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Communication Fundamentals: Effective Communications can make the huge difference in your effectiveness as a provider and your satisfaction as a human-being.
Fundamentals of EMS Communications: How to Effectively Talk to Your Patients, Peers and Bosses
Effective Communications can have far reaching consequences - both good and bad. Attendees at this session will spend time examining and practicing how to best reach those you interact with in an EMS setting. Whether that be a patient, partner, boss, city council or Medical Director, the way you communicate can make the enormous difference in your effectiveness as a provider and your satisfaction as a human-being.
Effective Communications can have far reaching consequences - both good and bad. Attendees at this session will spend time examining and practicing how to best reach those you interact with in an EMS setting. Whether that be a patient, partner, boss, city council or Medical Director, the way you communicate can make the enormous difference in your effectiveness as a provider and your satisfaction as a human-being.
track: Fundamentals
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-5314
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Community Paramedics: Understanding the past and presenting a theory of practice for the future
This presentation will draw on the historic development of community paramedic roles in the Australasia, Canada, the USA, and the UK in order to identify the commonalities that exist across different programmes that exist within these countries, as well as an overview of there differences. These will be explored alongside seminal theories from sociology, anthropology and medical sciences to outline the theory of practice for community paramedics - wherever they work. Using this theory of practice as a framework, the topic shall be explored regarding future development of the role of community paramedics across these four geographical areas.
track: Community Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-6081
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Drop the SOAP and DOCUMENT
Documentation, an essential part of the timely, complete and accurate depiction of patient care. Documentation in EMS has been taught through the eyes of what others "thought" were good at documentation. There is not a standard that objectively evaluates how complete and accurate your run reports are. D.O.C.U.M.E.N.T. is award-winning research that shows objective scoring through CQI breeds more thorough run reports. This presentation will introduce you to and prove have effecitve D.O.C.U.M.E.N.T. has become in a suburban fire-based EMS department.
track: Clinical Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-6284
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
The UBER Effect: The EMS tool to increase employee morale and patient experiences!
UBER has found a way to raise the bar on customer service and performance both with the use of technology and the immediate feedback of drivers and their passengers. UBER drivers strive to receive a 5 star rating as they know it will drive more business their way and while creating more loyalty to UBER. Do you think your agency would treat your patients different if you knew the patient was going to evaluate the care and the provider shortly after receiving treatment? Hospitals use a third party evaluation program from Press Gainey to evaluate the patient impression on clinical performance, the healthcare team and the overall hospital visit. This session will go into changing the way we think about employee morale and patient experiences if we work towards a five star rating.
track: Leadership, Management and Operations
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-6585
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment
As EMS Educators, we all hope our students feel they are part of something special in the classroom and that they belong. This presentation will evaluate how inclusive your current classroom is, what is an inclusive classroom, and how you can ensure your classroom is inclusive.
track: Education
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-8888
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Can't Miss Cases in Pediatric Cardiology
This is an engaging discussion of "can't miss" EKGs and pediatric cases that will change your care for sick children.
track: Clinical Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-4979
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Can’t Shock ‘Em? Block Em! Esmolol’s Role in Achieving ROSC
Can’t Shock ‘Em? Block Em! Esmolol’s Role in Achieving ROSC is a talk that discusses the use of beta-blockade during the resuscitation of a victim in refractory ventricular fibrillation. Despite the use of standard therapies, there is a subset of patients who may persist in this lethal rhythm, calling on the provider to use a non-traditional treatment in order to save this patient's life.
track: Critical Care
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-7536
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Can an autopsy improve EMS Quality? Partnering with your Medical Examiner to Enhance EMS Care
Medical Examiners are infrequently utilized to enhance quality in EMS. Modern Medical Examiner facilities are becoming incredibly sophisticated and some are now using post-mortem CT scanning of the entire body with 3-D reconstruction. This imaging offers an immeasurable amount of data regarding the deceased EMS patient. This may include radiographic imaging confirmation (or lack of) for devices such as advanced airways, intraosseous needles in the bone marrow, injury patterns, needle thoracostomy anatomic landmark location, modeling of difficult airway anatomy and ultimately cause of death. This information is invaluable regarding the opportunity for teaching, debriefing and creating a registry of images and cases for future EMS clinicians to learn from. It also offers avenues for growing EMS medicine through publication opportunities and visual diagnoses/case submissions in peer-reviewed journals. Medical Examiners are an untapped resource, but in my experience welcome the opportunity to collaborate with fire/ems agencies. There are also ample opportunities for fire/ems clinicians to observe autopsies and gain a greater understanding of anatomy and pathologic causes of death. Examples of autopsy imaging will be shown to demonstrate the potency of this learning tool. Partnering with Medical Examiners can improve our knowledge about the care we provided (good, bad, and ugly).
