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Full Schedule

  • Friday, November 1, 2024
  • 10:00 – 18:00 MST
    IAMTCS Certified Flight Communicator Course
  • 10:00 – 18:00 MST
    IAMTCS Communication Leadership Course
  • Saturday, November 2, 2024
  • 08:00 – 17:00 MST
    CCTA Final Module
  • 10:00 – 18:00 MST
    IAMTCS Certified Flight Communicator Course
  • 10:00 – 18:00 MST
    IAMTCS Communication Leadership Course
  • 12:00 – 17:00 MST
    Conference Registration Open
  • Sunday, November 3, 2024
  • 07:30 – 17:00 MST
    AMPA Core Curriculum II
  • 07:30 – 17:30 MST
    Conference Registration Open
  • 08:00 – 13:00 MST
    Preparing for Accreditation
  • 08:00 – 17:00 MST
    CCTA Final Module
  • 08:00 – 17:00 MST
    The NAEMSP Quality Improvement Pre-Conference Workshop
  • 12:00 – 15:00 MST
    AAMS Board of Directors Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:00 MST
    CAMTS Aviation Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 14:00 – 17:00 MST
    Understanding GAMUT
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    AAMS Annual Membership Meeting
  • 17:00 – 17:30 MST
    AAMS Government Affairs Briefing with Thorn Run Partners
  • 18:00 – 21:00 MST
    Memorial Lights Display
  • Monday, November 4, 2024
  • 07:00 – 08:00 MST
    A Day in the Life of an Air Medical Pilot: Part I
  • 07:00 – 10:00 MST
    CAMTS Site Surveyor Breakfast
  • 07:00 – 18:00 MST
    Conference Registration Open
  • 07:30 – 08:15 MST
    Morning Coffee
  • 08:00 – 09:30 MST
    Opening General Session
  • 08:00 – 12:00 MST
    CCTA Final Module
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    A Day in the Life of an Air Medical Pilot: Part II
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    Dedicated Leadership Exhibit Hall Preview
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    Hypoxia on the Ventilator: Using the Area-under-the-Curve Method to Troubleshoot
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    Obstetrics: Fears, Lies, and Curious Things
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    Promoting Patient Safety in Aeromedical Transport
    Lessons from Errors, Mishaps and Other Near Situations (LEMONS) Can Be Bittersweet
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    The Patient Progression Hub: Multidisciplinary Approach to Real-Time Coordination of Care During Daily Operations and Emergency Events
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    When You Get THAT Call: Lessons Learned from Responding to Catastrophic Events
  • 09:45 – 10:45 MST
    Whoa, I'm Not Flying That! What Is Too Unstable to Fly and How Do We Get Them Transport Ready?
  • 10:00 – 11:30 MST
    CAMTS Standards Committee Meeting
  • 10:45 – 11:45 MST
    State/Regional Associations Meeting
  • 10:45 – 12:45 MST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hall Break
  • 10:45 – 14:45 MST
    SIM Cup Preliminary Rounds
  • 10:45 – 18:00 MST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 11:00 – 18:00 MST
    Clinical Challenge Preliminary Rounds
  • 11:45 – 12:45 MST
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Chest X-Rays: You Don’t Have to Be a Radiologist
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Critical Thinking in Critical Care: A Deep Dive into Case Studies
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Investing in Your Comm Specs
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Lifting the Weight: Navigating Bariatric Transport Challenges
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Optimizing Well-Being in Aviation: FAA Discussion on Mental Health and Fatigue
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    PHACTORS: Impacting the Platinum 10 in the Post-Intubation Phase
  • 12:45 – 13:45 MST
    Successful Failure: Where Positive Outcomes Invite Disaster
  • 12:45 – 17:00 MST
    Air Medical Physician Symposium (AMPS Lite)
    Benjamin Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P (he/him/his) – University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    Adam Gottula, MD – University of Minnesota
    Clinical Practice
     Earn 3.5 credits - CAPCE; Nursing; CME CE credit
  • 12:45 – 17:00 MST
    Job Marketplace
  • 13:00 – 18:00 MST
    AMTC24 ARUP Blood Drive
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    AAMS Patient Quality & Safety Committee Meeting
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    Accident Investigation: Resources for Preparation from the NTSB
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    Air Medical Team Dynamics
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    Collaboration: Using Conflict for Finding the "Best" Right Answer to Safety
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    Comm Center Situational Awareness
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    No Longer Preggo My Eggo: Lethal Post-Partum Complications
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    What Do We Really Know About Pelvic Binding Strategies?
