Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XVIII - n. 4 - December 2005

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Forum on Patient Safety
Tokyo, Japan
23-24 January 2006

Main topics:

• Epidemiology of clinical accident
• Role of information, labeling and patient safety
• Electronic technology toward clinical accident
• Risk communication, risk behavior, risk perception in clinical accident
• Monitoring and severance system for clinical accident
• Ethics and risk education system for clinical accident
• The third party for clinical accident
• Legal aspects in clinical accident
• Medical economics in patient safety
• Development in drug product for patient safety
• Ergometrics for man-machine system in clinical instruments for patient safety
• Clinical governing and policy for clinical accident
• Training of accident-prone medical staffs
• Clinical risk management for cancer, infectious diseases, and illnesses
• Risk management in rehabilitation and care houses

For further information contact:

Shirley V. Villalobos Chaves

Assistant of Editor in Chief for JMS

International Secretary of Union of Risk Management

for Preventive Medicine (URMPM)

URMPM Information, Publication and Registration Office

E-mail: secr-office@umin.ac.jp

Fax: 506+292-6136 (506 is the countrycode of Costa Rica)

(Homepage) http://www.urmpm.org

The John A. Boswick, M.D.,
Burn and Wound Healing Symposium
Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.
20-24 February 2006

* Course for physicians, researchers, investigators, nurses, therapists, and others interested in development of techniques, drugs, and devices in the study and management of wound healing, wound management, burn care, and infection control

Online registration is available on the website
www.jabmauisymposium.com

American Burn Association
Aba 38th Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
4-7 April 2006

2006 Program

Updated abstract categories:

• Critical illness
• Wounds
• Rehabilitation and reconstruction
• Comfort management
• Nutritional and metabolic response
• Pre-hospital and disaster planning
• Outcomes
• Fiscal administration

Postgraduate Courses
Topics:

• Diagnosis and Management of ASD and PTSD
• Hot Issues in Burn Center Administration
• Disaster Preparedness for Burn Centers
• Hot Issues in Burn ICU
• Exciting new educational opportunities
• Posters
• Educational Symposium
  “Electrical, Chemical and Non-Thermal Burns”
• The Presidential Address by Gary F. Purdue, MD, FACS
  “Nutrition – yesterday, today, and tomorrow”
• The Everett Idris Evans Memorial Lecture
  “Critical Care of the Burn Patient”
• The President’s Plenary Session
  “The Unique Role of the Firefighter”

American Burn Association

625 N. Michigan Avenve, Suite 2550

Chicago, IL, 60611

Phone: (312) 642-9260

Fax: (312) 642-9130

www.ameriburn.org info@ameriburn.org