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• Paramedics, EMTs, First Responders
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and products to make your job safer and more efficient

Conference Location
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center
is located between 7th and 9th Streets and
N Street and Mt. Vernon Place in downtown
Washington, D.C.
EMS Today 2013 Registration Hours
Tuesday, March 5 | 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m
Wednesday, March 6 | 7:00am – 7:30pm
Thursday, March 7 | 7:00am – 7:30pm
Friday, March 8 | 7:00am – 6:30pm
Saturday, March 9 | 7:30am – 4:30pm

The EMS Today Conference is co-located with the
International Conference on Disaster Terrorism
Preparedness … and your conference registration gives
you access to all of the sessions. You will see these sessions
detailed on the Schedule-at-a-Glance, within the Disaster/
Terrorism track.

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Exhibit Hall
Your conference registration to
EMS Today includes admission to
the exhibit hall.*
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Thursday, March 7 | 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 8 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9 | 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
*Exhibits Only Attendance also available.

March 5 - March 9, 2013 | Washington D.C.

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Continuing education
CECBEMS
Continuing Education Hours will be applied for through the Continuing
Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services
(CECBEMS). CECBEMS is an organization established to develop and
implement policies to standardize the review and approval of EMS
continuing education activities.
Sponsoring organizations of CECBEMS:
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
• National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians
• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
• National Association of EMS Educators
• National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Directors
• National Council of State Emergency Medical Services Training

Coordinators
• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

Certificates
EMS Today has a streamlined CE process, which will enable you to earn
CE in a fast and efficient manner. Once you register, you’ll receive CE
tickets with your conference badge. Be sure to drop one in the bin
after each class you attend. After the conference, you will receive your
certificate via email.

NREMT Refresher
The re-registration process under the National Standards for NREMT
calls for completion of either a formal refresher course or continuing
education structured around the content of the National Refresher.
In this year’s program, each session is marked to indicate where it fits
into NREMT re-registration requirements. Please refer to the key on
the schedule-at-a-glance to plan which sessions you need to attend.
For more information on NREMT refresher requirements, please visit
www.‌ remt.org or call (614) 888-4484.
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Key to NREMT Categories
NREMT Categories are indicated next to the appropriate session titles. If
no Category is given, the session qualifies as EMS CEH only. A guide to
NREMT requirements is located at www.NREMT.org.

program planning
committee
Alexandria (Va.) Fire Department
Anne Arundel County (Md.) Fire Department
Arlington County (Va.) Fire Department
Charles County (Md.) DES
Children’s National Medical Center
Congressional Fire Service Institute (CFSI)
DC FEMS Training Academy
DC Firefighters Association
District of Columbia Department of Health
District of Columbia Fire EMS Department
Georgetown Univ. Washington Hospital
Government of the District of Columbia, Office of the Mayor
IAFF
International Assoc. of Fire Chiefs
MIEMSS
Medstar Washington/Georgetown Hospital
Montgomery County (Md.) Fire Rescue Services
National Association of EMTs
National EMS Managers Association
NHTSA Office of EMS
Northern Virginia EMS Council
Office of Health Affairs, Dept. of Homeland Security
Prince Georges County (Md.) Fire/EMS Department
Sibley Memorial Hospital ED
Stafford County (Va.) Fire EMS
The George Washington University
U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services
UMBC, Dept. of Emergency Health Service

NJ, PA, VA EMS Professionals
Please check the EMS Today Web site to verify which sessions have been
approved by your state office.
* ll other states: please check with your state EMS office for your state’s
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Questions?
Our staff will be on-site to assist attendees with CE requirements. For
specific questions, please check with your state EMS office prior to
the conference.


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2nd Annual International
Conference on Disaster
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Exhibit Hall Learning Center
The Learning Center features half-hour sessions on a variety of topics – all
attendees will be able to obtain CEH from these sessions. Please see page 8
for a list of the scheduled sessions.

Held in conjunction with EMS Today, the International Conference on
Disaster Terrorism Preparedness offers sessions on Planning, Resources, and
Response Needs for Responders to Natural and Man-Made Disasters. Your
conference registration to EMS Today gives you access to all of these sessions
(please see the session grid for more detail).

Your voice is needed on the Hill.
Don’t miss the most important EMS advocacy event of the year. Tell your members of
Congress about the challenges you face in providing emergency medical care and advocate
for the passage of key EMS legislation.
Join EMS professionals from across the nation for EMS on the Hill Day, March 5-6, 2013,
in Washington, D.C., immediately prior to EMS Today.

Be there for EMS.

Hosted by

Register now at www.naemt.org.
Serving our nation’s EMS practitioners

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Special Events Keynotes
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM — Networking Lunch for Supervisors

This networking lunch is for supervisors, administrators, chiefs, company
officers … anyone in a leadership position. This is a great opportunity to build
your personal network as you discuss hot topics with your peers, all while
enjoying a delicious boxed lunch. Limited to 50 people at an additional cost of
$35 per person.

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM — Networking Lunch for Seasoned

EMS Personnel

This networking lunch is for all those who’ve been in EMS for 15+ years. We
know you’ve got great stories and successes to share, here’s your chance to
meet up with others who have been in EMS as long as you have! Limited to
50 people at an additional cost of $35 per person for a boxed lunch.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch Learns

Enjoy a boxed lunch while you network with a small group of your peers
and our distinguished speakers. Discuss the issues, share success stories and
get the experienced input of the speaker. Each Lunch Learn is placed in
a session track to indicate the level of discussion. Please select accordingly.
Limited to 20 people per lunch slot, with an additional cost of $35 per person.

BLS/ALS Clinical: T. Ryan Mayfield, MS
ALS Clinical: Christopher P. Holstege, MD
ALS Clinical: Peter P. Taillac, MD, FACEP

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM — Opening Ceremonies
• Street Medicine Society/John Pryor Award
• EMS10: Innovators in EMS Awards

Opening Keynote

EMS Through the Ages
Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS
The history of EMS has never been told like this before! After
a year of research and reviewing original literature from the
past two centuries, Dr. Swayze brings to life the stories of
how the ambulance, the stethoscope, intravenous saline,
oxygen therapy and other devices we take for granted
today were invented. Dr Swayze portrays the stories of some
remarkable but unsung heroes in the history of EMS … while
dressed in the ambulance uniform of the age. Throughout this presentation
“performance” you will learn how EMS has evolved over the past 200 years,
but more importantly, how some things have always remained the same.

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM — Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM — Pub Crawl

With a variety of bars, you’ll “crawl” your way around until you’ve experienced
them all. Enjoy drink specials, try micro brews, and make new friends.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM — Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 AM — Cooking Competition

Visit the exhibit hall to see your EMS colleagues – and rising culinary stars
– compete in a cooking competition. Winners will be announced later that
day. EMS teams can apply to compete in the competition by submitting an
application by February 1, 2013; teams will be chosen on a first come, first
accepted basis. Teams may include 2-4 individuals. Visit EMSToday.com for the
list of ingredients you must use and the entry application.

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM — JEMS Games Final

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Competition

See the top three teams compete in this fast-paced simulation
of an EMS call and earn 1.5 CEH!

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM — Closing Ceremonies
• Prehospital Care Research Forum Awards
• 11th Annual Nicholas Rosecrans Awards
• James O. Page/JEMS Award
• 10th Annual JEMS Games Medals Ceremony

Closing Keynote
Gaining and Keeping the Public’s Trust

Gordon Graham
We now live in a transparent society with expanded
resources and exposure to the public. As a result, public
safety agencies must be mindful of their image and effects
of the internet, blogs, social media, Public Records Requests,
distrust of government at all levels, inappropriate release
of information by employees. Gordon Graham, recognized
internationally for his in-depth public safety and risk
management expertise, as well as his powerful and insightful presentations,
will explain the approach public safety agencies should take to these
important issues. He will present information that illustrates how public
distrust can adversely impact public safety in terms of public trust, voting
results, jury verdicts (civil and criminal), and community support. Graham
will show how you can determine your community’s level of support and
control measures that can be used to increase that support and your agency’s
standing in the community. He will also offer pearls of wisdom about how to
create and maintain loyal customers.

9:30 AM – 1:30 PM — Exhibit Hall Open

THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE
New Product Displays

Look for our new and featured product displays in the Exhibit Hall. See all the products up close, then talk to the exhibitors to see demonstrations.

Ride-alongs, Tours Observations

EMS Today partners with local agencies and facilities to offer you the opportunity to learn how other agencies work and manage patients. Once you
arrive in Washington, D.C., you may schedule with staff on site in the Registration Area, if vacancies remain. Tours may include:
• FEMA-NRCC Operations Center
• Children’s National Medical Center

• White House
• DC Fire EMS Museum

• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Bethesda

Please visit EMSToday.com for updated information on these and more opportunities and to schedule your ride-along or tour in advance.


