Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
​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.
Neurotrauma: Basics for the Prehospital Provider
  • EMS Trauma
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Patients with traumatic head injuries can be difficult to care for. Dr. Ashley Mull, an Emergency Medicine Physician with years of experience, discusses neurotrauma that is relevant to the first responder. She will review what neurotrauma is, how it presents in the field, and best practices in treating these patients. Lastly, Dr. Mull will do case reviews to solidify the newly learned information. 
Pediatric Toxicology
  • EMS Medical
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Toxicology cases can be complicated to run for the first responder, let alone when your patient is a pediatric one. Dr. Dyan Luyten is an experienced emergency physician who discusses best practices with running toxicology calls in the field. During the lecture, he also discusses current protocols for EMS and things that have worked for him over the years in caring for these patients. At the end of the lecture, several case reviews are done to wrap up the newly learned and reviewed information.  
Pre-hospital Management of Cardiac Arrests
  • EMS Airway
  • EMS Cardio
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
$0.00
Running and managing a cardiac arrest call takes organization and precative for the prehospital provider to be proficient at them. Dr. Dhaliwal, an emergency medicine physician, discusses the ACLS standards of prehospital cardiac arrests.  We review new methods of ventilation, best practices, and tips on scene management. Lastly, Dr. Dhaliwal will do case reviews to discuss the material further.  

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