Rom Duckworth
Speaking

Speaking &
Teaching

Conference sessions, keynotes, webinars, and invited teaching for EMS, fire, rescue, and trauma audiences across the United States and abroad.

150+ sessions, webinars, and invited teaching since 2021  ·  121 conference appearances and 34 keynotes, 2009 to 2020

Upcoming

Upcoming appearances

Confirmed conference sessions and ongoing training engagements. Times are Eastern.

In the room
Rom Duckworth presenting at an international emergency services conference.
International conference faculty
Rom Duckworth teaching a conference session in McAllen, Texas.
South Texas Advanced Symposium · McAllen, TX · 2026
Rom Duckworth beside the session sign for More Than Just Batteries at FDIC International 2026.
FDIC International · Indianapolis · 2026
Rom Duckworth at the NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership podium.
NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Program · 2026
Rom Duckworth on stage at EMS Today 2020.
Opening keynote · EMS Today · Tampa · 2020
A full room for Rom Duckworth's patient handover session at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Patient handover session · Royal College of Emergency Medicine · UK
Rom Duckworth with Dr. Linda Dykes at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine 50th anniversary symposium in Cardiff, 2017.
With Dr. Linda Dykes · Critical Communications: Effective Patient Care Hand-over · RCEM 50th Anniversary Symposium · Cardiff · 2017
Rom Duckworth presenting a situational awareness session.
Situational awareness session
Rom Duckworth presenting a pediatric emergencies session.
Pediatric emergencies session
Rom Duckworth teaching a geriatrics session.
Geriatric care session · 2010
Rom Duckworth teaching a 12-lead ECG class.
12-lead ECG class · 2009
Rom Duckworth teaching a session.
Teaching session · 2013
A full conference room during a session by Rom Duckworth at the Initial Assessment Conference in Lake Placid, New York.
Initial Assessment Conference (IAC) · Lake Placid, NY
Rom Duckworth teaching a classroom session.
Classroom session
An ice rescue training evolution: a rescuer on the ice reaches a person in the water with a pole.
Ice rescue training
Keynotes since 2020

General sessions

Most requested since 2021

Programs delivered most

Recurring hosts include EMS World Expo and FDIC International every year from 2021 to 2026, the Lake Placid Initial and Primary Assessment Conference, EMS PRO at Foxwoods, the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors’ Association, and EMS conferences in Alaska, Kansas, and Pennsylvania.

The record

Speaking history, 2021 to 2027

Conference sessions, webinars, and invited teaching, newest first. Repeat deliveries of the same program at one event are listed once.

20271 session
  • Apr 2027FDIC InternationalIndianapolis, INManagement of Alternative Fuel Vehicle EmergenciesScheduled
202623 sessions
202529 sessions
202420 sessions
202337 sessions
202232 sessions
202129 sessions

Conference appearances, 2009 to 2020

121 conference and symposium appearances, 34 of them keynotes.

