Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Opening General Session

Developing Partnerships and Building Coalitions

Bryna Helfer, MA
Program Manager of Human Service Transportation Coordination, Federal Transit Administration, US Dept of Transportation

Breakout Series

Family Involvement in Disaster Planning, Preparation, Response, and Recovery

Conni Wells, RN
Executive Director, Florida Institute for Family Involvement
and
Karen Wiggins, RN
EMSC Nursing Director, Florida Department of Public Health

Training for Electronic Grant Submissions

Jillian Robey
HRSA Grant Application Center

Results and Resources from Completed Targeted Issue Grants

Dianne Atkins, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine

Eileen Blake, MPH
Director, Safe Transport for Children with Special Health Care Needs at Connecticut Children's Medical Center

William D. Fales, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University

David Markenson, MD
Director, The Program for Pediatric Preparedness, Columbia University

Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow and Director of Traumalink, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Rural EMS - Pediatric Priorities

Nels Sanddal, MS, NREMT
Director, Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center
and
Teri Sanddal, MS, NREMT
Associate Director, Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center

Automatic Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) in Schools

Lt. Arthur Bradley, MPA, NREMT-P
and
Cynthiana Lightfoot, NREMT-P
Florida EMSC Program

EMSC National Updates

Study of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Guidelines, "Care of Children in the Emergency Department: Guidelines for Preparedness"

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD
Director, Emergency Medical Services, EMS and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

National Center for Health Statistics Survey, "Emergency Pediatric Services and Equipment Supplement" to the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Kimberly Middleton, RN
Health Scientist, Ambulatory Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

National Organization Updates

AAP's Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Section on Emergency Medicine

Jane Knapp, MD
Medical Director, Center for Childhood Safety, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

National Association of State EMS Directors' EMSC Committee

Jan Buttrey
Director, Bureau of EMS, Utah Department of Health

National Association of EMS Physicians' Pediatrics Ad Hoc Committee

Kathleen Brown, MD, FAAP
Children's National Medical Center, Division of Emergency Medicine

National Association of EMTs' Pediatrics Committee

Tommy Loyacono, MPA
Chief Operations Officer, EMS Department, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

ACEP's Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee

Sharon Mace, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Director, Observation Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

American College of Surgeons: Committee on Trauma Pediatric Surgery Specialty Group

Arthur Cooper, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP, FCCM
Director of Trauma and Pediatric Surgical Services, Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine