FUNDAMENTALS OF TRAUMA MANAGEMENT

Dates : 30 - 31 March, 2010

SPONSORED BY :

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

Department of Surgery, Divisions of Trauma and The Egyptian Society for Healthcare Development

COURSE OBJECTIVES :

Based on well-established principles and objectives of trauma management, the course intended to provide physicians with one acceptable method for safe, immediate management and the basic knowledge necessary to:

A. Identify the trauma related major life-threatening disease processes and the

     resultant rapid deterioration.

B. Resuscitate and stabilize the patient on a priority basis..

C. Explain the importance of timely treatment and a major predictor of good

     outcome for the trauma patient.

D. Assess the patient’s condition rapidly and accurately

E. Be familiar with individual organ injury and management

F. Be familiar with life saving post-traumatic surgical intervention techniques in

    detail

G. Identify components of an effective trauma system .

COURSE COTENT :

    Course Overview

    Introduction to Trauma Care

    Mechanisms of Injury

    Shock & Resuscitation

    Trauma Team Development

    Trauma team Activation & Organization

    Initial Assessment

    Airway & Ventilatory Management

    Thoracic Trauma

    Abdominal Trauma

    Surgical Skills Stations

    Head Trauma

    Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma

    Musculoskeletal Trauma

    Injuries Due to Burn

    Head Injury/Blunt neck Injury

    Penetrating Neck Injury

    Thoracic Vascular Injury & Exposure

    Abdominal Compartment Syndrome - Damage Control Laparotomy

    Blood Transfusion

    Trauma Case Scenarios

    Small Group Discussions

FEATURED GUEST FACULTY :   Robert Cooney, MD, FACS Chairman & Professor of Surgery SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA         John Fortune, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery University of Vermont Burlington, VT, USA

Moustafa Hassan, MD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Director, Division of CC, Burns, Trauma SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA Alaa Ismail, MD Professor of Surgery Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Registration Information

Registration Fees : $ 285

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