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ALLEN C. WOLFE JR.,RN,MSN,CFRN,CCRN,CMTE
ASTNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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• Describe the proper method for creating
behavioral objectives
• Name the AMTC education committee
participating organizations
• List key components for developing an effective
abstract
Air Medical Transport
Conference (AMTC)
Education Subcommittee 2013
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Chair, AMTC Education Subcommittee
Richard Childress
CO-CHAIR = IAFP Representative
Clayton Hummer
Comm Specialist Representative
Steven Neher
ASTNA Representative
Ron Fergie
NEMSPA Representative
Susan Horne
AARC Liaison
Doug Swanson
AMPA Representative
Gregg Taggard
NAACS Representative
Allen Wolfe, Jr.
AAMS Representative
Natasha J. Ross nross@aams.org
AAMS Staff Liaison
Sandy Correia
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submitting.
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A GREAT TITLED PRESENTATION
CLEARLY DEFINES WHAT YOU WILL HEAR
 Crash, Bang, Boom: Making Sense of Mechanism of
Injury
 Facial Trauma: Not so Pretty
 Transfusion Related Lung Injury
 Water Intoxication: Too Much of a Good Thing
A GREAT TITLED PRESENTATION
CLEARLY DEFINES WHAT YOU WILL HEAR
 How to Develop Evidence Base Practice
Protocols
 Numbness, Tingling and Paralysis: Spinal Cord
Injuries made Simple
 The Triangle of Death: Hypothermia, Acidosis
and Coagulopathy
 The Unwelcome Family Reunion: Hypothermia,
Acidosis and Coagulopathy
 Neck Trauma: Small Area, Great Importance
A GREAT TITLED PRESENTATION
CLEARLY DEFINES WHAT YOU WILL HEAR
• Ambulatory Cardiac Assist Devices: 10 Tidbits
for a Successful Transport
• When VADS, Go Bad, Lessons Learned: Case
Studies
• The Pentagon Attack: A Clinical Review
• Management of the Burn Patient in a Non-Burn
Hospital
• Trauma: Why We Do What We Do
A GREAT TITLED PRESENTATION
CLEARLY DEFINES WHAT YOU WILL HEAR
• Teaching Medicine without Patients: Are
We There Yet?
• The Bizarre and Unusual: Trauma Case
Studies
• Staying Current with High Voltage Injuries
• Caring for Co-Workers
BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES
• Cognitive: mental skills (Knowledge)
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name, order, recognize, relate, recall, repeat,
reproduce state
classify, describe, discuss, explain, express,
identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate,
review, select, translate.
ABSTRACT
• The abstract clearly defines what your
topic will be about.
• Clear, thoughtful and concise
The Triangle of Death: Hypothermia,
Acidosis and Coagulopathy
The lethal combination of hypothermia, acidosis and coagulopathy,
known as the triangle of death, poses a potential threat to every trauma
patient. Hypothermia, which is more prevalent in the severely injured
patient, is associated with increased mortality. With the increase in
oxygen consumption associated with hypoperfusion related to shock,
acidosis develops, as the oxygen supply becomes inadequate to meet
the tissue oxygen demand. Treatment for acidosis should focus on the
correction of hypoperfusion and hypothermia. The relationship between
hypothermia, the degree of shock (acidosis) and to the development of
coagulopathy produces increases the mortality by 90%. This lecture will
explain the interesting interrelationship between these conditions and
the treatment options.
Making Advanced
Hemodynamics Simple
• With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the
dependency on medical personnel to perform waveform analysis
and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. The current
hemodynamic systems are very good at measuring waveforms and
calculating the various formulas used in the critical care areas.
However, whether perceived or not, there is a genuine need for staff
to continue, in this day and age, to understand, identify and assist in
diagnosing various disease processes. While computers are good,
they will only do what they are commanded and do not look at the
“whole” picture. This lecture will start with the basics and end with
advanced hemodynamics for complex medical conditions as well as
IABP and cardiac assist devices commonly seen by prehospital
personnel.
VADS here, VADS there: Ambulatory
Ventricular Assist Devices Everywhere
Evolving cardiac technology and severe shortages of donor
hearts for increasing numbers of transplant candidates have
produced a once never thought of reality: the patient on a portable
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) which allows the patient to be
ambulatory and discharged home. As Emergency Management
Service Communities around the country become inundated with
these patients, they are often unaware that the VAD-supported
patients even exist in their area until a tragic accident or
mechanical failure brings them face to face with one. This lecture
examines the details necessary for care and transport for prehospital and emergency room personnel, development of a
successful training program and Ten Questions you should ask
before transporting or caring for the most common types of
ambulatory VADs.
The Most Bizarre and Unusual Trauma Case
Studies in Emergency Medicine 2012
Trauma continues to occur in epidemic proportions in our society
today; however, this is not a new phenomenon. Trauma injury has
been recognized as a part of human experience since early civilization.
As the world’s population increases so does the incidence of those rare
and bizarre cases which present a unique challenge to the healthcare
team as life-threatening injuries must be rapidly identified and treated.
When seconds count mental preparation and rehearsal can make the
difference but if they are rare in occurrence how can we prepare? A
review and analysis of a variety of situations with the use of a case
study approach will provide insight and learning points to the critical
care, emergency and transport nurse of patient management of
unusual trauma cases.
Outline
• The outline should clearly show how your
presentation will flow.
• It will give the reader an indicator of the
content and timeframe of your lecture.
• It should start with Roman Number I, II, III
etc.
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