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2026 Emergency Medicine with Rural & Indigenous Communities Gathering
Event by: Indian Country ECHO
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Southwest Naito Parkway 1401, Portland
Tickets: 100–600 USD · Get tickets
About event
2026 Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities (emRIC) Gathering
https://www.indiancountryecho.org/emric-2026/
PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON APRIL 16TH, 2026
The theme this year: To be announced soon!
Staff serving indigenous and rural communities are invited to participate in a multi-day gathering April 27th - April 30th, 2026 in Portland, OR (both in-person and virtual options for joining will be available) to empower healthcare professionals to not only provide excellence in emergency medical care, but to do so in a manner that honors and respects the historical and cultural context of the communities they serve.
The theme of the 2026 national emRIC (Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities) gathering is TBD
This year, there are three components of the gathering that participants can register for:
April 27: Pre-conference Trauma-Informed Leadership and Healing Workshop
This day-long session will offer the opportunity toexploreyour work from a respectful, holistic and culturally relevant framework through practical discussions, skill-building and interactive activities.If you’d like to dive into these topics and create community with other passionate individuals invested in indigenous health care systems, you are most welcome!We welcome and highly encourage ALL health care professionals from ALL backgrounds to attend.
April 28 – April 29: emRIC Conference
The two day conference will be dedicated to improving emergency care delivered to Indigenous and rural communities through education, advocacy & collaboration. We invite community leaders, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, medics, residents, students, administrators, and all who are interested, to join us for this year's event. Please consider attending or inviting a member of your team to join as we continue efforts to effectively put policy and practice into place to weave culture and history with emergency medicine to further clinical excellence.
CE will be provided.
April 30: Clinical Lab Skills Day and New EMS Conference Day
Clinical Skills Lab Day: Intensive hands-on procedural skills and ultrasound workshop with content tailored to the needs of professionals working in rural and indigenous communities. The clinical skills workshop focuses on procedural skills for high-acuity, low-occurrence (HALO) scenarios with limited specialty back-up. The ultrasound workshop focuses on skills that are useful in locations with limited formal ultrasound coverage, including point-of-care ultrasonography skills that can inform or prevent patient transfers. Regional anesthesia techniques for pain management are also included in the ultrasound curriculum. This workshop includes tracks for clinicians (Physicians, NPs and PAs) as well as RNs.
EMS Conference Day: Conference style and hands on skills day geared towards EMT/EMS/Paramedics. Details and more information to be available soon!
CE will be provided for both different types gatherings on this day.
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