Course #	Class Time	Total Hours	Course Title	Description
101	0830-1230	4	Lemons to Lemonade: A Leadership Journey	view
102	0830-1230	4	Mass Shooting Planning and Response	view
103	0830-1630	8	The Bulletproof Mind	view
104	0830-1630	8	EMS Street Survival	view
105	0830-1630	8	Responding to the Suicide Bombing Incident	view
106	1300-1700	4	Command Safety	view
107	1800-2200	4	Firefighters Struck on the Roadway	view
108	1800-2200	4	Metro Train Crash	view
109	1300-1700	4	Cybercrime/Digital Forensics	view
201	0830-1230	4	Implantable Cardiac Devices	view
202	0830-1630	8	Reading Smoke	view
203	0830-1630	8	Casualty Care and Rescue	view
204	0830-1630	8	Verbal Judo	view
205	0830-1630	8	The Dispatcher's Role in Active Shooter Incidents	view
206	1800-2200	4	Courage to be Safe	view
207	0830-1230	4	Internet Investigations	view
208	1300-1700	4	Introduction to Search & Seizure of Digital Evidence	view
301	0830-1630	8	Reading Smoke (repeat session)	view
401	1800-2200 F 0830-1830	24	Street Smart Chemistry	view
402	1800-2200 F 0830-1630	20	Heavy Extrication	view
501	0830-1630	16	Trench Rescue	view
502	0830-1630	16	EMS Scene Safety Operations and Risk Management	view

WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO

2010 Faculty 

 Josh Brunty

Josh Brunty has over ten years of experience in the field of digital forensics & investigations. Josh currently manages the digital forensics graduate program and digital forensic casework laboratory at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center.  Josh holds numerous certifications within the digital forensics discipline including: AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), Computer Hacking Forensic Examiner (CHFI), Certified Malware Investigator, Certified Steganography Examiner, and is certified by the National Security Agency in Information Assurance Methodology (NSA-IAM) .  He has developed numerous digital forensic training sessions and curriculum; including past recertification scenarios/exams for the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS).  Josh is a member of the Institute of Computer Forensics Professionals (ICFP), the Mid-Atlantic Association of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), and the Digital-Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). 

Brent Burger

Brent Burger has been with Kanawha County Ambulance Authority for 22 years. Brent started as an EMT and worked his way to Paramedic, CCT-Paramedic, Squad Training Officer and currently services as Human Resource Director.

He has also been a member of the Culloden Volunteer Fire Department for 27 years and currently serves as Fire Chief. Brent has been a RESA 3 instructor for seven years and teaches numerous fire and EMS classes throughout the Kanawha Valley.

Anita Callicoat, MSN, NP-C

Electrophysiology Division HIMG, Huntington, WV

Dave Dodson

Dave Dodson is the Owner and Lead Instructor for Response Solutions. He has over 24 years as a Fire & Emergency Service Responder and has served as a Battalion Chief, Safety Officer, and Emergency Management Coordinator. Dave is a nationally-recognized author and lecturer on safe emergency operations and is the course developer for popular programs including “The Art of Reading Smoke,” “The Art of First-Due,” and the “Incident Safety Officer Academy.” Response Solutions professionals have taught and consulted with hundreds of fire departments, agencies, and corporations including Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, Fort Worth Fire Department, Lake County MABAS Divisions, Toronto Fire Services, the Fire Department Safety Officers Association, Hewlett-Packard, Wal-Mart Distribution, QWEST Communications, and the United States Air Force. The Company’s approach is lauded as practical, street-wise, and effective.

Ed Fernley

Ed is a US Army combat veteran who served with distinguished units such as; C/509th Airborne Pathfinders, CSC 4/502nd Inf. Scout Snipers (Berlin Brigade) and 3rd 75th Airborne Ranger Battalion from 1979-1989.  In 1989 he joined the Oneonta Fire Department and has served multiple roles as a Firefighter/ Paramedic, Fire Investigator and is currently the Oneonta Tactical EMS Team Coordinator/ Lead Tactical Medic for the Oneonta Police Department SRT.
Ed is a Nationally Certified (level I & II) Firefighter, and a Nationally Certified (Level II) Fire Investigator for the City of Oneonta. He holds certification in numerous public safety areas and attended the Cypress Creek (Texas) EMS Basic (2001) and Advanced Tactical EMS (2003).
He is a veteran of numerous large and small scale Law Enforcement Tactical Team deployments in Otsego County NY and in 2005; he was deployed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to New Orleans, LA to provide Tactical Medical Support for both, FBI Houston and FBI Miami Division SWAT Teams during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Ed currently holds the position of Director of Operations and Training at Pathfinder Operations, LLC a privately held corporation specializing in tactical training, consulting and direct mission support for Tactical Operations, Law Enforcement and Executive Protection projects.
He currently lives in Oneonta NY with his wife, Lori.

