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Perfecting Medical Patient Assessment Connie
Mattera |
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The cornerstone of excellent prehospital care is
the EMS providers ability to perform an appropriately sequenced and
skillfully executed medical patient assessment. Everything you do to
reach a prehospital impression about the patient rests on your ability
to obtain a thorough history, to inspect, palpate, percuss, and/or
auscultate the patient, and to perform initial diagnostic tests such
as SpO2, ECGs, and capillary glucose readings that focus on finding
medical conditions. What you find during your assessment then lays the
foundation for competent care, but only if you have done your job
accurately and interpreted your findings correctly. Need some tips or
a little bit of help regarding the mechanics of good medical
assessment or interpreting your findings? Come spend the day with
Connie Mattera as she dissects the elements of assessment and gives
you practical pointers for perfecting your assessment of medical
emergencies. |
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E.S.C.A.P.E.
Shawn Thompkins |
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Assaults and injuries on medical personnel have and
will continue to escalate throughout the next decade. While nearly
five percent of emergency calls involve a violent person or situation,
few EMS providers have received training that would effectively
address this growing problem. Based on a foundation of medically
accepted and liability conscious techniques, the ESCAPE program is
designed to educate personnel in safely controlling patients for
medical treatment or to defend against unexpected assaults. This is a
hands-on and interactive class so prepare to arrive ready to work and
wear comfortable clothing and shoes. Throughout the day, Shawn
Thompkins, Jay Scott and other instructors will be provide you with
the knowledge to identify and prevent a violent act. You will learn
the proper use of force procedures when defending against a violent
patient. You will learn appropriate techniques to escape from a
variety of attacks, how to maintain control of an aggressive patient
for medical treatment, how to intervene in the assault of a third
party or co-worker, and demonstrate tactics using a variety of
applicable scenarios. Are you up for the challenge? |
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Hospital Centers of Excellence - Tour 1
Froedtert & Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center |
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Spend the day with medical experts in stroke care
and the care of patients with spinal cord injury from both Froedtert
Hospital and Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center. Participants will be
taken by bus to each of the two centers of medical excellence for an
educational opportunity that is a head above the rest. At the
Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Spinal Cord Injury Center
your session will include discussion on the principles of spinal cord
injury management, stabilization and research. Your experience will
also include break out sessions with physical therapists, occupational
therapists and others who specialize in the care of the spinal cord
injury patient. You will also meet a person living with a spinal cord
injury. During the second portion of the day you will learn why time
is of the essence when a stroke occurs. The Aurora St. Luke’s Medical
Center has around-the-clock staffing by stroke specialists, as well as
access to state-of-the-art diagnostics. Your break out sessions will
include information about the importance of early stroke detection and
pre-hospital management. You will learn about St. Luke’s advanced
neurosurgery capabilities including neuroendovascular therapies and
clot retrieval. You will review the current best practices for the
treatment of acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation. This class
includes a full lunch and breaks. The food served may vary from the
lunch menu on page 8. |
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Hospital Centers of Excellence - Tour 2 Children's
Hospital of Wisconsin * Aurora Sinai Medical Center |
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This educational opportunity is sure to increase
you comfort zone in caring for some of the most frightening calls in
EMS: emergency delivery, pediatric care and sexual assault. Spend the
day with medical experts on women’s health and pediatric care from
both Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
You will spend a portion of your day with pediatric experts from
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin learning the principles of pediatric
history and physical exams, reviewing outcomes of pediatric patients
experiencing pre-hospital arrests, and reviewing safe methods of
securing the pediatric patient in the ambulance as well as
de-escalation techniques for stressful family situations. During the
second half of the tour you will learn from obstetrical and neonatal
experts how to handle emergent delivery situations and care of the
newborn in the field. Sexual assault nursing experts will show you how
to provide the best standard of care while preserving evidence. Learn
how EMS can collaborate with emergency departments and other health
care settings via unique pre-hospital assessment and safety
interventions on behalf of victims of domestic violence. This class
includes a full lunch and breaks. The food served may vary from the
lunch menu on page 8. |
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EMS Educators
Workshop: Reigniting the Passion Dr. Chris Nolette |
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If you’re an EMS educator looking for continuing
education credits to use towards obtaining your teaching
recertification, this session is for you! Dr. Chris Nolette has
dedicated this session to rekindling your passion for both your
personal and professional lives. As educators we are a passionate
people who need to have a purpose for which to frame our lives, yet so
many in EMS have turned down their passion to only a flicker. They see
passion as a dangerous emotion that if out of control can sweep
through an organization and burn sacred dry piles. These dry areas
while not productive have been allowed to hold back new growth because
of the time they have spent covering the ground. We need to rekindle a
passionate flame and burn away old ways of thinking that keep people
and ideas from growing and from flourishing – for when we find our
passion we will find our purpose in life. Together we will explore
what research has to say about mentoring, emotional & social
intelligence, the latest on teaching with the brain in mind,
leadership and other topics that will realize the full potential and
reignite the passion of our teaching ability. This session will change
your life and is a must for those who want to leave a positive and
enduring legacy. |
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EMT-Basic Refresher
Course |
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Building on the new Wisconsin refresher
requirements that began last year, the Working Together conference
will now offer the required six hour "mini" refresher course along
with the required written and practical evaluation in order to renew
your EMT license. That means that you can complete your entire EMT-Basic
refresher at the Working Together conference! Once again your
attendance at one of the largest EMS events in the nation provides you
with an alternative to the traditional refresher class! Use all or
part of the 26 CEU hours offered toward your Wisconsin, Illinois and
National Registry renewal requirements. The required six-hour
refresher class and evaluation will be offered both Wednesday and
Thursday of the conference. The Wisconsin EMS Association, together
with the City of Milwaukee Fire Department, has been authorized to
offer this mandatory class to anyone wishing to renew their EMT-Basic
or Intermediate Technician license. The six hour class includes
instruction on several required topics along with a three station
practical evaluation and 50 question formal written test. This
training will not consist of a review of basic EMT skill and
knowledge. Each student is expected to have obtained this information
on their own prior to attending this course. If you are not sure where
to find a six-hour refresher course, or just want the convenience of
getting it done while you are at the Working Together conference, this
is the session for you. Participants receive the same lunch, breaks,
hand-outs and expo hall entrance as other conference participants. You
do not have to complete the required 24 additional hours of continuing
education in order to attend this course.
How It Works
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Attend 24-hours of approved continuing education
with at least six hours being completed each year. Working Together
conference sessions are approved for refresher CEUs both from the
2009 and 2010 conference.
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Attend the six hour required "mini" refresher class
and evaluation. Attend either Wednesday or Thursday class at the
Working Together conference or another approved class in your local
area.
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Complete a 50 question formal written test, answered
without assistance from books or other students. A minimum score of
75% is required to pass.
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Complete a three station practical evaluation for
medical, trauma, and cardiac patient care. These are not teaching
stations and students are expected to be proficient in basic EMT
skills and knowledge prior to attending the course.
File your refresher information with your Service Director or the
State of Wisconsin EMS Office (or both) to renew your license for
another two years. |
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