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Pre-Conference Sessions: Aug. 9, 2018

Regular Full Conference Days: Aug. 10-12, 2018

Dan Batsie, BA, NRPChief of EMS, Vermont Department of

Health

Jason Dush, EMT-PEMS Manager, Texas Dept. of Public

Safety

Janet Taylor, BSN, NREMT-B

Flight Nurse, Life Flight Eagle

Location: Kansas Star Event Center777 Kansas Star Drive | Mulvane, KS 67110 (just south of Wichita)

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MOBILE EVENT GUIDE/APP - We strongly encourage you to download our 2018 mobile guide to enhance your experience at the 2018 KEMSA Conference & Expo. Visit www.kemsa.org/mobileguide to download it. You’ll be able to plan your day with a personalized schedule, browse exhibitors, view maps, and get general show information. Also speakers, photos, biographies, handouts, and more are located in the mobile guide!

LOCATION - Our location at the Kansas Star Event Center in Mulvane, Kansas allows us the opportunity for more educational classes, evening entertainment, lunch options on-site, as well as a large number of hotel rooms for our attendees. (Hotel rooms do sell out, so book early!)

HONORING OUR OWN - We will hold our annual Honoring Our Own awards banquet featuring a Table of Honor on Saturday, Aug. 11. Tickets for the banquet are not included in a conference registration, and must be purchased if you want to attend.

Make Award Nominations at: www.kemsa.org/Awards by June 15.

OUR BIGGEST EXHIBIT HALL YET! - The KEMSA Exhibit Hall is a valuable part of your conference education. It features more than 80 exhibitors and allows you the opportunity to see and try out many of the newest EMS products on the market, pick up some freebies, and make business contacts that could benefit your department. All our exhibitors, including

ambulances, are in one room inside allowing you the opportunity to visit them all in one convenient place!

CONTINUING EDUCATION CATEGORIES – While the focus of quality clinical education has remained the same over the years, KEMSA has also worked hard again to provide you with educational sessions that help you meet some of the required components in the Kansas Continuing Education Plan. Each session has a corresponding CE category (and sub-topics as appropriate) listed on the schedule, so you can determine which sessions you want to attend to help fulfill some of your hours. If you still need categories and sub-topics to fill your requirements, check out the KEMSA CORE Conferences being held twice a year.

LOTS OF CE HOURS – Another important element of the 2018 Conference is that we have kept the evening educational hours and early morning sessions for those who want them or need more hours. If you attend all the sessions from August 9-12, 2018, you have a chance to earn a total of 28 hours in just 3.5 days! This includes the sessions and opportunities including:

• 8-hour pre-conference workshops on Thursday• a 2-hour earlybird session on Thursday evening

included in a full conference registration for those who want to arrive earlier on Thursday

• a 2-hour educational session on Friday evening• two early morning sessions on Saturday & SundayIf you need hours, this is the place to get them at an affordable rate! And, you can still enjoy the evening entertainment once the evening sessions are over!

You are invited to attend the annual KEMSA Conference & Expo at the Kansas Star Event Center in Mulvane, August 9-12, 2018. Our blend of national and regional speakers and the variety of topics offered make this conference one you won’t want to miss! For this event, KEMSA focuses on putting together a conference that brings in cutting-edge clinical topics to help you learn new ways or review ways to deliver quality patient care in your communities.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? - EMS providers of all levels, educators, managers/supervisors, service directors, medical directors, nurses, and others involved in the EMS profession.


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How to Register: ALL registrations must be submitted ONLINE at

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Please note: MEMBERS must login to the KEMSA website to get the member price for registration. This helps ensure members receive the discounted member rate.

Carefully read and complete all information on the online registration form. It is very important that you provide an e-mail address, so you can get your CE certificate. Also, be sure to check all boxes that apply. Once you complete the registration form, there will be an option to pay online with credit card through paypal.

If you want to mail a payment and pay by invoice, you will print the invoice you receive automatically by e-mail and turn it in for payment.

If you have problems with the online form, don’t have access to fill it out online, or have questions, contact KEMSA at [email protected] or 785-580-3459.

Earlybird Registration Deadline: July 27The last day for earlybird registration is Friday, July 27, 2018. If you register online after July 27, 2018 or register at the door, the late registration fee is an additional $55.00.

Online Registration Deadline: August 3Online registrations will be accepted until August 3, 2018. After that date, you must register on-site at the conference.

Payment Deadline: August 3All payments for online registrations must be received in the KEMSA office by Friday, August 3, 2018 in order to confirm your attendance. Payments will only be accepted at the conference for on-site registrations. All other registrations must be paid in advance in order for us to guarantee numbers with the event venue.

Cancellations / Refunds:A refund, minus a $50 administrative fee, will be granted ONLY if cancellation is received in writing in the KEMSA office by 5 pm on Friday, July 27, 2018 or as a result of circumstances approved by the Conference Planning Committee. No refunds will be issued for unused banquet tickets. Send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Conference Rates:Full Conference (Fri-Sun) - KEMSA Member - $160Full Conference (Fri-Sun) - Non-Member - $210Full Conference (Fri-Sun) - Student - $100 (This student rate is for current paramedic students.)Other options: Pre-Conference Day - Thursday, Aug. 9or Billing Workshop - Friday, Aug. 10 Members: $50 / $75 (after July 27) Non-members: $75 / $100 (after July 27) *NAEMT Saftety Course is $75 / $100Single Day (Friday or Saturday) - $110Single Day (Sunday) - $60Honoring our Own Banquet (Sat. Aug. 11) - $35 each Vendor Pass - $20 eachLate Registration Fee (After July 27, 2018) - $55

Continuing Education Hours:EMS CEU is granted through Hutchinson Community College on an hour-for-hour attendance basis. It is the attendee’s responsibility to follow the CEU rules outlined in the conference materials in order to have valid proof of attendance. Attendees must be present for the entire session. CE categories for each session are listed on the schedule.Thursday, Aug. 9 - Pre-Conference = 8 hours of CEThursday, Aug. 9 - Evening Earlybird session = 2 hours of CE (evening session included with full conference registration)Friday, Aug. 10 = 7 hours of CESaturday, Aug. 11 = 7 hours of CESunday, Aug. 12 = 4 hours of CE = 28 TOTAL hours available if you attend all sessionsWe will not be providing nursing hours, but we will provide you with the materials to apply for hours on your own.

