30th Annual

Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center | 350 Harbor Drive | Duluth

“Going the Distance for EMS”

30th AnnualArrowhead EMS Conference

January 14-17, 2010

“Johnny Gage” from TV’s EMERGENCY!www.RandolphMantooth.com

Keynote Speaker Randolph Mantooth

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Directions to the DECC: 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802 From the North or South: Exit at 256B

Emergency Contact Information: DECC phone number: (218) 722-5573, ask for the Arrowhead EMS Conference

Kimberly Barrett – BS, CVT, CCRPCertified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner, University of Minnesota, Veterinary Medical Center; Program Director, Basic Animal Rescue Training (Small Animal), St. Paul, MNChris Bechtold – NREMT-PFlight Supervisor, Life Link III, Hibbing, MNAl Benney – NREMT-PFlight Paramedic; Simulations Specialist and Faculty, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, MNDawn Bidwell – EMT-PEMS Education Coordinator, North Memorial Medical Center, Alexandria, MNDr. Elisabeth F. Bilden – MDStaff Physician, Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic; Co-Medical Director, Duluth SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Program; Associate Medical Director, Hennepin Regional Poison Center; Medical Advisor, Northeast Regional Preparedness Program, Duluth, MNGreg Bown – BSAssistant Instructor, Biology Department, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MNKurt Bramer – EMT-P, CEM-MN, ASOperations Supervisor and Certified Emergency Manager, Hennepin Emergency Medical Services, Minneapolis, MNChris Breitbach – NREMT-P, FF911 Center Manager; Communications Specialist, Allina Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNKathryn Brown – BS, RNEducation Coordinator, Course Director and Regional Faculty, St. Luke’s Hospital and Regional Trauma Center, Duluth, MN

Chris Caulkins – MPH, EMT-P, FF-PEMS Program Director and Faculty, Century College; Firefighter Paramedic, Woodbury Public Safety; Operations Manager, Allina Medical Transportation, Woodbury, MNBrian Crawley – NREMT-PEMS Education Coordinator, HealthEast Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNMalcolm Devine – NREMT-PAssistant Program Director/Clinical Coordinator, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; Paramedic, Setauket Fire District, NYOJ Doyle – BAEMS Consultant, Lobbyist and President, Doyle Consulting, St. Paul, MNChristopher Ebright – NREMT-P, B.EdEMS Program Director, MedCorp Mobile Medical Services; Faculty, Owens Community College and Ohio State Fire School, Toledo, OHJohn Elder – CCEMT-PPrimary Paramedic and Field Training Officer, MedStar Ambulance, Forth Worth, TXDr. Gary Foley – MDChief of Staff, St. Mary’s Medical Center; Emergency Physician, St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic; Medical Director, Arrowhead EMS Association, Duluth, MNGreg Friese – MS, NREMT-PParamedic, Author, Podcaster, Presenter and Elearning Specialist, Emergency Preparedness Systems, LLC, Plover, WICharles Gallet – BA, NREMT-PQuality Assurance Process, Mayo Clinic Medical Transport, Gold Cross, Duluth, MN

Tim George – NREMT-PDirector of Operations and Registered Paramedic, Meds-1 Emergency Medical Services, Inc., Grand Rapids, MNBrad Hanson – EM, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, RHPCManager, Willmar Ambulance Service and Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, MNDr. Nancy Hassinger – MDInterventional Cardiologist, STEMI Medical Director and Staff Physician, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, MNGreg Hayes – EMT-B, FFEducation Consultant; Assistant Fire Chief, Prior Lake Fire Department; Fire Service Instructor; Emergency Preparedness Resource Group, Prior Lake, MNJohn Hill – EMT-P, CFFI, PHTLSDirector of EMS, Respiratory Therapy and Sleep Center, Spencer Hospital; President, Iowa EMS Association; Educator, Department of Public Health Bioterrorism Consultants Bureau, Spencer, IAKirk Hughes – RN, EMT-B, CSPICertified Specialist Poison Information, Hennepin Regional Poison Center, Minneapolis, MNMatthew Jakubik – NREMT-PFlight/Street Medic, North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, MNSue Johnston – LICSWExecutive Director, The Metro CISM Team; ICISF Trainer, Minneapolis, MNChris Kummer – NREMT-P, CCMCommunications Manager, Hennepin Emergency Medical Center, Minneapolis, MNGregory LaMay – BS, NREMT-PEducation Coordinator, East Texas Medical Center EMS, Tyler, TX

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services you provide for our entire community, day after day, under any

and all conditions. Your unwavering dedication, courage and commitment

save thousands of lives every year. From all of us at St. Luke’s, thank you.

