More Topics! Due to the large amount of lecture topics I now have to chose from (32 to date) I have had to resort to listing just the titles on my website on this page but offering a pdf of the presentations with course description available underneath the tab "Handouts" Click on "List of Topics" ALL topics have 30 and 60 minute options. A few have 1.5 hour options and are indicated below.
All Jacked Up: Endocrine Emergencies (does NOT include diabetes, which is a separate topic listed under "Pour Some Sugar on Me")
Readin' and Rightin': Documentation and how to write it right.
Free Food !: Getting started in EMS Conference Speaking and How to Get Noticed
Drugs On The Run: Transition Pharmacy for Paramedic Refresher
Good To the Last Drop: Lab Value Interpretation made Easy
“Frozen: The Hard Cold Truth about Hypothermia in Trauma”
"Man Vs Wild: Environmental Emergencies for the EMT"
Dirty Dozen" Infection Control for EMS
Rock-A-Bye Baby: Pediatric Tips and Tricks
Grandma Got Run over By a Reindeer: Geriatric Emergencies
Waiting to Exhale: Capnography
No O2 for You! : Using Too Much of a Good Thing
Lil' Rascals: Pediatric Airway and Respiratory (1.5 hour version available if conference planners/venue can provide equipment for a skills lab)
Caring for Special People: Unique Situations in EMS
PRE-CON WORKSHOP: Show-Me Creative Ideas in the Classroom: Kinesthetic Applications for increasing learning and enthusiasm in the classroom. (2-3 hours ) (Joint presentation with Lori Sizer)
Lori and Janet work together in creating a fast paced class for instructors who need to increasing the energy level in the same old topics. All kinesthetic, all the time. Using Cucumbers and salt to describe Osmosis and Diffusion. Strawberries and Sugar to describe diuresis in a hyperglycemic patient, shaving cream, baking soda, balloons, and much much more! All on a shoestring budget!
This presentation is based on the availability of both instructors’ schedules as well as availability of a Dollar Store, Dollar Tree or a Walmart nearby. Maximum class size is 50 students. Additional $200 for cost of supplies.
Pump Up the Volume: Ventricular Assist Devices
All Bleeding Stops.....Eventually: Bleeding Control in EMS
A Change of Heart: CHF