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Learning Center: Detect early. Act fast. Capnography monitoring and evaluating perfusion
Sponsored By: Medtronic
I. “The Why”: Introduction and high-level overview of capnography monitoring and its importance
II. Case Study 1: Review scenario, evaluate, and intervention.
III. Case Study 2: Review scenario, evaluate, and intervention.
IV. Case Study 3: Review scenario, evaluate, and intervention.
V. Conclusion / Q&A
EMS Safety 3rd edition Course
The impact of the pandemic and civil unrest on EMS practitioners has taken EMS Safety training from “needed” to “essential.” The new 3rd edition of NAEMT's award winning EMS Safety course provides essential training to protect EMS practitioners on the job. Using case studies, compelling discussions and team activities, the course addresses the following topics: • Safety Impact on Patients and Practitioners• Crew Resource Management • Emergency Vehicle Safety • Safety in the Roadway• Patient Safety• Practitioner Safety • Injury and Infection Prevention • Personal Health This course teaches EMS practitioners to be active participants in their own safety and that of their patients in all scenarios. Participants will receive 8 hours of CAPCE approved credit and the student manual is included.
Teleflex Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Procedural Cadaver Lab
This hands-on immersive session provides participants with a real-world opportunity to review relevant anatomy associated with critical care and lifesaving emergency procedures. Under expert instruction, participants will practice procedural skills, such as basic airway management, direct and video laryngoscope intubation, intraosseous access, and various other emergency procedures. Note: This workshop is intended for ALS providers and above.
Learning Objectives:
- Upon completion of this course the attendee will be able to demonstrate use of a torniquet
- Upon completion of this course the attendee will be able to demonstrate wound packing with hemostatic gauze
- Upon completion of this course the attendee will be able to demonstrate successful placement of intraosseous vascular access
- Upon completion of this course the attendee will demonstrate basic through advanced airway management using supraglottic airway, direct and video laryngoscopy
In-Booth Learning: Stryker
Capnography: From Pre-Hospital into the Hospital, let’s use it.
Speaker: Robbie Murray MS, NRP
Description:
While capnography has become the gold standard for tube verification it is only the beginning, and your peers are using it daily to do much more. Discover how capnography is guiding care and assisting healthcare professionals, both in- and out-of-hospital, in making clinically appropriate decisions that improve patient outcomes.
Cracking complex pediatric airway cases
Speaker: Peter Antevy, MD
Description:
Understand the pathophysiology of complex pediatric airway cases and the pitfalls to avoid when assessing the pediatric airway.
Understanding the complexities and management of the burned airway
Speaker: Carl Flores, Burn Outreach Coordinator and ABA Southern Regional Burn Disaster Coordinator
Description:
Airway management is the first component in the ABCs of assessment, and patients who have experienced a burn with damage to their airway need quick and precise care. Learn more about identifying, assessing, and managing a patient who has experienced an inhalation burn.
Closing the Loop – From EMS to Hospital
Speaker: Elizabeth Lacy MPS, NRP
Description:
How can you help EMS teams understand how their role in a medical response can potentially impact patient outcomes? Hear from Liz on how creating a feedback program can help with paramedics understanding of critical care by learning about patient outcomes. She will provide insight into the methodology of communicating feedback to the EMS crews and the importance of closing the loop.
Learning Center: Trauma Head On: Bleeding Control and Vascular Access
This hands-on training program offers a review of clinical research and case studies relating to vascular access and bleeding control. This presentation reviews vascular access options for patients with both urgent and emergent access needs. Attendees will be provided training on intraosseous vascular access and hemostatic dressing utilization techniques. We will also review the literature that shows support of intraosseous access as a bridge to definitive vascular access1,2. In addition, a review of device selection, insertion and use will be completed to aide bedside providers in both clinical decision making and insertion skills.
Learning Center: Capnography: Learning through Case Scenarios
Sponsored By: Stryker
While capnography has become the gold standard for tube verification it is only the beginning, and your peers are using it daily to do much more. Discover how capnography is guiding care and assisting healthcare professionals, both in- and out-of-hospital, in making clinically appropriate decisions that improve patient outcomes.
