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MARK YOUR
CALENDARS
IEMSA’s 21st Annual Conference
and Trade Show will be November 11-13, 2010 at the Polk County
Convention Center.
2009
Conference Handouts
National
Speakers
Lisa Hollett RN, BSN, MA, MICN
Lisa has been involved in EMS for over 27 years as an EMT,
paramedic, ER nurse and trauma coordinator. A graduate of the
University of Iowa, she worked as a base station nurse at Mercy in
Des Moines for several years prior to moving to Tacoma, Washington
where she was tenured faculty with the EMS Education Program and
adjunct faculty with the Law Enforcement Training Center at Tacoma
Community College.
Lisa is currently involved in education and research with the
Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery at Penn
State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. She continues to speak
at conferences, write on-line EMS continuing education and recently
presented three webinars for EMS Boot Camp. In her occasional free
time, she loves Hawkeye football and spending time with her daughter
and grandson.
 David
Gurchiek, NREMT-P, PHD
Dave Gurchiek, is the Paramedic Program Director for Montana State
Univeristy Billings. Dave is in the last phase of his doctoral
journey where he is researching the impact of clinical internship on
clinical educators. Furthermore, he serves as a nationally
recognized lecturer, author, expert witness and consultant for
prehospital emergency medicine. Dave’s teaching philosophy revolves
around student needs and bridging classroom instruction to real
street application.
Jerry Allison, MD, MSCH, FAAFP
Dr. Allison has been involved in EMS for almost 30 years as an EMT,
paramedic, educator, administrator, and EMS program medical
director. He now practices as an emergency physician in California
and serves as the hospital physician group Director of EMS and is an
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. He has presented
nationally and internationally on topics pertaining to EMS,
emergency medicine, and other medical and health related topics.
 Jon
Politis, MPA, NREMT-P
Jon is an engaging speaker and educator who has presented at many
State and National conferences across the US and Canada. Starting in
emergency services in 1971 he has served in many capacities:
Firefighter, Ski Patroller, Field Paramedic, Paramedic Program
Coordinator, State EMS Training Coordinator and EMS Chief. He has
served on the Board of Directors of the National Registry of EMTs,
Committee on Accreditation for the EMS Professions and numerous
national EMS curriculum projects. Jon hold a BA degree from
Castleton State College, VT and a Masters Degree in Public
Administration from Marist College, Pougkeepsie, NY. He is
passionate about the outdoors and is an avid mountaineer, technical
climber, cyclist, and telemark skier. John stays active as a
paramedic, flight paramedic, rescue instructor and ski patroller. He
lives in Latham NY and has served as the Chief of the Town of
Colonie EMS Department since 1989. In 1999 Colnie EMS was recognized
as the NAEMT National Paramedic Service of the Year.
 Bruce
Evans
Bruce Evans is the assistant chief of business and support services
at the North Las Vegas Fire Department. He has 28 years experience
in a variety of EMS settings; he started his career at West Des
Moines EMS in Iowa before taking a job for Mercy Ambulance in Las
Vegas and subsequently moving on to the Henderson Fire Department.
In May of 2010 Bruce received the 2010 James O. Page EMS Achievement
Award.
 Bill
Justice
Bill Justice is a frequent educator at regional, national and
international conferences. Bill’s user-friendly approach to
emergency management topics provides a relaxed and interactive
educational atmosphere for all participants. His background has
spanned a 32-year career in fire rescue and EMS. He is currently the
State of Oklahoma PHTLS Coordinator and holds numerous EMS
instructor certifications. Bill is the newest addition to the Devon
Energy Business Continuity Program Group and serves as the
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Regional
Speakers
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Local Speakers
 Chuck
Gipson AAS, REMT-P / CCP
Chuck is with MEDIC EMS in Davenport, Iowa where he has been a
paramedic for thirteen years and spent several years as a supervisor
before becoming the Quality / Education Manager. He is tasked with
coordinating all of the company and community education for MEDIC as
well as being the Clinical Support Specialist by overseeing the
Critical Care Paramedic Program. He earned his Associates degree
from Eastern Iowa Community College where he has been an educator
for the past ten years teaching EMS programs, and is currently a
student at the University of Iowa. He is also the Co-Chairman of the
medical committee for the John Deere Classic PGA tour event. He was
honored with the IEMSA Full Time- EMS Instructor of the Year award
in 2008.
Brad Buck,
PS
Brad is currently a Paramedic Specialist with Sartori Paramedics in
Cedar Falls, and is the director for Readlyn EMS. In addition to
those duties, Brad is a volunteer with the Iowa DMAT team in Iowa
City. Prior to working at Sartori Brad was a Paramedic Specialist at
Covenant in Waterloo. Brad has also worked as a
Firefighter/Paramedic for the Clive Fire Department and as an EMT
for Midwest Ambulance.
 Laurie
Gehrke, R.N., BSN, CEN. CMTE
Laurie Gehrke has extensive pediatric and adult emergency
and transport nursing experience and has served as Emergency
Department staff nurse, nurse manager and flight nurse. Currently,
Laurie practices as a pediatric transport nurse for Blank Children’s
Hospital. In this role, she transports critically ill and injured
children via ambulance and helicopter from hospitals and accident
scenes. She holds a number of certifications, including Certified
Emergency Nurse, Certified Medical Transport Executive, Pediatric
Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Emergency
Nurse Pediatric Care, Neonatal Resuscitation, and ACS Advanced
Trauma Nursing Care. The author of several articles related to
emergency nursing, Laurie has acted as a consulting editor for the
Journal of Emergency Nursing. She is also a member of the Emergency
Nurse Association and the Air and Surface Transport Nurse
Association. In 2009, Laurie was named one of the top 100 nurses in
Iowa. Laurie is a certified instructor for Transport Nurse Advanced
Trauma Care (TNATC) and Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum programs.
Additionally, Laurie was appointed as chairperson of the Iowa Child
Death Review Team, which reviews childhood deaths in Iowa. Finally,
she is a frequent presenter at regional, state, and national
conferences on many aspects of pediatric emergency and transport
nursing.
 Azeemuddin
Ahmed, MD, MBA
Azeemuddin Ahmed, MD, MBA currently serves at Interim Vice Chair and
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine as well as
Medical Director, University of Iowa AirCare and EMSLRC at the
University of Iowa. He completed both his M.D. and M.B.A. from the
University of Iowa in addition to an Emergency Medicine residency at
Michigan State University. Dr. Ahmed has a long-standing passion for
EMS as evidenced by his service as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, a
flight physician for Aero Med at Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, MI)
and as a ground ambulance medical director in Newaygo County, MI. He
continues to fly as a flight physician at the University of Iowa
AirCare and also serves as the Medical Director for Kinnick Stadium
and Carver Hawkeye Arena First Aid Services. Dr. Ahmed oversees the
EMS curriculum for the UI Emergency Medicine Residency Program and
enjoys teaching locally, state-wide as well as nationally on topics
related to the out-of-hospital care of critically ill and injured
patients.
 Cindy
Reed, R.N., Ph.D
Cindy began work as Executive Director of the Iowa Lions Eye Bank on
August 2, 2004. She provides management, leadership, and direction
for all functions of the eye bank. This includes personnel, public
relations, finances, and education. Ms. Reed received a Bachelor of
Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1978 and received
a Master of Arts degree in Education from the University of Iowa in
1981. She received her Doctorate of Theology in 2005 from Holos
University Graduate Seminary, and her Ph.D. in Energy Medicine from
Universalist University of Holistic Spirituality in 2005. She brings
to the job 21 years of experience as consultant, director, executive
director, and chief operating officer for behavioral health
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