CoxHealth's 34th Annual Decisions in Trauma Conference (Hybrid)

Join us for this one day conference to enhance the multidisciplinary team approach for emergency and trauma patients.

This conference is designed for health care professionals who care for the adult and pediatric trauma populations at all stages of care, from emergency response to rehabilitation.

Agenda will be updated as titles are submitted  

0730-0755: Registration/Breakfast/Vendors  

0755-0800: Welcome and Disclosures

0800-0900:  Stop the Bleed, Start the Beat: Blood Resuscitation in Trauma -Norrie Bradley, RN, BSN 

1. Discuss clinical indicators for blood resuscitation in trauma  
2. Discuss adjuncts when administering blood products in trauma   

0900-1000: Severe Head Trauma-A Case Review -Deborah Upton, APRN-BC  

1. Apply principles of brain insult and mechanisms of neuronal injury  
2. Apply concepts of intracranial hypertension and brain oxygenation delivery and consumption to management of the brain injured patient  
3. Apply the clinical and diagnostic assessment of a brain injured patient  
4. List general treatments that are common in brain injury 
5. Apply management principles for selected pathophysiologic conditions

1000-1015: Break

1015-1115: Tale of Two Worlds: Military Flight vs. Civilian Flight  - Ethan Griffin, NR-P, CCP-C, FP-C 

1. Explore the symbiotic relationship between military and civilian flight paramedicine
2. How can I apply military medicine into my daily civilian practice 

1115-1215: Life After a Traumatic Event – The Journey of 1 Patient Following Discharge -Robin King, PT, BHS 

1. Recognize the healthcare needs for a life time plan for patients with a neurological insult 

1200-1245: Lunch  

1245-1345: Code Two: Managing Trauma in the Pregnant Patient - Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, DNP, CCNS, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CTRN, FAEN

1. Identify key physiologic and anatomic changes in pregnancy that alter trauma assessment and emergency response.
2. Recognize high-risk trauma mechanisms and perinatal complications to guide timely, evidence-based nursing interventions. 

1345-1400: Break

1400-1500: Pain Management in Acute Trauma - Brooke Bitner, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP   

1. Describe evidence-based approaches to assessing and managing acute pain in trauma patients, with consideration for injury severity, patient status, and care setting.
2. Compare pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management strategies in acute trauma, emphasizing opioid stewardship, multimodal analgesia, and patient-specific considerations.
    

1500-1600: Pediatric Trauma/Case Reports - Tessa Woods, DO

1. Recognize the unique anatomical and physiological differences in pediatric patients that influence trauma assessment and management.
2. Apply evidence-based principles to the initial evaluation, stabilization, and ongoing care of pediatric trauma patients, including appropriate use of imaging and interventions.

1600-1615: Evaluation Period 

Norrie Bradley, RN, BSN

• Trauma Program Manager, Trauma Services

Casey Ewing, RRT

• Adult Critical Care Respiratory Supervisor

Bridget Gladman RN, BSN, RNC-MNN

• Primary Nurse Planner/Conference Coordinator

Aimee Harnstrom, BSN, CEN

• Trauma Educator, Trauma Services

Triesa Massey MHA

• Medical Staff Education Coordinator

Joshua McElderry, MD

• Trauma Surgeon

Rowan Pepper, CRT, RRT

• Respiratory Care System Educator 

Russell Scanlan, BS, NRP

• EMS Educator-PI Facilitator, Pre-Hospital Services

Lindsay Turner, RN

• Education and Outreach Nurse, Trauma Services

Kristi Vandeloecht PTA, GC, CDR, MS

• Clinical Therapist Educator, Rehab Services

• CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

   Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO626-3,  7.0 Contact Hours

• This program has been approved by the APTA Arkansas approval number APTA-AR 2702 for 6.75 contact hours and it is deemed equivalent by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts per 4 CSR 150-3.203-5A.
• This program meets the criteria for category PDU #13 (attending employer-provided continuing education) and Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy per 20 CSR 2205-5 and qualifies as 6.75 contact hours (equivalent to 6.75 NBCOT© Professional Development Units).
• The Missouri Board for Respiratory Care has approved this program for 7.0 hours of continuing education credit.  The MBRC approval number for this course is # 8001482.  Licensed respiratory care practitioners are responsible for maintaining their own documentation records of continuing education and should claim only those hours actually spent in the activity.
• This program has been approved by CoxHealth for 7.0 trauma contact hours for CoxHealth employees. 1.5 of those hours are designated as pediatric trauma contact hours  
• CoxHealth Prehospital Services is an approved provider of continuing education by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Unit of EMS.  This activity has been approved for 7.0 contact hours.  The Training Center number is 07710C
• CoxHealth is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
• CoxHealth designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Commercial Support:  There is no commercial support for this activity.

Financial Disclosures:  The planning committee members and presenting faculty have indicated they do not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies. The speakers have indicated the presentations will be evidence-based or based on the best available evidence and free from bias and promotion. All scientific research referred to, reported or used in support or justification of patient care recommendations will conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.  

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite’s fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

After the date indicated on the program webpage as the final day for full refunds, a $25.00 processing fee will be withheld.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

If you are a no-show the day of the event and chose payroll deduct, you will still be charged the registration fee.

Refunds will be credited back to the same credit card in which the payment was received. If the payment was made in cash or check, the refund will be provided within 4-6 weeks in the form of a check and mailed to the address obtained at the time of registration.

In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be received in writing via email or by calling Bridget Gladman at 417-269-4150 or Bridget.Gladman@coxhealth.com