Mercy Health Life Flight will be offering a 16-hour Critical Care Transport Medicine Review Course, February 6th, and 7th. The review course will be held at Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Sandusky, Ohio.
The program is ideal for the any Michigan based flight programs or MCA approved CCT paramedic programs, or those interested in careers in critical care transport and flight medicine.
Mercy Health Life Flight Critical Care Transport Medicine Review Course is an IBSC Approved 16-Hour Review Course. Additionally, the review course is approved for both Michigan and Ohio EMS CEs and ONA for nursing CEs.
Questions can be directed to:
Dan Crots, MA, IC-P, FP-C, NRP
Mercy Health Life Flight
Review Course Coordinator
(c): 419.574.1849
drcrots@mercy.com
www.lifeflight.cc
Brochure link:
http://lifeflight.cc/site_pages/partners-for-life/Critical-Care-Transport-Medicine-Review-Course-Registration-Form-2018.pdf
Registration link:
https://form.jotform.com/72785741061156
Tuesday: Topic/Speaker Lineup:
8–9 a.m.:
Mission Safety: Aircraft Fundamentals BRIAN CONROY, MSA, ATP, MTSP Life Flight Safety Manager/Pilot Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
9–10 a.m.:
Stressors of Flight & Flight Physiology SCOTT SWICKARD, DNP, PHD, ACNP Director of Clinical Operation Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
10–11 a.m.:
Lab Analysis: Acid-Base & Electrolytes KIM NEMETH, RN CCT/Flight Nurse Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
11 a.m.–noon:
Lightbox Literacy: An Introduction to Radiology Imaging for the CCT Provider DR. WILLIAM KROST, MD, MBA, Paramedic Emergency Medicine Resident Mercy Health St. Vincent Emergency Medicine Residency Program
1–2 p.m.:
Critical Care Transport Pharmacology Update DR. WILLIAM KROST, MD, MBA, Paramedic Emergency Medicine Resident Mercy Health St. Vincent Emergency Medicine Residency Program
2–3 p.m.:
Data-Driven Airway Management in Critical Care Transport JOHN SINGLETON, RN, CFRN, CCRN, CMTE Flight Nurse Specialist/Educator Cleveland Metro Life Flight
3–4 p.m.:
Mobile Stroke Units & Neurocritical Care Transport CHARLIE SPARE, RN, CEN, CFRN, Paramedic MSU CCT Nurse/Paramedic Mercy Health Mobile Stroke Unit
4–5 p.m.:
Advanced EKG Interpretation, Cardiac Management & Transport KIM NEMETH, RN CCT/Flight Nurse Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
5–6 p.m.:
Advanced Hemodynamics During Transport RACHELLE GABLE, RN, CFRN CCT Nurse Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
Wednesday: Topic/Speaker Lineup:
8–9 a.m.:
Pacers, VADs, TAH-t, IABP, & ECLS Transports KRIS KORMOS, FP-C Flight/CCT Paramedic Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Transport
9:15–10:15 a.m.:
Post-Resuscitation Management & Transport DR. JAMES CASE, MD Associate Medical Director Mercy Health — Life Flight Network
10:30–11:30 a.m.:
Ultrasound: Can We Use It Outside the Hospital? DR. WILLIAM KREBS, DO Associate Professor, Ohio State University College of Medicine Cleveland Metro Flight Physician
1–2 p.m.:
Advanced Trauma Hemorrhage Control & Management During Transport DR. STEPHEN ZOHN, MD Mercy Health Life Flight Medical Director & Attending Emergency Medicine Physician
2–3 p.m.:
Advanced Thoracic Trauma Care & Transport ROBERT GRABOWSKI MSN, RN, CNP, AGACNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, EMT-P Adult, Gero & Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Cleveland Metro Life Flight
3:15p-4:15p:
Advanced Obstetrics & Neonate Transports KIMBERLY JOHNSON, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-MNN, CNE Perinatal Advanced Practice Specialist Mercy Health — St. Vincent Medical Center
4:30p-5:30p:
Advanced Metabolic Disorders in Pediatrics MARY ANN FORRESTER, RN EMS Coordinator Akron Children Hospital
