Events at the TCEP conference in Nashville.

Below are some of the highlights from the 2005 TCEP conference:

One of the first speakers was Dr. Joe Holley who is part of a national search and rescue team called Tennessee Task Force One, and EMS director of the State of Tennessee. He discussed the triumphs and tribulations of the rescue at the Pentagon in September of 2001.

Dr. Tom Deering was a Medical Examiner who had a case study of how to determine cause of death and time.

Dr. Murray Marks was a Forensic Anthropologist from the Knoxville Anthropology Center (aka Body Farm). He led a very interesting pictorial discussion of how to determine time of death based on remains.

There were three Pediatrics lectures including Geoff Hayden, Chief Resident at Vanderbilt, who led a case based study in various topics such as poisoning, infectious diseases, and a snake bite. Don Arnold, MD, discussed child abuse and later, Steve Cico, MD, shared some great information on how to manage pediatric trauma.

Vanderbuilt's very own, Dr. Corey Slovis, took a look at chest pain cases and current management and diagnosis.

Dr. Mark Green discussed Emergency Medicine at the "Tip of the Spear" in the U.S. Army Special Forces.

The TCEP President, Dr. Robin Hemphill, discussed blast and crush injuries in the mass casualty setting and the difficult management of these critical cases.

Dr. James Creel was the last speaker with a guide to the Tennessee Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), which is a deployable assistance team that has deployed to events such as the Florida Hurricanes Charlie, Francis, Jeanne, and Ivan, the 2005 Presidential Inauguration, and the 2005 State of the Union Address. DMAT is a Department of Homeland Security asset and they are always looking for help. If you would like to help out then contact Brian Smith at zbss16@imail.etsu.edu.

It was a great conference and we are looking forward to next year.

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