EMS World Expo 2021 Brochure - 23

RE-EXAMINING
RESUSCITATION
PRACTICES:
A CRITICAL LOOK
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
8:00 AM-9:00 AM
ALS
IMPLEMENTING THE 2020 PALS GUIDELINES:
A CAUTIONARY TALE
PETER ANTEVY, MD; MARK PIEHL, MD, MPH

U.S.-based healthcare professionals take the advanced life
support guidelines at face value and often simply " follow the
recommendations " verbatim. If you did this in 2015, you may
find yourself reversing course on certain recommendations
just 5 years later. Taking a look under the hood each time the
guidelines are updated is a critical exercise for everyone in
healthcare, and this year is certainly no different. Join Drs.
Peter Antevy and Mark Piehl as they examine the most concerning PALS 2020 recommendations and the evidence base
that helped derive them. You may leave this talk with some
difficult choices to make.
9:15 AM-10:15 AM
OPERATIONS/MANAGEMENT
RESUSCITATION: LEAD, FOLLOW, OR SERVE AS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT (NOT) TO DO

DAVID A. WAMPLER, PHD, LP, FAEMS; CJ WINCKLER, MD, LP;
MATTHEW CLAPPER, BA, LP

The AHA establishes BLS and ALS treatment guidelines
based on the strongest evidence available. Because their
guidelines need to be broadly applicable, the guideline
writing committees take a very conservative approach to
changes in response to available literature. From where does
the evidence and literature emerge? It comes from systems
that do not necessarily follow the guidelines. Many systems
violate the AHA guidelines. This is necessary for the evolution
of resuscitation. This session will describe the approach to
the establishment of a resuscitation program custom tailored
to fit the needs of a large urban fire-based EMS system. We
will discuss the QA/QI requirements, regulatory hurdles,
and education need to establish best practices for the local
environment..
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
ALS
STATE-OF-THE-ART OF HEAD UP CPR

KEITH G. LURIE, MD; WAYNE KEWITSCH; JOHANNA C. MOORE, MD,
MSC; CHARLES LICK, MD

This session will include presentations from an EMS Fire
Chief, an EMS Medical Director, an Emergency Physician/
CPR researcher, and a Cardiologist/CPR researcher. All have
been involved in the development and deployment of Head
Up CPR. The talks will include the underlying science of Head
Up CPR, how to implement Head Up CPR, and the latest
preclinical and clinical outcomes of this breakthrough in
resuscitation science.

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