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

TimeAgendaObjectives
8:00 – 9:00 AMNICU / PICU Emergencies
  • 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
9:00 – 9:30 AMTrauma Resuscitation
  • Pediatric and adult trauma primary survey
  • Hemorrhage control strategies
  • Airway management in trauma
  • Rural stabilization and transfer criteria
9:30 – 10:00 AMCardiogenic Shock: Recognition & Management
  • Stages and clinical markers of cardiogenic shock
  • Early recognition and intervention
  • Initial pharmacologic management
  • Mechanical circulatory support overview
  • Escalation and transfer considerations
10:00 – 10:45 AMNeuro & Acute Stroke
  •           Stroke recognition and neurologic assessment
  • NIH Stroke Scale overview
  • Stroke work-up and imaging considerations
  • Thrombolytic and intervention decision-making
  • Transfer and escalation pathways 
10:45 AM – 12:00 PMBurn Emergencies (Extended Session)
  •   Burn assessment and TBSA calculation
  • Burn depth recognition
  • Airway considerations in burn patients
  • Burn shock and fluid resuscitation
  • Pain management and wound care principles
  • Burn center transfer criteria
  • Case-based discussion

Afternoon Session – Hands-On Skills Stations

TimeAgendaObjectives
1:00 – 2:00 PMTrauma & Burn Skills Stations
  • Trauma airway management and RSI
  • Hemorrhage control (tourniquets, wound packing, pelvic binders)
  • Initial burn assessment and TBSA calculation
  • Burn airway considerations
  • Burn fluid resuscitation scenarios
  • Trauma and burn simulation with transfer preparation
2:00 – 3:00 PMNICU / PICU Skills Stations
  • Pediatric and neonatal airway management
  • Pediatric resuscitation scenarios
  • Recognition of neonatal and pediatric deterioration
  • Equipment selection and dosing considerations
  • Transfer preparation and handoff
3:00 – 4:00 PMNeuro / Stroke Skills Stations
  • 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
Course Director(s)

Robyn Baca, MBA, PPR Director

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Tammy Gage, BBA

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Kaysie Banton, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

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) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  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, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-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. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. None of the planners, faculty, and those in control of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

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
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