  • 14:00 – 15:00 MST
    Your Main Squeeze: Managing Hypotension with Vasopressors and More
  • 14:30 – 15:30 MST
    Airbus Happy Hour
  • 15:00 – 15:45 MST
    Airbus Customer Anniversaries
  • 15:00 – 16:00 MST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hall Break
  • 15:15 – 15:30 MST
    Metro Aviation Press Event
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    Burn Pathways in the Field: Case Studies for Pre-Flight Burn Management and Patient Survival in the Field
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    Executive Leadership Forum (By Invitation Only)
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    IAMTCS Membership Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    Invasive Hemodynamic Waveforms: Survival Skills for Keeping Your Patent Safe
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    Squeeze the Wheeze: Are You Doing Everything You Can for Pediatric Asthma?
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    To Err is Human: The Importance of Human Factors in Critical Care Transport
  • 16:00 – 17:00 MST
    Virtual Reality (VR), It's Not Just for Gaming Anymore. Can VR Be Another Tool in Your Education and Training Toolbox?
  • 17:00 – 18:00 MST
    CCTA Graduation Ceremony
  • 17:00 – 18:00 MST
    CMTE, MTSP-C and LIFT-C Reception
  • 17:00 – 18:00 MST
    Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • Tuesday, November 5, 2024
  • 07:30 – 08:30 MST
    Morning Coffee
  • 07:30 – 15:30 MST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 07:30 – 16:45 MST
    Conference Registration Open
  • 08:00 – 15:30 MST
    Clinical Challenge Preliminary Rounds
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    AMTC Resuscitation Trivia Challenge!
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    Breaking in the Saddle: A Classic Tale of Hemodynamic Collapse
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    Clinical Crew Preflight Risk Assessment & Fatigue Management: A Global Perspective and Novel Approach
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    ETHOS: Partnering to Bring Data to Your Doorstep
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    Global Perspectives Roundtable: Shaping International Solutions
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    Medical Control Curriculum for Trainees
  • 08:30 – 09:30 MST
    We’re Doing It Wrong! What We SHOULD Be Doing in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
  • 08:30 – 10:00 MST
    The Inadvertent Combative Patient: Part III
  • 09:30 – 10:30 MST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hall Break
  • 10:00 – 11:00 MST
    AAMS Data & Technology Committee Meeting
  • 10:00 – 13:45 MST
    SIM Cup Final Round
  • 10:30 – 11:00 MST
    Blasts Unveiled: Exploring Blast Physics, Injuries, and Insights from a Steel Mill Explosion
  • 10:30 – 11:00 MST
    Design and Implementation of Hypertonic Saline Administration for Suspected TBI
  • 10:30 – 11:00 MST
    HIE? That's Cool!
  • 10:30 – 11:00 MST
    Stroke 2024: Optimal Transport Management
  • 10:30 – 11:00 MST
    Wildlife Strike Awareness and Mitigation
  • 10:30 – 11:30 MST
    CAMTS Community Forum
  • 10:30 – 11:30 MST
    Culture of Belonging: The Case and Blueprint for Investing in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion as a Business Strategy
  • 10:30 – 11:30 MST
    Elevating Air Medical Services: AI as Your Copilot in Clinical Excellence and Operational Efficiency
  • 11:15 – 11:45 MST
    DASH-1A for Airway QA
  • 11:15 – 11:45 MST
    Long Distance Air Transport of Pediatric Behavioral and Psychiatric Patients: Getting to the Care They Need!
  • 11:15 – 11:45 MST
    Old and New Contagious Infections: Measles, Leprosy, and Alaskapox
  • 11:15 – 11:45 MST
    Surviving to the Ground: From the Ground Up. Saving Lives Through the Creation of an Incapacitated Pilot Procedure
  • 11:15 – 11:45 MST
    Utilizing Helicopters in the Backcountry
  • 11:45 – 13:00 MST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hall Break
  • 11:45 – 13:00 MST
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 12:00 – 13:30 MST
    ASTNA Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon
  • 13:00 – 13:25 MST
    The Blame Game: How a Failure to Learn Impacted my Leadership Philosophy
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    BREATHING EZ: The Ins and Outs of HFNC
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    Dexmedetomidine Utilization During Air Medical Transport for Agitated Patients
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    Enhancing Safety: Exploring Online Risk Assessment Tool for Flight Nurses to Mitigate Prospective Risk Through Crew Self Reporting
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    FHAS Presents: Navigating No Surprises Act Dispute Resolution for Air Ambulance Providers
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    M: I 24. Is Vision Zero Our Mission Impossible?