Our heartfelt thanks to all our EMS colleagues.

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Jeffrey Lanenberg – EMT-PSouth Metro Operations Manager, Allina Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNPeter Lazzara – BS, NREMT-PAmbulance Commander, Chicago Fire Department; Adjunct Instructor, Chicago City Wide Colleges and Gateway Community College, Racine, WI; EMS Coordinator, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago; Adjunct Instructor and Flight Medic, LifeStar Arrowmedical Program, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, ILJoe Leoni – NREMT-PCertified Trial Lawyer, Minnesota and National, The Trenti Law Firm; Appointed Hennepin County Conciliation Judge, Virginia, MNDave Long – RN, NREMT-P, AS”The Airbag Detective”; Employee Health and Safety/Infection Control, Merit Care Northwest Medical Center, Thief River Falls, MNRick Loveland – AASFire Program Manager, MN State Community and Technical College; Moorhead Fire Department, Moorhead, MNRandolph Mantooth – Professional Actor, Director, Producer and ScreenwriterGraduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NY. Starring role as Los Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedic John Gage in the 1972-1979 television series “EMERGENCY!”Buck McAlpin – NREMT-PPresident, Minnesota Ambulance Association; Director, Community Affairs, North Memorial Ambulance, Marshall, MNDavid McGowan – MS, EMT-PDirector, Clinical and Operational Quality, HealthEast Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNJeff Messerole – NREMT-PClinical Instructor, Spencer Hospital; Chair, Iowa EMS Advisory Council, Spencer, IA Brenda Monahan – BAAdministrative Assistant, Arrowhead EMS Association, Duluth, MNRichard Mullvain – RPhSt. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, MN

David Page – MS, NREMT-PParamedic Instructor, AHA Training Center Faculty, Inver Hills Community College; Field Paramedic, Allina Medical Transportation; Board Member, Prehospital Care Research Forum, St. Paul, MNMichelle Reckard – BS, CVTSecretary, Basic Animal Rescue Training, St. Paul, MNAarron Reinert – BA, NREMT-PExecutive Director, Lakes Region EMS, North Branch, MNRon Robinson – MA, NREMT-PRegional EMS Coordinator, Metro EMS Region; Adjunct Professor, College of Adult and Professional Studies/Graduate School, Bethel University; EMS and Leadership Consultant, St. Paul, MNLance Ross – EMT-IExecutive Director, Minnesota Ambulance Association, St. Cloud, MNDr. Paul Satterlee – MDAssociate Medical Director, Allina Medical Transportation; Emergency Medicine Physician, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, St. Paul, MNMark Schlangen – EMT-B, FFLake County Search and Rescue; Fire Chief, Two Harbors Volunteer Fire Department, Two Harbors, MNJeffery Schultz – NREMT-P, CCEMT-PGold Cross Ambulance Instructor, Rochester Community & Technical College; Code Team, Mayo Clinic Medical Transport, Rochester, MNUlie Seal – FFFire Chief, Bloomington Fire Department; Point of Contact/Administrator, Minnesota Type 3 All Hazards Incident Management Team, Bloomington, MNMike Smith – BS, MICPProgram Chair and Lead Instructor, Emergency Medical & Health Services, Tacoma, WAChristopher Suprun, Jr. – NREMT-P, CCEMT-PConsurgo, LLC; Adjunct Instructor, Emergency Medicine, George Washington University; Field Instructor, New Mexico Tech’s Energetic Materials and Research Center, Cedar Hill, TX

Jim Theodore – NREMT-P, FFMcDavitt Fire Department; Clinton EMS, Iron, MNJill Torres – NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, FFState of Wisconsin Lead Instructor, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, WI; Salem Fire and Rescue Department; Paris Fire and Rescue Department; Deputy Medical Examiner, Kenosha County, Salem, WIRobert Treague – MBO, NREMT-PAdjunct Professor and EMS Coordinator, University of St. Thomas; Certified Forensic Investigator; EMS Educator, Pine Technical College; EMS Contract Education Consultant; EMS Education Advanced Programs Supervisor, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MNTom Vanderwal – AAS Program Director, Greater Northwest EMS, Inc., Bemidji, MNDr. Linda VanEtta – MDInfectious Disease Consultant and Epidemiologist, St. Luke’s Hospital and Trauma Center; Clinical Instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MNRobert Vroman – BS, NREMT-PEMS Faculty, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CONoah Wallace – BS, NREMT-P, RNEducation Coordinator, HealthEast Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNPaul Werfel – MS, NREMT-PDirector, Paramedic Program and Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Science School of Health Technology & Management; Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NYDr. Keith Wesley – MDMinnesota State EMS Medical Director, EMSRB; Medical Director, HealthEast Medical Transportation, St. Paul, MNDr. Robert Zotti – MDMedical Director, Duluth Police Department, Duluth Fire Department and St. Louis County 911 System; Physician, Emergency Department, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, MN

