These comments are provided unedited from those submitted on-line following the Working Together 2008 conference. All of the comments submitted are included. None have been edited or deleted unless otherwise noted.

Name:

Dean Goulet

Affiliation:

No Affiliation

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008

Comments

I very much enjoyed the conference. The only thing I have a concern about was in the exposition hall. Why do we have to have every emergency strobe on every apparatus flashing all the time. This triggered one hell of a migraine for me and I ended up not being able to enjoy the hall nearly as much as I would have liked. I mean, we are all EMS/fire people, we have seen a truck with flashing lites, but I think it a bit much to have 1 million candle power flashers 4' from your face every where you turn. Thank you, Dean Goulet

Name:

Joyce Kasper

Affiliation:

Barron Medical Center Ambulance Service

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008

Comments

Thanks again for a GREAT Conference. The sessions I attended were very well presented and had lots of good information. Keep up the good work! I look forward to next year's conference.

Name:

Roy Desoto

Affiliation:

FF/Paramedic

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008

Comments

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Name:

Michael Horne

Affiliation:

Fall River EMS

Date:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Comments

Please consider More or better exibit hours. I was in seminars all day every day as many others were and felt kind of rushed in the exibit hall. I work in the Micro Biology detection business and exibit my companies products often. Longer exibit times will draw more exibitors.

Name:

Robert Saiter

Affiliation:

Albany Fire Protection District

Date:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Comments

Well done!! Speaker credentials were beyond my expectations and even without the CEUs it would have been worth the time, money and effort involved. I have recommended this conference to everyone on our department and we will be back.

Name:

Mark Johnston

Affiliation:

Please Select One

Date:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Comments

Please consider accepting credit cards for registration. My early registration was lost and I had to pay cash for four days of the conference. It would have been much easier to pay by credit card.

Name:

JIM RONGE

Affiliation:

Juneau Emergency Med Svc

Date:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Comments

A great job again. The Hilton staff were great. The only complaint was with the poor taxi service in the City to get back to the hotel.

Name:

Greg Beers

Affiliation:

Fall River Rescue

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Comments

The conference was interesting. there were many lessons learned in the classes that I had attended. The speakers were very interesting to listen to, and they had soe very good advice for the smaller services located thru the state. I did hear that some of the vendors were very dissapointed with the lack of time allowed for visitors on Saturday. It might be nice to have the hall open longer on Friday night, and maybe earlier on Saturday morning. The only other thing I would ask for is not so much poultry for meals. I like chicken and turkey, but it is not what I want for lunch every day. I will be looking at the lunch menus closer next year. The overall picture I have of the conference is that it was once again put together very well, and that each and every one of you involved in the planning, should give yourselves a huge pat on the back once again. Job Well Done!!!!

Name:

Tangie Karpinski

Affiliation:

Iola Ambulance Service

Date:

Friday, February 15, 2008

Comments

Disappointed by the fact that people could come in the last 5 minutes of the general morning session and get full credit. Connie M & Racht were great speakers. Juice and water available for breakfast. Water available for breaks.

Name:

rob scheel

Affiliation:

Waterloo Fire Dept

Date:

Monday, February 18, 2008

Comments

Just wanted to thank your staff. I thought in the past few years I have been attending this conference. This year was the best core education classes I have been too. Plus I didn't have another injury. But I just wanted to let you all know I am looking forward to next year.

Name:

Dale Lash

Affiliation:

Ho-Chunk Nation EMS First Responders

Date:

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Comments

This was my first WEMSA conferance. It was outstanding. I enjoyed meeting other EMTs and learning what they do that I could could also use. The speakers were outstanding, especially John Elder from Ft. Worth. He had some excellent cases he went through. I got to see some people I haven't seen in a long time. Overall - outstanding and can't wait until next year.

Name:

Lisa Adler

Affiliation:

Fall River Rescue

Date:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Comments

I heard about past conferences and decided I had to come - it was way above my expectations! 90-95% of the classes I took something new from. I'll look for a lot of the speakers next time, especially John Elder! Please make bottled water available for the breaks, and having a little more variety at lunch would be nice. Can't wait for next year! Thanks for the great job all of you do!

Name:

Tawna Dickey

Affiliation:

Cuba City Area Rescue Sq

Date:

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Comments

I had a great time again as always.I really enjoyed some of the new speakers that I have never heard before.As always there are boring classes or just too much info given that I cant use as a basic but I understand how they have to touch all of us.I was impressed with Doug Wolfberg.I wish he had a day to talk I feel I could learn alot from him.Looking forward to 2009.

Name:

Michele L'Herault

Affiliation:

Arena Emergency Medical Services

Date:

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Comments

I especially enjoyed Connie Mattera. I had her all day for Assessments on Thursday - Excellent! She did say there was a 55 page handout for that day and I have not seen it. Much was learned - well worth my time!