Sunday, October 12, 2008
0800 – 14:00 Registration
0900 – Noon FREE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP!!!
New MEMSIS System
Mississippi State Department of Health – Bureau of EMS
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Noon – 12:30 Opening Remarks
William Bassett, EMT-P
Operations Manager, AMR Central MS
2008 President, MEMS
12:30 – 13:30 Growing Old Gracefully
Sherry Beard, RN, EMT-P
North MS Medical Center
13:30 – 14:30 Challenges in Responding to a Passenger Train Emergency
Eddie Ivy, Training Coordinator
Department of Homeland Security
Southeastern Transportation Safety Center
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:45 Mass Triage
Joey Ward, EMT-P, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator
MS State Department of Health
Bureau of Emergency Preparedness and Planning
15:45 – 16:45 TBA
Sherry Beard, RN, EMT-P
North MS Medical Center
16:45 – 17:00 Vendor Introduction
17:00 – 17:30 MEMS General Membership Meeting
17:00 – 19:00 Vendor Social
Monday, October 13, 2008
07:00 – 08:00 Buffet Breakfast
08:00 – 09:00 Homeland Security in Mississippi…Where we have been, where we are going
Jim Brinson, CBRNE Response Coordinator
MS Office of Homeland Security
MS Dept of Public Safety
09:00 – 10:00 The Role of Pre-hospital Care in Organ and Tissue Donation
Chris Patterson
Professional Services Coordinator
Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 Trauma Resuscitation…what primary providers need to know
John M. Porter, MD
Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia, and Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
University of Mississippi Medical Center
11:15 – 12:15 Mississippi Med Com
Robert Galli, MD
State of MS EMS Medical Director
Professor and Chair of the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine
12:15 – 13:30 Working Luncheon
12:30 – 13:00 Mississippi EMS – State of the State
Alisa Williams, EMT-P
Director
MS State Department of Health
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
13:00 – 14:00 ABC’s of MVCs
Andy Anderson, MD
Medical Director, Central MS EMS District
Staff Physician, University of Mississippi Medical Center Emergency Department
14:00 – 15:00 EMS Under the Microscope
Sherry Jennings, RN, CEN, EMT-P
Hospital Wing
Jan Weatherred, RN, CEN, EMT-P
Hospital Wing
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 17:15 Computer Based Testing
Rob Wagoner, Assistant Director
National Registry of EMTs
20:00 – Midnight Dance
DJ Steven Dabbs
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
08:00 – 08:30 Buffet Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 Hospital and EMS Preparedness 2008
Joey Ward, EMT-P, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator
MS State Department of Health
Bureau of Emergency Preparedness and Planning
09:30 – 10:30 Future Considerations at National Registry of EMTs
Rob Wagoner, Assistant Director
National Registry of EMTs
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Scope of Practice and Regulatory Compliance for the Mississippi EMS professional
Scott Stinson, EMT-P
Director of EMS Testing, Training and Certification
MS State Department of Health
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
11:45 – Noon Closing Remarks
William Bassett, EMT-P
Operations Manager, AMR Central MS
2008 President, MEMS
