Off the Vine:

The Wine Country Field Care Conference for EMS Professionals

When: June 10, 2013 8am - 5pm

Where: Carole L. Ellis Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma, California

Cost: $50

CE: This activity approved for 8 hours of instructor-based EMS Continuing Education by California EMS CE Provider 49-0004 and BRN

Bonus: Lunch included!

Topics currently scheduled:

• Community Paramedicine and its implications
• Amputations and reconstructive microsurgery
• Tips in managing pediatric emergencies
• Advances in prehospital stroke care
• Bleeding-edge developments in cardiac arrest management
• Controversies in cervical spine immobilization and airway management
• State of the State - What’s happening in the California EMS System

Speakers (subject to change):

• Howard Backer MD, Director California EMS Authority
• Gregory Buncke MD, Buncke Clinic CPMC/ California Pacific Medical Center
• Kevin Collopy BA, Paramedic, Performance Improvement Coordinator, Vitalink/Airlink (NC)
• Kathie Dunn RN, MSN, CCRN, REACH Air Medical Services
• David Ghilarducci MD, Medical Director, American Medical Response
• Jay Goldman MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Hayward
• Art Hsieh MA, Paramedic, Paramedic Director, Santa Rosa Junior College
• Chris Le Baudour MA, EMT, Program Director VeriHealth Inc.
• David Page MS, Paramedic instructor Inver Hills Community College (MN)
• Scott R. Snyder BS, Paramedic, Faculty EMC Program, Santa Rosa Junior College
• Niels Tangherlini MSW, Paramedic Captain, San Francisco Fire Department