FASTCAN 2026 Schedule
Two days of practical, evidence-based prehospital education at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Keynote
Midday Keynote
Speaker
Day 1
September 10, 2026
8:00 AM
Doors Open
Doors Open & Registration
Check in, grab your badge, meet our vendors and get settled for Day 1.
8:45 AM
Opening
Chris Pfingsten
Welcome & Introductions
9:00–9:45
Keynote
Will Heuser
Electrical Storm in the Streets: Controversies in Prehospital VT Storm Management
9:45–10:15
Speaker
James Boomhower
Tiny Patients, Large Consequences: Peds Care Beyond PALS
10:15–10:45
Break
Morning Break
Connect with speakers, vendors and fellow attendees.
10:45–11:15
Speaker
Dr. Jim DuCanto
Bringing Back Face Mask Ventilation
11:15–11:45
Speaker
Geoff Murphy
You Got a Pulse!... Now What?
11:45–12:15
Speaker
Bruce Hoffman
Reimagining Resuscitation Physiology: How Nebulized Nitroglycerin Augments Carotid Flow in Cardiac Arrest
12:15–1:15
Lunch
Lunch
Included with conference registration.
1:15–2:00
Midday Keynote
Allen Wolfe
When Trauma Meets Technology: Navigating Emergency Resuscitation in LVAD-Supported Patients
2:00–2:30
Speaker
Eric Bauer
Phactors: Impacting the Platinum 10 in the Post-Intubation Phase
2:30–3:00
Break
Afternoon Break
Connect with vendors, speakers and fellow attendees.
3:00–3:30
Speaker
Steph Suzadail
Making the Cut: A Case Study and Discussion of Prehospital Escharotomy
3:30–4:00
Speaker
Melody Bishop
Rethinking Asthma: The Physiology That No One Talks About
4:00–4:30
Speaker
Kyle Goodknight & Rob Glaze
Pediatric CPAP in the 911 Setting: We Treat Adults This Way… Why Not Kids?
Day 2
September 11, 2026
8:00 AM
Doors Open
Doors Open
Come early, connect with attendees and vendors, and get settled for Day 2.
8:45 AM
Opening
Chris Pfingsten
Day 2 Welcome
9:00–9:45
Keynote
Elizabeth Garcher
After Delivery, Before Crisis: EMS and Postpartum Bleeding
9:45–10:15
Speaker
Ben Tacy
Mayday Medicine: EMS on the Fire Ground
10:15–10:45
Break
Morning Break
Connect with speakers, vendors and fellow attendees.
10:45–11:15
Speaker
Sophie Fuller
Soft Skills, Hard Lessons
11:15–11:45
Speaker
Bobby O'Donnell
Managing the Pediatric Drowning Patient
11:45–12:15
Speaker
Allen Wolfe
One Patient, Many Decisions: Controversies in Pelvic Trauma Management
12:15–1:15
Lunch
Lunch
Included with conference registration.
1:15–2:00
Midday Keynote
Mark Piehl
How Prehospital Transfusion Is Transforming Trauma Care
2:00–2:30
Speaker
Melody Bishop
To PEEP or Not to PEEP… Is That Really the Question? A Prehospital Approach
2:30–3:00
Break
Afternoon Break
Connect with vendors, speakers and fellow attendees.
3:00–3:30
Speaker
Danny Kustra
What's Your Motive?
3:30–4:00
Speaker
James Boomhower
Care Without Collapse: Protecting the Helpers