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Tracheostomy Review and Emergencies | December 5, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #airway #airway management #ems #trach #Tracheostomy #trauma airway

In this presentation Dr. Mike Mozer discusses assessment and management of a tracheostomy. He goes over Airway Anatomy, Trach Anatomy, how to to perform a trach evaluation, the different types of trach emergencies and lastly trach resources.

Date added: 12/4/23

Past Presentation

Accidental Hypothermia and Cold Injuries | November 16, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #cold #cold injury #frost bite #hypothermia

In this presentation Dr. Mike Mozer discusses assessment and management of hypothermic patients including definitions, signs and sypmtoms, approach to treatment, and treatment considerations. He also presents on other cold injuries, their evaluations and pre-hospital treatment.

Date added: 11/16/23

Past Presentation

Shock | November 7 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #cardiogenic #distributive #hypovolemic #obstructive #shock

In this presentation, Dr. Christian M Garcia discusses the the signs, causes, and treatment of hypovolaemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, and distributive shock with a thorough review of the medications used.

Date added: 11/8/23

Past Presentation

What’s in the Box? Unpacking abdominal pain for EMS | October 19 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #abdomen #abdominal pain #ems #prehospital assessment #stomach pain

In this presentation Dr. Chris Root, MD, NRP, goes over the belly box and how to assess abdominal pain in the pre hospital setting as well as in the in hospital setting. He reviews the anatomy of the abdomen, goes ...

Date added: 10/19/23

Past Presentation

A Prehospital Approach to Abdominal Pain | October 3rd 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #abdomen #abdominal pain #ems #prehospital assessment #stomach pain

Abdominal pain is the most common complaint for any patient requesting emergency services (ED or EMS). In this presentation Dr. Michael T. Mozer provides an overview of the anatomy involved, reviews pertinent history and physical exam, pathophysiology review, how to ...

Date added: 10/3/23

Past Presentation

Rapid EKG Review & Subtle Signs | September 21, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #ECG #EKG #ems

In this presentation, Dr. C. Mateo Garcia MD, discusses how to identify common critical EKG/rhythm strips, the methodological approach to EKG evaluation, how to identify the territories of the heart based on a 12-lead EKG and reviews EKG with subtle findings ...

Date added: 09/21/23

Past Presentation

Headache | September 5, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #Cluster #ICP #infection #Migraine #Tension #Toxicity #trauma #Vascular

In this presentation, Dr. Chris Root discusses the pathophysiology of headaches, how to recognize different types of headaches and how to recognize high risk features of headaches.

Date added: 09/5/23

Past Presentation

Heat Illness and Emergency | August 17, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #heat illness #heat stroke #heat wave #temperature

In this presentation Dr. Michael T. Mozer discusses heat illness and emergencies covering definitions/epidemiology, heat physics, pathophysiology/physiology, classification (exertional vs. non-exertional/classic), high risk populations, presentation/physical exam, approach to initial evaluation and treatment, related illness and comorbid conditions, and disposition decisions.

Date added: 08/17/23

Past Presentation

Eye and Ear Emergencies | August 1 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #ear #ems #eye #facial trauma #HEENT

In this presentation Elizabeth Melton, AGACNP, NRP teaches on eye and ear anatomy, emergent injuries of the eye and ear, and how to respond to these in the field.

Date added: 08/1/23

Past Presentation

Stroke and Stroke Systems | July 20, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Emergency Medical Services ECHO Program

Keywords: #emergency #ems #paramedic #stroke #triage

In this presentation, Christian Mateo Garcia, MD, discusses the different types of strokes, common causes of each type, the importance of time in regards to stroke and prehospital considerations of Stroke management and system logistics.

