will receive 16 hours of CAPCE approved credit. The textbook, ebook, and AMLS Mobile Reference Guide are included.  

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Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course     SOLD OUT

                                                         

Monday, Oct 3 and Tuesday,  Oct 4 2016 8:00AM – 5:00PM

 

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care is NAEMT’s 16 hour civilian tactical care course. The TECC course takes the lessons learned from the TCCC military program and adapts them to the civilian environment.  While this course does not teach operational tactics, it serves as the foundation for medical support in austere environments.  While the course has a tactical slant, it takes an all hazards approach to providing care outside the normal operating conditions of most EMS agencies. 

NAEMT’s TECC course is endorsed by the American College of Surgeons and meets the Committee on TECC guidelines.  

Participants will receive 16 hours of CAPCE approved credit and the textbook.  

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Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services (GEMS) Advanced Beta Course  SOLD OUT

 

Tuesday,  Oct 4 2016 8:00AM – 5:00PM

 

Be a part of field testing a new NAEMT course! Building on NAEMT’s Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS) Core course, the Advanced course is highly interactive and empowers practitioners with enhanced skills and knowledge they need to take care of geriatric patients' unique medical, social, and environmental challenges. This immersive educational format focuses on the integration of critical thinking into real-world application. Designed as an 8-hour course for both EMTs and Paramedics, the Advanced course highlights key skills such as the transport of patients with tracheostomies, feeding tubes, PICC lines, home ventilators, LVADs, and much more.

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this beta course and provide feedback on this important new course before its official launch at the end of 2016.

Participants will receive 8 hours of CAPCE approved credit and the textbook.  

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Supervisor Leadership Academy   SOLD OUT
7372

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 8:00AM - Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 5:00PM

Track: Leadership

 

 

Ryan Greenberg, Rob Farmer

 

This one-day workshop based on the Lee County (FL) Public Safety Leadership Academy provides aspiring and new supervisors with several critical skills they need in order to perform in their new role. The class is broken up into seven parts, each part related to one of the “Seven Pillars of EMS Officer Competencies–Supervisor Officer” from the National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA). Each section uses an activity that is based on a competency(s) needed to perform well as a new Supervising Officer.

 

The course is based on a series of videos and activities that get the class to work together in small groups and solve problems based on real-life experiences. The academy will cover a wide array of leadership topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Communications skills and techniques;

• Conflict management;

• Public speaking

• Process improvement

• Ethics

 

This hands-on experience allows students to learn by doing and hear how leaders from across the country have different ways to solve problems while ending up with similar results.

 

Sponsored by the National EMS Management Association

 

 

Cadaver Lab: Hands-On Clinical Skills Advancement    SOLD OUT

Tuesday, Oct 4 2016 8:00AM - 12:00PM & 1:00PM - 5:00PM

 

Refresh low-frequency, high-risk skills and test

the latest devices in our hands-on cadaver lab for only $85!

Limit 80 students each session

 

Current evidence suggests that increased experience with ETI attempts leads to more successful intubations. Are you comfortable with the number of intubations you’ve performed over the last 12 months or are your skills degrading? Attend this 4-hour workshop to get clinical “hands-on” training of the most up-to-date best practices for prehospital skills and airway adjunct management utilizing a cadaver. Under expert instruction, participants will have the opportunity to practice

several procedural skills including direct and video laryngoscope intubation, surgical cricothyroidotomy, intraosseous access and needle thoracostomy.

NEW THIS YEAR!  Hemorrhage control: practice tourniquet application.

 

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Program subject to change.