* Announcements *
Thank you for participating in the Rattlesnake Garage Training.
IMPORTANT
You MUST complete the Contact Information (below) and Evaluation Form to receive your CE Form.
Upon completion of the Contact Form you will then be redirected to the Evaluation Form.
Upon completion of the Evaluation Form, you will then be redirected to the CE Form which you may download.
This CE link will expire on March 25.
Please complete the form below before then or you may not receive your CE Form.
Please Note: On the CE Form, you must complete your:
- Name
- Cert #
- Expiration Date
- Check the Specific Date of Training Section You Attended
- Sign and Date the CE Form
- Include the Participant # You Were Assigned (Or It Will Not Be Valid)
If you should have any problems with accessing the forms, contact Peggy Baker with Arizona Emergency Medical Systems, Inc. (AEMS) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 623-847-4100
The Center for Rural Health has requested AEMS, on behalf of the Central Arizona Region, to select ONE participant for the opportunity to attend the National Rural EMS Conference on April 22-23, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio.
The selected participant will be reimbursed a maximum of $1500 for conference and travel expenses. This reimbursement will be handled through the Center for Rural Health.
For your nomination to be considered, you must work in a Critical Access Hospital Community.
Please complete the nomination form below.
Your nomination MUST be received by March 10, 2020. The selected candidate will be notified by March 13.
Presenters
EMS Odyssey 2020 Presenters
Stacey Sutherland
The Critical Role of EMS in Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking
Dara Rampersad, PhD, LPC, NCC
Psychological First Aid for EMS
Sergeant Tony Vazquez
Response Considerations to an Explosive Even
John Rinard, BSN, RN
Children and Disaster: Harm Reduction with Respect
Julie Augenstein, MD
Pediatric Assessment
Suzanne Buchanan, MSN, RN, CCRN
On Scene Hazardous Materials: Pre-Hospital, ED and Definitive Burn Care
Greg Hawk, EMCT-P
On Scene Hazardous Materials: Pre-Hospital, ED and Definitive Burn Care
Joseph Sucher, MD
Trauma Potpourri
Lynn Browne-Wagner, MSN, RN
They're Back: Infectious Disease Revival
Rob Gibbons, EMCT-P
Intro to Hand Tevy
Roxanne Flynn, MSN, RN, CHS
The Military Partnership and Using Simulation in Your Training
Charlann Staab, RN, MSN, CNP, FAEN
50 Years of Emergency Nursing: Special Video Presentation
Tiffiny Strever, BSN, CEN, TCRN
Pregnancy: Mom and Baby Make Two
Program
EMS Odyssey 2020 Program
Thursday, June 11, 2020
7:00 - 8:00 am
Registration / Check-In / Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am
Welcome and Announcements
8:15 - 9:15 am
You Talking to Me:
Effective Communication for All Behavioral Types
Mike Campbell, MA
A presentation on behavioral communication. Learn about effective communication styles with people of varying behavioral types..
9:15 - 9:30 am
Break/Vendor Visits
9:30 - 10:30 am
The Critical Role of EMS in Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking
Stacey Sutherland, BS
Rough Stock Injuries
Kathy Reed, RN, MSN, CEN
10:30 - 10:45 am
Break/Vendor Visits
10:45 - 11:45 am
Bites and Stings: Toxic Critter Envenomation
Jon Maitem, DO
Military Partnership Training & Using Simulation Training
Roxanne Flynn, MSN, RN, CHSE
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch/Vendor Visits
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Psychological First Aid for EMS
Dara N. Rampersad, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
Pregnancy: Mom and Baby Make Two
Tiffiny Strever, BSN, CEN, TCRN
1:30 - 1:45 pm
Break/Vendor Visits
1:45 - 2:45 pm
Close Encounters of the Animal Kind:
Treating Bites and Responding to Officer K9
Ryan Southworth, DO
Wayne A Svoboda, DVM, MS
Prehospital Management in Major Traumatic Brain Injury
Evelyn Hallford, EMCT-P
The Military Coming to an ED Near You
Deb Jeffries, RN, MSN Ed., CEN
50 Years of Emergency Nursing:
Special Video Presentation
Charlann Staab, RN
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Break/Vendor Visits
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Response Considerations to an Explosive Event
Sergeant Tony Vazquez
This presentation will provide actionable information to help survive an explosive event. The presentation will address explosive effects, improvised explosive device recognition, and response considerations.
4:00 pm
Adjournment
4:15 - 6:30 pm
EMS Odyssey 20th Anniversary Roaring 20’s Reception
Friday, June 12, 2020
7:30 - 8:00 am
Registration / Check-In / Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am
Welcome and Announcements
8:15 - 9:15 am
Children and Disaster: Harm Reduction with Respect
John Rinard, BSN, RN
Children are often overlooked in community and agency-based disaster preparedness efforts. This presentation will offer a better understanding of how to prepare for the needs of children post disaster.
9:15 - 9:30 am
Break/Vendor Visits
9:30 - 10:30 am
Updates on Vaping Associated Lung Injury
Anselmo Garcia MD
Pediatric AssessmentJulie Augenstein, MD
Julie Augenstein, MD
On Scene Hazardous Materials:
Pre-Hospital, ED, and Definitive Burn Care
Suzanne Buchanan, MSN, RN, CCRN
William Hawk, EMCT-P
10:30 - Noon
EMS Awards Presentation and Lunch
Noon - 1:00 pm
Trauma Potpourri
Joseph F Sucher, MD, FACS
Intro to Hand Tevy
Rob Gibbons, EMCT-P
The Fourth Trimester:
Emergent Care of Postpartum Patients
Brenna Burns, MSN-Ed, RN, CEN
1:00 - 1:10 pm
Break/Vendor Visits
1:10 - 2:10 pm
They’re Back: Infectious Disease Revival
Lynn Browne-Wagner, MSN, RN
This presentation will discuss the oldies but never goodies of contagious diseases: measles, chicken pox, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus to include etiology, symptomology and management.
2:15 pm
Adjournment
Note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, last minute presentation and presenter substitutions may be necessary.
