ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. X - n. 3 - September 1997

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
DEVELOPMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE OF
CHEMICAL BURNS
16 - 17 October 1997, La Baule, France

Topics:
Current treatments
Emergencies; handling victims
Understanding in order to act; the physiopathology of burns / chemical mechanisms
Prevention techniques: analysis and choice

For further information contact:
Congress Secretary
Cristine Abdelkader
Prevor BP n'l
95760 Valmondois, France
Tel.: (33) 0134 08 96 96
Fax: (33) 0134 08 96 90

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SECTION OF THE ISSA
FOR THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL
RISKS IN THE IRON AND METAL INDUSTRY
20 - 22 October 1997, Barcelona, Spain

Topics:
Management, organization and control
Occupational hygiene
Assessment methods
Support provided for small and medium-sized enterprises
Other current problems and solution

For further information contact:
Asociacion para la Prevencion de Accidentes (APA)
Echaide, 4
E - 2000S San Sebastian, Spain
Tel.: + 34 43 42 17 52
Fax: + 34 43 42 91 32

SECOND IBEROLATINO-AMERICAN BURN CONGRESS
21 - 25 October 1997, Acapulco, Mexico

For further information contact:
Tuxpan #27, 5' piso, Col. Roma
C.P. 06760, Mexico, D.F.
Tel.: 525 264 70 99; Fax: 525 564 24 96

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN
ASSOCIATION OF TISSUE BANKS
28 - 31 October 1997, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

For further information contact:
In Conference Ltd, 10b Broughton Street Lane
Edinburgh EH I 3LY, UK
Tel.: + 44 (0) 131556 9245
Fax: + 44 (0) 131556 9638

FIFTH EUROPEAN CLUB FOR PEDIATRIC
BURNS WORKSHOP
30 October - I November 1997, Lisbon, Portugal

Topics:
Psychosocial support of severely burned children and their families
How to approach multicenter controlled studies
Mysteries of science
Rehabilitation workshop

For further information contact:
Workshop Secretariat
Roche Farmaceutica Quimica, Lda
Servigo de Congressos
Estrada Nacional 249 - 1
2720 Amadora - Portugal
Tel.: 351 1418 45 65
Fax: 351 1418 66 77

THIRD CONGRESS OF GCC ASSOCIATION
OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
3 - 6 November 1997, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

For further information contact:
Dr Tariq Saeed
P.O. Box 32234, Bahrain
Tel.: 973 641200; Fax: 973 - 642911

CEMEC
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISASTER MEDICINE
REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES 1997
3 - 21 November 1997

The following courses will be held: 3 - 8 November - Organization of sanitary emergency and first aid in prehospital and major emergencies 14 - 15 November - Human rights, humanitarian law and ethics in disaster situations 17 - 18 November - Burns and fire disasters 19 - 21 November - Advances in clinical toxicology: environment toxicology and common drug poisonings

For further information contact:
CEMEC - Secretariat General
Via Scialoja I - 47031 Rep. San Marino
Tel.: + 994535 Fax: 903706
Area code: 0549 (from Italy); 00378549 (from other country)

HUMANITARIAN PLASTIC SURGERY
14 - 15 November 1997, Lyons, France

For further information contact:
Dr Rémy Zilliox
Interplast France - Centre de chirurgie plastique
1, Rue Laborde 69500 Lyon-Bron, France
Tel.: 33 04 78 75 2161
Fax: 03 04 78 74 86 69

EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF BURN TREATMENT
FIFTH CONFERENCE OF BURN WOUND TREATMENT
19 - 22 November 1997, Bydgoszcz, Poland

For further inforination contact:
Dr J. Biziel Regional Hospital
Children's Surgery Ward, ul.
Ujejskiego 75, 85468 Bydgoszcz, Poland

"TOTAL TRAUMA CARE": TRAUMA
CARE (UK) FIRST BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
25 - 27 November 1997, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