20201 appearance, 1 keynote
  • EMS Today (FL)Keynote
201912 appearances, 5 keynotes
  • WEMSA Winter Working Together Fire/EMS Closing (WI)Keynote
  • Great Plains EMS Conference (SD)Keynote
  • EMS Today (DC)
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International (IN)
  • Lake Placid Initial Assessment (NY) EMS Conference
  • EMS Pro Expo (CT)
  • Missouri EMS Conference (MO)Keynote
  • Great Plains Summit on Quality (KS)
  • Kansas City HCA Midwest EMS Conference (KS)Keynote
  • EMS World Expo (LA)
  • Virginia EMS Conference
  • WEMSA Fall Working Together Fire/EMS (WI)Keynote
201814 appearances, 3 keynotes
  • Jones and Bartlett Publishing International / PSG Annual Meeting (MA)Keynote
  • EMS Instructor System Meeting (WI)Keynote
  • EMS Today (NC)
  • UK Trauma Care Conference (Staffordshire, UK)
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine (Cardiff, UK) CPD Conference
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International (IN)
  • Ocean City (MD) FD Executive Leadership Development & Clinical Education
  • Lake Placid Initial Assessment (NY) EMS Conference
  • EMS Pro Expo (CT)
  • Tennessee EMS Association Educators ConferenceKeynote
  • Sepsis: First Response Education Program Premiere (CA)
  • NAEMSE Symposium (DC)
  • EMS World Expo (TN)
  • Medstock EMS Conference (NE)
201715 appearances, 6 keynotes
  • Wisconsin Working Together Fire/EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • EMS Today
  • Southeastern Extrication School (SC)Keynote
  • Maryland Fire Rescue Institute Professional Development SymposiumKeynote
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International
  • IAFC Fire-Rescue Med
  • Connecticut EMS Expo
  • New York State FIRE Conference
  • Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered EMTs ConferenceKeynote
  • Missouri EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • Oklahoma University Medical Center Pediatric ConferenceKeynote
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • Ithaca NY Emergency Stroke Care Symposium
  • Firehouse Expo
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine 50th Anniversary Symposium (Cardiff, UK): Critical Communications: Effective Patient Care Hand-over
201610 appearances, 3 keynotes
  • Wisconsin Working Together Fire/EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • Society of Michigan EMS Instructor Coordinators Conference
  • Orange County Front Lines Conference
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International
  • New York State FIRE Conference
  • National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Symposium
  • Delaware Firefighters ConferenceKeynote
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • EMS World Expo
  • Kansas EMS SymposiumKeynote
20159 appearances, 3 keynotes
  • EMS Leaders in Kentucky Summit
  • North Dakota EMS Conference
  • Northeastern Cerebrovascular ConsortiumKeynote
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International
  • New Mexico Region III EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • Nebraska EMS Conference
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine (Manchester, UK)
  • Minnesota Trauma TacticsKeynote
  • Rhode Island Trauma Conference
201416 appearances, 5 keynotes
  • Northern Alabama Chiefs AssociationKeynote
  • Wisconsin Working Together Fire/EMS Conference
  • EMS Today
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International
  • Colorado Northwest RETAC SymposiumKeynote
  • HealthONE EMS Conference (CO)
  • New York State FIRE Conference
  • Fire Rescue International
  • Mountain Lakes NY Initial Assessment Conference
  • National Association of EMS Educators (DC)Keynote
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • North Carolina EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • Fire Shows Reno, NV
  • Virginia EMS Conference
  • EMS World Expo (NV)
  • Maryland Fire Rescue InstituteKeynote
201317 appearances, 3 keynotes
  • Wisconsin Working Together Fire/EMS Conference
  • Delaware Shore EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • South Carolina Extrication Symposium
  • IAFC Connecticut Fire Chiefs Conference
  • Connecticut EMS Conference
  • Orange County NY Front Lines Conference
  • Fire Department Instructors Conference International
  • IAFC Fire Rescue Med
  • New York State FIRE Conference
  • National Association of EMS EducatorsKeynote
  • Fire Rescue International
  • EMS World Expo
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • Vermont EMS Conference
  • Virginia EMS Conference
  • Maryland Fire Rescue InstituteKeynote
  • Texas EMS Conference
201213 appearances, 2 keynotes
  • EMS Today
  • Connecticut EMS Conference
  • Arkansas EMS Conference
  • New Mexico Region III EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • EMS Web Summit
  • Fire Rescue International
  • Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Conference
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • Massachusetts EMS ConferenceKeynote
  • Vermont EMS Conference
  • Virginia EMS Conference
  • IAFC Volunteer and Combination Officers Symposium
  • Texas EMS Conference
20117 appearances
  • Connecticut EMS Conference
  • New Mexico Region III EMS Conference
  • Indiana Emergency Response Conference
  • Fire Rescue International
  • EMS World Expo
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • Texas EMS Conference
20105 appearances, 2 keynotes
  • Connecticut EMS Conference
  • Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs ConferenceKeynote
  • Pulse Check (NY) EMS Conference
  • Texas EMS Conference
  • Danbury Hospital EMS SymposiumKeynote
20092 appearances, 1 keynote
  • Connecticut EMS Conference
  • Danbury Hospital EMS SymposiumKeynote

Independent services. The education, speaking, writing, and consulting described on this site are Rommie L. Duckworth’s own professional work, provided personally or through the New England Center for Rescue & Emergency Medicine, LLC. They are separate and distinct from his municipal position and from his work for any other employer, company, association, board, or publisher. They are not offered by, for, or on behalf of the Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, the Ridgefield Fire Department, or any other organization named here. No NECREM work is done on Town time or with Town equipment, vehicles, or staff. Titles, affiliations, and photos in uniform describe professional background only, and views expressed are his own. Naming an organization does not indicate its endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.