14th European Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery

Preliminary Scientific ProgrammeMain TopicsTrauma- Chain of survival- Teamwork in trauma care- Open CPR in traumatic cardiac arrest- War and terrorism related injuries- Amputations for limb trauma- Sport related injuries- Pediatric trauma- Trauma in the elderly- Pelvic traumaEmergency Surgery- Surgical oncologic emergencies- Bariatric surgery: complications management- Emergency laparoscopyTrauma & Emergency Surgery- Hemorrhagic shock- Life-threatening thoracic situations- Life-threatening abdominal disease- Abdominal wall reconstruction- Non-heart beating donor organ retrieval- New technologies- Teaching trauma and emergency surgery- Networks – RegistriesPre- & Post-Congress CoursesPre-congress courses- Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructors Update (ATLS in Europe)- Modular UltraSound ESTES Course (MUSEC)- Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course (DSTC)- Medical Response to Major Incidents (MRMI)- Vascular Injuries Course (VIC)Post-congress courses- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)- Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN)- Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)- Emergency Surgery Course (ESTES/ESC)Consensus conference on pelvic trauma management4Session Types & TitlesEmergency Surgery- Surgical Oncologic Emergencies (Instructional Lecture Course, ILC)- When is laparoscopy the best route? (ILC)- Experts in difficult situations: “How I do it”, Tips & Tricks (ILC)- Bariatric surgery: complication management (Keynote lecture)- What treatments can be delayed, and for how long? (Keynote lecture)- Emergency care in times of financial austerity (Keynote lecture)- Abdominal pain in the pediatric patient (Keynote lecture)- Emergency medicine and acute care surgery, who is doing what? (Keynote lecture)- Does training in elective one-organ surgery make you automatically an expert inemergency surgery? (Keynote lecture)- Reoperative abdominal surgery, how I do it? (Keynote lecture)- US for acute care surgeon: placing the incision and detecting complications (12 to 12)- Postoperative care after emergency surgery; why surgeons should go to the ICU (12 to 12)- When to skip the CT scan and go straight to the OR (12 to 12)Visceral Trauma- Abdominal wall injuries (ILC)- Abbreviated laparotomy in bowel injury; when to defer anastomoses? (ILC)- Splenic injury (ILC)- The primary and secondary injured lung (Joint ILC; Visceral Trauma/Emergency Surgery)- Thoracic large vessel injury: current status (Keynote lecture)- Pathophysiology of trauma: what happens to the organs after the crash? (Keynote lecture)- Injury to the kidney and its vessels (Keynote lecture)- Retrohepatic injury: tricks and tips (12 to 12)- Trauma system development: should we take visceral trauma as the pivot point? (12 to 12)- Visceral trauma fellowship in South Africa: what to expect (12 to 12)Skeletal Trauma- Trauma in the elderly (ILC)- Pediatric Trauma (ILC)- Sport related injuries: Spine injuries (ILC)- Sport /traffic related injuries: open metaphyseal fractures (ILC)- Emergency physician, anaesthesiologist and surgeon: Who should be the trauma leader?(Joint ILC; Skeletal Trauma/Emergency Surgery)- Pelvic trauma management (Keynote lecture)- Amputations for limb trauma (Keynote lecture)- War and terrorism related injuries (Joint ILC; Skeletal Trauma/Emergency Surgery)- Emergency or urgency (Keynote lecture)- The ageing surgeon: To engage or to dismiss? (12 to 12)- Chances in the fracture care of the foot: en français (12 to 12)- Algorithm of the treatment of infections in fracture care (12 to 12)- Where do we stand in trauma surgery (12 to 12)Disaster & Military Surgery- Disasters: what are we talking about (ILC)- Preparedness for disasters (ILC)- Legal / Ethical considerations with disaster care (Keynote lecture)- Pro / con "disaster care is merely upgraded regular care" (12 to 12)- Disaster care is working together (How I do it)- Dormant disaster hospital, unique facility in Europe (Interactive Video Session)Education- Standardized Trauma Education in Europe - Mission Impossible. So where do we gofrom here? (ILC)- The Trauma Surgeon - different countries, different challenges, constructive solutions? (ILC)Satellite Symposia- Traumatic cardiac arrest- Wound balistics- Non-heart beating donor organ retrieval- Heamorragic shock