8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
STN TCRN Preparation Course
Faculty: Kathi Ayers, MSN, RN, FNP
Melissa Harte, MS, RN
Yvonne Michaud, MSN, RN
Julie Nash, MSN, RN
Joan Pirrung, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Pam Woods, MSN, RN, CEN, ACNS-BC
STN will hold the STN TCRN Preparation Course on March 29 and 30th at the 2016 Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. This two-day course will feature expert speakers covering topics specific to the body of knowledge in trauma nursing across the continuum of care, from injury prevention through reintegration to home.
The Society of Trauma Nurses is pleased to announce that it has developed a Preparation Course, designed for nurses who are preparing for the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) exam, developed by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN®).
Course Fee: The registration fee is $425, which includes a refreshment break on Tuesday, continental breakfast, lunch and breaks on Wednesday, and the course manual.
Questions? Please contact info@traumanurses.org for assistance.
Please note: Participation in the STN TCRN Preparation Course is not mandatory, and will not impact your eligibility to sit for the national certification examinations offered by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN®).
Disclaimer: Persons participating in the STN TCRN Preparation Course to help prepare for an examination offered by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN®) acknowledge that there is no guarantee stated or implied that participation will assure passage of an examination. STN makes no warranties about the content of the STN TCRN Preparation Course.
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9:00 AM – 10:15 AM |
SIG and Committee Meetings Part 1
Advanced Practice SIG (see below)
Geriatric SIG
Injury Prevention SIG
TOPIC Committee
Advanced Providers in Trauma Care: Case Study Presentations – What Would You Do?
The Society of Trauma Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This session has been awarded 1.0 contact hour. To successfully complete this course, participants must attend the entire event and complete/submit the evaluation at the end of the session.
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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
ATCN Committee Meeting
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10:30 AM – 11:45 AM |
SIG and Committee Meetings Part 2
Government Affairs & Public Policy
Journal of Trauma Nursing
Membership and Marketing
Pediatric Committee
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12:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
EAST Workshop: How to Build and Sustain a Successful Advanced Practitioner Program
Faculty: A. Britton Christmas, MD, FACS: Practice Environments & Staffing Models: Maximizing our Resources
Dennis A. Taylor, MEd., MBA, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCM:: Investing in the Future: Research and Professional Development
Patricia Maher Harrison MS, RN, CCRN,ACNP-BC: Onboarding Processes, Evaluations, and Retention Strategies: Building and Maintaining your Team
Jonathan Messing, MSN, CCRN, ACNPBC: The AP as a Leader: Continuity, Guidelines, and Education
Eligible for 4.0 Continuing Education Hours
This workshop will address several of the challenges facing our nation’s trauma centers with regards to the integration of advanced practitioners into busy trauma/critical care service lines. The topics to be addressed represent challenges that have been raised by advanced practitioner members of EAST and STN. Topics will include: staffing models, onboarding processes and training, retention strategies, leadership and professionalism, and professional development. The workshop will consist of lectures in combination with open forum discussion among attendees.
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12:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
Writing for Publication Workshop
Faculty: Presented by the Journal of Trauma Nursing Editor and Editorial Board Members:
Kathryn Schroeter, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE
Elizabeth V. Atkins, BSN, RN, CCRN-K
Laura M. Criddle PhD, RN-BC, FAEN
Alice Davis, PhD, RN, APRN
Eligible for 4.0 Continuing Education Hours
Do you have an idea or clinical experience that you want to share? Are you working on a quality project or research study and need help bringing your findings from the analysis stage to the written page? This hands-on workshop, presented by the Editor and Editorial Board members of the Journal of Trauma Nursing, will give you practical advice about synthesizing, organizing, and writing your work for publication. Bring your ideas and manuscript drafts for immediate feedback and guidance and leave one step closer to authoring a published article!
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12:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
Pediatric Workshop: When Injury Produces More Than a “Headache”
Faculty: Kathleen Gorenc, CPNP-AC: Acute Care Management of TBI
David Gonda, MD: When TBI Leads to Increased ICP and More
Wendy Wright, MD: Abusive Head Trauma
Thaddeus Wilson, MD: Life After TBI
Eligible for 4.0 Continuing Education Hours
TBI remains the major cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality. Join our pre-conference faculty to discuss current and future treatment options in the management of abusive and non abusive traumatic brain injury.
