2021 Schedule

(schedule is subject to change due to presenters' availability) 

7:30-8:00 AM - Registration/Breakfast (Mezzanine - Stanton Gerber Hall)

8:00-8:30 - Introduction/ Optional Pre-test

8:35-11:00 - Blocks 1-3

11:15-12:20 - Lunch

  • Mental Health Talk

    • Presented by

      • Dr. Megan Quinn, DrPH, MSc

12:25-4:30- Blocks 4-8

4:35-5:00 - Closing/Post-test

Stations

Station 1: Surgical Airway and Airway Basic-Advanced (45 min)

Jarred Millard, BS, CCEMT-P, FP-C
MD Candidate Class of 2023, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN

Objectives:

  • QuickTrach

    • Pig trachea

    • Sagittal Cross Sections and models

  • Identify potential problems and complications for airway management

    • Difficult intubations

      • Facial trauma

      • Airway obstruction

      • Burns

      • Epiglottitis

    • Increased cranial pressure

    • Bradycardia

Station 2: Clinically Applied Anatomy (45 min)

Sheree Bray, MD

Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Clinically Applied Anatomy Objectives:

  • Identify anatomical structures and relevant anatomical relationships associated with common trauma and pathologies encountered by first responders. 

    • Thorax (lungs, thoracic cage & cavity, mediastinum)

      • Right main stem intubation

      • Intercostal neurovascular bundle

      • Coronary artery disease

      • Pneumo/hemo thorax anatomy

      • Chest Decompressions

      • Heart trauma

      • Aortic dissection

    • Abdomen (viscera, vessels, peritoneal specializations, genitourinary)

      • Liver & spleen blunt trauma

      • Solid versus hollow organ injury

      • Bowel obstruction

      • Diverticu-losis/-litis 

      • Appendicitis

      • Intussusception 

      • Cystitis / pyelonephritis

      • Urolithiasis

Station 3: Burn Management (45 min)

Jason Powell, EMT, MBA, BA

Captain, Johnson City Fire Department, Johnson City, TN

Objectives:

  • Discuss pre-hospital burn management skills

  • Practice wound care techniques 

  • Enhance knowledge of burn outcomes and prognosis

  • Identify different stages of burns

  • Discuss potential complications burn patients may present with

Block 4: Mass Casualty – Firsthand Account (45 mins)

Brock Blankenship, MD, FAAEM (SIM Lab Director)

Attending Physician – Johnston Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Abingdon, VA

Objectives: 

  • Identify the conditions of a Mass Casualty (MASCAL)

  • Identify the four categories of triage

  • Effectively apply triage skills to mass casualty scenarios

  • Understand and practice the respective roles of the treatment team in a mass casualty situation

  • Execute proper plan for control treatment and evacuation of casualties

Station 5: Vaccine Talk (45 min)

Nicole Woods, FPC

Advanced Practice Nurse, Carter County Health Department

Objectives:

  • Discuss the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine and the current pandemic

  • Identify any adverse reactions that could result from the COVID-19 vaccine

  • Understand and practice ways to treat these adverse reactions

Station 6: Sports Medicine (45 min)

Emily Davis, MSACN, LAT, ATC

President, Mountain Athletic Trainers’ Society, Head Athletic Trainer, David Crockett High School

Objectives:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of emergency removal of sports equipment through on field simulation lab

  • Evaluate cervical spine injuries and prepare an athlete for transport according to current best practices by the NATA

Station 7: Pediatrics SIM Lab (45 min)

Dr. Riwaaj Lamsal, MD

Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Objectives:

  • Understand initial management of ill and injured pediatric patients

  • Practice procedural skills on pediatric simulation equipment

  • Describe the particular differences and challenges associated with pediatric patients

Session 8: Educational Approaches (45 mins)
Drew Hooker MPA, CEMSO, CCPM, NRPM, PD, IC

Deputy Chief of Administration at HGH EMS Rescue

Objectives:

  • Learn the differences in the generations

  • Learn how to advertise, hire and train new aged staff

  • Learn the interview process for Millennials and Gen Z

  • Learn how to retain employees of newer generations