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THURSDAY – JANUARY 14, 2010


7:00-8:30 am RegistRation & optional BReakFastFrench River

Roomlake superior Ballroom l,M

lake superior Ballroom n,o

gooseberry Falls Room

split Rock Room

st. louis River Room

Board Room

Instructor Track BLS/LE/Fire/Rescue ALS ALS Management/Specialty Pediatric CISM

8:30 am “Hand Your Student a Fish or…Teach Your Student to Fish for

Themselves…”Enhancing critical thinking through

problem based learningDavid Page

“Crime Scene Awareness”

Feel confident in proper crime scene procedures

Jill Torres

“ALS Core Refresher”Paramedic Refresher

(Full Day)

Malcm Devine, Paul Werfel

“12 Lead”Learn the JCAHO

10 minute timeframe on 12’s!

(Full Day)

Christopher Suprun, Jr.

“Ambulance Management”

Roundtable(Half Day)

Aarron Reinert

“PEARS”Pediatric Emergency

Assessment, Recognition and

Stabilization (Full Day)

Limit 24

Kathryn Brown

2-Day “CISM, Group Crisis Intervention”

ICISFCertification

Course Learn group

stress intervention

used in EMS, includes critical incident stress

debriefing (CISD)

(Day 1 of 2) Limit 35

Sue Johnston

10:00 am BReak

10:30 am “Eureka! Motor Skill Learning, Evaluation

and Competency”Improving EMS

staff quality

“It’s What They See!!!”Humorous outlook on our professional

presentation

David Page Jill Torres

12:00 pm lunch

1:00 pm “I Talk, You Listen! What I Really Meant to

Say Was...” Your communications

style and how to improve your effectivenessDavid Page

“MON-NAM-IN-NA” Dealing with different and always changing personalities in EMS

and Fire Services

Jill Torres

“Some Day You Will Be Just Like Us”

Basic types of geriatric patient emergencies

Christopher Ebright

2:30 pm BReak

3:00 pm “Dazzling with PowerPoint”

How to build dynamic and effective presentations

“Car-nage” Kinematics of trauma

“Geriatric Obstacle Course”

Simulating geriatric ailments - hands on

David Page Jill Torres Christopher Ebright

4:30 pm sessions end

Don’t miss this unique story of the pioneers of modern Emergency Medical Services and the television show that

introduced the public to the word “paramedic.”

Meet Randy when he hosts a fundraising autograph session in the exhibit hall… EMERGENCY! photos and show memorabilia will be available for purchase and personalization. Proceeds benefit the County of Los Angeles Fire Museum’s James O. Page Memorial Building Fund.

Be sure to visit www.RandolphMantooth.com and www.LACountyFireMuseum.com

Keynote Speaker“EMS: Then and Now”

RANDOLPH MANTOOTHJohnny Gage from TV’s EMERGENCY!

*Celebrity appearance subject to change

the eMs Medical/legal Reference deskPresenters at this private reference desk, located near the upper level Board Room, will address questions and help guide you to answers regarding concerns, rumors and opinions on legal/operational issues that affect your day-to-day operations.

Reference Desk Available:Friday & Saturday – During all breaks & lunches

Presented by Tim George & Joe Leoni

legislative Reception & ForumPlease join us on Friday, January 15, in the Gooseberry Falls Room to welcome State and Local Legislators as they discuss current EMS topics and the EMS Industry’s 2010 Legislative Platform.