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12:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
Leadership Workshop
Faculty: Melissa Hockaday, MSN, ANCP-BC: Key Principles to Leadership
Amy Krichten, BSN, RN, CEN: Crew Resource Management
Amber Kyle, MSN, RN:: Reading Body Language and Professional Presence
Tracy McDonald, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC: How to Promote Effective Physician Partnerships
Sarah Mattocks, MSN, RN, CRNP:: Succession Planning
Eligible for 4.0 Continuing Education Hours
The Society of Trauma Nurse Leadership Pre-Conference Workshop is designed for trauma professionals who are interested in gaining knowledge in leadership principles, effective communication strategies and identification of new tools to advance their careers. The leadership conference will be facilitated by experienced and knowledgeable leaders who have served in various roles within the trauma community. The leadership preconference should be attended by both novice and experienced leaders who are seeking opportunities to excel in their careers.
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4:30 PM |
Mentoring Program and Meet Up
The STN Conference mentoring program
matches seasoned STN veterans with
members seeking guidance at the annual
STN conference. Pre-registered mentors
and mentees will meet at the STN
Membership Table near the registration
area prior to the Welcome Reception
on Wednesday, March 30 at 4:30 PM.
Mentors and mentees will make plans to
pair up at many events throughout the
conference.
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4:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
Opening Night Reception & Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall
- Network with your colleagues and vendor partners
- Hearty appetizers
- Cash Bar
- Visit the Exhibits
- Play “Exhibit Hall Baseball” Game
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7:00 AM – 7:45 AM |
Annual Meeting Julie Nash, MSN, RN, STN President
Continental Breakfast served.
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8:00 AM – 8:45 AM |
President’s Address
Joan Pirrung, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC,, Incoming STN President
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8:45 AM – 9:45 AM |
Keynote Address: Trauma’s New Golden Hour
H. Gill Cryer, MD, FACS
Dr. Cryer is Professor of Surgery and Chief of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care at Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center. He is a past president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and a past member of the Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma where he was Chair of the Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee and the Trauma Quality Improvement Project (TQIP). His research interests include shock and resuscitation, multiple organ failure, management of the unstable trauma patient, trauma systems and quality improvement.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
When Trauma Systems Work: Successful Complex Trauma Case Studies
Lynn Gerber Smith, MS, RN
Trauma systems were developed to increase survival and outcomes in patients with traumatic injuries. This presentation will explore three complex trauma cases from their pre-hospital care through rehabilitation. Resuscitative and intra-operative strategies including use of field providers and their extrication tools in the hospital environment will be shared. Successful critical care and acute nursing interventions will be discussed. The trauma network survivors program will be emphasized.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Critical Care Procedures for the Advanced Practitioner: Delineation of Privileges, Credentialing, and Skills Maintenance Requirements (EAST Session)
A. Britton Christmas, MD, FACS
Carla A. Aresco, CRNP
Marialice Gulledge, DNP, ANP-BC
A short series of lectures describing the evolution of the advanced practitioner in the trauma/critical care practice and their assistance with, or performance of, procedures in the critical care setting, addressing such issues as delineation of privileges, credentialing, and skills maintenance for advanced practitioners. These topics will reference databank templates that are being developed by the EAST Advanced Practitioners Section.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Improving Palliative Care Consultation in a Trauma ICU and Step-down Unit
Teresa Hobt-Bingham, MSN, RN
Older patients experiencing trauma are often admitted with baseline cognitive impairment, chronic conditions or increased level of frailty. Palliative care is a process that focuses on quality of life by aligning goals of care, pain relief, and psychological/spiritual needs. A screening tool was designed for the bedside nurse to assess the need for early palliative care consultation; the use of this screening tool in collaboration with multidisciplinary rounds improved palliative consultation rates in the trauma unit.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Leading the Charge in Anticoagulation Reversal: Benefits, Risks, and Key Factors in Application to the Traumatically Injured Patient
Emily Hutchison, PharmD, BCPS
After attending this session, participants will be able to compare and contrast the new oral anticoagulant medications, including apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, and
rivaroxaban; evaluate therapeutic options for traumatically injured patients who require emergent reversal of a new oral anticoagulant; and review the budgetary impact of the
various emergent reversal options for new oral anticoagulants.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Creating a Geriatric Focused Model of Care in Trauma with Geriatric Education
Kai Bortz, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNL
Forty percent of trauma patients will exceed age 65 by 2050. That number has already been surpassed in the presenting organization’s Level I designated trauma center. These statistics prompted geriatric specific education for trauma nurses through Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), and the development of multiple geriatric focused process improvement initiatives that focused on the unique needs of the geriatric trauma patient, in an effort to improve outcomes, reduce hospital complications, and reduce healthcare costs for this high risk population.
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
The Secret Weapon of Recovery after Injury: The GI Tract
Christine Schulman, MS, RN, CCRN,
CNS
Following this session, attendees will be able to apply knowledge about physiologic responses to tissue trauma and shock to guide assessment and utilize emerging interventions to mitigate inflammation. Pathophysiologic responses of the GI tract and strategies for optimizing immunocompetence will be discussed.
