Comms Help in Crisis: Meet the FirstNet Response Group
From a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives to hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, and manmade emergencies, the dedicated mobile broadband network has been there for public safety. FirstNet recognizes the value of supporting medical facilities and quarantine and mobile testing sites and providing needed connectivity following devastating events. Learn how the FirstNet Response Operations Group has answered more than 450 calls for help from agencies across the country and streamlined the process for deploying satellite cellular assets across states and territories.
Objectives:
- Understand how the FirstNet Response Operations Group supports emergency response and recovery as well as planned events.
- Describe different incident request and deployable support types.
- Understand how to request deployable support.
Crew Resource Management: Can It Work on the Ground?
Crew Resource Management (CRM) is a proven and accepted process that has reduced errors, omissions, incidents, and accidents in the aviation community. But while it works and is here to stay as part of aviation culture, CRM is not yet well understood or accepted in prehospital and hospital care. Should it also be a standard in the medical community?
Objectives:
- Identify the importance of CRM to the aviation community.
- Identify where and how CRM can apply in EMS.
- Describe how to engage in CRM with supervisors and coworkers.
- Appreciate that use of CRM techniques will reduce errors and injuries.
Embracing Diversity and Confronting Bias in EMS
Participants in this panel discussion will receive the tools they need to embrace diversity and acknowledge biases in their own agencies. We will will review the steps each speaker has taken at their own agency and discuss lessons learned.
EMS Education via Netflix
Have you ever wanted to watch a movie or TV show instead of reading or studying? Now you can do both at the same time! This session uses movies, clips, TV shows, and pop culture to cover concepts in EMS.
- List examples of medical TV shows and movies that can be used for case studies.
- Use technology to add audiovisual materials to slide shows and lectures.
- Create lesson plans and assignments that utilize popular culture.
Global Roundup 2021
Returning with his highly-rated and entertaining review of EMS around the planet, U.S.-based Rob Lawrence will be joined by international EMS leaders to discuss the delivery of prehospital care in their own countries. 2020 was a year in which EMS across the planet was—and continues to be—on the front line. By the time this conference is delivered, the session's leaders will have battled, possibly lost, and definitely overcome the challenges of COVID and the normal delivery of EMS in their respective nations. Expect to hear from leaders based in Europe, Israel and Australia.
- Understand how EMS agencies have coped with 2020.
- Extract best practices from the international EMS world in both clinical and operational arenas.
- Understand how issues identified and solved in other EMS nations can be applied in your own EMS system.
How Do I Reach These Kids? Student Engagement in the 21st Century EMS Classroom
In a world filled with distraction, how do EMS educators and leaders engage students? Whether you teach in a traditional classroom, a "flipped" classroom, an entirely hybrid program, or clinically as a preceptor, it is incumbent on us to ensure our students get the most out of their educational experience. In this presentation we will build from an understanding of student engagement theory through the literature, and apply key points to the EMS classroom. Through a discussion facilitated by case studies, we will better understand what we must do as educators to reach our students in an engaging and meaningful way.
- Discuss evidence-based adult education and student engagement theories.
- Apply evidence-based adult education and student engagement theory to the EMS classroom.
- Analyze case studies and apply new and existing knowledge to enhance student learning and engagement outcomes
ISS: Airway Options in Cardiac Arrest: What Does the Evidence Say?
While endotracheal intubation has long been a key procedure in the management of cardiac arrest, it is often done while focusing solely on getting the tube in the right hole. All too often paramedics (and physicians) pay insufficient attention to what is happening to the patient while they are intubated. This is a fast-moving review of the literature on the topic, including two large landmark trials comparing intubation to supraglottic airways. Dr. Jarvis will also cover several additional studies investigating possible mechanisms that might explain the results of these trials.
- Describe the methods and findings of two large RCTs of intubation vs. supraglottic airways in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Describe the strengths and weakness of these two trials.
- Describe the potential mechanisms to explain these results.
- Describe the important takeaway points medics can use to improve their practice.
ISS: Oral Abstracts Session 1
- Defend the importance of evidence-based decisions in prehospital care education and clinical practice.
- Respectfully challenge the conclusions drawn by authors regarding their research.
- Recognize the ease with which prehospital providers can become involved in research.
ISS: Oral Abstracts Session 2
Description: This second session in the International Scientific Symposium is a fast-paced blend of presentations. Heather Davis, David Page and Katie O’Connor will moderate the session, leading off with “must-know” project summaries and blending in original projects during which the primary investigator will have 15 minutes to describe their research. After each abstract the audience will have the opportunity to make comments and ask probing questions.
- Recognize the ease with which prehospital providers can become involved in research.
- Defend the importance of evidence-based decisions in prehospital care education and clinical practice.
- Challenge respectfully the conclusions drawn by authors regarding their research.
ISS: Oral Abstracts Session 3
This third session in the International Scientific Symposium is a fast-paced blend of presentations. David Page, Heather Davis, and Katie O’Connor will moderate the session, leading off with “must-know” project summaries and blending in original projects during which the primary investigator will have 15 minutes to describe their research. After each abstract the audience will have the opportunity to make comments and ask probing questions.
