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Basics of Broselow & Handling Handtevy: Hands-On Pediatrics Rapid Review with Scenarios in Seconds
“What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand." Xunzi (340 - 245 BC). Go beyond the Basics of Broselow and Handling Handtevy in this all hands-on, rapid rotation based review of pediatric emergency care. Team based scenarios will review the key features of various peds “cheat sheets” as well as ways to identify essential equipment, master medications, and more to minimize the terrors of tiny tots and traumas. Remember… “Practice makes perfect” and “Proper planning prevents poor pediatric performance!”
Autism Interactions With First Responders
Autism Interactions for First Responders was created to bring awareness to what autism is, and what it isn't. The discussion revolves around what we can do in emergencies to make our interactions better for those living with Autism and their families/caregivers while handling emergency situations. It also gives direction for emergency services to support the public and their own personnel in dealing with the day-to-day challenges that can come with living with being on the spectrum, or being a caregiver. This training was created by and vetted by EMS providers, mental health professionals, and caregivers of those on the Autism Spectrum.
You Want Me To Take That Patient Where? ET3 A Year In Review
Mehlville Fire Protection District was chosen to take part in the ET3 pilot that began January 2021. We immediately implemented both interventions: treatment in place via telehealth, and transport to an alternative destination. ET3 is a new concept, and we had to learn how to educate and motivate our crews and convince patients to participate. We had to create new protocols and training modules to navigate the concerns of our firefighters and paramedics. We had to learn to communicate efficiently with patients, so they understood their options. Our medical direction was essential in shaping our ET3 program, by creating protocols and education for the program. Our medical direction stayed engaged and continued to build upon the education and protocols while also motivating our crews and keeping them engaged. While educating our crews we found that not all firefighters and paramedics were excited to see a new concept. Throughout the year we have collected multiple data points, including patient satisfaction, that we will share with you. Participation in ET3 has led to other opportunities – initiatives in conjunction with our MIH programs, as well as new payor opportunities as the success of ET3 gains notice from other insurers.
Your Brain is Trying to Trick You: Cognitive Bias and Clinical-Decision Making
The most challenging parts of EMS aren’t the tough intubations or the difficult rescues—it’s making the right clinical decision despite all the ways your brain is trying to lead you astray. Cognitive biases happen when we make subconscious shortcuts like relying too heavily on one piece of information or only focusing on findings that confirm an initial assumption. And they happen more often to people who are sleep deprived, over-worked and taking in multiple pieces of information at the same time—sound familiar? In this session, we’ll talk about the causes of cognitive bias, how to recognize them, and what steps we can take as clinicians to avoid making errors that could harm our patients.
2022 Transformation Update – What’s Promising? What’s Threatening?
The role of EMS continues to dramatically evolve. Agencies and practitioners are implementing new services that enhance the value EMS bring to patients, payers, hospitals, home care and hospice agencies. This session will provide an overview of the programs implemented over the past year and the ways they are generating value to their key stakeholders.
APS Meets EMS, A Natural Partnership: Adult Protective Services and Mobile Integrated Healthcare
Like many metropolitan jurisdictions, Montgomery County, Maryland has experienced a steady increase in 911 calls for Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Longitudinal trends have demonstrated that system superusers are experiencing non-emergency events, such as chronic illness, behavioral health issues, and/or substance abuse challenges. Both EMS and APS saw an opportunity to coordinate their response and improve their partnership to more readily provide the most appropriate assistance and resources to address these needs. Since 2015 when EMS and APS began a coordinated response to superusers, a significant reduction in 911 usage by these patients ensued. In 2019, APS embedded a nurse and social worker in MIH, which has resulted in a seamless collaboration where APS and EMS field evaluations occur simultaneously. During the pandemic, the APS nurse was a key player in the EMS/FRS Viral Leave at Home Program, where the MIH Team followed up on more than 514 presumed positive Covid-19 patients, earning an award from the National Association of Counties, Criminal Justice/Public Safety Award. The attendees can expect a review of the growth of this key partnership, which has resulted in near 100% APS referral acceptance from EMS, and the many benefits of shared training, resources, and “fast-tracked” communication.
Analgesia And Sedation For The Mechanically Ventilated Patient: Crash Course!
Do you know the most ideal analgesic and sedative combination for your critically ill and crashing mechanically ventilated patient to maintain patient comfort and ventilator synchrony? This lecture will discuss the importance of analgosedation in intubated patients and review the different pharmacological agents used in clinical pre-hospital medicine. The "A1 Sedation" model will be presented as well as the most recent cutting edge literature surrounding the use of different analgesics and sedatives and how to optimize these agents in different clinical scenarios.
