A.J. Heightman's Top 10
Top 10 Reasons You Need to Attend EMS Today
presented by A.J. Heightman, Editor-in-Chief, JEMS
10. Maximize the CEU you earn—attend the popular Wednesday evening educational sessions. Earn extra CE credit from some of the brightest minds in EMS. And you can earn even more by attending the ever-popular JEMS Games “Excellence in EMS Clinical Competition” on Friday night, March 5th.
9. Attend the most advanced and visionary lectures in the industry. We’ve got topics that will help you move your service in the right direction, such as clinical advances like induced hypothermia that move at the speed of light.
8. Participate in the popular JEMS Lunch and Learn, Thursday, March 4th (12:15 PM – 1:15 PM). Enjoy a networking lunch and discuss important issues with select speakers and your colleagues: Walt Stoy, PhD, NREMT-P; Jeff Beeson, DO, LP; Bob Page, AAS, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, NCEE; Glenn Luedke. NREMT-P; Guy Haskell, PhD, JD, NREMT-P.
7. Network, network, network! Interact with the JEMS staff, editorial board, faculty and EMS personnel from throughout the United States and two dozen other countries.
6. Great travel discounts make Baltimore very affordable. Book your hotel at the conference discounted rate, travel in on the light rail, then make plans to have lunch at Five Guys in the Inner Harbor—it’s a great lunch for less than $10!
5. Cruise the massive EMS Today exhibit hall, opening this year on Thursday evening and featuring expanded technology and retail shopping areas as well as a free continental breakfast on Saturday morning. Get a first look at over 50 new products being introduced for the first time at EMS Today.
4. Attend great preconference workshops. You can obtain great focused CEU and work towards satisfying your NREMT refresher requirements. These fill up fast, so be sure to register soon.
3. Bagels & Breakthroughs. Here’s where you can find out more about the new products launching on the exhibit hall floor via short vendor presentations.
2. Special lectures presented by 2009 “EMS 10 Innovators in EMS” award recipients. Want to find out about innovative EMS programs in place around the country? Attend one of these sessions to discover what’s going on.
1. Attend the JEMS birthday party celebration on Friday, March 5 at 2:30-3:30 PM in the Exhibit Hall. Help us celebrate the 30th Anniversary of JEMS, the “Conscience of EMS,” with cake and a chance to win some great prizes in our special anniversary raffle.