UNM Lifeguard

10/25/2025

Guess who was named in AAMS’s 40 Under 40 - Rising Leaders in Medical Transport?
Our very own Dr. Root!!! The recognition will take place at AMTC25 on Tuesday, October 28, at 5:00 p.m. in the EXPO Hall. Join us in congratulating Dr. Root! 🚁

10/08/2025

Join us tomorrow for Lifeguard’s Air Medical Grand Rounds on Rattlesnake Envenomation! Speakers, Joseph Lambson, PharmD, DABAT, and Sarah Watkins, DO, will review toxins, antivenom, and treatment from 10:00 to 11:00 Mountain Time on October 8th.
Included in our bio is the Zoom link and passcode.

08/21/2025

Mark your calendars for the Lifeguard HALO Symposium!!!
Oct 15th-17th, 2025 at Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town

All providers. All settings. One mission.
Who should attend: students, EMS personnel, nurses, respiratory therapists, APPs, and physicians.

Pre-conference workshops are on Wednesday, Oct 15th:
• Save the Airway, Save the Day: Airway workshop
• Advanced NRP
• ECMO Skills Lab
• Ventilation skills

The main conference is Thu-Fri, Oct 16t-17th:
Choose the General Session or the HALO Critical Care OB Course. Expect hands-on training, simulation, and real-world pearls.
There will be a Social Hour on Thursday evening.

Limited scholarships are available to help cover registration. Apply through the HALO Scholarship form.
Early bird pricing ends Sep 24, 2025. Register now.
Links are provided in the bio.

07/13/2025

🚨SAVE THE DATE!🚨
For the Lifeguard HALO Symposium
Join us for our High Acuity Lifesaving Outcomes Symposium. We are hosting a high-impact, hands-on conference tailored to EMS, ED, OB, Pediatric, Neonatal, and Critical Care providers.
You can expect simulation, training, and interprofessional collaboration to prepare you for the moments that matter most. There will be hands-on specialty pre-conference sessions. Scholarships are also available to participants.
📅 October 16–17, 2025
📍 Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
📫 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
Share and save the date. More details will be available soon.
https://hsc.unm.edu/medicine/education/cpl/learn/cme-conferences/lg2025.html

07/07/2025

Join us on Wednesday for a “Hanta Virus” presentation via Zoom at our Air Medical Grand Rounds! Our presenter, Dr. Michelle Harkins, is an Intensivist specializing in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine. She is the Co-Chief of the Adult Center for Critical Care and the Division Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UNM. Much of her clinical time is in the medical intensive care unit. She is interested in Hantavirus research, including longitudinal studies, patient outcomes, evaluating mechanisms of inflammation, and further treatment options.

Accompany us over Zoom on July 9th, 10:00-11:00
Mountain Time.
Included in our bio is the Zoom link and passcode.

06/04/2025