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Innovators in EMS

The 2011 EMS10 Award Recipients.
JEMS, with support from Physio-Control Inc., is proud to sponsor the EMS10: Innovators in EMS awards.
Now in its fifth year, the awards recognize individuals who have contributed to EMS in an exceptional and
innovative way.
Ten progressive EMS professionals were recognized at the 2012 EMS Today Conference as the
“EMS 10: Innovators in EMS” for 2012. Their efforts are an inspiration and a challenge to the rest of
the EMS community.

2011 Award Recipients, awarded in 2012:
• Tom Bouthillet, EMT-P
• Stephanie Haley-Andrews, RN, EMT-P
• Rob Lawrence, MCMI
• Mary Meyers, MHA, EMT-P
• Paul Paris, MD, FACEP LLD
• David Reinis, EMT-P
• E. Reed Smith, MD, FACEP
• Pat Songer, NREMT-P, ASM
• Todd Stout
• ilderness EMS Course Developers: Michael Millin, MD; Seth
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Hawkins, MD; Will Smith, MD

As you read through this brochure, look for the EMS10
logo—we’ve asked a number of the 2011 award recipients
to present. This is your opportunity to hear from the nation’s
top EMS innovators … and to network with them on their
ideas for the future of EMS.
For more information on these EMS innovators —and to
nominate someone for recognition of their 2012 innovations (by 12/31/12)—please visit JEMS.com/EMS10.
Award recipients will be recognized during
the opening ceremonies of EMS Today on
Thursday, March 7.
Mark your itinerary to attend this special
presentation … you’ll be inspired by what they have
accomplished.

The EMS10: Innovators in EMS Awards are sponsored by

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with support from

JEMS Games =Fast-Paced Education
Watch it live and earn CEH!
Founding Sponsor
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The 2012 Gold Medal Team, Cumberland County EMS, N.C.

TEAM Prizes
GOLD
$1,000
SILVER
$750
BRONZE
$500
PLUS . . . EMS equipment and prizes donated
by sponsors.
PLUS . . . Gold team members receive FREE
conference registration to EMS Today 2014

competition schedule
Equipment Check-In:
Wednesday, March 6 • 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

The JEMS Games offers a unique experience and
the opportunity to learn from some of the best
professionals in the country.
There are three ways you can be involved:
1. Sign up your team and put your skills to the test. See how your
clinical knowledge and assessment skills match up during the
preliminary round on Wednesday. Maybe you’ll be one of the
top three teams to make it to the finals on Friday night. Register now and get ready to compete!
2. Watch from the audience to see how the teams react during
the live, on-scene scenario. You’ll learn new techniques, get
new ideas on how to treat your patients, and earn CEH.
3. Attend “Lessons Learned from the JEMS Games,” Saturday at
1:00 p.m.

Team Meeting with Course Walk-Thru
and Orientation
Wednesday, March 6 • 7:00 p.m.
Preliminary Competition
(Open to all attendees this year!)
Thursday, March 7 • 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Final Competition
Friday, March 8 • 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
Saturday, March 9 • 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Special Session
Lessons Learned from the JEMS Games
Saturday, March 9 • 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Entry requirements, competition information and
a registration packet are available at
www.EMSToday.com or you may call Allison
Moen at 619-699-6316. Teams include 3
members and 1 alternate (optional). Entry is
limited and is first come, first served. Team entry
fee is $150.
Deadline to enter: January 13, 2013.


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The Exhibit Hall will feature hundreds of
manufacturers with the latest technology, products
and services to make your job safer more efficient.
Exhibit Hall Highlights:
• See the newest products launched for 2013
• isit the Learning Center with expanded FREE CE sessions
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EXHIBIT HALL HOURS:

Thursday, March 7, 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 8, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• FREE Continental Breakfast on Saturday, March 9 at 10 AM

Exhibit Hall Learning Center
Friday, March 8, 2013
11:00 am – 11:30 am
M-PEDS
5 Tips for Pediatric Assessment
Jason McMullan, MD
This lecture will give you five top tips to get through the toughest of
pediatric assessments with ease.
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Top 10 Things Legal Counsel Wants You to Know
Allison J. Bloom, Esq.
There are a few really important things you should keep in mind as you
deal with the day-to-day issues that arise in EMS. Allison J. Bloom, an
attorney, will point out ten of them for you. You’ll want to take notes to
share with colleagues and commit these to memory.
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
M-TRAUMA
Top 5 Things Learned from the Battlefield
Peter P. Taillac, MD, FACEP
A decade of war has provided us hard earned but valuable lessons in
trauma care that are directly transferable to civilian EMS. This lecture
will highlight five top things that will improve the outcomes of our
patients back home in the USA.
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
F-MEDICAL
What Lies Ahead in the Second Decade of
Therapeutic Hypothermia Treatment?
Brent Myers, MD, MPH
Dr. Myers will present a quick overview of what lies ahead in the
second decade of therapeutic hypothermia treatment.

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2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
M-TRAUMA
Trapped: When Time is Ticking
Christina Martinka, NREMT-P, FP-C, CCEMT-P, PNCCT
You are responding to a large MVA where there are multiple patients,
one of whom is trapped in the vehicle. The patient, on arrival, is
combative, in severe pain and is severely crushed. In this session,
you’ll learn to expand your differential diagnosis from basic bilateral
extremity fractures and “run of the mill” trauma patients, to the need
for chemical extrication and administration of crush protocol.
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
M-MEDICAL
PSST!? Needle Decompression Secrets
David Page, MS, NREMT-P
This tell-it-like-it-is talk will combine 28 years of street experience with
the best available evidence in needle thoracostomy. Page will review
key research regarding catheter size, positioning and special tricks of
the trade. It’s a session you will not want to miss.

Interested in Exhibiting?
Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your products to over
4,600 industry professionals at EMS Today 2013.
For Space Rate, Sponsorship Packages and more information:
Sue Ellen Rhine
Exhibit Sponsorship Sales Representative
Office: 918-831-9786
Mobile: 918-510-6230
Email: sueellenr@pennwell.com

Exhibit Hall
Saturday, March 9, 2013
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Veteran PTS: What you need to know
Dean R. Pedrotti
Patrick Ziegert
This session will provide you with a basic understanding of military
service and combat stressors associated with combat deployment or
return to civilian life, to help recognize symptoms of post-traumatic
stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to provide caregiver
tips when responding on a crisis call involving a veteran.
10:45 am – 11:15 am
Top Tips for Instructors
Keith Widmeier, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, EMS-I, BA
Are you having trouble breaking the ice with new students? Have
you heard about the class that is using podcasts for their students?
What about incorporating iPad or tablet technology? Learn how
to incorporate various technologies into the classroom as well
as techniques for engaging critical thinking in this information
packed
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11:30 am – 12:00 pm
M-ABC
Bagging Basics: One Second, One Handed
Breathing for others using bag valve mask ventilation is an essential skill
for all EMS providers. This session, by popular EMS educator and JEMS
Research Review Columnist David Page, will focus on common (and
lethal) errors in ventilation, and how to overcome them very simply.
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
F-MEDICAL
Challenging EMS Case Presentation
Start with a bathtub, add water and a patient, and end up with a
cardiac arrest. You make the call! This interesting case presentation
is one of Dave’s famous ‘Cases with a twist’. Come hear this amazing
case and see if you can figure it out before he gives you the cause and
outcome. Your future “lift assist” calls will never be the same.

FREE SESSIONS AND CEH
FOR ALL ATTENDEES!

