ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XIX - n. 1 - March 2006

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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