 

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.

Col. Grossman is a former West Point psychology professor, Professor of Military Science, and an Army Ranger who has combined his experiences to become the founder of a new field of scientific endeavor, which has been termed “killology.” In this new field Col. Grossman has made revolutionary new contributions to our understanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root causes of the current "virus" of violent crime that is raging around the world, and the process of healing the victims of violence, in war and peace.

Col. Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on “Aggression and Violence” in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence and numerous entries in scholarly journals, to include the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
He is the author of On Killing, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; has been translated into Japanese, Korean, and German; is on the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant's required reading list; and is required reading at the FBI academy and numerous other academies and colleges. Col. Grossman co-authored Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence, which has been translated into Norwegian and German, and has received international acclaim. Col. Grossman's most recent book, On Combat, has also placed on the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant's Required Reading List and has been translated into Japanese and Korean.
He has presented papers before the national conventions of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He has presented to over 50 different colleges and universities worldwide, and has trained educators and law enforcement professional, in the field of school safety, at the state and regional level, in 49 states and over a dozen foriegn nations.
He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school shootings, and he was also involved in counseling or court cases in the aftermath of the Paducah, Springfield, Littleton, Virginia Tech, and Nickel Mines Amish school shootings.

He has been an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts, to include serving on the prosecution team in UNITED STATES vs. TIMOTHY MCVEIGH.
He has testified before U.S. Senate and Congressional committees and numerous state legislatures, and he and his research have been cited in a national address by the President of the United States.
Col. Grossman is an Airborne Ranger infantry officer, and a prior-service sergeant and paratrooper, with a total of over 23 years experience in leading U.S. soldiers worldwide. He retired from the Army in February 1998 and has devoted himself to teaching, writing, speaking, and research. Today he is the director of the Killology Research Group, and in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks he is on the road almost 300 days a year, training elite military and law enforcement organizations worldwide about the reality of combat.
Dave Larton

Dave Lartonis Coastal Region ACS Officer for the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA).  Based at CalEMA's Regional Emergency Operations Center in Oakland, Dave currently manages the staff of a sixteen County area ranging from the Oregon border to the Monterey County line.  

Dave has more than thirty-five years of emergency services experience, including thirteen as a Dispatcher/Trainer for the Gilroy, (CA) 9-1-1 Communications Center.  He was named the 1999 recipient of the Ramona Raymond Pillar of Excellence Training Award by the Santa Clara County Public Safety Communications Managers Association, and was twice named the Department's Dispatcher of the Year.

A nine-year veteran of the Department’s Hostage Negotiation Team, Dave has served as a Tactical Dispatcher, a certified Basic and Advanced Hostage Negotiator and Technical Specialist. He is a California POST certified Peer Crisis Counselor, and is a member of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF).  He is a certified S-258 Communications Incident Technician (COM-T) as well as an Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM).  He is also a certified Basic Law Enforcement Instructor with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE).
As a Communications Specialist with California’s Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 3, Dave responded to the World Trade Center in September of 2001.  Dave also served with the Olympic Public Safety Command at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He is rated as a Weapons of Mass Destruction First Responder, and is a graduate of the Federal Department of Homeland Security’s COBRA WMD School in Anniston, Alabama.

Dave is a Founding Member of the National Incident Dispatchers Association, a member of the California Association of Hostage Negotiators, NENA, APCO, a former Vice President of the California Fire Chiefs Association (Communications Section, Northern Division), the California Tactical Dispatchers Association, the California Association of Police Training Officers, and the National Association of Field Training Officers.  Dave is a Commercial Regional Vice President for NENA's California State Chapter, CALNENA. He is the Associate Editor of 9-1-1 Magazine, and has been a contributing author for Homeland Protection Professional magazine.