Hotel Reservations:The conference hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites Wichita/Mulvane. The room rate is $92 per night + tax (Standard King or Queen rooms) or $102 per night + tax (King Studios). Breakfast is included with hotel rooms. Use the link on the KEMSA website (www.kemsa.org/Hotel) for online reservations or call 316-524-3777 and mention the special EMS rate. The room rate cutoff is July 20, 2018.


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Meals and Banquet Tickets:A conference registration DOES NOT include lunch for any day of the conference. Lunch options are available at the event center, and there are other local restaurants as well. Breakfast is included with your hotel rooms. The conference registration does include breaks each day.

Also, a conference registration DOES NOT include a ticket for the Saturday Night Awards Banquet. If you wish to attend, you must purchase a $35 ticket by July 27, 2018. For registrations received after this date, banquet tickets will not be available. This is a formal affair, so dress appropriately.

Vendor Passes:You can buy a vendor pass for $20 each if you would like to visit the vendor area anytime it is open without buying a full conference registration. Vendors open: Friday, Aug. 10 - 0930-1800; Saturday, Aug. 11 - 0915-1330.

Entertainment Options:Don’t forget to attend the entertainment events at the conference to network with other attendees and have some fun. These are included with a FULL conference registration.

Thursday, Aug. 92100-2300 - Welcome Networking Social in the Fire Club (cash bar, great atmosphere, and lots of networking!)

Friday, Aug. 101700-1800 - Exhibitor Showcase/Reception (Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar available.)2100-2330 - Evening Entertainment: DJ AND DANCING! - Join us in the Fire Club for an evening of fun entertainment! (Cash bar available.)

Special Needs:If you have special needs while you attend the conference, such as dietary concerns or accessibility concerns, please let us know before July 27, 2018 by sending a written notification to [email protected].

KEMSA’s annual awards are a way for KEMSA to honor both individuals and organizations who have made a significant contribution to the EMS profession in the past year. Anyone is allowed to make nominations unless otherwise noted. All Kansas award finalists will be honored at the KEMSA Awards Banquet in Mulvane on August 11, 2018 in conjunction with the KEMSA Conference & Expo. All nominators will be placed in a drawing for one of two free conference registrations, so nominate today! All nominations must be submitted electronically by June 15.

Award Criteria and nomination forms are available online at www.kemsa.org/Awards.

KEMSA AWARD NOMINATIONS

The award selection committee is made up of EMS Professionals OUTSIDE of Kansas.

Due: June 15!Nominate Today!

We can’t recognize them if you don’t nominate them! Nominate today!

Organizational Achievement Awards:Cara Everhart Award (pediatrics) EMS Community Service AwardCareer Service of the YearVolunteer Service of the Year

KEMSA Achievement Award categories include:Individual Achievement Awards:Lifetime Achievement AwardEMT of the YearParamedic of the YearMilitary Medic of the YearPhysician of the Year Educator of the Year EMS Support Person of the Year Administrator of the Year


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Thursday, August 9, 2018 - Pre-Conference Day (Additional fee associated with these sessions. You pick 1 option.)0700-1900 Conference Registration Open0800-1700 Kansas Elite and CQI Workshop - Presented by Zach Bieghler ~ Individual0800-1700 NAEMT EMS Safety Course - Presented by Chad Pore & Jeri Smith ~ Individual0800-1700 Current Care Management Techniques For Spine Injured Football Players - Presented by Kansas Athletic Trainer’s Society ~ Trauma - CNS Injury, Soft tissue/Musculoskeletal0800-1700 BLS Skills Workshop: Heart, Airway, and Trauma - Presented by HCC ~ ARV -vent/oxy, BLS, ALS Mgmt 4.0 , CV - ACS/chest pain3.0, TR - hem control/shock mgmt1.0 0800-1700 Educator’s Workshop ~ Approved as an Educator’s Workshop/ Individual1700-1800 Educator’s Society Meeting1830-2030 Earlybird Evening Session (included with full conference registration): A Busy Day in The Neighborhood: Facilitated Scenarios Reviewing Hot Topics in EMS - Dan Batsie ~ MED - AMS 1.5, CV - ACS 0.52100-2300 Welcome Networking Social Friday, August 10, 2018 0800-1700 Billing Workshop - Presented by KEMSA Billing Society (Separate fee to attend this workshop.)

0700-1600 Conference Registration Open0800-0830 Opening Session and Welcoming Remarks - KEMSA President0830-0930 KEYNOTE: Standing On the Shoulders of Giants - Dan Batsie ~ Individual0930-1015 Exhibit Hall Grand Opening - Break and Visit Exhibits1015-1115 General Session: Waiting to Exhale: Capnography - Janet Taylor ~ ARV - Ventilation/oxygenation1115-1130 Mission:Lifeline EMS Awards1130-1245 Lunch Break and Visit Exhibits 1145-1245 Administrator’s Society Meeting (feel free to grab lunch and bring it in) 1245-1345 1. 10 Critical Skills Providers Should Practice Every Day - Dan Batsie ~ MEDBreakouts 2. Hot Trends in Trauma: TXA, Ketamine, and Tactical Medicine - Dr. Kari Jerge ~ Trauma 3. Rural Trauma: You’re Still in Kansas Toto! - David Seastrom ~ OPS - transport considerations1345-1415 Break and Visit Exhibits 1415-1515 1. A Change of Heart: CHF - Janet Taylor ~ MED - respBreakouts 2. EMS Documentation Compliance Essentials - Maggie Adams ~ OPS 3. Caring for the Caregivers - Building a Peer Support Team - Roger Lippert ~ MED - behavior1515-1545 Break and Visit Exhibits 1545-1645 General: How Not To Be Wrong When Everything Is On the Line: Critical Thinking and Decision Making in EMS - Dan Batsie ~ OPS1700-1800 Exhibitor Showcase/Reception1900-2100 Evening Session: Man vs. Wild - Janet Taylor ~ MED 1.0, Trauma 1.02100-2330 Evening Entertainment & Fun: DJ and Dancing!

