Thank you for your interest in the third regional workshop held in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street; Tidewater Building
Collins C. Diboll Auditorium; First Floor
New Orleans, LA

8:30 AM  Registration

9:00 AM  Welcome and Workshop Introduction (Presentation) (Audio)
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Alan M. Miller, Tulane University Health Sciences Center 

9:10 AM  Overview of the IOM Reports on the Future of Emergency Care (Audio)
A. Brent Eastman, ScrippsHealth
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Tommy Loyacono, East Baton Rouge Parish Department of EMS

9:40 AM  Congressional Response (Audio)
U.S. Senator David Vitter

10 Minute Remarks Followed by an Open Discussion Session.

10:00 AM  Regional Response Panel (Moderator: A. Brent Eastman) (Audio)
James Moises, Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Sandra Robinson, New Orleans Health Department
Suzanne Stone-Griffith, HCA
Richard Zuschlag, Acadian Ambulance Service

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?

11:00 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.

12:00 PM  Keynote Address (Audio)
Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

12:30-1:15 PM  Lunch

Boxed lunches will be provided.

1:15 PM  State Level Perspective (Audio)
Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer and Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

1:30 PM  Advancing EMS  (Moderator: Ray Bias)
Tom Judge, LifeFlight of Maine (Presentation) (Audio)
Kurt Krumperman, Rural/Metro (Presentation) (Audio)
Drexdal Pratt, North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (Presentation) (Audio)
Arthur Yancey, Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness (Presentation) (Audio)

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

2:45 PM  Disaster Preparedness  (Moderator: Ricardo Martinez)
Albert Morris, National Medical Association (Presentation) (Audio - starts with Martinez)
Randy Pilgrim, The Schumacher Group (Presentation) (Audio)
Paul Sirbaugh, Texas Children’s Hospital (Presentation) (Audio)

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

4:00 PM  Closing
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)

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