• Southeast Region EMS Day
• EMS Leadership Conference

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
IEMSA’s 21st Annual Conference and Trade Show will be November 10-13, 2010 at the Polk County Convention Center.

• Conference Handouts
• Continuing Education
  CEHs to be mailed out in December 2009
• National Speakers
• Regional Speakers
• Local Speakers

National Speakers

Christopher Ebright
Chris is a critical care paramedic and the Program Director of EMS Training for the MedCorp Training and Education Center in Toledo, Ohio. He has been providing medical education for 14 years and has extensive experience in the field that ranges from primary EMS response to critical care transportation. Chris is a faculty member of Owens Community College where he is a primary instructor of anatomy and physiology for paramedics. In addition, he is an affiliate faculty member of the annual Ohio state fire school. Chris strives to bring an audience a high-level of energy and interaction with relevant, useful information for all levels of pre-hospital care.

Chris LeBaudour
Chris LeBaudour is a passionate instructor who specializes in experiential scenario-based education. Chris believes in developing the whole person and not just the skills required to be a good field practitioner. He brings real life experience together with an off the wall sense of humor to create a fun learning environment. Chris is a prolific writer and has several major EMS publications on the market. He is a faculty member in the Department of Publics Safety EMS Division at Santa Rosa Junior College in California. Chris is also the Director of Communications for REACH Air Medical Services, a large helicopter and airplane air ambulance provider in the northwest.

Kevin McFarlane
Kevin is currently the Statewide Stroke Program Coordinator with the New Mexico EMS Bureau. He also works part time as a nurse in the Pediatric Emergency Department at University of New Mexico Hospital. Kevin has also spent five years at the local community college developing curriculum and teaching at all EMS levels. Kevin has been a presenter at numerous EMS conferences around the country.

David Page
Dave is a full-time paramedic instructor at Inver Hills Community College and a field paramedic with Allina EMS near Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. He has over 24 years of active EMS experience and is a frequent speaker and contributor to many national EMS conferences. He is a charter member of NAEMSE and a current board member of their Pre-Hospital Care Research forum. Mr. Page, an award winning EMS researcher, loves to learn, research, explore, and improve. Dave is co-author of the “The Paramedic” by McGraw Hill and co-creator of FISDAP, a national web-based EMS tracking, research and testing project.

Doug Wolfberg
Doug has been involved in EMS for more than 25 years, first as an EMS provider and instructor, then as an EMS administrator, serving at the county, regional, statewide and Federal levels, including the United States Department of Health and Human Services. He is one of the most popular and highly-rated speakers at EMS conferences and seminars throughout the United States.

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Regional Speakers

Jon Friesen
Jon has 29 years of experience in EMS, with 20 years of leadership and management experience in both education and operation settings. This includes work as an emergency medical technician, paramedic, educator and administrator. Jon is currently the Education Manger for Wichita-Segwick County Emergency Medical Services System in Wichita, Kansas.

Christopher Russi
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic CTSA - NIH KL2 Scholar
Associate Director for EMS Research - Mayo Clinic Medical Transport
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN

Chris Way
For 17 years Christopher has made a career of EMS. He is currently the Director of Labette County EMS in Southeast Kansas, a full-time ALS service running 3,600 requests for service a year. In addition to his duties in Labette County, he is a Deputy Team Commander for the Kansas EMS Response Team and the Team Commander of the Southeast Kansas Incident Management Team. Before taking his current position seven years ago, he was a paramedic and field supervisor in Kansas City. He also is involved in teaching locally, regional and statewide with an emphasis in disaster preparedness, response and Incident Management. Christopher is also the President-Elect of the Kansas EMS Association.

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Rosie Adam
Over 30 years as an EMS nurse, Rosie has experience with hospital and EMS management, ground and flight EMS transport, and continues to work part time as an ER nurse and a full time emergency medicine educator of EMS, nurses, physicians and ancillary personnel.

Evan Bensley
Evan currently has worked as the Emergency Services Education Coordinator at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa since November 1996. He served on the IEMSA Board as a Northwest Iowa Representative from 1998-2005. Evan coordinated and co-coordinated the IEMSA Conference from 1999-2002. He currently serves as the IEMSA Representative on the Iowa Stroke Task Force. In addition to his work with IEMSA, he has served as the President of the Iowa Association for Lifelong Learning (IALL) and the seven-state regional Missouri Valley Adult Education Association (MVAEA). He has also served on numerous local and state EMS committees. Evan received his Paramedic certification from Western Iowa Tech Community College in 1987. He worked full time as a Paramedic Specialist at Lakes Regional Hospital from 1988-1996. Prior to that, he worked full time for the Sac County Ambulance Service in Sac City, Iowa. Evan began his EMS career as a volunteer EMT-A in Odebolt, Iowa. Evan graduated with an A.A.S. in Paramedic from WITCC in 1997 and completed his Associates of Arts degree from Northwest Iowa Community College in 2000. He is a certified PHTLS Instructor and AHA CPR Instructor. He and his wife Lori and their three young boys reside in Lake Park, Iowa. Evan continues to work part-time as a Paramedic Specialist at Lakes Regional Hospital in Spirit Lake, Iowa in addition to his full time job at Northwest Iowa Community College.

