Rocky Mountain Rural Trauma Symposium
Billings, MT

10:00am-2:00pm

Vitalant Blood Drive 

7:00-8:00am

Registration Check-in

8:00-8:15am

Welcome | Opening Remarks

Barry McKenzie,MD, FACS, ERTAC Chair

8:15-9:15am

General Session -
Trauma System Survivor Story

Lanny Orr, Tabbatha Courtney, Barry McKenzie,MD, FACS, Mandy Crable

9:15-10:15am

General Session -
Gun Violence in Montana

Barry McKenzie, MD, FACS

10:15-10:45am

Break with Exhibitors

10:45-11:45am

Track 1 – EMS
Spenic Injuries from the Ski Hill

Dave Berube

Track 2 – Hospital
Management of Chest Wall Injuries

Richard Lesperance, MD, FACS

11:45am-1:00pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:00-2:00pm

Track 1 – EMS

START Troage

Chris Dahlhauser, Asst. Chief Hyalite Fire Department

Track 2 – Hospital
Hypothermia/Frostbite

Gordon Riha, MD, FACS

Yvette Lein, RN

2:00-2:30pm

Break with Exhibitors

2:30-3:30pm

General Session
Traumatic Arrest from Scene through Hospital

Bret Birrer, MD

Michael Englehart, MD

3:30-4:30pm

General Session 
External Injury Patterns vs. Internal Injuries in Trauma

Deland Weyrauch, MD, Medical Examiner

 4:30-4:45pm

Day 1 Closing Remarks| Evaluation

5:00-6:30pm

Vendor Showcase

Refreshments, Prizes and Networking

10:00am-3:00pm

Red Cross Blood Drive

7:00-8:00am

Registration Check-in

8:00-8:30am

Excellence in Trauma Awards 

8:30-9:30am

General Session
Whole Blood Utilization in North Dakota

Rebekah Devasahayam, MD

9:30-10:30am

General Session
Emergency Airway and Bleeding: Ten Minutes Saves a Life

Jesse Falk, DMD

10:30-11:00am

Break with Exhibitors

11:00-12:00pm

Track 1 - EMS
Interacting with Children with Special Needs on Scene

Laura Forcella, NP

Andersen Foley

Track 2 - Hospital

Facial Trauma Management from Novice to Expert

Jesse Falk, DMD

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:00-2:00pm

General Session -
Non-Accidental Trauma & Mandatory Reporting Requirements

Debra Cole, Regional Administrator Child and Family Services

2:00-3:00pm

General Session -
What Would You Do? System Panel

Ben Miller, PhD, APRN, Michael Englehart, MD Jeremiah Eldred, APRN, Kelly Dinnan, MD

3:00-3:15pm

Closing Remarks | Evaluation