NECO Emergency Trauma Conference brings in participants from six states

MMH emergency nurse practitioner Lane Looka, at right, demonstrates ultrasound equipment on MMH CNA Shelby Knode on Friday, April 16, as emergency nurse practitioner Dwight Jones of St. Louis, Missouri, and Yuma trauma nurse coordinator Vickie Gillett look on. The Northeast Colorado Emergency Trauma Conference at Phillips County Event Center featured skill stations Friday and lectures Saturday and Sunday on topics such as reconstructive surgery, burn care management, pharmacology and more. About 90 people came from Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma to participate in the conference, and 12-15 more participated virtually. Members of the eastern Colorado incident management team also held a practice incident command exercise throughout the conference, and Highline Electric Association did a demonstration on wire safety. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications