ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XXI - n. 3 - September 2008

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2nd Annual congress of Lebanese Society for Emergency Medicine
7-9 October 2008
Beirut, Lebanon

Endorsed by the:

  • WHO
  • AAEM: American Academy for Emergency Medicine
  • SFMU: Société Française de Médecine d’Urgence
  • MBC: Mediterranean Burns Club
  • “Urgence Pratique” Journal - France
  • “Annahar News Paper”- Lebanon

Workshop sessions:

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS),
  • Airway Management,
  • ESI, Triage: a special workshop for ED nurses

Symposiums:

  • Non-surgical management of the patient at risk of hemorrhagic shock
  • Emergency preparedness in times of war and conflicts: “Retour d’expériences”
  • Cardiologic emergencies Managing an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) outside the Coronary Care Unit (New Recommendations)
  • Multidisciplinary session Stroke, Burns, COPD, Head Trauma

Round tables:

  • Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine : Medical Control of the Chain of Survival
  • The role of public health in Emergency Medicine: WHO, MOH, LOP, Syndicate of hospitals, LSEM
  • New guidelines for the accreditation of hospitals in Lebanon: Impact on the Emergency Department

Nursing sessions:

  • Why ESI ? (Emergency Severity Index)
  • ED crowding
  • Managing Cardiopulmonary arrest during hemodialysis
  • Quality of Patients Reception and Care in the ED
  • Lebanese Wars and Conflicts : lessons lear

For further information:
Congress secretariat & Organizer
Tel.: +961 1 510881 / 2 / 3 /
Fax: +961 1 482116
E-mail: medinfo@cyberia.net.lb
Website: www.infomedweb.com

5th World Congress of European Club
for Paediatric Burns
8-11 October 2008
Gda´nsk, Poland

For further information:
Congress Secretariat
E-mail: pedsurg@amg.gda.pl
Websites: www.pedsurg.pl - www.5ecpb.org

National Burn Week
27 October - 2 November 2008
Dubai Police Academy
Dubai, Uae

For further information:
Website: www.nbw.ae

APCDM
The 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicin
2-4 November, 2008
Coex Intercontinental in Seoul, Korea

Topics

  • Disaster Preparedness - National System
  • Disaster Preparedness - International Collaboration
  • Disaster Drill and Training
  • Basic Guidelines of Disaster Response
  • Emergency Department Preparedness for Mass Casualty
  • Early detection of Bioterrorism
  • Decontamination in CBRNE disaster
  • Risk Management or Disaster Mitigation
  • Public Health Issues in Disaster
  • Psychiatric Aspects in Disaster
  • Voluntary Aid Cooperation
  • Database System for Research of Disaster Medicine
  • Medical Support for Safe mass Gatherings
  • Community Safety Promotion
  • Disaster Medicine in General

For more information not found on web site, contact:
9APCDM
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Seoul National University Hospital
28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744 Korea
Tel: +82-2-745-0598
Fax: +82-2-745-5099
E-mail: desk@9apcdm.org
Website: http://www.9apcdm.org.

APBC
7th Asia Pacific Burns Congress & 17th Annual Congress of National
Academy of Burns-India
18-20 January 2009
Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi

For further information:

Congress Secretariat
B-18, Swasthya Vihar, Vikas Marg,
New Delhi - 110092 - India
Tel.: +91-11-23231871
Mob.: +91-9891626395, +91-9810062554, +91-9810029559,
+91-9313088346
Fax: +91-11-23222756
E-mail: desk@7apbc.org
Website: www.7apbc.org

16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
12-15 May 2009
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Topics:

  • Pandemics, Epidemics, and Infectious Diseases
  • Mass Gatherings: Large Scale Sporting Events
  • Safe Hospitals
  • Terrorism - Biological and others
  • Natural Disasters: Water, Wind, Wild Fires, & Earthquakes
  • Refugees and Disasters
  • Psychosocial Issues related to Disasters
  • Paediatrics and Disasters
  • The role of EMS in Disasters
  • Civilian Military Collaboration

For more information not found on web site, contact:
WCDEM 2009 Congress Organizer
Nova Clinical Services Inc.
650 Brookleigh Rd.
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8Z 3J9
Tel.: 250-658-6056
Fax: 250-658-6109
E-mail: info@wcdem2009.org
Website: http://www.wcdem2009.org

EBA 2009
European Burns Association Congress
2-5 September 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland

Plenary session:

  • Hospital hygiene issues: what has changed with isolation procedures?
  • Managing multiresistant germs
  • Defining EBA criteria for skin infection in burns
  • Skin cultures - 20 years’ keratinocyte culture experience

Symposia


  • Analgesia and anaesthesia in burns
  • Diagnosing and managing burn inhalation injuries
  • Nutrition: evidence regarding trace element supplementation in major burns
  • Physio- & ergotherapy in the ICU - contraints and advantages
  • Nursing - clinical status during the acute and subacute phases
  • Nursing - organization of the “burn patient day”
  • Surgery: managing the tricky areas

Poster session


  • 3 guided sessions

For more information not found on web site, contact:
EBA 2009 c/o MCI Suisse SA
75, Rue de Lyon
1211 Geneva 13 - Switzerland
Tel.: 41-22-33-99-579
Fax: 41-22-33-99-601
E-mail: eba2009@mci-group.com