Cox Air Care Conference

0700-0725 - Registration (Breakfast, if served)

0725-0730 - Welcome/Housekeeping Introductions

0730-0830 - Pediatric Opioid Exposure: A Guide for EMS Professionals in the Identification and Management of this Pediatric Crisis- Joseph Finney, MD

1. Examine the current landscape of pediatric opioid exposure
2. Review the physiology of opioids and the effect on the body
3. Identify key points of action in the prehospital and emergency department setting to care for patients exposed to opioids
4. Consider confounders, co-ingestions, and important alternative diagnoses
5. Discuss preventative opportunities for communities, hospitals, and EMS agencies

0830-0930 - Pediatric Drowning: A Silent Epidemic- Joseph Finney, MD

1. Explore the epidemiology of pediatric drowning
2. Understand the pathophysiology of drowning
3. Define the prehospital and emergency department priorities in management
4. Explore the importance of and priorities for drowning prevention
5. Provide resources for drowning prevention

0930-0945 - Break

0945-1045 - How to Make a Mistake: A Brief Guide - Bobby O’Donnell NRP, FP-C, C-NPT 

1. Identify how heuristic traps can be used as a debrief tool to target how mistakes happen in the clinical setting, aviation, and daily life.
2. Evaluate how we develop our mental models and when they need to be remodeled in dynamic settings.

1045-1215 - Thinking about Thinking - Kyle Green, MPA, MA, PMP

1. Identify three types of memory used by the human mind.
2. Refine strategies for improving individual and team performance in high-stress situations.

1215-1345 - Lunch/Skills Stations

1. Cricothyrotomy (Surgical and Needle) – Gwenny Winkler, BA, BSN, RBN, CFRN, CTRN, CCRN
2. Finger Thoracostomy and Chest Tube Insertion – Mason Brewer
3. Ventilator Management –
4. SALAD Intubation –
5. IO Insertion – Arin Billingsly, BSN, RN, CFRN, CCRN, EMT-B

      Objectives:

1. Demonstrate proper technique for managing the difficult airway
2. Describe basic mechanical ventilatory theory, breath types, and modes of ventilation
3. Perform simulated needle and surgical cricothyrotomies and allow learners to practice
4. Demonstrate performance of a finger thoracostomy and chest tube insertion on a mannequin and allow participants to practice
5. Show simulated intraosseous access insertion and allow participants to practice

1345-1445 - “It’s In Our Back Yard: Domestic Terrorism on the Rise” – Jason Dush

1. Discuss common trends in domestic terrorism impacting first responders
2. Discuss response matrix for first responders and hospital systems

1445-1500 - Break

1500-1600 - Human Sex Trafficking – Jason Dush

1. Discuss common trends in human sex trafficking
2. Discuss common signs of trafficking awareness for first responders and hospital staff

1600-1615 - Evaluations 

Educational credits will be added as they are approved.

• CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Shelly Elsey, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P

• Flight Nurse, CoxHealth

Alyssa Horn, RN

• Flight Nurse, CoxHealth

Jim Lawrence, RN

• Assistant Director, Cox Aire Care

Amy Jackson, RN, BSN, CCRN

• Enterprise Educator, Nurse Planner, CoxHealth Education Center

Lindsay Turner, RN, BSN

• Outreach Education Coordinator, Trauma Services, CoxHealth

Jonathan Vashaw, MD

• Cox Air Care Medical Director

Kyler Faxon, NRP, AAS

• EMS Educator, CoxHealth

Gwendolyn Winkler, BA, BSN, RBN, CFRN, CCRN

• Flight Nurse, CoxHealth

Jason Dush, FF/EMT-P

• Flight Paramedic, Round Rock, Texas

Joseph D. Finney, MD

• EMS Director for Saint Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Robert G. O'Donnell, NRP, FP-C, C-NPT

• Flight Paramedic, Boston MedFlight, Boston, MA

Allen Werner, RN, EMT-P, FPC

• Flight Paramedic, Cox Air Care, Springfield, MO

Arin Billingsly, RN-BSN, CCRN, CFRN

• Flight Nurse, Cox Air Care, Springfield, MO

Kyle Green, MPA, MA, PMP

• Chief Executive Officer, Anyone Not Ready, Colorado Springs, CO

Gwendolyn Winkler, BA, BSN, RBN, CFRN, CCRN

• Flight Nurse, CoxHealth

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite’s fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

Refunds will be credited back to the same credit card in which the payment was received. If the payment was made in cash or check, the refund will be provided within 4-6 weeks in the form of a check and mailed to the address obtained at the time of registration.

In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund, or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be received in writing via email or by calling the Education Center.

CoxHealth Education Center

1423 N. Jefferson Ave.

Springfield. MO 65802

Phone: 417-269-4117

Fax: 417-269-4787

Email: educationcenter@coxhealth.com