10 Step Checklist for a New EMS Leader!
So you have are a new leader in your organization or you have a new leader in your organization and you want to ensure success in the new role but your not sure how to achieve greatness, make sure you check all 10 boxes for leadership success. This session will go into 10 key points for new leaders to ensure they succeed in the roles. From mentor-ship to leadership resources, from creating a written road map to writing an incident report, this course will go into what you need and where to find it! This class is for the new leader and for those who manage new leaders so that together you can create a leadership team that achieve great things together!
Words that Wound: Incivility in EMS
We may not speak in ten codes anymore, but we do have our own language in EMS, and learning to speak that language goes a long way in determining if you will be successful in this field. How we talk to others creates a culture of inclusion or exclusivity, and can intentionally or unintentionally tell newcomers they are not welcome. Whether in a primary EMT class, CE course, or on the rig, what we say that is not content or patient care related changes whether people will stay in this field. Come learn how your words may be helping or hurting others in EMS.
Who Can Help? Leveraging Volunteers During MCI's: A Practical Protocol for First Responders
Professional Responders who are first to arrival at a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI), face a complex and potentially overwhelming challenge. Even in a well-coordinated response, the professional responders may not be able to treat all the injured at the same time; they must triage and prioritize the victims. Spontaneous volunteers often heroically step in to fill the gap without being asked, but their courage and commitment often adds complexity to an already chaotic and challenging situation.
Current training for professional responders focuses on reducing the complexity of a response to an MCI by “clearing” the scene of spontaneous volunteers and bystanders. This approach does not recognize the reality of spontaneous volunteers, nor does it allow the Professional Responder to take advantage of the skills and potential support spontaneous volunteers can provide.
This class teaches a simple protocol that can be used to build a team of volunteers quickly, assign appropriate task, lead the team, communicate and network within the team.
Current training for professional responders focuses on reducing the complexity of a response to an MCI by “clearing” the scene of spontaneous volunteers and bystanders. This approach does not recognize the reality of spontaneous volunteers, nor does it allow the Professional Responder to take advantage of the skills and potential support spontaneous volunteers can provide.
This class teaches a simple protocol that can be used to build a team of volunteers quickly, assign appropriate task, lead the team, communicate and network within the team.
What’s New in NEMSIS v3.5: The Benefits and Impact of Updating the EMS Data Standard
The National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) launched an update to the National EMS Data Standard that will be widely implemented this year and next. NEMSIS Version 3.5 has far-reaching implications to data quality, collection, and utilization. We will review the purpose and value of a national standard, introduce changes to the information collected in the field with implementation of v3.5, and discuss how clinicians, agencies, states, and national partners are using EMS data to improve EMS response.
What Do I say? Death Notification Training in the EMS classroom
Talking to survivors of a patient who is going to die, or has died is one of the most stressful situations that the new EMS graduate will encounter at the beginning of their career. We will describe how to create educational opportunities to learn and practice this skill in a safe training environment. Incorporating psychosocial aspects of dying into learning activities will be discussed.
Using a Competency-based Format to Improve Learning in EMS Education - Blowing up the syllabus and the time-based model
Much of EMS education is structured based on time, and not measurable outcomes and mastery of knowledge. Often, students are given limited time to achieve entry-level competency before being forced to move on simply because of the schedule. Competency Based Learning allows for students to learn in a different paradigm, allowing for both scaffolded learning and structure in a new-style of learning for EMS providers. Time is not the only deciding factor, and flexibility allows for students to progress through different areas of needed abilities and knowledge through achievement of mastery, and allows the educator to focus assistance on where students need the most help while also ensuring they learn what is needed to advance to the next level of learning.
Training for Prehospital Assessment and Triage of Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke - Lessons Learnt from the National EMS Personnel Survey : Challenges and Opportunities
Prehospital stroke assessment and triage has evolved considerably in recent years along with the evolution of hyper-acute stroke treatment especially mechanical thrombectomy. Considerable heterogeneity exists nationally at multiple levels including the choice/implementation of stroke severity/LVO scale, prehospital triage/bypass protocols, and EMS education content, frequency and delivery. Many stroke societies including the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) have worked towards standardizing prehospital stroke care in collaboration with many EMS organizations including EMS World. This presentation will mainly discuss the lessons learnt from the ongoing national EMS education survey in the context of the most recent literature in prehospital stroke care.