He is the co-author of "Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher".  Dave has been a technical consultant to the media, including script preparation for the ‘Ally McBeal’ television show and the History Channel.  A popular national 9-1-1 Instructor and Trainer, Dave serves First Contact 9-1-1 as its Operations Section Chief.

Barry Lindley

Barry is a Senior Chemist with the DuPont Company in Belle, WV.  He has degrees in chemistry from Ball State and Purdue Universities.  He is a Pro-Board Hazardous Materials Technician, Branch Officer, and Branch Safety Officer.  He is co-author of the Street Smart Chemistry Textbook.

Murrey Loflin

Murrey E. Loflin began his fire service career with the Beckley Fire Department on June 1, 1979. He was hired by the Virginia Beach Fire Department in 1983 as a fire fighter/EMT where he became the safety officer in January 1986. In 1988 he was promoted to the rank of captain and served in addition as the incident safety officer and infection control office for the fire department.  Loflin was promoted to battalion chief in 2001 where he retired in August 2006. Later that year he was hired by the West Virginia University Extension Services in Morgantown, W.Va., and serves as the director of fire service extension and the director at the State Fire Academy in Weston.  Loflin has served as chairman and past chairman of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Fire Service Section executive board and is the secretary of the NFPAs Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health (FSOSH) technical committee. He is also a member of the NFPAs Incident Management Functional Positions Professional Qualifications technical committee.  Loflin received in associate, bachelor’s and master’s in occupational health and safety from Marshall University and is the coauthor of the book Emergency Incident Risk Management. He is a contributing author for NFPAs Fire Department Occupational Health and Safety Standards Handbook, Managing Fire and Rescue Services and the 2008 NFPA Fire Protection Handbook.

Eric E. Loudermilk

Cpl. Eric E. Loudermilk of the Charleston Police Department is a veteran officer with approximately fifteen years experience and the majority of his service has been in the uniformed patrol division. He was a detective assigned to the Metro Drug Unit and also did undercover and numerous drug investigations. He is a very good communicator and does well in passing this verbal judo philosophy onto other law enforcement officers. He is just beginning a new assignment as a school resource officer at Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Charleston. Cpl. Loudermilk does an excellent job in his Verbal Judo Presentations.

Chris Mailliard

Chris Mailliard is the President and CEO of Fusion Preparedness based in Denver, Colorado.  Chris has over 15 years in emergency response as a Firefighter/Paramedic and Tactical Medic. He has served as a Tactical Paramedic with West Metro Fire Rescue (Colo.) and the Lakewood (Colo.) Police SWAT Team. In addition to his Fire/EMS experience Chris has served as the Chief of Operations for the National Medical Response Team – Central. He is also qualified as a Technical Rescue Technician, Haz-Mat Technician, Fire Officer, and Fire Instructor.  Chris is an author and Subject Matter Expert on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Active Shooter Response, Tactical Medicine, and Incident Management. 

Nick Nelson

Nicholas E. Nelson started his career in Fire and EMS in 1981 with the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in Vienna, WV.  During his membership with VVFD he was a firefighter/assigned to the department fire investigation unit and the department bylaws committee.  He continued his career as an EMT dispatcher and paramedic with St. Josephs Hospital Ambulance Service in Parkersburg, WV from 1985 until 2000. Nelson also worked as a paramedic for Charleston Emergency Ambulance service in Charleston, WV in 1985 & 86.  He returned home to serve the City of Parkersburg, WV as a police officer from 1988 until leaving in 2000 advancing the ranks to Patrol Sergeant and served as Vice President of the local Fraternal Order of Police.  In July of 2000 he was hired by Norfolk Fire and Paramedical services. He graduated from Tidewater Regional Fire Academy 72 and was assigned to operations with assignments including Engine 14, E7 and Rescue Company 2.  His duties included acting Lieutenant and Fire Apparatus operator, field Training Instructor- EMS- City of Norfolk/Tidewater Community College, instructing new recruits and in-service training for both fire and EMS classes. A Member of the  City of Norfolk Technical Rescue Team, City of Norfolk Hazardous Materials Response Team, and Tidewater Regional Technical Rescue Team and Southside Regional Hazardous materials response Teams. He was the lead instructor for the City of Norfolk Fire-Rescues In-house EMT-I classes 4&5.  He has assisted training of new fire recruits as an instructor for Tidewater Regional Fire Academies in both fire and EMS classes. Currently, he is a Lieutenant assigned to Rescue Company 1 covering the Downtown and West sides of the City.  Nelson has spoke at numerous state and local seminars including being a guest speaker at the World Safety Organizations 1999 International meeting in Memphis TN, the 2003 Firehouse Expo, in Baltimore MD, the 2004 Virginia Fire Chiefs Association Seminar in Virginia Beach, VA and numerous other state and local seminars.   He holds a Bachelors degree from Glenville State College in Glenville, WVA and a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Richmond.  He is the 3rd District Vice President of Norfolk Professional Firefighters Local 68 and serves as the Public Safety Representative for the City of Norfolk Public Employees Retirement Board. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Norfolk Firefighters Federal Credit Union.

