Revolutionizing Pediatric Resuscitation, JEMS Games Finals, and a Very Serious Topic #EMSToday2015

Friday, February 27 Okay, I admit it. I’m 43 years old and I can’t party like I used to. I needed a little help yesterday morning after ZOLL SHOCKFEST. But, I had an important meeting to attend with three amazing women who keep the trains running on time at EMS Today 2015 – MaryBeth DeWitt (@dewittmarybeth), Deborah Murray, and Amanda Brumby. It was really nice to put faces to names and share thoughts and observations about education, event planning, and social media. A.J. is incredibly fortunate to have these capable, professional women working behind the scenes to make EMS Today 2015 a success! Exhibit Hall From there Kelly (@barefootNurse24) and I headed down to the Exhibit Hall to take in the sights and chat with old friends. I had planned on catching up with Matt Fiske from Physio-Control (@PhysioControl) but he was recalled back to Seattle so I shared a life-saving story with John Friederich involving Lifepak 12, a wedding party, and a Boy Scout and got myself a nice challenge coin! Pediatric Resuscitation I had the pleasure of meeting EMS 10 Award winner Peter Antevy M.D. (@Handtevy) at the EMS 10 Awards this year we hit it off right away. My department has recently developed a beta version of Pediatric Pit Crew CPR and we recently pulled the Broselow bags (but not the Broselow tapes) off the ambulances — which was controversial — so it was really interesting when Peter started challenging me and asking me how I would accomplish variou...
Source: EMS 12-Lead - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized EMS Today 2015 Source Type: research