Survival Flight Fall Conference

Registration opens September 1st!

The Survival Flight “On the Road” Emergency & Critical Care Fall Conference offers two days of education, collaboration and real-world training. 

The conference includes:

• Hands-on stations: Airway & Access
• Lectures: Real cases from the field
• Disaster Management: Preparedness & Response
• Forensics: Scene investigation & more
• More: Networking, Resources & Innovation

This conference is for Nurses • Paramedics • EMT/EMS • Providers

For information about receiving nursing continuing professional development contact hours, contact Diane Wyse at [email protected].

Agenda

Monday, November 9, 2026

• 7:30 a.m. — Registration
• 8:15–8:30 a.m. — Welcome & Introductions
• 8:30–9:30 a.m. — The Second Victim: Psychological Impact of Disasters on EMS & ED Teams
• 9:30–9:40 a.m. — Break
• 9:40–10:40 a.m. — Healthcare Provider Response to Intimate Partner Violence-Related Strangulation
• 10:40–10:50 a.m. — Break
• 10:50–11:50 a.m. — When OB Comes to You: Managing Obstetric Emergencies Outside the Birth Center
• 11:50 a.m.–12:50 p.m. — Lunch
• 12:50–1:50 p.m. — Baby on Board: Emergency Delivery Skills
• 1:50–2 p.m. — Break
• 2–3 p.m. — Sepsis Escape Room
• 3–3:10 p.m. — Break
• 3:10–4:10 p.m. — Critical Access Procedures: IO & Needle Decompression
• 4:10–4:20 p.m. — Break
• 4:20–5:20 p.m. — When the Airway Gets Difficult

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• 7:30 a.m. — Registration/Breakfast
• 8:15–8:30 a.m. — Welcome & Introductions
• 8:30–9:30 a.m. — Neuropuncture Presents: The Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Acupuncture and Current Research on Pain, Depression, Anxiety & PTSD
• 9:30–9:45 a.m. — Break
• 9:45–10:45 a.m. — Snake Envenomation
• 10:45–11 a.m. — Break
• 11 a.m.–noon — Thinking Under Pressure: Clinical Reasoning in the Unstable Patient
• Noon–1 p.m. — Lunch
• 1–2 p.m. — When Systems Are Overwhelmed: Real-World Decision Making in Disasters, MCIs & Climate-Driven Events
• 2–2:15 p.m. — Break
• 2:15–3:15 p.m. — Burn, Baby Burn: Thermal, Chemical, and Electrical Burns
• 3:15–3:30 p.m. — Break
• 3:30–4:30 p.m. — Whole Blood: Rethinking Trauma Resuscitation
• 4:30–5:30 p.m. — What Would You Do? A Survival Flight Case Study
• 5:30 p.m. — Adjourn
   

Continuing Education Credits

University of Michigan Health Nursing Professional Development & Education is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Up to 14.5 NCPD nursing contact hours will be provided based on attendance. Nursing credit certificates will be distributed through the online process only; email addresses are required.

Application for EMS credits has been submitted to include credits for all levels. Participants are required to attend the entire session and complete a program evaluation. 

Questions?

For additional information, call the Survival Flight Office at 734-936-6045 or email your questions to [email protected] or [email protected].