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This class for officer, aspiring officer, and member professional development explores the essentials of well-rounded organizational leadership and the obligations of all ranks and levels of membershi …
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As public safety responders, we find ourselves working in increasingly complex and challenging environments. With ever-increasing active threats, including active shootings, terrorism, rioting, and ot …
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In this class, challenging and difficult extrication scenarios require advanced skills to stabilize vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be ple …
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Students will face four technical rescue scenarios--car into a building, scaffolding rescue, fork truck/high rack shelving collapse, and heavy object entrapment�using tools and equipment found on most …
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This class is for fire officers of all ranks looking to clear the noise and get to the root of the issues to excel in their roles. It combines operational strategies, leadership insights, and real-wor …
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Incidents involving electric and hybrid vehicles are on the rise, as the use of technology continues to evolve. This course is designed to prepare students for taking correct actions and avoiding haza …
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This course is designed for those who respond to emergencies involving stalled elevators. Emergency personnel with inadequate training in handling elevator emergencies are exposed to an increased risk …
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This program describes and explains the value and importance of effective leadership skills in the fire service. Many of today�s problems in the firehouse and on the fireground can be traced back to i …
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This class will help students better prepare for an incident involving semis, heavy vehicles, and buses by discussing vehicle design and construction and exploring how this relates to the incident. Th …
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This class will combine time- and battle-tested search techniques with updated modern thermal imaging technology, designed to take your fireground searches to the next level. When properly applied, th …
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PPE Required: NFPA-compliant structural firefighting pants, coat, hood, gloves, boots, and helmet. (SCBA and face piece will be provided.) This class focuses on the initial actions of first-arriving c …
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Join the experienced instructors at the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), who will deliver an intense course on the necessary skills to effectively operate as a member of a rapid intervention te …
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Students will have the opportunity to experience the process of vent-enter-search under live fire conditions. They will learn to perform a proper size-up for VES and handle special VES situations incl …
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PPE Required: Lightweight rescue gear or jumpsuit, helmet, gloves, safety toe boots, and eye protection. Man vs. machinery incidents occur across the country. They may involve a person stuck in some s …
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While the number of structure fires is decreasing, civilian fire deaths are increasing. As a fire service, we must get better at performing and supporting the search on a fireground. We give THEM the …
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This is a rope rescue course providing technical rescue personnel hands-on experience operating on a communications tower structure. Students will learn proper techniques for climbing tower structures …
1:00 PM
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As public safety responders, we find ourselves working in increasingly complex and challenging environments. With ever-increasing active threats, including active shootings, terrorism, rioting, and ot …
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In this class, challenging and difficult extrication scenarios require advanced skills to stabilize vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be ple …
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Students will face four technical rescue scenarios--car into a building, scaffolding rescue, fork truck/high rack shelving collapse, and heavy object entrapment�using tools and equipment found on most …
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Incidents involving electric and hybrid vehicles are on the rise, as the use of technology continues to evolve. This course is designed to prepare students for taking correct actions and avoiding haza …
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This class will help students better prepare for an incident involving semis, heavy vehicles, and buses by discussing vehicle design and construction and exploring how this relates to the incident. Th …
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This class will combine time- and battle-tested search techniques with updated modern thermal imaging technology, designed to take your fireground searches to the next level. When properly applied, th …
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Students will have the opportunity to experience the process of vent-enter-search under live fire conditions. They will learn to perform a proper size-up for VES and handle special VES situations incl …
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PPE Required: Lightweight rescue gear or jumpsuit, helmet, gloves, safety toe boots, and eye protection. Man vs. machinery incidents occur across the country. They may involve a person stuck in some s …
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While the number of structure fires is decreasing, civilian fire deaths are increasing. As a fire service, we must get better at performing and supporting the search on a fireground. We give THEM the …
1:30 PM
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It is a repetitious news headline: �Active Shooter Reported! Multiple Deaths Confirmed, Several More Injured.� Yet, emergency services organizations are still attempting to define their specific role …
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Every organization has them: the chronic complainers, keyboard commanders, know-it-alls, morale drainers, entitled, and other personalities that drain morale and disrupt progress. But what if dealing …
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Learn how (IQ) Intellectual Intelligence, (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, and Interpersonal Dynamics provides a full 360 degree look at yourself through introspection and also for those you lead. We will …
