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PLZ NOTE:
AS OF January, 2005, Charly is ONLY interested
in contracting to provide the presentations preceded by a 
on this list.
(Her "specialty" subject presentations.)
HOWEVER; if one or more of her "specialty" presentations are selected by a conference faculty coordinator,
Charly is also willing to provide one or more of her "old-tyme" presentations at that conference.
Consequently, her "old" presentation list remains here.
When any Presentation's TITLE or BRIEF DESCRIPTION appeals to you,
click on the link provided to view (and/or print) that presentation's
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE!
All Tied Up And No Place To Go!
Patient Restraint and Involuntary Treatment Issues,
tailored for all Prehospital Care Providers and ED Personnel.
1.5 hours required for didactic presentation only.
2 and 3 hours for longer didactic presentations or hands-on workshops.
Host facility must provide 1 roll of Kerlix or Kling gauze bandage per student
if hands-on workshop selected.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Read Charly's "All Tied Up & No Place To Go!" article.
The A to Z of Patient Restraint!
Half-Day and Full-Day Workshops on patient restraint. Employing an entertaining and informative mix of didactic presentation, hands-on technique instruction, and live demonstration, this workshop addresses ALL restraint medicolegal issues, application techniques, and explanations of dangers associated with restraint.
This presentation offers information – In ENGLISH! – that is invaluable to ANY care provider:
Prehospital EMS providers, Emergency Department and Inhospital staff, Psychiatric Hospital staff,
Care Providers for Developmentally-Disabled or Mentally Ill individuals
(inhospital, residential, or school personnel).
"Workshops" include the full Restraint Asphyxia – Silent Killer presentation!
ABSTRACT & OBJECTIVES
Back To The Future Of EMS
CHANGE and Its Impact on EMTs, Nurses, Physicians –
ALL Emergency Response Personnel.
1 and 1.5 hour presentations.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Because I Said So!
Therapeutic Patient Communication Skills for All Emergency Care Providers
(EMTs, Nurses, and Physicians). 1.5 to 4 hour presentations.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
To read Charly's Patient Communication and Interview publications,
or her series of Internet-Published Patient Communication Articles, go to the
PT. COMMUNICATION & INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES Directory Page
The A to Z of Patient Communication!
This Half-Day or Full-Day Workshop explores therapeutic communication techniques
important to improving the assessment and care of pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
Employing an entertaining and informative mix of didactic presentation and roll-playing,
and depending upon the amount of time allotted, this workshop addresses:
This Workshop is designed for both Prehospital and Inhospital care providers.
... and so on.
ABSTRACT & OBJECTIVES
Combat vs. Care
Tips on How to Avoid Violence – and How to "Stay Safe Out There!" –
for All Prehospital Emergency Care Providers.
1 and 1.5 hour presentations.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Dancing With Mr. Brownstone
Drug Abuse Emergencies and Treatment Recommendations
for All Prehospital Emergency Care Providers.
1.5, 3 and 4.5 hour presentations.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Heart Aches
Assessment & Management of Cardiovascular Emergencies.
1 to 3 hour presentations, appropriate for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
Depending upon the amount of time allotted, this presentation addresses patient assessment, interview, and treatment issues related to Chest Pain and/or Aortic Aneurysm emergencies. Each subject is addressed from a Basic EMT's scope of practice; then an Intermediate's, then a Paramedic's (ACLS) approach & treatment. Case Reviews are used to promote audience participation.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Home Meds
Patient-Administered Prescription Medications ("Home Meds") can contribute to medical or traumatic emergencies, alter patient vital signs and symptoms during medical or traumatic emergencies (effecting assessment considerations in unusual manners), and can promote unusual patient-responses when standard EMS medications are administered.
1.5 to 4 hour presentations, tailored for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
It's All Greek To Me!
Techniques for learning and mastering Medical Terminology.
1 to 2 hour didactic presentations, or 2 to 3 hour "workshops" (in-class practice),
tailored for all Prehospital Care Providers and Emergency Nurses.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
(See also, Talk the Talk & Walk the Walk.)
Magic Medication Questions
1.5 to 3 hour presentations, appropriate for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
Learning about your patient's medications is vitally important to emergency assessment and care. Unfortunately, experienced Prehospital and Inhospital emergency care providers have been trained to routinely ask questions that yield incomplete medication information. This program focuses on obtaining the best – most accurate and complete – medication information possible.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES & OUTLINE for Magic Medication Questions.
