North Dakota Emergency Medical Services Association
North Dakota EMS Association Annual Conference
Thursday - April 8, 2021 Online Virtual
6:00pm-10:00pm – Instructor Coordinator Refresher Course – (ND EMS Educators) (No CEU’s)
Friday - April 9, 2021 Online Virtual
8:30am – 9:40am Opening General Session “Changing Our Culture One Ambulance at a Time” – Dan Batsie (1.25 LCCR)
9:40am – 10:00am Break
10:00am – 11:00am – Sessions (1 hour)
Bleeding Control Made Easy: Tourniquets, Pressure Points and Wound Packing |
Out of the Norm…Not So Common Pediatric Emergencies |
Jason Dush |
Jeremy Thomasson |
NCCR |
NCCR |
Hemorrhage Control |
Pediatric Transport |
11:00am – 11:15am Break
11:15am – 12:15pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Ow Ow Ow That’s Going to Leave a Mark! |
Are You Ready for This? |
Jules Scadden |
Chris Dick |
NCCR |
NCCR |
CNS Injury and Hemorrhage Control |
Culture of Safety and Ambulance Safety |
12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Sessions (1 hour)
You and Me and Baby Makes Three…A Look at High Risk Obstetrics |
Stroke Recognition and Severity Tools |
Jeremy Thomasson |
Sue Johnson |
NCCR |
NCCR |
OB Emergencies |
Stroke |
2:00pm – 2:15pm Break
2:15pm – 3:15pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Critical Anaphylaxis |
Special Healthcare: Diseases. Managing Special Needs Patients in Your Community |
Dan Batsie |
Jason Dush |
NCCR |
NCCR |
Immunological |
Special Health Needs |
3:30pm – 4:00pm BONUS Session – “Ventricular Assist Devices” (0.5 NCCR VAD)
Saturday - April 10, 2021 Online Virtual
7:45am – 8:30am BONUS Session – “EMS Provider Hygiene, Safety & Vaccinations” (0.5 NCCR Provider Hygiene & Safety)
8:30am – 9:30am – Sessions (1 hour)
Crew Resource Management: Let’s Talk! |
Total Chaos: Behavioral Emergencies |
Jeremy Thomasson |
Jules Scadden |
NCCR |
NCCR |
Crew Resource Management |
Psychiatric Emergencies |
9:30am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:45am – Sessions (1 hour)
Research and Evidence Based Guidelines |
I Think I’m Going to Throw Up: Management of the Nausea and Vomiting Patient |
Corey Johnson |
Dan Batsie |
NCCR |
General Audience |
EMS Research and Evidence Base Guidelines |
LCCR |
10:45am – 11:00am Break
11:00am – 12:00pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Pain Management 101: What am I Treating and Why? |
Closet Monsters: Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy |
Jeremy Thomasson |
Jules Scadden |
NCCR |
General Audience |
Pain Management |
LCCR |
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Special Healthcare Needs: Devices. Managing the Special Needs Patient in Your Community |
In the Eyes of the Aged: Geriatric Emergencies |
Jason Dush |
Jules Scadden |
NCCR |
General Audience |
Special Health Needs |
LCCR |
2:00pm – 2:15pm Break
2:15pm – 3:30pm – Saturday Closing Session “Rush Hour: Human Trafficking” – Jason Dush (1.25 NCCR At-Risk Populations)
3:30pm – North Dakota EMS Association Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday - April 11, 2021 Online Virtual
8:30am – 9:30am – Sessions (1 hour)
Managing Endocrine Emergencies as an EMT |
When I Don’t Have Siri, Alexa, or Google: BLS Critical Care Assessment |
Dan Batsie |
Jason Dush |
NCCR |
General Audience |
Endocrine |
LCCR |
9:30am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:45am – Sessions (1 hour)
Field Triage and Trauma Triage |
The Weight of Life: Bariatrics |
Howard Walth |
Jules Scadden |
NCCR |
General Audience |
Field Triage/Trauma Triage |
LCCR |
10:45am – 11:00am Break
11:00am – 12:00pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Toxicology and the EMT: What Every EMT Should Know about Toxicological Emergencies |
Where There’s a Will There’s a Wave: ETCO2 Basics |
Dan Batsie |
Jeremy Thomasson |
NCCR |
ALS NCCR |
Toxicological |
Capnography |
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Break
12:15pm – 12:45pm BONUS Session – “ROSC” (Tom Dobrzynski) (0.5 NCCR Post Resuscitation)
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Sessions (1 hour)
Humpty Dumpty Did What? Trauma Case Studies |
The Well Being of the EMT (LOL) Revisited |
Jason Dush |
Jeremy Thomasson |
NCCR |
General Audience |
CNS Injury |
LCCR |
2:00pm – 2:15pm Break
2:15pm – 3:30pm – Conference Closing General Session “Stress and PACT: A Panel Discussion” – Ron Lawler (1.25 LCCR)
Thank you for attending the 45th Annual North Dakota EMS Association Conference – Virtual Edition!