Saturday, August 11, 2018 0700-0800 Early Session: Giving and Receiving Feedback that Improves Performance - Dr. Charles Foat ~ OPS0730-1000 Conference Registration Open0815-0915 General: The Elephant in the Room: When Medical Errors Go Bad - Jason Dush ~ OPS0915-0945 Break and Visit Exhibits 0945-1045 1. Dirty Dozen: Infection Control in EMS - Janet Taylor ~ MED - comm diseaseBreakouts 2. Pediatric Trauma: It Hurts Bad - David Seastrom ~ ARV - BLS, ALS airway mgmt 3. Hazards Associated with Aircraft Incidents - Lloyd Youel ~ OPS1045-1115 Break and Visit Exhibits 1115-1215 1. It’s All in Your Head: Neuro Assessment for Non-neuro folks - Janet Taylor ~ Trauma - CNS InjuryBreakouts 2. Adaptive EMS- Providing High Quality Care and Safe Transport of our Special Needs Children - LeAnna Setzkorn & Jared Bogard ~ MED 3. The Threat of Fentanyl and Its Analogs - Dr. Stephen Thornton ~ MED - Pharm/Med administration

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Saturday, August 11, 2018 (cont.)1215-1330 Lunch Break - Last Chance for Exhibits! 1330-1430 General: I Can’t Believe They Don’t Use Butter: Burn Care 101 - Jason Dush ~ Trauma - soft tissue, shock1445-1545 General: Killer Bees: Anaphylaxis in EMS - Janet Taylor ~ MED - resp, pharm/med admin1600-1700 General: Street Sense: Protecting yourself While Saving Your Patient - Jason Dush ~ MED - Behavior1830-1900 Reception/Cash Bar 1900-2100 Honoring Our Own Awards Banquet^

Sunday, August 12, 2018 0730-0830 Early Session: A Foray into the Fascinating Arena of Emerging EMS Research - Dr. Charles Foat ~ CV - 4-12 lead ECG, Med/pharm0800-0845 Non-Denominational Service 0900-1000 General Session: This is My Puzzle: Autism Spectrum Disorder - Jason Dush ~ MED - behavior1015-1115 General Session: State of the Science - Dr. John Gallagher & Dr. Ryan Jacobsen ~ MED1130-1230 General Session: Through the Eyes of the Rescuer - Jason Dush ~ MED - behavior

Pre-Conference Sessions - Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018

Pre-Conference sessions ARE NOT included with a full regular conference registration. There is an additional fee associated with these sessions and spaces are limited.

All sessions are 0800-1700, and you pick ONE to attend.

These descriptions are tentative and are subject to change if needed.

^ You must buy a ticket to be able to attend the Awards Banquet. It is NOT included with a conference registration. The ticket deadline is July 27, 2018.

Option 1: Kansas Elite and CQI WorkshopPresented by Zach BieghlerThis workshop is intended for EMS agency directors and supervisors. The first part of the workshop is a quick overview of PCR run forms, print run forms, and the report writer. The focus of the workshop will be the set-up and management of Elite’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) module. The CQI set-up is user friendly, but it is complex and can be time consuming and overwhelming. IMPORTANT: Participants MUST have their user permission set to “AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR” prior to class. Participants will need to bring laptops.

Option 2: NAEMT EMS Safety CoursePresented by Chad Pore & Jeri SmithNAEMT’s EMS Safety course teaches students how to protect themselves and their patients while on the job. It promotes a culture of safety and helps reduce the number of on-the-job fatalities and injuries. EMS Safety is the only national, comprehensive safety course for EMS practitioners. Its interactive format features real-life case studies and compelling discussions on current safety issues, and provides participants with a forum to share their own experiences. Critical thinking stations help build participants’ risk assessment and decision-making skills.Note: This course costs $75 for members or $100 for non-members to help cover the course materials.

Conference Committee Chair: Brandon BeckCommittee Members: David Adams, Chrissy Bartel, Tony Burr, Dalene Deck, Jon Friesen, Anderson Lowe, Cliff Moore, Nancy Ratzlaff, Jeanné Schantz, Mary Napier

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Pre-Conference Sessions - Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 (cont)

Option 3: Current Care Management Techniques For Spine Injured Football PlayersPresented by the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ SocietyThis workshop presented by the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society is designed to provide pre-hospital care practitioners the knowledge and skills to recognize and care for injury and illness in football players including sports-related concussion, sudden death causes and spine injuries. This unique patient population presents difficulties in emergency care situations due to the equipment players wear. Recent changes in head and spine care recommendations in both EMS and Athletic Training make this focus of current importance. This course will provide current evidence-based information on managing this special population including hands-on practice of multiple care techniques. This course is a must for any emergency personnel providing coverage for football events. This pre-conference workshop would be presented by the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society in conjunction with KEMSA. Workshop presenters include: David Fitzhugh, Athletic Trainer, Paramedic (Facilitator); Mark Padfield, Athletic Trainer; Justin Clark, Athletic Trainer; Karen Garrison, Athletic Trainer; Scott Reese, Paramedic; and Phillip Vardiman, Athletic Trainer.

Option 4: BLS Skills Workshop - Heart, Airway and TraumaPresented by HCC

A unique and exciting experience through guided, hands on learning. See, feel and watch how the human airway and heart functions. Understand how and why traumatic injury to the airway or heart presents as it does and its relevance to emergency medicine. Participation in swine tissue dissection will be expected by student. Participants will review and learn aspects of the airway and heart, and how it pertains to the relevance of emergency medicine. This will be accomplished through a lesson plan, which will entail the combined use of visual media, lecture, hands on dissection of heart and pulmonary tissue with guided instruction. The course will finish with topics revolving around the heart and airway and how some aspects of trauma may influence the function of these organs.

