Richard M. Flynn Training Facility

  This continuing education will provide a systemic review of asthma in both the adult and pediatric populations. Specific topic areas covered include prevalence/trends incidence of asthma in NH, airway anatomy, pathophysiology of asthma, identification of asthma in both the EMS and formal settings, EMS management of asthma and long-term management of asthma. Objectives • Describe the current and projected burden of asthma in New Hampshire. • Describe the general anatomy of the respiratory system. • Describe the pathophysiology of asthma. • Describe the diagnosis and management of chronic asthma. • Describe the identification and management of asthma in the pre-hospital environment.

WAIT LIST ONLY The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) hosted Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics (FCCS: OB) course combines expert-developed presentations with interactive skill stations to build healthcare professionals' confidence in providing maternal/fetal critical care to improve patient outcomes. Lectures: • Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy • Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient • Hemodynamic Monitoring • Preeclampsia/Eclampsia • Sepsis in Pregnancy • Thromboembolic Disease and Pregnancy • Obstetric Hemorrhage • Maternal Mortality and Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy • Fetal Assessment • Nonobstetric Surgical Emergencies • Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury • Management of Delivery and Newborn • Transport of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient • Mechanical Ventilation in Pregnancy • Trauma in Pregnancy • Cardiac Conditions in Pregnancy • Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy Skills Stations: • Postpartum Hemorrhage • Mechanical Ventilation in Pregnancy • Delivery and Neonatal Resuscitation • Trauma in Pregnancy • Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Pregnancy • Management of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia

Accepting Waitlist Applications Only. This review course will encompass two days of test taking strategy, and periodic knowledge assessment sessions. This course has been reviewed and approved as an IBSC review course for initial FP-C & CCP-C certification, and continuing education via in person, and online delivery methodology. This course has been designed to meet or exceed the recommendations for material review by the certifying bodies that confer the FP-C, CCP-C, and CFRN® advanced certifications. Course attendance prepares you to understand your knowledge strengths and weaknesses to guide final preparations for certification exam success and/or satisfy advanced recertification and continuing education requirements. This activity was approved by the Emergency Nurses Association. The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). All Paramedic CE hours are awarded through the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE).

A refresher on New England and New Hampshire biting and stinging insects, insect-borne illnesses, reptiles, and rabid animal bites. We will discuss snakes, snake bites, animal bites, and rabies as well as bed bugs and venomous spiders. Data will be presented with a discussion around Lyme disease and Triple E and well as biting animals and reptiles. We will review signs and symptoms of venomous bites and poisonings. We will cringe at cockroaches and learn more about ladybugs. Finally, we will talk about common bee stings and allergies with a review of the State of New Hampshire Patient Care Protocols in treating these potentially life-threatening incidents.

Locations: All in-person sessions will be held at the Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy, 98 Smokey Bear Blvd, Concord, NH 03301. Links to the online sessions will be sent out the week prior to the start date. Portions of sessions may be recorded and made available online at a later date. Workshops require participants to bring an element of their practice to work on. Course Contact:  For more information about these sessions, contact Max Dodge, FSTEMS Curriculum Administrator at, Peter.M.Dodge@dos.nh.gov or (603) 369-7980

Locations: All in-person sessions will be held at the Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy, 98 Smokey Bear Blvd, Concord, NH 03301. Links to the online sessions will be sent out the week prior to the start date. Portions of sessions may be recorded and made available online at a later date. Workshops require participants to bring an element of their practice to work on. Course Contact:  For more information about these sessions, contact Max Dodge, FSTEMS Curriculum Administrator at, Peter.M.Dodge@dos.nh.gov or (603) 369-7980