44TH ANNUALNOVEMBER 11-14, 2020

SNEAKPREVIEWTHE “SUMMIT”IN PROVO EMSCONFERENCE

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DAVID PAGE

MS, NRP, PhD(c)

Mr. Page is the director of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA and active field paramedic with Allina Health EMS in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.

He serves as the current and founding chair of the International Paramedic Registry assessment and credentialing board. He has over 34 years of continuous EMS street experience.Mr. Page holds a Master of Science degree in education from Minnesota State University. He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer and PhD candidate at Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia. He helped create, coordinate, and teach the Inver Hills Community College’s paramedic degree program for 24 years. Mr. Page is international affiliate faculty and a member of education committee for the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT). He is a site visitor for the Committee on Accreditation of EMS Programs, and senior facilitator for the NAEMSE and CoAEMSP evaluation workshop, and NREMT Scenario Development workshop.Mr. Page is an award winning national and international speaker. He was awarded the NAEMT President’s award in 2017, the prestigious Pinnacle National Leadership Award in 2016, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities “Educator of the Year” award in 2011. He was also recognized as one of the 2012 EMS 10 Innovators for his role in creating the Saint Paul Fire Department’s EMS academy and Freedom House BLS unit, a project focused on helping low-income inner-city youth succeed.A native of Mexico, Mr. Page continues to be involved in the development of EMS internationally. Current projects include work in 21 countries including Australia, Philippines, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, and others. He is co-creator of FISDAP, an international web-based EMS tracking, research and testing project.Mr. Page is the editor-in-chief of the Spanish edition of EMS World.

+ KEYNOTE BLINK! What Your Gut Knows Before Your Mind Can Catch Up+ Cardiac arrest? You need a plunger and a Pit Crew?+ No-loads: Coerced or true patient refusal? KEYNOTE+ The booze challenge: EMS assessment of ETOH impaired patients+ I… c..a..n..’t... c..a..t..c..h... m..y... b..r..e..a..t..h…

CHRISTOPHER EBRIGHT

The Whiteboard WizardB.Ed., NRP

Chris Ebright is an Education Specialist with ProMedica Air and Mobile in Toledo, Ohio, managing all aspects of continuing EMS education for numerous EMS

systems in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. He has been a Nationally Registered paramedic for 25 years, providing primary EMS response along with land and air critical care transportation. Chris has educated hundreds of first responders, EMT’s, paramedics, and nurses for 24 years with his trademark whiteboard artistry sessions. His former graduates include natives from the Cayman Islands and Australia. Chris’ passion for education is currently featured as a monthly article contributor, published on the Limmer Education website. He has been a featured presenter at numerous local, state and national EMS conferences over the past 13 years, and enjoys travelling annually throughout the United States meeting EMS professionals from all walks of life. Chris is a self-proclaimed sports, movie and rollercoaster junkie and holds Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.

+ Until All the Pieces Fit+ Thwacks, Whacks, Cracks and Smacks+ The Wolves in Sheep Clothing+ Stretched, Stabbed and Strangled – Traumatic Neck Injuries+ Russian Roulette – The American Way+ Shaken, Not Stirred

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KEN BOUVIERParamedicProfessional SpeakerNew Orleans EMSDeputy Chief (Retired)

Chief Ken Bouvier is a Nationally Registered Paramedic, known nationally and internationally as a professional EMS speaker. He began his Fire & EMS career as a volunteer firefighter. He was hired by Monsanto in 1975 where he served as a career industrial firefighter until 1982 when he was promoted to Fire Chief & Gobal Hazardous Materials Team Leader until he retired in 2012 after serving 37 years.While working at Monsanto, coincidly he worked part-time for New Orleans EMS as an EMT / Paramedic. In 2012 he began working full-time at New Orleans EMS as the Deputy Chief of Operations where he served until he retired in March of 2019.Chief Bouvier while working at New Orleans EMS served as the commander of most New Orleans major events including Mardi Gras, Super Bowls 2002 & 2010 and was responsible for Commanding both New Orleans & Mutual Aid Ambulances after Hurricane Katrina.Chief Bouvier is the recipient of the 1989 NAEMT National EMT of the Year Award, the 2008 Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award and 2019 Louisiana Bureau of EMS Lifetime Achievement Award.Chief Bouvier served as President of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians from 2004 - 2006. He is a Life Member of the Westwego Fire Department, Louisiana Firemens Association, NAEMT and is an Honorary Member of the Arkansas & Delaware EMT Associations.Chief Bouvier has an extensive educational background in both Fire and EMS and has made written contributions in 14 EMS textbooks. He presently serves on the EMS World Editorial Advisory Board since 1998.Today, Chief Bouvier continues to serve both Fire & EMS as a professional speaker & educator with 45+ years of experience and currently serves as the Hazardous Materials & Medical Officer for the Westwego Volunteer Fire Department.

