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EMS
& Trauma Education
14th
Robert Carell Trauma Symposium
EMS in a Crazy World
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School
675 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ
Saturday, October 28, 2000
presented by
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School
Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical
Care
and
Department of EMS & Trauma
Education
Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital
This program has been approved for 6.0 elective EMT CEUs by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Emergency Medical Services. NJ MICU personnel will be awarded credit as determined by their program's Clinical Coordinator/EMS Educator.
$35.00 covers registration, materials, parking, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments.
Janemary Lutz, NREMT-P
Michael Panté, NREMT-P
Bryan Fischberg, NREMT-PEMS Educators
Department of EMS & Trauma Education
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Jeffrey Hammond, MD, MPH
Chief, Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Professor of Surgery
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
They are not always what they appear to be! They present like normal crime scenes, but may harbor increased threats to those who respond. What are the clues? Are there obvious signs? First Responders must be increasingly vigilant, exercising due caution when responding to "atypical" crime scenes -- bombings, domestic violence, homicides -- as subtle, yet real, threats exists.Det. Sgt. Forsthoff is the Director of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Forensic Laboratory, located in Jersey City. His staff of scientists and evidence handlers analyze all seized suspected drugs within the county. In addition to his laboratory duties, he coordinates and participates in homicide and other major crime scene investigations. As a homicide investigator, he is responsible for all facets of homicide investigations. To date he has been involved in over 350 homicide, suicide and suspicious death investigations.
What are some of the subtle verbal and non-verbal (voice, facial expressions, body language) clues that tell the responders at a scene that the behavior of a patient, bystander, family member or friend is about to pose a threat? What are some of the environmental clues that will increase the responders' awareness of threatening behavior and how to use the findings to help prevent an incident of violence from occurring? Cases studies and dramatic audio recordings of actual 911 calls are used to heighten responders' recognition of subtle signs of threatening behavioral changes and offer techniques on using a proactive approach to preventing a behavioral emergency.Dr. Bagwell is a retired Firefighter Paramedic, serving 20 years with the Aurora, Colorado Fire Department. He worked closely with the CISD Team in Denver and has spoken nationally about perception of threat, de-escalation of force, and workplace violence. He currently serves as an emergency psychiatric screener in NJ and as a psychologist in the NY area.
The potentially violent patient is one of the most difficult of all behavioral emergencies for EMS responders. There are situations where EMS must begin patient care before police backup arrives. An emotionally disturbed patient, speaking incoherently as she paces frantically in the living room; a person standing on the roof, threatening to jump; a college student with a bizarre affect who refuses to let you enter his dorm room where 2 students are reportedly passed out in the bathroom -- what should the EMS responders say/not say, do/not do to prevent the situation from escalating? Scenarios and discussions focus on the safe approach to an agitated patient, patient assessment from a distance or across a barrier, and how to handle a scene that quickly changes from calm to volatile.Mr. Bushing is an decorated NYC Police Officer, assigned to the Emergency Services Unit of the New York City Police Department. He also holds NY State Paramedic and Firefighter certifications. He has extensive training and experience in his very broad range of duties -- medical, trauma, psychological, rescue, extrication, SWAT, Presidential and dignitary protection -- performed in an equally broad range of environments.
An introduction to understanding occult violence with an emphasis on symptoms specific to ritual abuse victims and crime scene identification. Topics include indicators of the occult, such as signs and symbols (found at crime scenes and on victims), ritual ground markings, trail markers, alphabets, and clues unique to black magic, and cult homicides. A brief overview of Satanism, Santeria, Voodoo, Palo Mayombe, Witchcraft, Vampire culture, and the Goth Movement will be discussed. Slides and video inclusive of crime scene footage, and autopsy photographs will accompany the lecture.Dr. Perlmutter is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in ethics, aesthetics, cultural studies, contemporary moral issues and cults, and religion and violence. Her research, which has been presented at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally, entails philosophical theory of violence based on patterns of culture. Dr. Perlmutter regularly lectures and consults on the topic of occult/cult crime to law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.
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