EMS providers across 12 counties of Southern Middle Tennessee have a date to mark on their December calendars: the Last Chance EMS Conference returns to UAW Hall in Spring Hill on Dec. 1 and 2, bringing two days of continuing education, industry lectures, and the return of cadaver labs. Registration runs $65 per person, and organizers are warning that seats may not last.
The 2026 conference is put on by the South Central EMS Directors Association, which represents EMS agencies across Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry and Wayne counties. According to a post from Lawrence County EMS on Facebook, tickets for the event are selling fast. The association's own website lists the conference fee at $65, which covers both conference days, lunch each day, and up to 16 hours of continuing education credit.
Two Days, Two Very Different Agendas
Day one of the conference is built around lectures from industry leaders focused on patient-care topics, the association's site states. Day two shifts gears entirely, bringing back the cadaver labs that have become a signature feature of the event, along with interactive skills stations covering a variety of patient conditions.
The venue itself, UAW Hall in Spring Hill, has hosted the association's year-end gathering before. A separate event listing on GoPassage pins the address at 125 Stephen P Yokich Pkwy in Spring Hill, though that same GoPassage page refers to the gathering as the association's 2025 Year-End Conference rather than the 2026 Last Chance EMS Conference described on the association's own site — a discrepancy the available sourcing does not resolve.
Limited Seats, Mixed Signals on Sales
The South Central EMS Directors Association has been direct about capacity concerns, stating on its website that space is limited and registration is first come, first served, with the possibility the event sells out entirely. That urgency lines up with the Facebook post from Lawrence County EMS pushing word that tickets are moving quickly.
At the same time, the GoPassage event page for the conference currently states that online sales have ended for the event. It is not clear from available sourcing whether that status reflects a sold-out conference, a lapsed older listing, or confusion between event years — the conflicting signals are presented here without further resolution.
This is not the association's first go-round with a December gathering in Spring Hill. A listing from the Tennessee EMS Education Association described an earlier Last Chance Conference hosted by the same group on Dec. 4 and 5, 2024, at the UAW Conference Center in Spring Hill — effectively the same venue used for this year's event. That older listing directed prospective attendees back to the association's own website for registration details, the same path organizers are pointing people to now.
For regional EMS staff looking to bank continuing education hours before the year closes out, the Dec. 1-2 dates at UAW Hall represent one of the last organized opportunities on the South Central EMS Directors Association's calendar. Given the conflicting word on ticket availability, anyone hoping to attend may want to check directly with the association sooner rather than later.
