Conference Schedule

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NAEMT’s Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS) 3d Edition course prepares prehospital practitioners to respond to, assess, and care for this fast-growing patient population. The GEMS course helps EMS practitioners learn to conduct a comprehensive assessment of geriatric patients. Because the aging...
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Steven Kulick

Steven Kulick
Lehigh Valley Health Network - Pocono

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Guest arriving Tuesday October 13th are welcome to secure your conference credentials between the hours of 5:00 - 7:30pm. Avoid the lines, check in Tuesday evening at our registration kiosk.

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Join us for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Sponsored Breakfast. Guest from both the CODE EMS Conference and our Health Care Coalition are welcome to join us for this morning's breakfast.

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1.0 Clinical Credit Proudly Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Health Network Keynote Presentation. This class explores how provider experience, composure, prioritized care, and clear communication across the continuum of trauma care contribute to successful outcomes in chaotic environments.

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Immediately following our Keynote Presentation, please remain seated as we pay tribute to our EMS family members that have gone before us.

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Is your CPR card going to expire? Stop on by to complete your CPR re-certification.

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Join us for our opening ceremony, Mr. Douglas Kish, Former Police Chief (ret) as he proudly presents our National Anthem.

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Visit Pennsylvanias Premier EMS Conference Exhibition Hall and experience our many incredible Vendors, Sponsors, and supporters of the 2025 CODE EMS Conference.

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Visit the Tower Health Exhibition area and take advantage of a No Cost Influenza Vaccine.

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Northeast Health Care Coalition Opening Remarks / Coalition Roadmap

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1.0 Other Credit The Emergency Services Sector (ESS) is a critical infrastructure sector that includes law enforcement, fire and rescue, emergency medical services, and emergency management. It operates at federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels and is responsible for prevention...
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Ashley Bleacher

Ashley Bleacher
Pennsylvania State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation

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Arturo Mendez

Arturo Mendez
DHS/CISA

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1.00 Clinical Credit Many EMS professionals are promoted because they are exceptional clinicians, but leadership requires a much different set of skills. The transition from provider to supervisor can be one of the most challenging moments in an EMS career, particularly when leading former peers and...
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Jon Detweiler

Jon Detweiler
VMSC Emergency Medical Services

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1.0 Clinical Credit Dudes on 'Ludes...is that the headliner, fans, or both? The creativity of street names for recreational drugs is second only to the creativity of band names. This session will compare band names with drug names while discussing the toxicology and treatment pathways that EMS...

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1.0 Clinical Credit This lecture prepares EMS providers to manage those babies that just won't wait for the hospital! This lecture prepares EMS providers to stabilize newborns during the critical first minutes after birth in the prehospital setting. Participants will review neonatal assessment...
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Jody Musso

Jody Musso
Tower Health

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Is your CPR Certification soon to expire? Join us in the CODE EMS Conference Exhibit Hall and visit CPR Heart Starters and renew your CPR at NO Cost.

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1.0 Clinical Credit This session is a hands-on didactic/workshop approach to the Infrequently performed intervention of Cricothyrotomy. Didactic review, mannequin and tissue practice stations will be utilized and taught by Practitioners and EMS educators from multiple health networks to better...
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Duane Siberski

Duane Siberski
Eastern PA EMS Council

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Is your CPR card going to expire? Stop on by to complete your CPR re-certification.

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1.0 CPC Credit This course provides frontline personnel with practical knowledge and strategies for maintaining mental wellness in high-stress professions. Designed for emergency responders, medical personnel, law enforcement, corrections, social service professionals, and other frontline workers...
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Benjamin Iobst

Benjamin Iobst
BTI Consulting Service

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1.0 Clinical Credit We will review the medications that EMTs are authorized to administer or assist with, as well as proper 12-lead ECG placement. This session will be primarily hands-on, providing practical experience. Please come prepared with any questions regarding EMT scope of practice.

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1.0 Clinical Credit We will discuss common vascular trauma scenarios, in-field management, case review and insight into definitive surgical management. This will be a session open to dialogue with questions encouraged.

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1.0 Clinical Credit Learn the signs and symptoms of acute stroke, including special attention to the posterior circulation. Learn how to recognize possible large vessel occlusion (LVO) that may warrant hospital bypass to a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Review the important elements of the medical...

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1.0 Clinical Credit This course explores the prehospital management of complex medical and traumatic cases with uncertain diagnoses, weighing the risks and benefits of critical care interventions. Participants will review pathophysiology, treatment approaches, and hospital imaging to enhance...

