Previous Symposia
 

24th Annual Symposium--CSI: Wrangell

April 11-12, 2008

Wrangell, Alaska

 

4/11/08

 

 

Time

Prehospital

Clinical
0600 to 0700

Yoga for Heavy Lifters (Pre-registration required - not for CME)
E. Reilly, EMT-2

0800 to 0805

Welcome
SEREMS Council staff

0805 to 0830

Introduction
M. Copass, MD

0830 to 0835

Break

0835 to 0935

Thinking on your feet
E. Hale, MA

 Doing Drugs with Mike Branum
M. Branum, RN, MICP

0935 to 0950

Break

0950 to 1120

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation
R. Harruff, MD, PhD

1120 to 1320

Lunch

 

Wildlife Lunch Cruise, Stikine River Jet Boat Association

1320 to 1450

 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
R. Harruff, MD, PhD		 Stroke Care in Alaska
M. Copass, MD

1450 to 1505

Break

1505 to 1605

Essentials of Prehospital Management of TBI
M. Copass, MD

1605 to 1615

Break
1615 to 1715

State Ventilator Stockpile
S. Abbott, ANP, MSN & T. Thomas, CRT, BS

1715 to 1830

Break

1830 to late

Game Show + No Host Bar + Dinner (BBQ ribs donated by Randy Churchill, WVFD)
No Host Bar opens 1800 hrs
M. Motti et. al.

 

 

 

4/12/08

 

 

Time

Prehospital

Clinical

0600 to 0800

Medical Directors' Forum
(participants limited to past, current, and future physician medical directors)
D. McCandless, MD, et. al.

0830 to 1000

 Dr. Anthes Case Study + Continental Breakfast
(Provided by Ketchikan Fire Department)
W. Anthes, MD

1000 to 1005

Break

1005 to 1105

 The Color of Snot
BJ Coopes, MD		 Forensic Nursing - an Overview
L. Rea, RN, SANE-A

1105 to 1110

Break

1110 to 1210

 Evaluating a Gadget
M. Copass, MD		 Genetic Analysis in Forensic Investigations:  Part 1
A. Chidambaram, PhD

1210 to 1310

Lunch

Certifying Officers' Update

SE Nurses’ Case Studies with Dr. Copass

1310 to 1315

Break

1315 to 1445

 Alcohol Abuse - Caring for the Bibulous
S. Cameron, MD		 Genetic Analysis in Forensic Investigations:  Part 2
A. Chidambaram, PhD

1445 to 1500

Break

1500 to 1630

Child Abuse Case Studies
BJ Coopes, MD

1630 to 1645

Break

1645 to 1745

Closing Comments
M. Copass, MD
1900

Awards Banquet
No Host Bar opens 1830
SEREMS Council staff

 

Award Name Community
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Jon Stephen Petersburg VFD
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Petersburg Police Department Petersburg PD
Prehospital Provider of the Year Jennifer Turner, R.N. Ketchikan
Clinical Provider of the Year Mark Tuccillo, D.O. Petersburg Medical Center
EMS Service of the Year Petersburg EMS Petersburg VFD
Special Commendation Michael Motti, EMT-3 SEARHC EMS
Special Commendation Harriett Schirmer, M.D. Wrangell
Special Commendation Whale Pass EMS Whale Pass EMS

 

 

 

 

 

23rd Annual Symposium--Extremes of Age: Pediatrics & Geriatrics
March 16-17, 2007

Sitka, Alaska

 

3/16/07

 

 

Time

Prehospital

Clinical

08:00-08:10

Welcome

08:10-08:40

Introduction
Michael Copass, MD

08:40-09:40

New Burn Fluid Therapy Protocols
Nicole Gibran, MD

09:40-10:00

Break

10:00-11:00

 Pediatric Trauma
Alice "Twink" Dalton, EMT-P, RN		 Pediatric Cerebral Resuscitation
BJ Coopes, MD

11:00-11:20

Break

11:20-12:20

Polypharmacy
Michael Branum,  MICP, RN

Pediatric Cardiac Diseases
BJ Coopes, MD

12:20-14:20

Lunch

 

Wildlife Lunch Cruise**

14:20-15:50

Instructor Session:  Tips & Tricks with Dalton, Edgerly, O'Brien
General Session:  Pediatric Case Studies with BJ Coopes, MD

15:50-16:10

Break

16:10-18:00

Child Abuse & the Prehospital Provider
BJ Coopes, MD

Internet Crimes Against Children
Detective Vandegriff

 

 

 

3/17/07

 

 

Time

Prehospital

Clinical

07:00-09:00

Medical Directors' Forum
(participants limited to past, current, and future physician medical directors)
Dave McCandless, MD, et. al.

08:00-09:30

Alcohol & the Older Patient
Dennis Edgerly, NREMT-P

Delirium & Dementia
Michi Yukawa, MD

09:30-09:50

Break

09:50-10:50

Case Studies
 Michael Copass, MD

10:50-11:10

Break

11:10-12:10

Growing Old is Not a Disease
Dennis Edgerly, NREMT-P

 Geriatric Emergencies
Michi Yukawa, MD

12:10-13:40

Lunch, Instructor Session with Michael Branum

 

Lunch, Web-based Data Collection for Alaska (rescue captains, physicians, hospital administrators, healthcare providers) with Doreen Risley

 

Lunch, SE Nurses’ Case Studies with Dr. Copass

13:40-15:10

Case Studies in Geriatric Trauma
Alice “Twink” Dalton, EMT-P, RN

15:10-15:20

Break

15:20-16:20

Closing Comments
Michael Copass, MD

 

Award Name Community
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Gertrude "Trudy" Johnson Wrangell
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Wally D'Brocta Tempsco, Juneau
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Sharon Hillis Whale Pass EMS
Prehospital Provider of the Year Randy Churchill Wrangell VFD
Clinical Provider of the Year Nathan Peimann, MD Bartlett Regional Hospital
EMS Service of the Year CCF/R Air Medevac Juneau

 

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