Saving Hearts & Minds EMS Symposium

Thursday, November 2, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Baptist Memphis Education Center

6027 Walnut Grove Road
BEC 3-5
Medical Plaza 2
Memphis, TN 38120

The purpose of this symposium is for EMS and other health care providers caring for stroke or acute cardiac patients to increase their knowledge to improve patient outcomes. Topics will cover stroke and acute cardiac care.

Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenter
7:30 a.m.	Registration, Vendor Exhibits Continental Breakfast	Video Entertainment
8:00 a.m.	Welcome	Ashley Harris, MD Associate CMO
8:10 a.m.	Opening Prayer	Nathaniel Yogar, Chaplain Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
8:15 a.m.	Sleep Apnea	Dr. Julia Barton
8:45 a.m.	Anterior Stroke	Felicia Dillard, ANP
9:00 a.m.	Posterior Stroke	Alisia Hindman, ANP
9:15 a.m.	Stroke Mimics	Lakesha Polk, ANP
9:30 a.m.	Break	Vendor Exhibit Room
9:45 a.m.	Large Vessel Occlusion Assessment	Betsy Robinson, ANP
10:00 a.m.	EMS targeted pre-hospital Needs	Dr. Ryan Walsh
10:30 a.m.	Implications for CPR with VAD and other devices	Dr. Sharon Larson
10:45 a.m.	Life Vest	Lisa Hawkins
11:00 a.m.	Sudden Cardiac Arrest in adolescents	Dr. Jennifer Snow
11:30 a.m.	Cardiac Rhythms	Dr. John Gardner
12:00 p.m.	Closing and Evaluations