Annals of the MBC - vol. 3 - n' 1 - March 1990

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER PROBLEMS
WITH BURN PATIENTS
will be held from 24th to 25th August 1990
in LUDWIGSHAFEN, WEST GERMANY
Sponsored by: International Society for Burn Injuries
World Health Organization
German Speaking Group for Burns and Department
for Burns, Plastic & Hands Surgery
BG Unfallklinik, Ludwigshafen

The scientific programme includes:

  • A review of bum disasters such as the one at Ramstein in 1988, the Charing Cross disaster in London, the los Alfaques, Spain, disaster in 1978, the Queen of Angels School fire in Chicago in 1959, a disaster in Maracaibo, Venezuela and others.
  • Management of future disasters with presentations on transportation, triage, anaesthesia, transfer of patients to bum facilities, definitive care, and long-range planning for rehabilitation.

For further information contact:

Prof. Dr. P.R. Zellner
Berufsgenossenschaftiche - Unfallklinik
Ludwigshafen - Oggersheim
Ludwig - Guttmann Str. 13
67 Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Telephone: 0621 / 6810328 (office)
06359-5503 (home).

TH EINTER NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WOUND HEALING AND WOUND MANAGEMENT
will be held from 6th to 7th October 1990
in SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Sponsored by: International Society for Burn Injuries
World Health Organization

The scientific programme includes:

  • An overview of wound healing
  • Recent advances in the study of wound healing
  • Immune response and dietary care
  • Wound healing in bum patients
  • Wound hormones and the future of burn care
  • Regeneration of skin cultured epithelium
  • Wound healing and oxygen
  • Wound healing with protein free hemodialysate
  • A simplified approach to assessing wounds
  • Hydrocolloids in wound healing
  • Evaluation of epidermal growth factors
  • Effect of epidermal growth factors in healing of donor sites (human)
  • Combined synthetic dermis epidermal cells for wound closure
  • Fibroplastic changes in healing wounds
  • Wound contracture
  • Treatment of radiation injuries
  • Collagen in wound healing
  • Early vascular changes following thermal injury
  • Promotion of keratinocyte growth by wound exudate
  • Decreased bacterial growth on wounds by appropriate dressing techniques
  • Management of chronic wounds (ulcers): vascular, diabetic, decubiti
  • Role of dressing in promoting angiogenesis.

For further information contact:

John A. Boswick, Jr., M.D., FACS
2005 Franklin St. 660
Denver, Colorado 80205 U.S.A.
(303) 839-1694

THE 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON BURN INJURIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES
will be held from 11th to 16th November 1990
in NEW DELHI, INDIA

The scientific programme of the Congress will consist of plenary lectures, symposia and free papers highlighting the recent advances in Bums care and treatment with special relevance to the needs of third world countries.
Symposia are planned on:

  1. Prevention
  2. Burn Injuries in Developing Countries
  3. Nursing
  4. Wound Sepsis
  5. Skin Substitutes
  6. Multi-Organ Failure
  7. Nutrition
  8. Rehabilitation

Papers and presentations will be made on the following topics:

  1. Epidemiology, Prevention, Public Education, Mass Communication
  2. Data Collection, Morbidity, Mortality, Disaster Management
  3. Metabolism,Nutrition, Biochemistry, Pharmacology
  4. Infection, Immunology, Bacteriology, Topical Agents
  5. First Aid, Resuscitation, Intensive Care
  6. Burn wound, Early Excision, Skin Cover, Skin Substitutes, Skin Bank
  7. Special Problems: Bums of Face, Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Hands, Respiratory, Children Psychology, Scars, Keloids, Electrical
  8. Reconstructive Surgery, Late Sequelae, Complications, Rehabilitation
  9. Burns in Developing Countries
  10. Design of Bum Units, Economics of Bum Care
  11. Bum Nursing, Education, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy

For further information contact:

Congress Secretariat 8th Int'l Congress on Burn Injuries
Post Box 190 1, GPO Bombay 400 001 India




 

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