Learning Center: Video-laryngoscopy and the EMS provider
Sponsored By: Medtronic
Airway management is an essential skill for EMS professionals. With new tools having been developed as alternatives to direct laryngoscopy and intubation, we need to consider the adoption of these new tools in this important area in the EMS world., Video-laryngoscopy has enjoyed a rapid increase in popularity and may now be considered by many as the first-line technique in airway management to obtain the so called first-pass success. Patrick Shay, with over 30 years of experience in EMS, will share with the audience his experience with video-laryngoscopy, its advantages, and its cost-effectiveness to manage the airways of patients in the pre-hospital environment.
Learning Objectives:
- Consideration of VL for airway management in the pre-hospital environment
- Evaluation of VL advantages for ETT intubation
- Evaluation of cost effectiveness
Learning Center: The Strategic Importance of a Strong Workplace Culture
Sponsored By: Canopy
Now more than ever, it’s important for EMS companies to recognize the strategic importance of creating a workplace founded on a strong culture. The culture of the organization drives positive community perception, a safe work environment, & employee engagement. A strong culture reduces costs of insurance, turnover, and raises the organization’s reputation in their market.
Handtevy Prehospital Pediatric Instructor Course EXPO 2022
Description: This CAPCE-certified, hands-on and lecture course is intended to certify instructors to teach the Handtevy Pre-Hospital Pediatric Provider Course at their department and earn credit. The course uses the basic tenets of ACLS training as the foundation and focuses on the skills needed to rapidly and accurately treat the sick and injured pediatric patient. Note: Prerequisites include instructor-level certification, three years of clinical experience, and a valid ACLS card (or equivalent).
PHTLS 10th Edition Instructor Update
NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT). Now in its 10th edition, the PHTLS Instructor Update prepares instructors to teach the revised course. The 10th edition Instructor Update will provide PHTLS faculty with the following:
• Review of the compendium of changes to the PHTLS textbook;
• Review of the changes to the course schedule, lessons, patient simulations, and course manual;
• Identification of key teaching points in the course;
• Review of updates to the PHTLS Military Edition textbook; and
• NEW – demonstrations of select PHTLS patient simulations by experienced PHTLS faculty.
The update is designed for current 9th edition PHTLS instructors. Current PHTLS instructors who attend the Instructor Update will be qualified to teach the 10th edition course materials.
Mental Health Resilience Officer Course
Due to the difficult environments EMS personnel encounter every day, and the impact of both direct and vicarious trauma, our EMS workforce has long faced a disproportionate challenge in maintaining their mental health resilience.
NAEMT, with support from FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, has developed a new course to assist EMS agencies in building and supporting the mental health resilience of their personnel.
The Mental Health Resilience Officer (MHRO) course prepares EMS personnel to serve as their agency’s Mental Health Resilience Officer. In this role, the MHRO will engage with peers to develop an understanding of mental health issues and resilience; identify peers who are experiencing mental health stressors and crises; navigate peers in need to the right services for help; and support the development of a culture of mental health resilience and emotional wellness within the agency.
Your Worst Nightmare: Hands-On Pediatric MCI/Trauma Triage Training
Why Conducting Research Improves Your Team's Care
Research can change the world, but what do you do with it, how do you share it, and why else can it tell you? Come join Kevin as he discusses how his team's clinical trials have improved engagement, clinical consistency, outcomes, and recruitment. Learn how your own original research can transform your team beyond the published results.
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate: Top Communications Tips For EMS Leaders And Leaders-to-be
There are some constants to effective communications that we can learn from great leaders. Drawing on examples from leaders in the political realm – such as Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy – as they endeavored to unite nations or even the business world - such as Stephen Covey and Steve Jobs – as they strategically led their companies, the lessons are myriad.
In this presentation, Ray Barishansky, an EMS and Public Health professional with over 25 years of experience in the field in positions of increasing responsibility, will share the various communication secrets – such as being a great listener, reading a crowd effectively and adapting your messaging to the environment - that leaders have utilized to success.
Trends in the Misuse/Abuse of Non-Prescription Medications and Exotic Plant Material
OTC drugs are typically abused to achieve a “high” that results in euphoria and a dissociative state with hallucinations. The consequences of misuse/abuse of OTC drugs may be severe resulting in agitation, tachycardia, psychosis and seizures and potential life-threatening complications. The risk of significant morbidity increases when OTC medications are used in combination with alcohol and other recreational drugs. Dependence and withdrawal symptoms (confusion, irritability, agitation, anxiety and mood changes) are not uncommon.
This session will cover the vaping as well as commonly abused OTC medications; as well as Tianeptine, exotic plant material Kratom, and their roles in the Opioid Epidemic.