When:	May 20, 2005 - Friday, from 8:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m.
Where:	Crowne Plaza Hotel Cabaña Palo Alto, California
To Register:	(650) 723-6366
Email:	cecenter@stanfordmed.org
Fee:	$160.00 RN's, $90.00 Other Healthcare Professionals (Lunch Included) Additional discounts do not apply to this course.
Credits:	BRN/EMT 8 CE'S

In the last 35 years, Emergency Medicine and Air Medical Transport have evolved from being new specialties to essential components of patient care. Progress in emergency and trauma care, technological advances and devices, and military influences have contributed to the dynamic milieu in which we practice today. In order to advance, emergency personnel need to know the collective history of their field to build toward the future.

This symposium will address the historical perspectives of Emergency Medical Services and Air Medical Transport and developments in both specialties. Experts will discuss current research in prehospital management, trends in trauma, difficult airway techniques, use of devices in cardiothoracic and interventional radiology patients, military trauma care updates, and forensic science. The program is intended for health care providers in the emergency, air medical transport and critical care settings: EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, emergency department and transport nurses, critical care nurses, and physicians.

Program Highlights

•  Stanford Life Flight – a 21 year retrospective view

•  History, current research and updates in prehospital patient management

•  Trends in trauma/triage

•  Military perspective in trauma

•  New airway devices

•  12-Lead ECG application in the field setting

•  Night vision goggle (NVG) use in rotor wing EMS

•  Troubleshooting IABP and VAD devices in transport

•  Trends in cardiovascular care and interventional radiology

•  Coroner’s investigation techniques

Faculty

Tom E. Allenstein, RN, CMTE, Chief Clinical Officer, MedFlight of Ohio

Tim Angelotti, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Associate Medical Director, Life Flight, Stanford University Medical Center

Gregory Botz, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Judy Cline, RN, BSN, CVRN, MICN, Enloe Flight Care, Enloe Medical Center

Neal Cline, RN, JD, CFRN, MICN, Enloe Flight Care, Enloe Medical Center

S. Marshal Isaacs, MD, FACEP, EMS Medical Director, San Francisco Fire Department, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Emergency Services, San Francisco General Hospital

Marcia Katz, RN, MPH, First Chief Flight Nurse at Stanford Hospital,
currently a Case Manager at Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Stephen Kee, MD, Interventional Radiologist, Stanford University Medical Center, Associate Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center

Joan Mersch, RN, MS, Nurse Manager, Cardiac Care and Cardiac Surveillance Units, Stanford University Medical Center

Brian L. Peterson, MD, Forensic Pathologist, President, Forensic Medical Group, Inc.

Kimberley Roderick, EMT-P, American Medical Response, Santa Clara County, Director of EMT Program, San Mateo College, Member of the Quality Leadership Council, AMR since 1992, Recipient of the California “Star of Life” Award for 2004, Highlighted on the TV show “Paramedics”

Captain Wendie Skala, RN, BSN, CEN, Flight Nurse, Stanford Life Flight, Stanford University Medical Center, Captain, USAF

David A. Spain, MD, Chief of Trauma Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center

Jim Stotts, RN, MS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center

2nd Annual Life Flight Symposium (continued)

Course Coordinator:

Sheryl Blankers, RN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, Flight Nurse, Stanford Life Flight, Stanford University Medical Center

Pre-Conference Events

Tour of Life Flight and Wine and Cheese Social (for conference attendees only)

Date       Thursday, May 19, 2005

Time        5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Tour of Stanford Life

               Flight – rooftop helipad

               7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Reception

               Drinks and Hors d’oeuvres – Bing Dining Room,

               Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Coming in early? Join us for a memorable evening of pre-conference events, including a tour of Stanford Life Flight’s unique BK-117, rooftop helipad and reputable Stanford University Medical Center. Following the tour, enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the elegant Bing Dining Room. Transportation to and from the hotel will be provided. Reservations for this event are required.

There are a limited number of spaces available for this pre-conference “social mixer.” Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to mingle with your colleagues, savor tantalizing food and drink, and delight in the beautiful Stanford University Campus.