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Past Presentation

Managing Behaviors in Dementia and Delirium | October 10th 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Keywords: #agitation #behavior interventions #delirium

In this presentation Jessica Wright PA-C discusses managing behaviors in dementia and delirium and defines delirium and its spectrum of symptoms, discusses a framework for delirium mitigation and management, reframes behavioral symptoms as a means of communication and discusses nonpharmacologic management ...

Date added: 10/10/24

Past Presentation

Basal Cell Carcinoma | October 15, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Dermatology

Keywords: #basal cell carcinoma #bcc #dermatology #skin

In this session, Dr. Trevor Young, MD, third-year dermatology resident at the University of Pennsylvania, reviews the clinical presentation of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the diagnosis and treatment of BCC, and discusses cases.

Date added: 10/9/24

Past Presentation

Minimally Invasive Dentistry: The Case For Selective Caries Removal | October 9, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Oral Health

Keywords: #caries #dentist #dentistry #minimally invasive dentistry #oral #selective #teeth

In this presentation, Dr. Sean Kelly, DDS, MSHS, and Dr. Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH, reviews the case for selective caries removal. Then, Dr. Matthew Wolpert serving at the Sophie Trettevick Health Center (Makah Tribe), and Dr. Taylor Wilkens serving at ...

Date added: 10/9/24

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NW Elders ECHO | October 08, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Elders, Knowledge Holders and Culture Keepers

Keywords: #*wholistic health #AI/AN #aian #ceremony #elders #healing #healing songs #indigenous knowledge #indigenous ways #Reconnection #story telling #Tamaya #Traditional Language #Traditional Songs #traditional stories #Traditionalmedicine #traditions

The Northwest Elders and Knowledge Keepers ECHO session took place on October 8, 2024. In this presentation, Michael Garcia, Pueblo of Tamaya (Santa Ana Pueblo) discusses "The Healing Power of Song". The faculty panel and staff members for this session ...

Date added: 10/8/24

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Opioid and Substance Data among American Indian and Alaska Native People | October 3rd 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Substance Use Disorder

Keywords: #accidental overdose #data #epidemiology #opioid epidemic

This presentation created by Crisandra Wilkie, MPH and presented by Alexis Harris, MS reviews the data on national opioid and polysubstance use fatalities in contrast with specific data on the effects seen amond American Indian and Alaska Native persons. As ...

Date added: 10/4/24

Past Presentation

Trauma Airway Management | October 9, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: IHS Trauma Rounds

Keywords: #airway #dsi #ed #emergency #er #intubation #rsi #trauma #urgent

In this presentation, Dr. Christopher T. Stephens, MD, FAEMS, provides a comprehensive overview of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) and delayed sequence intubation (DSI). Dr. Stephens reviews physiological and pharmacological considerations and the basics of initial airway management, along with discussing ...

Date added: 10/3/24

Past Presentation

Communications | October 1st 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services

Keywords: #communication #ems #hand off

In this presentation Dr. Whitney Barrett reviews general principles of good communication, discusses a general structure for Online medical direction report and reviews a general structure for patient handoffs.

Date added: 10/1/24

Past Presentation

Clinical Support and Oversight of CHAP Providers 101 | October 8, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Program: CHAP ECHO Learning Collaborative

Keywords: ##DHA #BHA #CHA #chr #tchp #tribal community health provider

In this series of presentations, Lisa Griggs, Tribal Community Health Provider Project (TCHP) Manager at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB), provides an overview of the TCHP project. Then Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH Northwest Dental Health Aide Program ...

Date added: 10/1/24

Past Presentation

Providing Support to Indigenous Families Impacted by Pregnancy Loss and Stillbirth | October 22, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Care and Access for Pregnant People

Keywords: #pregnancy #pregnancy loss #stillbirth

October is Pregnancy and infant loss awareness month and our topic for this month is on pregnancy loss and stillbirth. While this is not easy to discuss, we feel it is important to share this information to honor people’s experiences ...

