ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annals of the MBC - vol. 5 - n' 3 - September 1992

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE V WORLD BURN CONGRESS
will be held from 22nd to 25th October 1992
in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (USA)
Sponsored by The Phoenix Society for Burn
Survivors, Inc.

The scientific Programme includes:

Rehabilitation of the burn survivor Advances in plastic surgery treatment Intervention in the burned-abused child situation Sexuality after burns Guilt problems of bum survivor's family Bioethics - Should the seriously burned be allowed to die? Burn treatment and support around the world Building a new self image
For further information contact:
The Phoenix Society c/o David Jayne Tinsman & Houser Inc. One Riverwalk Place 14th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205

THE WORLD MEETING ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE, TRAUMA CARE
AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
will be held from 16th to 20th November 1992
in MADRID, SALAMANCA, BARCELONA, SEVILLA (SPAIN)

This Meeting is supported by the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine, the International Society for Emergency Medical Services, the Panamerican Society of Trauma and the National Institute of Emergency Medicine of Portugal, among others.
For further information contact:
Secretaria Tecnica: Deyconsa
C/Comandante Zorita, 19 - Bajo
Phone: (91) 554 75 68 / 554 76 90
Fax: (91) 554 66 78
28020 Madrid

THE SYMPOSIUM ON PREVENTION, EVACUATION, ETC. OF BURNS
will be held in November 1992
in VALLADOLID (SPAIN)

For further information contact:
Dr J. Blanco Tunon
Rep. Argentina, 13
24004 Leon - Spain
Fax: 987.242848

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRICAL TRAUMA
will be held from 11th to 12th June 1993
in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (USA)

The scientific programme includes:
Fields of burn trauma
Radiation injuries
Cellular and molecular biophysics
Cellular pathology
Reconstructive surgery
Progress in electrical and radiation injury
For further information contact:
The University of Chicago
Center for Continuing Medical Education
6019 South Kimbark, Box 129
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Phone: 1-312-702-1056
Fax: 1-312-702-1736

8th WORLD CONGRESS ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE
will be held from 20th to 23rd June 1993
in STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

The World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine holds its scientific congress every two years in a different continent. Its 8th World Congress will be held in June 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Among topics relevant to emergency and disastermedicine, the programme will focus on emergencies due to extreme weather conditions, sea transportation, chemical and biological warfare agents, nuclear accidents and risk assessment.
For further information contact:
WCEDM'93
Stockholm Convention Bureau
P.O. Box 6911
S-102 39 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone:+46.8 230990
Fax: +46.8 348441