Saving Hearts & Minds EMS Symposium
Thursday, November 2, 2023
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Baptist Memphis Education Center
6027 Walnut Grove Road
BEC 3-5
Medical Plaza 2
Memphis, TN 38120
The purpose of this symposium is for EMS and other health care providers caring for stroke or acute cardiac patients to increase their knowledge to improve patient outcomes. Topics will cover stroke and acute cardiac care.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration, Vendor Exhibits Continental Breakfast |
Video Entertainment |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome | Ashley Harris, MD Associate CMO |
| 8:10 a.m. | Opening Prayer | Nathaniel Yogar, Chaplain Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis |
| 8:15 a.m. | Sleep Apnea | Dr. Julia Barton |
| 8:45 a.m. | Anterior Stroke | Felicia Dillard, ANP |
| 9:00 a.m. | Posterior Stroke | Alisia Hindman, ANP |
| 9:15 a.m. | Stroke Mimics | Lakesha Polk, ANP |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break | Vendor Exhibit Room |
| 9:45 a.m. | Large Vessel Occlusion Assessment | Betsy Robinson, ANP |
| 10:00 a.m. | EMS targeted pre-hospital Needs | Dr. Ryan Walsh |
| 10:30 a.m. | Implications for CPR with VAD and other devices | Dr. Sharon Larson |
| 10:45 a.m. | Life Vest | Lisa Hawkins |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sudden Cardiac Arrest in adolescents | Dr. Jennifer Snow |
| 11:30 a.m. | Cardiac Rhythms | Dr. John Gardner |
| 12:00 p.m. | Closing and Evaluations | |