WEBINAR

Post-Crash Care - Innovations in Managing Patient Entrapment and Extrication

Hosted by NHTSA’s Office of EMS on Thursday, December 19, at 1pm ET / 10am PT

EMS clinicians respond to nearly 1.5 million motor vehicle crashes on the nation's roadways each year. Of those, at least 55,226 involve patients trapped or pinned in vehicles in need of extrication.

In this webinar, experts will explore entrapment-related injuries and the specialized skills and training EMS clinicians need. 

Panelists will review: 

• Current NAEMSP recommendations for entrapped patients
• The latest research from the United Kingdom 
• Traditional extrication techniques and technology
• Rapid extrication methods, self-extrication and the hazards of prolonged entrapment
• Training and skills needed to manage entrapped patients and support patient-centered rescue throughout the extrication process
• Patient communication and airway, injury and hypothermia management

Panelists Include:

Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, NRP, FAEMS, medical director, Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; faculty member and EMS fellowship director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA.

Tim Nutbeam, MB, ChB, Medicine, professor of emergency medicine and post-collision care, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Great Britain; consultant in emergency medicine and prehospital emergency medicine.

Attendees will be encouraged to submit questions during any point of the discussion. The webinar and Q&A will last approximately one hour.