West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services

2009 Conference Topics

Posted: Sunday, August 09, 2009 1:34 PM

We've posted a draft of the Attendee Registration Package for this year's conference.

Our pre-conference all-day education tracks include:

• Pediatric Potpourri: Not Just the ABCs
• Advanced Stroke Life Support (Provider and Train-the-Trainer)

Topics for the General Conference:

• Clinical Decision Making: Getting it Right Under Pressure
• Advanced Directives, POST, and MPOA
• Leadership to Infinity and Beyond: An Effective Communication Approach
• The EMS Expert Witness: Becoming Part of the Legal Team
• When Hospice and EMS Meet
• Diminished Capacity
• Mentoring the New EMS Provider: Preparing the Field Teacher
• Pitfalls of FMLS
• Field Assessment and Recognition of Priority 1 and Priority 2 Trauma
• The EMS Journey: Lessons Learned From the Street
• Effective Management During Tough Times
• Elements of an Effective Quality Assurance Program: The Two Sides of the QA Coin
• WV Stroke Initiative
• Audits, Program Safeguard Contractors and Medicare Compliance
• Preparing for and Responding to Aviation Disasters

Download the Attendee Registration Package or head over to the EMS Conference page for more information.