Richard Ray

Richard is a former Police Officer from the Dallas area of Texas who has 20 years as an instructor/ trainer in martial arts with multiple Black Belts in several disciplines. He has more than 8 years in the role of Executive Protection Specialist and instructor.
Richard is a TPSB (Texas Public Safety Board) Personal Protection Instructor, TPSB Firearms Instructor and a TPSB Licensed Private Investigator.
Richard has worked closely over the last 5 years with Pathfinder Operations to develop the defensive tactics skill sets for all of our TEMS and EP/PSD programs, Firearms programs and the personal safety and defensive tactics portions of the Street Survival series offered exclusively by Pathfinder Operations.
Richard currently lives near Dallas Texas with his wife Sonja and travels to with Pathfinder several times a year to participate in presentations and consulting projects.

Chris Roberts

Chris has been a Firefighter Paramedic in Alabama for 20 years and spent several years in Afghanistan working as a Medic on a High Threat PSD team for BlackWater World Wide. He is also the Tactical Medic for the Calhoun Co. Drug Enforcement Task Force.

Chris has been working as a primary Instructor/ Trainer with Pathfinder Operations since its inception. Chris currently is the South Eastern US regional Coordinator for Pathfinder Operations and Teaches TEMS and the Street Survival series for all requesting organizations in his region.

Chris has more than a decade of Fire and EMS service instructing under his belt and is an active participant in the development of training programs in his area of Alabama and beyond. Chris’s instructor credentials span beyond the Fire & EMS service with his participation as an adjunct instructor to Law Enforcement SWAT students.

He is a veteran of numerous large and small scale Law Enforcement Tactical Team deployments in around Alabama and in 2005; he was deployed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to New Orleans, LA to provide Tactical Medical Support for both, FBI Houston and FBI Miami Division SWAT Teams during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Chris lives in Alabama with his wife Jodi and daughter Brianna

Dennis Rubin

  On April 16, 2007, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty appointed Dennis L. Rubin Chief of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department – the same Department Rubin joined as a line firefighter at the age of 21.  Rubin commands a staff of over 2,000 sworn and civilian employees and manages an annual operating budget in excess of $180 million.  The Department he leads is responsible for protecting more than 1 million people who visit, work, and live in the Nation’s Capital each day as well as safeguarding our precious national landmarks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.  Prior to his nomination, Rubin was the Fire Chief of the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department.

Chief Rubin’s experience in fire and rescue service spans more than 35 years. He has served as a company grade officer, command level officer, and Chief in other cities including Chesterfield and Norfolk, Virginia and Dothan, Alabama.  In 1994, he served as the President of the State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia. Rubin was the host Fire Chief for the 1999 Southeastern Fire Chiefs Association conference held in Dothan, Alabama.  He serves on several committees with the International Association of Fire Chiefs, including a two-year term as the Health and Safety Committee Chair. Chief Rubin was the host Fire Chief for the “Wingspread IV and V” conferences held in 1996 and 2006.

Chief Rubin’s educational accomplishments include a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Administration from the University of Maryland and an Associates in Applied Science Degree in Fire Science Management from the Northern Virginia Community College. He is a 1993 graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officers Program (EFOP).  Rubin is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and has obtained the Chief Fire Officer Designation (CFOD) and Chief Medical Officer Designation (CMO) presented by the Center for Public Safety Excellence.

