2025 STRAC Emergency Healthcare Systems Conference
July 16–17
Pre-Conference July 15
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

The STRAC Emergency Healthcare Systems Conference will take place July 16–17, 2025, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, following a week of critical discussions and training on whole blood and emergency care. The National Whole Blood Academy kicks things off on July 14th, followed by the National Whole Blood Summit on July 15th, 2025. To learn more about the National Whole Blood Academy & Summit, please visit:
Prehospital
$300
2 Day Ticket Price Group Discounts Available
What’s included?
Full conference admission, ANCC continuing education hours, along with complimentary breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided on both days.
Nurses / APPs
$350
2 Day Ticket Price Group Discounts Available
What’s included?
Full conference admission, ANCC continuing education hours, along with complimentary breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided on both days.
Physicians
$400
2 Day Ticket Price Group Discounts Available
What’s included?
Full conference admission, Continuing Medical Education Credits, along with complimentary breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided on both days.
Early bird pricing available until May 1st!

You Know Why... Now Learn How
The STRAC Regional Whole Blood Consortium presents a novel model for the development of a Low-Titer O-Positive Whole Blood (LTOWB) program. This program provides participants an example of how to augment remote damage control resuscitation strategies; and how to integrate and collaborate with multi-disciplinary stakeholder teams, within a trauma system, to optimize efficiency, performance, and safety of a LTOWB program.
The National Whole Blood Academy is presented in beautiful San Antonio, Texas. This two-day event encompasses didactic presentations from LTOWB subject matter experts discussing real-world wins, challenges, and obstacles experienced during the development and implementation of this program.
Ideally, anyone and everyone involved in providing pre-hospital whole blood to patients (Paramedics, Department Chiefs, Training Officers, Blood Bankers, Trauma Surgeons) attend together to promote collaboration and system building.
July 14, 2025
Conference Agenda
Pre-Conference - Tuesday July 15
Event | Time | Cost | Registration |
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Respiratory | 08:00-16:00 | $75 | Register Now! |
Perinatal Simulation | 08:00-12:00 | $75 | Register Now! |
Crashing Kids:Peds Emergency Management Strategies with Simulation | 13:00-16:00 | $75 | Register Now! |
Day 1 - Wednesday July 16
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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07:30-08:15 | Registration & Breakfast | |
08:15-08:30 | Opening Remarks | |
08:30-09:30 | Clinical and Public Health Implications of H1N1 | Jennifer Shuford, MD
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09:30-09:45 | Break | |
09:45-10:45 | TBD | Chief Nim Kidd |
10:45-11:00 | Break | |
11:00-12:15 | TBD | Behavioral Health – TBD |
12:15-12:45 | Lunch Service | |
12:45-13:45 | TBD | Jeffrey Kerby, MD, PhD |
13:45-14:00 | Break | |
14:00-15:00 | TBD | Jeffrey Freeman, PhD |
15:00-15:15 | Break | |
15:15-16:30 | TBD | Trauma – TBD |
Day 2 - Thursday July 17
Time | Panel | Topic | Speaker |
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07:30-08:30 | Registration & Breakfast | ||
08:30-09:00 | Opening Remarks | ||
09:00-10:15 | Emergency Medicine | Trauma in Pregnancy
TBD
Use of Ultrasound in Pre-Hospital Medicine | Julie Gorchynski, MD
Patrick Ng, MD
Caitlin Magargee, DO |
10:15-10:30 | Break | ||
10:30-11:45 | Pediatric | ACE’s
Foreign Bodies in Little Bodies
Emergency / Disaster Preparedness for Children with Medical Complexity | Luis Santos, LCSW-S
Whitney Wroe, MD
Ruchi Kaushik, MD
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11:45-12:45 | Lunch & Poster Presentations | ||
12:45-13:00 | Break | ||
13:00-14:15 | Perinatal | Perinatal Sepsis & Resuscitation
Neonatal Sepsis & Resuscitation | TBD
TBD |
14:15-14:30 | Break | ||
14:30-15:15 | Cardiac | TBD Defibrillation Strategies Naloxone in Cardiac Arrest | Jorge Alvarez, MD
David Miramontes, MD David Wampler, PhD |
14:30-15:15 | Break | ||
14:30-15:15 | Stroke | Proposed Stroke Alert Guideline Update Head-up or Flat for EVLO TBD Door In, Door Out Best Practices | Adam Blanchette, MD
Anthony Ortiz-Alvarado, DO Bonnie Blanchard, RN TBD |
16:45 | Conference Closing | Closing Remarks |
Sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 STRAC Emergency Healthcare Systems Conference are available.
Please contact us for more information at education@strac.org.