2025: Trauma REACH

                

VIRTUAL
2025 Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar
Trauma Management for Rural EMS and Community Hospitals
April 23 & 24, 2025
8:30am - 12:00pm

REGISTRATION LINK FOR VIRTUAL SEMINAR: 
REGISTRATION LINK FOR ONLINE RECORDED SESSIONS: 
FLYER - ONLINE COURSE 
QUESTIONS: please contact the Finger Lakes/Western Region Health Emergency Preparedness Training Center

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Health Emergency Management Seminar - Trauma Management for Rural EMS And Community Hospitals (T-REACH) is designed to better prepare hospital and non-hospital response partners in planning, mitigating, responding to and recovering from natural and man-made disasters that impact the delivery of health care in a community or impact the environment of care for responders. The goal of the 2025 virtual seminar is to enhance the skills and knowledge of providers in the rural setting in the management of multi-injured patients and to understand the importance of working as a team of professionals in caring for patients with life-threatening traumatic injuries. Relevant information and stimulated discussions will focus on best practices in the management of trauma/disaster patients.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Based on presentations, participants will be able to:

• OBJ 1
• OBJ 2
• OBJ 3

TARGET AUDIENCE

Healthcare professionals (MD/DO, PA, NP, RN, EMS providers and other allied medical professionals) in rural settings caring for trauma patients (ED, Acute Floor, ICU and EMS) in New York State.

AGENDA - PRESENTATIONS/SPEAKERS/BIOS

The virtual seminar will occur on April 23 & 24, 2025 from 8:30am - 12:00pm.  Each day will include three 1hr presentations.  Registrants can select to attend one or both days.
*topics and speakers subject to change*

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ACCREDITATION/CERTIFICATION

A Certificate of Attendance for each day will be available to all attendees that complete a post-session evaluation.

This activity is approved by NYS BEMS for a maximum of 3 EMS CME/day (max 6 EMS CME for attending both sessions).  EMS CME Core/Non-Core Credits for each session will be listed on the Certificate of Attendance.  EMS Attendees must attend the entire ½ day session to claim EMS CME.

Grant funds are available to cover the cost of CME for appropriate Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (HEPC) attendees that work in the Western, Central New York, Capital District and Metropolitan Area Regions of NYS (excluding NYC). We ask that you only request CME if your NYS Licensed Profession requires continuing medical education for license/certification renewal. This may include physicians, mid-level providers and nurses.  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits are ONLY available for attending the live webinar session.  

ACCREDITATION: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and SUNY Upstate Trauma Center, SUNY Upstate Golisano’s Children’s Hospital, Erie County Trauma Center, and John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CERTIFICATION: The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE

• Conner Rittwage, MPH, CHEC, CHES
  Infection Prevention & Control Program, Emergency Preparedness Program & Workshop Planning Committee Chair
  Jones Memorial Hospital 

  

• Anne D’Angelo, MS, RN
  Program Director, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center and Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair
  University of Rochester Medical Center
  
• Kate Dellonte, RN, BSN, MBA 
  Trauma Program Manager
  University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center 
  
• Tiffany Fabiano, MS, CPNP
  Pediatric Trauma Program Manager
  John R. Oishei Children's Hospital
  
• Mark Gestring, MD, FACS
  Trauma Medical Director and Workshop Faculty Director
  University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center
  
• Sarah Gorman
  Trauma Injury Prevention and Outreach
  University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center
  
• Ryan Hejmankowski
  Corporate Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
  Kaleida Health
  
• Jill Hayward, 
  Pediatric Trauma Program Manager
  Upstate University Hospital
  
• Ruth Ireland
  Directory of Community Services
  Cuba Memorial Hospital
• Damien Jackson
  Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
  UPMC Chautauqua
• Molly Kabza
  Emergency Management Specialist
  Kaleida Health
  
• David Lanning
  Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
  Arnot Health Systems
  
• Joanna Miller, MBA
  VP Risk, Quality and Disaster Management
  Orleans Community Health - Medina Memorial Hospital
  
• Jerome Morrison, RN
  Trauma Outreach and Education Coordinator
  Upstate University Hospital
  
• Beth A. Moses, RN, BSN, TCRN, AEMT
  Trauma Injury Prevention and Education Coordinator
  Erie County Medical Center - Level 1 Trauma Center
  
• Meghan Mullen, MS, RN, CCRN
  Trauma Program Manager
  Erie County Medical Center - Level 1 Trauma Center

  

• Andrew Nordin
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
  John R. Oishei Children's Hospital
  
• Adam Oplinger BS, RN, CEN, TCRN
  Pediatric Trauma Program Manager
  University of Rochester Medical Center - Golisano Children's Hospita
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• William Peterson
  Emergency Management Specialist
  Kaleida Health System
  
• Tamara Roberts, MSN, RN
  Burn Program Manager
  Upstate University Hospital - Clark Burn Center
  
• Lynn M. Sigeti, BS, RN
  Regional Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
  Hospital Association of FL & Western NY
  
• Eileen Spezio
  Senior Administrative Assistant, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center
  University of Rochester Medical Center
  
• Lauren Wittman-Pierson, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC
  Pediatric Trauma Nurse Practitioner
  University of Rochester Medical Center - Kessler Trauma Center
  

WORKSHOP SPONSORS

This seminar series has been partially funded through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the 2024-2025 New York State Department of Health Office of Health Emergency Preparedness awarded to the University of Rochester Medical Center - Finger Lakes/Western Regional Health Emergency Preparedness Training Center (WRHTC)

POST WORKSHOP MATERIALS

CME Guide - instructions for printing CME transcript