2024 Courses
Day 1 Lectures
-Implementing blood into your TEMS Unit
-Hostile MCI ICS
-Remote assessment with drones
-Multi jurisdictional training
-Moulage lab
-K9 med
-Chemical restraint
-1st contact, what you didn't train for
-Ballistic trauma
And more...
K9 Medicine
Holly McCalip will discuss the logistics and law of the Indiana Practice Act and will give reference to other states accordingly. This two part training series covers:
-Overview of anatomy and physiology that pertains to your canine companion
-Emergency First Aid- Wounds, bandage and limb stabilization and etc
-CPR
- Advanced life saving emergency measures
Hot/ Cold in the tactical environment (Lunch lecture)
In the realm of emergency trauma care and rescue medicine hypothermia gets a cursory mention at best. Yet, through current EBM we know it holds a firm spot in an effective MARCH assessment and treatment. We will discuss how hypothermia effects victims of trauma as well as current methods of assessment, recognition, and treatment of both hypothermia and hyperthermia.
First Contact
Lt. Nick Hensel (Lawrence Fire Department) provides a debrief of his team’s first gun battle resulting in both suspects and officer receiving gunshot wounds. He unpacks the obstacles his team faced such as multiple casualties, multiple agencies and of course, communication issues. This presentation embodies the quote “No plan survives first contact”
Chemical Restraint
Captian David Kerr (Indianapolis Fire Department) will go in depth with the use of chemical restraint. He will discuss medical decision-making and weighing the risk versus benefits of chemical restraint. He will also highlight the benchmarks that Marion County protocols use to help guide paramedics down the correct course of treatment.
Moulage: "Down and dirty, cheap and easy"
Sheryl Hall (Paramedic Educator, Indianapolis EMS) is the resident expert in cheap and easily moulage. Realistic medical training should be the cornerstone of any tacmed training program. An article on hyper realistic training, in the Journal of Surgical Education reported “Medicine, especially high stress specialties like surgery and trauma, require physicians who are able to make decisions at a moment's notice and cope well with stressful situations”. “Some specific areas to investigate include physician performance and emotional wellbeing“. The more realistic the training, the better prepared your teammates will be during the low frequency, high acuity patient encounter.
Unfortunately, moulage appliances can be costly and can consume a large portion of a department’s training budget. Sheryl will present cost effective ways to build moulage appliances “in house” for a fraction of the cost.
Hostile MCI management
This presentation will examine the principals of hostile MCI management. The includes ICS and casualty collection point management
The Multi Agency Approach: A group discussion
FF. Kip Benbow (Carmel Fire Department) discusses the importance of training with outside agencies adjacent to your catchment area. Radios, vernacular and response capabilities are just a few of the things that can make a confusing situation worse. Knowing what to expect from incoming mutual aid is important in any situation. Knowing what capabilities are coming during a hostile MCI is paramount. This presentation will rely on class participation. Kip will underline the high-level speaking points and turn it into a class discussion. In this unique class setting, students will learn just as much from each other as they will from the instructor.
How to build you tac med program
Paramedic Bruce Tilson (QRF SWAT Medic Indianapolis EMS) chronicles how the TEMS program in Indianapolis began. Starting with six medics, responding to a couple dozen callouts per year, the team size has now doubled and responds to over 500 operations annually. Bruce discusses the evolution of the team and the policies that have been implemented, allowing to team to develop. This presentation is a must for any agency that’s looking to start a team or for teams who are looking to improve their capabilities.