Medical Director, Public Safety and Emergency Medical Services Dallas County (TX), USA Dallas, Texas
Disclosure(s):
Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FAEMS, MACP, MCCM: No financial relationships to disclose
This very popular session, convened by EMS WORLD Expo, year-after-year, brings together an animated panel of progressive/leading medical directors, usually working in the nation's busiest municipalities, equipped with robust data and a breadth of experiences which have enriched all attendees, ranging from basic-responders and EMS educators to advanced-practice medics, medical directors and chiefs from all jurisdictional types.
There are usually two or three separate sessions (held on the same or separate days), typically involving most of the EMS medical directors already speaking at the expo as well as some renowned "drop-in" physicians. All sessions are expertly-moderated by Dr. Paul Pepe who hosts and interviews between 6 and 12 participating doctors. Topics are usually generated by audience attendees (as the session opens), but the panel then prioritizes the best topics among them. So-called lightning-rounds (created by the "Eagles" a quarter-century ago), continue to play-out providing great, multi-faceted feedback and an extraordinary degree of "take-home" information during each session.
The session are well-attended and interactive. The only major (perennial) complaint has been the paucity of time allotted for the sessions with audiences recommending that the panel continue for two back-to-back sessions each day (as questions typically continue well into the break).
Learning Objectives:
Recite the most challenging or most advanced topics in contemporary emergency medical services and 9-1-1 system operations
Articulate numerous solutions or strategies to address common medical problems or discrepancies in EMS practice and guidelines
Recount several take-home points that will help their respective local EMS systems after receiving feedback and often encouraging consensus from the panel of veteran EMS doctors.