+ KEYNOTE Motor Vehicle Collisions “On the Highway & Back Roads”+ EVENING PRECON Incident Command for EMS / Organizing CHAOS+ Treating Firefighter Injuries+ Bicycles, Bats, Balls & Trauma Calls - “Kids with Sports Injuries”+ Heroin “An American Epidemic”+ Hot Car Deaths+ Basic Understanding of Diabetes+ Homeless, Panhandlers and Transients

JUAN CORDONA

FF/EMT-P, FP-C, TEMS

Juan Cordona is a 23 year veteran of the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department. He is the current Division Chief in charge of Emergency Medical Services (EMS),

Infection Control Officer and in charge of the fire department’s community health initiatives. Chief Cardona has a Bachelors’ degree in Professional Management from Nova South Eastern University and a Masters’ degree in Public Administration from Barry University. He holds the Chief EMS Officer designation by the Center for Public Safety Excellence and a State of Florida Fire Service Instructor 3 Certification. Chief Cardona is a well-known international speaker and presenter who travels regularly and collaborates to improve fire and EMS in several Latin American countries and around the world. To contact Division Chief of EMS.

+ KEYNOTE Response to the Parkland Florida Shooting+ Handtevy Pediatric Management System+ What’s New in Prehospital Management of Trauma Patients+ The Role of the Dispatcher in Screening Suspected COVID-19 Patients+ EMS in Florida – Update + South Florida Response to COVID-19

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LEE TROTTERD.O.Director of TraumaTimpanogos Regional Hospital

Dr. Lee Trotter was born and raised in Long Beach, California. Lee is married and a father of 5 children and is a grandfather to six grandchildren. Dr. Trotter is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of South Dakota, Physician with Utah Surgical Associates, and pediatric surgery/trauma physician for Mountain Star Health. His years of experience include advanced laparoscopy, adult trauma, and surgery level 1, endoscopy, and plastic surgery. He recently worked at a level 1 pediatric trauma facility in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr.

Trotter is heavily involved in surgical nutrition and developing surgical instruments. He enjoys family adventures, church activities, and aviation (multi-engine commercial pilot).

+ Injury Recognition – Stratifying the Injuries in Trauma

STEVE BERRY

BA, NRP

Steve has been in EMS these past 36 years and is currently a working paramedic and instructor for Southwest Teller County EMS in Colorado. Believing humor is an essential amino acid in surviving pre-hospital care, Steve has written over

300 humor articles for both JEMS and EMS World magazines and has drawn over 2,000 cartoons illustrating the humorous side of EMS. As both a national and international speaker for emergency health care providers Steve seeks world peace and frequent flyer mileage.

+ KEYNOTE Finding Humor in the Crazy World of EMS: Welcome to the Dark Side

+ Service with a Smile—Dealing with the hostile patient+ Mama, Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up To Be Ambulance Drivers+ Prevailing Positives, Prevailing Negatives – Pass It On

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CHRIS BURK

MPA, NRP, FPCT

Chris has a passion for our craft and loves learning and mentoring all things FIRE, RESCUE & EMS. He has been in uniform for 22 years; first in service to our country

and now as a Fire / Medic / HRT member. As a proud combat veteran and adjunct with the Utah Fire Rescue Academy, Chris has a long history of mentoring ‐ teaching everything from FF 1 and FF 2 (PPE, ropes and knots, fire attack, extrication), heliborne rappel, marksmanship, martial arts, pharmacology, trauma, physiology, to mass casualty incident (MCI) response, cardiology, football and volleyball. He is a proud member of the Honor Guard and is passionate about veterans advocacy, first responder mental fitness and partnering with other groups and leveraging technology (CMEs, Push To Survive, UtahRA) to make our craft the best it can be. He holds Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, a master’s degree in public administration (MPA) and a bachelor’s degree in emergency management. Chris loves military history and is a student of Critical Care medicine, leadership, flight and the modern fire environment.

+ PRECON Utah Resuscitation Academy – Science x Educational Excellence x Local Implementation = Survival

+ Master of EKG! Six Steps to Interpretation of EVERY Cardiac Rhythm+ Power of Resuscitation+ ECG+ Frontline Leadership – Applying USMC Traits to Modern EMS

JASON DUSH

FF/EMT-P, FP-C, TEMSt

+ PRECON The Not So Obvious Cases – Triaging Trauma+ BLS Understanding of the Trauma Triad of Death+ K9 Medicine for EMS+ Bleeding Control Made Easy: Tourniquets, Pressure Points and Wound

Packing+ When I Don’t Have Siri, Alexa or Google: BLS Critical Care Assessment+ Humpty Dumpty Did What??? Trauma Case Studies

Jason serves as the EMS Manager for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Office of the Chief of Staff. Prior to working for DPS, he was the Chief Operating Officer for MedicOne Medical Response, which is a national ambulance transport company where he was previously the National Vice President of Clinical Services. He previously worked as full-time Firefighter Paramedic for the Arlington Fire Department for 10 years where he also served as the EMS Clinical Coordinator for three years. Jason’s resume includes 22 years of paid EMS/Fire with two different large metropolitan departments and 13 years as a Critical Care flight paramedic. Jason has been an active commissioned police officer and Tactical Paramedic since 1997, currently commissioned as a sheriff deputy in Williamson County, TX. Jason is passionate about EMS education and is a known speaker locally and nationally over the last 14 years for bringing a sense of humor, passion, energy, leadership, and practical experience to his audience.

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MICHAEL KADUCEMPS, NRPEMT Program Director UCLA Center for Prehospital Care

Michael Kaduce is the EMT Program Director at the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care. Michael began his EMS career in Iowa where he received his EMT certificate

from Mercy College of Health Sciences in 2006 and worked as a Patient Care Technician at St. Luke’s Hospital while obtaining his Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Mount Mercy University. Michael completed his paramedic course work at Mercy College of Health Sciences and worked for the Urbandale Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic for four years. He was then the EMT and Paramedic coordinator for 2 years at the University of Iowa. Michael graduated from Pennsylvania State University where he completed his Masters of Professional Studies in Homeland Security in 2016.

+ KEYNOTE Three Disasters in 24 Hours+ Public Access Naloxone – Saving Lives or Rewarding Dangerous Behavior? + Trauma Care – What’s New?+ Pediatric Triage + What Research Says+ Tactics for a Successful EMT

SHANE STANLEYNREMTP Paramedic EducatorNational Speaker

Shane Stanley has been in EMS/Fire for over 17 years. In that time, he has worked for volunteer services all the way up to larger city services in Fire and

EMS. Shane has been a paramedic for 9 years and teaches CPR, ACLS, PALS, PEARS, PHTLS, Tactical Emergency Medicine, Paramedic class, EMT school, emphasizing new technology and tactics. Shane enjoys teaching progressive and aggressive topics. For 9 years he has been assisting with Eureka Springs EMS conference and now, is the director of the conference. As a national speaker, he has traveled to several EMS conferences around the country, doing presentations. He is currently sitting on the Board of Directors for the Arkansas EMT association. Former Captain and Training officer for Eureka Springs Fire Dept in Arkansas. Now Shane is EMS Coordinator and EMS Liaison for Northwest Health Systems Hospitals in Arkansas, overseeing EMS/EDrelations for 6 hospitals.

+ Doorway Assessment+ Basic Airway Techniques+ Recognition of SHOCK+ Reversing Hyperkalemia+ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

J. SCOTT QUIRARTE

Battalion Chief,Ventura County FD

J. Scott Quirarte is a Battalion Chief with the Ventura County Fire Department. He is a lead member of the Ventura County Interagency Active Shooter Hostile Event Response Workgroup. This workgroup developed coordinated response procedures including rescue task force operations, fire as a weapon, and Stop

the Bleed. Chief Quirarte is the board chair for the International Public Safety Association (IPSA) and member of the RTF and TEMS committee. As vice-chair of the RTF committee he helped developed the IPSA RTF Best Practices Guide. He is the IPSA representative on the NFPA 3000 Technical Committee. Chief Quirarte is a Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP). He has developed and delivered numerous training programs/exercises across the country to a wide array of audiences and disciplines public, private and military.

+ KEYNOTE Borderline Bar mass shooting, Hill Fire, and Woolsey Fire. Three Disasters in 24 Hours

+ Scene Safety+ HazMat Safety What do to in the First 10 Minutes