Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XV - n. 2 - June 2002

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International society for burn injuries
11th Quadrennial congress
11-16 August 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA

Topics:

• Burn care around the world
• Critical care - International approaches
• Pre-Hospital / Disaster planning considerations
• Metabolism / Nutrition - Modulation of the hypermetabolic response
• Skin replacement - Uses in acute care and reconstruction
• Outcomes and databases

For further information contact:

ISBI Meeting Management

26064 Capital Drive - Suite A

P.O. Box: 1187 Daphne, AL 36526

Tel.: 334 625 2205

Fax: 334 625 4439

First international convention following the terror attacks of september 11th 2001
27-28 September 2002, Hamburg, Germany

Contents

• Experiences from the emergency responses in NYC
• Strategies for
  • technical rescue
  • emergency medical services
  • public health service
  • hospitals
• Psychological care for rescue personnel and victims
• Summary

For further information contact:

CCh Congress Organization

St. Petersburger Str. 1, D-2035 Hamburg

Tel.: +49-40/3569-2345

Fax: +49-40/3569-2269

E-mail: zuetphen@cch.de

LACDE
Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies
5th International Conference
15-18 October 2002, Shanghai, China

Topics:

Main topic: Reducing risk and vulnerability through sustainable urban development

Additional topics:

• Approaches for identifying, quantifying, and communicating risks
• Activities undertaken to promote risk reduction in cities
• Strategies for overcoming obstacles to creating safer cities
• Rescue technologies for urban emergencies

For further information contact:

Shanghai Municipal Civil Defence Office

Rm. 2709, No. 593 Fu Xing Road, Shanghai, China 200020

Tel.: 0086-21-64286473

Fax: 0086-21-64286683

E-mail: lacde@mfb.sh.cn

Contact person: Ms Deng Jingying

European association of tissue banks
11th international conference on tissue
banking and eatb annual meeting
23-26 October 2002, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Past, Present and Future of Tissue Banking

For further information contact:

Conference Secreteriat:

Son×a Kozáková

Slovak Medical Association, Legionarska 4

811 22 Bratislava, Slovakia

Tel.: +421 2 554 24 015; -554 21 156; -554 22 424

Fax: +421 2 554 22 363

E-mail: secretarysma@ba.telecom.sk

10th Congress
of the European Burns Association
10-13 September 2003, Bergen, Norway

Main topics will include: