10/16/2026
Mark Piehl, MD, MPH and Peter Antevy MD, FAEMS spoke to standing-room crowds at EMS World - Emergency Medical Services on "Rethinking Pediatric Trauma: Circulation Comes First” and in a second talk hosted by Will Heuser, "Drug Wars, Pediatric Edition: Little Patients, Big Controversies.” Both talks emphasized the importance of early transfusion for hemorrhagic shock, and the need to get blood products into the field to treat injured children as soon as possible. Mark, Peter, and Will addressed a number of other controversies including prehospital advanced airway management for kids, CPAP for respiratory failure, and Ketamine for refractory status epilepticus.