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T W E N T YT W E N T YApril 30 - May 1, 2021O N EISU POND STUDENT UNION, POCATELLO, IDAHO

EMC2021Welcome to ISU’s Annual Emergency Medicine Conference!The conference was developed to provide EMTs, paramedics, first responders,emergency physicians, nurses, and other direct-care workers with up-to-the-minuteinformation on a wide variety of topics in emergency medicine.Presenters for this year’s conference were selected based on expertise in an area ofpractice and their ability to convey current, evidence-based, practical information on their area of emergencymedicine. The conference format includes lectures, a panel discussion, smaller group breakout sessions, casestudies, practical exercises and question-and-answer sessions. We’re glad you were able to join us!KeynotesERIC BAUER, MBA, FP-C, CCP-C, C-NPTFounder/Chief Executive Officer for FlightBridgeED, LLCEric has worked in the EMS field for 28 years, with the past 16 years spent in the HEMS industry. Ericis an internationally recognized best-selling author, speaker, and educator. He has spoken on manycritical care topics as an educator. He has authored and published 176 critical care podcastsrelated to the pre-hospital critical care industry, with over 1 million downloads a year. Eric wasawarded the 2017 EMS WORLD Innovation Award for his Ventilator Management: A Pre-hospitalPerspective book and Ventilator Management Course, and is the recipient of the 2018 John JordanAward for Excellence in Transport Medicine Journalism by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association - ASTNA. His love andpassion for teaching is the founding basis for establishing FlightBridgeED, LLC!WAYNE A. DENNY, MABureau Chief, Idaho Bureau of EMS and PreparednessWayne is the Chief of the Idaho Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness. He hasbeen with the Bureau since January 2005 and managed both the EMS Systems Development andEMS Standards & Compliance Sections prior to being promoted to Bureau Chief in 2011. Prior toworking at the bureau, he spent 21 years in uniform, serving in the U.S. Army Medical Command in avariety of units and positions.PresentersMAJOR SHAWN ALLEN, PAPhysician Assistant, 101st WMD-CSTDR. JARED BAILEY, MDDirector of Interventional Radiology, PMC; DiagnosticRadiology Specialist - Teton Vascular CenterDr. Jared Bailey is a Diagnostic Radiology Specialist in Pocatello,Idaho and the director of Interventional radiology at PortneufMedical Center. Dr. Bailey is a certified Wilderness First AidResponder and loves spending time in the wild.DILLON BROCKPublic Safety Program Manager, College Southern Idaho /Broack Encore ConsultingDillon hails from the rolling hills of East Tennessee. Currently, he isthe Program Director of EMS and Fire Science at the College ofSouthern Idaho. Dillon’s specialized interest are in productivity,organizational leadership and teamwork. Dillon has over a decade ofexperience as a Critical Care Paramedic working in rural and urbansettings.

DR. BUCK COURTNEY, MDFamily Medicine Residency/Wilderness Medicine ResidencyPGY-2, Idaho State UniversityDr. Buck Courtney was raised in Southern New Mexico where hestudied Engineering Physics at New Mexico State University. Hemoved to Albuquerque to attend medical school at the University ofNew Mexico where he was influenced to pursue primary care afterrotations in rural New Mexico and the Navajo Nation.MICK COWARD, PARAMEDICPocatello Fire Dept. and Bannock County AmbulanceMick has worked for the Pocatello Fire Department since 1993. Hisjob has been as a Paramedic on the Ambulance for the past 22years. Mick is also a CPR and EMS Instructor, coordinating andinstructing courses for the Pocatello Fire Department/ BannockCounty Ambulance and volunteer agencies.GRACE JACOBSON, PhD, RNProfessor Emeritus, ISU Kasiska School of NursingGrace has an extensive background in the nursing profession in thehospital, military and academic settings. She worked locally atBannock Regional Medical Center (now Portneuf Medical Center) for26 years in Labor & Delivery and as an OB Flight Nurse. Her militaryservice includes US Army Reserve Corps, US Army Nurse Corpsactive duty including Desert Storm 144th Field Hospital. She was aprofessor in the ISU Department of Nursing for 29 years and hasworked as Adjunct Faculty in the clinical lab for the past 4 years.JATHAN NALLS, BS, NRP, FP-CIdaho EMS03Jathan has been an EMS provider for 20 years, serving as aParamedic for 17 years. He cut his teeth with Greenville County EMS,a high-volume urban 911 service in South Carolina. Jathan thenserved as a Flight Paramedic in remote Alaska, where he alsofounded and served as Chief of Klawock EMS, a third-service 911agency on Prince of Wales Island. He subsequently had a 10-yearcareer with Life Flight Network based in Boise, Idaho. Jathancurrently serves as the Systems of Care Program Manager in theIdaho Bureau of EMS and Preparedness. However, he still frequentlymoonlights as a Paramedic with a 911 agency, because his itch totreat “patients in the ditch” is a chronic condition.DR. KEVIN O’HALLORAN, MDMedical Director Orthopedic Trauma, Portneuf Medical CntrKevin is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with sub-specialtyfellowship training in orthopaedic trauma. Kevin deferred collegeand enlisted in the US Army at age 18 and spent four years on activeduty. During his service he developed an interest in medicine,drawn to the scientific and personal aspects of the field. He iscurrently attached to the 946th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Teamand he has one combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2018/2019with the 848th Surgical Team (Forward). He is the medical directorof orthopaedic trauma at the Portneuf Medical Center.DR. TAIT OLAVESON, MDDR. LANCE LONGMORE, DO, FACCMedical Director Burn Service, Burn and ReconstructiveCenters of America at Eastern Idaho RMCDr. Longmore is a clinical cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist with extensive and broad training in the diagnosis, prevention,and treatment of cardiovascular disease. He is board certified incardiology and internal medicine, clinical cardiac electrophysiology,and nuclear cardiology. His practice also includes diagnosis,medical management, and ablation treatment of arrhythmias andimplantation of pacemakers and defibrillators.Dr. Olaveson is a board-certified general surgeon with 10 years oftrauma, general surgery and wound experience and has played anintegral part in building a trauma program and burn program atEastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He joined Burn andReconstructive Centers of America two years ago and has found anew passion for burn care. This is influenced by Dr. Olaveson'spersonal experience of recovering from burn injuries and thechallenging care this population presents.SUSAN MARION, PhDJON POLITIS, MPA, NRPCardiologist and Cardiac ElectrophysiologistFaculty Member, Department of Biological Sciences,Idaho State UniversityDr. Marion teaches Anatomy and Physiology, prepares prosections,and studies the effects of hippotherapy on the kinematics of seatedbalance.DR. DREW W. McROBERTS, MDChief of General Surgery, Trauma Director, Portneuf MedicalCenter (also affiliated with Skyline Surgery Center)Dr. McRoberts is Board Certified in General Surgery, a Fellow of theAmerican College of Surgeons, and co-founder of Portneuf SurgicalSpecialists. He serves as Chief of Surgery and Trauma Director forPortneuf Medical Center. Dr. McRoberts is a Pocatello native. He hasbeen practicing general and trauma surgery in Pocatello since 1995.EMS Educator and ConsultantJon is a retired chief of the Colonie EMS Department, a combinationcareer and volunteer service in upstate New York. Active as an EMTsince 1971, he has been a career firefighter, state EMS trainingcoordinator for two states (Vermont and New York), and a paramedic training program coordinator. He is the author of numerouspublications and stays active in the field as a paramedic, skipatroller, EMS and rescue instructor, and volunteer fire chief for theVerdoy (N.Y.) Fire District. He is also the owner of an EMS leadershipconsulting company.DR. CURTIS C. SANDY, MDDirector of EMS Portneuf Medical Cntr, Medical EMS DirectorDr Sandy is an Emergency Medicine Specialist in Pocatello, Idahowith over 21 years experience in the medical field. He graduatedfrom George Washington University School of Medicine and HealthSciences in 2000.

