ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. Xl - n. 2 - June 1998

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA ANESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY SPECIAL CME TRAUMA CONFERENCES

Locations:
12-16 July 1998, Montreal, Canada
19-23 July 1998, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
29 August-10 September 1998, Alaska
14-22 November 1998, Costa Rica Cruise
5-12 December 1998, Dominican Republic

For complete information:
PO Box 2797
Pasco WA 99302 USA
Tel.: 509 547 7065
Fax: 509 547 1265
Internet: http://www.nwas.com/itaccs
E-Mail: nwas@owt.com

THE INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA ANESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY MULTIDISCIPLINARY CME COURSES

Locations:
20-22 August 1998, Orlando, Florida
5-7 November 1998, San Antonio, Texas
January 1999, South Beach, Florida
February 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana
April 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 1999, London, England
August 1999, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

For complete information contact:
Cambridge Health Resources
ITACCS-CHR
1037 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164
Tel.: 617 630 1371
Tel.: 617 630 1325
E-Mail: mstarzyk@chealth.com

5TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN TISSUE REPAIR SOCIETY
27-30 August 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark

Topics:
· Practical wound care day
· Biology of wound healing
· Problem wounds
· Future developments

For further information contact:
Congress Consultants
PO Box 1250
DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Tel.: + 45 70 20 03 05
Fax: + 45 70 20 03 15
E-Mail: congress@imageAk

4TH ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MEDICINE
2-4 September 1998, Sapporo, Japan

Topics:

Earthquakes
Explosion and fires
Tornado and typhoon
Flood
Air, land and sea accident
Radiation
Land mine injury
Mass intoxications
Complex disaster
Infection following disaster
Transportation and evacuation
Hospitals and disasters
Disaster management
Miscellaneous

For further information contact:
Department of Traurnatology and Critical Care Medicine
Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
South-1, West-16, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo, 060 Japan
Tel.: + 81 11 611 2111
Fax: + 81 11 611 4963
E-Mail: wyoshida@sapmed.ac.jp

20TH ESPEN CONGRESS ON CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
16-19 September 1998, Nice, France

For further information contact:
Nice Acropolis Development Department
I Esplanade Kennedy
B.P. 83 - 0632 Nice Cedex 4 France
Tel.: 33 04 93928300
Fax: 33 04 93928255

IITH WORLD CONFERENCE ON CIVIL PROTECTION
25-28 October 1998, Beijing, China

Topics:
Development of civil protection structures
International co-operation
Law and doctrine

For further information contact:
International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO)
10-12, Chemin de Survile, P.O. Box 172
CH 1213 Petit - Laney 2 / Geneva (Switzerland)
Tel.: (+ 4122) 793 44 33
Fax: (+ 4122) 793 44 28

Ministry of Civil Affairs
International Cooperation Department
147 Beiheyan Street
Beijing 100 721
People's Republic of China
Tel.: 0086 10 652 56 388
Fax: 0086 10 651 21 882

10TH MEETING OF MEDITERRANEAN CLUB FOR BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS
WHO Collaborating Centre

4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS
29 October - 1 November, Athens, Greece

Topics:
Mass casualties in public areas
Organizing the Civil Defence infrastructure
Burns in childhood
Prevention - Reconstruction - Rehabilitation
Inhalation injury
Psychiatric problems in burns and fires

For further information contact:
Prof. John Ioannovich
Professor of Surgery - University of Athens
Center of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery
154, Messogione Avenue
11527 Athens
Tel.: + 30 1 7709831
Fax: + 30 1 7709831

10TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES
1-6 November 1998, Jerusalem, Israel

Topics:
Burns and the community
Acute phase
Late phase
For further information contact:
10th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries
P.O.B. 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel
Tel.: 972 3 5140014
Fax: 972 3 5175674 or 972 3 5140077
E-Mail: burn@kenes.com
http://www.kenes.co.il

PHILIPPINE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA FORUM
13-15 November 1998, Manila, Philippines

Host: Philippine Society for the Surgery of Trauma
Venue: Dusit Hotel Nikko, Makati City, Metro Manila

Topics:
· Critical care
· Epidemiology
· Injury prevention Mass casualties incidence and terrorism Multi organ failure Nutrition

· Prehospital care
· Specific organ injuries
· Systemic inflammatory
· Response syndrome
· Surgery

For further information contact:
Narciso S. Navarro, Jr, M.D.
PCS Bldg., 992 Edsa
Oueron City 1005, Philippines
Tel.: 632 929 2359 / 632 927 4974
Fax: 632 929 2297
E-Mail: pcs@skyinet.net

2ND INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE THERAPY OF INFECTIONS
18-21 November 1998, Florence, Italy

For further information contact:
Clinica Malattie Infettive
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Nuovo Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio
Via di Torre Galli, 3 1-50143 Firenze, Italy
Tel.: + 39 55 7192539 or 7192538
Fax: + 39 55 7192505
E-Mail: infdis@cesitI.unifi.it