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Join us for the CODE EMS Conference luncheon, with our Keynote session immediately following, in the same location.

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1.0 Clinical Credit In this presentation, Ben shares his inspiring journey through the world of autism—a story of courage, growth, and the power of human connection. Through humor, honesty, and boundless "Benergy," Ben will take the audience through his path from diagnosis to self-advocacy and...
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Ben Hartranft

Ben Hartranft
Benergy1 Presentations

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1.0 Clinical Credit Planned events provide unique opportunities for communities & health systems to test capabilities before real-world events occur. This presentation will review the medical management of Pocono Raceway's annual Motorsports & Music Festival mass gathering events. Synergies from the...

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RSVP for this meeting is required (limit space).

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1.0 Other Credit This session introduces emergency and disaster personnel to the essentials of interacting with people who use assistive technology. Participants will learn the basics of disability etiquette, explore the contents of accessibility kits and when specific tools may be needed, and gain...
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Bryan Cohen

Bryan Cohen
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (TechOWL)

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Ashley Patete

Ashley Patete
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (TechOWL)

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1.0 Other Credit During the 2024 presidential campaign, the candidates hosted events in communities across the nation. Each event required close coordination among federal, state, and local public safety personnel to ensure the safety of all involved. On July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, a...

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1.00 Clinical Credit Thinking about becoming a paramedic? This session will help EMTs and AEMTs determine if they are ready for the challenge, prepare for the academic and personal commitments required, and show how to compare paramedic programs to make an informed decision.
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Matt Small

Matt Small
Tower Health

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1.0 Clinical Credit Maxillofacial trauma evaluation Key problems and work-up Classification of facial fractures and soft tissue injuries Scar management

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1.0 Clinical Credit In this dynamic TED Talk–style session, our EMS Medical Directors will take the stage to deliver three fast-paced, thought-provoking presentations that will spark your curiosity and challenge your thinking. These experts will leave you inspired, questioning, and eager for more...

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Is your CPR card going to expire? Stop on by to complete your CPR re-certification.

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1.0 Clinical Credit Electric Vehicle Fire related injuries and response.

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Twice the trivia, Twice the taser power, all of the fun! Back by popular demand, Taser Trivia II returns with a jolt of excitement and a new twist! This high-voltage EMS Con-Ed is your chance to test your knowledge on some of the world’s most significant large-scale disasters, from American...

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LET'S ROCK KALAHARI - JOIN US FOR AN AMAZING EVENING OF LIVE MUSIC. Proudly Sponsored by Service Electric Ostrich Hat Flows like a DJ but ROCKS like a band From the Finger Lakes of New York to The Atlantic City New Jersey Boardwalk and back home in the Pocono Mountains Ostrich Hat has been...

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Our conference registration kiosk will be open Wednesday October 16th beginning at 6:00am.

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Please join the Team from Tower Health - Tower Direct for breakfast this morning.

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1.0 Clinical Credit A review of complex EMS trauma cases which required operative management and techniques to improve care in the field.
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Richard Lopez

Richard Lopez
Geisinger Health

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1.0 Clinical Credit Describe how the RACE score is used to identify large vessel occlusion (LVO) in acute stroke patients, particularly in prehospital settings, and its role in improving access to timely endovascular treatment. Using actual pre-hospital patients, the audience will use what they...

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1.00 Clinical Credit This session will explore the unique role that EMS plays in the continuum of violence intervention. Opportunities for collaboration, potential barriers, and strategies to overcome barriers between EMS and HVIPS will be discussed. Trauma-informed principles will be reviewed that...
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Teena Lee, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE

Teena Lee, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE
Reading Hospital, Tower Health

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1.0 Other Credit Joint session with Bureau of EMS Director Anthony Martin and Commonwealth EMS Medical Director Dan Bledsoe. We will discuss current and future initiatives for the EMS system.

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Visit Pennsylvania's Premier EMS Conference Exhibition Hall and experience our many incredible Vendors, Sponsors, and supporters of the 2026 CODE EMS Conference.

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1.0 Clinical Credit We will be going over What meds EMT'S can give or assist with. We will also be going over 12 lead placements. This will be mostly hands on. Please come with all your questions about what EMT'S can or cannot do.

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1.00 CPC Credits Round table discussion with Bureau of EMS Director, Anthony Martin and State Medical Director, Dr. Dan Bledsoe.