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Exhibitor List
Action Training Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .832
Aeroclave LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611
Air Methods Corp, Intl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
Airon Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1332
Airtraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
Ambutrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1234
American Emergency Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634
American Heart Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231
American Innotek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435
American Military University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157
American Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Armstrong Medical Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1460
B Braun Medical Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349
Bear-iatrics Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Blaur Mfg Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1653
Board for Critical Care Transport
Paramedic Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1044
Bound Tree Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1617
Brady Publishing/ Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Budd Medical Fire Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1458
C3 Softworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036
CAE Heathcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Cardiac Science Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Care Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1457
Center For Domestic Prepardeness . . . . . . . . . . . . 1236
CentreLearn Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
Channing Bete Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028
Clear Advantage Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1338
Columbia Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1534
CoolShirt Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1459
Cornerstone Adminisystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1340
Cryothermic Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1330
CSI Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025
Cypress Creek EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1446
Demers Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Digitech Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1059
Divers Alert Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1528
DM Medical Billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
Ecolab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160
Ecore Software Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038
EKG Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1553
Emergency Medical Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940
Emergency Products+Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
Emergency Responder Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034
EMS Mgmt Consultants Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
EMS1.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1228
EMSAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1334
emsCharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
ESO Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Excellance Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1815
FDIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
Ferno-Washington Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1258
Fire Apparatus Emergency Equipment . . . . . . . 1300
Fire Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
Fire-Dex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634
First Line Technology Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1656
Flotec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1434
iPCR (Forte Holdings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Frazer Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Gaumard Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040
Gerber Outerwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1238
Guardian EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Haix North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1049
Hartwell Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Health Safety Institute, Ashi 24-7 EMS . . . . . . . 849
Honeywell - Safety Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1242
Horizon Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1430
Hovertech International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
IamResponding.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
ImageTrend, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1060
Intermedix/Advanced Data Processing Inc . . . . . 1355
International Assn of Flight Paramedics . . . . . . . . . 944
International Police Mountainbike Assn . . . . . . . . 1045
Intubrite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829
JEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
JEMS Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Center
for Transport Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
Jones Bartlett Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225
Kaplan Fire EMS Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934
Karl Storz Endoscopy America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
Kimberly-Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953
Knox Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
Laerdal Medical Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1425
m2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Masimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1450
McCoy Miller/Marque Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1304
McGraw-Hill Companies Higher Education . . . . . 935
Medical Safety Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149
Medicalert Foundation Intl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
MedicEd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1438
Medix Specialty Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Mercury Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431
MERET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134
Michigan Instruments Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159
Microflex Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440
Minto Research Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Moore Medical Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140
Newport Medical Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

(As of October 18, 2012)
Numask Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Onspot Of North America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
OSI International LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
O-Two Medical Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328
Oxygen Generating Systems Intl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428
Panasonic System Communications Co. . . . . . . . . 746
PennWell Public Safety Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
PerSys Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1352
PHS Products LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1455
Philips Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Physio-Control Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
Pointsource Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029
Priority Care Emergency Management
Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960
Pro Software Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Progressive Medical International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1255
Pulmodyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
Quickclot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629
RAE Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
Rescue 1/PL Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1707
RMS Medical Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Rossbro Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1826
Safetec of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1138
SAM Medical Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131
Sansio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
Seidio Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351
Simulaids Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
Skedco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
Southeastern Emergency Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 104
SSCOR Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Stryker EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Tactical Medical Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
TEEX Texas Engineering Extension Service . . . . . 1143
Telrepco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1153
The Wise Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1823
Transact Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1249
Translite LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1453
Trauma Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-Street Bridge Area
University of Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
VCI Emergency Vehicle Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104
V.E. Ralph Son Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
VFIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1449
Vidacare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
Ward Diesel Filter Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1230
Weldon, A Division of Akron Brass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1128
Whelen Engineering Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1240
Ziamatic Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130
Zoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113

Schedule: Preconference Workshops
Key to NREMT Categories
NREMT Categories are indicated next to the appropriate session titles. If no Category is given, the session
qualifies as EMS CEH only. A guide to NREMT requirements is located at www.NREMT.org.

Ex. ABC = Airway, Breathing, Cardiovascular; M = Mandatory; F = Flexible

MONDAY, MARCH 4 –
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

THREE-DAY PRECONFERENCE
WORKSHOP
Monday, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

PM01 NAEMSE Instructor Course Part I
The National Association of EMS Educators

Class limited to 50 participants.
Registration deadline is February 6, 2013.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 –
TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

PT01 Developing and Managing the
Emergency Medical Services Field Training
and Evaluation Program
Troy Hagen, MBA, EMT-P
Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD, EMT-P, EFO, CMO

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
TraCER – Guiding You to Success on Your
Transport Certification Exam
Critical Care Transport
Certification Review Course
Note: You must register online at www.astna.
org or www.flightparamedic.org. (Member
discounts apply.)

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

PT02 Advanced Airway:
Lecture and Cadaver Lab
The Faculty of George Washington University Hospital,
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Paul Dangerfield, MD
M-ABC



8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS

PW01 Discover Simulation: A Model
for Success
F-ABC

TM

PW02 Mini Med School for Paramedics
Eric Beck, DO, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P
Marlea Miano, MD, RN, EMT-P
F-MEDICAL
PW03 Federal Town Hall Meeting
Drew Dawson, Department of Transportation
Gregg Margolis, HHS
Richard W. Patrick, Department of Homeland Security
This workshop is open to all interested attendees
at no charge. 4 CEH will be given.
PW04 Media Relations Bootcamp: Building
and Protecting Your Agency’s Image
Richard Huff, EMT-B
Josh Weiss
This workshop includes admission to the
Newseum. Class limited to 30 participants.
PW05 NAEMT EMS Safety Course
EMS Safety Faculty
PW06 Managing Fire-Based EMS Systems
David Becker, MS, NREMT-P, EFO
J. Robert “Rob” Brown, Jr., BS, EMT-P, CFO
Norris Croom, AAS, EMT-P
Gary Ludwig, MS, EMT-P
Mike Metro
John Sinclair, NREMT-P
PW07 Train Better 2013 –
CentreLearn
Administrators Workshop
Note: Open to CentreLearn Solutions clients.

HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS

PW09 Secrets for EMS Leadership Success
Craig Dieringer
Joseph (Jay) Fitch, PhD

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PW10 From the Chart to the Classroom: An
EMS Documentation Clinic
W. Ann (“Winnie”) Maggiore, JD, NREMT-P
Steve Wirth, JD, EMT-P
Doug Wolfberg, JD, EMT
This workshop will be offered off-site at a
courthouse for the full experience of the mock
trial! Location information will be provided to you
prior to the workshop.
PW11 Who is in Charge of What?
The National Response Framework and ESF8
Gregg Lord, MD, NREMT-P
Gregg Margolis, PhD, NREMT-P
Edward M. Kennedy, CQM, CHE
PW12 Tactical Emergency
Casualty Care
Geoffrey L. Shapiro, EMT-P
E. Reed Smith, MD, FACEP
F-TRAUMA

HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Certified Critical Care
Paramedic (CCP-C®) and
Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C®)
Examinations
This exam will take place at the Renaissance
Washington D.C. Downtown Hotel, one block from
the convention center.

PW08 Advanced Airway:
Lecture and Cadaver Lab
Paul Dangerfield, MD M-ABC

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

8:15 PM - 9:15 PM

W101 Things I Never Knew As a
Paramedic, but Should Have.
W102 Maximizing Your Senses: The
Future of Noninvasive Monitoring in
Prehospital Care.
James J. Augustine, MD
F-ABC

ALS Clinical

W100 Hypothermia: Not Just for
Ventricular Fibrillation Anymore?
F-MEDICAL

EMS Leadership

TM

W103 Tips for Managing Pediatric
Trauma. Randall S. Burd, MD, PhD
M-PEDS

W200 Respiratory Distress in the
Pediatric Patient.
Robert Felter, MD, FAAP
M-PEDS

W104 10 Leadership Tools for the
EMS Manager.

W201 Rural and Volunteer EMS –
Lessons Learned and Learned
Sean Caffrey, MBA, CEMSO, NRP

Education
Special Focus

W105 The Obese Population ... What
You Need to Know.
Christopher F. Nollette, EdD, NREMTP, LP
F-MEDICAL

SESSION TRACKS

The conference sessions are slotted into tracks so you’ll know which session topics are appropriate for
you. You can attend any session in any track. Here’s how we’ve defined each track:
BLS/ALS CLINICAL
These sessions are applicable for EMT-B as well as EMT-I and EMT-P, although the material will be more of a refresher for the latter two provider levels.
ALS CLINICAL
These sessions are intended for EMT-P providers only; the material presented will be at an advanced practitioner level.
LEADERSHIP
For managers, supervisors and EMS executives, these sessions present the latest topics on government regulations, strategy and practical tools for EMS
agencies to be successful.
EDUCATION
Educators, whether full-time or part-time, will find these sessions of interest as the track presents topics related to instructional design, presentation skills
and student interaction. This year, we are presenting a number of sessions that deal with – or use – simulation.
SPECIAL FOCUS
These are topics of interest to all EMS professionals, regardless of their position or employment.
DISASTER AND TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
These sessions offer education on planning, resources, and response for responders to natural and man-made disasters.

