President’s Address and Annual Meeting
Sue Cox, RN, MS, CEN, PHN – STN President
Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center - San Diego, California

Your voyage of discovery starts here, with the Annual Meeting and President’s address. This session is open to all full conference attendees. STN President, Sue Cox, will give an update of STN activities, introduce the Board of Directors, and discuss leadership strategies for trauma nurses. This session includes the presentation of STN Awards. Explore and learn more about STN and what it means to be an active member.

Advancing Collaborative Trauma Care
Ernest Block, MD, MBA, EMT-P, FACS, FCCM
Holmes Regional Medical Center – Melbourne, Florida

All aspects of effective trauma care depend on successful team building and dynamics. Dr. Ernest Block welcomes STN to Orlando and explores ways to enhance team performance through communication, reinforcement, and ongoing evaluation.

RURAL TRAUMA SYSTEMS
Injury Risk in Rural Communities: Perception versus Reality
Mary Aitken, MD, MPH
Arkansas Children’s Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas

Children who live in or visit rural areas are at increased risk of injury for a variety of cultural and environmental reasons. Rural America attracts those responding to the allure of wide open spaces for their recreational activities, including ATV’s, snow mobiles, and water sports. However, these same landscape features – cliffs, steep drop-offs, rolling hills, lakes & rivers, and wooded areas - can increase injury risks for the young or inexperienced. Dr. Aitken discussed how that risk may be coupled with long distances to the nearest trauma center, or difficult EMS access to remote areas. Rural trauma care providers face serious challenges in theses cases, including potential delays to the time of initial assessment and stabilization of the victim.

Moderator - Deb Syverson, RN, BSN, EMT

DISASTER
Top 10 Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters
Michele Ziglar, MSN, RN
Shands at the University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida

Planning for disasters or mass casualty events is essential. The past 20 years have marked disasters of all types, from man-made to natural disasters. Whether the event was a bombing, biohazard, hurricane, flood, oil spill, wildfire, tornado, or bridge collapse, each event was marked by the lessons we learned about our vulnerabilities and our ability to respond. Michele Ziglar presents a recent history of disasters and disaster-preparedness, and challenges us to synthesize what we have learned as we prepare multi-hazard response plans to protect the safety of our citizens. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Moderator – Diane Dubinski, RN, TNS, CEN

ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS (3)
Oral Abstract Winners - RESEARCH

The top three submissions in the Research category are presented at this session.

Moderators – Marie Dieter, MSN, RN, PHRN, CEN & Janice DelGiorno, MSN, RN, CCRN, ACNP – Co-chairs, Abstract Review Committee

CHALLENGING CASES
Delirium & Psychosis in the ICU
Jonathan Cohen, MD
Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida

Critical care nurses have long observed the delirium and “ICU psychosis” experienced by some patients, which was historically felt to be inconsequential and reversible. Recent studies have found that delirium rates have been under-reported, and that delirium is associated with increased length-of-stay, higher mortality rates, and long-term cognitive impairment following critical illness. Dr. Cohen discusses the risk factors for delirium and psychosis in the ICU along with screening procedures and both pharmacological and non-pharmacological recommendations for treatment and prevention.

Moderator – Betsy Seislove, RN, MSN, CCRN