CAESARS PALACE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 
MARCH 21-24, 2010

Trauma, Critical Care
& Acute Care Surgery 2010

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The 2011 program is currently in the planning stages. As the program develops, information will be posted on the site

 

We have left the 2010 information on the site, since basic format will not change

The final program content, participating faculty, and accreditation, hotel and registration information will be posted in September, 2010


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SUNDAY MARCH 21, 2010


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7:00  
Registration

MEDICAL DISASTER RESPONSE 2010
Palace Tower, 3rd Floor, Promenade Level
3:00-5:30  
Early Registration

TRAUMA, CRITICAL CARE & ACUTE CARE SURGERY 2009
Palace Tower, 4th Floor, Emperors Level
 
 

MONDAY MARCH 22, 2010
 

7:00-8:30   Continental Breakfast served in Exhibit Hall
7:00   Registration
Palace Tower, 4th Floor, Emperors Level

SESSION 1
HOT BUTTON ISSUES

Moderator: Karim Brohi
7:45-8:00  

Setting the Stage
Kenneth L. Mattox

8:00-8:15   Military Tourniquets in Civilian Trauma
Eric R. Frykberg
8:15-8:30   The Green Eyed Monster:  Exposed
Fistula in the Open Abdomen
Asher Hirshberg
8:30–8:45   TInternal Decapitation: High
Ligamentus Cervical Injury
Pelig J. Ben-Galim
8:45-9:00   Cerebrovascular Injury - Controversies &
Complications
Kimberly A. Davis
9:00-9:15   When the Insides Are Out -
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Richard S. Miller
9:15–10:00   Panel Discussion
10:00–10:30   Break

SESSION 2
CASE MANAGEMENT 

10:30 – 12:30
Moderator: Michael J. Sise
Panelists:
Chris Cribari
Kenji Inaba
Richard S. Miller
Scott H. Norwood
Lynette Scherer
Alison Wilson

SESSION 3
LUNCHEON SESSION

12:30-2:00        
Luncheon Served
Augustus Ballroom, Palace Tower, 4th Floor

Moderator: Kenneth L. Mattox
"Trauma/Critical Care in a Changing World"

David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS

Professor and Chair

Department of Surgery

University of California, Irvine

Orange, CA

SESSION 4
TECHNIQUES
HOW TO DO IT

Moderator:  Matthew J. Wall, Jr.
2:00-2:15   SW to the Subclavian 
Kenji Inaba
2:15-2:30  

"Doctor, The Leg is Blue" -
Acute Limb Ischemia
Michael J. Sise

2:30-2:45   Appendicitis in Kids, Teens & Adults
R. Todd Maxson
2:45-3:00   The Non-Urologist's Guide to
Male Genitalia Emergencies
Michael Coburn
3:00-3:15   Impacted Rectal Foreign Body
Lynette Scherer
3:15-3:50   Panel Discussion
3:50-4:10   Break

SESSION 5
THE HOUDINI SESSION -
HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS ONE?

Moderator:  Alison Wilson
4:10-4:25   Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy
Richard S. Miller
4:25-4:40   One Leg is Bigger; My Ego is Now Smaller -
Complications After Iliac Vein Repair
Karim Brohi

4:40-4:55

 

Trauma & Cirrhosis:
Still a Lethal Combination?
Ali Salim

4:55-5:10   Mangled Extremity: Team Work 101
Peleg J. Ben-Galim
5:10-5:25   Bullseye!!  Transmediastinal GSW
Juan C. Duchesne
5:25-6:00   Panel Discussion

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 2010

SESSION 6
AIR HERE, AIR THERE, AIR EVERYWHERE

Moderator:  Norman E. McSwain, Jr.
6:30-8:30   Continental breakfast served in Exhibit Hall
7:00-7:15   Cervical Subcutaneous Emphysema
And Pneumomediastinum
Matthew J. Wall, Jr.
7:15-7:30   Venous & Systemic Air Embolism
Kenneth L. Mattox
7:30-7:45   Pneumobilia
David H. Wisner
7:45-8:00  

Pneumointestinalis
R. Todd Maxson

8:00-8:15   Pneumoperitoneum
Scott H. Norwood
8:15-8:30   Pneumaturia
Michael Coburn
8:30-8:45   Air in the Subcutaneous Soft Tissue
Martin A. Schreiber
8:45-9:30   Panel Discussion
9:30-10:00   Break

