South Dakota EMS Association

To strengthen patient care in South Dakota through advocacy, education, and representation of EMS providers.

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2023 SDEMSA State Conference

Schedule

Thursday, October 26, 2023

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm SD EMS for Children Boot Camp for Pediatric Champions

Limited to one designated Champion per service 

*Pre-registration required at www.sdemsc.org/boot-camp


5:00 pm - 8:00pm Registration

6:00 pm Executive Council Meeting

Friday, October 27, 2023

7:00 am - 8:00 am Registration

8:00 am - 9:20 am Opening Ceremony / Business meeting

9:45 am - 10:45 am Wild Medicine Case Studies in Trauma– Jon Politis

11:00 am - 12:00 am The aCUTE Abdomen – David Page

12:00 am - 1:30 am Buffet Lunch provided with registration

1:30 am - 2:30 pm What’s Hot and What’s Not? What does the research say? – David Page

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Sexy Airway Secrets…Achieving High Performance Oxygenation

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm BLINK! What your gut knows before your mind can catch up

- David Page

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Vendor Reception Chips & Dip / Cash Bar

7:00 pm Rapid City Rush vs Kansas City Mavericks Hockey Game

– Tickets reserved during conference registration

Saturday, October 28, 2023

8:00 am - 9:00 am SD Department of Health Office of EMS and Trauma Initiatives and

Vision for the Future– Marty Link

9:30 am - 10:30 am Care in the Austere…Secrets of care where the ambulance won’t go

– Jon Politis

10:50 am - 11:50 am Cardiac arrest? You need a plunger and a Pit Crew?!– David Page

11:50 am - 1:30 pm District Meetings – Grab your Box Lunch

*Room Assignments*

District 1-Needles Room

District 2-Lincoln Room

District 3-Bear Butte Room

District 4-Badlands Room

District 5-Black Elk Room

District 6-Washington Room

District 7-Rushmore Room

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Syncope, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing -Jon Politis

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm You make the call! Cases with a twist…– David Page

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Bleeding like a … Current Concepts in Hemorrhage Control

  – Jon Politis


5:30 pm Cash Bar

6:00 pm Table of Honor

6:30 pm Banquet

9:00 pm Dance

Sunday, October 29, 2023

7:00 am - 7:50 am Non-Denominational Church Service – Kathy Chesney

8:00 am - 9:00 am Pediatric Emergencies – Dr. Deanna Lassegard

9:20 am - 10:20 am Heading Out! OB – Eric Van Dusen

10:30 am - 11:30 am Review of Refusals – Dr. Deanna Lassegard

11:30 am - 12:30 pm Executive Council meeting

To strengthen patient care in South Dakota through advocacy, education, and representation of the EMS provider. 

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