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33rd Annual ClinCon 2008

    

 

 


 ClinCon 2008
 July 10-13, 2008
 Orlando, FL
 
The Rosen Centre Hotel
 


Overview
ClinCon 2008 is designed to create an educational experience that will help EMS Personnel provide the highest quality prehospital care to their patients. The
time has come for practical, research based clinical
street medicine to be practiced by every prehospital
care provider.

Who Should Attend
Paramedics, EMT's Firefighters, EMS/Fire Administrators, EMS Medical Directors, EMS Educators, Emergency Physicians, Emergency Physician Assistants, Emergency Nurses, First Responders and other Allied Health Professionals interested in learning practical, research based clinical street medicine.

When
July 2008
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Where
The Rosen Centre Hotel
9840 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
800-800-9840

Program Objectives
1. Explain the “Pit-Crew” concept for responding to cardiac arrest resuscitations.
2. Discuss the concepts of endpoints in resuscitation efforts.
3. Discuss the concepts of basic 12 lead EKG interpretations.
4. Explain the differences between adult, pediatric and traumatic arrests.
5. Explain the pathophysiology behind post resuscitation cooling.
6. Discuss the use of cooling measures for the post resuscitation patient.
7. Discuss post resuscitation cooling from the pre-hospital perspective.
8. Discuss post resuscitation cooling from the Emergency Department perspective.
9. Explain the simples rules used for trauma assessment.
10. Discuss the prehospital assessment and management for thermal burns.
11. Discuss the errors and pitfalls that are common in trauma incidents.
12. Discuss the prehospital assessment of a patient experiencing a stroke.
13. Discuss the treatment options for stroke patients that are outside the 3 hour
      window.
14. Discuss the stroke rapid assessment process.
15. Discuss the effects that frequency of performance and patient characteristics
      have on successful endotracheal intubations.
16. Discuss the concept of quality as it relates to prehospital care.
17. Discuss the “dirty little secrets” of EMS.
18. Discuss the simplistic method for reading X-rays in the critical care setting.
19. Discuss the process for interpreting ABG’s and the value of this skill in the
      critical care setting.
20. Discus the process used to perform a critical care assessment.
21. Discuss the concept of “special operations” medics.
22. Discuss the basic concepts of street survival for EMS personnel.
23. Discuss the prehospital assessment and management for near drowning
      patients.
24. Discuss the prehospital assessment and management for abdominal
      emergencies.
25. Explain the ten commandments of airway management for the prehospital
      setting.
26. Discuss the risks associated with being an EMS provider.
27. Discuss the concept of evidence-based triage.

Presented by
Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center

ClinCon Sponsors

 

State EMS Awards Sponsors
American Ambulance
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Florida Association of EMS Medical Directors
Florida Association of Rural EMS Providers, Inc.
Lake Sumter EMS


Attendee Information

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Fees

Brochure  810Kb...

Conference Registration Form  400Kb...

Exhibitor Information

Exhibitor and Sponsor Prospectus  412Kb

Current Exhibit Hall Layout  260Kb

Exhibitor Kit  381Kb...

Cancellation Policy
It is the policy of the Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation to give a refund only if the request is made in writing to the conference registrar 2 (two) weeks prior to the conference. For all cancellations an administrative fee of $75.00 will be retained.

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