Conference 2010 - Angela Bowen

...and now, serving the East Tennessee community, Angie Bowen. Angie is the Regional Coordinator for Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) and the Trauma Coordinator at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville. She has worked in the pre-hospital setting for 22 years, working in both EMS and rescue capacities. She has 19 years of pediatric emergency care experience and has served in the roles of Emergency Department Nurse Manager, Nursing Coordinator and as a Transport Nurse with the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team. She is a Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) and still works clinical shifts on a prn basis in the ED at ETCH. Angie serves on the Board of Directors for Tennessee's EMSC Foundation, is the co-chair of the state's Committee on Pediatric Emergency Care (CoPEC) Disaster Committee, is the State Emergency Nurses Association's Pediatric Chair and immediate Past President of ENA's Smoky Mountain Chapter, is a member of Tennessee's International Trauma Life Support Board of Directors, and has recently completed two terms as PALS National Faculty for Tennessee (she remains in the Regional Faculty role and serves on the state's ECC committee). Angie holds instructorship in numerous courses, including PALS, ACLS, PEPP, EPC, ITLS, PITLS, PHTLS, ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course) and TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum). She has served as a content editor for the most current version of the PEPP textbook and is a chapter author and editorial board member for the upcoming edition of the ENPC text. Angie continues to work in the prehospital setting as a part-time paramedic with Jefferson County EMS. She is a retired member of the Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, where she was an active volunteer for 20 years, holding the positions of Assistant Chief, Treasurer, Secretary and Board of Directors member during that time period. She still teaches Vehicle Rescue and the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) through the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads.
Angie holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Communications, with a Public Relations focus, both from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is also a member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society.

During the 2010 conference, Angie will be delivering the curriculum for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technician's Emergency Pediatric Care program. The NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care program is designed to provide the pre-hospital care provider with vital information on a wide-ranging stage of issues facing the pediatric population. In addition to the core curriculum for the provider program, Angie will also be providing a secondary course that is designed to provide the curriculum necessary certify attending individuals as instructors.

Please take the time during your adventure "Riding on the High Seas of EMS Education" to meet with Mrs. Bowen.

If you haven't already, make sure to go to the TEMSEA website and register. You can click the link below to go directly to the registration site. The 2010 conference will be held at the Park Vista Hotel in Gatlinburg Tennessee from 21-23 July. Look forward to seeing you there.

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