Option 5: Educators WorkshopThis full-day educators workshop will provide presentations and hands-on learning for educators about topics including: • Preparing your students for board testing - Kansas

Board of EMS• Macgyvered classroom engagement - Justin Goings• Creating instructional videos - Dr. Charles Foat• Creative ideas for the classroom - Janet Taylor & Lori

Sizer Read some of the topic descriptions below.

Macgyvered Classroom Engagement: When leading service wide training, it’s important that you’re not only teaching quality up to date information and practices, but also ensuring that everyone in the classroom is engaged. It’s easy to fall into the pitfall of following the same classroom format every month. For example, setting aside half the allotted time for classroom instruction, taking a break, and finishing off with practical skills. Keep in mind however, that service wide training is the most direct approach toward ensuring everyone is up to par with their knowledge and skills, and however much time we have to do this, it is never enough. We are going to review the steps you can take to make sure your class is engaged in didactic instruction and some tools to provide realistic scenario drills with minimal equipment.

Creating Instructional Videos: Technology has advanced allowing all EMS instructors to create instructional videos. While the technological tools for creation are easily accessible and low cost, the instructor must make some critical choices about the video before producing the video or risk poor learner engagement and lower than expected learning outcomes. This session will discuss empirical evidence to help guide the creation of instructional video for maximal engagement and learning outcomes.

The afternoon will feature Show-Me Some Mo: Creative Ideas in the Classroom with Janet Taylor and Lori Sizer. This session will give the students kinesthetic applications for increasing learning and enthusiasm in the classroom. Lori and Janet work together in creating a fast-paced class for instructors who need to increasing the energy level in the same old topics. All kinesthetic, all the time. Using cucumbers and salt to describe osmosis and diffusion; strawberries and sugar to describe diuresis in a hyperglycemic patient; shaving cream, baking soda, balloons, and much, much more! All on a shoestring budget!

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Billing Workshop - Friday, Aug. 10, 2018

This is a 2-hour earlybird session on Thursday evening included in a full conference registration for those who want to arrive earlier on Thursday and get some additional continuing education hours.

Regular Conference Earlybird Session- Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018

1830-2030 - Earlybird Educational SessionA Busy Day in The Neighborhood: Facilitated Scenarios Reviewing Hot Topics in EMS - Dan Batsie

Active learning isn’t just for licensure classes. Although most traditional EMS continuing education relies upon lecture and powerpoint, the importance of “flipping the classroom” should not be lost in our refresher training. This class will introduce several contemporary and newsworthy EMS topics through the facilitated scenario model. Discussing realistic situations, participants will actively evaluate information, weigh consequences, and engage in decision making toward desired patient outcomes. Students will have an opportunity to reflect on their choices and discuss current best practices pertaining to the topic at hand. This class is best supported through class participation, so please come ready to play along.

0800-1700 - Billing WorkshopCome learn critical tips with Maggie Adams on how to look at the billing process from when the trip report arrives in billing through the back-end of the billing process. We help review your accounts receivable functions to follow-up appropriately, address denials and better manage patient-pay challenges. The presentation will discuss the top areas where ambulance services may experience revenue leakage and the strategies providers can employ to improve outcomes. Topics will include methods to collect patient demographic information, best approach to coding and billing emergencies, knowing whether your service should provide the non-emergency transport based on patient eligibility, proven methods to identify and collect co-pays and deductibles, electronic payment processing options, the

There is a separate registration fee for this workshop and does not include the regular EMS Conference sessions. It does include lunch sponsored by ARSI and access to visit our exhibit hall.

submission of claims to appropriate payers, the need for transparency with payers, timely follow-up and self-pay account resolution. This session offers indispensable guidance on best practices for ambulance billing success.

In the afternoon, we will hear from Jennifer Falke, Provider Relations Representative, Blue Cross Blue Shield of KS with updates for 2019; Thom Ryan, Specialist Outreach & Education, WPS Government Health Administrators (Medicare B) will discuss Consolidated Billing and Targeted Probe/Audits and Documentation Requests; and Irene Hoheusle, ARSI will talk about third party payers: How to collect the maximum amount you are owed from the “right” payer and MVA, Premises Liability, Work Comp, County Liability.

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0800-0930 - Welcome & OPENING KEYNOTE: Standing On the Shoulders of Giants - Dan BatsieNo one in EMS succeeds alone. However, far too frequently new practitioners are left to “take their lumps” and languish without proper guidance. This common dilemma leads to not only poor patient care, but serves to weigh down EMS as a profession in face of progress. This motivational discussion will describe the importance of mentors in EMS. It will focus not just on the new provider but discuss how mentoring and cooperation can improve EMS as a whole.

1015-1115 - General Session: Waiting to Exhale: Capnography - Janet TaylorThe American Heart Association has deemed capnography the gold standard for many years in assessing circulatory status and confirming ETT placement. But we aren’t just applying it to assessing the severity of a respiratory distress any longer; we use it for post anesthesia, assessing the efficiency of compressions during CPR, monitor patients on magnesium drips, and many more applications. This presentation goes through how ETC02 is created, exhaled, and a step-by-step method for analyzing waveforms and assessing the respiratory and circulatory status of your patient.

1245-1345 Breakout Sessions

Breakout #1: 10 Critical Skills Providers Should Practice Every Day - Dan BatsieIn neuroscience, a phenomenon called the “forgetting curve” suggests that for every day a provider is out of class, a small portion of learned information is lost. Skills that are not routinely used become progressively difficult to recall properly. But this notion presents a real challenge in a world where often the most meaningful interventions are the ones used least frequently. This class will work to triage the 10 most important skills for a provider and describe the deliberate practice necessary to maintain those skills. We will discuss specific, simple, and real-world steps you can take to improve personal readiness and define how these repetitions can fit within a larger training plan.

Breakout #2: Hot Trends in Trauma: TXA, Ketamine, and Tactical Medicine - Dr. Kari JergeBrief review of new trends in trauma care including TXA, Ketamine, and tactical medicine.

Breakout #3: Rural Trauma: You’re Still in Kansas Toto! - David SeastromThis lecture will cover some of the barriers to trauma care in general with a specific focus on the rural environment. The listener will learn why rural trauma carries a higher mortality rate and what they can to do decrease that. Common misconceptions regarding EMTALA and the transfer process will also be discussed.


