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:
- 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
- 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:
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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