Conference Agenda

Monday, October 19, 2026

0700-0745 – Registration/Breakfast

0745-0800 – Welcome Comments and Introductions
Kim Landry, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS

0800-0900 – What Happens When You Become the Story?
B.J. Brunious, M.D.

0900-1000 – Bronchopleural Fistulas: Plugging the Holes in Complex Ventilatory Care
Orlando Morejón, M.D.

1000-1030 – Break with Vendors | NO CME

1030-1130 – The Cynicism is Free: Why it Costs You Everything
Benjamin N. Abo, D.O., EMT-P, FAWM, MFAEEM

1130-1140 – Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donor/Recipient Presentation

1140-1240 – Lunch Provided | Sponsored by LifeNet

1240-1340 – First Pass or Last Chance? Managing the Difficult Airway
Christopher Watts, NREMT-P

1340-1440 – Common Bonds: Military and EMS Medicine
John Bunyasaranand, D.O., MAJ US Army

1440-1510 – Dessert Break with Vendors

1510-1610 – 15 Shades of Pediatric Trauma
Julie Bacon, MSN-HCSM, RNC-LRN, NE-BS

1610-1630 – Evaluation Submission/Certificate Distribution

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

0700-0745 – Registration/Breakfast

0745-0800 – Welcome Comments and Introductions
Kim Landry, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS

0800-0900 – Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: from Acute Care to Community Reintegration
Christopher Burton, M.D.

0900-1000 – Two Lives, One Trauma: Trauma Pearls in Pregnancy
Julie Bacon, MSN-HCSM, RNC-LRN, NE-BS

1000-1015 – Break with Vendors | NO CME

1030-1130 – Thromboelastography (TEG): Using Viscoelastic Testing to Guide Blood Management
Racheal Steppe, BSN, RN

1130-1230 – The 76% Factor: Closing the Gap in Pediatric Trauma Care
Penny Blake, MSN Ed, RN, CCRN, CEN

1230 – Evaluation Submission/Certificate Distribution