Friday, March 10, 2023 and Saturday, March 11, 2023
Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee, Iowa

Session Topics Include:

• Injuries and Illness in Production Agriculture
• Burns and Blast Injuries
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies
• EMS Response to Iowa’s Overdose Epidemic
• What’s New with Stroke and Stroke Treatment
• Even Superheroes Need Help Sometimes
• Living with Mental Illness: An Individual & Family Perspective
• Darn That SOB; Respiratory Emergencies
• Violence and the Use of Force in Medicine
• Considerations in Hospice and End of Life Care
• Sepsis is a Medical Emergency & You Play a Critical Role
• Preserving the Crime Scene & EMS in Assisting Tac Teams

Keynote Speakers:

• James Hart, MD
  Dr. James Hart is an emergency medicine and EMS physician in Illinois. He’s an attending physician at Decatur Memorial Hospital, a level II trauma center and PCI center, as well as Taylorville Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital.
• Jason Brooks
  Jason Brooks is President/CEO at DT4EMS the creator of the Escaping Violent Encounters program that is specific to healthcare and a recognized subject matter expert of violence in healthcare.
• Michael Crowe
  Mike finished his career in firefighting and EMS in 2013 after starting as an EMT-A in 1992. Mike was medically retired due to 2 specific calls he responded to.

EMS Credits applied through Western Iowa Tech Community College.
Nursing Credits applied through IBON Provider #226.
Pre-registration is required.
1.0 CEH/CE per session; full session attendance required to receive credit.