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

7th European Congress of
Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Malmö, Sweden
6-9 September 2006
organized by
EATES – European Association of Trauma & Emergency Surgery
in collaboration with:
ETS - European Trauma Society
ISDM - International Society of Disaster Medicine
Region Skåne
Lund University

Main Topics:

• Problems in abdominal trauma
• Vascular injuries
• Neurological trauma
• Complex distal tibial, ankle and foot injuries
• Treatment of fractures in children
• Psychological management in trauma
• Health problems in complex emergencies
• Chemical and biological terror action - present and future threats and prevention
• Disasters affecting citizens in foreign countries
• Natural disasters
• Emergency management in armed conflicts

Pre-congress courses:

• Definitive Surgical Trauma Care
• Controversies in Emergency Surgery
• Ultrasonography in Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Simulator training half day
• TOPIC – Trauma Outcome and Performance Improvement Course
• Extremity sparing treatment in trauma – theory and practice
• Prehospital extrication course for doctors, nurses, paramedics and prehospital teams

For further information contact:
www.eates.se