Reception: Forum:5:00 pm Hors d’oeuvres 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm

Presented by OJ Doyle & Buck McAlpin

cadaver lab informationWe are offering two cadaver labs on

Friday, January 15, at The College of St. Scholastica • Transportation to The College of St. Scholastica will be provided • Please meet in the DECC entry lobby one-half hour before session • Limit 2 registrants per service • Must pre-register with payment • Confirmation will be made via email • Limit is 30 participants per session/5 alternates per session

Lab #1: 10:00 am – 12:00 pmPresented by Greg Bown & Dr. Robert Zotti

Please enjoy lunch (12:30 pm) upon returning to the DECC

Lab #2: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmPresented by Greg Bown & Dr. Gary Foley

Please enjoy lunch (12:00 pm) prior to leaving the DECC

exhibitor area information

Exhibitors will be displaying products and services in the

Edmund Fitzgerald Hall

• Friday and Saturday snack breaks will be held in the exhibit hall • Admission to the exhibit area will require an ID badge • Non-attendees may purchase an Exhibit Area Only ID Badge for $10

Exhibit Hours:Friday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 7:30 am – 3:30 pm

Sunday 7:30 am – 10:30 am

Check out www.arrowheadems.com for a list of attending exhibitors

7:00-8:30 am RegistRation & optional BReakFast

8:30-9:45 am keYnote: Randolph Mantooth dining area - upper level9:45-10:00 am BReak

French River Room

lake superior Ballroom l,M

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split Rock Room

st. louis RiverRoom

Board Room

CISM

10:00 am “The Anatomy of a Tragedy”

The humanity of suffering with cutting

edge neurobiology

“TAZER” Fact or fiction

“Case Studies”The multi-injured

patient

“When is Enough Enough?”

The quest for resuscitation endpoints

“Minnesota Ambulance Strike Team Leader -

PART 2”A continuation of the initial Minnesota AST Leadership training

Prerequisite:Part 1

(Full Day) Limit 75

Class is reserved for Minnesota Ambulance

Strike Team Leader Members, any others

will need to be approved

Kurt Bramer, Chris Breitbach,

Brad Hanson, Greg Hayes,

Chris Kummer, Jeffrey Lanenberg,

Pat Lee, Ron Robinson,

Lance Ross, Tom Vanderwal

“STEMI Research Program”

ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

2-Day “CISM, Group Crisis Intervention”

ICISFCertification

CourseLearn group

stress intervention

used in EMS, includes critical incident stress

debriefing (CISD)

(Day 2 of 2) Limit 35

Sue Johnston

“Cadaver Lab #1”Transport:

9:30 am, DECC Lobby

Limit 30John Elder Bob Treague Paul Werfel Mike Smith

Dr. Nancy Hassinger, Richard Mullvain, RPh

11:00 am BReak exhibitor area opens

11:30 am “Congestive Heart Failure”

Pathogenesis, assessment and

treatment

“Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings”

Responding to terrorist bombings

“Just a Gut Feeling” Evaluation and

treatment of abdominal emergencies

“Errors and Pitfalls in Trauma Town” Reverse trauma

assessment - common mistakes in trauma

assessments

“Infection Control” Understanding the epidemiology and

clinical characteristics of H1N1 influenza

pandemic

John Elder Bob Treague Paul Werfel Mike Smith Dr. Linda VanEtta

12:30 pm lunch keith lurie, Md: take heart Minnesota

1:30 pm “Trapped in the Maze of the Mind: Depression”

Human behavior and the pathology of

depression

“PUPS” Patients Under Police

Surveillance

“Who Put the @$$ in Assessment”

Review the nine steps of trauma management

“To Die or Not to Die” Suicides

“To Pee Is to Be”Kidney function…renal failure/dialysis patients “Cadaver Lab #2”

Transport: 12:30 pm,

DECC LobbyLimit 30

John Elder Al Benney Christopher Suprun, Jr. Jill Torres Christopher Ebright

3:00 pm BReak

3:30 pm “I Didn’t Know We Could Do That!!!”

Advanced paramedicine in the urban setting

“Pre-Hospital Management of the Poisoned Patient”

What to do, what not to do

“Rainbow Connection” Pediatric assessment

and management

“We’ve Got the PAD”Parkinson’s,

Alzheimer’s, Dementia

“When Your Patient Hits the Wall”

Pathophysiology of shock

John Elder Dr. Elisabeth F. Bilden Christopher Suprun, Jr. Jill Torres Christopher Ebright


5:00-6:15 pm legislative Reception and FoRuM gooseberry Falls Room

FRIDAY – JANUARY 15, 2010

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7:00-8:30 am RegistRation & optional BReakFastFrench River




split Rock Room

st. louis RiverRoom

BoardRoom

8:30 am “ALTE”(Apparent Life

Threatening Event) Saved SIDS

“Playing the Brain Game” Altered LOC

“Squeeze Me?- The Pressure is On!”