  • 13:00 – 14:00 MST
    Transportation of Infants with Congenital Heart Disease
  • 13:00 – 15:00 MST
    Hands on Cardiopulmonary Anatomical Airway Lab
  • 14:00 – 14:25 MST
    Meeting the Needs of a Special Population: Children’s Health Behavioral Health Vehicle Program
  • 14:15 – 14:30 MST
    Airbus Special Announcement
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Averting the Airflow Apocalypse: The 6 Horsemen of Ventilator Safety
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Considerations in Pediatric Trauma
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Documentation Is Fun, Just Like Me
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Critical Care Transport Revenue Cycle Management: Looking Beyond the Numbers
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Life After Near Death: From the Perspective of the Patient and an EMS Family Member
  • 14:15 – 15:15 MST
    Scene Response On-Demand: Safety, Strategy & Execution
  • 14:30 – 14:55 MST
    Opportunity Demands Responsibility: Inspiration for "Superheroes" to Serve in the Austere
  • 15:00 – 15:25 MST
    Toxic Heroism: Change the Culture, Save Your Career
  • 15:30 – 16:45 MST
    "Eat Dessert First" Community Awards Celebration
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2024
  • 07:30 – 08:30 MST
    ICAPP Membership Meeting
  • 07:30 – 09:00 MST
    Morning Coffee
  • 07:30 – 14:00 MST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 07:30 – 16:00 MST
    Conference Registration Open
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Engage, Maverick, Engage!
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Heart of Stone: A Tale of Hyperkalemia, Digoxin Toxicity, and Calcium Administration
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Leadership Incident Support Roundtable: Peers LIFTing Peers
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Meconium Aspiration and Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Monitoring Lab Values Through the Eyes of the 12 Lead
  • 09:00 – 10:00 MST
    Quaternary Level Transport-Converting Small Town ERs into ECMO Centers
  • 10:00 – 12:00 MST
    Clinical Challenge Finals
  • 10:15 – 11:15 MST
    Double-Black Diamond Debriefing: Strategies for Debriefing Your Most Difficult Simulation Situations
  • 10:15 – 11:15 MST
    The Project Management Behind Implementing a Major Equipment Change in a Large Organization
  • 10:15 – 11:15 MST
    Unexpected Arrivals: EMS Strategies for Newborn Emergencies
  • 10:15 – 11:15 MST
    You Can Have a Different Opinion, But You Can't Have Different Physiology: Restoring Perfusion in Hemorrhagic Shock
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    Advancing Pediatric and Neonatal Care
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    APPs in CCT: Experiences and Advice on Instituting the Nurse Practitioner Model in Critical Care Transport
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    Delivering Virtual Care in Rural and Remote Settings
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    Semper Gumby: Program Flexibility in the Midst of Chaos
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    Stop Using Severity Bias in Your Quality Management System
  • 11:30 – 12:30 MST
    The Nightmare Case: Mechanical Ventilation of the COPD Exacerbation - Lessons Learned
  • 12:30 – 13:30 MST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hall Break
  • 12:30 – 13:30 MST
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 13:30 – 13:55 MST
    Good Form, Good Function & Good Health: An Ergonomic Program Creation Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Work Related Injuries
  • 13:30 – 14:00 MST
    Making the Cut: A Case Study and Discussion of Field Escharotomy
  • 13:30 – 14:00 MST
    Pediatric All Cause Shock: Systematic Approach to Early Identification and Resuscitation
  • 13:30 – 14:00 MST
    When Jet A and O2 Aren't Enough: Transporting Inhaled Agents
  • 13:30 – 14:30 MST
    Transform Your Clinical Education Program: Strategies for Lasting Impact and Success
  • 13:55 – 14:15 MST
    The Death Shimmies: Have You Seen Them in a 3-Year-Old and How Would You Treat?
  • 14:15 – 14:45 MST
    Prehospital Transfusion Medicine: Components, Compatibility, and Whole Blood
  • 14:15 – 14:45 MST
    Reducing Cognitive Load on Transports
  • 14:15 – 14:45 MST
    Sheepdogs and Shepherds: The Impact of Leadership on Psychological Safety
  • 14:15 – 14:45 MST
    Sweet Dreams Aren't Made of This. When Routine Management of Patients with DKA Turns into Nightmares: A Discussion of One of the Scariest Patients That We Can Encounter in the Flight Industry
  • 14:20 – 14:40 MST
    The Art of Prehospital Communication: A Case Report Highlighting the Collaborative Approach of a Pediatric Specialty Transport Team to Optimize Care for a 7-Month-Old Art Sand Aspiration
  • 14:45 – 15:05 MST
    Neurologically Deceased Patients and the Role of Critical Care Transport
  • 15:00 – 16:00 MST
    Communication and Performance Under Pressure
  • 15:00 – 16:00 MST
    Don't Squeeze the Baby! A HROB Case Study and Analysis of Vasopressors in Pregnancy
  • 15:00 – 16:00 MST
    It's Hard to Climb the Ladder With a Broken Rung
  • 15:00 – 16:00 MST
    Recognition and Resuscitation of Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock During Transport
  • 15:10 – 15:30 MST
    The Clinical Impact of Transport Ultrasound in 20 Minutes (or Less)
  • 15:35 – 15:55 MST
    When Dogs Fly: Air Medical Transport for Operational K9's
  • 18:00 – 21:00 MST
    MASH Bash: The Reboot