Triage and Trauma - Lessons from Clinical Care
Free session. All are welcome!
Pre-registration REQUIRED
Thursday, September 24, 6 to 8 PM
Millennium School, 23 Depot Street, Westford MA
Approved for 2.0 nursing CEUs and 1.5 OEMS hours for EMTs
Sponsored by the Upper Merrimack Valley Medical Reserve Corps (c/o Westford Health Dept.)
To register, send email with your name and phone number to Nancy Burns, nburns@westfordma.gov or call 978-399-2549.
About the Seminar
This session is for anyone who may play a role in supporting the victims of a disaster. Learn some of the basic forms of triage and how patients are assessed – at the scene and throughout their treatment. Clinical attendees will identify changes in airway, breathing, response, and mentation in injured patients – as well as physical and emotional components of trauma, including impacts of an MCI and PTSD. MRC volunteers and affiliates will gain a better understanding of ways they can help in the response, the chain of survival, scene safety, the disaster response cycle, the power of debriefings, and post-disaster recovery. You can download a flyer here.
About the Speaker
Sarah Pedone, MSN, is an RN in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. As an associate professor of nursing at Middlesex Community College, she teaches in the clinical setting on a cardiothoracic surgery unit at the Beth Israel Lahey Clinic as well as medical-surgical and critical care topics in the classroom and in simulation. Previously, Sarah has worked in a Level III Trauma Center in NH – as well as a Level I Trauma Center outside of Boston – as an ED and ICU nurse. Sarah co-created the ongoing education of the ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Program at the Level I Trauma Center. She was also a Critical Care Nurse Educator – developing interactive modules, hands-on learning opportunities, virtual and in-person simulations, and YouTube videos to assist staff. Sarah was on the Incident Command Team and Strategic Planning and Resource Utilization Committees during the COVID pandemic. Prior to nursing, she was EMT on a NH transport ambulance and served as an ED Tech.