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THE IEMSA MISSION - To provide a voice and promote the highest quality and standards of Iowa’s Emergency Medical Services.

Our Purpose - The Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association strives to continually improve emergency medical services in Iowa.

10/23/2026

🔥 6 days to go!

🎤 Six national speakers are coming to Des Moines: "The EMS Avenger" Jimmy Apple, Michael Kaduce, Eric Jaeger, Joe Mistovich, Lucas Goodin and Matt Zavadsky.

💡 Bring home fresh ideas, new skills and the CEs you need.

💰 Save $50 when you register by Oct 28!

Register now: iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfInfo

10/22/2026

🫀 Cardiac, from the keynote stage down to the BLS track.

• 𝗞𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛: 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧, “T𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿,” 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲. Saturday keynote, 7:45 AM. Sponsored by MercyOne.

• 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 (𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗕𝗔, 𝗡𝗥𝗣, 𝗖𝗖𝗣). Thursday half-day, hands-on resuscitation scenarios with state-of-the-art equipment. BLS and ALS both.

• 𝟭𝟮-𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗞𝗚 (𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲). The 12-lead as a Where's Waldo puzzle: the eye doesn't see what the mind doesn't know.

• 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗣𝗪 (𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲). Build a heart from scratch, then see what happens when nature adds electrical add-ons.

• 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗟𝗦 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 (𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗗, 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗣, 𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗠𝗦). Cardiac disease that doesn't present like the textbook.

• 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗔𝗯𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗖𝗣, 𝗡𝗥𝗣)

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: What to Do When the Turbine Stops Spinning, balloon pump and Impella. Thursday, Critical Care Workshop.

Cardiology is the biggest single core-topic requirement for Iowa renewal: 6 hours for an EMT, 9 for a paramedic. There's a weekend of it here.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 $𝟱𝟬!
🔗 iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfInfo

📅 Build your schedule: iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfSchedule

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show · November 12-14, Des Moines

10/22/2026

Meet Michael Kaduce, MPS, NRP, one of our national speakers at the 36th Annual IEMSA Conference & Trade Show! 🚑

Michael is the Director of the Falck Health Institute. He leads Falck’s national and international work in EMS initial education, continuing education and research. He’ll be presenting two sessions:

𝗙𝗥𝗜 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟯, 𝟵:𝟰𝟱 - 𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟱 𝗔𝗠
undefinedPEDIATRIC — Sorting the Chaos: Applying SALT Triage to Pediatric MCIs

𝗙𝗥𝗜 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟯, 𝟭𝟮:𝟱𝟱 - 𝟭:𝟱𝟱 𝗣𝗠
undefinedHARD-TO-FIND — What the Research Says

👉 Visit iemsa.net to view the full schedule and secure your spot. Register before Oct. 28 to avoid the late fee and lock in your lunch ticket!

10/20/2026

🎟️️ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 · 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗡𝗢𝗩 𝟭𝟰

New this year: Walk the IEMSA exhibit hall on Saturday for free.

👉 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆𝘂𝗿𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗶𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀

𝘈 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴, and it will be emailed to you about two weeks before the event.

🚑 Explore 24 emergency vehicles on display

💡 Discover cutting-edge EMS innovations
🤝 Connect with employers and career opportunities
📍 Iowa Events Center, Hall C
🕘 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰 · 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠-𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
🍴 Lunch available for $17

Bring your crew, coworkers, or anyone thinking about a career in EMS.

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show

10/19/2026

𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.

• Prehospital Advanced Airway Session (Brian Jennett, MD with EM residents).
Contaminated airways, extraglottic devices, cricothyrotomy. Thursday, 4 CEHs.

• Airway Anatomy & Management Lab (Lucas Goodin). Real tissue: pig heart and lungs. One hour didactic, one hour guided hands-on. Thursday.

• Procedural Sedation / Critical Airways (Dr. Thomas Striegel). Thursday, Critical Care Workshop.

• Core Airway Skills: We're Doing It All Wrong (Eric Jaeger, JD, NRP). Positioning, high-flow nasal cannula, PEEP, expanded CPAP indications, managing a soiled airway, and staying out of the airway death spiral. Saturday.

