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2025: Trauma REACH

         Kessler Trauma Center         

VIRTUAL
2025 Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar

Trauma Management for Rural EMS and Community Hospitals
 April 23 & 24, 2025
 8:30am - 12:00pm


******REGISTRATION COMING SOON******

REGISTRATION LINK FOR VIRTUAL SEMINAR:
FLYER:
QUESTIONS: please contact the Finger Lakes/Western Region Health Emergency Preparedness Training Center

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Health Emergency Management Seminar - Trauma Management for Rural EMS And Community Hospitals (T-REACH) is designed to better prepare hospital and non-hospital response partners in planning, mitigating, responding to and recovering from natural and man-made disasters that impact the delivery of health care in a community or impact the environment of care for responders. The goal of the 2025 virtual seminar is to enhance the skills and knowledge of providers in the rural setting in the management of multi-injured patients and to understand the importance of working as a team of professionals in caring for patients with life-threatening traumatic injuries. Relevant information and stimulated discussions will focus on best practices in the management of trauma/disaster patients.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Based on presentations, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss disaster triage principles and appropriate destination decisions through the review of 2 case studies
  • Understand the various injury patterns and signs of shock that present in different patient populations
  • Consider interventions appropriate to treat spinal trauma and burns prior to arrival at a trauma center

TARGET AUDIENCE

Healthcare professionals (MD/DO, PA, NP, RN, EMS providers and other allied medical professionals) in rural settings caring for trauma patients (ED, Acute Floor, ICU and EMS) in New York State.

AGENDA - PRESENTATIONS/SPEAKERS/BIOS

The virtual seminar will occur on April 23 & 24, 2025 from 8:30am - 12:00pm.  Registrants can select to attend one or both days.
*topics and speakers subject to change*

April 23, 2025 @ 8:30am - 12:00pm

0830-0845

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Speakers:

 Michael Vella, MD, MBA
Trauma Medical Director and Workshop Faculty Director
University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center

0845-1045

Mass Casualty Incidents - Triage/Treatment/Destinations

Speakers:Adam Oplinger BS, RN, CEN, TCRN
Pediatric Trauma Program Manager
University of Rochester Medical Center - Golisano Children's Hospital

Jeremy T. Cushman, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS
Professor and Chief, Division of Prehospital Medicine
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center
Monroe County, City of Rochester, and Monroe-Livingston Regional EMS Medical Director

Douglas Sandbrook, MA, NRP, EMT-P, CIC
EMS Program Director/EMS Liaison
Upstate Medical University

Meghan Mullen, MS, RN, CCRN
Trauma Program Manager
Erie County Medical Center - Level 1 Trauma Center

Beth A. Moses, RN, BSN, TCRN, AEMT
Trauma Injury Prevention and Education Coordinator
Erie County Medical Center - Level 1 Trauma Center

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1045-1145

Spinal Trauma - Assessment and Initial Treatment Considerations for Adults and Pediatrics

Speaker:David Paul, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Rochester Medical Center
Kathleen Knudson, MD
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Upstate Medical University

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1145-1200

Closing Remarks

Speaker:Anne D’Angelo, MS, RN
Program Director, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center
University of Rochester Medical Center
 

April 24, 2025 @ 8:30am - 12:00pm

0830-0845

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Speaker:
 
Michael Vella, MD, MBA
Trauma Medical Director and Workshop Faculty Director
University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center

0845-0945

Considerations for Special Patient Populations

Speakers:Johanna Innes, MD, NRP, FACEP, FAEMS
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Erie County Medical Center

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0945-1045

Burns

Speaker:Andrew Nordin, MD
Trauma Medical Director, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital

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1045-1145

Not Just Surviving, But Thriving After Injury

Speaker:

Nicole A. Stassen, MD, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director - Kessler Family Burn Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Director - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of Rochester Medical Center

Summary:

 

Objectives:

 As trauma professionals, our initial goal for our patients is survival.  What is equally important is not just that the patients are alive, but  that they are able to again thrive.
  • Describe resources available for patients post traumatic injury
  • Describe how to identify those at risk post traumatic injury
Handouts: 

1145-1200

Closing Remarks/Evaluations

Speaker:
 
Anne D’Angelo, MS, RN
Program Director, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center
University of Rochester Medical Center

ACCREDITATION/CERTIFICATION

A Certificate of Attendance for each day will be available to all attendees that complete a post-session evaluation.

This activity is pending NYS BEMS and CME accreditation/certification

WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE 

 

WORKSHOP SPONSORS

 

This seminar series has been partially funded through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the 2024-2025 New York State Department of Health Office of Health Emergency Preparedness awarded to the University of Rochester Medical Center - Finger Lakes/Western Regional Health Emergency Preparedness Training Center (WRHTC)

POST WORKSHOP MATERIALS

CME Guide - instructions for printing CME transcript