WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2009

1:00 – 5:00 PM - Exhibitor Set-up at Tucson Convention Center

6:00 – 8:00 PM - Pre-registration at Marriott University Park Hotel

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THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 2009

7:30 - 8:15 AM - Conference Registration – Exhibits – Continental Breakfast

8:15 - 8:30 AM - Welcome & Introductions: Peter M. Rhee, MD

8:30 - 9:30 AM - General Session:

Inside the EMS Red Zone: How do you take a serious and scary subject and make it very entertaining? Easy…you bring in a former Russian scientist who knows everything about “red zone” threats and their potential impact on the EMS community. Igor Shafhid, MD

9:40 - 10:40 AM - Concurrent Tracks

(A)  Pandemic Threat Analysis: This counter-terrorist specialist delves into another potential emergency horror story in this session. Igor Shafhid, MD

(B)  Hollywood Trauma: This session will use movie and television clips to show you how chest trauma is served up in Hollywood and how it differs from reality. DJ Green, MD

(C)  Trauma Gizmos and Gadgets: Find out what really works in trauma care from a legend in the field. Norman McSwain, MD

10:40 - 11:00 AM - Break and Exhibits
11:00 - 12:00 PM - Concurrent Tracks

(A)  Neuro-Assessment in Five Easy Steps: This session will provide trauma care providers with the background and critical thinking skills needed to properly assess these types of injuries.  Connie Mattera, RN

(B)  Pelvic Trauma: This session will present complex pelvic injuries from the pre-hospital setting through the hospitalization phase of treatment. John Ruth, MD

(C)  Emergency Air Crashes: Why so many EMS air accidents recently? This aviation expert looks at this very timely subject from her very informed perspective. Eileen Frazer, RN

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM - LUNCH & EXHIBITS:
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM - General Session

Trauma Care…Past, Present and Future: This session will cover key trauma themes during the past 20 years, significant changes along the way and those things we can look forward to in the next 20 years. Norman McSwain, MD

2:25 - 3:25 PM - Concurrent Tracks

(A)  Thermal Burns: This presentation will give helpful hints and pointers for those responding to patients with this type of burn. Connie Mattera, RN

(B)  Trauma in a War Zone:  Join this surgeon as he sorts out his wartime experiences in Iraq and applies them to our present day mean streets here in the states. DJ Green, MD

(C)  Ground EMS Accidents: What’s the scoop on these tragic occurrences? Another very timely subject will be examined by this expert. Eileen Frazer, RN

3:25 - 3:45 PM - Breaks and Exhibits
3:45 - 4:45 PM - Concurrent Tracks

(A)  Historic Trauma Cases…Would They Survive Today: This interesting and entertaining journey into the past will examine how trauma care has evolved into today’s current practices. Suzanne Frey Sherwood, RN

(B)  Genital Urinary Trauma:  This presentation will take a close look at a difficult trauma circumstance that is sometimes overlooked. Kara Snyder, RN

(C)  I’m the Patient Now:  Join this trauma surgeon, who was seriously injured in a car accident recently, as he shares, most poignantly, what it means to be a trauma patient. Thomas Wachtel, MD

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2009

7:30 - 8:15 AM - Conference Registration and Check-in - Continental Breakfast - Exhibits

8:15 - 8:20 AM - Announcements

8:20 - 9:20 AM - General Session

Golden Principles of Trauma Care Updated:  This entertaining and highly informative speaker will talk about the changing face of airway management, the use of hemostatic dressings, using the right amount of IV fluids, determining the adequacy of resuscitation, finding life-threats and doing an accurate mental status exam among many other things. Connie J. Mattera, RN, EMT-P

9:30 - 10:30 AM Concurrent Tracks

(A) Tech Assessment…Clinical Controversies: There’s a lot of assessment technology available but some patients are still assessed poorly. Find out what is worthwhile and what is just fluff in this session.  Paul Werfel, NREMT-P

(B)  Be a Supervisor…Go to Jail: This timely presentation will focus on the growing trend of having to face litigation or criminal complaints if you are in charge of anything these days in the EMS community. W. Ann Maggiore, JD, NREMT-P

(C)  Trauma and Substance Abuse…A Deadly Combo: Think dealing with trauma was stressful enough on its own? What happens when you add substance abuse to the equation will be examined in this session. Suzanne Frey Sherwood, RN

10:30 - 11:00 AM - Break and Exhibits
11:00 - 12:00 PM - Concurrent Tracks

(A) Acute Respiratory Failure Management: Find out how best to manage this dangerous situation in this thought provoking session. Terence O’Keeffe, MD

(B) Rambo and Barney Fife Revisited: This highly authoritative presenter will take a look at what emergency trauma providers really do. Scott Bourn, RN, EMT-P

(C) Perils of Pediatric Trauma: This session will focus primarily on head, chest and abdominal trauma, pediatric resuscitation and new treatment modalities for the little ones. Paul Werfel, NREMT-P

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM - LUNCH, EXHIBITS and SPECIAL SESSION

EMS and Organ Donation: Starts at 12:15 and runs an hour. Bill Tower, NREMT-P

1:15 - 2:15 PM - General Session

Trauma Cookbook for Smart Providers: This session will emphasize problem solving and critical thinking skills for all trauma care providers whether in the field or beyond. Scott Bourn, RN, EMT-P

2:25 - 3:25 PM - Concurrent Tracks

(A) Pediatric Head Trauma: Nothing worse than a little one with a traumatic head injury. So what you should do and how will be presented. Andy Theodorou, MD

(B) Non-Lethal Trauma: What do electrical weapons, rubber bullets, bean-bag projectiles and pepper spray have to do with trauma? Plenty as this session will show. Paul Werfel, NREMT-P

(C) High Risk EMS Activities: This session will examine the many activities that can get EMS personnel into trouble and what best to do about them. W. Ann Maggiore, JD, NREMT-P

3:25 - 3:35 PM - Break
3:35 - 4:35 PM - General Session

Back from the Future: We’re not going to dwell on the past or present in this session but, rather, on the future directions of trauma from a visionary in the field…who has returned from the future to tell us about it. Peter Rhee, MD