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REGISTER ONLINE AT EMSWORLDEXPO.COM 19 8 a.m.–12 p.m.& 1–5 p.m. Active Shooter Response Fire Captain Michael D. Wright EMS providers, frefghters and other emergency responders are being called to situations involving an active assailant with alarming frequency. During this hands-on, scenario-based workshop, participants will learn how to respond to these incidents, learning not only the "how," but the "what" to do. This 4-hour course provides an introduction to Rescue Task Force (RTF) training for an active shooter mass casualty incident (AS/MCI), providing rapid medical treatment and extraction. The course is designed to show how responders can work together to implement survivor care and removal from an incident scene using RTF principles. The course will feature both didactic and hands-on training. Students will receive an in-depth explanation and demo of RTF and EVAC team movement prior to breakouts. Students will then break into teams and rotate through the following stations: » Station 1 (Patient care/self care/buddy aid) classroom; » Station 2 (RTF/EVAC) room-to-room evolution; » Station 3 (RTF/EVAC) stairwell evolution; » Station 4 (The role and importance of triage) classroom; » Station 5 (RTF/EVAC) room to open area to include common area evolution. Realism will be imparted by professionally moulaged live patients that will give the students an upfront and frst-hand experience of the urgent nature of this environment. After attending this workshop, the participant will: » Understand the concepts surrounding the "Rescue Task Force" mode and the advent of the "Evacuation Team." » Know how to utilize standard triage concepts and understand their value in the AS/MCI environment. » Know how to safely function in the "warm zone" as part of a joint law enforcement/fre/EMS team. » Understand the necessity of "unifed command" in the AS/MCI environment. » Be able to employ the methods and knowledge of FEMA mandates in the active shooter/MCI environment. » Be profcient in the use of the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) in self and buddy aid. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS 8 a.m.–12 p.m. & 1–5 p.m. Cadaver Lab: Hands-On Clinical Skills Advancement Refresh low-frequency, high-risk skills and test the latest devices in our hands-on cadaver lab for only $85! Limit 80 students each session Current evidence suggests that increased experience with ETI attempts leads to more successful intubations. Are you comfortable with the number of intubations you've performed over the last 12 months or are your skills degrading? Attend this 4-hour workshop to get clinical "hands-on" training of the most up-to-date best practices for prehospital skills and airway adjunct management utilizing a cadaver. Under expert instruction, participants will have the opportunity to practice several procedural skills including direct and video laryngoscope intubation, surgical cricothyroidotomy, intraosseous access and needle thoracostomy. NEW THIS YEAR! Hemorrhage control: practice tourniquet application. 1–5 p.m. Controversy, Clinical Relevance and Critical Thinking: Education That Matters Dan Limmer, AS, EMT-P If you asked educators to list the most diffcult topics to teach, controversy, clinical relevance and critical thinking always rise to the top. The ability to bring your education above the classic traps (rote information, teaching to the test) is the key to your success and the success of your students. It is challenging for even the most experienced educators to move to more dynamic, clinically focused education. This 4-hour workshop reviews how to: » Embrace change and differences in clinical medicine beginning in EMT class; » Implement student-centered learning methods to stimulate thought and application; » Develop and use dynamic exercises in traditional and hybrid classrooms; » Write challenging exam items to stimulate thinking and integrate concepts. Through lecture and practical exercises, this workshop will help educators integrate controversy and normal variations in practice into the classroom, then prepare the educator to apply a higher degree of clinical relevance through classroom presentation, exercises and exams. PR Boot Camp: An Exercise in Positive Press Robert Lawrence, MCMI, Robert Luckritz, Esq., Carissa Caramanis O'Brien, EMT-B, Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT Your city manager just called. He read an article in the ICMA newsletter about a study by the Center for Public Safety Management that says cities can save millions of dollars by eliminating fre-based medical frst response and he wants to pursue it. How do you, as a local EMS leader, and we, as the EMS profession, respond to inquiries like these? What public affairs strategies have we implemented to deal with the hard questions when they come? Learn from top public relations experts in EMS about how to position your agency to deal with these kinds of issues, as well as how to promote your agency's achievements in regard to excellence in patient care, community education and resource deployment. EMS faculty will be joined by members of the media who will provide their perspective on effective messaging and how to build winning relationships with the press. Attend this workshop to learn how to: interpret how national and local issues that may impact your agency; stay informed about issues impacting EMS and healthcare; create newsworthy stories for positive press coverage; develop key message points; build effective relationships with local stakeholders; conduct an interview with helpful and hostile reporters; and create a positive social media presence. Sponsored by