track: Clinical Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-8571
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Building A Prehospital Whole Blood Program - What It Really Takes To Be Successful
Discussion of the regional deployment of prehospital whole blood. He will discuss the region's entire plan on how to get Low Titer O+ Whole Blood to hospitals, ground EMS and HEMS. This will include a discussion of how a new blood service line was created, how the regional deployment plan was developed and the results of that effort. The discussion will include results of patient care, including case studies and research. The discussion will also include lessons learned and regulations from state statutes, FDA and AABB. South Texas also has a plan to deliver blood to the scene in a mass casualty incident as well as a plan to have a civilian walking blood bank to deliver fresh whole blood directly to patients and hospitals. After a few years of prehospital whole blood transfusions, what is the data? Are agencies that transfuse whole blood helping their patients? Who are their patients? Does a whole blood program make financial sense? Discussion of recent research and publications addressing the epidemiology and accounting analysis of whole blood in the urban/suburban and rural communities. Analysis of recent literature regarding the effect of whole blood on physiologic parameters, morbidity, and mortality.
track: Leadership, Management and Operations
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-5112
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Bizarre and Unusual Clinical Case Studies 2022
Trauma is associated with a wide range of injuries, many of which are life-threatening. Bizarre and unusual mechanisms and injuries intrigue all of us. When seconds count mental preparation and rehearsal can make the difference but if they are rare in occurrence how can we prepare? An insightful case study approach is used to illustrate these points.
track: Critical Care
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-4232
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
All Those in Favor - Winning the vote, saving the day
You can have an organization that’s on top of its game, clinically excellent, accredited and financially solvent, but all progress and momentum can be halted or changed beyond recognition as a result of four simple words: all those in favor. Politics and politicking is pervasive and exists at every level of the EMS world.
Politics is not just a four-year event. It is ever-present in the real world, surrounding every element of every type of public safety organization. Police and fire chiefs are generally political appointees; sheriffs are publicly elected in a political process; and even EMS organizations have owners, boards and shareholders.
Politics with a large and small P abound! Because of this, a modicum of knowledge and understanding of federal and, more important, local politics is a key to success for EMS agencies. The master principle is that the majority will always rule, so your mission must be to ensure you have more votes or influence than the other guy/party. If you have the votes, politics will flow your way, and you won’t get voted off the island! Rob Lawrence has navigated politics at local, state, and federal levels and will discuss the traps, pitfalls, and opportunities.
Politics is not just a four-year event. It is ever-present in the real world, surrounding every element of every type of public safety organization. Police and fire chiefs are generally political appointees; sheriffs are publicly elected in a political process; and even EMS organizations have owners, boards and shareholders.
Politics with a large and small P abound! Because of this, a modicum of knowledge and understanding of federal and, more important, local politics is a key to success for EMS agencies. The master principle is that the majority will always rule, so your mission must be to ensure you have more votes or influence than the other guy/party. If you have the votes, politics will flow your way, and you won’t get voted off the island! Rob Lawrence has navigated politics at local, state, and federal levels and will discuss the traps, pitfalls, and opportunities.
track: Leadership, Management and Operations
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-4053
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Top 10 Tips When Transporting Kids
Many EMS providers cringe at the thought of a pediatric patient and trying to figure out how to transport them. Should a provider use the car seat involved in a motor vehicle crash MVC? Do you risk upsetting a baby while you try to put them in a car seat, or do you let mom hold the baby on the way to the hospital? Pediatric transports typically only make up about 10% of total EMS calls, but are also typically some of the most anxiety-inducing calls. In this presentation, Stephanie Busch, an NREMT and Certified Child Passenger Safety technician, will provide some quick tips and considerations for frontline EMS providers when transporting children. Ms. Busch will engage the audience while they explore their own concerns about pediatric calls, and will help problem solve potential challenges providers face in the field. Attendees will learn several different tips to help them make better transport decisions with a pediatric patient.
track: Fundamentals
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-7447
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
When Is a Headache Not Just a Headache?
We’ve all had headaches. Because most of them are benign and get better with over-the-counter medications or time, we might be tempted to think all EMS calls for headache are benign, too. Unfortunately, there are some headaches that are life threatening. Dr. Jarvis will discuss the differential diagnosis of headaches as well as a “red flag” approach to picking up the “can’t miss” headaches. He will also discuss the most appropriate management of headaches and draw on his recent research to demonstrate that EMS has a lot of room to improve when it comes to headache management.
track: Fundamentals
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-0218
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Advanced Placement for Paramedic Education
Paramedic training programs often encounter students that have relevant training, education and experience before beginning a paramedic course. But what is the best way to take those prior qualifications into account? Educators can use curriculum reviews and assessments to avoid unnecessary repetition. This session will explore how to effectively use advanced placement to grant students credit for prior education and experience, including how to ensure compliance with accreditation and certification requirements. Come learn how advanced placement may be utilized by your program to enhance paramedic workforce pathways.