Date added: 09/30/24

Past Presentation

Journey to Health ECHO | September 26, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Journey to Health

Keywords: #*Indigenous health #*tribalsupport #*wholistic health #AI/AN healthcare #aian #american indian #backtoschool #Clinical medicine #healthcare #indigenous #Indigenous Communities #Nativeschools #Reflections #Tribal health #wellness

In this presentation, Alison "Al" Whitemore, LCSW, RPT (Round Valley Indian Tribes) discusses "Back to School - Reflections on Tribal Support"

Date added: 09/27/24

	Jason Arion Butler is an enrolled member of the Ute Tribe of Fort Duchesne, Utah and is also part Mojave and Cherokee. He resides in Gibson, Idaho with his wife of 22 years, children, and grandchild who are all enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned his Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. He has spent the past 5+ years employed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department, where he spent time serving as the Recovery Service Coordinator for the Four Directions Treatment Center, the manager for the Community Health Representative program, and recently accepted the position of Behavioral Health Manager. He strives to incorporate Native culture, traditions, morals, and values into the healthcare services provided to Native communities, implementing these practices into his work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and advocating for the reconstruction of healthcare practices nationally. Today he says, “I am loving life and am extremely thankful to have found a career path I love.

	Carrie Sampson-Samuels is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation located in Eastern Oregon. Carrie has an early background in nursing providing patient care in long term and clinical care settings. Carrie then furthered her education in community health and health studies at Portland State University, later advancing her education in healthcare management at Oregon Health and Sciences University while serving in leadership and executive management for a Tribal health organization as the Community Health Director. Carrie has served Tribes from Oregon to Montana and the Treaty 7 Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. As the Community Health Aide Project Director for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Carrie has provided leadership, advocacy and project management for expansion for the Behavioral Health Aide and Community Health Aide Program under the umbrella and direction of the Tribal Community Health Provider Project. This work has led to the expansion of Tribal Community Health Providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Carrie is responsible for leading partnerships with the education institutions, key Tribal partner sites, contract experts and advisory workgroups. This includes development of education infrastructure, education curriculum, recruitment strategies, tools for integration of providers into tribal health organizations, and working with state partners to develop policy and infrastructure for provider reimbursement. Carrie manages and writes multiple grants that support all aspects of this work and provides technical assistance support to the Portland Area CHAP Certification Board. Carrie is the proud mother of 4 daughters and resides on a small ranch on her Tribal homelands.

	Dr. Liu is a generalist OB/GYN at Gallup Indian Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she holds a PhD in Health Policy. Among other publications, she served as the chief editor for the 2019 Oxford University Press book: “50 Studies Every Obstetrician and Gynecologist Should Know.” She has formal training in Quality Improvement processes through the Partners Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP), which she utilized to implement emergency contraception at Massachusetts General Hospital. During her six years at Gallup Indian Medical Center she has primary responsibility for preparing and reporting of metrics related to the delivery of obstetric care, and serves on the Continuing Medical Education committee.

	Dr. Hoover is from Chicago, where he grew up and went to medical school, at Rush University, on Chicago’s diverse West Side. He was trained in Urology at Boston Medical Center in Boston’s beautiful South End neighborhood. Dr. Hoover went on to pursue fellowship training in voiding dysfunction and laser prostate surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Hoover is a Board-Certified Urologist, by the American Board of Urology, having achieved this honor in 2018. Dr. Hoover has several peer-reviewed publications, including research studies and medical illustrations. His family is happy to call Gallup home since the end of 2017. In their free time they like to explore New Mexico’s wilderness and go camping. Now that their two girls are growing up, it’s also imperative that we catch Pokemon wherever we go.Dr. Hoover is the only Urologist in McKinley County, New Mexico, and in any of the surrounding counties– it’s just him between Albuquerque and Flagstaff. He’s happy to continue seeing established patients, and is accepting new patients from the entire region. Dr. Hoover believes in communication, candor, and compassion as essential tenets of patient care. Dr. Hoover is an expert in general Urology, male and female voiding dysfunction, kidney stones and kidney stone surgery, BPH and laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer. Many of the procedures he do as a Urologist are done in the office including: cystoscopy, vasectomy, urodynamics, treatment foroveractive bladder, and many others. Please call/text or email and let him and his staff know how they can help you.

	Eric Wortmann, MD is the former Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Besides patient care, Eric has a deep passion for mentoring aspiring physicians and health care providers. He was the Education Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle as well as Adjunct Faculty for the US Army teaching Special Forces Medics. He has been a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine in Haiti and has worked in the Dominican Republic since 1989. Eric has a long-time passion as a mid and long-distance running coach. He has lived on Kauai for 30 years. Currently he divides his time between Northern Italy and Hawaii. Recently he was accepted into Doctors without Borders USA and is awaiting his first assignment.

	Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS, is the Trauma Outreach Director and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix