SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 LAS VEGAS, NV

It will change the way you practice.

OFFICIAL PROGRAM GUIDE
Hosted by EMS World Expo and NAEMTs PHTLS Committee

SPECIAL THANKS
We extend our gratitude to the PHTLS Committee for developing the
2015 World Trauma Symposium program:
Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN, TSN

Mark Lueder, EMT-P

Greg Chapman, BS, EMT-P, RRT

Larry Hatfield, MS, NREMT-P

Lance Stuke, MD

Frank Butler, MD

Peter Pons, MD

Steven Mercer, EMT-P, MED

Chair

Vice Chair

Medical Director

Associate Medical Director

Committee Member
Committee Member

Military Medical Advisor

Committee Member

Michael J. Hunter, EMT-P

Committee Member

We thank the following organizations for their generous support of the Symposium:

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WELCOME

Dear Symposium Attendees,

It is our privilege and honor to welcome you to the 2015 World
Trauma Symposium. The mission of this Symposium is to bring
to the prehospital medical community the very best and latest
information and practices in prehospital trauma care. Your
participation is a testament to your dedication to your patients
and commitment to providing the best trauma care possible.
Lance Stuke, MD,
MPH, FACS

We have worked hard to meet our mission. This years Symposium

presents an exceptional line-up of the top experts in trauma care
who will share their expertise and insights with you.
Please take advantage of our continental breakfast, breaks and
luncheon to network with colleagues and visit with our select
group of sponsors. We hope you enjoy all aspects of the 2015
World Trauma Symposium and we welcome your feedback about
our program and how we may improve it for the future.

Will Chapleau, EMT-P,

RN, CEN, TSN

Warmest regards,
Lance Stuke, MD, MPH, FACS
Moderator, 2015 World Trauma Symposium
Medical Director, PHTLS
Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN, TSN
Chair, PHTLS Committee

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

CECBEMS Continuing Education Credit Hours
This continuing education activity is approved by Southcomm Business Media,
LLC., an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating
Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS). CECBEMS-approved classes
are accepted by the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) for recertification
requirements. One CEU is given per one-hour class. Attendees can earn 8 credits
for the full-day World Trauma Symposium. For questions regarding CECBEMS,
please contact Jay Scott at 972/247-4442 or e-mail jscott@cecbems.org.

Continuing Education Credits for Nurses

CECH have been applied for with the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
(ASTNA) for the World Trauma Symposium. If you have questions, call 877/3986944 or e-mail EMS@xpressreg.net.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum
of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

will have a greater understanding of the diversity of opinions on best practices

and current trends in prehospital trauma care globally.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT: This activity has been planned and implemented
in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of
the American College of Surgeons and the National Association of Emergency
Medical Technincians. The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DISCLOSURE INFORMATION: In compliance with ACCME Accreditation Criteria,
the American College of Surgeons, as the accredited provider of this activity, must
ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity has
disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. All reported
conflicts are managed by a designated official to ensure a bias-free presentation.
To obtain credit you must have your badge scanned upon entering the session,
spend the required time in the session and turn in a completed course evaluation.
After the conference you will be notified by e-mail when your certificate is available
at EMSWorldExpo.com for download. Safeguard the certificate for future use.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: This activity is designed to meet the continuing

education needs for physicians. Upon completion of this course the participant

NAEMT Sets The Standard

In Tactical Casualty Care Training

Tactical Combat Casualty Care: only TCCC course endorsed by the American
College of Surgeons; uses PHTLS military textbook; 16 hours of CECBEMS
credit. For MEDICAL military personnel.

NEW! Tactical Combat Casualty Care-All Combatants: 8-hour course created

by the Committee on TCCC. Specifically for NON-MEDICAL military personnel.

NEW! Tactical Emergency Casualty Care: endorsed by the American

College of Surgeons; meets TECC guidelines; uses PHTLS military textbook;
teaches civilian tactical EMS. 16 hours of CECBEMS credit.

Law Enforcement and First Response Tactical Casualty Care: for all public
safety first responders; based on TCCC and PHTLS. 8 hours of CECBEMS credit.

Bleeding Control for the Injured: teaches basic lifesaving medical

interventions to first responders and civilians; meets recommendations of
the Hartford Consensus. 2.5 hours.

Learn more at www.naemt.org/education.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The World Trauma Symposium is located on Level 1, North Hall, Room N110.
The Luncheon and Scott Frame Memorial Lecture will be held on Level 2, in Room N245.

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Lance Stuke, MD, MPH, & Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN, TSN Welcome and
Introduction

8:10 AM Don Jenkins, MD Defense Health Board Combat Trauma Lessons Learned from Military
Operations of 20012013

8:50 AM Christopher Colwell, MD Denver Paramedics and the COMBAT Trial: Plasma
Administration in the Field

9:20 AM Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN, TSN Is there a Place for Backboards in EMS? A
Discussion about Spinal Immobilization Standards

9:50 AM

10:10 AM Craig Manifold, MD Pearls and Pitfalls of Prehospital Analgesia

10:40 AM Christoph Woelfl, MD, PhD Human Factors in Preclinical and Clinical Major Trauma Care

11:10 AM Panel Discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM

Luncheon Speaker and Scott Frame Memorial Lecture

Break

Jonah Thompson, Team Rubicon USA Mobile Disaster Medical Teams: Experiences
from the Philippines and Nepal

1:30 PM Lance Stuke, MD, MPH, & Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN, TSN Introduction of
Afternoon Program

1:40 PM 
John Amoss, MD Concussions in Football: Recognition and Management from the NFL
Perspective

2:15 PM Dave Callaway, MD, FACEP The Challenges of Triage in Dynamic Mass Casualty Incidents

2:45 PM

Break

3:05 PM

Short Vignette Sessions:


James Manson Improving Survival in Active Shooter Events: It Takes a Village

Mike Hunter, EMT-P Emergency Medical Dispatch: Guiding the Hands of the First
Caregiver

Lance Stuke, MD, MPH Top Recent Trauma Papers That Could Change Your Practice

Heidi Hotz, RN, BSN Trauma CSI: Using Error Analysis to Identify Opportunities for
Improvement

4:15 PM Panel Discussion/Questions from the Audience

4:50 PM Closing Comments

5:00 PM

Adjourn

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SPEAKER BIOS
John Amoss, MD

Team Physician, New Orleans Saints,

New Orleans, LA
John Amoss, MD,
is the team physician for the New
Orleans Saints,
New Orleans, LA.
Amoss graduated LSU Medical
School in 1991,
completed his
LSU Internal Medicine Residency
1994 and has been the New Orleans
Saints head team internist since
2000. He is an associate professor
of clinical medicine at LSU Health
Sciences Center, New Orleans, and
section chief of hospital medicine
at LSU Health Sciences Center, New
Orleans.

David Callaway, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor of Emergency

Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center,
Charlotte, NC
David Callaway,
MD, FACEP, is an
associate professor
of emergency medicine at Carolinas
Medical Center
in Charlotte, the
regions only Level
I trauma center.
He serves as director of the Division of
Operational and Disaster Medicine and
the Disaster Medicine Fellowship at
Carolinas. Callaway served three years
as an expeditionary physician supporting the United States Marine Corps
before returning to his training at the
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine
Residency, Boston, where he served as
chief resident. Callaway has extensive
civilian and military overseas experience in Iraq, Kuwait, Haiti, Burma, El
Salvador and throughout Africa. He
presently is a voting member of the

Defense Health Board Subcommittee

on Trauma and Injury, cochair of the
Committee for Tactical Emergency
Casualty Care, and a consultant for
the Committee on Tactical Combat
Casualty Care. In 2014 he was elected
civilian vice president of the Special
Operations Medical Association.

Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, CEN,

TSN

Chairman, NAEMT PHTLS Committee,

Director, Performance Improvement
American College of Surgeon
Will Chapleau
has been chair of
the PreHospital
Trauma Life Support
(PHTLS) Committee
since 1996 and has
served as national
faculty for it since
1984. He has been
a paramedic for 38 years and trauma
nurse specialist for 25. He currently
serves as director of performance
improvement at the American College
of Surgeons. He spent 20 years with
the Chicago Heights Fire Department,
the last six as chief, as well as 15 years
as an educator. Chapleau has served
on the NAEMT Board of Directors, as
well as on the boards for the National
Association of EMS Educators and
the Society of Trauma Nurses. He has
written and edited five prehospital care
texts and has taught prehospital care
and lectured at conferences in more
than 50 countries.

Chris Colwell, MD

Chief, Emergency Medicine, Denver

Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
Dr. Chris Colwell is currently the
Director of Service in the Department
of Emergency Medicine at Denver
Health and Professor and Executive
Vice-Chair in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at the University

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of Colorado School
of Medicine. He
took this position
after also serving as
Chief of Emergency
Medicine at Denver
Health for two
years. Dr. Colwell
was born and raised
in San Diego, California and attended
the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
for undergraduate work, then medical
school at Dartmouth Medical School in
Hanover, NH. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine
at Denver Health Medical Center
(formerly Denver General). Since the
year 2000, Dr. Colwell has been active
in leadership and management of the
EMS and 911 system of the City and
County of Denver, serving as Medical
Director of the Denver Paramedic
Division (>95,000 medical responses
annually) and Denver Fire Department.
Dr. Colwell also continues to work clinical shifts as the attending physician in
the Emergency Department (annual patient census ~80,000) at Denver Health,
the regional Adult Level I and Pediatric
Level II trauma center that admits more
than trauma 2,300 patients annually. Dr. Colwell is currently a reviewer
for Western Journal of Emergency
Medicine, Academic Emergency
Medicine, and Section Editor, Trauma,
for UpToDate. He is Executive Director
of the Colorado Prehospital Research
Consortium at Denver Health and has
published more than 30 peer-reviewed
publications, and more than 60 book
chapters, articles, and editorials. He
has presented extensively on prehospital and emergency care as an invited
lecturer and visiting professor since
1997.

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Heidi Hotz, RN, BSN

Trauma Program
Manager, CedarsSinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles,
CA

Heidi A. Hotz,
RN, is the trauma
program manager at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
She is president of the Los Angeles
Association of Trauma Program
Managers; immediate past president
of the American Trauma Society; past
president of the Society of Trauma
Nurses; and past president of the
Trauma Managers Association of
California. She has extensive experience in all aspects of trauma, including
clinical care, program management,
data, performance improvement and
injury prevention.

Mike Hunter, EMT-P

Deputy Chief EMS, UMass Memorial /

Worcester EMS
Michael J. Hunter,
a veteran of EMS
for more than 30
years, serves as
the Deputy Chief
/ Communications
Supervisor
for Worcester
EMS at UMass
Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in
Worcester, Mass. He began more than
22 years prior as a staff Paramedic,
EMS Captain and then into his current
position. Worcester EMS (WEMS) is a
hospital-based transport system and
a division of UMMMC, the regions
largest employer, a STEMI Center,
Stroke Center and the regions only
Level 1 Trauma Center. Worcester
EMS is a Paramedic-only system, one
of the states few RSI services and
the 911 EMS providers to the city

of Worcester and neighboring town

of Shrewsbury. Deputy Chief Hunter
is the Communications Supervisor
for UMMMCs Communications
Center which is a Secondary
Public Safety Answering Point
and Emergency Medical Dispatch
Resource for the Communities of
Worcester; Shrewsbury; Leicester
and Westborough, Massachusetts. In
addition, Deputy Chief Hunter provides
direct patient care as a Tactical EMS
provider assigned to the Massachusetts
State Police STOP Team. Deputy Chief
Hunter has long been a member of
NAEMT, active in PHTLS since the
late 1980s, and serves on the PHTLS
Committee. He is an active member
of the PHTLS International Faculty a
professional member of the National
Association of EMS Physicians,
the Special Operations Medical
Association and a charter member of
the International Association of EMS
Chiefs.

Donald Jenkins, MD

Director, Trauma
Center, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN

Donald Jenkins,
MD, is trauma
medical director for
the Level I trauma
center at Mayo
Clinic, Saint Marys
Hospital, in Rochester, MN, where he
oversees the spectrum of care for all
trauma patients, from prevention and
prehospital care to rehabilitation and
repatriation. He has served as trauma
director for a Level I U.S. Air Force
trauma center and the 44th Medical
Command for all trauma care in Iraq,
as well as helping to develop the Joint
Theater Trauma System for the United
States Central Command and the
Department of Defense.

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Craig Manifold, MD

EMS Medical
Director, Multiple
Agencies in Bexar
County and South
Texas

Craig Manifold
serves as the EMS
medical director for
multiple agencies in
Bexar County and south Texas, including San Antonio AirLIFE. He is also an
assistant professor in the Department
of Emergency Health Sciences, School
of Health Professions at the University
of Texas Health Science Center in San
Antonio. He attended the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine and
continued his emergency medicine
training with an internship at Wilford
Hall Medical Center and residency
with the Joint Military Medical Centers
Emergency Medicine Residency in San
Antonio. He transitioned to civilian
emergency medicine after serving in
the U.S. Air Force. Manifold presently
serves as chair of the American College
of Emergency Physicians EMS Medical
Directors Committee.

James Manson

Assistant Chief Paramedic of Education

and Training, Denver Health Paramedic
Division
James Manson started his EMS career
in 1983 and during that time has
served as a volunteer and worked in
both rural and urban EMS systems,
including, for the past 26 years, for
the city of Denver. He currently serves
as the assistant chief paramedic of
education and training at the Denver
Health Paramedic Division.

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Lance Stuke, MD, MPH

Medical Director,
NAEMT PHTLS,
Assistant Professor
of Surgery,
Louisiana State
University School of
Medicine

Lance Stuke, MD,

MPH, is Medical
Director of NAEMTs PreHospital
Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) program,
and an assistant professor of surgery
in the Department of Surgery, Division
of Trauma and Critical Care, Louisiana
State University School of Medicine
in New Orleans. He is a trauma surgeon at the Spirit of Charity Trauma
Center at University Hospital (formerly
Charity Hospital). Dr. Stuke worked as
a paramedic in New Orleans for eight
years prior to entering medical school.
He earned a Master of Public Health
degree from Tulanes School of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine, with an
emphasis on environmental toxicology, and completed his MD degree at
Tulanes School of Medicine. Dr. Stuke
has published numerous peer-reviewed

research papers and written several

textbook chapters on trauma-related
topics.

Jonah Thompson

Pennsylvania Field Operations

Coordinator, Team Rubicon USA
Jonah Thompson
is a paramedic with
over twenty years
of EMS, military,
and government
experience including over a decade
in remote settings
in the Middle East,
Central Asia, Africa, Central America,
and Southeast Asia. He is currently
the Pennsylvania Field Operations
Coordinator for Team Rubicon, a veteran founded volunteer disaster response
organization, deployed as a disaster
medical assistance team member to
both the Philippine Islands following
Typhoon Haiyan and Nepal after the
earthquake, and is a member of the
2015 Clay Hunt Fellows cohort. Jonah
is a full time community paramedic with
the CONNECT program, based out of

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the Center for Emergency Medicine of

Western Pennsylvania.

Christoph Woelfl, MD, PhD

Chief of Staff of the Department of

Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery,
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany
Christoph Woelfl, MD, is a senior
consultant in trauma and orthopedic
surgery at the University of HeidelbergLudwigshafen Level I trauma center,
one of the biggest Level I trauma units
in Germany. He was the first medical
director of PHTLS Germany, recently
handing the position over to a younger
colleague, and since 2008 has been
the national course director of ATLS
Germany. He is a board member of the
Working Group on Trauma, Intensive
Care and Emergency Medicine of
the German Society of Trauma and
Orthopedic Surgery. He is the chief
of staff of the rescue helicopter unit
Christoph 5 in Ludwigshafen. His research and academic interests include
preclinical and clinical trauma care and
osteoporotic fracture healing.

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LATELY?
Dr. McSwain

Dr. Norman E. McSwain

1937-2015

A Remarkable Life Remembered

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AND RESPECTED for his pioneering work in trauma care, Dr. McSwain
founded NAEMTs Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) program, and is recognized by our association
as the father of NAEMT education. He had a prestigious career as a trauma surgeon and as a leader in
trauma care education in both the ER and prehospital settings. He will be missed, but will live on
in the hearts and minds of his family, friends, colleagues, students and patients.
Visit the PHTLS section of naemt.org/education to view a tribute page.