08/04/2026
🚑 **MTEP Second Tuesday Trauma Talk** 🚑
Join us on **Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM CT** for another informative one-hour Trauma Talk featuring **Joel Demers**.
🎤 **Topic:** *"Is Dead Really Dead?"*
Joel Demers is a paramedic with 30 years of experience in community-based, commercial, critical care EMS, and EMS education. He currently serves as the EMS Education Coordinator for a state Department of Public Health while continuing to work in the field as a practicing paramedic and clinical preceptor in New York State.
Drawing on decades of frontline experience, Joel will explore one of the most thought-provoking questions in emergency medicine: *Is Dead Really Dead?* This engaging presentation will challenge conventional thinking and spark meaningful discussion for EMS professionals, nurses, physicians, educators, and anyone involved in trauma care.
A fun fact about Joel—his newest EMT partner is also his youngest: his 17-year-old daughter!
📅 **Tuesday, August 11, 2026**
🕑 **2:00 PM CT**
🔗 **Register today—link in comments!**