Date added: 07/20/23

	Jason Arion Butler is an enrolled member of the Ute Tribe of Fort Duchesne, Utah and is also part Mojave and Cherokee. He resides in Gibson, Idaho with his wife of 22 years, children, and grandchild who are all enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned his Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. He has spent the past 5+ years employed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department, where he spent time serving as the Recovery Service Coordinator for the Four Directions Treatment Center, the manager for the Community Health Representative program, and recently accepted the position of Behavioral Health Manager. He strives to incorporate Native culture, traditions, morals, and values into the healthcare services provided to Native communities, implementing these practices into his work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and advocating for the reconstruction of healthcare practices nationally. Today he says, “I am loving life and am extremely thankful to have found a career path I love.

	Carrie Sampson-Samuels is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation located in Eastern Oregon. Carrie has an early background in nursing providing patient care in long term and clinical care settings. Carrie then furthered her education in community health and health studies at Portland State University, later advancing her education in healthcare management at Oregon Health and Sciences University while serving in leadership and executive management for a Tribal health organization as the Community Health Director. Carrie has served Tribes from Oregon to Montana and the Treaty 7 Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. As the Community Health Aide Project Director for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Carrie has provided leadership, advocacy and project management for expansion for the Behavioral Health Aide and Community Health Aide Program under the umbrella and direction of the Tribal Community Health Provider Project. This work has led to the expansion of Tribal Community Health Providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Carrie is responsible for leading partnerships with the education institutions, key Tribal partner sites, contract experts and advisory workgroups. This includes development of education infrastructure, education curriculum, recruitment strategies, tools for integration of providers into tribal health organizations, and working with state partners to develop policy and infrastructure for provider reimbursement. Carrie manages and writes multiple grants that support all aspects of this work and provides technical assistance support to the Portland Area CHAP Certification Board. Carrie is the proud mother of 4 daughters and resides on a small ranch on her Tribal homelands.

	Dr. Liu is a generalist OB/GYN at Gallup Indian Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she holds a PhD in Health Policy. Among other publications, she served as the chief editor for the 2019 Oxford University Press book: “50 Studies Every Obstetrician and Gynecologist Should Know.” She has formal training in Quality Improvement processes through the Partners Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP), which she utilized to implement emergency contraception at Massachusetts General Hospital. During her six years at Gallup Indian Medical Center she has primary responsibility for preparing and reporting of metrics related to the delivery of obstetric care, and serves on the Continuing Medical Education committee.

	Dr. Hoover is from Chicago, where he grew up and went to medical school, at Rush University, on Chicago’s diverse West Side. He was trained in Urology at Boston Medical Center in Boston’s beautiful South End neighborhood. Dr. Hoover went on to pursue fellowship training in voiding dysfunction and laser prostate surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Hoover is a Board-Certified Urologist, by the American Board of Urology, having achieved this honor in 2018. Dr. Hoover has several peer-reviewed publications, including research studies and medical illustrations. His family is happy to call Gallup home since the end of 2017. In their free time they like to explore New Mexico’s wilderness and go camping. Now that their two girls are growing up, it’s also imperative that we catch Pokemon wherever we go.Dr. Hoover is the only Urologist in McKinley County, New Mexico, and in any of the surrounding counties– it’s just him between Albuquerque and Flagstaff. He’s happy to continue seeing established patients, and is accepting new patients from the entire region. Dr. Hoover believes in communication, candor, and compassion as essential tenets of patient care. Dr. Hoover is an expert in general Urology, male and female voiding dysfunction, kidney stones and kidney stone surgery, BPH and laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer. Many of the procedures he do as a Urologist are done in the office including: cystoscopy, vasectomy, urodynamics, treatment foroveractive bladder, and many others. Please call/text or email and let him and his staff know how they can help you.

	Eric Wortmann, MD is the former Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Besides patient care, Eric has a deep passion for mentoring aspiring physicians and health care providers. He was the Education Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle as well as Adjunct Faculty for the US Army teaching Special Forces Medics. He has been a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine in Haiti and has worked in the Dominican Republic since 1989. Eric has a long-time passion as a mid and long-distance running coach. He has lived on Kauai for 30 years. Currently he divides his time between Northern Italy and Hawaii. Recently he was accepted into Doctors without Borders USA and is awaiting his first assignment.

	Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS, is the Trauma Outreach Director and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix