Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XII - n. 1 - March 1999

ANNOUNCEMENTS

15TH WORLD CONGRESS ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
12-16 April 1999, Sao Paulo, Brazil

For further information contact:
Ministry of Labor, Fundacentro, Rua Capote Valente, 710
05409-002 Sdo Paulo, Brazil
Tel.: 0 11 3066 6000
Fax: 011 3066 6234
E-mail: xvcongresso@fundacentro.gov.br
Online: www.fundacentro.gov.br

 

IST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR THE REDUCTION OF NATURAL DISASTERS

MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR ON TELE-DETECTION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE PREVENTION OF DISASTERS

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON BURNS AND DISASTERS PRODUCED BY FIRE

4-7 May 1999, Valencia, Spain

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON BURNS AND DISASTERS PRODUCED BY FIRE
in collaboration with
MEDITERRANEAN CLUB FOR BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS (MBC)

Topics:

Clinical and therapeutic aspects of burns

  • Resuscitation of patients with severe burns. Complications of the respiratory system and polytrauma
  • Special surgery in burns to the face, hands and genitals
  • Immunological aspects
  • Research on skin cultivated in vitro. Current situation. Live donors, skin from corpses, pig skin, amnion, bone homografts, cartilage, comea middot;
  • Biotechnology
  • Rehabilitation of burns patients (social employment and family problems and impact of burns on sexuality)
  • Psychological support;
  • The organization of prehospital medical attention in emergencies caused by fire in the different autonomous regions
  • Current situation in Burns Centres
  • History of disasters caused by fire

Civil Defence in Fire Disasters

  • Nuclear energy department
  • Research into fires. The current situation in the Mediterranean area
  • The risk culture, training and misinformation
  • Medical and technological progress in fire-fighting (telemedic, ecc..)
  • General operating methods in co-ordination centres
  • Urban disaster
  • Industrial disaster
  • Forest fires
  • Terrorism

For further information contact:
Federacio Valenciana de Municipis i Provincies
c/ Conde Trenor, 946003 Valencia, Spain
Fax: 96 391 51 07
E-mail: congress@ fvmp.es

For further information on the Mediterranean Regional Conference of the International Decade for the Reduction of Natural Disasters and Mediterranean Seminar on Tele-detection and New Technologies applied to the Prevention of Disasters
Contact:
General Directorate of Civil Protection
c/ Quinfiliano, 21
28002 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: 91 537 33 05 Fax: 91 582 89 24
E-mail: conmed@procivil.mir.es

 

11TH WORLD CONGRESS ON EMERGENCY AN DISASTER MEDICINE
10-13 May 1999, Osaka, Japan

The MBC is an Affiliated Society of WADEM and recommends 1999 World Congress in Japan.

Topics:

  1. Disaster medicine
  • Lesson learned from the great Hanshin-Awaii earthquake
  • How to coordinate for anti-personnel landmines
  • Modem technology of warning systems for various disasters
  • Volcanic eruption: short and long term, direct and indirect health effects
  • Emergency response for radiation accidents
  • Mass evacuation for war and civil conflict
  • Terrorism including suicide bombing
  • Quality management for disaster medicine
  • International assistance
  1. Emergency medicine
  • How to treat multiple-trauma patients
  • New CPR
  • Fluid therapy at the pre-hospital phase
  • Advanced therapy of AMI
  • Quality management for emergency medicine
  • EMSS

For further information contact:
Dr Tatsuro Kai, Secretery General 11I-Wadem
Prefectural Senri Critical Care Medical Center
1-1. Tsukumodai, Suita City
Osaka, Japan 562-0862
Fax: + 81.6.6872-1846
E-mail-: wademll@osk3.3webnb.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wademll
or
The Editor: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Clinical Science Center
600 North Highland E5/615 University of Wisconsin
Madison WI, 53792, USA
Fax: + 1.608.263-9461
E-mail: mlb@medicine.wisc.edu

 

CONTROVERSIES IN CIVILIAN AND MILITARY TRAUMA
15-16 May 1999, Brisbane, Australia

For further information:
XICA Conference and Event Masters
P.O. Box 7091, East Brisbane, Queensland
4169 Australia
Tel.: 07-3395-5743
Fax: 07-3395-6883

 

12TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION FOR PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
27 June - 2 July 1999, San Francisco, California

Contact:
12th Congress of IPRAS
c/o Associated Management Services
444 E. Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Tel.: 647-228-9900
Fax: 847-228-6509

 

38TH WORLD CONGRESS OF SURGERY INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK (ISW99)
15-20 August 1999, Vienna, Austria

For further information contact:
Congress Secretariat ISW99
Mondial Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG
Faulmarmgasse 4
1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: ++ 43 1 588 04 0
Fax: ++ 43 1 586 91 85
E-mail: congress@mondial.via.at

 

21ST ESPEN CONGRESS CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
4-8 September 1999, Stockholm, Sweden

For further information contact:
Espen '99, c/b MCI Congress
Rue de Lyon 75
1211 Geneva 13, Switzerland
Tel.: + 41 2233 90580
Fax: + 41 2233 90521

 

8TH CONGRESS EUROPEAN BURNS ASSOCIATION (EBA)
15-18 September 1999, Marathon-Attica, Greece

For further information contact:
Congress Secretariat: Svoronos Travel
5, Apollonos str.
105 27 Athens, Greece
Tel.: + 30-1-3244932
(from Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00)
Fax: +30-1-3250660
E-mail: luca@hol.gr

 

2ND WORLD CONGRESS OF TISSUE BANKING AND 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EATB
7-10 October 1999, Warsaw, Poland

Topics:

  • Legal and ethical aspects of tissue retrieval, banking and tranplantation, national and EC standards
  • Tissue procurement, processing, preservation, sterilization and storage; standardization of procedures, safety and quality control
  • Theoretical and clinical aspects of tissue allograft application in reconstructive surgery (bone, cartilage, tendons, skin, amnion, heart valves, corneas & others)
  • Preservation and storage of human living cells (keratinocytes, reproductive cells, stern cells of peripheral blood, bone marrow, cord blood)
  • Interaction of tissue with artificial materials
  • Miscellaneous

Contact:
Scientific Secretariat & Information:
Department of Transplantology & Central Tissue Bank
Medical University in Warsaw, Institute of Biostructure
02-004 Warsaw
Chalubifiskiego 5, Poland
Tel./Fax: 48 22 621 7543 or 48 22 629 5282
E-Mail: agoclaw@ib.amwaw.edu.pl

 

6TH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE PAN-ARAB ASSOCIATION FOR BURN AND PLASTIC SURGERY
5-8 December 1999, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Symposia:

  • Intensive care of the critically burned patient
  • Free tissue transfer
  • Ambulatory plastic surgery
  • Ethics and malpractice in plastic surgery
  • Live operation workshops, satellite and video presentations
  • Wide spectrum of modem plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery procedures, free papers, posters and discussions

For further information:
Dr Ali Al-Numairy
President, Arab Plast '99
P.O. Box: 7787
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: 971 4699717
Fax: 971 4681771
E-Mail: numairy@emirates.net.ae

 

TISSUE ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM:
IMAGINATION TO REALITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
3-5 September 2000, Perth, Western Australia

For further information:
Congress West Pry Ltd.
P.O. Box: 1248
Perth, Western Australia 6872
Australia
Tel.: 61-8-9322-6906
Fax: 61-8-9322-1734
E-Mail: conwes@congresswest.com.au

 

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZELAND BURN ASSOCIATION (ANZ BA) 2000:
BEYOND 2000 QUALITY BEYOND SURVIVAL
6-8 September 2000, Perth, Western Australia

For further information:
Congress West Pry Ltd.,
P.O. Box: 1248
Perth, Western Australia 6972
Australia
Tel.: 61-8-9322-6906
Fax: 61-8-9322-1734
E-Mail: conwes@congresswest.com.au

 

5TH ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MEDICINE
27-30 September 2000, Vancouver, Canada

Early Announcement for this important international conference MBC participation.
For further information contact:
Prof. M. Wayne Greene
Director, Health, Safety & Environment
Stet, 50 - 2075 Westbrook Mall, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, V6T 121, Canada
Fax: + 1,604.822-6650
E-Mail: greene@safety.ubc.ca

 



 

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