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This lecture will cover many topics related to search. It will keep the focus on our primary mission of the fire service--life! With our modern fire environment, time is not a luxury we have, and it i …
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There is nothing quite like a firehouse. It can be the most incredible experience of your life or a miserable exile to purgatory. It can be a place of learning where skills are honed and techniques re …
8:00 AM
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As public safety responders, we find ourselves working in increasingly complex and challenging environments. With ever-increasing active threats, including active shootings, terrorism, rioting, and ot …
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In this class, challenging and difficult extrication scenarios require advanced skills to stabilize vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be ple …
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Students will face four technical rescue scenarios--car into a building, scaffolding rescue, fork truck/high rack shelving collapse, and heavy object entrapment�using tools and equipment found on most …
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Incidents involving electric and hybrid vehicles are on the rise, as the use of technology continues to evolve. This course is designed to prepare students for taking correct actions and avoiding haza …
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This course is designed for those who respond to emergencies involving stalled elevators. Emergency personnel with inadequate training in handling elevator emergencies are exposed to an increased risk …
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This class will help students better prepare for an incident involving semis, heavy vehicles, and buses by discussing vehicle design and construction and exploring how this relates to the incident. Th …
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This lecture highlights the connection between leadership and the mental health of our members. We examine how mental health challenges among first responders go beyond mitigating exposure to traumati …
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This class will combine time- and battle-tested search techniques with updated modern thermal imaging technology, designed to take your fireground searches to the next level. When properly applied, th …
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PPE Required: NFPA-compliant structural firefighting pants, coat, hood, gloves, boots, and helmet. (SCBA and face piece will be provided.) This class focuses on the initial actions of first-arriving c …
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Join the experienced instructors at the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), who will deliver an intense course on the necessary skills to effectively operate as a member of a rapid intervention te …
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Students will have the opportunity to experience the process of vent-enter-search under live fire conditions. They will learn to perform a proper size-up for VES and handle special VES situations incl …
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PPE Required: Lightweight rescue gear or jumpsuit, helmet, gloves, safety toe boots, and eye protection. Man vs. machinery incidents occur across the country. They may involve a person stuck in some s …
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While the number of structure fires is decreasing, civilian fire deaths are increasing. As a fire service, we must get better at performing and supporting the search on a fireground. We give THEM the …
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This is a rope rescue course providing technical rescue personnel hands-on experience operating on a communications tower structure. Students will learn proper techniques for climbing tower structures …
1:00 PM
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As public safety responders, we find ourselves working in increasingly complex and challenging environments. With ever-increasing active threats, including active shootings, terrorism, rioting, and ot …
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In this class, challenging and difficult extrication scenarios require advanced skills to stabilize vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be ple …
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Students will face four technical rescue scenarios--car into a building, scaffolding rescue, fork truck/high rack shelving collapse, and heavy object entrapment�using tools and equipment found on most …
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Incidents involving electric and hybrid vehicles are on the rise, as the use of technology continues to evolve. This course is designed to prepare students for taking correct actions and avoiding haza …
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This class will help students better prepare for an incident involving semis, heavy vehicles, and buses by discussing vehicle design and construction and exploring how this relates to the incident. Th …
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This class will combine time- and battle-tested search techniques with updated modern thermal imaging technology, designed to take your fireground searches to the next level. When properly applied, th …
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Students will have the opportunity to experience the process of vent-enter-search under live fire conditions. They will learn to perform a proper size-up for VES and handle special VES situations incl …
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PPE Required: Lightweight rescue gear or jumpsuit, helmet, gloves, safety toe boots, and eye protection. Man vs. machinery incidents occur across the country. They may involve a person stuck in some s …
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While the number of structure fires is decreasing, civilian fire deaths are increasing. As a fire service, we must get better at performing and supporting the search on a fireground. We give THEM the …
1:30 PM
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This workshop will go inside the incident command post (ICP) with new footage and radio traffic of multiple incidents, including live rescues, fatalities, Maydays, and multi-building fires. Dialogue b …
10:30 AM
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Chest pain, tearing down the back ... vitals crashing fast. What do you do? This class will help you catch the most lethal chest pain you'll ever see-aortic dissection. This isn't just rare-it's easil …
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This class is designed to educate students about lithium-ion battery chemistry and pack design and high voltage component identification and vehicle construction. It discusses best practices for extri …
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This class will focus on debunking EMS myths that have been taught to students in the classroom and passed down in the field. Myths will be disproven with scientific evidence and citations will be pro …
