Program & Workshops

All times listed below are Mountain Time (MT)

04.16.24

8:00 - 8:30 AM: Check-in/Registration at the Ballroom 1/Breakfast (Provided)

8:30 - 10:15 AM:

• Ultrasound Essentials Lab (Ballroom 1) In our rural settings, we don’t always have radiology ultrasound available. What if you had the skills and could avoid transfers for imaging? In this skills lab, participants will review core ultrasound modalities and those important for our setting. Hands-on experience will be provided and limited to optimize learning. Led by Jennifer Cotton, MD, RDMS

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers looking to review core modalities and providers without an ultrasound background looking to build their skills. Please note this lab will close once 25 participants have registered

• *Advanced Airways Lab (Ballroom 2)

  • Description for Providers: As emergency medicine providers, having the skills to manage difficult airways is crucial in rural settings with limited resources. In this skills lab, we will review various approaches to the difficult airway including cricothyrotomy, awake and fiberoptic intubations, and pediatric needle cricothyrotomy. We will provide hands-on experience and participants will have the opportunity to talk through their worst airway nightmares.

  • Description for Nursing Staff: This lab is part of the *Critical Nursing Skills workshop (including the following topics: intubation assistance, cricothyrotomy, jet ventilations, and flexible scope intubation) and will provide a general overview of procedures, nursing roles, and identification of instruments.

    Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered.

• Critical Care in the ED Lab: Adult and pediatric vent management (Ballroom 3) Your sick patient needing transfer is boarding in your ED awaiting weather to clear or is 5th on the list for an air medical team. Your rural hospital may or may not have RT or an ICU and likely no intensivists. Sound familiar? In this skills lab, we will focus on the ongoing care of critically ill patients including managing ventilation settings for both adult and pediatric patients. You will have the opportunity to practice central lines and arterial lines as well.

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers managing critically ill patients in the ED. Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered

10:15 - 10:30 AM: Break

10:30 - 12:15 PM:

• Advanced Ultrasound Lab (Ballroom 1) This hands-on lab takes ultrasound to the next level. Participants will review the use of ultrasound for critically ill patients and measurements useful in managing ED patients. Led by Ashley Sullivan, MD

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers experienced with core applications. Please note this lab will close once 25 participants have registered

• Advanced Airways Lab (Ballroom 2) As emergency medicine providers, having the skills to manage difficult airways is crucial in rural settings with limited resources. In this skills lab, we will review various approaches to the difficult airway including cricothyrotomy, awake and fiberoptic intubations, and pediatric needle cricothyrotomy. We will provide hands-on experience and participants will have the opportunity to talk through their worst airway nightmares.

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers expected to intubate in their practice. Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered.

• *Critical Care in the ED Lab: Adult and pediatric vent management (Ballroom 3)

  • Description for Providers: Your sick patient needing transfer is boarding in your ED awaiting weather to clear or is 5th on the list for an air medical team. Your rural hospital may or may not have RT or an ICU and likely no intensivists. Sound familiar? In this skills lab, we will focus on the ongoing care of critically ill patients including managing ventilation settings for both adult and pediatric patients. You will have the opportunity to practice central lines and arterial lines as well.

  • Description for Nursing Staff: This lab is part of the *Critical Nursing Skills workshop (including the following topics: IO placement, chest tube drain set-up/management, arterial line set-up/management) and will review setup and management of these devices - in less populated areas we have fewer opportunities to practice these skills and can use a periodic refresher.

    Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered

12:15 - 1:00 PM: Lunch (Provided-Ballroom 1)

1:00 - 2:45 PM:

• Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Lab (Ballroom 1) In this skills lab, participants will review a variety of regional anesthesia applications including upper and lower extremity nerve blocks and more. Relevant anatomy will be reviewed as well with the opportunity to scan each other. Led by Patrick Ockerse, MD

  • Who should attend this lab? All emergency medicine providers. Please note this lab will close once 25 participants have registered

• Critical and Rare Procedure Lab (Ballroom 2) Our rural settings demand procedural excellence in environments where there is limited or no back-up. In this skills lab, we will review a variety of high acuity yet low occurrence procedures including: chest tubes and pigtails, Burr holes, transvenous pacing, and ED thoracotomies. Asynchronous learning in the form of videos will be provided ahead of time to maximize hands-on time.

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers responsible for completing these procedures in the ED and those needing experience for IPPE. Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered

• *Emergency Deliveries and Neonatal Resuscitation Lab (Ballroom 3)

  • Description for Providers: Emergency deliveries are rare but high stakes and can include complications no one ever wants to face. In this skills lab, we will focus on managing deliveries in the ED setting without an OB/gyn physician immediately available, including routine deliveries, delivery complications and perimortem c-sections (resuscitative hysterotomy). We will also review neonatal resuscitation and vascular access for neonates including hand-on experience with umbilical vein catheterization.

  • Description for Nursing Staff: This lab is part of the *Critical Nursing Skills workshop (including the following topics: postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, umbilical IV access) and will provide an overview of these complications, identifying appropriate interventions, and review nursing roles in umbilical IV access and management.

    Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered.

2:45 - 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 - 4:45 PM:

• *Common Procedure Lab (Ballroom 1)

  • Description for Providers: In this skills lab, participants will have the opportunity for hands on experience with common procedures such as: incision and drainage, arthrocentesis, complex suturing, reductions, slit lamp exams and corneal foreign body removal.

  • Description for Nursing Staff: This lab is also a part of the *Critical Nursing Skills workshop (including the following topics: ultrasound PIV) and will include a didactic reviewing the anatomy and procedure, as well as time to practice looking at veins with ultrasound, and using ultrasounds to practice on phantom.

    Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered.

• Critical and Rare Procedure Lab (Ballroom 2) Our rural settings demand procedural excellence in environments where there is limited or no back-up. In this skills lab, we will review a variety of high acuity yet low occurrence procedures including: chest tubes and pigtails, Burr holes, transvenous pacing, and ED thoracotomies. Asynchronous learning in the form of videos will be provided ahead of time to maximize hands-on time.

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers responsible for completing these procedures in the ED and those needing experience for IPPE. Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered

• Emergency Deliveries and Neonatal Resuscitation Lab (Ballroom 3) Emergency deliveries are rare but high stakes and can include complications no one ever wants to face. In this skills lab, we will focus on managing deliveries in the ED setting without an OB/gyn physician immediately available, including routine deliveries, delivery complications and perimortem c-sections (resuscitative hysterotomy). We will also review neonatal resuscitation and vascular access for neonates including hand-on experience with umbilical vein catheterization.

  • Who should attend this lab? Providers who are responsible for responding to maternal and neonatal emergencies. Please note this lab will close once 20 participants have registered.

4:45 - 5:00 PM: Wrap-up/Close

ALL DAY: *Critical Nursing Skills Workshop: This all-day workshop will take you through critical nursing skills and review knowledge that enables you to take care of sick patients.  Review nursing roles related to chest tube, arterial line, and esophagogastric tamponade tube management.  Review selected obstetric-related emergencies.  Practice skills in intraosseous line placement, and ultrasound guided peripheral IV placement.  You will be ready for any patient who walks through the doors of your rural ED.

Please note all Critical Nursing Skills Workshop classes are denoted above by an *asterisk. These labs are free to nurses and will close once 10 nurses have registered. When registering, simply select the ticket type “Pre-Conference - Nursing Skills Workshop (APRIL 16th)” if you are a nurse, to register for the Critical Nursing Skills Workshop.