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WorldTraumaSymposium
EMSWORLD Expo 2018 and World Trauma Symposium.
PHTLS PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT-NAEMT. October 29 – November 2, 2018 Nasville Tennessee, USA World Trauma SymposiumThe World Trauma Symposium, to be held Oct. 30, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee, will provide more than a dozen prehospital trauma sessions from experts in trauma care practice and innovation. This year's theme is New Threats – New Solutions. While new threats challenge the practice of prehospital trauma care and jeopardize the lives of our patients, new solutions are being advanced to help patients survive their trauma injuries.
Designed by NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Committee, the symposium will feature insights from the top global experts who are delivering these new solutions. The program incorporates expert presentations, panel discussions, debates, time for participant questions, the latest trauma technology, and opportunities to network with practitioners and physicians from around the world. It's prehospital trauma education you can't get anywhere else!
The symposium is held in conjunction with EMS World Expo and provides 8 hours of CAPCE-accredited CE, CME or nursing CE. Breakfast, lunch and an exhibit display are included. Register Today!
World Trauma Symposium
October 30 – Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Registration (by June 15): $240 / $315 physicians.
The Symposium provides 8 hours of CAPCE-accredited CE, nursing CE or CME, and includes breakfast, lunch and a trauma focused vendor display area. WTS is held in conjunction with EMS World Expo.
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Dr. Kenji Inaba will present the latest evidence on hemorrhage control as the first priority in the care of the trauma patient. Kenji Inaba, MD, FRCSC, FACS is an attending trauma surgeon at the LAC+USC Medical Center and associate professor, clinical scholar, of Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of Southern California.
Learn from Dr. Inaba and other top speakers on resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)
pediatric trauma, building resiliency to respond to trauma,advanced traumatic brain injury detection and management, the role of prehospital care in national trauma systems, and much more.
World Trauma Symposium Program
The Symposium will be held in the Davidson Ballroom, Level 1M of the Nashville Music City Center. The Luncheon will be held in the Center's Karl Dean Ballroom C, Level 4.
| 8:00 a.m. | New Threats, New Solutions Alexander Eastman, MD, MPH, FACS |
| 8:05 a.m. | Hemorrhage Control Before Airway: What Are We Doing? Kenji Inaba, MD, FRCSC, FACS |
| 8:30 a.m. | The Future of EMS and the National Trauma System Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS |
| 8:55 a.m. | The Role of Private Sector EMS in Times of Crisis Edward Racht, MD |
| 9:20 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | Innovations in TBI Management and Detection Deborah Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM |
| 9:55 a.m. | Response to Manchester Bombing Daniel Smith, MPara |
| 10:20 a.m. | Caring for Ourselves: A Critical Component of Resilience Kimberly Roaten, PhD |
| 10:45 a.m. | Developing Trauma Systems in Latin America Thomas Scalea, MD |
| 11:10 a.m. | Panel Q&A Morning Speakers |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. | Scott B. Frame Lecture James F. McDonnell Assistant Secretary, DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office |
| 1:30 p.m. | Welcome to Afternoon Session Alexander Eastman, MD, MPH, FACS |
| 1:35 p.m. | Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Megan Brenner, MD, MS |
| 2:05 p.m. | Pediatric Trauma Julie Leonard, MD, MPH |
| 2:35 p.m. | Intentional Injuries: Novel Mechanisms |
| 3:05 p.m. | Break & Exhibits |
| 3:30 p.m. | New Threats, New Solutions Debate: Rescue Task Forces and Integrated Response |
| 4:20 p.m. | Discussion and Questions |
| 4:50 p.m. | Closing Comments |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
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Registration Info
At the symposium, you can network with emergency physicians, nurses, paramedics and other EMS professionals from across the nation and world - plus, breakfast, lunch and an evening reception are included in the full program registration fee.
