Education Sessions | Full Schedule

Are You Awake Up There? Dealing With Crew Fatigue – A Case Study

Charles Blathras, BS, FP-C, CMTE & Rick Kenin, ATP, MS, MPA

“Boss, I’m Tired”: Safety Culture in a Post-Pandemic World

Justin Koper, M.S., GSP, MTSP-C, FP-C

1245-1345h

To Care or Not To Care: The Challenges of Implementing Point of Care Testing in the Transport Environment

Marion Jones & James Houser

Oh Baby! What Do I Do Now?

Tera Carter, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-NPT & Anne Calkins, BS, CRTT-NPS, C-NPT

1300-1320h

Peer-to-Peer Support Teams

James Boomhower, BS, FP-C, NR-P, C- NPT, CCISM

1315-1345h

I’ve Got a Heart, an Achy Breaky Heart: Congenital Heart Defects

Teri Campbell, MSN, FNP-BC, CFRN, CEN

The Night That Almost Wasn't

Ryan Gauthier, FP-C, NREMTP

1330-1350h

The Boston MedFlight Wing Team, A Comprehensive Peer Support Program, a Manager’s Perspective

Tammi Wallace Wood, BSN, CFRN, CEN, CCRN, CNPT

1400-1500h

When an Elective Nose Job Goes Horribly Wrong, Leading to Hypoxia, Hypotension, and Death

Danielle Goodrich, BA, NRP, VT-IC, FP-C, CCP-C & Doug George, MD

“What Parts Go Where?" Gender Identity and How to Be a More Compassionate Provider

Jessica Rispoli, MSN, NP-C, RN, CFRN, CEN

When We Talk Ourselves into an Accident

Ken Cerney

How to Achieve 100% Reliability? – Experiences, Challenges and Chances from a European Perspective

Stefan Becker

1400-1430h

But It Was MY Fault!

James Boomhower, BS, FP-C, NR-P, C- NPT, CCISM

1400-1420h

Neuroplasticity

Sharon Purdom, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN, NREMT

1430-1500h

Resilience During Madness

Tania Glenn

Applying SMTA

Jeff White, M.S., FP-C, MTSP-C, NREMTP & Justin Koper, M.S., GSP, MTSP-C, FP-C

1530-1700h

Opening Keynote: Dr. Romila “Romie” Mushtaq, M.D., ABIHM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1

0830-0900h

The Deadly H’s: Successful Pre-Intubation Management & Airway Care Reviews

John vonRosenberg, MA, FP-C & Jessica Rispoli, MSN, NP-C, RN, CFRN, CEN

Love Is In The Air: A Potential Minefield

Sarah Barber, EMT-P, FP-C & Nicole Barnard-Croft

0830-0930h

The Unconscious Sedation of the Heart and Mind

Jason Cusson

HEMS Response to a Flood Disaster – the Recent German Experience

Matthias Ruppert

Transport Neurology

Mike Jasumback, MD, FACEP, FAMPA 

0900-0930h

Dying to Have a Baby: Perimortem Cesarean

Teri Campbell, MSN, FNP-BC, CFRN, CEN

0945-1015h

High Flow Nasal Cannula in Transport

Bryan Winchell, RN, FP-C, CFRN, CCRN, C-NPT

0945-1045h

Taking Care of Our Own - What Does It Mean and How Do We Do It?

Connie Eastlee, BSN, MS, CMTE

What Diversity Looks Like Through the Helicopter Intercom

Ken Cerney

1000-1020h

Peak Performance and the Physiological Aspects of Stress

Michael Lauria, MD, NRP, FP-C

1015-1045h

The Night I Stopped Flying: How Trauma Nearly Ended My Career and Alcohol Rehab Gave It Back

Amanda Ventura, MD

Starting Small: What Our Tiniest Patients Teach Us

Shelley Rose, RN, BSN, CFRN & Kari Zabala

1030-1050h

Max Impact - Resilience

Jonathan Godfrey

1100-1230h

General Session - Government Affairs Update, CEO & President’s Remarks

1400-1500h

GENERAL SESSION: The Top 10 List: Articles from 2020-2021 That May Influence Your Practice

