Education By The Sea 2021 (May 5-7)

Welcome!

EMERGICON presents Education By the Sea, in conjunction with the Port Aransas EMS Conference on May 5 – 7, 2021.

Pre-registration for the 2021 event is now closed. Walk-in registration will be available for $125.
Thank you for your interest.

Steve Wirth Esq., EMT-P, founding partner of Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, LLC

Our CADS training will be presented by Steve Wirth, Esq., EMT-P, one of the nation’s leading EMS attorneys. Steve is a founding partner of Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, LLC, the key source of legal information for ambulance industry and EMS providers nationwide. He is a lifelong EMS provider (since age 16) and one of central Pennsylvania’s first Paramedics.

Steve is a dynamic and sought-after national speaker on a wide range of EMS, fire, and medical transportation issues and has presented for such large groups as EMS Today, FDIC, EMS Expo, American Ambulance Association, and many state and regional EMS conferences. He has conducted hundreds of dynamic and engaging hands on workshops and seminars for all types of fire and EMS organizations. He is a past chair of the Panel of Commissioners for CAAS, serves on the board of the Pennsylvania EMS Providers Foundation, and is an active “Muddy Angel” participating with the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride.

Steve is an author and co-author of many articles and texts on EMS documentation, EMS liability, workplace law, and ambulance compliance issues. He serves on the editorial board for JEMS, The Journal of Emergency Medical Services and is a contributing writer for several well-known EMS publications, including JEMS, EMS Insider, EMS World, and EMS1. Steve has been active in EMS and the fire service his entire adult life – so he can “boil down” complex legal concepts into practical strategies you can use. He recently “retired” from the field after more than four decades of service but remains a life member and certified firefighter and EMT with Hampden Twp. Fire Rescue in Mechanicsburg, PA, a busy suburban department.

Bill Justice, EMTP, TEMS, NREMT-P, OHP/USMS Task Force, F/F (ret)

Bill Justice is a frequent educator at regional, national, and international conferences. His user-friendly approach to emergency management topics provides a relaxed and interactive atmosphere for all participants. His EMS background started in 1978, and he remains currently active with Fire-Rescue, EMS, and Law enforcement.
He serves as the Associate Director at the University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine.

He is a member of the NAEMT Board of Directors and a Regional Prehospital Trauma Life Support and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (PHTLS/TCCC) Course Coordinator, a member of the American Heart Association (AHA) Regional Faculty, and active on multiple committees for Disaster Medicine.

He is a Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) operator/instructor for the US Marshals Task Force, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Special Operations Division, and Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Tactical Team. Bill assists local, state, and federal law enforcement and military agencies with education and response operations.

Fire Chief Christopher Way, Kootenai County Fire & Rescue

Christopher Way has been an emergency service professional for 28 years. Chief Way transitioned to Kootenai County Fire and Rescue as the Fire Chief in May of 2020 after serving as the Chief Officer for the Kootenai Count EMS System for the previous seven years.

Chief Way came to Idaho from Kansas where he served in Fire and EMS roles in urban, suburban and rural settings. He was an EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate and has been a licensed paramedic since 1994 as well as a certified Firefighter. Throughout his career he has held different ranks culminating most recently in his promotion to Fire Chief. He also has significant experience in disaster management at the local, state and national level.

In addition to his full-time role as Fire Chief he is involved at the local, regional, state and national level in advocacy and leadership for emergency services. He is a regular speaker at national conferences, and in his spare time, Chief Way and two partners own an Emergency Medicine education and consulting company.

Passionate about emergency medical care, Governor Brad Little selected Chief Way to be the Chairman of the Idaho Time Sensitive Emergency Council in May 2019. He has a bachelor’s degree in Management and Human Relations and maintains all of his Fire and EMS licenses/certifications. He regularly donates time to his community, serves local non-profit organizations and is involved in his children’s many activities. Chris and his wife Jennifer live in Hayden, Idaho with their two daughters and four Labradors.

Chief Stephen Rahm, NRP – Centre for Emergency Health Sciences

Chief Stephen J. Rahm, NRP is an educator, author, and lecturer with more than 35 years of experience in EMS. He currently serves as Chief, Office of Clinical Direction and Co-Chair, Centre for Emergency Health Sciences, Healthcare Innovation and Sciences Centre, and manages all clinical efforts within Bulverde Spring Branch Emergency Services.

He has authored numerous textbooks, EMS certification exam preparation tools, videos, and articles, and is named on multiple journal articles and scientific posters. He is the Centre’s Co-Chair and faculty member in procedural and anatomical programs, as well as Multi-Lead ECG interpretation.

Chief Rahm is a frequent speaker at local, regional, state, and national conferences, where he presents on a wide variety of emergency medicine related topics.

Chief Scott Lail, EMT-P, FP-C, CFE, Cleburne Fire Department

Chief Scott Lail began his EMS career in 1992. Shortly after his arrival into pre-hospital medicine, he became a Firefighter with the City of Cleburne, Texas. With his love for education, Chief Lail became the EMS educator for his Fire Department and other local agencies in need. He also joined Tarrant County College in Fort Worth as Adjunct EMS Faculty. In 1999, Chief Lail became a Flight Paramedic with CareFlite in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas.

For more than 28 years, he continued to work concurrently for Fire, EMS, and Flight. He is currently the Fire Chief, a certified Master Firefighter, and an EMS Instructor with the Cleburne Fire Department as well as a Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C). He recently “hung up his wings” after 19 years as a Flight Paramedic with CareFlite, though he still maintains his flight status just in case! Chief Lail has lectured at state, national, and international conferences with a reputation as a dynamic speaker. He also recently appeared in an episode of “Miracle Detectives” on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

MAJ Adrienne Stovall, CRNA, MSA, AN, USAR, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center

A native of Port Aransas, MAJ Adrienne Stovall began her career in medicine in the CVICU at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas upon graduation from Baylor School of Nursing in 1996. From there she expanded into Emergency Medicine as an ER nurse and Paramedic. In 2000 she became a Flight Nurse for CareFlite where she worked until 2007 when she graduated from Texas Christian University with a Master’s Degree in Nurse Anesthesia.

While earning her master’s degree, she commissioned into the United States Army Reserves where she still serves today. MAJ Stovall has completed 4 overseas deployments to include 3 combat deployments to Afghanistan as a member of a Forward Surgical Team. Her last 2 deployments to Afghanistan have been under the Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan Command working as a part of a 5-person GHOST Team in direct support of Special Operations.

MAJ Stovall continues work full time in anesthesia at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth and as the Assistant Chief CRNA. In addition to her Army career, she is Adjunct Faculty at Tarrant County Community College in the Emergency Medical Services Division.

We are pleased to recommend the following lodging options and have negotiated special conference rates when you mention the promo codes.

We wish to extend a special thank you to our Education By the Sea sponsors.