Rubin’s teaching credentials are significant.  They include a field instructorship with the University of Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute and Associate Instructorships with the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and Rio Salado Community College in Mesa, Arizona. Rubin has been an adjunct faculty member of the National Fire Academy since 1983.  At the National Fire Academy he instructed, as well as developed, many courses.  Rubin is also a popular speaker and lecturer at the local, state, national and international levels.

Rubin is the author of a full-length book entitled Rube’s Rules for Survival that is available through Penn Well Publishing.  He is also a long-standing contributing editor of FIREHOUSE Magazine, and has written more than 140 technical articles related to fire department operations, administration, training, and safety.

Chief Rubin has a strong commitment to community service and lives in Washington, D.C.  He has three children -- Dennis II, Andrea, and Ashley -- and one grandchild named Luke.

John Sammons

Professor John Sammons teaches digital forensics and electronic discovery in the Integrated Science and Technology department at Marshall University. John is a certified digital forensics examiner and also serves as adjunct faculty at Marshall's Forensic Science Center. John is a former law enforcement officer, having spent nearly 10 years with the Huntington Police Department. John is still active outside academia as a founder and partner at Second Creek Technologies. Second Creek is a private firm providing digital forensic and electronic discovery services.  John has taught digital forensics to a wide range of practitioners including judges, attorneys, and prosecutors.

Harold Southworth

Harold is a Firefighter/ EMT with the Worcester, NY Fire Department a Tactical medic and an instructor with Pathfinder.

Harold has more than 20 years training in Martial Arts and holds multiple Black Belts in his chosen disciplines. Harold is also a NYS Certified Armed Guard, a Certified Instructor of numerous NRA firearms courses and has been in the roll of Instructor/ Trainer with pathfinder for several years.

Harold has traveled with Pathfinder to several regions to present programs and is an integral part of the development and presentation of the Street Survival series, TEMS and our firearms training courses.

He lives in NY with his wife Annette and son Jeremy

Keith Vititoe

Sergeant Keith Vititoe has been a member of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office for almost 17 years and currently serves as the department training coordinator.  He also serves in several collateral duty assignments on the department to include the Bomb Squad, SWAT team, Dive Team, Firearms Training Unit, and the Honor Guard.  He has been an FBI certified Hazardous Devices Technician for 11 years and the commander of the Bomb Squad since 2004.  He has completed over 1440 hours of explosives related training.

Keith is also a Master Sergeant with 25 years of service in the Army National Guard and Reserve to include tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.  He currently serves as the team sergeant for a critical infrastructure protection assessment team in the West Virginia Homeland Defense Joint Task Force.

Registration Fees and Form

$75 if registered by April 1st

$100 after April 1st

Kanawha County participants check with your commander or chief for pricing.

Registration Form

You can right click on Download PDF, then select Save Target As . . .
and save to a location on your PC where you can find it.  Once you have completed
and submitted the registration form, return here if you want to pay online. 

 

 

Online Sponsorship Form

The West Virginia Public Safety EXPO for 2010 has been scheduled for May 19-23, 2010 at the Charleston Civic Center.  The West Virginia Public Safety EXPO is a conference that is offered to all Public Safety Officials in West Virginia and surrounding States.  Those in attendance include Law Enforcement, Fire Service, Emergency Managers, 911 Telecommunicators and EMS personnel.  The EXPO was started by Kanawha County officials who saw a need for training for all public safety officials.  Each year the EXPO continues to grow with an attendance last year exceeding 300 persons. 
The EXPO will provide an Exhibit Hall for participants to visit during breaks from actual conference sessions.  We would like to request your participation with the EXPO as a sponsor or exhibitor.  Exhibit space can be purchased at the rate of $400.00 which includes electric.  If you would like to have a demo emergency vehicle placed within the Exhibit Hall there is a fee of $250.00.  If you would prefer to not participate as a vendor, but would like to sponsor part of the EXPO, we would greatly appreciate that as well.

Gold Level Sponsor - $5,000 – Free booth space and employees of the sponsor may attend the EXPO training for free.  Banner will have Gold Level Sponsors name.  Gold Level will also receive special attention in the curriculum brochure.

