EMS and the Domestic Violence Patient

What can you do as an EMS provider to help end the circle of violence? This scenario-based class provides a practical approach to maximizing the effectiveness of EMS response to victims of domestic violence. Case studies, scenarios, and healthy discussions will help you develop both personal and service-based strategies to better prepare to aid the domestic violence patient.

Getting a Handle on Head Trauma

This graphic and fast-moving talk takes an assessment-based approach to head trauma rather than the traditional, and less functional, diagnostic-based approach. Basic providers will benefit from this program, though it is geared more for ALS providers and nurses.

Seizures: More Than A Convulsion

This session provides a basic understanding of the pathophysiology associated with seizures, presentation of the various types of seizures, and prehospital management of the seizure patient. Topics covered include: basic pathophysiology related to primary and secondary seizures; and, signs and symptoms associated with various types of seizures.

Lunch Break

Simulation in EMS Research and Education:

Simulation training has evolved from deep roots in aviation to become an essential component of training and education in the health sciences. This session will discuss the results of a comprehensive literature review conducted to assess the use of patient simulators in prehospital education and research. The results of the review suggest that academic research efforts should be focused not only upon the formal use of simulation in EMS education and training, but also to gain an understanding of the incentives and disincentives in this genre of simulation study in an effort to expand the science of prehospital medical simulation. The speaker will expand upon these conclusions and suggest directions for future efforts in prehospital medical simulation operations.

Sudden Death or Overtime

The incidence of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest is well documented. One subset of this population encompasses young and apparently healthy individuals who participate in strenuous physical activity. This session reviews the underlying pathophysiology that may result in SCA among this group and provides strategies not only for EMS treatment, but also for early recognition of athletes who may be at risk.