track: Education
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-8777
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Clinician Mental Health
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
i) Understand the current research happening at the federal level related to first responder mental health and suicide
ii) Describe the risk factors for suicide in the first responder system
iii) Explain why improving data collection will help identify evidence-based solutions and treatments
i) Understand the current research happening at the federal level related to first responder mental health and suicide
ii) Describe the risk factors for suicide in the first responder system
iii) Explain why improving data collection will help identify evidence-based solutions and treatments
track: Health and Wellness
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-4098
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
8 Hearts in a Duffel Bag: Hands-On Guided CARDIAC Dissection
Scalpels and scenarios, paired with step-by-step videos and instructor guided dissections, allow attendees to experience an unforgettable view of medical & traumatic CARDIAC emergencies with a special pediatric focus. Attendees will do even more procedures during this 2-hour hands-on heart dissection lab that was developed to help review and reinforce the essentials of cardiac anatomy, "from the inside out!"
Note: Emergency skills will be practiced on harvested pig organs. NO animals were euthanized for the purpose of this course.
Note: Emergency skills will be practiced on harvested pig organs. NO animals were euthanized for the purpose of this course.
track: Special Events
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-4230
credits: 2.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Prehospital Whole Blood - Treating patients in hemorrhagic shock.
Whole blood is thought to be the ideal resuscitation fluid for the hemorrhaging patient. Prehospital whole blood and blood component availability is quickly expanding, however this therapy is fairly new to EMS and transfusion triggers are neither clearly defined nor universal. The San Antonio Fire Department EMS has almost four years of whole blood experience with nearly a thousand prehospital transfusions. This course will present several real-life case scenarios of patients that received, or potentially could have received, prehospital whole blood. Trauma, gastrointestinal, obstetric and other medical bleeding that result in hypovolemic shock likely benefit from transfusion. But, what are the risks? We will discuss special circumstances that impact the risk-benefit balance of prehospital whole blood.
track: Critical Care
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-1637
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
The Five Reasons EMS Injury and Illness Prevention Programs Fail
EMS providers are a valuable partner to public health programs addressing everything from COVID-19 and opioid use disorder to senior fall risk and homelessness. However, EMS-led injury and illness prevention programs often face existential challenges. During implementation, stakeholders must successfully develop and fund public health initiatives that are not supported by current EMS funding models that only reimburse for medical transportation. Even after successful launches, otherwise successful programs often struggle to find sustainability, thanks to continued lack of resources or other challenges, including promotions, retirements, and burnout.For more than two decades, the Nicholas Rosecrans Award has recognized excellence in EMS-led injury prevention programs. In 2022, the award pivoted to recognize excellence in sustainable EMS-led public health programming. In this session, speakers will review five common reasons these programs fail and discuss strategies EMS providers can use to develop sound and resilient public health programs. Attendees will also learn more about this year’s winner of the Nicholas Rosecrans Award and how they are making a sustainable difference in their community.
track: Leadership, Management and Operations
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-5212
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Neuroprotective CPR
Neuroprotective (NP) CPR is a novel strategy for resuscitation after cardiac arrest that includes the triad of active compression decompression (ACD) CPR and/or a suction cup-based automated CPR device, an impedance threshold devices, and an automated controlled head and thorax elevation positioning system. NP CPR has been shown to improve preclinical outcomes. At present, NP CPR, when rapidly deployed, is associated with a strikingly higher probability of survival with good neurological outcomes versus conventional CPR performed in the flat position. Uniquely NP CPR works for both shockable and non-shockable first recorded rhythms. This session will provide both the latest clinical outcomes from a multi-site registry based study of the use of NP CPR in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest by the experts and leaders in this field and a practical related to how to implement NP CPR by first-in responders.
track: Clinical Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-1241
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35
Operation Decompress - Alaska's EMS MIH Emergency Response to the COVID-19 Hospital Crisis and Paramedic Legislation
Alaska’s COVID-19 rates skyrocketed by September 2021, with hospitals across the state enacting crisis standards as the Delta variant crippled its healthcare system. The crisis began to impact everything from heart attacks to strokes to trauma care, nearly exhausting existing resources. With medical staff statewide reaching a breaking point, the state began examining innovative solutions, such as utilizing Mobile Integrated Healthcare as a means to either load level and or decompress regional hospitals within the state. prehospital assisted solutions which had never been attempted in the Great Land.Paramedics Terry Kadel and Brian Webb both work for the Alaska Office of EMS (OEMS) and will walk down the mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) process the state employed to assist with not only decompression of its medical facilities, but the provision of home-based follow-up care and treatment of patients, and how it could reduce the impacts of healthcare costs of not only the patient, but the healthcare facilities as well. They will further discuss the implications of the recently enacted Alaska Senate Bill 21, and its impacts for the provision of primary care activities by paramedics in Alaska, and its relationship for future community paramedicine projects.
track: Community Paramedicine
course number: 22-EMSM-F1-2783
credits: 1.00
ASTNA Number: 2022-35