July 10, 2018
KNOXVILLE – Medical professionals from throughout the region discussed topics ranging from opioid overdoses to traumatic brain injuries during Roane State’s recent EMS Week Conference at the college’s Knox County Center for Health Sciences.
It’s the first year that Roane State has held such a conference, said David S. Blevins, the college’s paramedic program director. “It’s something I’ve thought about for years,” he said.
The conference was provided in person and online, with participants watching throughout Tennessee as well as in Georgia and Kentucky,
Sixteen hours of continuing healthcare education units – required for license renewal for healthcare providers - were awarded to those who attended or viewed the conference.
Instructors were provided by Covenant Health, Tennova Healthcare, University of Tennessee Medical Center and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.
Topics included: SEPSIS and Opioid Overdoses; taught by Dr. Peter Kah of Covenant; STEMI – the acronym for a particular type of heath attack – with Dr. Joshua Todd of Covenant as the instructor; Cardiology and Shock, taught by Dr. Ravi Mehta, with Tennova; Neurological Emergencies in EMS, instructed by Tennova’s Dr. Jose Cardenas; Recognition and Management of Pediatric Airway Emergencies , taught by Children’s Hospital Nurse Manager Carol Smith; Pediatric Pain Assessment, with Children’s Hospital Nurse Educator Jana Williams; Traumatic Brain Injuries; instructed by Matt Plummer, a paramedic with UT’s Lifestar; Adult Neurological Examination, with UT Medical Center’s Jennifer Henry as the instructor; Dementia Patients and the Prehospital Provider, instructed by UT Medical Center’s Marci Clevenger; and Recognizing Incomplete Spinal Injuries, taught by the medical center’s Gigi Taylor.
“The 2018 Conference was a tremendous success, and we are looking forward to the 2019 Conference which will be held during the week of May 19-25,” said Kirk Harris, Roane State’s director for continuing healthcare and safety education.
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