Ann. Medit. Burns Club - vol. VII - n. I - March 1994

MBC NEWS

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Burn and fire disasters:
individual and socio-economic problems

Burn disease

• EPIDEMIOLOGY - PREVENTION
• RESUSCITATORY THERAPY - RESPIRATORY FAILURE
• IMMUNOLOGY - INFECTION
• WOUND CARE, BIOMATERIALS, SURGERY
• REHABILITATION

Fire disaster

• URBAN, INDUSTRIAL, FOREST, AIRPORT, MARITINIE, NUCLEAR, VOLCANIC DISASTERS
• IMMEDIATE CARE, FIRST AID, ORGANIZED RELIEF, MANAGEMENT
• EVACUATION OF MASS CASUALTIES - HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION
• FIRE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, EDUCATION, TRAINING OF PUBLIC
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DISASTERS

Socio-economics

• FUND RAISING FOR CARE AND RESEARCH
• THE ROLE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY
• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS' SUPPORT
• MASS MEDIA IN FIRE DISASTER INFORMATION

Paramedic and associate

• NURSING CARE OF ITIE BURNED PATIENT
• NURSING SUPPORT IN THE BURN UNIT
• APPROPRIATE REGIONAL BURN CARE
• FACILITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
• PREHOSPITAL CARE
• CIVIL, DEFENCE
  

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

3/6 Saturday Palermo

17.00 beginning of embarkation, allotment of cabins
20.00 departure
20.30 dinner, first sitting
21.30 dinner, second sitting
after dinner: friendship dance

4/6 Sunday Tunis

8.00 arrival and disembarkation after breakfast
8.30 excursion: Tunis, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said
12.30 return on board
13.00 lunch, first sitting
14.00 lunch, second sitting
15.30 sailing
16.00 inauguration of Congress.
16.30 Congress Scientific session
20.00 dinner, first sitting
21.00 dinner, second sitting
after dinner: Showtime

5/6 Monday Malta

8.00 arrival and disembarkation after breakfast
8.30 excursion. La Valletta, Mdina, Mosta
11.30 return on board
12.00 sailing
12.30 lunch, first sitting
13.30 lunch, second sitting
15.30 Congress Scientific session
20.00 dinner, first sitting
21.00 dinner. second sitting
after dinner: Grand Gala

6/6 Tuesday

8.00 Sailing to Piraeus (Athens)
8.30 breakfast
11.00 Congress Scientific session
11.30 Coffee break
13.00 Congress Scientific session
14.00 lunch first sitting
15.30 lunch second sitting
18.00 Congress Scientific session
19.00 dinner first sitting
19.00 arrival at Piraeus
20.00 dinner, second sitting
24.00 disembarkation; excursion: Athens, Acropolis, Athens by nigh
00.30 return on board and spaghettata sailing
00.30 Sailing

7/6 Wednesday

8.30 breakfast
9.00 Congress Scientific session
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Congress Scientific session
13.00 lunch, first sitting
14.00 lunch, second sitting
16.00 Congress Scientific session
20.00 dinner and goodbye dance

8/6 Thursday Sailing to Palermo

8.30 breakfast
9.00 Congress proceedings
11.00 closure Congress
12.00 arrival in Palermo
12.30 disembarkation and accommodation in hotels
13.00 lunch (in hotels)
15.00 sightseeing in Palermo - Monreale
19.30 Whitaker Prize-giving Ceremony
20.30 Gala Banquet Whitaker Foundation Park

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACS:
M. MASELLIS
Divisione di Chirurgia Plastica e Terapia delle Ustioni Ospedale Civico - 90127 PALERMO, ITALY
Tel. + 39 91666 36 31 - 666 36 34 Fax + 39 9159 64 04