Longer Communication Programs ("Workshops") include this program.
Read the "current-draft" of Charly's Magic Medication Questions Handout.
"Need The Info!" – Patient Interview Secrets
This exciting presentation exposes common communication difficulties faced when interviewing any age or type of patient about their "chief" and associated complaints; provides simple information for how to avoid these difficulties; and identifies how to avoid misinformation-generated treatment errors.
This presentation is designed for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
ABSTRACT & OBJECTIVES
Longer communication programs ("Workshops") include this program.
Pediatric Communication Secrets
The Art of Pediatric Patient Communication.
This presentation addresses common communication difficulties faced when questioning and evaluating pediatric emergency patients; how to avoid treatment errors caused by misinformation-misdiagnosis; and provides useful tips for obtaining accurate information from any pediatric patient – even the most reluctant describer!
1.5 & 2 hour presentations.
This presentation is designed for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
ABSTRACT & OBJECTIVES
Longer communication programs ("Workshops") include this program.
Restraint Asphyxia – Silent Killer
Identification of "Positional Asphyxia" and "Restraint Asphyxia" pathophysiology (in plain English!), and the lethal relationship between the use of Forceful Prone Restraint and restraint-related deaths.
1.5, 3, & 4.5 hour presentations, tailored for ANY PERSON who's job description may require them to restrain someone:
Fire Fighters, Prehospital EMS and Emergency Department personnel ...
Law Enforcement, Security, and Correctional personnel ...
Care providers for developmentally-disabled or mentally ill individuals
(Inhospital, Residential or School personnel).
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
To Learn more about Restraint Asphyxia, go to Charly's
PATIENT RESTRAINT & RESTRAINT ASPHYXIA NEWZ Directory
Be sure to read Charly's "Restraint Asphyxia – Silent Killer" article!
SAMPLE Interview Secrets
1.5 and 3 hour presentations.
The SAMPLE interview mnemonic is a reasonably helpful system for obtaining patient information.
But, obtaining a complete and accurate SAMPLE history requires specific questioning techniques.
This presentation is designed to vastly improve the SAMPLE Interview techniques of
all Prehospital and Inhospital Emergency Care Providers.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES & OUTLINE
Longer Communication Programs ("Workshops") include this program.
Read the "current-draft" of Charly's SAMPLE Interview Secrets Handout.
Senior Moments – Geriatric Patient Communication Secrets.
Premiered at the 1999 JEMS EMS Today conference, this program explores
patient communication issues specific to geriatric patient care provision.
1.5 & 2 hour presentations.
This presentation is designed for all Prehospital and Inhospital Providers.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Longer communication programs ("Workshops") include this program.
Sick Kidz
Pediatric Medical Emergencies and Crisis Intervention.
1.5, 3, and 4 hour presentations. Designed for all Prehospital and ED providers.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
SOB Story
Assessment & Management of Adult Respiratory Emergencies
1 to 3 hour presentations, appropriate for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
This presentation addresses general respiratory emergency assessment & treatment issues;
Asthma and Pulmonary Edema patient approaches, assessment, and treatment.
Each subject is addressed from a Basic EMT's scope of practice;
then an Intermediate's, then a Paramedic's (ACLS) approach & treatment.
Case Studies are employed to promote audience participation.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Talk the Talk & Walk the Walk
This program is a combination of Charly's
Tailored for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers,
a 2 hour didactic presentation or a 3 to 4 hour "Workshop" is available.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
When Solarcaine Is Not Enough!
Burn Injuries and Management.
Skin A&P and thermal burn injuries and management = a 1.5 hour presentation.
2 to 3 hour presentations include Skin A&P, thermal, chemical, electrical, and radiation burn injuries assessment and management.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
Write It Right!
Patient Charting and Medical Documentation.
1 to 2 hour didactic presentations, or 2 to 3 hour "workshops" (in-class practice),
designed for all Prehospital and ED Care Providers.
ABSTRACT, OBJECTIVES, & OUTLINE
(See also, Talk the Talk & Walk the Walk.)
Email Charly at: c-d-miller@neb.rr.com