- Defend the importance of evidence-based decisions in prehospital care education and clinical practice.
- Respectfully challenge the conclusions drawn by authors regarding their research.
- Recognize the ease with which prehospital providers can become involved in research.
ISS: The Idiot's Guide to Interpreting Research and Incorporating it into Practice
Reading a peer-reviewed research article can sometimes feel like trying to decipher code: Odds ratios. P-values. Confounders. Yet it's vitally important that EMS leaders and practitioners understand how a study was designed, what the results mean, and whether or not it should impact our clinical practice or daily operations. Using examples from recent EMS research, you'll learn a simple six-step method to use any time you read a research study—how to interpret the results, and whether or not the research should impact your practice.
- Define common terms used in scientific research.
- Develop a system to critically review medical literature.
- Describe the different types of research studies and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
ISS: The Year's Best International EMS Research
This session will showcase the top winning research abstracts from scientific conferences outside the United States. Rapid 10-to-15-minute presentations will highlight the best of the best of 2020's international research projects.
- Defend the importance of evidence-based decisions in prehospital care education and clinical practice.
- Appreciate the differences in prehospital care system priorities internationally compared to the United States.
- Determine at least three differences in methods, participation, value, distribution or decision-making for international prehospital care research compared to US-based projects.
It's OK to Not Be OK: Building Wellness Within Your Agency
EMS leaders often tell their employees they are their greatest asset, but are they showing it? In this discussion the presenter will review the grim statistics surrounding EMS health and well-being. The presenter will discuss how they used trying times within their agency as an opportunity to build systems of support. The presenter will then outline steps leaders can take to build emotionally safe work environments and encourage resiliency among their providers.
- Recognize the risk of burnout among EMS providers and describe its impact on patient care and operations management.
- Differentiate compassion fatigue from secondary traumatization, burnout, and compassion satisfaction.
- Discuss the role of critical incident stress debriefing, including its purpose and timing.
- Create a plan for building resilience and increasing support within one's EMS agency.
Lessons Learned: ET3 Model Implementation
Didn’t apply for the CMS/CMMI ET3 Model in round one? Thinking about applying if the window opens again in the future, but still unsure if it’s a fit for your organization? In this session, hear from EMS agencies who implemented the ET3 model in round one about their experiences and insights. What were the challenges? What have been the early lessons learned? What are the keys to implementation? This will be a very dynamic and interactive session with ample opportunity for participant engagement.
- Understand the essential components of the ET3 model.
- Learn the key partnerships necessary for successful implementation of an ET3 model.
- Understand the financial modeling to evaluate the impact of ET3 model implementation.
- Learn the myths and realities for a successful ET3 model implementation.
Modern Day Vent Management: Force the Non-compliant Lung into Submission
This course will focus on the ventilator management of non-compliant lungs. These can be difficult to handle from pre-intubation through the 10th ventilator setting change. The student will be guided through 3 actual cases. Problems will be identified and solutions discussed. A student polling system will be used to engage the students of the activity.
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Prehospital Management of Pediatric Seizures
This interactive, case based lecture will give ALS and BLS providers the tools they need to evaluate and treat pediatric seizures and will review the treatment and interventions needed. It will review the importance of looking for subtle signs of trauma in evaluating the pediatric seizure patient to look for signs of child abuse.
Special Delivery: Pregnant Patients and Liability Risks
Are pregnant patients your riskiest population? Recent jury verdicts and settlements suggest the answer is “yes.” Nick, an EMS Division Chief for one of the largest county-based ALS first response agencies in Georgia, and Samantha, an attorney for one of the largest hospital-based EMS systems in the Southeast, examine the legal and clinical risks that providers must keep in mind when caring for pregnant patients. Using actual incidents and reported legal cases, Nick and Samantha offer tips and tricks for responders to enhance patient care while protecting themselves and their services from legal liability.
Taking to the Streets: Mobile Outreach in the Face of COVID-19
This presentation recalls the efforts by Gainesville Fire Rescue as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.GFR took a proactive approach to ensure that the public had resources and adequate knowledge to keep themselves safe. The approach used included the Respond, Educate, Treat, and Prevent method that included mobilizing and repurposing the CP Program to do intensive outreach missions.
Teamwork: How to Make the Dream Work on Your Ambulance
Teamwork is often an underappreciated part of EMS care despite its proven link to patient outcomes. This presentation will review the literature emphasizing its importance in providing optimal care and ensuring patient safety. The presenter will highlight broad topics of "The Big Five" and crew resource management, but will focus on the EMT teamwork survey developed by Patterson et al in 2012. Through utilization of this survey, the presenter will discuss how one agency was able to better identify teamwork deficits and work toward a nine-factor solution of partner dynamics. The presenter will demonstrate how to develop a teamwork training program in your agency, measure provider performance, and improve outcomes beyond hands-on patient care.
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