Conference Schedule:

Thursday, April 2, 2020:

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7:30 am – 5:15 pm: Conference Registration Open

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7:30 am – 3:45 pm: Exhibits Open  

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7:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast Buffet 

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9:00 – 9:30 am: Opening Remarks and Awards Presentation     

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9:30 – 10:30 am: Boston Marathon Bombing – Perspective from the Finish Line

                             David Hirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS – Emergency/EMS Physician, Littleton Regional Healthcare

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10:45 – 11:45 am: Nurse-Physician Communication in Patient and Professional Outcomes

                                Andrew Bernard, MD – Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky

11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Networking Luncheon 

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1:00 – 2:00 pm: Geriatric Standards Update 2020

                           Robert Barraco, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCP – Chief Academic Officer, Lehigh Valley Health Network

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2:15 – 3:15 pm: Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers

                            Dale Glacken, CSP - Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS), US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health                                                  Administration, Harrisburg Area Office

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3:15 – 3:45 pm: Beverage Break

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3:45 – 4:45 pm: When All the Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly: A Successful Mass Casualty Incident

                            Gigi Taylor, MSN, RN, TCRN, CEN – Trauma Outreach Coordinator, University of Tennessee Medical Center

                            Deborah Tuggle, RN, CEN - Pediatric Trauma/Injury Prevention Coordinator, University of Tennessee Medical Center

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5:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Banquet (Templeton Lecture Session) Transfusion in Trauma: State of the Art

                           Donald Jenkins, MD – Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio

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Friday, April 3, 2020:

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7:30 am: Conference Registration Opens

7:30 – 11:00 am: Exhibits Open  

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7:30 – 8:30 am: Breakfast Buffet 

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8:30 – 9:30 am: The Effects of Emotional Trauma

                            Melissa Porrey, NCC, LPC – Mental Health Associate, American Red Cross

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9:45 – 10:45 am: Templeton Poster Showcase Lightning Round

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10:45 – 11:15 am: Beverage Break

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11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Management of Pediatric Burns

                                      Paul Glat, MD – Chief of Plastic Surgery and Director of Burn Unit, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Professor of                                            Surgery and Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine

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12:15 – 1:15 pm: Luncheon 

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1:15 – 2:15 pm: Acute Stress: A Normal Response To An Abnormal Event (Hersperger-Pryor Lecture)

                           Richard Kamin, MD, FACEP – EMS Program Director, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut Health                             Center

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2:15 – 2:30 pm: Raffle Drawing & Closing Remarks   

3:00 – 4:30 pm: ATSPA Board Meeting

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*All presenters/times are subject to change. 

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