Russell MacDonald, MD, MPH, FCFP, FRCPC

1515-1645h

Cardiopulmonary Airway Lab

Sharon Purdom & Stu McVicar, RRT, FP-C, CCEMT-P

1515-1615h

A Deeper Dive: No Surprises Act Implementation, Arbitration, Data Collection, and the Impending Deadline

Christopher Eastlee, AAMS VP of Public Affairs & Brian Stimson, Partner, McDermott, Will, and Emory

Advanced Ventilator Management

Steven Bott, MD

Yes, I'm Native. No, My Liver Isn't Hurting.

Amanda Page, FP-C, B.S.

Post-Traumatic Growth: An HAA Crash Survivor Shares Lessons Learned

Krista Haugen, MN, RN, CMTE

Instituting Incapacitated Pilot Procedures… Crawl, Walk, Run

Sid Bingley, RN, CEN, CFRN, NRP, FP-C & Scott Davis & Tyson LeRoy

1515-1545h

Challenges of Emergency Medical Care During Helicopter Hoist OperationS – How to Train?

Matthias Ruppert

1630-1700h

Developing Safety Citizens for Safety Management Engagement

Jason Starke

Night Vision Goggle Safety

Tony Tsantles

1630-1730h

An Underlying Killer: COVID on Top of Necrotizing Pneumonia in 27-yr Old Patient

Laurel Whittemore, RN, CFRN

Diversity Panel

Allen Wolfe - Moderator 

Blast and Ballistic Trauma, An Unfortunate Training Need

Robert Laskey, EMT, RN, MSN, CFRN 

1700-1730h

Safety Culture - Reactive, Proactive or Predictive?

Kevin Schitoskey, EMT, RN, MSN, CFRN

When the Unexpected Hits: Lessons Learned from Crisis Communications in Air Ambulance Operations

Rick Kenin, ATP, MS, MPA

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2

0830-0900h

Developing a Special Operations Team to Move into the Future and Mitigate the Impossible

Michael Shaffer, MSN, RN, PHRN, NRP, CFRN, CMTE

Throw Away the Checklist...Competency Evaluation in the 21st Century

Sue Parrigin, MSN, RN, CFRN, NRP

0830-0930h

Accident Survivor Panel

Know Your Numbers: Clinical Use of ScvO2, Lactate and Dynamic Measures of Preload Responsiveness

Cindy Goodrich, RN, MS, CCRN

What’s The Value In Values

Bryan Peterson, RN, BSN, CCRN, CFRN, CMTE, PHRN

Let's Talk About Puke, Ad Nauseam

Danny Nayman, MBA, NRP, FP-C

0900-0930h

Little People, Big Injuries: Resuscitation Techniques in Pediatric Trauma

Robert Grabowski, DNP, MBA, APRN-CNP, AGACNP-BC, CPNP-AC, EMT-P, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CMTE

CCTA Info Session

Jeremiah Gleitz, BAS, FP-C and Kim Morgan, MSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN, NREMT

0945-1045h

NEMSPA Safety Panel

Mechanical Ventilation of Infants and Children in Transport

Bryan Winchell, RN, FP-C, CFRN, CCRN, C-NPT

So You Want to Teach? Pro Tips for Educators!

Jeremy Norman, BAS, FP-C, NRP & Allen C. Wolfe Jr., MSN, APRN, CNS, CFRN. CCRN, TCRN, CTRN, CMTE

Tricks for Tox

Michael Frakes, APRN, CCNS, CFRN, EMTP, FCC

0945-1015h

MTLI Info Session

1015-1045h

Multimodal Analgesia in an Opioid Addicted World

Christoper Galton, MD, NRP, FP-C & Nina Doyle, BSN, RN, CEN, EMT-P

1030-1100h

SMTA Info Session

Donna York, DNP, RN, CMTE and Tom Baldwin, NRP, CMTE, MBA

1100-1230h

Closing Keynote: Darren Woodson