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1.00 OTHER Credits High-performing EMS organizations are built on a foundation of trust, accountability, and shared purpose. Leaders shape this culture through everyday interactions, expectations, and the way they respond to challenges and conflict. This session examines how command staff can...
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Jon Detweiler

Jon Detweiler
VMSC Emergency Medical Services

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1.0 Clinical Credit This session will provide EMS professionals with more information on athletic trainers (who they are, education and training, and scope of practice) and how to build a collaborative team for the best interest of the patient. This includes when EMS is standing by at athletic...

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Join us for lunch this afternoon, sponsored by the CODE EMS Conference.

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1.0 Other Credit Before EMS became the profession we know today, there was Freedom House Ambulance Service. Established in Pittsburgh in 1967, Freedom House became the nation's first paramedic-based emergency medical service, forever changing the way emergency medical care is delivered in the United...
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John Moon

John Moon
Freedom House Ambulance Service

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1.00 Clinical Credit The purpose of this session is to examine the unique challenges of austere and remote medicine and develop approaches to improve EMS preparedness and patient care in resource-limited environments.
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Kenny Roberts

Kenny Roberts
Cetronia Ambulance Corps.

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1.0 CPC Credit Every EMS clinician has skills they love and skills they’d rather avoid. Yet it’s often the unglamorous, uncomfortable, or “boring” competencies that matter most when the pressure is on. We explore the psychology of avoidance, the importance of deliberate practice, and strategies to...
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Jonathon Jenkins

Jonathon Jenkins
LITES Network

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1.0 Clinical Credits Emergency management of the advanced airway and initial recognition and management of the critically injured trauma patient. “Lessons for Iraq”.

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1.0 CPC Credit This one-hour continuing education course introduces EMS providers—primarily EMTs—to the concept of the Lethal Diamond in trauma care. Participants will review the pathophysiology of each of the four components: hypothermia, acidosis, coagulopathy, and hypocalcemia. The course focuses...
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Jonathan Carolla

Jonathan Carolla
Life Lion Emergency Medical Services

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Visit Pennsylvania's Premier EMS Conference Exhibition Hall and experience our many incredible Vendors, Sponsors, and supporters of the 2025 CODE EMS Conference.

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Regional Medical Advisory Committee meeting, hosted virtually, see a conference team member for additional information to join us.

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EMS professionals are often the first healthcare providers to interact with survivors of sexual assault. This session explores the EMS role in trauma-informed care, neurobiological trauma responses, evidence preservation, patient-centered communication, and recognition of high-risk findings...
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Heather Owen

Heather Owen
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

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1.0 Other Credit This course equips EMS leaders, supervisors, and administrators with strategies to attract, recruit, and retain qualified personnel in today’s challenging prehospital workforce environment. Volunteer and career EMS organizations alike face ongoing staffing shortages, high turnover...
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Richard Van Der Wall

Richard Van Der Wall
Allied Training and Emergency Consulting

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.5 CPC .5 Other Credit This program, following the Pennsylvania EMS protocol, will outline the importance of rehab operations at emergency scenes, and will discuss topics pertinent to establishing rehab, including equipment needs, responder medical parameters, logistical and operational concerns...
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Jeffrey Rosenheck

Jeffrey Rosenheck
Lifesaving Outreach Services, LLC

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THE PARTY CONTINUES THIS EVENING: Ready to turn up the heat on your Thursday night? Join us as Slammin Jamz Entertainment delivers your favorite music and entertainment as we celebrate yet another incredible CODE EMS Conference.

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1.0 Clinical Credit We've all heard of Cyanide, CO, H2S and other chemical asphyxiants but how dangerous are they really? How do we even treat them? Let's dive in like the Magic School bus and see just how these chemicals affect us at the cellular level.
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Chad Oliver

Chad Oliver
City of Bethlehem EMS

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1.0 Clinical Credit Hello, I'm Matthew Brett, Assistant Chief for the City of Allentown Paramedics. Please join me on Friday, October 16th at 10:15 in Kilimanjaro Suite 3 for my presentation, "37 Reasons Why." Together, we’ll walk through the journey of launching the first prehospital blood program...
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Matthew Brett

Matthew Brett
City of Allentown Paramedics

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1.0 Clinical Credit This lecture will prepare First Responders in understanding and newer methods that Terrorists use to inflict deadly harm and damages. The old Weapons of Mass Destruction, CBRNE, is outdated and EMS provides need to improve their knowledge and recognize these threats. This will...
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Richard Bossert

Richard Bossert
Philadelphia Fire Department - Retired

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