2024 South Hills EMS Summit

The 2024 South Hills EMS Summit will bring together leaders in the EMS field to present and discuss some of the most pressing issues EMS faces today.  This day-long conference will include presentations on contemporary clinical care topics and a live podcast.  The day will conclude with a panel of experts in the mental health field discussing the current state of mental health in our community.

The conference has been registered for 6 continuing education credits with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, bureau of Emergency Medical Services.

Free parking will be available and lunch will be provided.

Agenda:

9:00 am – Opening remarks
Featuring: Venard Campbell, EMT-P

9:15 am – Ticking Time Bomb: Don’t miss these causes of abdominal pain
Featuring: Mohamed Hagahmed, MD

10:00 am – Suburban Stroke Care
Featuring: Max Hammer, MD

11:00 am – Pod Cast: Subject – Wide Complex Tachycardia
Featuring: Owen T. Traynor, MD; Jeffrey Liu, MD; Aleksander Keller, MD; and Mohamed Hagahmed, MD

12:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 pm – Soothing Sedation: Drop(eridol) it like it’s hot: Management of Agitated Behavior
Featuring: Aleksander Keller, MD

2:00 pm – When Negligence Becomes Homicide – Compassion Fatigue in EMS
Featuring: Tom Platt, Ed.D, NRP

3:00 pm – Panel discussion on Mental health in our Community
Moderated by Tiffany Behringer, MD
Panelists: Bruce Wright, MD; Jason Habermen, MS; Keith Morse, MS, EMT-P; Owen T. Traynor, MD

3:50 pm – Closing remarks
Featuring: Venard Campbell, EMT-P

Any questions? Please contact Venard Campbell at [email protected].