Eastern Plains Rural Emergency Care Conference

Holyoke, CO US

February 18, 2026

This Event is offered Live and Virtual. All Virtual Attendees will ONLY receive CME for morning session.

The Eastern Plains Rural Emergency Care Conference is a full-day activity designed to enhance the knowledge, clinical judgment, and hands-on skills of healthcare professionals managing critically ill and injured patients in rural and community hospital settings. This program combines evidence-based didactic education with interactive skills training, emphasizing early recognition, stabilization, and appropriate transfer of high-acuity patients.

Morning lectures will address ICU/PICU and neonatal emergencies, cardiogenic shock, acute stroke and neurologic emergencies, trauma resuscitation, and comprehensive burn management, with a focus on practical, case-based learning.
The afternoon skills session provides hands-on experience in trauma and neurologic/stroke scenarios, reinforcing airway management, hemorrhage control, neurologic assessment, and team-based decision-making. This activity is designed to close critical practice gaps by improving resuscitation skills, clinical confidence, and timely escalation of care in resource-limited settings.

Target Audience

Physicians, RNs, EMS, APP, Imaging staff and ancillary support

Learning Objectives

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

Identify early clinical signs of deterioration in adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients with high-risk conditions, including cardiogenic shock, acute stroke, trauma, burn injuries, and NICU/PICU emergencies.
Apply evidence-based stabilization and initial management strategies, including airway management, hemodynamic support, neurologic assessment, and burn resuscitation, appropriate to resource-limited and rural care settings.
Demonstrate improved clinical decision-making related to escalation of care, interdisciplinary communication, and timely transfer of critically ill patients to higher levels of care.

Course summary

Available credit:

7.00 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 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
7.00 Attendance

Course opens:

01/02/2026

Course expires:

08/31/2026

Event starts:

02/18/2026 - 8:00am MST

Event ends:

02/18/2026 - 4:00pm MST

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2026 HCA HealthONE – Eastern Plains Rural Emergency Care Conference

Morning Session – Didactic / Lecture Component

Time	Agenda	Objectives
8:00 – 8:45 AM	NICU / PICU Emergencies Speaker: Miranda Applegate, MSN, RN,CCRN, CPN	Recognition of critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients Common NICU and PICU emergencies Airway, breathing, and circulation considerations Initial stabilization and escalation of care Transfer criteria and coordination
8:45 – 9:30 AM	Neuro & Acute Stroke Speaker: Jasmine Johann, FNP	Stroke recognition and neurologic assessment NIH Stroke Scale overview Stroke work-up and imaging considerations Thrombolytic and intervention decision-making Transfer and escalation pathways
9:30 – 10:00 AM	Cardiogenic Shock: Recognition & Management Speaker: Cassie Shetler, RN,BSN,CCRN, CES-A	Stages and clinical markers of cardiogenic shock Early recognition and intervention Initial pharmacologic management Mechanical circulatory support overview Escalation and transfer considerations
10:00 – 11:15 AM	Emergency Management of the Critically Injured Burn Patient Speaker: Lindsay DeSantis, Director of Burn and Reconstructive Services	Recognize burn depth and associated degree In-hospital and pre-hospital fluid resuscitation guidelines Burn assessment and TBSA calculations Airway considerations Burn center transfer criteria
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM	Trauma ABC's for Resuscitation Speaker: Dr. Kaysie Banton	Pediatric and adult trauma primary survey Hemorrhage control strategies Airway management in trauma Rural stabilization and transfer criteria

Afternoon Session – Hands-On Skills Stations

Time	Agenda	Objectives
Blunt Trauma or Penetrating Trauma
1:00 - 1:30 PM 1:00 - 1:30 PM 1:30 - 2:00 PM 1:30 - 2:00 PM 2:00 - 2:30 PM 2:00 - 2:30 PM	Trauma Skills Stations - Blunt Trauma - Treatment Room 1 Trauma Skills Stations - Penetrating Trauma-Treatment Room 2 Trauma Skills Stations - Blunt Trauma - Treatment Room 1 Trauma Skills Stations - Penetrating Trauma-Treatment Room 2 Trauma Skills Stations - Blunt Trauma - Treatment Room 1 Trauma Skills Stations - Penetrating Trauma-Treatment Room 2	Primary survey/ ATLS trauma airway management and RSI Hemorrhage control (tourniquets, wound packing, pelvic binders) Trauma simulation with transfer preparation
Cardiogenic Shock/ECMO
1:00 - 1:30 PM 1:30 - 2:00 PM 2:00 - 2:30 PM 2:30 - 3:00 PM	Location TBD Location TBD Location TBD	Stages and clinical markers of cardiogenic shock Early recognition and intervention Initial pharmacologic management
Burn Skills Station
1:00 - 2:00 PM 200 - 3:00 PM	Burn Skills Station Burn Skills Station	Initial burn assessment and TBSA calculation with simulated patient Burn airway considerations Burn fluid resuscitation guidelines
NICU / PICU Skills Stations
2:00 - 2:30 PM 2:00 - 2:30 PM 3:00 - 3:30 PM		Pediatric and neonatal airway management Pediatric resuscitation scenarios Recognition of neonatal and pediatric deterioration Equipment selection and dosing considerations Transfer preparation and handoff
Neuro / Stroke Skills Stations
3:00 - 3:30 PM 3:30 - 4:00 PM		NIH Stroke Scale hands-on practice Imaging review and decision-making Acute stroke simulation scenarios Neuro airway protection Stroke transfer handoff

Melissa Memorial Hospital

1001 E Johnson St.

Holyoke, CO 80734

United States

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