Cheyenne Regional Trauma Education Series

Event Description

This session is available in two formats to support different learning preferences:

• In-Person Session: Hosted at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in the Emergency Department Multipurpose Room.

• Virtual Session: Offered online. On the day of the event, select Online Content to be redirected to the virtual session link.

This learning event is free of charge for all internal and external providers and healthcare workers. Please click the Registration button to sign up for the session.

Wyoming’s rural geography creates significant challenges for trauma care, shaping the needs of both patients and healthcare providers. With long distances between communities and limited access to medical facilities, individuals experiencing traumatic injuries often face extended travel times before reaching definitive care. The state’s outdoor lifestyle—combined with farming, ranching, and recreational activities—further increases the likelihood of high-risk injuries occurring far from immediate medical support.

Because Wyoming’s population is small and widely dispersed, healthcare practitioners have fewer opportunities to encounter a broad range of trauma cases. Nurses, physicians, EMTs, paramedics, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and physician assistants may go long periods without exposure to complex or high-acuity trauma situations. This limited experience can leave even skilled clinicians feeling less prepared to manage the unpredictable and fast-paced nature of trauma emergencies.

Trauma Team activations are inherently chaotic, requiring rapid assessment, coordinated communication, and confident decision-making. Without consistent practice and ongoing education, caregivers may struggle to apply best practices effectively, which can impact patient outcomes. Strengthening trauma education is essential to ensuring that every patient—regardless of where their injury occurs—receives timely, coordinated, and expert care.

This educational series is designed to address these challenges directly. It will provide practitioners and healthcare providers with up-to-date best practices in the care and stabilization of trauma patients, helping bridge the gap created by limited exposure. Through structured learning, hands-on training, and scenario-based practice, participants will gain the confidence and competence needed to respond effectively in high-pressure situations.

By enhancing trauma readiness across the state, this program supports safer communities, stronger clinical teams, and improved outcomes for patients who must travel long distances to receive care. It reinforces Wyoming’s commitment to ensuring that even in the most rural settings, trauma patients have access to skilled, knowledgeable, and well-prepared healthcare professionals.

1. Describe current evidence-based updates in trauma assessment and management relevant to both prehospital and hospital-based care.
2. Identify key physiologic, environmental, and situational risk factors that influence trauma severity and required interventions across diverse trauma types.
3. Explain updated protocols and best practices for prehospital trauma preparation, including rapid assessment, airway and hemorrhage control, and transport decision-making.
4. Summarize best-practice approaches for emergency department trauma care, including activation criteria, team roles, and early intervention priorities.
5. Recognize uncommon or high-risk trauma presentations such as trauma in pregnancy, traumatic brain injury, elder abuse, human trafficking, and cold-weather exposure injuries.
6. Discuss system-level trauma processes, including transfer criteria, communication pathways, and coordination between rural responders and higher-level trauma centers.
7. Identify specific knowledge-based tactics they will integrate into their own practice to improve trauma readiness, decision-making, and patient outcomes.

1. The instructor created a safe learning environment.
2. The instructor was knowledgable and presented evidence supported practices.
3. The instructor utilized teaching strategies and engaged and enhanced my learning.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

1.0 Contact hour(s) will be awarded upon attendance at the entire activity and completion of the evaluation. 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Master Healthcare System reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The Cheyenne Regional Medical Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.