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Schedule: Main Conference
THURSDAY, March 7, 2013
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

R100 Assessing Perfusion
via Blood Lactate.
T. Ryan Mayfield, MS
F-MEDICAL
R101 Maximizing Your
Senses: The Future of
Noninvasive
Monitoring in
Prehospital Care.
F-ABC

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
R200 What About CPAP
For Kids
Sephora N. Morrison, MD,
MSCI, FAAP
M-PEDS

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

R300 Eagles Lightning
Round. Moderator: Corey
Slovis, MD, FACP, FACEP, FAAEM
Panelists:
David P. Keseg, MD, FACEP
David A. Miramontes, MD,
FACEP, NREMT
F-MEDICAL

R400 What EMS has
Learned From the Iraq and
Afghanistan Battlefield.
M-TRAUMA

R402 Capnography: Tube
Verification Is Only the
Beginning.
Robert Murray Jr., NREMT-P, BS
F-ABC

ALS Clinical

R102 Lessons Learned:
EMS Use of Ketamine for
Excited Delirium.
F-MEDICAL

R201 Management of
Acute Seizures in Children.
Asha S. Payne, MD, MPH, FAAP
M-PEDS

R301 TBI: Prehospital
Controversies and
Management Update.
Eric Beck , DO, NREMT-P,
CCEMT-P
M-TRAUMA

EMS Leadership

R103 Harnessing the
Digital World: Challenges
for Today’s Leaders When
Everyone Has a Computer
in Their Hands.
Richard Huff, EMT-B

R202 Don’t Overlook the
PIO: How One Position
Can Make or Break an
Organization.
Richard Huff, EMT-B

R401 Bath Salts and
Other Internet-Promoted
Substances.
Christopher P. Holstege, MD
M-MEDICAL

R302 Rapid Fire
Roundtable.
International Assoc. of
EMS Chiefs

R104 Optimizing Your EMS
Medical Director.

Education

R105 Building Labs and
Clinicals That Make a
Difference.
Christopher F. Nollette, EdD,
NREMTP, LP

R303 What ICS Doesn’t
Teach You About
Leadership: Real Life
Lessons Learned and
Mistakes Made on the
Frontline of Volunteer EMS.
Richard Huff, EMT-B
F-OPS

R203 Brain Strategies:
Creating Energy in the
Classroom.
Christopher F. Nollette, EdD,
NREMTP, LP

R403 Taking Your Tests
from Failing to Fabulous.
Connie Mattera, RN, MS, TNS,
EMT-P

R204 Failing to Plan Is
Planning to Fail: Why You
Need Lesson Plans.
Connie Mattera, RN, MS, TNS,
EMT-P

Special Focus

R106 EMS Licensing and
Credentialing: Prehospital
Medicine Across State Lines
Richard W. Patrick, MS, CFO,
EMT-P, FF

R205 Update on Denver’s
Prehospital Sepsis
Alert Program.

R304 Changing the
Paradigm: Rescue Task Force
Response to Active Shooter
Events.
F-OPS

R404 Developing a Media
Emergency Playbook.
Josh Weiss

R206 Boots on the Ground:
Overview of the National
Disaster Medical System.
Andrew Garrett, MD, MPH

R305 The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee: Working Across
Agencies and Disciplines for
Event Management.
Jason Killens
F-OPS

R405 How to Develop
and Maintain a Premier
Terrorism Program for Your
EMS System.
Ofer Lichtman, NREMT-P

R107 Preventive Medicine:
How to Create Free,Positive
Media Stories to Improve
Your Agency’s Image.
Josh Weiss

DISASTER
TERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS

R108 Ready to Roll: When
the Unexpected Occurs.
Jason Killens
F-OPS
R109 The Medical
Supply Chain as Critical
Infrastructure in the
Healthcare and Public
Health Sector.
Stephen Curren, MS

R207 Information Sharing,
Suspicious Activity
Reporting Fusion Center
EMS Integration
Raymon Mollers, OHA


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KEYNOTE

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

THURSDAY, March 7, 2013

EMS Through the Ages
Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA,
MEMS, EMS
R600

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

EXHIBIT HALL
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
R500 What EMS Has Learned From the Iraq and Afghanistan Battlefield.
REPEATED
M-TRAUMA

L002 Lunch Learn:

R501 Bath Salts and Other InternetPromoted Substances.
Christopher P. Holstege, MD.
REPEATED
M-MEDICAL

L003 Lunch Learn:
Christopher P. Holstege, MD

R502 Clinical Implications: Most Important EMS Research of the Year.
Corey Slovis, MD, FACP, FACEP, FAAEM F-MEDICAL

L004 Lunch Learn:
Peter P. Taillac , MD, FACEP

ALS Clinical

12:15 - 1:30
L001 Networking Lunch for Seasoned
EMS Personnel (15+ Years)

R503 EMS Administration of Captopril for CHF: Does it Work?
M-ABC
R504 Capnography: Tube Verification is Only the Beginning.
Robert Murray Jr., NREMT-P, BS
F-ABC

EMS Leadership

12:15 - 1:30
L005 Networking Lunch for Supervisors

Education

R505 When the Unthinkable Becomes the Unmanageable: Responding
to Patient Abuse Allegations.

R506 Teaching People Skills to Your Students
R507 CECBEMS Accreditation for Your Department.
Bob Loftus, MS, NREMT-B
Liz Sibley, MA

Special Focus

12:00 - 1:30
L006 What Happened in EMS Research in
2012: PCRF Poster Research Roundtable
Luncheon.
Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP

R508 PCRF Roundtable.
Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP

DISASTER
TERRORISM

R509 Size Matters: Pediatric Aspects of a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI).
Daniel Fagbuyi, MD
F-PEDS

PREPAREDNESS

R510 Terrorism Situational Awareness and Reporting Suspicious Activity
in the Fire and EMS Service.
Ofer Lichtman, NREMT-P
F-OPS

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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

TM

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

F100 Report from the Eagles:
What’s Hot, What’s Not.
Moderator: Corey Slovis, MD, FACP,
FACEP, FAAEM
F-MEDICAL
F101 Seizure Management in
2013
Jason McMullan, MD
F-MEDICAL
F102 Zeroing in on
Hemorrhagic Shock.
M-TRAUMA

ALS Clinical

EXHIBIT HALL
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

JEMS Games
Final Competition
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
F500

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
F300 Mechanical CPR: The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly.
M-ABC
F301 Altered Mental Status: Patients
Who Kicked My A** and What You
Can Learn From Them.
T. Ryan Mayfield, MS F-MEDICAL

TM

F302 20 Tips to Help Defuse the Pediatric
Patient Assessment.
Jason McMullan, MD
M-PEDS

TM

F103 VADs and EMS: The New
Transplanted Heart.
Christina Martinka, NREMT-P, FP-C,
CCEMT-P, PNCCT
M-ABC

F303 Visual Diagnosis in Trauma Cases:
You’d Better Know When You See Them.
Edward T. Dickinson, MD, FACEP, NREMT-P
M-TRAUMA
F304 Hemorrhage Control.
M-TRAUMA

EMS Leadership

F200 Discipline Done Right:
Complying With the Law While
Caring for Your People.

Education

F201 Educated To Kill: How EMS
Education Pre-Programs Errors in
Future Clinicians

Special Focus

F104 Understanding Public
Safety Officers’ Benefits
Programs.
Hope Janke
F105 New/Hot Products at EMS
Today: What to Look For!
Jeffrey Lindsey, PhD, EMT-P, EFO

F202 Oops, the Patient Died! …
Now What?: A Friendly Discussion
with Legal Counsel.

F305 Advanced Practice Paramedics,
Community Paramedicine: What is in a Name?

F306 The Twists and Turns of an
Emergency Career.
Edward Gabriel, MPA, EMT-P, CEM, CBCP
F307 Understanding Shock and a Look at
Lactate Testing as an EMS Tool.
Paul Paris, MD, FACEP
M-TRAUMA

F106 Frontline on the
Homefront: Helping Veterans
in Crisis.
Dean R. Pedrotti
Patrick Ziegert
F-OPS

DISASTER
TERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS

F107 London 2012: Lessons
Learned from the Olympics.
Jason Killens
F-OPS

F308 DHS and Emerging Science and
Technology for First Responders
Joseph Martin III, ST
F309 Strengthening Preparedness and
Response Through Usage of the Homeland
Security Information Network.
Briana Stephan, FSC
Stephen Curren, MS

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3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

F400 Rapid Cardiopulmonary
Pediatric Assessment.
Dusty Lynn, RN, BS, CCRN, CPEN, EMT-P
M-PEDS
F401 Patient Assessment: The Most
Important Things You Need to Know.
Bob Page, BAS, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, NCEE
M-ABC

ALS Clinical

F402 The Wheezing Patient…. Is It CHF,
Asthma, COPD or Anaphylaxis?
Corey Slovis, MD, FACP, FACEP, FAAEM
F-ABC
F403 Pain Management PRN.
David Miramontes, MD, FACEP, NREMT
F-MEDICAL

EMS Leadership

F404 Too Small for a Bailout, Too
Important to Fail: Developing and
Implementing a Legal and Regulatory
Compliance Program.