Dan Gubbins
Dan is the Deputy Chief and paramedic/firefighter for the Polk City Fire Department with over 11 years of experience in EMS. He is Vice President of the Central Iowa EMS Directors Association and serves as the Operations Committee Chair. He sits on the Des Moines Metro Emergency Department and Trauma Committees and is the chair of the Saylorville Lake Water Rescue Task Force. He holds certifications as an Iowa Paramedic, Firefighter II, Fire Instructor, Fire Officer, Driver/Operator, Ice Rescue Specialist, Hazardous Materials Operations, and BLS Instructor. Dan’s full time employment is with Hy-Vee, Inc. at the corporate office in West Des Moines.

John Hansen
John has been active in EMS for 19 years starting as a First Responder and working his way up to Paramedic. He speaks on Ag Emergencies to various EMS squads and is a speaker at various conferences. John is a instuctor for NCC and WIT in NW Iowa for the EMT Classes. He volunteers for three local Ambulance squads that he lives in between. He grew up on the farm and is active in raising corn, beans, sod, cattle, and hogs. John is married with three kids, which keep him busy!

John Hill
John has been involved in EMS since 1983 and is currently certified as a Critical Care Paramedic Specialist with endorsements for EMS Instructor and Evaluator. He is currently the Director of Emergency Medical Services, Respiratory Therapy, and the Spencer Hospital Sleep Center, with Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. John also recently retired as a Firefighter/Paramedic with the Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire and Rescue after 19 years of service where he was also a rescue diver for Okoboji Underwater Search and Rescue Team. John holds certifications in open water, advanced open water, nitrox, and ice diving. He is an Instructor with the Iowa Department of Public Health’s Bioterrorism Consultants Bureau, and a team member of the Region 3 Iowa Disaster Medical Assistance Team. John is an Instructor in BLS, ACLS, ACLS for Experienced Providers, PALS, Hazmat, Incident Command, and NIMS. He is an adjunct Instructor for the University of Nebraska in Basic and Advanced Disaster Life Support, as well as an adjunct instructor for Iowa Lakes Community College, and holds certifications in PHTLS and TNCC. John was honored as the 2003 Iowa Paramedic of the year and is currently serving his second term as the President of the Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association.

Reylon Meeks
Reylon is the Clinical Nurse Specialist for Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2005, she became the first female fire chief for the city of Pleasant Hill. Located just east of Des Moines, Pleasant Hill responds to approximately 900 calls per year and is a provisional paramedic level service. Pleasant Hill gained national attention in 2002 as EMS Magazines’ Gold Award winner for volunteer service of the year. Reylon has taught a variety of EMT classes, and is currently holding a paramedic class through SWICC. Reylon was named the American Red Cross Hero of the Heartland in 2004 in the fire division, was chosen one of 100 Great Iowa Nurses in 2005, and is currently completing her dissertation on Parent Presence in Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation for her PhD. She has recently had articles published in the Resuscitation magazine and Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
 

Jason Morse
Jason is the Chief and EMT/Firefighter for the Polk City Fire Department with nearly 20 years experience. Jason has spent the past eight years leading the Polk City Fire Department through enormous change as the Fire Chief. He holds certifications as an EMT-Basic, Firefighter II, Driver/Operator, Fire Officer, Fire Instructor, and Hazardous Materials Operations. Jason is employed full time by his family owned business of Morse Equipment Company in Ankeny.

Dave Zimple
Dave has spent the past 19 years in many phases of the emergency services field. He rose through the ranks of his local fire department, ultimately serving as Chief. Dave is nationally certified: Firefighter II, Instructor II, Officer II, and Driver Operator. He is also trained to the Haz-Mat Technician level. Dave has served as a Training Specialist on the staff of the Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau for several years specializing in the areas of Fire Service Instructor, Officer Development, the Incident Command System, NIMS, Terrorism Awareness and Prevention, Hazardous Materials, as well as Basic Firefighting. Dave has served as the President of the 15,500 member Iowa Firemen’s Association and also the Iowa Society of Fire Service Instructors. Dave is now associated with Pipeline Regulatory Consultants, Inc. He works as a Professional Trainer with several state pipeline associations, as well as pipeline companies to provide training to the emergency response community. Dave also plans and facilitates everything from tabletop to full scale exercises.

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