EMStock Sept 26-28, 2008

[spenac]

Doc Bledsoe is getting ready for us. Are you going?

"EMStock is a unique gathering of EMS and public safety personnel. EMStock was the brainchild of several Texas EMS providers and has developed into a national event. The purpose of EMStock is to build and strengthen the EMS community by providing a place and time where everyone can meet on an equal basis and share ideas and dreams. By removing the obvious alliances, certifications, egos and attitudes and creating a social atmosphere, EMStock serves as the singular event where any EMS provider with any idea can be heard on equal footing with everyone else. Because of this we ask that everyone "check their certifications, and affiliations, egos and attitudes at the gate."

With EMStock as America's most unique EMS Conference you get:

Accredited EMS education by top speakers and educators

Live, quality entertainment on the EMStock stage

Texas chili cook-off

Texas barbecue cook-off (new for 2008!)

Fellowship and fun "

[web:5b2eb2e890]http://www.emstock.com/[/web:5b2eb2e890]

[Dustdevil]

Sweet! They finally got the registration fee set. Twenty bucks ain't bad for a shindig like that!

I wish I could be there.

[Richard B the EMT]

Is that an armadillo holding that guitar? The only one of those critters I have seen was a gray cake, sold during intermission, at a performance of Steel Magnolias.

[spenac]

Is that an armadillo holding that guitar? The only one of those critters I have seen was a gray cake, sold during intermission, at a performance of Steel Magnolias.

Yup. When run over they become a Texas frisbee.

[spenac]

Just saw this update from Doc Bledsoe on another forum.

EMStock

The plans for EMStock 2008 are moving along quite nicely thanks to our

sponsors. EMStock will be September 25-28, 2008 between Midlothian and

Waxahachie, Texas. Come join your EMS colleagues from across Texas, the

United States and the world for a weekend of education, fun, and networking.

EMStock offers:

Top-notch EMS Education by some of our top EMS educators:

Ed Racht, MD (Austin/Travis County EMS Director)

Keith Wesley, MD (Minnesota EMS Director)

Ray Fowler, MD (UT Southwestern)

Bryan Bledsoe, DO (University of Nevada School of Medicine)

Robert Donovan, MD (Modesto, California)

Wes Ogilvie, JD, LP (Central Texas Paramedic)

Mike McEvoy, PhD, RN, EMT-P (Saratoga County EMS)

Jeff Lindsey, PhD, EMT-P (Chief, Estero Fire Department)

Gary Saffer, EMT-P (Boston EMS)

Kelly Grayson, EMT-P (Something in Louisiana)

Valerie DeFrance, EMT-P (Alaska Paramedic and host of House of DeFrance)

Stephen Hines (London Ambulance Service)

(other signing on daily)

All classes will be CECBEMS approved for CE (through the Texas EMS

Institute, LLC).

Chili and Barbecue cook-off (Saturday)

Live Band (Friday and Saturday)

"A Jew and a Redneck" (Saturday)

Door prizes

Exhibition area

Primitive and RV camping allowed on premises (first come, first served) (RV

rentals on website)

Hotels nearby in Midlothian, Waxahachie, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Lancaster

PLEASE REGISTER at http://www.emstock.com so that we can estimate the number

of attendees.

[EMT City Administrator]

Rumor has it that this may be a great spot for an official EMT City gathering... :wink:

Stay tuned....

[spenac]

Rumor has it that this may be a great spot for an official EMT City gathering... :wink:

Stay tuned....

I wonder what you could mean by such a subtle hint? :-k

I hope to be there.

[spenac]

So anyone planning on going?

[itku2er]

Sounds like a good time *I hope spenac does not get arrested again this year!* I think I need to move to a big city cause we never have any good stuff like that here.

[spenac]

Sounds like a good time *I hope spenac does not get arrested again this year!* I think I need to move to a big city cause we never have any good stuff like that here.

That was dropped because witnesses disappeared. :twisted:

Actually even though you cross several states to get there you are not much further away than I am. Texas is big.