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Mid-America Emergency Symposium 2026 Registration

September 18, 2026
7:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.

A regional educational conference for EMS, Nursing, Emergency Preparedness and related disciplines to refresh and update their practice based on the most up-to-date research and best practices.

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Sessions

To qualify for the 7.5 CE credit, you must attend a course in each session of the day. All participants will attend the Keynote sessions, consisting of the opening session, lunch session and final afternoon session. In the next few questions, you will be rate your preference for the breakout sessions. Please rank 1 for your first choice, 2 for your second choice and 3 for your third choice. You must rank all three to proceed to the next session selection.

First Breakout Session 9:00 - 9:25 a.m.

The Science of Sleep: Sleep affects our bodies in many ways. How does lack of sleep affect emergency providers and how can we improve the sleep we get?

What's the Skinny? How GP-1 and GLP-1RA impact more than just the scale.

Special Needs Trauma: How the compassion care and medical care must be adjusted for the special patient population.

Second Breakout Session 9:30 - 9:55 a.m.

I'm Confused - TBI, Mental Health and Medical Conditions: All confusion is not the same. Why we must search for life-threatening conditions in the confused patient and then search for other causes.

One Critical Moment - Prehospital Peri-Arrest: Identifying early warning signs of imminent cardiac arrest and applying the most crucial interventions for survival.

Baby JumpStart Triage: A quick review followed by a hands-on session puts providers in one of the most challenging roles they could ever encounter; triage of multiple acutely ill or injured babies.

Third Breakout Session 10:10 - 10:35 a.m.

Backyard Boo Boos: Sports, Bikes and Swing Sets: What are the most common childhood injuries? What new injuries are our modern toys creating?

The Danger of Withdrawal and DT's: Understanding how the physiological transition from tox positive to tox negative can be deadly.

Lead Instructor ImparTed 1. Standards and Objectives 2. Bluepinning 3. Technology Enhanced Item Writing

Fourth Breakout Session 10:40 – 11:25 a.m.

Emergency Nursing Information ImparTed: 1. POLST & DNR 2. AMA, EMTALA & LWOT 3. Legal Issues

Emergency Medical Services ImparTed: 1. Manual CPR, Mechanical Devices & AHA 2. Scene Safety - Securing the Ambulance 3. AI Meets Healthcare

Trivial Matters: Engaging fast-paced educational methods designed to reinforce or test student and provider knowledge using fun and competitive formats.

Fifth Breakout Session 1:20 - 1:45 p.m.

Warning - Radiation Hazard: Central Illinois has its own radiation hazards. What every central Illinois healthcare provider needs to be prepared to handle.

Tech Wheezy Respiratory Assessment; Technology and good assessment skills are a needed partnership for patient assessment.

Trauma for Two: What are the most common traumas involving pregnant patients and what might we miss in this special population?

Sixth Breakout Session 1:50 - 2:15 p.m.

Smoking with Oxygen - To Tube or Not to Tube: A risk benefit analysis of advanced airway control in the CO2 driven patient.

All Personal Feelings Aside - Everyone Deserves Care: Learn the signs even the best providers can overlook when fatigue overcomes compassion.

Seventh Breakout Session 2:20 - 2:45 p.m.

It's a Jungle Out There - Wilderness Medicine & Hunting Emergencies: What emergencies we can expect and how we can manage wilderness and hunting emergencies as the first arriving responder.

Help I've Fallen and Just Want Help Up: How lift assists create a challenge and how to proactively prevent this situation from deteriorating.