Some of the topics would be:
• history and current status of EMS stroke education
• lessons from the survey
• development of evidence based, efficient and effective educational programs
• current prehospital stroke management guidelines and evidence based practices
Some of the topics would be:
• history and current status of EMS stroke education
• lessons from the survey
• development of evidence based, efficient and effective educational programs
• current prehospital stroke management guidelines and evidence based practices
U.S. Fire Administration’s Research Program for the Health and Safety of the Emergency Responder
This presentation will provide information about the United States Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) new and current research efforts to support EMS and the fire service to reduce EMS responder and firefighter on-duty deaths and injuries as well as enhance operational effectiveness. This presentation will discuss innovative USFA research efforts to support the EMS and the fire service including research on EMS operational safety, pandemic preparedness, emergency vehicle and roadway operational safety, alternative funding, volunteer retention and recruitment, response to electrical vehicle emergencies, study of occupational violence to EMS responders and firefighters, as well as other areas.
Understanding Why We React The Way We Do: Harnessing Emotional Intelligence For Leadership Success
Every day, EMS leaders are confronted by situations where a true understanding of various emotions can spell the difference between success and failure. Being prepared intellectually isn’t enough; you MUST understand the emotions boiling behind the scenes.
Emotional intelligence - that is, the ability to understand not only your own emotions, but also the emotions of those around you - is integral to individual and professional success. Psychologists hypothesize that 90% of success is based on emotional intelligence (EQ), as opposed to your Intelligence Quotient (IQ). EQ plays a role in negotiations, decision making, communications and many other areas essential to effective leadership.
Join Ray as he uses his extensive background in EMS - from working on the truck to the hallowed halls of State Government - and offers practical advice using real-world scenarios to develop your emotional intelligence and help you succeed in dealing with conflict in your organization.
Emotional intelligence - that is, the ability to understand not only your own emotions, but also the emotions of those around you - is integral to individual and professional success. Psychologists hypothesize that 90% of success is based on emotional intelligence (EQ), as opposed to your Intelligence Quotient (IQ). EQ plays a role in negotiations, decision making, communications and many other areas essential to effective leadership.
Join Ray as he uses his extensive background in EMS - from working on the truck to the hallowed halls of State Government - and offers practical advice using real-world scenarios to develop your emotional intelligence and help you succeed in dealing with conflict in your organization.
Under Construction..... Why Having The Right People Is Important For Building A Successful Community Paramedic Team
Having the right people makes all the difference in a successful team. If you have been working to create a Community Paramedic team, you have realized it takes many different people and specialties to be successful. You start with a motivated medical director and a few highly motivated community paramedics but, quickly realize you need more help. You need to add more community Paramedics to your team. How do you choose those community paramedics? Will the most senior paramedic be the easiest choice? Should I hire a brand-new paramedic, so I am able to shape and mold them to fit community paramedicine? How do you find the same motivation in new community paramedics that you stared with? New community paramedics soon find out that this is not the “easy” job they were looking for. Often, they join the team looking for better hours or a less physically demanding job. They quickly find that the demands of a community paramedic can be even more stressful than they expected.
Syncope: Innocent Fainting or Lethal Arrhythmia?
Do you ever worry that your patient's syncopal episode was a result of transient ventricular tachycardia (VT)? You should. This discussion will teach you two EKG findings to look for on every syncope EKG to help you detect your patient's likelihood of transient VT; and it will help you to remember them forever. It's two more ways to help you save your patient, today and tomorrow.
The Role Of EMS In Suicide Prevention And Crisis Response: How Are You Educating And Advocating In Your Community?
Over the last several years responding to calls for patients in mental health crisis has been highlighted across the country. Since 2018, federal agencies involved in crisis response have been planning for the roll out of 988 a new three digit number for the suicide lifeline. In the summer of 2022, a new 988 number is going live across the country. What does that mean for EMS? Have things changed in your 911 center? Are there new resources for crisis response in your community? Do those providing crisis services understand EMS in your community? Now is the time to collaborate to improve behavioral health in your community. EMS has a critical role to play not just in response but also prevention.
The Right Place at the Right Time - Transporting Directly to Inpatient Mental Health
Anyone and everyone who has ever cared for patients with mental health related complaints in the prehospital setting knows that not all need standard hospital emergency department transport. Harris County ESD11 Mobile Healthcare has finally bridged the gap facilitating direct 911 transport from the scene to an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Join the ESD11 clinical leadership as they discuss how the partnership was forged, what criteria the paramedics use to determine direct to mental health patient selection and, most importantly, what their patient and operational data has shown.