Education

F405 I Want to Be Like You: Growing EMS
Educators for Tomorrow.
Keith Widmeier, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, EMS-I, BA

Special Focus

F406 EMS Safety Fellowship/Quality
Champion Program.
F407 EMS Fitness Guidelines: It’s Time to
Get Healthy.
Faculty from NAEMT and ACE
F-MEDICAL
F408 Five Simple Steps to Improve
Resuscitation Survival in YOUR
Community.
Scott Bourn, PhD, RN, EMT-P
Lynn White

DISASTER
TERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS

F409 A Tale of Two Cities: Special Events
Planning in Capital Locations.
John Donnelly, District of Columbia Fire EMS
Jason Killens, London Ambulance Service
F-OPS
F410 Blast Injuries: Terrorism
Implications for Children During
Peacetime, War Global Conflicts.
Daniel Fagbuyi, MD
M-PEDS

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“

Great way to get the
education credits, network
and meet with people in my
field, learn from exhibitors,
huge offering of lectures.
Great overall experience!

”

KEYNOTE

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Saturday, march 9, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
BLS/ALS
Clinical

S200 Lessons Learned
from the JEMS Games.
Chad Brocato, DhSc,
CFO, REMT-P
M-TRAUMA

Gaining and Keeping
the Public’s Trust.
Gordon Graham
S100

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
EXHIBIT HALL

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

S300 A Fun Way to Learn
Respiratory Emergencies.
Bob Page, BAS, NREMT-P,
CCEMT-P, NCEE
Julie A. Williams, NREMT-P,
NCEE
M-ABC

S400 6 Vital Signs: How to
Make Them Truly VITAL.
M-ABC

S301 Evidence Based
Prehospital Pain
Management.
Kathleen Brown, MD
F-TRAUMA

S402 Sharpening Your 12
Lead Sword.
Bob Page, BAS, NREMT-P,
CCEMT-P, NCEE
Julie A. Williams, NREMT-P, NCEE
M-ABC

S206 Mitigating the
Impact of Drug Shortages
in EMS and Emergency
Care.
Gregg Margolis, PhD,
NREMT-P

S302 Getting More From
Less: How to Use Data in
Your CAD and ePCR to
Improve Operational and
Clinical Performance.
Nick Nudell, EMT-P
Todd Stout

S403 NPCCR – Non Punitive
Close Call Reporting.
Gordon Graham

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ALS Clinical

S201 Panel: Early
Diagnosis and Intervention
of Sepsis.
F-MEDICAL

EMS Leadership

S202 Supervision
101 – The Basics for the
New Supervisor.
Gordon Graham
F-OPS

Education

S203 How Does a Pup
Teach the Big Dogs: Tips for
Young Instructors Teaching
Seasoned Professionals.
Keith Widmeier, NREMT-P,
CCEMT-P, EMS-I, BA

Special Focus

S204 Frontline on the
Homefront: Helping
Veterans in Crisis.
Dean R. Pedrotti
Patrick Ziegert
REPEATED
F-OPS

S207 Integrating Injury
Prevention into the
EMS Mission.
Keith Griffiths
Josh Krimston, EMT-P
Paul Maxwell

S303 Using GIS to Analyze
Fire and EMS Performance.
Erik Johnson, NREMT-P, CPM

DISASTER
TERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS

S205 Responding to
Active Shooter Events:
Lessons Learned.
A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P
F-OPS

S208 Extraordinary
Threats from Ordinary
IEDs.
Robert S. Katz
M-OPS

S304 National Ambulance
Contract: What You Need
to Know
FEMA Ambulance Contract
Representative (Invited)

S209 Decontamination of
the Pediatric Patient.
Daniel Fagbuyi, MD
F-PEDS

S401 Seasonal Pediatric
Case Reviews.
Joelle N. Simpson, MD, MPH
F-PEDS

S305 Operational
Medicine: Providing Care in
Unconventional Settings.
David “Marco” Marcozzi, MD,
MHS-CL, FACEP
F-OPS

S404 CERT: Expect the
Unexpected - Leveraging
CERT Other Community
Resources.
Robert S. Katz


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MONDAY, MARCH 4 –
THREE-DAY PRECONFERENCE
WORKSHOP
Monday, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

NAEMSE Instructor Course Part I
The National Association of EMS Educators

The NAEMSE EMS Instructor Course Part 1, has
been designed and developed as a result of the
DOT/NHTSA National Guidelines for Educating
EMS Instructors. This Course represents the
didactic component and practical application of
the education process necessary to become an
EMS instructor. A portion of the course will be
conducted online and will include educational
material pertinent to the successful completion
of the course. Registration cut-off is February
6, 2013. Participants will complete a written
post-test which includes information from the
NAEMSE Educator Course web site. Attendees
who complete the entire course and pass the
post-test will receive a Certificate of Course
Completion from NAEMSE. Course will be held
at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Downtown
Hotel (one block from the convention center).
Enrollment will be limited to 50.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 –
TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Developing and Managing the Emergency
Medical Services Field Training and
Evaluation Program
Troy Hagen, MBA, EMT-P
Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD,
EMT-P, EFO, CMO
This class is intended for EMS supervisors,
educators, managers and executives who want to
develop a sound, legally-defensible field training
and evaluation program (FTEP) to smoothly and
effectively integrate new employees into their
agencies or to strengthen and solidify an existing
field training program. It is not intended for
individual paramedics selected to or seeking to
become EMS field training officers. Many senior
EMS officers believe that once a new paramedic
completes pre-service training, he/she should
be ready to “hit the street” and function as a
productive member of a two-person ambulance
crew. In many agencies, this new paramedic
will be expected to lead an EMT partner and
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critical patients. In today’s EMS environment, this
approach is no longer viable. EMS agencies must
fill in the gaps in cognitive, psychomotor and
affective performance for new personnel to be
successful in the field. Liability is something every
senior office must be aware of and guard against,
and professional, valid, documented training is the
key to liability mitigation. Upon completion of this
16-hour program, you will be able to implement
the EMS-FTEP in your EMS agency. Course will
be held at the Renaissance Washington D.C.
Downtown Hotel (one block from the convention
center).

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Guiding You to Success on Your Transport
Certification Exam
Critical Care Transport
Certification Review Course
This fast-paced two-day course helps to prepare
clinicians for the critical care transport certification
exams: CCP-C®, CFRN®, CTRN®, and FP-C®. Presented
by currently certified nurses and paramedics,
the program reviews the advanced clinical and
operational material that certification-eligible
critical care transport providers are expected to
understand. This course offers a thorough review
of complex subject matter such as trauma patient
management and stabilization, ground safety
and transport fundamentals, FAR Part 135 survival
issues and CAMTS flight safety standards, acid base
balance and ventilator management, neurologic
patient care, toxic exposure and environmental
emer¬gencies, obstetrical emergencies, neonatal
and pediatric emergencies, burns, flight physiology,
cardiovascular pathophysiology, hemodynamics,
and general medical patient management.
Participants will receive a comprehensive study
guide before the course and two full days of
interactive presentations on site. Developed by the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
the International Association of Flight Critical
Care Paramedics (IAFCCP) and the Air Surface
Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA). Course
will be held at the Renaissance Washington D.C.
Downtown Hotel (one block from the convention
center).
Questions? Contact the IAFCCP office at 770-9796372. Note: You must register online at www.
astna.org or www.flightparamedic.org. (Member
discounts apply.)

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Advanced Airway: Lecture and
Cadaver Lab

This comprehensive workshop will challenge your
knowledge and review everything from basic to
advanced airway management skills. This course
focuses on identification and management
of the difficult airway in trauma patients via
classroom lecture, followed by a cadaver lab. In
the lab, students will have the opportunity to
learn new techniques from experienced faculty
as well as each other. Students will also have the
opportunity to learn the pros and cons of various
types of airway supplies and equipment. Note:
Workshop will take place off-site, information will
be provided prior to the conference. Class limited
to 36 participants, not intended for EMT-B. This
workshop will also be presented on Wednesday,
March 6.

ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Discover Simulation: A Model
for Success
Searching for a validated approach that can help
make simulation training easier? Look no further!
Join Laerdal Medical as we explore a turn-key
model for integrating simulation training into an
overall educational strategy.
First, watch as a live scenario event unfolds then
go “back-stage” to understand how you too can
implement effective simulation training exercises!
At the end of this session you should be able to:
• ssess the needs for realistic, performance based
A
training
• dentify and select standardized learning
I
experiences
• Prepare for and implement sim-based training
• ebrief and measure competency after
D
sim-based training
You will leave with a Discover Simulation tool-kit
which holds the key to many resources that can
help maximize the impact of your simulation
training. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to
bring back a high-quality educational experience
to your organization! PLEASE NOTE: SCENARIO
DESIGN PROGRAMMING IS NOT PART OF THIS
WORKSHOP. Class limited to 60 participants.
Mini Med School for Paramedics
This lecture is for ALS providers who are looking
to advance his/her knowledge base with
medical school level lectures relevant to EMS
providers. Important concepts in physiology,
hemodynamic monitoring, and clinical assessment
will be discussed. An introduction to radiological
interpretation will be presented for chest x-rays
and CT scans of the head. A collection of rare ICU
cases will be presented in an EMS/field relevant
context. The session will conclude with QA and

2013 Preconference Workshops
panel discussion on topics discussed.
You’ll cover:
• Important medical school level physiological,
hemodynamic monitoring, and clinical
assessment skills for paramedics
• Basic chest x-ray and ct head interpretation skills
• Rare cases – lessons from ICU for the field
• ntegrative Simulation Scenarios and QA with
I
Physician/Paramedics
Federal Town Hall Meeting
Drew Dawson, Department of Transportation
Richard W. Patrick, Department of Homeland Security
Now is your chance to ask our Federal partners
questions pertaining to EMS in the U.S. The Federal
panelists provide a short overview of the Federal
Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical
Services and the National EMS Advisory Council
followed by approximately one-hour segments
throughout the day focusing on the EMS-related
activities of several Federal agencies.
Federal participants may include: DHS: Office of
Health Affairs, U.S. Fire Administration; Science
Technology; DOT: NHTSA Office of EMS; HHS:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Office of Rural Health Policy,
Emergency Medical Services for Children;
Federal Communications Commission
and DOL Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. Other Federal agencies may
participate as well. This workshop is open to all
interested attendees at no charge. 4 CEH will be
given.
Media Relations Bootcamp: Building and
Protecting Your Agency’s Image
Richard Huff, EMT-B
Josh Weiss
During the first four hours, you’ll participate in
hands-on discussions on topics important to
anyone dealing with the media:
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How to create a media relations strategy
and multi-platform approaches to get your
message out
- nderstanding the media and designing public
U
relations campaigns to meet your agency’s needs
- Non-traditional approaches to traditional media
- ips on how to improve a story outcome and
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avoid mistakes during various scenarios including
planned events and interviews, and unexpected
media inquiries and crisis
- ow to conduct successful media events or
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press conferences
Then, you’ll head over to the Newseum, a museum
that covers the history of the news media with
several floors of interactive multimedia exhibits.
You’ll eat lunch at their self-service café (at your
own expense), then you’ll have the rest of the

afternoon to tour the museum. Your presenters
will come along with you and offer their input and
insight as you view the exhibits on display.
This is a great workshop that gives you the tools
you need to build media relations that work for
your agency/department, and you’ll be able to
visit one of Washington, D.C.’s most interesting
museums. Newseum entrance is included in
workshop fee. Class limited to 30 participants.
NAEMT EMS Safety Course
EMS Safety Faculty
The purpose of this course is to increase students’
awareness and understanding of EMS safety
standards and practices, and develop their ability
to effectively implement these practices when
on duty. NAEMT’s goal is to help reduce the
number and intensity of injuries incurred by EMS
practitioners in carrying out their work through
a focused education program. This course is
designed for EMS practitioners at all certification
levels, other medical professionals providing
prehospital patient care, EMS supervisors and
administrators. The course curriculum will cover
the following broad topics; Emergency Vehicle
Safety; Operational Scene Safety; Safe Patient
Handling; Patient Practitioner and Bystander
Safety; and Personal Health.

use your CentreLearn Learning Management
System? Have you been curious how other
administrators are using CentreLearn? Have you
thought about how to take CentreLearn beyond
the online environment? Come join us to learn
Best Practices for delivering and tracking training
in your Learning Management System. Get
hands-on instruction on the CentreLearn features
that will maximize your investment and make
your life easier. Network with other CentreLearn
administrators for ideas about how other
organizations are optimizing online education.
This is our second annual workshop for current
CentreLearn training officers, educators and
administrators.
For more information, please contact Joan
Price at 877-435-9309. Note: Workshop open to
CentreLearn Solutions clients.; fee includes lunch,
coffee and soda, and snacks.
Advanced Airway: Lecture and
Cadaver Lab
Please see description for Tuesday workshop.

HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS

Managing Fire-Based EMS Systems
David Becker, MS, NREMT-P, EFO
J. Robert “Rob” Brown, Jr., BS, EMT-P, CFO
Norris Croom, AAS, EMT-P
Gary Ludwig, MS, EMT-P
Mike Metro
John Sinclair, NREMT-P

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Secrets for EMS Leadership Success
Craig Dieringer

The majority of work performed by fire
departments today is responding to EMS calls.
And EMS is not just an engine company or an
ambulance responding to a scene. It involves
significant training, resources and evaluation.
Join Memphis Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief
Gary Ludwig and the leadership of the IAFC’s EMS
Section as they step through the management
of fire-based EMS systems that focuses on
organization, leadership and management,
system regulation and policy, analysis and
planning, human resources and staffing, quality
improvement/quality assurance/professional
standards, public education, information, resources
(PIER), medical oversight/control/direction,
finances and budget, communications, training
and education, apparatus/vehicle deployment,
public/customer service, and other associated
components.
Train Better 2013 –
CentreLearn Administrators Workshop
CentreLearn is pleased to announce “Train Better
2013”. Have you ever wondered how to best

Whether running a public, private, fire servicebased, hospital-based, third service, volunteer or
combination department, implementing a culture
of accountability, action and agility is required for
success as you face the future. Learn key skills and
processes to connect with customers, caregivers
and your community. This 4-hour preconference
will offer a mixture of lecture, discussion and
actual cases to help you further develop you
management skills and turbocharge your
organization’s performance.

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

From the Chart to the Classroom: An EMS
Documentation Clinic
W. Ann (“Winnie”) Maggiore, JD, NREMT-P
This intensive, interactive, half-day workshop,
led by the nation’s leading EMS attorneys, will
help you drill down to the root causes of poor
provider documentation, and demonstrate the
real-life consequences when a PCR falls short
legally. This session will feature a full EMS mock
trial where documentation issues are front
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Preconference Workshops
“Improving Provider Documentation: How to
Get Your Crews to Fall in Line,” a session geared
toward managers, supervisors and EMS leaders,
which examines the reasons why providers don’t
document effectively, and gives you specific,
targeted strategies to improve it. Whether you are
a front-line field provider, an EMS administrator, or
a manager, supervisor or EMS leader, this session
will give you clear, unambiguous strategies to
immediately improve the quality of your agency’s
documentation. This workshop will be offered offsite at a courthouse for the full experience of the
mock trial! Location information will be provided
to you prior to the workshop.
Who is in Charge of What? The National
Response Framework and ESF8
Gregg Lord, MD, NREMT-P
Gregg Margolis, PhD, NREMT-P
Edward M. Kennedy, CQM, CHE
The National Response Framework provides the
structure for federal government assistance to
local and state, territorial or tribal governments
when their resources or capabilities are
overwhelmed by disasters emergencies. This
interactive session will provide an overview of the
purpose, capabilities, and concept of operations
for the 15 Emergency Support Functions with
particular emphasis on ESF 8-Public Health and
Medical. This session is geared toward the EMS
professionals with specific focus on what you will
need to know and how EMS fits into the response
to catastrophic health events.

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Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
Geoffrey L. Shapiro, EMT-P
For use by all first responders in all prehospital highrisk scenarios. Similar to what the Tactical Combat
Casualty Care guidelines did for care in military
settings, civilian first responders have needed
a framework for use in dangerous operational
scenarios that defines constraints in both the
civilian environment and resources while providing
guidance to accomplish the life-saving mission.
The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
guidelines represent a set of evidence-based best
practices for the immediate medical management
of wounded at or near the point of wounding.
Its application is therefore not limited to law
enforcement settings, but is intended for any
situation where there is an increased on-going
threat to the provider and patient.
Developed from military battlefield TCCC
guidelines, TECC balances the on-going threats,
civilian scope of practice, differences in the civilian
population, medical equipment limits and the
variable resources for response in civilian atypical
emergencies. These guidelines represent a
treatment framework that accepts mitigated risk
while providing a significant life saving benefit.
TECC seeks to define the correct intervention at
the correct time in the continuum of pre-hospital
care. This workshop will introduce the concepts of
TECC and allow hands-on familiarity with common
equipment in use with the guidelines.

HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Certified Critical Care Paramedic (CCP-C®)
and Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C®)
Examinations
The expectation for the CCP-C® exam
candidate and/ or the FP-C® exam candidate
is a mastery of current trends and therapies in
critical care transport medicine in a flight or
ground environment, as well as a significant
knowledge of ACLS, PALS, NALS and BTLS/
ITLS. FP-C® exam candidates should also have
a significant knowledge of flight physiology
and current CAMTS flight safety standards. The
certification exams are not meant to test entrylevel knowledge, but rather the experienced
paramedic’s advanced skill level. Questions? Please
call the BCCTPC office at 770-9789-4400. Note:
Register for this course at http://www.bcctpc.
org. Registration fee is $175 for IAFP Members,
$275 for non-members. Review course held on
Tuesday-Wednesday, see earlier description. Exam
will take place at the Renaissance Washington
D.C. Downtown Hotel (one block from the
convention center).

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Conference Program: Wednesday- Thursday
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM SUPER SESSION
ALS CLINICAL

Hypothermia: Not Just for Ventricular
Fibrillation Anymore?

It has been 10 years since the
publication of the landmark
articles in the New England Journal that
established the benefits of hypothermia for
comatose survivors from ventricular fibrillation
arrest. It now appears this therapy may be
beneficial for other patients with anoxic injuries,
including drowning, hanging, closed-head injuries,
and perhaps even spinal injuries. Come for an
entertaining, case-based review of the literature
and leave with an in-depth understanding of what
lies ahead in the second decade of therapeutic
hypothermia treatment.
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This session supports Laerdal Medical’s Discover
Simulation program, a blended circle of learning
approach to make simulation easier. Please see
the related article published in the January issue
of JEMS.

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
BLS/ALS CLINICAL

Things I Never Knew as a Paramedic, but
Should Have
Initially trained as a paramedic, Dr. Miano went
onto practice in the healthcare setting as a
registered nurse and now works as an emergency
medicine physician. In this session, she shares
experiences from those various practice settings.
She remembers often feeling frustrated with
her nurse and physician colleagues when she
practiced as a paramedic. With this unique
background she hopes to shed some light on
those behaviors and pass along what she wishes
she would have known then.

BLS/ALS CLINICAL

Maximizing Your Senses: The Future of
Noninvasive Monitoring in Prehospital Care
The management of emergency patients requires
rapid and efficient assessment, to identify life
and limb threats. Basic assessment skills are
enhanced by the application of technology that
monitors critical body functions. This presentation
will summarize the application of noninvasive
monitoring systems to emergency patient
assessment and management.

ALS CLINICAL

Tips for Managing Pediatric Trauma
Randall S. Burd, MD, PhD

Injured children have unique anatomic and
physiological characteristics that impact
mechanism of injury and their response to injury.
Understanding these differences is important for
applying the most appropriate care early after
injury. In addition, children have psychological
responses to injury that differ by age that are
critical not only in managing their well-being but
also treating their injuries. This lecture will describe
these unique aspects of pediatric injury and the
appropriate responses to them.

EMS LEADERSHIP

10 Leadership Tools for the
EMS Manager

common issues found in rural and volunteer EMS
organizations and best practices to address these
issues. The session will compare and contrast the
characteristics of rural EMS systems and examine
the community, organizational and operational
dynamics frequently affecting volunteer EMS
organizations. The five most common issues
regularly encountered in volunteer systems will
be discussed in detail including best practices to
address them. At the conclusion of the session you
will be better prepared to examine and address
the issues affecting your volunteer EMS services.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

In this fast-paced evening session, EMS system
developer and consultant Jay Fitch, PhD will
outline 10 tools from the best selling healthcare
leadership book “Straight A Leadership” that can
help EMS managers in the rapidly changing and
evolving health care delivery system. Dr. Fitch
will provide a real world EMS perspective to help
improve your leadership “grade.”

SPECIAL FOCUS

The Obese Population … What You
Need To Know
This lecture revolves around what the current
research has to say about obesity and its effects
on our profession and our personal lives. This
is a must lecture for anyone that has to work in
a health care environment and deal with this
national epidemic. No longer can we tell folks
to just push away the plate – the research is
compelling as it relates to the causes. After this
session, you’ll have a better understanding of the
effects of obesity on our society

8:15 PM – 9:15 PM
ALS CLINICAL

Respiratory Distress in the Pediatric Patient
Robert Felter, MD, FAAP
Can you distinguish respiratory distress from
pulmonary sources and others which may mimic
respiratory distress? You’ll cover this, as well as
the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress
in different ages of pediatric patients, frequent
causes of respiratory distress, and the prehospital
management of respiratory distress.

EMS LEADERSHIP

Rural and Volunteer EMS – Lessons Learned
and Learned
Utilizing data from an EMS system assessment
program deployed across multiple counties in
Colorado since 2010, this session will identify

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
BLS/ALS CLINICAL

Dying From the Inside Out: Assessing
Perfusion via Blood Lactate
Compensation, medications, and other outside
factors can keep the vital signs “normal” on a
patient who is dying on the cellular level. POC
lactate testing is starting to make its way into
prehospital setting and can make a big difference.
This session will review the pathophysiology
around lactic acid production and elimination
and why it can be important in identification of
critical patients.

BLS/ALS CLINICAL

Maximizing Your Senses: The Future of
Noninvasive Monitoring in Prehospital Care
REPEATED. Please see earlier description,
Wednesday at 7:00 PM.

ALS CLINICAL

Lessons Learned: EMS Use of Ketamine for
Excited Delirium
Ketamine has been proposed as an effective
prehospital drug for Excited Delirium. But is it really
safe? Does it cause unnecessary endotracheal
intubations? And are hospital EDs ready to accept
this practice?

EMS LEADERSHIP

Harnessing the Digital World: Challenges
for Today’s Leaders When Everyone Has a
Computer in Their Hands
Richard Huff, EMT-B
The digital revolution provides EMS leaders with
a wealth of information and tools to be smarter
and more effective executives. The digital
landscape can be used to teach, to lead, and to
promote a First Aid Squad’s services. Indeed, as
more of the world moves to digital platforms, it
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and use technology to improve their organization.
However, along with the good available in the
digital world comes a plethora of potential pitfalls
for today’s EMS managers. This class will cover an
overview of the digital landscape. What exactly is
it? The discussion will include online classrooms,
key websites, electronic data collecting, blogging,
Twitter, Facebook and how those tools can be
used to help. You’ll also cover some recent cases
where digital media became an issue for EMS
managers and in some cases, cost jobs.

EMS LEADERSHIP

Optimizing Your EMS Medical Director

up that goodwill bank because it’s inevitable that
a negative story (legit or false) will occur. Learn
to view media opportunities differently by using
simple techniques to tweak existing visuals and
programs to improve or enhance your agency’s
public image. This session will teach new, usable
skills by sharing examples of how to create unique,
visually appealing media events to “been there,
done that” topics.

DISASTER TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
Ready to Roll: When the Unexpected Occurs
Jason Killens

This lecture centers on how we can be more
effective in setting up our labs and clinicals to
complement student learning. You’ll conduct
a reflective evaluation on how you currently
use your labs and clinicals for a results-driven
educational experience. This is a chance to go
from good to great as an EMS instructor.

In developing plans to manage the response
to regional resilience challenges, organizations
must work across the range of responder
organizations in their jurisdiction and create
plans that complement each agency’s response
objectives. London’s multi-agency emergency
planning has continued to develop since the
London Bombings in 2005 and during this
session, London Ambulance Service (LAS) Deputy
Director of Operations, Jason Killens, will discuss
how his service has strengthened existing
arrangements and developed new plans to
respond to regional incidents. During the session
Killens will summarize regional emergency plans
including specific London Ambulance Service
arrangements. He will also identify lessons
learned from the London Riots in the summer of
2011, pre-planned events and mass gatherings,
and explain how LAS has improved the tactical
response options available to them in managing
the response to emergencies in a Capital City.

SPECIAL FOCUS


Dr. Beck will discuss strategies to improve
and optimize your medical director oversight,
participation, support, advocacy and enthusiasm
for your EMS organization and EMS providers. This
is a great opportunity to hear perspectives and
suggestions for EMS providers from a paramedicturned-medical director.

EDUCATION

Building Labs and Clinicals That
Make a Difference

EMS Licensing and Credentialing: Prehospital
Medicine Across State Lines
Richard W. Patrick, MS, CFO, EMT-P, FF
EMS licensing and credentialing are topics of
discussion related to most disaster operations. DHS
has engaged working groups to address the topic
regarding the practice of pre-hospital medicine
across state lines. This presentation will provide
an in depth look at the issues and challenges
associated with EMS licensing and credentialing
for the practice of prehospital medicine across
state lines.