Compartment syndrome and more

“It’s Saturday, Do You Know Where Your

Medical Director Is?”

“Toxidromes – Tic Tox”

Recognizing the more common toxidromes

“Head Injuries, Cardiac Arrest Management” For the initial responders

“The History of Resuscitation:

1960-2010” CPR changes over the years

“Extrication Expo”Morning Session

8:30 am - 12:00 pmGarage Area

Dawn Bidwell John Hill Robert Vroman Dr. Keith Wesley Jeff Messerole Dr. Paul Satterlee Tim George

10:00 am BReak

10:30 am “I Couldn’t Eat Another Bite” Why pre-teens are becoming

anorexic/bulimic

“OUCH, I Bet That’s Going to Leave a Mark”

Unnecessary deaths caused by injury

missed due to low index of suspicion

in Peds

“Bruising, Bleeding, and Bellyaches”

Traumatic injuries to the abdomen

“Ambulance Safety” Updates

“Hypothermia” How and why it occurs, how to

recognize it and some best practices for treatment

“Xrays” Common to emergency

departments and EMS

“The ART of Moulage” Use makeup and special effects to

create real-to-the-eye injuries, beginner level

- hands on

Dawn Bidwell John Hill Robert Vroman David McGowan Jeff Messerole Dr. Paul Satterlee Brenda Monahan

12:00 pm lunch and aWaRds pResentation

1:30 pm “BART”(Basic Animal

Rescue Training) Small animal

“Geriatric Abuse”What is it,

how to recognize it, how to prevent it,who to report it to

“Lub-Dub What?!!” Thoracic auscultation

“Building and Administrating a Field

Training and Evaluation Program”

“Choosing the End of Life: SUICIDE”

Come prepared to share your

experiences and ways to cope

“Tips for Tubing Tots” Pediatric specific

airways for BLS and ALS

“MN-EMAC and Mutual Aid”

How and why we have EMAC in MN

“Extrication Expo”Afternoon Session1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Garage Area

Kimberly Barrett Gregory LaMay Robert VromanBrian Crawley, Noah Wallace Al Benney Peter Lazzara Lance Ross

3:00 pm BReak

3:30 pm “BART”(Basic Animal

Rescue Training) Large animal

“Geriatric Simulation” Tips and tricks for understanding how to treat a geriatric

patient…what it feels like

“AHIMT”Introduction to the

Minnesota All Hazards Incident Management

Team

“Administrating the Peer Review Program”

“Pediatric Simulation Lab”

Simulation manikin interaction - hands on

“EMS Goes to Hollywood”

Clips from famous Hollywood movies used to setup case

studies

“Red River Flood Strike Team”

Medical task force Kurt Bramer,

Greg Hayes, Pat Lee, Jeffrey Lanenberg,

Ron Robinson, Lance Ross Michelle Reckard Gregory LaMay Ulie Seal Dr. Keith Wesley

Al Benney, Matthew Jakubik Peter Lazzara


SATURDAY – JANUARY 16, 2010

Extrication ExpoPresentations, Live Skill Demonstrations & Audience Participation

Morning Session: Location:Saturday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Garage area adjacent to the exhibit hall

What EMS providers should know about motor vehicle accidents: Scene Safety, Safety Restraint Systems, Vehicle Stabilization, Rapid Extrication, Spinal Immobilization and the Contaminated Patient

Afternoon Session: Location:Saturday 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Garage area adjacent to the exhibit hall

Extricating the patient from the vehicle: Hydraulic Tool Demonstrations, Techniques for vehicles on wheels/side/roof

Presenters:Dave Long, Rick Loveland, Mark Schlangen & Jim Theodore


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Thank you for attending the 30th Annual EMS Conference Please help us make next year’s conference even better by taking a few moments to complete your conference evaluations.

We value your opinion!

Arrowhead EMS Association would like to express their sincerest appreciation to all the volunteers and board members who make the Arrowhead EMS Conference a success every year.

