Friday August 1st

 

8:15 am—9:45 am     GENERAL SESSION 3

“AGRICULTURAL AND FARM TRAUMA”                                                                         1.5 Trauma Emergencies

Attila Hertelendy, PhD, MS, MHSM, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, Director, EMS Management Program, ENMU

Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in this country. In the US, over 100 children per year are killed in the agricultural setting and 27,000 are injured. Unfortunately, risk of injury and death extends not only to adults, but to children who live, work, and play on the farm. This presentation orientates the audience to agricultural machinery, types of injuries encountered in this setting, extrication and treatment of patients entangled in farm machinery. This presentation is not for the faint of heart. Graphic pictures of agricultural trauma are depicted. Rated PG.

10:15 am—11:30 am     WORKSHOP SESSION “D”

D1:   “HOW TO DEAL WITH PSYCH PATIENTS:  SOME OF THE STUFF WE WEREN’T TAUGHT IN SCHOOL” 1.5 Medical Emergencies

Shanda Venghaus, Paramedic/Firefighter, Albuquerque FD

Let’s face it….how thrilled are you when you get dispatched to a psychiatric patient? As EMS providers we respond to a large percentage of these calls, and yet we are only given a little information in our training on how to deal with these people and that information is very general. Let’s see how the experts do it. This is the stuff we weren’t taught in school.

D2:   “MY BABY IS SICK” 1.5 Special Consideration/Pediatrics

Mike Buldra, NREMT-P, EMS Program Director, ENMU—Roswell

Often this is the beginning of many of our encounters with our pediatric patients. Parents are scared and confused, and the patient is unable to communicate with us. We must rely on physical assessment more than history or symptoms. During this presentation, Mike will cover many of the common pediatric maladies and some simple tools to help you when dealing with a pediatric patient. This presentation will also include how pediatric patients respond to us, depending on their developmental age, and how to console the parents.

D3:   “TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY” 1.5 Special Considerations

Isaac Tawil, MD, Assistant Professor, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Medicine, UNM Hospital

This presentation will highlight the differences and unique characteristics of the physiology of the elderly patient and their implications in the setting of traumatic injury. Understanding these nuances, we will discuss injury patterns, diagnostic challenges and treatment strategies to improve outcome in this growing population.

D4:   “NEW DEVICES IN RESUSCITATION 1.5 Preparatory

Laura Kay, MD, FACEP, EMT-P, EMD-Q, Medical Director, Los Alamos County Fire, Jemez Pueblo EMS, Rio Arriba County FD, Santa Fe RECC & Los Alamos consolidated Dispatch Center

In this session Dr Kay will discuss new devices in resuscitation including the RESQ-pod, the AutoPulse and other devices.  She will review studies that have evaluated these devices and discuss results.

D5:   “MAN vs. MACHINE” 1.5 Trauma Emergencies

Mike Smith, BS, MICP, Program Chair, Emergency Medical & Health Services, Tacoma Community College, WA

This graphic & hard-hitting presentation looks at a variety of machinery related injuries. Not for those with weak stomachs.

D6:  “ANOTHER LOOK AT RHYTHM GENESIS...HOW DO I NAME THAT RHYTHM?”                                                                         1.5 Medical Emergencies

Larry Cobb, RN, NREMT-P, ALS Coordinator, BATCAVE, UNM Hospital

We commonly make EKG rhythm interpretation harder than it needs to be. If we think of the direction a rhythm travels, the morphology of the waveform, in most cases we can deduce where it came from….thus the genesis of the rhythm and how to name it! This session is intended for the EMT-B, EMT-I, EMT-Paramedic & Nurse as well.

2:00 pm—3:15 pm     WORKSHOP SESSION “E”

E1:  “PRECEPTING IN EMS” 1.5 Preparatory

Nikki Arana-Oquendo, EMT-I; Kevin McFarlane, RN, EMT-I, NM Stroke Coordinator, NM EMS Bureau

This interactive presentation emphasizes the importance of learning and teaching on the job. The presentation also stresses the importance of retaining employees in the healthcare profession. Effective and inspirational preceptors are a critical component of the evolution of EMS and culture change that will be required of EMS as healthcare enters a new era.

E2:  “WHEN LIFE SLIPS AWAY:  MANAGING SHOCK” 1.5 Trauma Emergencies

Mike Smith, BS, MICP, Program Chair, Emergency Medical & Health Services, Tacoma Community College, WA

Having a thorough understanding of shock is critical to improved patient outcomes. In this clinical presentation Mike reviews some of the fundamentals and pathophysiology of shock along with addressing some of the most common controversies in trauma management.

E3:  “TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY” 1.5 Trauma Emergencies

Stephen Lu, MD, FACS, Director, Burn & Trauma Service; Associate Professor Department of Surgery, UNM Hospital

In this presentation Dr. Lu will discuss the principles and current treatment in inpatient brain injury management.

E4:  “PEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL EMERGENCIES” 1.5 Special Considerations/Pediatrics

J Grace Park, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UNM Hospital

In this lecture, Dr. Park will present emergencies in children, surgical and non-surgical. The presentation will cover a quick review of abdominal emergencies in children due to trauma and non-trauma related causes.

E5:   “NOT SO SHOCKING, HYBRIDS FOR THE EMS PROVIDER” 1.5 Operations

Pete Bellows, EMT-I. I/C

This presentation will familiarize you with hybrid automobiles. We will discuss the models of hybrids and the hazards they present to EMS providers. Among other things you will learn that it is safe to provide patient care in a hybrid.

E6:   “ZOONOTIC DISEASES IN NEW MEXICO” 1.5 Medical Emergencies

Elizabeth Hatton, Environmental Scientist, Zoonotic Disease Program, NM Department of Health

This is an overview of zoonotic diseases in New Mexico, focusing on West Nile virus, plague, tularemia, and hantavirus. Rabies, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, and Q fever will also be discussed. This presentation will highlight the epidemiology, transmission, and symptoms of these diseases, as well as prevention strategies.

3:34 pm—5:15 pm     GENERAL SESSION 4 
 

“EMS LESSONS LEARNED:  ATTACK ON THE AMISH SCHOOLHOUSE” 1.5 Preparatory

Michael Reihart, DO, FACEP, Attending Emergency Physician, Lancaster General Hospital; Regional Medical Director, South Central Pennsylvania EMS, State Medical Advisory Committee, DOH Pennsylvania

On October 2, 2006 a deranged milk delivery man stormed a one room Amish school house in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He held 10 children hostage and ultimately shot all of them and himself. Lancaster General Hospital was the designated Regional Trauma Center for this tragedy. Dr. Reihart, an attending emergency physician served as the incident commander at Lancaster General Hospital and coordinated the complex provision of emergency services and patient care during the event. After the event, Dr. Reihart sought to assure closure and healing for the families and providers impacted by this mass casualty event. He will provide insight into school shootings, EMS response, mass casualty response, critical incident debriefing, forensics and human healing and forgiveness.

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