Dr. Nadine Levick
Nadine Levick, MD MPH, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Objective Safety, has been providing safety and hazard awareness data in the field of Injury Prevention and Control in the USA, Australia and Europe since 1996.

Ambulance vehicle and transportation safety
Objectives 
1) History and overview on ambulance crashes
2) Myths regarding ambulance safety devices and ambulance construction
3) Strategies for Managing Ambulance Fleet Safety Issues

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Jan M. Headley, RN, BS, Director, Clinical Marketing and Professional Education, Edwards Lifesciences Irvine, CA

Arterial Pressure Based Technologies: New Trends in Less Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring
Objectives
1. Describe the physiologic interrelationships of pressure, resistance and flow
2. Define the technological premises behind arterial pressure based parameters; pulse pressure variation, stoke volume variation and cardiac output.
3. Determine clinical applications for use of arterial based parameters.
4. State factors that affect arterial pressure cardiac output measurements.

Strategies to Optimize Oxygen Delivery and Consumption; Support for a Standardized Approach
Objectives
1. Cite current research regarding optimization of oxygen delivery; specific to venous saturation variables and volumetric parameters.
2. Describe strategies using a standardization approach that incorporate global and regional oxygenation assessment.

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Dr. Michael Sayre, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Vice-Chair, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, American Heart Association 

The Science of BLS
Objectives
1. Describe the scientific evidence behind the current recommendations for 30:2 CPR with minimal pauses for defibrillation
2. Detail the impact of the 2005 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC on patient outcomes

Hands-Only CPR
Objectives
1. Review the science supporting the use of hands-only CPR by untrained bystanders.
2. Describe the impact of the 2008 AHA Scientific Statement on Hands-only CPR
3. Detail the role of hands-only CPR by healthcare professionals.

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Dr. Ed Racht, Medical Director for the City of Austin, Travis County Emergency Medical Services System, Chair of the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council for the State of Texas, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern

The Coolest Thing In Resuscitation Today 
Objectives
1. Describe the historical evolution of post-ROSC cooling
2. Review the evidence supporting OOH cooling in cardiac arrest
3. Discuss the practical and logistical challenges of field post-ROSC cooling
4. Discuss the necessity of creating Resuscitation receiving centers

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Kimberly Haus McIltrot MS, RN, CPNP, CWOCN; Pediatric Surgery Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Care of Acute Wounds
Objectives
1. Discuss the management of acute wounds.
2. Identify the classes of wound care products and their uses.
3. Evaluate case studies and propose appropriate wound care products to use.

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Dr. James O'Connor, FACS, FACC, FCCP, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Director of Thoracic and Vascular Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore

Complex Thoracic Trauma
Objectives 
1. Understand the mechanism of injury
2. Understand the initial evaluation of the thoracic trauma patient
3. Understand the role of imaging studies and operative management

Ballistics 101
Objectives 
1. Achieve a basic understanding of ballistics
2. Understand how ballistic projectiles create a wound
3. Separate ballistic fact from fiction

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Dr. Tim Wolfe    Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Staff Physician, Jordan Valley Hospital Emergency Department, Medical Director, Wolfe Tory Medical

Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and the Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS): 
An under-recognized cause of multiple organ failure?
Objectives
1. Describe the pathophysiology of IAH and ACS
2. Point out the high prevalence of this syndrome in both the surgical and medical ICU populations
3. Discuss outcome data supporting need for early recognition and early medical and surgical intervention
4. Provide an algorithm outlining:
5. Appropriate patients requiring IAP measurement in the ICU
6. Algorithmic approach to managing the patient dependent on combination of measured IAP and clinical presentation

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Chief Harold Schapelhouman, Firefighter, Menlo Park Fire, California; veteran of of various National incidents including the Oklahoma City Bombing, the World Trade Center Collapse, the recovery of the Columbia Space Shuttle Astronauts and Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans). MORE

US&R Earthquake response
Objectives
1. Understanding of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
2. Understanding of command and control objectives for catastrophic events
3. Understanding of the four phases of search, rescue and recovery operations
4. Understanding of structural collapse patterns and associated safety hazards
5. Understanding of survival models and their affect on when to transition from rescue to recovery operational modes
6. Understanding of the complexities associated with human remains recovery
7. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and potential post event mental and physical health affects

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Henry Lau, MD, FACS, Chief, Trauma/Burn, Div. of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Pediatric Trauma-  Burns,  Transplants,  Wounds -When to call for help
Objectives
1. Identify a child with surgical a emergency
2. Determine appropriate evaluation for the child
3. Discuss treatment options for the child

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Lars Wik, MD, PhD, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Healthcare Provider CPR performance
Objectives
1. Understand the mechanism of blood flow during CPR
2. Understand the consequences of bad quality CPR
3. Understand the reason for monitoring CPR performance
4. Understand how Healthcare Providers provide CPR today
5. Understand how focus on CPR performance improvement will influence outcome

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Rob Reardon, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Trauma Airways
Objectives
1. Trauma airway disasters
2. Practical solutions for difficult trauma airways
3. Awake intubation vs. RSI
4. New ventilation & intubation devices
5. Surgical airways

The use of Ultrasound in Trauma Resuscitation
Objectives
1.Echocardiography in trauma
2.Evolution of the FAST exam
3.Chest sonography in trauma
4.Ultrasound guided procedures

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Pediatric Trauma-  Burns,  Transplants,  Wounds - Special Trauma: KIDS! 
Objectives
1. Describe special considerations of trauma care in kids 
2. Understand the mechanism of injury in pediatric patients 
3. Describe anatomical and physiologic differences between adults and children

-Managing the Burned Child
Objectives
1. Define the severity and size of a burn injury
2. Establish treatment priorities in the management of burns
3. Define special considerations in burn injury care and transfer criteria to a burn center

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Dr. Michael Levy, M.D., FAAEM, FACP; Medical Director Anchorage Fire Department, Medical Director Aeromed International
Emergency Medicine Alaska Regional Hospital

EMS as an Agent of Change for Healthcare: Lessons learned and learning
Objectives
1. Understand the structure of EMS in the community
2. The relationship between EMS and the hospital 
3. The relationship between EMS and public health
4. The changing nature of these relationships
5. Identify prehospital programs that require and enable hospitals to improve their patient care 

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CO Poisoning
Objectives
1. Name two body systems most susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning
2. Discuss the challenges of detecting carbon monoxide and cyanide poisonings
3. Recall two non-invasive patient assessment methods for carbon monoxide poisoning
4. Discuss the pathophysiology of carbon monoxide and cyanide in the human body
5. State the treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning
6. Describe the role of cyanide in fire smoke compared to carbon monoxide
7. Name an intervention to reduce mortality in smoke inhalation victims

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Carmelo Graffagnino MD, FRCPC; Associate Professor of Medicine / Neurology Director, Duke Neurosciences Critical Care Unit

Neurology; Therapeutic Hypothermia
Objectives
1. Review the effects of temperature on the injured brain (hypo and hyperthermia) 
2. Review the results of clinical trials involving hypothermia in cardiac arrest, trauma, stroke 
3. Provide an overview of how to use hypopthermia in your ICU.

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