The St. Elizabeth Trauma Center of the Mohawk Valley Health System and Midstate EMS will host the 29th annual Trauma Symposium on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2015, at Vernon Downs Casino and Hotel in Vernon, New York.
The conference begins Thursday at 6 p.m. with dinner and a presentation by William Halinan, RN, MS, EMT-P, titled “There’s No Crying at a Rescue.”
Friday’s presentations begin at 8 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Presentation topics include:
- “50 Shades of Blue – We Are All on the Same Team”
- Scene and Evidence Protection• Spinal Trauma – “New Thinking”
- Active Shooter
- Cardiac Trauma
- Real Pain Management.
This activity has been submitted to the Emergency Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity has also been submitted for approval for contact hours from the American Association of Respiratory Therapists. Midstate REMAC has approved this conference for three hours of Basic Life Support (BLS) and three hours of Advanced Life Support (ALS) Continuing Medical Eduction (CME) for all level of EMS providers.
For more information or to register for this year’s event, visit www.stemc.org/trauma or call 315-801-8127.
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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center are affiliates under the Mohawk Valley Health System.
Caitlin McCann
Manager, Marketing / Community Outreach
Communications Specialist
Mohawk Valley Health System
(315) 624-5433
cmccann@mvhealthsystem.org