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EMS World Expo 2018

5:30pm CDT

My Colleagues Killed My Sister and Mother: Why Are Medical Errors Still Happening? Room 208ARobert Waddell II, retired EMT-P, BS

8:00am CDT

Drones, AI and EMS: How New Technologies Can Save Lives Room 202ABMichael Nolan, MA, CCP(F) • Andreas Cleve • Nathan Silberman, PhD • Jarvis "Gene" Saunders Focus on the Patient: Decrease your STEMI Door to Balloon by 15% Room 202CPaul Banerjee, DO • Raf Anthony Vittone

2:30pm CDT

They Said What About Us? Understanding Patient Satisfaction Surveys Room 202CEd Moreland, NRP

3:15pm CDT

Whistleblowers, Medicare Fraud and the Office of the Inspector General Room 202ABAnthony Minge, EdD

4:30pm CDT

Imbangukiragutabara: EMS in the Heart of Africa Room 202ABStephanie Louka, MD

8:00am CDT

The Five Best Ways to Get Sued and End up in Court (If That's Your Thing) Room 202ABDouglas Wolfberg, JD Why You Need to Include a Pharmacist in an EMS Quality Management Program Room 104EKevin Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, CMTE • Daniel Hu, BA, PharmD

9:15am CDT

Working Where the Road Ends: How Did I End up in Alaska? Room 202ABTracey Loscar, BA, NRP

10:30am CDT

Clean Cab: Designing Apparatus Around Provider Safety, Health and Wellness Room 202ABFrank Babinec, MPA, EFO EMS Agenda 2050: Making It Real Room 202CJon Krohmer, MD

2:30pm CDT

Event Medicine Focus: Alive and Well: The Importance of Event Medical Services Room 209ABCConnor Fitzpatrick, AEMT-Instructor

3:15pm CDT

396 Days Ago: The 1 October Shooting in Las Vegas Room 201ABTherapy Dog Bodhi • Jeffery McCollom, BSBA • Ed Racht, MD • Therapy Dog Saydee • Scott White Lost in the Black & White Fuzz? Creating a Prehospital Ultrasound Program for Your EMS Agency Room 202ABStephanie Louka, MD

3:20pm CDT

Event Medicine Focus: When Your Mass Gathering Becomes a Mass Casualty Room 209ABCMatthew Levy, DO, MSc, FACEP, FAEMS, NRP

4:15pm CDT

Event Medicine Focus: From the Deserts to the Seas: Event Medicine Toxicology You Need to Know Room 209ABCRyan Hodnick, DO, NREMT-P, FAWM, FACEP

4:30pm CDT

The Journey to a Zero-Minute Response Time Room 202CRobert Luckritz, NRP, Esq.

8:00am CDT

A Perfect Match: How Uniting EMS and Neurointerventionalists Can Drastically Improve Stroke Outcomes Room 201ABPeter Antevy, MD Global EMS: Who Is Doing What, Where and Why Room 202ABLinda Dykes, MBBS, FRCEM • Dov Maisel • Rob Lawrence, MCMI Preparedness and Response for Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events: A New Standard Room 205ABRichard Kamin, MD, FACEP • John Montes, NREMT • Jamie Pianka, NRP

9:15am CDT

EMS and Terror Events: All Hazards Are Not the Same Room 207ABJonah Thompson, NRP, CP-C FirstNet Possibilities: Dedicated Public Safety Mobile Broadband Communications Is Here for EMS Room 202CBrent Williams, EMT-P Up in Smoke: Impact of Marijuana in the Workplace Room 202ABEdward Canavan, ARM, AIC • Ronald Thackery, JD • Cindy Tait, EMT-P, RN, MPH

1:00pm CDT

48-Hour Backcountry Survival Challenge: Got Skills? Room 202CDeborah Witte, RN, CCRN • Nathan Morreale, BS, FP-C, NR-P EXTENDED SESSION: Response to An Active Killer Event: Before, During, After the Parkland Shooting Room 207ABFrank Babinec, MPA, EFO • Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, MCCM, MACP, FAEMS • Peter Antevy, MD • Juan Cardona, NREMTP, CEMSO, MPA

1:45pm CDT

Can You Hear Me Now? How Current Healthcare Communication Practices Cause Deadly Mistakes and How to Solve Them Room 201ABBrandon Means, RN, LP, CFRN, CCRN • Lee Varner, MS, EMS, CPPS, EMT-P • James Woodson, MD, FACEP Saving Our Providers: Occupational Risks Among EMS Personnel Room 202ABBrian Maguire, Dr.PH, MSA, EMT-P