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Exhibit Hall Information
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
• Visit the Learning Center with expanded FREE CE sessions (see list below)
• Watch the Cooking Competition, Friday, March 8 at 10:00 am: get inspired to cook a new dish!
• FREE Continental Breakfast on Saturday, March 9 at 10 AM
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.
Exhibit Hall Learning Center
Offering CEH to all registrants!
Friday, March 8, 2013
11:00 am – 11:30 am
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.
M-PEDS
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
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.
M-TRAUMA
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
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.
F-MEDICAL
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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.
M-TRAUMA
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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.
M-MEDICAL
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 session.
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Bagging Basics: One Second, One Handed
David Page, MS, NREMT-P
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.
M-ABC
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Challenging EMS Case Presentation
David Page, MS, NREMT-P
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.
F-MEDICAL