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This class is geared toward professionals who wish to expand their abilities in leadership through communication and mutual expectations. It is aimed at anyone who wishes to lead at any level of the o …
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This class looks critically at the seemingly unsurmountable challenges we have in the fire service today. No matter what your rank, from chief to probie, the challenges are far more than responding to …
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Man vs. machinery incidents occur across the country. They may involve a person stuck in some sort of industrial machinery or be as routine as a ring stuck on a victim's finger. Is your department rea …
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This class covers three major topics: (1) Hands-on Leadership, discussing this progressive leadership style as well as the key factors for success; (2) RIT Operations, examining the many facets of RIT …
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This class will introduce officers and aspiring fire service leaders to some of the most important skills they will need to become more effective leaders in today's fire service. Those skills include …
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Andragogy refers to the principles of adult education. There are many differences in teaching children (pedagogy) and adults (andragogy). Understanding these differences is critical for the success of …
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This class explores the evolving role of whole blood in emergency medical services and its potential to transform prehospital care. Through real-world insights and case examples, attendees will examin …
1:00 PM
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The workshop will go inside the command post with new footage and radio traffic of multiple incidents, including live rescues, fatalities, Maydays, and multibuilding fires. Dialog between the incident …
1:30 PM
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This class reviews the top administrative policies and operational practices every fire department (U.S. and Canada) must have to prevent liability, firefighter injuries, and public embarrassment and …
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This class is to help prepare EMS educators on how to better prepare the students for the NREMT exams. It will explain how the new questions will be handled and also how to break down the new style of …
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Every day, fire and EMS personnel operate at the critical intersection of tactical decision making and traditional trauma care. This class is designed to empower responders with the mindset and knowle …
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This class will discuss common pediatric trauma practices that have been shown to be incorrect or worse. Children get hurt so often, EMS tends to classify everything as either a "boo boo" or a lights …
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This class is designed to motivate training officers to incorporate passion in their program development while inspiring their people to love the job as much as them. There are departments with traini …
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This class is designed for company officers and informal leaders within the firehouse. The idea is to learn how to interact with other members of the firehouse, company, and department. The intention …
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This class explores how integrated physician-led protocols, real-time medical direction, and progressive rescue strategies are transforming the fireground and extrication scene into a seamlessly orche …
3:30 PM
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A maternity care desert is defined as a county that has no hospital or birthing facility. According to the March of Dimes 2024 Report, 35% of all counties within the United States fall into this categ …
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Hemorrhagic blood failure is defined as an emergent blood condition that occurs when a crucial amount of oxygen debt (shock) builds up in trauma. The definition of blood failure requires the presence …
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This class will review the hot legal issues affecting fire and EMS organizations on a daily basis. Topics include guns, booze, and marijuana in the firehouse; gender and transgender related claims; ha …
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Research shows that often, EMS providers have trouble ventilating patients. Learn the latest data for ventilation in cardiac arrest and the instructor's incredible findings of his ongoing High-Perform …
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Instructors are responsible for distilling the need-to-know information from the nice-to-know and nuts-to-know information that overwhelms our standard training and saps our time and attention. Why is …
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Approximately 95% of civilian fire deaths occur in the residential setting. This should be our bread and butter. Yet, many departments are plagued with a passive search culture. Our goal should be to …
8:00 AM
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The workshop will go inside the command post with new footage and radio traffic of multiple incidents, including live rescues, fatalities, Maydays, and multibuilding fires. Dialog between the incident …
8:30 AM
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In today's high-acuity EMS environment, hesitation kills. Despite growing evidence, some of the most effective trauma interventions remain sidelined due to fear, perceived risk, or institutional inert …
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When we think of critical care transport medicine, we often associate it with taking patients from facility to facility. How can the trends, technology, and education benefit the other group of patien …
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Fire departments do not receive funding like they need. Some fire departments only have $5,000 for their annual budget. How they operate with such little funding is amazing. Other departments may have …
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In the past six years, 45 firefighters and EMS personnel have been struck and killed while working an incident on the nation's roadways. Incidents such as crash scenes and vehicle fires present unique …
10:30 AM
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When circulation falters and ventilation declines, the intricate balance of life begins to unravel. This class explores the vital interplay between perfusion and gas exchange-systems that must work in …
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CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) incidents pose unique challenges that require rapid, coordinated action across all levels of emergency response. This class offers a …
