Air Medical Journal
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 26-27, January 2012

CCTMC Goes Back to Music City for 20th Anniversary

  • Monica Newman

      Affiliations

    • Monica Newman is the executive director of the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics
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  • Pat Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Pat Petersen is the executive director of the Air Medical Physician Association
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  • Karen Wojdyla

      Affiliations

    • Karen Wojdyla is executive director of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association.

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You won't want to miss the 2012 Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (CCTMC), to be held April 2-4 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville—a premier critical care transport education opportunity. Join your peers for a spectacular 20th celebration. Find out who has attended every CCTMC and who has presented the most times. Bring photos of past conferences to share with the group.

The conference is presented by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA), the Air Medical Physician Association (AMPA), and the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics (IAFCCP). We are excited to be back in Nashville, a city that resonates with life and vibrates to the beat of every kind of song. It is a town that sizzles with American music, Southern hospitality, unbelievable cuisine, and a boundless spectrum of nightlife.

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Who Should Attend 

If you are a physician, nurse, paramedic, respiratory therapist, or allied health care professional responsible for prehospital and emergency care of critically ill and injured patients, you need to attend this clinically driven educational opportunity!

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Why You Should Attend 

You will learn the essentials of care necessary for the complex patient requiring critical care air and ground transport and important leadership skills to enhance your professionalism. There will also be plenty of time for personal interaction with your peers and leaders in the profession.

ASTNA is offering continuing education contact hour credits for nurses/EMT-Ps, and physicians will receive accreditation through American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award Category 1 Credits™.

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What the Conference Offers You 

General sessions on these topics:

•Critical Care Transport Education State of the Union: A Look at Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We are Going

•The Clock is Ticking: Evidence-Based Use of HEMS for Time-Sensitive Threats to Life

•Upstairs Care Outside: Top Ten Tricks of the Trade for Bringing ICU Level Care to the Transport Environment And more:

•Pediatric breakout sessions

•Burn assessment, mechanical ventilation, closed head injury, pain management, life support technology in transport, ventricular assist devices, sepsis update, stabilization of the multi-trauma patient, surgical abdomen, transport of post-cardiac arrest and post-tPA patients, case studies, and lots, lots more!

Here is what last year's attendees had to say:

“Really enjoyed the conference; great educational content; very worth my time'

“This ain't the ALS Transport Medicine Conference.”

“Was a good size. I know more attendees is better, but this felt more personal than AMTC.”

“Wonderful! I look forward to CCTMC every year.”

“Great location Tornado warning kind of exciting!”

“Heard topics that were new and interesting, which is hard to find after 16 years!”

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Preconference Highlights 

Come early and add to your knowledge and professional expertise. The following pre-conference events will be held before the conference starts:

•ASTNA and IAFCCP will offer a Critical Care Transport Certification Review Course (TraCER) no Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31.

•The Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) will offer the FP-C® and CCP-C® Exams on Sunday morning, April 1.

•The CEN®, CFRN® , and CTRN® exams will be given on Sunday, April 1, by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN).

•Vanderbilt University's LifeFlight program will host an Invasive/Surgical Skills Lab on Sunday, April 1.

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Exhibitors 

This is an opportunity to meet and spend one-on-one time with vendors who provide the equipment and services that help you in your job. Past exhibitors have included Impact Instrumentation, Golden Hour Data Systems, Elsevier (Mosby, Saunders), Air Methods, Bell Helicopter-Textron, B. Braun Medical, Inc., Life Blanket, and Vidacare.

CCTMC offers the best in critical care education because your patient is counting on you! Register now at www.ampa.org! AMPA/ASTNA/IAFCCP member discounts available.

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Nashville—Hear the Music Where Music Lives 

Nashville is proud of the title “Music City.” Nowhere else can you hear such diverse sounds as Americana, country, rockabilly, jazz, blues, classical, gospel, and rock ‘n’ roll. Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and RCA Studio B (where Elvis recorded over 200 songs), take in a “Songwriters-in-the-Round Show,” or enjoy a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, the world's longest-running radio broadcast.

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CCTMC Headquarters—Loews Vanderbilt Hotel 

At the AAA Four Diamond Loews Vanderbilt Nashville, you will experience the sense of Music City, Choose your favorite music from the lobby jukebox, which plays only tunes from its many celebrity guests, and smile at the subtle messages of some of Nashville's most famous songwriters. The Loews is 9 miles from the airport, across the street from the main entrance of Vanderbilt University, and within walking distance to great food and music. It is also a dog-friendly hotel!

 Photos courtesy of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau

PII: S1067-991X(11)00297-5

doi:10.1016/j.amj.2011.11.001

Air Medical Journal
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 26-27, January 2012

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