Breakout #1: A Change of Heart: CHF - Janet TaylorHeart Failure affects more than 5 million adults in the U.S. Heart failure also affects not only the inability to carry on a job/career, but it affects the quality of life a patient could have if their hearts could support day-to-day activities. We will review the risk factors for developing heart failure, the difference between left and right sided heart failure, the differences in assessments you will find as well as the most common treatments and newest research in Evidence Based Medicine showing increases in quality of life and decreasing mortality.

Breakout #2: EMS Documentation Compliance Essentials - Maggie AdamsEMS needs to document the care they gave their patients in an environment where compliance and fraud oversight continues to be a concern. Taking a down-to-earth approach, this lively session will grasp attention as we explain the ever-changing regulatory requirements of BOTH emergency and non-emergency documentation. We help you respond to the challenges of the field, facilities, and your own operational management. Quality documentation will follow your patient and be the key to successful claims submission, legitimate reimbursement, and compliance.



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Breakout #3: Caring for the Caregivers - Building a Peer Support Team - Roger LippertThe very nature of EMS work sends providers into the most stressful situations. EMS providers are there to provide emergency care or just a comforting hand and smile during these times. These stresses can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health issues including suicide. One study quoted in JEMS stated EMS providers have a 6.6% rate of attempting suicide. That is 10 times greater than the general population. Studies have shown that responders having the ability to discuss their stresses with people who do the same job, have better job satisfaction and less turnover. This presentation will review job stressors, what Peer Support is, what Peer Support Training involves, and how the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Valor Foundation, are helping the First Responder Peer Support Team initiative across the state of Kansas.

1545-1645 - General Session: How Not To Be Wrong When Everything Is On the Line: Critical Thinking and Decision Making in EMS - Dan BatsieSafety, assessment, patient care...the success of an EMS practitioner is judged on the quality of their critical

decisions. Every day you are forced to critically think their way through complicated operational and care related situations under the worst possible circumstances, often with life threatening consequences. Making good decisions is more than just relying upon luck. Strategies exist to improve mental performance under stress. This scenario-based class will discuss the limitations of cognition when faced with situational challenges. More importantly, it will describe specific practices to improve decision making and enhance mental performance under stress.

1900-2100 - Evening EducationMan vs. Wild - Janet TaylorLions, Tigers and Bears… wait… Okay maybe not wildlife, but there are several things that are necessary to know in order to treat patients who have decided to “rough it” in the outdoors. Rather than discuss advanced interventions, we are going back to the basics and using common sense knowledge to treat a variety of environment emergencies including hypothermia, hyperthermia, diving emergencies, snake bites, lightening, near drowning, and much, much more.

0700-0800 - Early Morning Session: Giving and Receiving Feedback that Improves Performance - Dr. Charles FoatFeedback is a tool that can help others improve their performance. I hear many people (students, new employees, seasoned employees, and even managers) state they wish they had more feedback. I also hear many people (a partner on the ambulance, seasoned employees, FTOs, and managers) say they wish that people listened to their feedback. This session discusses why traditional advice on feedback creates this disconnect, techniques to help provide feedback that helps people listen to the feedback, and even ways to gain more quality feedback.

0815-0915 - General Session: The Elephant in the Room: When Medical Errors Go Bad - Jason DushThink of a time when you heard of, personally know of, or committed a medical error while care was being provided. The amount of medical errors that go unreported, unnoticed, and covered up are shocking at best. In this enlightening session, Jason will take you on a journey as he uncovers some of the common medical errors and contributing factors that affect patient outcomes.

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Breakout #1: Dirty Dozen: Infection Control in EMS - Janet TaylorWe are always being told, “Wash Your Hands!” and “Wipe Down Your Equipment!” but does it really make a difference? What is the hype about MRSA, VRE, and even the Zika Virus, and do I really need to be concerned when I am told that my patient is “colonized” with VRE? In this presentation, we will go over some interesting facts about infections, take a look at the truth behind hand washing and antibiotic resistance, and look at some good things that germs do for us every day.

Breakout #2: Pediatric Trauma: It Hurts Bad - David SeastromThis lecture reinforces and strengthens the healthcare provider’s knowledge in pediatric trauma. The lecture will cover a variety of topics to include the differing etiology in pediatric trauma, the anatomical and physiological differences between adults from children, and the current treatments and trends in airway management, stabilization and transport, and overall management.

Breakout #3: Hazards Associated with Aircraft Incidents - Lloyd YouelWe all have aircraft flying over our communities daily. While each aircraft incident is different, it is not like you can just go up, pop open a door, or bust open a window. All aircraft have a few common hazards, like batteries, fuel, plastic, foam and moving parts that we all need to be aware of. Other hazards can include but are not limited to, on board radar systems, cargo the aircraft is carrying, ballistic chutes, composite fuselage, fertilizer on crop dusters, oxygen bottles, prop wash, rotor wash, engine blast, etc. In this session, we’ll cover most of the common factors to be aware of.


Breakout #1: It’s All in Your Head: Neuro Assessment for Non-neuro folks - Janet TaylorThis session is geared toward EMS assessment and care of the neurological insults to the brain whether traumatic or non-traumatic. We review the basic normal neurological assessment and go on to learn what small assessment changes can occur and how to recognize those changes.

We learn common non-invasive interventions we can do in the field to reduce the intracranial pressure on any patient with neurological insult and the importance of frequent re-assessments when you have someone who has suffered a potential brain injury.

Breakout #2: Adaptive EMS- Providing High Quality Care and Safe Transport of our Special Needs Children - LeAnna Setzkorn & Jared BogardEmergent care of a child is stressful no doubt. When that child requires special medical equipment, is unable to communicate through normal means, or is not able to cope with a physical assessment, our stress level as EMS providers sky rockets! We will discuss some common and not-so-common medical devices you may come across, some tips and tricks in how to care for and transport your special needs patient (and caregivers), and we will discuss ways to communicate with and engage your special needs patients. We will have a special focus on interaction with children who have autism spectrum disorder.

Breakout #3: The Threat of Fentanyl and Its Analogs - Dr. Stephen ThorntonThe illicit use of fentanyl and its analogs has become a significant issue for first responders and emergency medical professionals. As these opioids are highly potent, they can cause significant toxicity to those that abuse and misuse them. There is currently concern and controversy that these substances may also pose a threat to first responders and emergency medical personnel. Similarly, there is debate on appropriate dose of naloxone for these patients. This presentation aims to look at the toxicology for fentanyl and its analogs, reviews current literature in regard to its true threat to pre-hospital personnel, and discusses appropriate treatment with naloxone.

1330-1430 - General Session: I Can’t Believe They Don’t Use Butter: Burn Care 101 - Jason DushPrehospital providers play an important role in the initial burn care treatment and management. In caring for the burn patient, it is important to remember that many factors impact the care that we are able to deliver. As the science for clinical care of burn patients rapidly evolves, it’s important that additional tools and improvements in burn care treatment and management are applied in the prehospital setting.



Regular Conference - Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018

Regular Conference Sessions - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018 (cont)

1445-1545 - General Session: Killer Bees: Anaphylaxis in EMS - Janet TaylorWhat is the difference between a side effect, an allergy, and anaphylaxis? What do you do when a patient says he/she is allergic to epinephrine? Why do so many people have allergies to Aspirin? And why is it that someone who is allergic to peanuts can eat french fries fried in peanut oil? In this session, we will review what happens in the body when it is exposed to an allergen, and what we need to assess for to determine whether this is a side effect, an allergy, or a true allergic reaction.

1600-1700 - General Session: Street Sense: Protecting yourself while saving your patient - Jason DushIn the world of public safety, there are inherent dangers we face every day when we answer the call. That call for help can turn into a dangerous situation for you at any given point. What training do you have for violent encounters? What do your policies and procedures say about handling dangerous situations of physical confrontations with patients or bystanders? In today’s world of public safety, we all have become victims of targeted attacks of violence on crews. Jason will bring a reality approach to this class through case studies and hands-on demonstrations with the audience. Are you prepared as an organization and individuals to handle these increasing dangers we face?

0730-0830 - Early Morning Session: A Foray into the Fascinating Arena of Emerging EMS Research - Dr. Charles FoatThis session will discuss some recent research that has an impact on EMS providers. In particular, we will look at the current state of the antiarrhythmic debate that has raged on for decades. We will also explore if the timing of epinephrine makes a difference in CA, and finally spend some time exploring the importance of epinephrine in anaphylaxis and the current auto-injector challenges.

0900-1000 - General Session: This is My Puzzle: Autism Spectrum Disorder - Jason DushASDs affect one out of every 68 children in the U.S. While autism appears to be on the rise, it’s unclear whether the growing number of diagnoses shows a real increase or comes from improved detection. Are we prepared as EMS providers to manage patients who have pre-existing conditions that affect social acceptance? Managing sick or injured patients with Autism can be challenging. Come join our discussion and better understand the Autistic patient population from a professional and personal prospective.

1015-1115 - General Session: State of the Science - Dr. Ryan Jacobsen & Dr. John GallagherThe two full-time EMS medical directors in Kansas present a tag team presentation of the current issues in EMS. This stuff is so fresh, we didn’t even have the topics when we had to finalize the session information. Come see what’s hot right now!

1130-1230 - General Session: Through the Eyes of the Rescuer - Jason DushThe world of public safety can be challenging, stressful, and full of rewards. Everyday firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and nurses witness traumatic situations. No matter how long you have worked in our line of work, you never become immune to the tragedies and human suffering you witness. As time goes on, either you learn to cope with these scenes better or you head rapidly toward the breaking point. Laughter and discussing inner thoughts help. But are these true answers to solve our problem? For some, yes and for others, no. This session is full of excitement, laughter, and motivation. Laughing with brothers and sisters of our profession will give you a few tools to pull from when you are in need of a shoulder to lean on. This presentation will examine several types of incidents that present similar stressors. By the end of this presentation, you will have a better understanding on how to survive happily and healthy in the world of public safety.



the Arlington Fire Department for 10 years, where he also served as the EMS Clinical Coordinator for three years. Jason’s resume includes 22 years of paid EMS/fire service with two different large metropolitan departments and 13 years as a critical care flight paramedic. Jason has been an active commissioned police officer and tactical paramedic since 1997, currently commissioned as a sheriff deputy in Williamson County, Texas. Jason is passionate about EMS education and is a known speaker locally and nationally for bringing a sense of humor, passion, energy, leadership, and practical experience to his audience.

Janet Taylor, RN, NREMT-BFlight Nurse, Life Flight Eagle

Janet has been a flight nurse for 14 years and works full-time for LifeFlight Eagle Air Medical Transport out of Kansas City. In addition to EMS, she has worked in ICU, ER, and OB to be familiar with the different types of calls that she and her partner may encounter in EMS. Janet has a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Nursing and enjoys teaching part-time at various EMS conferences throughout

the year in addition to writing articles for various industry magazines and continuing education modules for Medic-CE.

Lori Sizer, EMT-PPlatoon Paramedic/Adjunct Instructor, St. Charles County Ambulance District

Lori Sizer will present a half-day session with Janet Taylor during the Educators Workshop on Thursday. Licensed in EMS since 1992, Lori became an EMT the month after she graduated high school. She delivers continuing education classes for EMS, hospital, and fire personnel, as well as law enforcement. Lori has taught full-time as a training officer for St. Charles County Ambulance

District in Missouri. She has worked as a CNA, Med/Surg Unit Secretary, Patient Care Technician for Hemodialysis, ED, EMT, paramedic, flight paramedic, lead paramedic, acting EMS supervisor, and training officer. Lori continues to serve as a full-time platoon paramedic and loves to help others learn.

Maggie Adams, BBAPresident, EMS Financial Services, Inc.

Maggie Adams will present a half-day session during the Billing Workshop and a breakout session at the regular conference. Maggie is the president of EMS Financial Services, with 25 years of experience in the ambulance industry as a business owner and reimbursement and compliance consultant. Known for a practical approach and winning presentation style, Maggie has worked with medical

transportation providers and billing companies of all kinds to support their billing, auditing, and documentation training efforts. In the past year, Maggie trained thousands of EMS field providers and billers nationwide on EMS billing and EMS documentation compliance. Maggie is a Cum Laude graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan Batsie, BA, NRPChief of EMS, Vermont Department of Health

Dan Batsie is the Chief of Emergency Medical Services for the Vermont Department of Health. He has been a paramedic in New York, Maine, and now, Vermont for more than 28 years. Prior to working in Vermont, he was a regional education coordinator for the state of Maine and administered the paramedic programs for eastern Maine and Kennebec Valley Community

Colleges. He has authored two EMS textbooks and is currently working on his third.

Jason Dush FF, NR/CCEMT-P, FP-CEMS Manager, Texas Department of Public Safety

Jason serves as the EMS Manager for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Office of the Chief of Staff. Prior to working for DPS, he was the Chief Operating Officer for MedicOne Medical Response, which is a national ambulance transport company, where he was previously the National Vice President of Clinical Services. He

previously worked as a full-time firefighter paramedic for

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A special thank you to Hutchinson Community College EMS Education Faculty and the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society for coordinating and teaching

pre-conference sessions.


2018 KEMSA Conference Speaker Bios

Zach Bieghler, MHA, EMT-P/ICDirector, Kingman EMS

For the past 15 years, Zach has worked as a paramedic, EMS instructor, training manager, and EMS director in south-central Kansas. Zach is a Kansas certified instructor coordinator and has a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration. Zach’s current position is the EMS Director for Kingman EMS. Zach has experience managing the

Kansas ImageTrend program for the agencies for which he has worked. Since the release of the state ImageTrend Elite program, Zach has become very knowledgeable of the system and has been assisting Elite users throughout the state.

Jared Bogard, RN, CFRN, EMT-PFlight Nurse/Paramedic, Air Medical Group Holdings (EagleMed, Med-Trans)

Jared has devoted his professional life to the delivery of high quality, dedicated, and compassionate health care. He began his career at age 16 as a CNA and has progressed to becoming a paramedic, a flight paramedic, a registered nurse, and a certified flight registered nurse.

Dr. Charles Foat, Ph.D., ParamedicDirector of EMS Program, Johnson County Community College

Dr. Foat currently serves as the Director of the Emergency Medical Sciences Program at Johnson County Community College. Dr. Foat also serves as the chair of the Kansas EMS Educator Development Task Force, on the Board of Directors for the Johnson County HeartSafe Foundation, as a CoAEMSP site visit team captain, and Adjunct Professor of Learning Strategies.

Dr. Foat began his EMS career in 1988. He has worked with EMS services and EMS educational programs in California, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and most recently, Kansas. Dr. Foat has worked as an EMT, paramedic, supervisor, educator, clinical manager, professor, and program director. Also, he has taught internationally with programs in/for Mexico, Ukraine, and China. Currently he is working on efforts to assist the National Ambulance Service in Ghana with EMS Education and simulation programs. He holds a doctorate in instructional design and a master’s degree in educational technology. Dr. Foat is passionate about improving EMS education and training programs with a focus on evidence-based instruction.

John M. Gallagher, MDEmergency Physician and the EMS System Medical Director for Wichita/Sedgwick County

Dr. Gallagher is an Emergency Physician and the EMS System Medical Director for Wichita/Sedgwick County. He completed medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia and residency in Emergency Medicine at Geisinger Health system, where he also worked as a flight physician for LifeFlight Air Ambulance. Before moving to Kansas, he

practiced community emergency medicine and rural EMS in southeast Minnesota. Dr. Gallagher has a special interest in EMS system design as well as implementation of evidence based national standards at the local level. He has served at the state level as a chapter board member for ACEP and currently at the national level as the NAEMSP Vice-Chair for Standards and Practice.

Justin Goings, EMT-P/Training OfficerKingman EMS

Justin Goings is a full-time paramedic and the training Program Manager for Kingman EMS. While living in Illinois, he began his career in EMS as an EMT in 2009. After moving to Kansas, he obtained his Paramedic certification through Cowley Community College in 2014. He currently resides in the City of Kingman with his paramedic wife

and two kids. He has led service wide monthly training in Kingman EMS for the past 2 years under the direction of Zach Bieghler, and has recently taken over as program manager. He prides himself in finding interesting and realistic ways to reach his audience and is always trying to find new challenges not only for the individuals he instructs, but for himself.

Ryan Jacobsen, MD, EMT-P, FACEP Medical Director, Johnson County EMS System

Dr. Jacobsen is the Medical Director for the Johnson County EMS System. He is board-certified in both emergency medicine and EMS. Dr. Jacobsen is involved with EMS at the state, regional, and national level. He is the current chair of the Kansas Medical Advisory Council and is an active participant with the Mid-American Regional Council

Emergency Rescue (MARCER). He has served on the National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Protocols

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Committee since 2009. He continues to be an invited speaker on various EMS topics throughout the midwest for a variety of EMS and educational venues.

Kari Jerge, MDTrauma Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery, The University of Kansas Health System

Dr. Jerge is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Department of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery at UKMC in Kansas City. She is board-certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Her interests within the field are prehospital outreach and education, disaster preparedness, injury prevention, tactical medicine,

and hemorrhage control. Dr. Jerge is an instructor in ATLS and tactical combat casualty care. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Eastern Association for Surgery in Trauma, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, and the International Public Safety Association.

Roger Lippert, ParamedicDivision Chief, Johnson County Med-Act

Roger Lippert has 33 years of experience in EMS. He started his career as an EMT in 1985 with Toronto Ambulance Service in Ontario, Canada. He became a paramedic in 1990. In 1991, Roger moved to Johnson County Med-Act in Olathe. At Med-Act, Roger has worked as a paramedic, team leader, district supervisor, battalion chief, and division chief. He is the Peer

Support Team Leader and Safety and Wellness Group Liaison. Roger is an original member of the Tactical Medic Team in 1992, a Tactical Medic Team Commander since 1995, a TEMS instructor since 1996, and is the TEMS Chair for the Kansas City Metro Tactical Officer’s Association.

Chad Pore, MS, Paramedic, ICDirector, Butler County EMS

Chad Pore’s involvement in EMS spans 15 years. He currently serves as Director for Butler County EMS, where he is responsible for the oversight of an agency responding to nearly 6,000 requests per year covering over 1,400 square miles. Prior to Butler County, he served as Director for Kiowa County EMS in Greensburg, Kansas where he helped rebuild an agency serving a

community 95% devastated by an EF5 tornado. His efforts culminated in the agency being named the 2013 EMS World IMPACT Volunteer Service of the Year. His experience covers

urban EMS, rural EMS, EMS education, flight medicine, and fire-based EMS.

David Seastrom RN, BSNInjury Prevention, Outreach & Education Coordinator, Children’s Mercy in Kansas City.

David Seastrom is the Injury Prevention, Outreach & Education Coordinator for Trauma & Burn Services at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City. Children’s Mercy is the only Pediatric Level I Trauma Center between St. Louis and Denver. David attended Kansas State University followed by Baker University School of Nursing. David was an EMT-I for seven years and a registered nurse for the

past 13 years with experience in pre-hospital, emergency, and flight medicine. He also has experience in trauma program management in both adult and pediatric level I and level II trauma centers. In addition, David promotes educational development and training with special interest in stabilization and transport, trauma center development, resuscitation, and pediatric trauma.

LeAnna Setzkorn, CFRN/ EMT-PMidwest AeroCare

LeAnna Setzkorn is a certified flight nurse and paramedic with Midwest AeroCare III, a regional rotor wing base in Chanute, KS operated by Med-Trans Corp. LeAnna joined the flight medicine community in November 2014 following 18 years of ground EMS for several services including Reno County EMS and Winfield Area EMS. LeAnna graduated from the Hutchinson

Community College Paramedic program in January 2000 and from the ADN bridge program in 2009. LeAnna continued with her EMS career while also gaining experience as an emergency room and sexual assault nurse. Her most valued job however, was caring for her special needs daughter for 17 years.

Jeri Smith, ParamedicEMS Director, Arkansas City Fire-EMS

Jeri Smith is a paramedic and EMS Director for Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department. She is a nationally registered Kansas-certified paramedic with 30 years of EMS experience. Her professional involvement includes: Region IV Education Coordinator for the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT), contributing author and editor to the Advanced Medical Life

Support (AMLS) textbook, Abstract Reviewer for EMS World,



and content reviewer for Jones & Bartlett Learning. She is actively involved with NAEMT and instructs or coordinates many of their continuing education courses. Jeri serves on the Kansas Board of EMS, Region III EMS Board, and is on the EMS Education Advisory Committee at Cowley County Community College.

Stephen Thornton, MDMedical Director, University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center

Dr. Stephen Thornton is an associate clinical professor at the University of Kansas Health System in emergency medicine and medical toxicology. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine training at the University of California-San Francisco at Fresno. He completed a two-year medical toxicology fellowship at the

University of California –San Diego. Since 2012, he has been the medical director for the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center and a staff medical toxicologist at both the University of Kansas Health System and

Children’s Mercy Hospital. He helped draft the legislation that expanded naloxone access in the state of Kansas. His interests include substances of abuse and has multiple peer reviewed publications in the field.

Lloyd Youel, EMTLieutenant/Medical Officer, City of Wichita – Airport Police and FireLloyd has been a police officer, firefighter, and EMT at Wichita Airport Police and Fire since January 1998. During that time, he has been involved with three aircraft incidents.

The first was October 10, 2000, where a Bombardier test plane crashed on take-off and he was the second truck on scene. After getting the fire extinguished, he assisted in helping get the only survivor out of the wreckage. The second was November 18, 2009 when an Allegiant MD-80 returned to Mid-Continent Airport after losing the left engine on take-off and had an

engine fire. Then he was assigned to the Command Post, assisting the NTSB after the October 30, 2014 crash where a small general aviation aircraft crashed into the Flight Safety Building.

The Kansas EMS Association was formed in 1996 and has since been active in supporting all EMS providers in Kansas through the provision of conferences, training workshops,

information updates, and legislative monitoring.

OUR MISSION: to be a single voice for EMS professionals, educators, ambulance services and other interested entities, and

to further the continued improvement of emergency medical services throughout Kansas.

KEMSA currently offers three types of membership, which are INDIVIDUAL, SERVICE, AND SQUAD MEMBERSHIPS.

KEMSA Membership Benefits

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS: • $10,000 accidental death and

dismemberment insurance policy; • KEMSA Chronicle (published four times

each year); • Discounted registration fees for the annual

Conference & Expo along with other events;• Having a voice for EMS at the local, state,

and national levels; • Legislative updates and action alerts;• Networking and educational opportunities

at reduced prices; • Acting/Voting membership;

• Membership in societies (additional fees may be required for certain societies);

• E-mail updates and e-newsletters; • KEMSA website and Member Portal -

www.kemsa.org; and much more!

SERVICE MEMBERSHIPS: a membership for the service itself

• Having a voice for EMS at the local, state, and national levels;

• KEMSA Group buying program for great discounts on products and services PLUS a free membership in Savvik Buying Group for additional discounts with lots of vendors;

• KEMSA Chronicle (published by KEMSA four times each year);

• Legislative updates and action alerts;• FREE job postings on the KEMSA website;• Reduced rates on patches and pins; • E-mail updates; • E-newsletters that include Kansas BEMS

meeting notes when available; • service member decal; and more!

SQUAD MEMBERSHIPS: a membership the service can buy after purchasing the service membership

• A squad membership entitles your service’s personnel to a membership in KEMSA. That gives them all of the membership benefits of an individual membership and is a great way to get your employees involved in EMS in Kansas. (Pay for however many personnel you choose.)

(View www.kemsa.org for complete benefits for all levels.)



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