State of the Art of Head Up CPR

Thursday, October 7, 2021

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Location: A302

Speaker(s)

Keith G. Lurie, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine
U of Minn
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wayne Kewitsch, NREMT-B, EFO

Fire Chief (Ret.)
Richfield Fire Department
Edina, Minnesota

Presenter(s)

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, MCCM, MACP, FAEMS

Medical Director
Dallas County Emergency Medical Services / Public Safety
Dallas, Texas

Co-Presenter(s)

Lauren D. Emanuelson, MLS, RN, BSN, PHRN, CCEMT-P

Director of Quality Improvement and Compliance
Advanced Medical Transport
Washington, Illinois

Description: This session will include presentations from an EMS Fire Chief, an EMS Medical Director, an Emergency Physician/CPR researcher, and a Cardiologist/CPR researcher. All have been involved in the development and deployment of Head Up CPR. The talks will include the underlying science of Head Up CPR, how to implement Head Up CPR, and the latest preclinical and clinical outcomes of this breakthrough in resuscitation science.

Learning Objectives:

understand the shortcomings of conventional CPR in the flat position
understand the key physiological effects of Head Up CPR
understand how to easily implement Head Up CPR into a BLS protocol