For further information contact:
Conference Secretariat
Index Communications
Meeting Services, Crown House, 28 Winchester Road
Romsey, Hampshire, S051 8AA, United Kingdom
Tel.: 44 1794 511332; Fax: 44 1794 511455

FIRST EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE
22 - 25 April 1998, Republic of San Marino

For further information contact:
CEMEC
Via Scialoja 1, 47031 Republic of San Marino
Tel.: + 378 994535 or 906244
Fax: + 378 903706
E-mail: cemec@omniway.sm

FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON INJURY
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
17 - 20 May 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

For further information contact:
Conference Secretariat
P.O. Box 1558,6501 BN
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tel.: + 3124 323 44 71
Fax: + 3124 360 1159

THIRD EUROPEAN TRAUMATOLOGY CONGRESS
17 - 20 June 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

For further information contact:
Conference Management bv
Zwaardenburg 44, NL-3437
RP Nieuwegcin, The Netherlands
Tel.: 31 30 6051498; Fax: 3130 6051497

THIRD BIENNIAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES
CONFRONTING DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
27 June - I July 1998, Edmonton, Alberta, USA

For further information contact:
LACDE International Secretariat
The Union of Local Authorities in Israel
3 Heftman Street, Tel Aviv 61200, Israel
Te.l: 972 - 3 - 695 - 5024
Fax: 972 - 3 - 969 - 7447
E-mail: ulais@netvision.net.il

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
AND MEDICAL NDU5TRY RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRE
FOR DISASTER MEDICINE
"ZASCHITA"

"Disaster Medicine", established in 1992, dwells on the most important matters relevant to theoretical and practical aspects of disaster medicine.
It is the official journal of the All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine "Zaschita " and is published quarterly. The journal is intended not only for medical professionals but also for disaster managers, scientists and planners whose activity in one way or another is connected with the realization of problems of disaster medicine such as organization and tactics of disaster medicine service medical evacuation clinical aspects of disaster medicine sanitation measures in emergencies epidemiology research methodology, experimental investigation, discussion, reviews education and training medical equipment for emergency situations training of the lay public and personnel of different non-medical facilities for emergency situations prevention and population protection in emergency
The journal regularly publishes approved official documents on disaster medicine. To date 18 issues of "Disaster Medicine" have been published, including 5 special-topic issues devoted to: decermary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident; medical and sanitation response in earthquake, radiation and chemical accidents; organization and management of sanitation and epidemiology measures in different emergencies; organization, clinical and psychophysiological problems of disaster psychiatry.
Key specialists and managers of public health from Russia and abroad contribute papers to the journal. Articles from Latvia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Germany, Czech Republic (Mountain Medicine Society) and Canada (International Association "Extreme Environment and Disaster Medicine") have been published. Since 1997 the editorial office has been publishing Supplements to the journal devoted to separate urgent problems of disaster medicine (in accord with the approved instruction manuals) for the specialists of regional health services. Currently there are five Supplements (physicians' manuals):

Medical care for the victims of tear-gas aerosol eye injury

Pain syndrome therapy during the stages of medical care delivery

Sanitation measures on the site of chemical accident with environmental ammonia release

Conduction anaesthesia during the various stages of medical care delivery; the injured population and infectious patients in emergency

In the second half of 1997 the following Supplements are planned:

Municipal hospital response in emergency
Organizational and clinical aspects of medical care delivery to children with crush syndrome
Standards of psychiatric care to victims in emergencies
Assessment of the dynamic state of the occupational reliability and professional health of organized contingents
Training of the personnel of the State Regional Sanitary and epidemic Surveillance Centre and regional centre for disaster medicine (ARCDM "Zaschita") in radiation accident response activities

Articles in Russian have abstracts in English.
You are invited to participate in "Disaster Medicine" publications. Editorial office:
All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine "Zaschita" 5 Schukinskaya St., Moscow, 123182, Russia
Tel.: (095) 190 59 60; 190 63 62
Fax: (095) 190 54 61