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Endocrine emergencies are often underrecognized in the prehospital environment, yet their rapid identification and management can be life-saving. From adrenal crises to myxedema coma, thyroid storm, a …
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From fangs to claws, beaks to bites-nature doesn't always play nice. In this fast-paced and often jaw-dropping class, we'll explore real-world cases and clinical lessons from the front lines of human- …
1:00 PM
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The workshop will go inside the command post with new footage and radio traffic of multiple incidents, including live rescues, fatalities, Maydays, and multibuilding fires. Dialog between the incident …
1:30 PM
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Cardiogenic shock and heart failure not only are the leading cause of death among the public, but death from acute pump failure continues to be a leading cause of firefighter death. This class will pr …
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Marriage can either be a passionate, intimate love affair that lasts a lifetime or a toxic, contentious experience that ends in utter heartbreak. Add in the unique challenges presented by the rough an …
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This class offers a practical approach to first-in hazmat response-tailored for all firefighters, from career to volunteer. With chemical suicides, drug labs, fentanyl, and lithium-ion battery fires o …
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Fire departments across the country are increasingly being called on to respond to drowning incidents-often with little more than basic training and limited operational guidance. As the all-hazards mi …
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There are as many leadership theories as there are authors and books. The challenge for most fire service leaders is translating those theories into practice--everyday behaviors that lead them to succ …
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This class is a primer and update on the prehospital management of penetrating trauma. Participants will review the pathophysiology of penetrating trauma from the initial injury to the progression thr …
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This isn't another theoretical overview-it's a hands-on, experience-driven blueprint for building engaging, modern training programs that resonate with today's learners. You'll gain deeper insights in …
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This class discusses the leadership and operational considerations that have proven effective for developing high-performing functional fire company teams. It takes a simple, nontraditional look at th …
3:30 PM
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They just don't stop--changes in the law, that is. Over the past year, there've been a record number of Presidential executive orders, a surprising number of which affect the fire service. So while th …
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Orthopedic injuries are among the most common-and potentially debilitating-calls EMS providers face. In this dynamic and interactive class, participants will explore real-world strategies for assessin …
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Understanding a patient's full history and completing a rapid but in-depth assessment can upgrade your care, even if you're working with a limited scope of basic life support. This class will teach yo …
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Mechanical circulatory support is transforming how we manage cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, and end-stage heart failure. This class examines the current landscape and evolving role of devices like …
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This class will cover many topics related to search. It will keep the focus on our primary mission of the fire service-life. With our modern fire environment, time is not a luxury we have, and it is i …
8:00 AM
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The workshop will go inside the command post with new footage and radio traffic of multiple incidents, including live rescues, fatalities, Maydays, and multibuilding fires. Dialog between the incident …
8:30 AM
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Airway management is one of the fundamental skills taught in EMS and remains a critical component of patient assessment and care. As one of the first priorities in any emergency, the ability to effect …
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This class takes the attendees from where we were to where we are and into the future of treating patients with respiratory complaints. It will cover what works, what doesn't, and how paramedics and E …
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The social media page "The Salty Paramedic" was started with the goal of bringing humor and awareness about the jobs of first responders to help tackle the ongoing battle of mental health among them. …
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Technical rescue incidents present a unique set of challenges to medical providers. Whether assessing and treating suspension injuries at a rope rescue or crush injuries at a structural collapse, spec …
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When first learning about or encountering patients with crush syndrome, crush injury, or compartment syndrome, it can be challenging to keep straight these three very different but often intertwined c …
10:30 AM
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This session will list the OSHA requirements for annual update training and present an actual annual update training session. *Eligible for CEH/CAPCE Credit
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Do you have the "courage under fire" it takes to be a great leader and great fire service professional of any rank--not just today but in the future? Topics include leadership traits of successful lea …
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Told through the heartfelt lens of Gabby Petito's stepfather, a 25-year veteran of the fire service, this class offers a powerful narrative and insider perspective on the urgent need for seamless, sur …
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By their nature, mass-casualty incidents overwhelm the resources of a jurisdiction, requiring the use of policies, procedures, and resources that aren't normally used. This class will offer an opportu …
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Toxidromes can be used to readily identify potential toxins and then hopefully refresh your memory on their needed life-saving interventions. However, unfortunately, one of the most fatal toxidromes i …
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Our most used piece of equipment in the fire service is our personal protective equipment. It is the only equipment that is used at every alarm. Far too many fire fighters do not have the proper knowl …
