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Schedule

Focus EMS will be held at the Portsmouth Harbor Inn & Events Center located at 100 Deer Street at Portwalk Place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The conference is scheduled for the weekend of November 19 and 20, 2011. Click the links below to learn more about each session and presenter.

If you are planning on taking the Focus EMS conference as an RTP course click here to learn more.

Focus EMS 2011 Schedule
Day 1: Saturday, November 19, 2011
  School Nurse Pediatrics Cardiac Care General Track Practical
9:00-
9:15
Opening and Welcome
9:15-
10:45
Keynote Address: Pediatric Cardiology Emergencies: EMS Can Make a Difference
Dr. Aisha Frazier
11:00-
12:30
Put Your Skills to the Test: Practical First Aid
Sean Madden
The ABC's and 123's of Pediatric Trauma
Heidi Almodovar
Thoracic Trauma
Anthony Pellegrino
Better Cardiac Arrest Management
Jim Suozzi
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin
12:30-
1:45
Pediatric Poisonings
Karen Simone
Cardiac Case Studies
David Hirsch
EMS Delivery in Bush Alaska
Matthew Greenberg
1:45-
3:15
Fighting Childhood Obesity in Schools
Kim Truesdale
Just Breathe
Carrie Patel
Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain, a Cardiologist's Approach
Todd Perlstein
Transporting Non Critical Pediatric Patients
Cindy Tuttle & Vincent Curro
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin
3:30-
5:00
The Signs of Child Abuse
Wendy Gladstone

Pediatric Arrhythmias
Aisha Frazier

2012: Are You Ready?
TBA
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin
5:15-
6:45
AHA Instructor Course (Additional Fee) Infectious Diseases in Children
Matthew Greenberg
Congestive Heart Failure
Portsmouth Hospital
Developing EMS Training Programs
Chris Lemelin
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin

 

Focus EMS 2011 Schedule
Day 2: Sunday, November 20, 2011
  Pediatrics Cardiac Care General Track Practical
9:00-
9:15
Opening and Welcome
9:15-
10:45
Keynote Address: Tomorrow's Strategies Today
Dr. John Freese
11:00-
12:30
Sepsis in Kids
Gitte Larsen & Nancy Mecham
Pediatric Resuscitation
John Freese
Burns in the Pre-hospital Setting
Shawn Fagan
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin
12:30-
1:45
Making Your Community Safe
Bill Wood
Meet and Greet Fellow EMS Providers
(No CEUs)
How to Respond to a Natural Disaster
NH-1 DMAT
1:45-
3:15
Congential Emergencies
Joan Stoler
Ventricular Assist Devies (VADs)
Colleen Smith & Leslie Griffin
NH Marine Patrol
Tim Dunleavy
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin
3:30-
5:00
SIDS
Thomas Andrew
Diabetic Cardiac Emergenies
M.K. Lockwood
Cyanide Poisoning
Chuck Hemeon
Simulation Session: PediaSim
Hildi Orkin


Focus EMS 2011 has been approved for Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont CEUs. To learn about continuing education and Focus EMS click here.