Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Respiratory Emergencies and CHF for Prehospital Providers
  • EMS Airway
  • EMS Cardio
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
This case-based presentation will cover a variety of respiratory complaints that EMS providers commonly respond to. We will review capnography and how to use it most effectively as a diagnostic tool. This was presented during the COVID-19 Pandemic and thus includes the complications and considerations related to COVID-19 with chronic and acute respiratory complaints.​ 
EMS Journal Club
  • EMS Operations
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Emergency Medical Services is constantly shifting and updating its practices as medicine evolves. But how do we access scientific journals and other materials that these new practices are being based on? Dr. Wanna discusses the process of reviewing medical journals, where to find them, and ensuring they are accurate in their reporting’s. He also discusses how peer-reviewed medical journals are an important, established, and credible means of communicating clinical trial results and other relevant scientific information to the medical community.
End of Life
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
This case-based presentation will discuss the different legal documents related to end of life care, medical orders and palliative care.  We will share in-depth approaches to the care for patients who wish for limited interventions related to end of life care.  This lecture will define the role of family members and medical power of attorney in end of life care and when and how to utilize them appropriately.   
​High Altitude Emergencies​
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
This course is designed to provide an overview of common presentations of various high-altitude emergencies as well as related complications.  Gaining significant elevation can have a major impact on healthy individuals and those with chronic conditions.  We will focus on the three most common presentations including: acute mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema and high-altitude cerebral edema and how to manage these presentations in the prehospital environment.​ 
Human Trafficking: Informing Healthcare Practice
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Human trafficking is a major public health problem, both domestically and internationally. Healthcare providers are often the only professionals to interact with trafficking victims who are still in captivity. Recent studies have demonstrated that up to 50% of trafficking victims in the United States were seen by healthcare professionals while in captivity and were not identified. This course will help guide healthcare professionals to identify human trafficking victims when they present in the clinical setting. 
Hypothermia
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Hypothermia can be seen in a variety of settings in the first responder setting. This course will discuss what hypothermia is, what types of calls you will see it in, and how to best care for your hypothermic patients. This course will also review cases and current best practices regarding hypothermic patients in the prehospital setting. 
Limb Threatening Emergencies
  • EMS Trauma
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Limb threatening emergencies can come in a variety of different settings for the prehospital provider. Traumatic injuries is the main cause of most limb injuries but there are some cases in medical emergencies that can cause a limb injury. This activity outlines the best practices in limb threatening emergencies in the prehospital setting and focuses on how to improve managing them. This activity also discusses best practices and how EMS can improve their care of injured limbs.
LVAD’s – Left Ventricular Assist Devices – for EMS
  • EMS Cardio
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) use is becoming more prevalent in the chronic cardiac patient population.  These devices are very specialized and complex and the out of hospital management of a patient who has a LVAD can be challenging. This talk will address the best practices associated with prehospital management of patients with LVADs.  This will cover the basics of what a LVAD is, why a patient would need one and how they function. This is designed to give insight regarding how to manage LVADs in the pre-hospital setting, including risks, pitfalls and related emergencies. 
Pediatric Airway for EMS
  • EMS Airway
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Prehospital airway management is an important skillset for the EMS provider, especially with the pediatric patient. Respiratory distress and arrest can be seen commonly in the field and can be one of the most stressful prehospital calls to run. This activity outlines the best practices in pediatric airway management in the prehospital setting and focuses on how to improve techniques in doing them. Dr. Cella will also discuss case reviews and current protocols. 
Sirens in Sepsis
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Sepsis patients can sometimes be difficult to manage in the prehospital setting. Dr. Eric Hill discusses what sepsis is, what type of patients you will see it in, and how to treat them. He also reviews best practices and utilizing capnography to assist in identifying these patients. Lastly, Dr. Hill goes over case reviews to help solidify the reviewed information.

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