Silver Level Sponsor - $2,500 – Free booth space and Banner will have Silver Level Sponsors name.  Silver level sponsor will be noted in the curriculum brochure.

Bronze Level Sponsor - $1,250 – Free booth space and Bronze level sponsor will be noted in the curriculum brochure

Contact:
Tammie Chandler
Committee Chair
WV Public Safety EXPO

304-357-0117

Online Sponsorship Form

WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO
EMS OLYMPICS

 Registration Form

Eligibility for Competition

Any agency currently providing pre-hospital Basic Life Support and/or Advanced Life Support services in West Virginia is invited to enter the Olympics. A total of sixteen (16) team slots are available for each division. Team slots will be filled on a first come first serve basis. A Standby List will be generated for additional teams.  Slots still open after May 7, 2010 may be filled by these teams, based on date received by the West Virginia Public Safety Expo.

ALS Division -  Any agency currently providing pre-hospital Advanced Life Support services is invited to enter the ALS Division of competition. Each team will be composed of two (2) persons who must function in a prehospital setting. EMT-Intermediates, EMT-Paramedics, EMT-RN/FNs who function in the EMS environment are eligible; physicians are not eligible to compete. Each team may also have one alternate member. The ALS competition will be scored on both BLS and ALS skills.

BLS Division - Each team will be composed of two (2) persons who must function in a pre-hospital setting. Team members must be certified minimally at the First Responder level. EMT-Intermediates, EMT-Paramedics, EMT-RN/FNs and physicians are not eligible to compete. Each team may also have one (1) alternate member.  The BLS competition will be scored on BLS skills only.

Registration & Fees

The team registration fee is included in the Expo registration fee for those teams that are registered for classes at the West Virginia Public Safety Expo.  If team members are not registered for classes, then the team fee is fifty ($50).  Checks and money orders should be made payable to the West Virginia Public Safety Expo.  Fees and registration must be postmarked by May 7, 2010.

Please Make Check Payable To: WV Public Safety Expo
         Post Office Box 3627
         Charleston, WV 25336

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Standards

ALS Scenario judging is based on the most current editions of the following resources:
West Virginia OEMS ALS Protocols
ACLS Guidelines, American Heart Association
Emergency in the Streets, Nancy Caroline, Sixth Edition
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (AHA/AAP)
Paramedic Emergency Care, Brady Publishing
BTLS Advanced, Brady Publishing Revised
US DOT 1999 EMT-I Curriculum
US DOT 1998 EMT-P Curriculum
US DOT 1994 EMT-B Curriculum
U.S. Standards for weights and measures as stated in reference material.

BLS Scenario judging is based on the most current editions of the following resources:
West Virginia OEMS BLS Protocols
BCLS Guidelines, AHA
Emergency Care & Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition
US DOT 1994 EMT-B Curriculum
US DOT 1998 EMT-B CURRICULUM (AIRWAY) UPDATE
U.S. Standards for weights and measures as stated in reference material.

Evaluators

Each scenario shall have a three person evaluation team.

• One of the evaluators will be clearly marked designating him/her as the Controller. This is the only person that will verbally respond with any information regarding the patient(s).
• The other two evaluators will be recording all aspects of patient care and scene management.  These two evaluators will not communicate with any of the scenario participants.

 

Equipment Guidelines

Each team must provide its own emergency care kit and is expected to utilize its personal and/or everyday equipment as in its normal duties. Items to be provided by the Expo committee will be on the equipment list.  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be properly worn at all times during the scenario.

All participants must adhere to the following recommendations for stocking their drug box or pack:

1. The drug box should include drugs of sufficient type and quantity.
2. The drug box need not contain actual drug solutions. However, syringes or vials must be filled with water or other solution in the appropriate amount.
3. Syringes and boxes may be labeled to represent medications not normally carried by a particular team, but labels must include the same information normally found (name, concentration, amount, etc.) and should be of a volume consistent with commercially available preparations.  Information regarding drug dosage for administration will not be allowed.
4. Each medication must be contained in their original packaging OR contained within a sealed bag such as a seal-a-meal type bag or Ziploc-type bag. This includes ALL preassembled medication preparations.
5. Preconnected IV administrations sets are not allowed. Each IV administration set must be sealed in their original package OR contained within a sealed bag such as a seal-a-meal type bag or Ziploc-type bag. IV solutions and IV administrations may not be placed in the same sealed bags.
6. All equipment that is routinely found sealed in a protective package, i.e. ET tubes, syringes  must be sealed in their original package OR contained within a sealed bag such as a Seal-a-meal type bag or Ziploc-type bag.
7. Premixed bags of Dopamine, Lidocaine, and nitroglycerine are allowed if properly labeled and packaged.

