My Weekend at the NCEMSF Confrence

I had the honor to spend this last weekend in Boston, at the 21st Annual National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference. NCEMSF is a great organization, and every year they host an inexpensive national conference in an East Coast city. I’ve attended the last 4, the last 3 years I’ve presented a topic. This year was the largest turnout ever, with over 1100 attendees, and 100+ presentations.

This year, I had several friends and acquaintances that were also presenting. I got to meet several people I’d only met online, as well as catch up with some old friends I only ever see at this sort of event.

My favorite presentation to see was presented by my friend, Scott Kier (@MedicSBK) of EMS In The New Decade. Link Here to his take on the conference.

I myself presented Friday Night (first session), doing a tounge-in-cheek review of recent research to a well-attended session. My session was titled: “Why’d the Medic Do That? A Paragod Explains”. The title is a bit of personal humor - those that know me, know that I’m NOT a “Paragod.” My title stems from working with partners who aren’t as up to date with the latest research, leaving me to occasionally mystify them on a call when I do something crazy, like say “the patient does not need supplemental oxygen” or “we don’t need a backboard.” Some of what I do is heresy to those who haven’t cracked a book since EMT school.

What I found amazing is that there was a full-length session dedicated to EVERY. SINGLE. POINT. I'd covered... Not to brag, but I summed up most of those sessions in about 10 minutes.

Anyway - I promised I’d post my source links for those who attended my session - Here they are. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog.

• Scene Safety:
• http://www.naemt.org/Libraries/Health%20and%20Safety%20Documents/EMS_28_BestPractice0513.sflb
• http://dt4ems.com/?p=1368
• http://dt4ems.com/?p=1435
• More Info:
• http://dt4ems.com/
• Cardiac Arrest Management
• AHA/ECC 2010 Guidelines: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/122/18_suppl_3.toc
• Lights & Sirens / Vehicle Safety:
• http://www.objectivesafety.net/RochesterNewsletter%20July%206.pdf
• http://www.emergencydispatch.org/articles/lightssirenliability1.htm
• http://www.emergencydispatch.org/articles/ambulancetransporttime1.htm
• http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo42566.pdf
• http://www.bryanbledsoe.com/data/pdf/mags/Myth4.pdf
• More Info
• http://www.objectivesafety.net/gallery.htm
• Backboards:
• http://www.jems.com/article/patient-care/research-suggests-time-change-prehospita
• http://www.emsworld.com/article/10813735/evidence-against-routine-spinal-immobilization
• http://www.naemsp.org/Documents/Position%20Papers/POSITION%20IndicationsforSpinalImmobilization.pdf
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2691505/
• http://www.jems.com/article/patient-care/how-lee-county-fla-ems-implemented-new-p
• More Info @ RougeMedic:
• http://roguemedic.com/2013/08/where-is-the-evidence-for-spinal-immobilization/
• Oxygen:
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941910/
• And refer to the 2010 ECC Guidelines as well