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| July 24, 2009 | | 8:30 AM |  Session 401: Things That Go Bump in the Night: Kinematics of Trauma
Dwight Polk, MSW, NREMT-P
BLS Track
Everyone loves a good trauma call, but do you know what really happens when mass and energy collide? This presentation looks at the mechanisms of both blunt and penetrating trauma, using case studies to show what happens to the human body when it?s hit by a car, shot or stabbed. If you?re a trauma junkie, this class is for you!
| | 8:30 AM | Session 402: Spinal Injury
Tim Duncan, RN, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, EMT-P
ALS Track
Spinal injury is one of the most serious and difficult problems in the prehospital setting. In this must-attend lecture, Tim will describe the mechanism of injury with spinal injuries, identify immobilization techniques and describe emergent care for spinal-cord injured patients.
| | 10:15 AM | Session 501: When Everything Old is New Again: Geriatric Trauma
Dwight Polk, MSW, NREMT-P
BLS Track
You might think all trauma calls are the same, but what happens when an elderly person experiences multi-system trauma? Do they compensate the same way as a 35-year-old? Die the same? How about all those medications? Attend this class for the answers to these questions and more, and learn how you can make a difference in the geriatric patient?s outcome.
| | 10:15 AM | Session 502: Trauma: Past, Present and Future Implications for Prehospital Providers
Caleb Rogovin, CRNA, MS, CCRN, CEN
ALS Track
This presentation focuses on past, current state-of-the-art and future care modalities for the traumatically injured patient, highlighting the acute resuscitation period, including the prehospital and initial operative phase, and the impact of the prehospital practitioner. Caleb will discuss the use of new technologies, fluid resuscitation algorithms, drugs and ventilation strategies, and address common and anticipated problems in acute trauma patient management from the prehospital perspective. Current research and evidence-based practice are incorporated in the presentation.
| | 12:00 PM | Session 601: Traumatic Brain Injury
Jim Radcliffe, BS, NREMT-P
BLS Track
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability that results in 270,000 hospital admissions and 52,000 deaths each year. In this session, Jim discusses the importance of good assessment to recognizing and managing severe TBI.
| | 12:00 PM | Session 602: Blood, Bleeding and Breakthroughs: Working with the Hemorrhaging Patient
Caleb Rogovin, CRNA, MS, CCRN, CEN
ALS Track
Whether your patient is suffering from a traumatic injury, acute surgical bleeding or a coagulopathy, treatment almost always involves administration of blood products. In this presentation, Caleb discusses blood products, blood substitutes, Factor VIIa and surgical interventions, and uses case studies to provide a framework for prehospital practitioners, highlighting future involvement during prehospital care of hemorrhaging patients.
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