The Expo will make available the following equipment to complete the scenario however the team chooses to provide emergency care to resolve the challenge appropriately:
           

• Long Board
• Oxygen Tank and Regulator
• 9’ Straps
• Collar Set
• KED
• Splints

Boards
Cardboard

• AED
• Cardiac Monitor/Defibrillator

• Stretcher

Definition of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)- For the purpose of the Olympics, personal protective equipment (PPE) consists of a minimum of gloves and eye protection used at all times during the scenario. Due to communication interference, respiratory protection will not be required during competition. ALL PROCEDURES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN AS REALISTIC MANNER AS POSSIBLE

No charts, drug cards, rulers, measuring or counting devices or calculators will be allowed except for one length – based pediatric assessment device.

 No computers, pagers, radios, PDA’s or cellular telephones will be allowed in the competition areas.

No weapons will be allowed in the competition areas.

No equipment may be carried on a team member’s person. There will be no exceptions.

No equipment may be removed from the bags until entry into the scenario.

Scenario Performance

1. The “patient” may consist of, but may not be limited to:

• An actual person.

b. Manikin (infant, pediatric and/or adult).
c. Other specific procedure training devices.

2. PROCEDURES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN AS REALISTIC MANNER AS POSSIBLE.

 

3. The Controller will provide information and feedback clearly to the Team Members.

4. Evaluators cannot and will not provide feedback.

 

5. During patient assessment, examination elements will only be scored when verbalized to the Controller (e.g. “What do I feel when I palpate the chest?”) AND PERFORMED SIMULTANEOUSLY.

6. Teams are encouraged to request appropriate back-up response such as an ALS provider, helicopter evacuation, law enforcement, or special rescue teams. You will be informed at the time of request of the availability of such resources.

 

7. A maximum time limit will be set for each problem. The time in which a team finishes a scenario may be utilized in the event of a tie, not only in overall time elapsed, but more importantly in immediate care within each scenario. Failure to complete the entire scenario will result in points lost.

Guidelines for Procedures

The following document is intended as a reference for the scoring process. All teams are expected to be familiar with all the procedures listed below. The procedures are however, intended as examples only. Any procedure covered in the listed references may also be used in the competition.

Introduction to Simulation

Certain limitations exist when simulating injuries and illnesses. In spite of advances in moulage technique and manikin capabilities, certain clinical signs are still very difficult to simulate. Even when working with live “victims” most procedures must be performed on manikins.  Evaluators realize that much of the clinical impression and judgment is guided by clues, which are gathered at a subconscious level, such as knowing that a person who can converse normally with you automatically passes the primary survey. However for EMS Olympic Competition purposes, because none of the evaluators have developed sufficient “mind reading” skills, evaluators must rely on verbalization of each individual step in the competitor’s examination and thought process. Because of these limitations, both evaluating staff and participating teams must make adaptations. The goal of the EMS Olympic Competition is to simulate real life as closely as possible. The Controller is the sole source of definitive information. Therefore, in addition to physical performance of the skill, each facet of physical examination must be verbalized to elicit the appropriate feedback. A general question such as “How is my patient doing?” may not elicit a reply from the Controller. Evaluators will require that procedures, such as vascular assess, medication administration, and spinal immobilization actually be performed in the normal manner. At times, manikins will not realistically approximate the actual patient size. In these cases, use the size equipment suited to the manikin to perform the skill. In keeping with the goal of reality simulation, all procedures will be carried out in real time. Interventions, which are time critical in real life, are critical in the EMS Olympic Competition. Also, be prepared to outline indications, contraindications, and complications of the procedure. The following pages list the major types of interventions and the important elements in performance for scoring. The guidelines are deliberately general, but allow for execution of almost any procedure. Details for individual procedures are found in the reference texts.

