Pulse Check 2018 Schedule


Course Schedule / Abstracts

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SWIPE FOR FULL TABLE
Thurs.
9/20/2018

BLS CME Recert Program - Year 2

Empire Room
 
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Part 1 (3.5 hours)

Guy Peifer, CIC

Pharmacology
Cardiology
Respiratory
Toxicology

 

1 hour
1 hour
1 hour
0.5 hour

 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch
 
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Part 2 (5 hours)

Renal
Abdominal
Psychiatric
Shock/Resuscitation
Childbirth

1 hour
1 hour
1 hour
1 hour
1 hour

SWIPE FOR FULL TABLE
Fri.
09/21/2018
Main Salons
Clinical
8:00 am - 8:15 am
Welcome, Opening Comments, Housekeeping Information
8:15 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Vendors and Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Earn Money Sleeping: Sleep Loss and Fatigue in EMS
Amy Eisenhauer
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Don't Become a Social Media Statistic
Richard Huff
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Aware, Alert, Ahead, Always: How To Do Your Job Effectively While Things Are Trying to Kill You
Rommie Duckworth
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Vendors and Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Under Pressure: Crush Injuries In Technical Rescue
Doug Hexel
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Diabetic Emergencies
Will Ferguson
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Tots "Too Hot!" - The Cute, The Bad and The Ugly of Pediatric Fever
Rommie Duckworth
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Vendors and Break
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Incident Command for EMS - You Took ICS 100: Now What?
Drew Fried
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
ENT Emergencies
Will Ferguson
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Volunteer is a Pay Scale, It Shouldn't Be An Attitude
Richard Huff
4:15 pm - 5: 15 pm

Lightning Rounds

Evening
competitions, etc (no sessions)
Sat.
9/22/2018
Main Salons
Clinical
8:00 am - 8:30 am
If I Was EMS King for a Day
Peter Dworsky
8:30 am - 9:00 am
I've Got No Defense: Looking into the World of Autoimmune Disorders
Rebecca Valentine
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Strangulation Injuries in the Domestic Violence Patient: Why EMS Plays a Critical Role
Dan Batsie
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Vendors and Break
10:15 am - 10:45 am
To Save Others - Save Yourself - Part 1: It's an Ambulance, Not an Airplane
Frank Mineo
10:45 am - 11:15 am
To Save Others - Save Yourself - Part 2: It's EMS, Not the Police Department
Linda Reissman
11:15 AM - 11:45 am
To Save Others - Save Yourself-Part 3: Health & Wellness: It's Not Just for Patients
Gene Iannuzzi
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Vendors and Lunch (Last chance to see vendors.)

 

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Resilience in EMS: What It Is and How To Get It
Drew Anderson
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Enough About Patient Care! We Need To Run a Business As Well!
Doug Wildermuth
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
You Call if System ABUSE? I Say It's System USE!
Gene Iannuzzi
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Suicide Assessment
Drew Anderson
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
As Seen on TV: What the Commercials Don't Tell You About Medications
Rebecca Valentine
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Lightning Rounds (tentative)

Evening
Banquet
Sun.
9/23/2018
 
8:30 - 10:00 am
  • Be Ready for Anything: Preparing for the Worst Case Scenario - Dan Batsie
  • Has Technology Made Us Safer? - Peter Dworsky
  • Using Social Media for EMS Providers - Amy Eisenhauer