9th Annual Corey Pittman Pre-Hospital Symposium

Asheville, NC US
March 25, 2025

Overview

The 9th Annual Corey Pittman Prehospital Symposium is a one-day conference focused on providing evidence based, best practice clinical education to prehospital and emergency department providers. This year the symposium is focusing the educational content on the theme of "Breath". Presentations and breakout sessions will be centered around the concepts of airway and ventilation management in the prehospital environment. This year's symposium will begin with dynamic, interactive presentations followed by hands-on breakout sessions in our high-fidelity simulation center all with the aim of providing a curriculum attendees can immediately apply to the to their clinical practice.

Target Audience

The intended audience is Emergency Department providers, Prehospital providers such as EMTs, Paramedics, Flight Paramedics, Nurses and Respiratory Therapists.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify trends related to mismanaged prehospital airway and ventilation to provide guidance for increasing success.
  2. Demonstrate proficiency and confidence in airway management through lectures and breakout skills sessions. 
  3. Recognize pediatric respiratory conditions and apply both basic and advanced airway management skills as part of the treatment modalities.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/03/2025
Course expires: 
09/25/2025
Event starts: 
03/25/2025 - 6:00am MDT
Event ends: 
03/25/2025 - 2:30pm MDT
Rating: 
5

Program

Mission Health Campus, The Hall Center, Asheville, NC

Tuesday, March 25th 2025 0800 – 1630

TIMESAGENDA
0730 – 0800Registration
0800 – 0815Welcoming, CME process review, and opening remarks
0815 – 0900NC OEMS Medical Director: Why we continue to focus on airway management and where do we see things go wrong?Dr. Trip Winslow
0900 – 0920Interactive Case Review – Identifying where airway procedures went wrongCourtney Landt,
Using her video case study
0920 – 0930Break
0930 – 10:20Trauma Anesthesiology: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned in Airway managementDr. Joseph Mueller
10:25 – 11:00CAI? Checklist Assisted Intubation – Evidence that using checklists can improve successCharles Carter, Flight Nurse
11:00 – 11:15Break
11:15 – 12:00Pediatric Intensivist: Pediatric Respiratory Conditions and General Airway ManagementDr Ashley Newell
12:00 – 12:45Lunch Break
12:50 – 1320Breath – the science of using breath to take care of yourselfRick Baker, Responder Support Services
13:25 – 13:55Oh HEAVENS – reviewing the difficult airway criteria and the introducing the techniques for improving successJohn Carrico, Flight Paramedic
13:55– 14:10Break, Coffee and Snacks, and Set up for Breakout Sessions
 Attendees will attend 1 of the various breakout sessions for 30 minutes apiece
14:15 – 14:45S.A.L.A.D. – deconning the contaminated airway
Kelly Pace, CFRN and Courtney Landt, FP-C
Needle Surgical Airway management – Are you at all prepared for it?
Carrie Underwood, CFRN and Taner Campbell, FP-C
Surgical Airways – Increasing confidence in the failed airways
Andrew Beeghly, MD and Charles Carter, CFRN
14:50 – 15:20S.A.L.A.D. – deconning the contaminated airway
Kelly Pace, CFRN and Courtney Landt, FP-C
Needle Surgical Airway management – Are you at all prepared for it?
Carrie Underwood, CFRN and Taner Campbell, FP-C
Surgical Airways – Increasing confidence in the failed airways
Andrew Beeghly, MD and Charles Carter, CFRN
15:30 – 16:00Bag to Basics: Bag Valve Masks – A Deep dive and eye-opening review!
Kate Klamic, CFRN and Brandon Cring, FP-C
RAMP your patient – Raise, Align, Move, and Pad
Stephen Staude, FP-C and Tessa Angelo CFRN
Chest Decompression - From needles to fingers
Farley Price, CFRN and Trauma PA (TBD)
16:00 – 16:30Bag to Basics: Bag Valve Masks – A Deep dive and eye-opening review!
Kate Klamic, CFRN and Brandon Cring, FP-C
RAMP your patient – Raise, Align, Move, and Pad
Stephen Staude, FP-C and Tessa Angelo CFRN
Chest Decompression - From needles to fingers
Farley Price, CFRN and Trauma PA (TBD)
16:30 – 16:45Closing remarks and reminder of CME process

Venue

Mission Health Campus
509 Biltmore Ave
The Hall Center
Asheville, NC 28801
United States

Faculty and Planning Committee

Course Faculty

Portrait of Tessa Angelo

Tessa Angelo

Planner, Speaker

 

Portrait of Taner Campbell

Taner Campbell

Planner, Speaker

Paramedic
MAMA Air Medical, Mission Health

Portrait of John Carrico, BS, FP-C, CCEMT-P

John Carrico, BS, FP-C, CCEMT-P

Course Director, Speaker

 

Portrait of Charles Carter, MSN, RN, CFRN, CPEN

Charles Carter, MSN, RN, CFRN, CPEN

Planner, Speaker

Base Lead
MAMA Air Medical, Mission Health

Portrait of Courtney Landt

Courtney Landt

Planner, Speaker

Paramedic
MAMA Air Medical, Mission Health

Portrait of Kelly Pace

Kelly Pace

Speaker

Flight Nurse
MAMA Air Medical, Mission Health

Portrait of Gina Scharf, MSN, RN, TCRN

Gina Scharf, MSN, RN, TCRN

Planner

Manager
MAMA Air Medical and Medical Communications
Mission Health

Portrait of Stephen Staude, FP-C, CCEMT-P

Stephen Staude, FP-C, CCEMT-P

Planner, Speaker

Paramedic
MAMA Air Medical, Mission Health

Portrait of Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

Planner, Speaker

 

Portrait of Andrew Beeghly

Andrew Beeghly

Medical Director, Speaker

 

Portrait of Edward Cring

Edward Cring

Speaker

 

Portrait of Joseph Mueller, MD

Joseph Mueller, MD

Speaker

HCA Mission Anesthesiology
Chief of Anesthesiology and Facility Medical Director

Portrait of James Winslow, MD, MPH

James Winslow, MD, MPH

Speaker

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem

Accreditation

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of HCA Healthcare Continental Division and HCA Healthcare North Carolina Division. HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, an ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Available Credit

  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance

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