Pulse Check 2012 - Course Schedule / Abstracts

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Part 1

Gen/Pharm/Resp & Cardiac (4 hours)

“Pharmacology – Update and Protocols” Eric Silva, MD

10:30 am -10:45 am

10:45 am -12:30 pm

“Safety of the Paramedic”
Craig VanRoeken, MD

12:30 pm -12:45 pm

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Poisons/Envir/Behav
(2 hours)

OB/GYN (2 hours)

“Cardiac  Issues and Interventions” 
Ed Lundy, MD, PhD

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

3:45 pm - 5:30 pm

"Approach to the Multiply Injured Patient”
Brian Blaufeux, MD

3:30 pm - 5:45 pm

8:30 am - 9:45 am

Darin Batty
Adam's Apple, Eve's Jugular and Everything In Between

Beth McNeill
Extreme Safety Makeover

Dave McGowan
Ambulance Crashes: Can Your Safety Program Prevent Them?

9:45 am - 10:15 am

10:15 am - 11:30 am

Jeff Rabrich
Chest Trauma: Not All It's CRACKED Up to Be!

Hannah Booth
Glove Love

Drew Fried
EMS Leadership Development

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Lee Burns
Unspoken Rules of EMS: What We Think We Might Know for Sure

Drew Fried
Chemical Suicide: A New EMS Threat

Dave Konig
Telling Our Own Story: Using Social Media to Connect

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Gene Iannuzzi
Trauma Controversies: Why What You've Always Done Might Not Be What You Ought to Do

Jeff Rabrich
Smoking Hot Lung Disease Update: Time to Vent!

Paul Bishop
Picking Up the Pieces: How to Investigate and Document after an Incident Occurs

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Beth McNeill Cracking Cases: EMT-B Case Studies

Brandon Smith
Gimme Some Sugar!

Linda Reissman
Emergency Management as an EMS Career Path

Evening

competitions, etc (no sessions)

8:30 am - 9:45 am

Curtis Olson
24 Hours? No Problem! Staying Awake On Your Shift

Rom Duckworth
How Dead is Dead? Real World Cardiac Arrest Management

Frank Mineo
Ready or Not: You're an EMS Leader: What Now?

10:00 am - 10:15 am

10:15 am - 11:30 am

Jamie Syrett
Ah S%#T! Deadly Overdoses that Die Enroute

Scott Ryno
Grant Preparation Workshop

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Curtis Olson
EMS Mythbusters: Does Research Support Practice?

Rom Duckworth
Pediatric Emergencies: Scene Management - the Missing Piece

Mark Tornstrom
Are You Kidding?!? - Medicare, Documentation and HIPAA

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Jamie Syrett
Over, Under, Hot and Cold

Peter Dworsky
Safety is No Accident

Scott Ryno
EMS Billing Pitfalls: Recouping Your Fees

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Peter Dworsky
The Dirty Business of Infection Control

Rob Raheb
Implementing a Results Driven Driver Simulation Training Program

Rich Beebe
So, You're On The Board Now

Evening

Banquet - Memorial Service

8:30am - 10:00 am

Knock Knock Head Injury - Rich Beebe
QuikClot™ and Tourniquets - Mike McEvoy
Kinematics: Speed Kills - Mike Murphy