Join Director Bergquist as she provides an overview of the department initiatives and examines these issues with attendees.

Capnography and colorimetric devices are considered the standard of care for prehospital airways, but we are constantly learning new applications for capnography in the prehospital setting. Come find out how you can use this amazing tool to improve your assessment and treatment skills for the majority of your patients.

Bringing low-cost to no-cost activities into the classroom helps to ensure your students are staying engaged and will most likely retain more information when they are learning in a fun environment. Not everyone has a big budget to spend on extras for the classroom, but there are ways we can create memorable activities for our students.

EMS is in a unique position to be part of a team of healthcare providers that is necessary to respond to the opioid crisis. The Naloxone Leave Behind Kit Program is intended to expand access to naloxone to save the lives of persons suffering from opioid use disorder, which is recognized as a chronic medical condition.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness have teamed up to capitalize on the opportunity to provide this life-saving treatment and education to patients who have experienced an overdose with the ultimate goal of reducing overdoses and overdose deaths in Michigan.

A discussion on being prepared for mass gatherings. This presentation will take a look into being prepared for large groups.

This session will cover cultural diversity and culture in the workplace. This will be an interactive session for creating inclusion in our lives.

This presentation will look at the beginnings of EMS in society. It will focus on its evolution from ancient times until the beginning of the 20th century.

Patient Assessment Credits (All Levels except I/C)

This is a two-hour presentation

Students will learn to use stethoscopes in patient assessment. Stethoscopy can provide a deeper understanding of your patient’s condition. This will increase knowledge of the various types of patient assessment activities that EMS providers may be exposed to and raise awareness of comprehensive patient assessment practices in the field.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

Please plan on attending a different workshop

REPLACEMENT

Suspension Trauma

Required practical course utilizing the Mi-Medic cards.

Please provide your own stethoscope.

Students will learn to use stethoscopes in patient assessment. Stethoscopy can provide a deeper understanding of your patient’s condition. This will increase knowledge of the various types of patient assessment activities that EMS providers may be exposed to and raise awareness of comprehensive patient assessment practices in the field.

Learn about Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder patients in EMS. Carter Kits for EMS will be discussed and demonstrated.

If interested in becoming a certified instructor, plan on attending the Carter Kit with ASD education presentation Session 5c immediately following this presentation.

EMS is in a unique position to be part of a team of healthcare providers necessary to respond to the opioid crisis. The Naloxone Leave Behind Kit program is intended to expand access to naloxone to save the lives of persons suffering from opioid use disorder, which is recognized as a chronic medical condition.

This session will address the pediatric airway.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

Must have attended Part 1 to receive credit

This is an amazing opportunity to support appropriate ASD training for EMS providers. EMS providers can then share the information and knowledge learned with their agencies and departments. EMS providers will be better prepared for interactions with those on the spectrum as well as those in crisis. Additionally, MI EMSC has plans to support any EMS agency that commits to appropriate ASD staff training. (Kits may be available on-site).

Scenarios and simulations should be used throughout an EMS course to engage students and ready them to integrate knowledge, thinking skills, and problem-solving into their patient care. They may also serve to solicit and demonstrate the inclusion of skills and procedures applicable to various cases. This session will provide a basic structure for the development of these tools and we’ll discuss methods to score and evaluate the components

This presentation will focus on what first responders can do in their lives to be prepared for a personal emergency. The focus will be on EMS providers taking care of themselves and their families so that they are able to take care of others.

Introducing the High-flow Oxygen administration via ventilator.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

Operations Credit (All Levels except I/C)

EMS Agenda 2050 describes a vision for the nation’s EMS systems. This new EMS agenda for the future envisions a people-centered EMS system, built around principles that should guide the advancement of EMS even as technologies and best practices evolve. Those principles were the result of a collaborative and inclusive effort to create a plan created by and for the EMS community.

How to properly assess lung sounds, what those lung sounds mean to us as the care provider, and how to treat them based on what we find.

How did we get to this place in EMS? How can we get out of it? Whose responsibility is it? This presentation will look frankly at what likely needs to change in order to bring EMS staffing back from the brink.

EMS is in a unique position to be part of a team of healthcare providers necessary to respond to the opioid crisis. A key component of EMS response to overdose calls is documentation. This presentation will discuss some of the challenges noted with EMS documentation and how to improve and standardize documentation.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of EMS, and Systems of Care work collaboratively on overdose surveillance to monitor data trends and create alerts for communities across the state. Using near real time submissions can better inform EMS providers, MCA’s, emergency departments, and local health departments of abnormal spikes in overdose data trends.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

How we know students are understanding our material and if we’re meeting their needs

This presentation will focus on how EMS developed from World War 1 to the end on the 20th century.

REPLACEMENT

Anaphylactoid and anaphylactic shock will be covered.

Pediatric assessment that will also contain education on Infant Safe Sleep

This session will define the various types of bias, current research, and ideas for improving diversity and inclusion in the classroom and workforce.

Working with the community to make a heart safe aware community.

The unique anatomy and physiology of our pediatric patients may cause challenges for us in the assessment and management of peds trauma patients. This session will focus on a systemic assessment process to use in the evaluation, treatment, and transport of these tiny humans.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

Bringing low-cost to no-cost activities into the classroom helps to ensure your students are staying engaged and will most likely retain more information when they are learning in a fun environment. Not everyone has a big budget to spend on extras for the classroom, but there are ways we can create memorable activities for our students.

EMS encounters septic patients more often than stroke and STEMI patient’s combined. Speed of care highly impacts sepsis morality rates; therefore, it is crucial for prehospital providers to be able to properly assess and treat sepsis patients.

How well do you know your trauma equipment? What happens if you don’t have your trauma equipment or it’s already in use? Can you adapt? Compete in teams to creatively assess and properly care for common EMS trauma injuries.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.

This presentation will discuss pediatric medication, fluid boluses, ET-tube sizes, and defibrillation doses.

Presentation discusses the well-being of the EMS provider when dealing with pediatric calls.

A case study on trauma and thinking outside of the box.

Childbirth review and a hands-on childbirth simulation.