RWJUH EMS & Trauma Education -- EMS Week

EMS Education

National Emergency Medical Services Week
May 16-22, 2010

Special EMS Week Offerings:
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Information on National Emergency Medical Services Week is available from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
These sessions are offered to EMS providers free of charge as noted, but preregistration is required by e-mail to ems@rwjuh.edu or telephone to 732-937-8686 during business hours. All sessions will be held on the New Brunswick campus; room specifics will be shared with registrants.
- Friday, May 14;Saturday, May 15; and Sunday, May 16
  - PreHospital Trauma Life Support (16.0 elective CEUs)at the discounted rate of $75.00
- Monday, May 17, 6:00 p.m., Dinner with FREE CEUs:
  - EMS Week Dinner with special introductions from Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P and Vicente Gracias, MD
  - 2.0 elective CEU: Geriatric care (LMS listing) presented by Daniel Frazier, NREMT-P
- Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., FREE CEUs (1.0 elective CEU each):
  - 7:30-8:30 p.m.: Contemporary Prehospital Management of Acute MI and Acute Coronary Syndromes (LMS listing) by Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P
  - 8:30-9:30 p.m.: The Ice Man Cometh to Post-Resuscitation (Therapeutic Hypothermia) (LMS listing) by Bryan Fischberg, NREMT-P
  - 9:30-10:30 p.m.: Iron Man (Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Assist Devices) (LMS listing) by Raymond Bennett, RN, BSN, CEN, NREMT-P
- Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m., FREE CEUs (1.5 elective CEU each):
  - 7:30-9:00 p.m.: Altered Mental Status (LMS listing) by David Lehrfield, MD
  - 9:00-10:30- p.m.: Ischemic Stroke Beyond 3 Hours (LMS listing) by Bryan Fischberg, NREMT-P and James McKinney, MD
- Thursday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., FREE CEUs (3.0 elective CEU):
  - 7:30-10:30 p.m.: NJ Transit Rail Safety--Safe Operations for EMS by Timothy Meade, Senior Training Specialist, NJ Transit
- Friday, May 21
- Saturday, May 22