Agenda and Descriptions
Agenda
| Friday, Oct. 18 | Saturday, Oct. 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 am | Check-In | Check-In |
| 8 am | Fire and EMS Tract Opens | EMS Tract Opens |
| 9 am | Exhibit Hall Open | |
| 5 pm | Fire and EMS Tract Wrap-Up / Exhibit Hall Closes | EMS Tract Wrap-Up |
| 8 pm | Entertainment: Mississippi Moon Bar | Entertainment: Mississippi Moon Bar |
Times are subject to change
EMS Tract
Tears From Heaven
(Bolleter) Medical
This pediatric presentation will take you from the initial point of patient contact to the definitive treatment plan. Tears from Heaven is designed to give you a systematic approach for your next pediatric call. Regardless of your position or experience, you will learn how to change your approach, treatment and follow-through with your most precious cargo. This program is spiced with the reality of actual events, and you will most certainly feel and understand the critical difference these calls present. Take part in a program that provides solutions for pediatric emergencies you will remember.
Strike a Cord
(Bolleter) Trauma
Acute care of the trauma patient has become increasingly specialized over the past 20 years. In emergent spinal care, advances in training, equipment and pharmacological intervention have significantly improved patient survival and outcomes. Optimism must be guarded, however, as room for improvement still exists. Research identifies secondary cord injury as a significant source of primary neurological deficits. We repeatedly demonstrate that improper handling and transportation can often contribute as much as 10% of this damage. This fast-paced, informative class will take you from the classroom to the street and from the emergency department to the courtroom.
Bridge Over Trouble Water
(Bolleter) Cardiac
Obtaining intravenous access in hypotensive patients is challenging and can delay resuscitation. GAHP (Graduated Access for Hypotensive Patients) leverages IO fluid boluses to specifically dilate proximal veins for potentially improved venous access options.
What We Forgot to Mention
(Bolleter) Operations
The procedural side of emergency medicine can be challenging, rewarding and even impossible – all at once. For example, airway access and ventilation management are unquestionably vital to patient care, yet problems in these areas can still persist. EMS responders continue to ask the same questions before, during and after a clinical problem. Yet, they keep repeating the same skills introductions, training routines and practice sessions, expecting a different outcome. This talk – which offers concrete evidence and examples – targets solutions, rather than just illumination. Let us help you reframe our procedural issues and highlight what’s needed in EMS to effect quantifiable change.
Something In the Air
(Bolleter) Airway
This program is an informative view of ventilation management, spiced with reality and a measure of humor. This presentation takes an entertaining look into airway management to help you maintain or gain what you once thought was difficult or impossible. Information for basic and advanced management of an emergent airway includes treatment from the fundamental to the surgical, focusing on The Team and the reality of our efforts.
Cardiac Emergencies-Straight From The Heart
(Murphy) Cardiac
If it concerns the heart, this presentation will talk about it. After reviewing the basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary systems, the discussion will include the pathology, signs, symptoms and treatments for the following cardiac emergencies: angina, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac contusions, cardiac tamponade and aortic dissections. The program is action-packed and hits the “need to know” stuff surrounding a variety of cardiac-related emergencies.
Infectious Diseases
(Murphy) Medical
“Gloves on…Scene Safe” is NOT enough! This program will highlight a variety of bloodborne and airborne pathogens that present a life threat to both the patient and to those who care for them. What is considered an exposure and what should you do when it happens to you?
The Gross & The Gory and The Pathophysiology Behind the Pictures
(Murphy) Trauma
This pictorial-based program will focus on the kinematics, life threats and various treatment modalities for several types of traumas. Learn the benefits of using the MARCH acronym to guide the initial treatment of victims who have crashed their vehicle, been shot or stabbed, crushed, burned or involved in some explosion. Highlighted is early recognition and treatment of shock using the most current philosophies and evidence-based techniques at the basic and advanced levels.
The Magic Behind the Medicine
(Murphy) Medical
This is a class in affective care that discusses the personal attributes common to emergency responders who make helping people their business. This seminar takes a historical look at what makes people feel better when they don't feel well. Bedside manner and the art of effectively touching the patient, their family and all those around us, are skills that are seldom evaluated and almost never taught.