“You’re the Best of the Best”Patrick Lee, Executive Director • Brenda Monahan, Administrative Assistant

Pam Kuschner, Accountant • Bette Kreul, Conference CoordinatorJan Makowski & Barb Johnson, Volunteer Coordinators

save the dateJanuary 19 - 23, 2011

31st annual eMs conference“going the distance for eMs”

7:00-8:30 am RegistRation & BReakFast (included With Registration)French River




split Rock Room

st. louis RiverRoom

8:30 am “Treating Shock for the BLS Provider”

New strategies

“Trends in Online Emergency Responder

Education” How to evaluate tools

and technologies for your organization

“Adverse Event Analysis for Emergency Medical

Services” A powerful quality

assurance tool for EMS

“Crew Resource Management in EMS”

Quality patient careis the goal

“The Elephant in the Room”

A candid discussion of suicide and mental illness

related emergencies in EMS

“Hypothermia at 55 Below”

Stages of hypothermia and exposure

Dr. Keith Wesley Greg Friese Charles Gallet Jeffery Schultz Chris Caulkins Dave Long

10:00 am BReak

10:30 am “Don’t Take That Home With You”

Keeping your rig “clean”

“Understanding and Utilizing Social Networking for

Personnel Communication and Education”

Development and use of social networks

“Purple Haze” New drugs of abuse and

other poison related subjects

“Going Out on a Limb” Extremity injuries

“Scene Flight Scenarios” Review actual helicopter

scene calls

“Bugs and Viruses” How they start and spread, and how to stay protected

Dr. Keith Wesley Greg Friese Kirk Hughes Jeffery Schultz Chris Bechtold Dave Long

12:00 pm conFeRence ends We hope You had a gReat expeRience. please let us knoW What You think!

SUNDAY – JANUARY 17, 2010

CEU Information

Cancellation Policy

Deadline

1. Submit one registration form for each participant2. Print clearly or type all information3. Select one of the following payment options: Make checks payable to Arrowhead EMS Association Complete purchase order information Complete credit card information Register online at www.arrowheadems.com

Continuing Education Credits have been applied for with NREMT, POST, & MN Board of Nursing.

Rooms have been held at the following hotels under “Arrowhead EMS” for Wednesday, January 13 - Saturday, January 16, 2010NOTE: Reservation deadlines differ.

Comfort Suites – 408 Canal Park Drive888-766-7636 or 218-727-1378 (Deadline 12/14/09)

Hampton Inn – 310 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802 888-766-7636 or 218-720-3000 (Deadline12/14/09)

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – 200 W. 1st Street800-477-7089 or 218-722-1202 (Deadline 12/13/09) Shuttle Service Available

Inn on Lake Superior – 350 Canal Park Drive888-668-4352 or 218-726-1111 (Deadline 12/1/09) Shuttle Service Available

Radisson Hotel-Duluth – 505 W. Superior St.888-333-3333 or 218-727-8981 (Deadline 12/13/09)

The Suites Hotel in Canal Park – 325 Lake Ave. South877-766-2665 or 218-727-4663 (Deadline 12/12/09)

Duluth offers a variety of lodging options. Check out the website: visitduluth.com or call 1-800-4-duluth to check for availability. Look at the events calendar and lodging entries for our conference dates of January 14th to the 17th, 2010.

how to RegisterAccommodations

A $20.00 fee will be added for registrations received after January 4, 2010.

If unable to attend, a 50% refund will be issued if requested in writing or fax by January 4, 2010. Registration may be transferred for a $20 processing fee.


Directions to the DECC: 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802 From the North or South: Exit at 256B

Emergency Contact Information: DECC phone number: (218) 722-5573, ask for the Arrowhead EMS Conference

Exhibit Area only

Admission to the exhibit area will require a 2010 Arrowhead EMS Conference ID Badge.

Exhibit Area Only ID Badges available at the registration desk for $10

…reviewing the past and staying on task!

…reviewing the past and staying on task!

Indicate your preference. You may “jump” tracks. Session Limits Enter Amounts

Thursday1/14/10

q Breakfast

q General Sessions

q 1-Day “ALS Core Refresher”

q 1-Day “12 Lead”

q 1-Day “PEARS”

q 2-Day “CISM”

Limit 24

Limit 35

q $15.00 Breakfast

q $95.00 Includes Lunch





Friday1/15/10

q Breakfast

q 1-Day “MN AST-Part 2” (Prerequiste: Part 1)q General Sessions Cadaver Labs

q 10:00 am q 1:00 pm

Limit 75

Limit 30Limit 30

q $15.00 Breakfast


q $95.00 Includes Lunch& Legislative Reception & Forum

Saturday1/16/10

q Breakfast q $15.00 Breakfast

q General Sessions q $95.00 Includes Lunch

Sunday1/17/10

q General Sessions q $55.00 Includes Breakfast

Subtotal (add all amounts)

After 1/4/10 add $20.00

*Discount: AEMSA MEMBER Subtract ($30.00)

**CONFERENCE TOTAL**

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