• Capnography: two sessions. Lucas Goodin in BLS on Friday, Josh
Pruitt, MD in ALS on Saturday.

If you manage airways, there's a full weekend here.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 $𝟱𝟬!

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show · November 12-14, Des Moines

🔗 iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfSchedule

10/18/2026

What if Disney ran your EMS agency?

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗭𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗸𝘆, MS-HSA, NREMT is bringing three sessions to Des Moines. One of them is exactly that question.

40+ years in private and government EMS leadership, former Chief Transformation Officer at MedStar Mobile Healthcare, now Vice President at PWW Advisory Group.

🎤 KEYNOTE (BACK TO THE FUTURE: IS “REGRESSION” THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE?)

Friday, Nov 13 · 3:50-5:05 PM · Ballroom
A failing economic model. A worker shortage. And a growing body of outcomes research suggesting that what we once called archaic might now be best practice. Ideas that would have been heresy a few years ago are becoming acceptable.

ALSO PRESENTING
• Blood on the Truck: The Good, the Bad, and the Game-Changing (ALS track, Friday)
• 𝗜𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 (𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆)

𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

👉 Register BEFORE October 29th to SAVE $50!

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show

🔗 iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfInfo

10/17/2026

🏨 Book your room. Two of the three blocks close October 23.

𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗦: $𝟭𝟭𝟭 + 𝘁𝗮𝘅
1050 Sixth Ave · 515-283-0151 · ask for the IEMSA block, group
code IEMSA
Free parking, free dedicated shuttle to the Event Center, breakfast
included.
⚠️ Cut-off: October 23

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗡 & 𝗦𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦: $𝟭𝟮𝟵 + 𝘁𝗮𝘅 (𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲)
929 3rd Street · 515-282-5251 · ask for the IEMSA Group Room
Block
Free parking.
⚠️ Cut-off: October 23

𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦: $𝟭𝟲𝟮 + 𝘁𝗮𝘅
435 Park St · (855) 271-3617
The online rate shows as $166/night, that includes a mandatory
$4/night IECC fee.
Parking: $10/day public lot one block south at 5th Ave & Watson
Powell Jr Way, or $28/night Hilton self-parking.
⚠️ Cut-off: October 28

📍 Venue: Iowa Events Center, 730 3rd St, Des Moines

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 $𝟱𝟬!

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show · November 12-14, Des Moines

Book online: iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConferenceHOTELS

10/16/2026

De-escalation. Restraint and sedation. And something EMS doesn't talk about enough: empathy.

𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘁, 𝗠𝗗, 𝗙𝗔𝗔𝗘𝗠 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗝𝗮𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗝𝗗, 𝗡𝗥𝗣, a nationally recognized EMS educator and an expert in behavioral
health emergencies, restraint and sedation, and death in custody.

🧠 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀—Friday, Nov 13 · 2:05–3:05 PM · BLS track · 1.0 CEH

“I attended one of his presentations at NAEMSP several years ago and left there both personally and professionally challenged, and I'm sure you will as well.”

Together they'll look at how EMS really approaches behavioral health emergencies:
• De-escalation
• Restraint and sedation
• Approaching these situations with empathy

And with every call now recorded on body cams and smartphones, the stakes have never been higher. The goal: safer care for patients
experiencing a mental health crisis, and less liability for the providers caring for them.

Up to 20 CEHs across three days.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 $𝟱𝟬!

IEMSA's 36th Annual Conference & Trade Show · November 12-14, Des Moines

🔗 Schedule & registration:
iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfSchedule

10/15/2026

⚡ 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬 · 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗘: 𝗡𝗘𝗢𝗡

Live music from the 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱, central Iowa’s fastest-
growing cover band 🎸

🕗 Friday, Nov 13 · 8:00 – 11:30 PM
📍 Educational Hall (ground level)

• Free to all registered conference attendees
• Cash bar available (credit cards only)

Sponsored by 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀
https://www.legacyemergencyvehicles.com/

Grab your crew after Friday’s sessions and meet us on the floor.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 $𝟱𝟬!

🔗 Full conference schedule & details:
iemsa.net/page/2026AnnualConfInfo

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