SESSION 7
CRITICAL TRAUMA/CRITICAL CARE TREATMENT

Moderator:   Martin A. Schreiber
10:00-10:15   Acute Abdominal Sepsis
Demetrios Demetriades
10:15-10:30   Tracheostomy: Who? When? Where? Why?
Alison Wilson
10:30-10:45   TBI - New Strategies; New Controversies
Carlos V.R. Brown
10:45-11:00   Vasopressors: When & How Much?
John J. Fildes
11:00-11:15   New Use for Viagra - Pulmonary Hypertension
David H. Wisner
11:15-11:30   Failure to Fly - Advanced Rescue
Techniques in Vent Management
David B. Hoyt
11:30-11:45   Metabolic & Serotonin Syndromes
Raul Coimbra
11:45-12:30   Panel Discussion
12:30-2:00


Indepedent Satellite Luncheon Program
*Not accredited by or affiliated with American College of Surgeons

 A Modern Approach to the Open Abdomen 


Faculty 

Demetrios Demetriades MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Director of Trauma and Surgical ICU

University of Southern California School of Medicine

 

Gary Nieman BS

Associate Professor and Director Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Laboratory

SUNY Upstate Medical University

 

Michael Cheatham MD, FACS, FCCM

Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Director of Surgical ICU

Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

SESSION 8
CAPSULE COMMENTARIES:
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW

Moderator:  Chris Cribari
2:00-2:10   Strangulated Inguinal Hernia
Scott H. Norwood
2:10-2:20   The Boomerang Effect:  What Happens
to the Diverted Patient
David E. Persse
2:20-2:30   Pelvic Sepsis
Juan C. Duchesne
2:30-2:40   Technical Errors in ED Thoracotomy
Matthew J. Wall, Jr.
2:40-2:50   Hemorrhagic Cystitis
Michael Coburn
2:50-3:00   Splenic Injury 2010
Kimberly A. Davis
3:00-3:10   Common Missed Injuries
Norman E. McSwain, Jr.
3:10-3:30   Break

SESSION 9
MY WORST NIGHTMARE COMES TRUE

Moderator:   Kenneth L. Mattox
3:30-3:45 Good Samaritan - Bad Day
The Malpractice Suit Hits Home
Michael J. Sise
3:45-4:00 Large Impacted Common Duct Stone
Chris Cribari
4:00-4:15 Control of Massive Bleeding in the Rural Setting
Sydney J. Vail
4:15-4:30 Civilian Hospital in a War Zone:
2nd Lebanon War
William P. Schecter
4:30-5:15 Panel Discussion

SESSION 10
MEET THE MASTERS

5:15 – 6:00
Moderator: Kenneth L. Mattox
"A REWARDING JOURNEY"
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Limited to residents and faculty only

SESSION 11
MEET THE PROFESSOR
DISCUSS THE ISSUES

RECEPTION/DANCE
7:00 – 9:00

WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24

SESSION 12
HENRY C. CLEVELAND FORUM ON
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
TRAUMA, CRITICAL CARE & ACUTE CARE SURGERY

6:30-8:30 Continental breakfast served in Exhibit Hall

Moderator: Henry C. Cleveland
7:00-7:15   Timing of DVT Prophylaxis in
Solid Organ Injury & Brain Trauma
Ali Salim
7:15-7:30   Core Cooling
Kenji Inaba
7:30-7:45   Telecommunication
Carlos V.R. Brown
7:45-8:00  

Helicopter Transport: Safety vs Indication
Jay A. Johannigman

8:00-8:30  
Panel Discussion
 

SESSION 13
ANNUAL TRAUMA DEBATE
HOT TOPIC 2010

8:30-9:30
Moderator:   Raul Coimbra
Resolved:   Blood volume repletion is optimally performed in the ICU
Pro:   Martin A. Schreiber
Con:  Richard S. Miller
9:30-9:50   Break

SESSION 14
WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US

Moderator:   Demetrios Demetriades
9:50-10:05   The Disruptive Medical Professional
David H. Wisner
10:05-10:20  

Open vs Closed ICUs:  Too Many
Docs; Too Many Orders
Lynette Scherer

10:20-10:35   EMR - Not Up To The Task?
Jay A. Johannigman
10:35-10:50   TQIP for Trauma Centers
John J. Fildes
10:50 -11:30   Panel Discussion

SESSION 15
THE FINAL WORD

11:30-1:00   Commentary on Presentations
Kenneth L. Mattox

 

 

 

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DISASTER
RESPONSE
2010


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