Scene Assessment

• Team identifies the mechanism of injury if applicable.
• Team identifies the number of patients.
• Team identifies the need for additional resources and specifies the appropriate help.

Initial Survey

• Determines airway patency and must ask, “is the airway open and clear?”
• Determines if the patient is breathing via look, listen and feel technique. Respiratory rate can be determined as fast, slow, regular, irregular or absent.
• Any disruption in airway patency or normal breathing patterns should be managed during the primary survey.
• Determine if the patient has a pulse and the quality of cardiac output by assessing carotid and radial pulses. A pulse check must be performed to receive feedback from the Controller.

Focused Assessment

• Each component of the secondary assessment must be verbalized. Focus should be on obvious deformities, bleeding, discoloration, or asymmetry. Memory aids such as PMS, TIC, DCAPP-BTLS, AVPU, etc must be verbalized completely. Simply stating “DCAPP-BTLS” while touching an arm will elicit no feedback or score from the Controller or Evaluators.
• In order to be scored, feedback should be obtained AND the area being evaluated physically touched.
• To receive maximum points each extremity must be physically examined and each of the four quadrants of the abdomen exposed, examined and palpated.

Airway Management/Basic
(To include: BVM, insertion of proper adjuncts such as OPA, NPA, King, Combi-Tube, etc.)

• Actual procedure will only be done on a manikin. The team will communicate to the Controller the proper selection of equipment
• Properly perform airway management procedure in accordance with the standard references, including in-line cervical stabilization if indicated.
• Assess airway patency after each intervention. The Controller will determine the airway’s patency. The team will perform the actual procedures (such as auscultations and palpation, in real time) to determine its patency and while performing the procedure, solicit the Controller for appropriate observation.
• Positive pressure ventilations must be performed to ensure the proper rate and depth of ventilations.

Medication Administration

• Select the proper route and site of administration.
• Prepare medication.
•  Prepare the site in accordance with the standard references.
• Administer the proper dose of medication.
• Dispose of all needles properly.
• Properly perform the steps in facilitating the use of the patient’s inhaler.

AED

• Correctly assess requirement for defibrillation.
• Prepare the equipment for appropriate procedure, including proper pad/paddle placement.
• Verify no direct contact of personnel or equipment with patient and clearly state “ALL CLEAR” if appropriate.
• Perform the procedure in accordance with the standard references
• Reassess patient status post defibrillation attempt.

Spinal Immobilization

• Maintain immediate manual and continuous head stabilization until attachment to long spine board.
• Apply a cervical immobilization device in the proper manner.
• Move the patient to a long spine board in accordance with the standards references.

 

Extremity Immobilization

• Assess the distal perfusion, movement, and sensation (PMS) status of an injured extremity prior to immobilization.
• Realign an extremity in accordance with the standard references.
• Reassess the distal perfusion, movement, and sensation (PMS) status of an injured extremity alignment or immobilization.
• Immobilize an injured joint or bone above and below the site in accordance with the standard references.

Wound Care

• Control obvious severe external bleeding with direct pressure and elevation if appropriate. The Controller will determine if the bleeding has been controlled.
• Assess distal perfusion, movement, and sensation (PMS) status of an injured extremity.
• Apply the correct dressing for the injury in accordance with the standard references.
• Secure the dressing with an appropriate bandage in accordance with the stand references

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation:

• Perform CPR in accordance with the standard references. The procedure used should be based upon the reported physical characteristics of the simulated patient and not based on the manikin used for simulation.

Child Birth:

• Prepare the patient for delivery. The manikin will substitute for the expectant mother. All preparations that would normally be accomplished on the mother such, as reassurance, positioning, and draping should be done to the manikin.
• This will be a simulated delivery.

Olympic Events

The Olympics will take place on Thursday, May 20, 2010 and Friday, May 21, 2010, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Each team will be provided a designated time slot for their skill performance.

A briefing will be held for all teams one (1) hour prior to Thursday’s competition. Only team members and one alternate will be allowed in the Staging Area. All teams must wear their agency uniform or other identifying clothing.

THERE WILL BE NO SEQUESTERING DURING THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION!!

 

                

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