The ACMT Chemical and Traumatic Crowd Control Injuries Course
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Overview

In recent years, use of crowd control agents and strategies in response to protest events has drawn significant attention in the media. The American College of Medical Toxicology is pleased to offer this half-day (4-hour) course, which aims to build awareness of commonly used protest-related control agents and strategies, and describe the appropriate medical (pre-hospital and emergency department) management of chemical and traumatic crowd control injuries.

Target Audience:

The following professions who would be interested in this course include: EMS, law enforcement, fire personnel, healthcare providers, first responders/receivers, ED physicians, nurses, and public health practitioners.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the history and prevalence of crowd control injuries in the United States and internationally
• Describe commonly used strategies and devices in crowd control
• Describe commonly used chemical agents in crowd control
• Recognize the types of acute clinical injuries related to crowd control most frequently encountered by prehospital responders and emergency department personnel
• Discuss safe and effective prehospital and emergency department management of traumatic and chemical injuries resulting from crowd control strategies
• Discuss the chronic health effects of injuries resulting from common crowd control chemicals

Agenda | December 1, 2022

1:00 - 1:10 PM ET | Welcome & Opening Remarks

1:10 - 1:40 PM ET
Crowd Control Injuries: Epidemiology and Background
Sukhi Atti, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Associate Medical Director, Alabama Poison Information Center
Paul M. Wax, MD, FACMT, Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology

1:40 - 2:20 PM ET
Strategies, Devices, and Chemicals Used for Crowd Control
Brian Bardsley, Jr., EMT-P, Police Officer, Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Unit, Chicago Police Department

2:20-2:40 PM ET
Crowd Control Agents: Toxicology of Chemical Agents
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT, FACEP, Past President, American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT); Associate Medical Director, CT Poison Control Center; Associate Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

2:40-3:00 PM ET | Break - 20 min

3:00-3:45 PM ET
Chemical Crowd Control Agents: A First Responder's Response
Aaron Frey, DO, Medical Toxicologist, WellSpan Health at York Hospital

3:45-4:15 PM ET
Emergency Department Management of Crowd Control Injuries
Ziad Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Emily Kiernan, DO, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, Emory University School of Medicine, The Georgia Poison Center

4:15-5:00 PM ET
Scenario-Based Discussion: An Ill Wind Bears Down