Thank you for your interest in the first regional workshop of this project held in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 7th.

Audio recordings of portions of the agenda are now available for download, along with all presentations made at the workshop.  To listen to audio files or download presentations, simply click on the appropriate links below.

Primary Children’s Medical Center
100 North Medical Drive
Multipurpose Room -- 3rd Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
http://intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/primary/

9:00 AM   Welcome and Workshop Introduction
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)
Edward B. Clark, University of Utah Health Sciences Center and Primary Children's Medical Center (Audio)

9:20 AM   Overview of the IOM Reports on the Future of Emergency Care (Presentation)
A. Brent Eastman, Scripps Memorial Hospital (Audio)
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)
Marianne Gausche-Hill, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Audio)

10:00 AM   Break

10:15 AM   Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies
David Sundwall, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health (Audio)
Admiral John O. Agwunobi, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Audio)
Question and Answer Session (Audio)

10:45 AM   State and Local Response Panel   (Moderator: A. Brent Eastman) (Audio)
James Antinori, Emergency Physicians’ Integrated Care
Joseph Hansen, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Janet Kastl, Office of EMS and Trauma System, Washington State
Denise King, Parkview Community Hospital
Paul Patrick, Utah Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

Members of the panel will engage in a conversation, led by the moderator, about the IOM reports based on a series of questions set in advance:
(1) What do you think are the key messages of the reports?
(2) Are there any important issues that the reports missed?
(3) What are the top priority areas for action?
(4) What are some of the barriers to implementation?

11:45 AM   Open Discussion   (Moderator: A. Brent Eastman) (Audio)
Attendees are given an opportunity to make a brief comment or ask a question.  Members of the IOM committee will respond.

12:30 – 1:30 PM   Luncheon Presentation  (Audio) (Presentation)
Brent James, Intermountain Healthcare Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Boxed lunches will be provided.

1:30 PM   Advancing Pediatric Emergency Care   (Moderator: Marianne Gausche-Hill)
Kathleen Brown, Children’s National Medical Center  (Audio) (Presentation)
Karen Frush, Duke University Hospital (Audio) (Presentation)
Nathan Kuppermann, University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Audio) (Presentation)
Jeff Schunk, Primary Children’s Medical Center (Presentation)

10 Minute Presentations Followed by an Open Discussion Session (Audio)

2:45 PM   Advancing Emergency Care in Rural Areas   (Moderator: Nels Sanddal)
Frederick Blum, West Virginia University School of Medicine (Audio)
Richard Ellenbogen, University of Washington (Presentation)
Dia Gainor, Idaho Emergency Medical Services (Presentation)
Chris Tilden, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Audio) (Presentation)

10 Minute Presentations Followed by an Open Discussion Session (Audio)

4:00 PM   Final Summation
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)

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