Acute Care Pharmacology
(Murphy) Medical
This is a fast-paced review of the drugs used in the prehospital care of the sick and injured. Many changes have occurred over the years, and this program will explore everything from cardiac care to pain control.
The Killing Zones
(Murphy) Trauma
When someone is critically injured, it usually involves trauma to the head, chest or abdomen, or a combination of several different anatomical and biological systems. This program will focus on the assessment and most current BLS and ALS treatment modalities for traumatic injuries to the “Killing Zones.”
OB/GYN and Childbirth
(Murphy) Medical
Delivering a baby is something that either excites you or scares you to death. This presentation will cover the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system, early and late complications of obstetrics, and vaginal deliveries.
Stress Management for Emergency Services
(Blaser) Operations
Two-hour class
The world of emergency services and the medical field is challenging. Most of us enter this profession trying to change the world, and when we leave our career, we find the world has changed us. Trauma is part of the job description, but there are ways to manage it and thrive personally and professionally.
This course will explore why you do what you do, the geography of the brain, the science of stress and how to mitigate your exposure to trauma. It is an interactive session that combines logic and emotion into a tutorial on career survival. Participants will learn the impact of trauma on their neurological makeup and how to alter it.
If you have ever had a bad day at work, this course is a must. It will help you understand stress management and how it can improve job satisfaction and engagement in your personal life.
Bleeding and Shock
(Sechler) Trauma
This session will provide a summary of the circulatory system, perfusion and shock related to bleeding and blood loss. At all EMS levels, this course will discuss the components of patient assessment, care and treatment for the patient experiencing internal and external bleeding that results in inadequate perfusion.
Excited Delirium
(Sechler) Medical
This class focuses on excited delirium, including behavior, mental health, signs and symptoms, scene safety, patient safety and care. The conversation will include the controversies and legal issues associated with caring for a patient experiencing excited delirium, including restraining the patient, positional asphyxia, refusals and the use of various medications, including ketamine.
Fire Tract
Fireground FUBAR – The Stuff That Messes You Up
(Gagliano) Operations
We all have those experiences where things don't go quite the way we expected. Despite the best planning, commitment to training and an all-out effort on the scene, the result can be less than satisfying. What can we do to close the gap on well-executed fire operations, despite all the variables and uncertainties we face and those that go sideways?
In this class, Captain Mike Gagliano will take an honest look at some of his blind spots, mistakes and planning errors that resulted in bad outcomes. He’ll discuss common areas of oversight that make a difference between successful and unsuccessful operations. You will explore considerations in advance of the alarm sounding, the obvious problems when you're in the middle of the battle and how to evaluate the results post-incident. We can't control everything and recognizing that is essential. Analyzing training and planning aspects will help avoid "unforced errors" and mental mistakes. This experience-based training will provide solid answers to common mistakes that continue to “mess us up.”
All Hell Breaks Loose…. And Now You’re Out Of Air
(Gagliano) Operations
This session discusses what “Out of Air” looks like with no punches pulled. The reality of the modern-day fire ground is a highly toxic, flammable and carcinogenic atmosphere. Asphyxiation is common and the tragedy of both the short- and long-term consequences of running out of air will be on full display. Along with discussing what NOT to do, the class will explore the best ways to survive an incident where everything has gone wrong. By the end of the presentation, you will change how you look at the air you bring to the emergency and how it affects whether or not your crew survives.
The Art of Go/No Go!
(Gagliano) Operations
The toughest and most critical decisions in the fire service typically revolve around whether to commit to an interior attack or choose another route. Seasoned officers know the difference between “We can get it” and “It's lost.” You should, too.
By utilizing a simple framework, the company officer can build on previous experiences and those of others and develop an intuitive approach to the process of Go or No Go. This is not a magic class and no one becomes a great decision-maker by attending a class or watching a video. The goal is to create a framework of three varying profiles: rescue, building and fire. These profiles allow the officer to focus on decisions and react to changes in the dynamic fire environment. This is intended to be both a useful strategic and tactical tool on the fireground and enhance aptitude during drills.