SCOTT STRUPP, RN, CCRNDR. A.J. WEINHOLD, MD, FAAFPFlight Nurse and Regional PR Rep, Portneuf Air RescueAssociate Program Director Family Medicine ResidencyProgram, Idaho State UniversityCAMI TAYSOM, RN, CEN, CPEN, NOLI InstructorInvestigation Narcotics Division, Pocatello PoliceDepartment2021 will mark 30 years in the EMS/nursing field for Cami! Shecurrently divides her work time between being a Diabetes Educatorand the Emergency Dept. at Portneuf Medical Center along withteaching Wilderness Medicine for NOLS and for volunteer EMSgroups around the region. She started her health services career asan EMT and has spent many years in other areas including flightnursing, ICU and Oncology.JORDAN VANEVERY, EMTEMT, Driver/Operator, Pocatello Fire DepartmentJordan has been with the Pocatello Fire Department since 2015. Hecompleted EMT training and NREMT certification 7 years ago. He hasbeen helping teach and train EMT students through ISU ContinuingEducation Work Force Training for 5 years and has been the LeadInstructor for the past 3 years.Dr. Weinhold developed the Wilderness Medicine Area of Concentration within the ISU Family Medicine Residency Program. She is theMedical Advisor for the Pebble Creek Ski Patrol and is currentlyfinishing her Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.LT. MIKE WINANSLieutenant, District 5, Idaho State PoliceMike has been a law enforcement officer in Southeast Idaho for over23 years. He currently serves as the patrol commander for the IdahoState Police in District 5 headquartered in Pocatello. He is responsible for patrol operations in 7 Southeast Idaho counties. He alsosupervises the domestic highway enforcement team in support ofthe Bannock County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. During histime with the Idaho State Police, Lieutenant Winans has been apatrol sergeant, drug recognition expert, field training officer andexecutive protection specialist. Prior to his career with the IdahoState Police, Lieutenant Winans worked as a police officer for theBlackfoot Police Department. During his time with the BlackfootPolice Department, Lieutenant Winans initiated a Spanish languagetraining program for the agency. He also worked as a member ofthe bike patrol and served on the special response team.Schedule of EventsF R I D A Y ,A P R I L3 012:00 pm – 1:00 pmCHECK-INSIM SCENARIO TRAINING provided and operated by Portneuf Air Rescue in six sections.Held at the SIM Trailer in the SUB parking lot building entrance. See available times below.FRIDAY MAY 3012:00 – 1:00 pmCheck InISU Pond Student Union1:00 – 2:10 pmSession 1Keynote: Eric Bauer – “Deliberate Practice: The Path to Expertise” (ISU Pond Student Union Ballroom)2:15 – 3:10 pmSession 23:15 –3:30 pmBREAK3:30 – 4:25 pmSession 34:30 –5:30 pmSession 4WOOD/LITTLE WOOD RIVERLEMHIBENGAL THEATRESIM TRAILERSyncope: Mechanismsand TreatmentFirst Due at the Bigone the first 5 minutesDifferential Diagnosis inAltered Mental StatusPortneuf AirRescueSilent Killers of PediatricMechanical Ventilation:Lessons Learned!Post Cardiac Arrest CareEmergency Burn Careand BeyondPortneuf AirRescueSECTION 1CADAVERLABSECTION 1BiologicalScienceBuildingRoom 250SECTION 2Panel Discussion: Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks featuring Eric Bauer (ISU Pond Student Union Ballroom)