SPECIAL FOCUS

Preventive Medicine: How to Create
Free, Positive Media Stories to Improve
Your Agency’s Image
Josh Weiss
The key to free media- it’s FREE! Your agency is
already doing great things to help the community,
so why aren’t you promoting it in a way the
community will remember it and that media
want to cover it? It takes 10 good things to be said
about you to equal one bad. So you better build

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The Medical Supply Chain as Critical
Infrastructure in the Healthcare and
Public Health Sector
Stephen Curren, MS

A healthy supply chain is critical to the ability
to provide healthcare on a routine as well as
emergency basis. The 2009-H1N1 pandemic
demonstrated that rapid increases in demand
are sufficient to disrupt the supply chain for a
single product for many months. Complicating
matters, very few products that we use every day
are produced entirely within the United States.
Global production has allowed more products to
be delivered to more customers at a lower cost,
but in some cases it has made the supply chain
more vulnerable to disruptions from a single
country. The Healthcare and Public Health Sector
Critical Infrastructure Protection Partnership brings
together the private sector and government to
increase resilience of the healthcare system during
emergencies. The partnership has studied the
impacts on the healthcare supply chain during of
the emergencies of the past several years.

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
BLS/ALS CLINICAL

What About CPAP For Kids
Sephora N. Morrison, MD, MSCI, FAAP
There is very little evidence supporting the use of
Noninvasive Respiratory Ventilation techniques
during transport of the pediatric patient. Adult
data and the potential advantages of this
technique for children with certain conditions
make it a promising and viable option. Let’s
explore these techniques and when they may
be beneficial for the pediatric population
we transport.

ALS CLINICAL

Management of Acute Seizures in Children
Asha S. Payne, MD, MPH, FAAP
During this case based, interactive session, we will
discuss various seizure presentations in children.
We will review the important elements of a child’s
history and presentation that will be critical to
guiding appropriate clinical management. First
responders will be provided with a practical
understanding of the various anti-seizure
medications. Medication side effects and potential
complications will also be covered.

EMS LEADERSHIP

Don’t Overlook the PIO: One Position Can
Make or Break an Organization
Richard Huff, EMT-B
To be successful in trying economic times, EMS
organizations need to use media, marketing
and social networks to build awareness for their
services. As budgets get tightened, getting the
word out about what EMS organizations do for
their communities is critical to their survival.
Moreover, knowing what t do when a reporter
calls can make the difference between a positive
or negative result in the media. This class will
provide useful tools for participants to use at home
and immediately increase their visibility. A good
PIO can push an organization forward, and handle
problems when they develop. However, it’s often
a forgotten position. The class will touch on topics
important for career and volunteer services alike,
and along the way, you’ll learn how to use media
and marketing to increase staff morale, increase
membership, and solidify financial backing.

EDUCATION

Brain Strategies: Creating Energy in the
Classroom
How can you use brain strategies to tease the
brain into learning something new? You’ll
evaluate the strategies that can bring about better
retention and motivation to create opportunities
for expanded learning, based on solid research to
help your students learn more and help you be a

Conference Program: Thursday
better presenter. If you are teaching continuing
education or an EMS class this is a critical lecture
for you and your students!

EDUCATION

Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail: Why You
Need Lesson Plans
Connie Mattera, RN, MS, TNS, EMT-P
One would never attempt to build a house
without an architectural plan, yet we sometimes
try to build engaging, academically sound, and
student-centered class offerings without a plan
and then wonder why learning didn’t occur or
we weren’t a resounding success. Don’t send a
chicken to eagle school! We need excellent EMS
educators and one of the tools in their box needs
to be carefully crafted lesson plans that artfully
design powerful educational experiences. It’s fun!
Come learn the means to align learning needs
and educational standards in a way that avoids
curricular chaos and brings the classroom alive.

SPECIAL FOCUS

Update on Denver’s Prehospital Sepsis Alert
Program
Now in its fifth year, the Denver Metro Sepsis Alert
Program is one of the first and longest running
programs in the nation. This session will review
key points in the published sepsis literature, the
origin and structure of the program, and patient
outcomes from the first three years. Time at the
end will be reserved for an interactive discussion
of lessons learned and how agencies can set up
their own program.

Boots on the Ground; Overview of the
National Disaster Medical System
Andrew Garrett, MD, MPH

The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is
a federally coordinated system that augments
the Nation’s medical response capability. The
overall purpose of the NDMS is to supplement an
integrated National medical response capability
for assisting state and local authorities in dealing
with the medical impacts of major peacetime
disasters and to provide support to the military
and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical
systems in caring for casualties evacuated back
to the U.S. from overseas armed conventional
conflicts. Dr. Garrett will focus on how the NDMS
relies on and interfaces with local EMS agencies
and professionals.

IInformation Sharing, Suspicious Activity
Reporting Fusion Center EMS Integration
Raymon Mollers, OHA
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel

and organizations play a critical role in response
and recovery during most emergencies. They
also play an important role in identifying,
preventing, protecting against and mitigating
criminal and naturally occurring incidents, so it
is vital that timely and appropriate information is
shared within and between the EMS community,
the national network of fusion centers, and all
homeland security partners. This multi-directional
communication will aid in the identification of and
appropriate prevention of, protection against, and
response to all types of hazards.

EMS LEADERSHIP

The purpose of this EMS Information Sharing
session is to outline the importance of EMS
engagement with fusion centers and the
Intelligence Community, identify challenges to
collaboration, and discuss solutions to facilitate
information sharing efforts. Existing capabilities,
tools, and best practices will be identified and
documented to assist EMS stakeholders in
understanding their role in homeland security
information sharing processes and provide
homeland security partners with a better
understanding of the value of EMS partnerships.
These activities will assist jurisdictions interested
in exploring the integration of the EMS
community within their jurisdiction’s information
sharing processes.

EMS LEADERSHIP

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM SUPER SESSIONS
BLS/ALS CLINICAL

Eagles Lightning Round
Moderator: Corey Slovis, MD, FACP, FACEP, FAAEM
Panelists:
David A. Miramontes, MD, FACEP, NREMT
The Eagles are a working group of the
metropolitan medical directors in the U.S. In
this session you have some of the nation’s
most influential medical directors – “live and
unplugged.” The panelists, moderated by Dr.
Corey Slovis, will explore some of the most
pressing topics in emergency medicine. Don’t miss
this one, it may be one of the most fascinating
sessions of the conference!

ALS CLINICAL

TBI: Prehospital Controversies and
Management Update
In this session Dr. Beck will review traumatic brain
injury from a prehospital neurotrauma perspective,
emphasizing recent neuro-critical care literature.
Best practices for management and a discussion of
evolving controversies will serve as the focus. Using
a recent case, Dr. Beck will demonstrate how key
prehospital interventions can impact outcome - for
better and for worse. A CT head imaging overview
will also be provided as a portion of this talk.

Rapid Fire Roundtable
International Association of EMS Chiefs
There are many issues confronting EMS Chiefs
today—some big, and many small. Attend this
special two-hour panel discussion, presented by
members of the International Association of EMS
Chiefs (IAEMSC), and see the power and value of
professional collaboration as Chiefs from a variety
of EMS system configurations discuss issues,
solutions and results from their organizations.
What ICS Doesn’t Teach you about Leadership:
Real Life Lessons Learned and Mistakes Made
on the Frontline of Volunteer EMS
Richard Huff , EMT-B
The Incident Command System is great for telling
EMS officials what to do and where they stand in
the official pecking order, but it’s useless when it
comes to running a volunteer Emergency Medical
Services Operation. This class will provide insight
and tips on how squad line officers can efficiently
serve the community while also managing people.
This class draws on the instructor’s three years as
chief of one of New Jersey’s best squads. Along
the way he’s learned there’s more to the job than
answering 9-1-1 calls. Being chief requires being
part cruise director, part camp counselor, part
divorce counselor and part psychologist. This
class will give participants real-life experience in
managing people.

SPECIAL FOCUS

Changing the Paradigm: Rescue Task Force
Response to Active Shooter Events
Fire/EMS services need to change the paradigm of
response to active shooter incidents to save lives.
This session will address active shooter incidents,
defined as a person or persons using lethal force
with both the intent to kill and available access
to more victims, a phenomenon that is occurring
on a frequent basis across the United States.
These tragic incidents range from a single active
shooter to complex coordinated attack scenarios,
resulting in casualty numbers that can include a
few individuals or dozens as was experienced in
Aurora, Colo. After the assault on Columbine High
School, law enforcement and tactical team tactics
changed to rapidly address the immediate threat,
and, as a result, have been shown to be critical in
reducing the number killed and wounded.
Knowing that the “fate of the injured lies in the
hands of the one who provides the first care to the
casualty,” join Dr. Smith to will discuss common
characteristics of active shooter events and
present the Arlington County (VA) Rescue Task
Force deployment model as one solution.


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