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
ORAL ABSTRACT WINNERS – Evidence Based Practice
Authors, TBA
The top three submissions in the Evidence-Based Practice category are presented at this session. This is an opportunity to review EBP projects from a variety of trauma centers.
Improving Care by Imbedding a Trauma Hospitalist onto the Trauma Service
Deborah Hassler, ACNP-BC; Joan Pirrung, ACNS-BC; Mark Cipolle, MD, PhD
Designing Technology to Reduce Pain in Pediatric Trauma Patients
Jillian Swearer
BSN, RN, CCRN Susan Matthews BSN, RN, CCRN
Implementation and Evaluation of a Team Simulation Training Program
Yvonne Rice, APRN DNP, Cynthia Talley, MD, Lisa Fryman, RN DNP, and Mary DeLetter, PhD, RN
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
Reversal of Anti-platelet and/or Target-Specific Oral Anticoagulants in Trauma Patients (EAST Session)
A. Britton Christmas, MD, FACS
Nicole Stassen, MD, FACS
The session will consist of a short series of lectures highlighting various anticoagulants and their respective mechanisms of action. Coagulation studies (PT, PTT, INR, and thromboelastography) and reversal strategies will also be discussed for the various classes of agents.
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
Let’s Get Ethical: A Review of the 2015 ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Explications for Trauma Practice
Kathryn Schroeter, BSN, MS, MA, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE
The new ANA Code of Ethics will be reviewed with specific examples applied to trauma nursing practice along with strategies to empower nurses to advocate for themselves and others.
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
How to Outsmart Your Negative Brain
Daniel Doherty, MSN, RN, CEN
By understanding our brain when it is stressed, we can outsmart the negative intrusive thoughts that keep us in a fatigued state of mind.
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
Looking Through the Rear View Mirror: Pediatric Case Reviews
Diana Kraus, BSN, RN, TNS
During this presentation, we will discuss unique issues surrounding the pediatric patient with multisystem injuries. Current literature on pediatric development, as well as considerations when dealing with a traumatically injured child, will be reviewed, while utilizing case studies to illustrate these points. The role of multiservice team approach and family centered care will be discussed.
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11:10 AM – 12:10 PM |
Controversies in ICP Management for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Mark Cipolle, MD, PhD, FACS
Brain injuries cause a significant number of deaths each year, and those who are treated leave the hospital with some disability, that may or may not improve over time and with therapy. Despite progress in the management of TBI patients, controversy remains regarding the best use of data obtained from monitoring tools and how to treat elevated intracranial pressure. The goal of this session is for participants to understand the pathophysiology and research behind management of severe traumatic brain injury.
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12:10 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch
LUNCH SERVED in Exhibit Hall: 12:10 PM – 1:30 PM
Exhibit Prize Drawing: 1:15pm – 1:30pm
Posters available for review
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
Oral Abstract Winners - Research
Authors, TBA
The top three submissions in the Research category are presented at this session. This is an opportunity to review Research projects from a variety of trauma centers.
The Relationship of Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Unprofessional Behavior
in a Level 1 Urban Trauma Center
Paul Thurman, MS, CCNS, CRNP, CCRN; Kathryn VonRueden, MS, CNSBC,
FCCM; Michelle Bardakh, BSN, RN; Kendall Gelston, BSN, RN, CNOR
Diaphragm Pacing Can Decrease Wean Time from Mechanical Ventilation
Mary Jo Elmo, MSN, RN, CNP;Cynthia Kaplan, MSN; Raymond P. Onders MD, FACS
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Trauma: Operationalizing the TQIP Directive
Stephanie Devore, RN; Carol Wright, RN; Andrew Bernard, MD
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
Untapped Resources: Utilization of Advanced Practice Providers for Enhancing Trauma Program Development and Quality Improvement
Michelle Borzik Goreth, MSN, RN-BC, CPNP-AC, CCRN-Pediatric, CTRN,
CPEN
The use of Advanced Practice Providers in direct trauma care has emerged as a valuable resource for trauma programs. While the majority of Advanced Practice Providers are utilized mainly in direct patient care, their unique practice perspective as a blend of nursing and medical care proves to be an invaluable resource for insight in to trauma care and system evaluation. Identifying way to engage Advanced Practice Providers in all aspects of trauma program activities will assist in robust program enhancement and essential quality improvement. This session will explore opportunities for incorporation of Advanced Practice Providers, as an optimum resource, for trauma program development and enhancing trauma quality improvement throughout the continuum of care.
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
Improving Palliative Care Consultation in a Trauma ICU and Step-down Unit
Teresa Hobt-Bingham, MSN, RN
Older patients experiencing trauma are often admitted with baseline cognitive impairment, chronic conditions or increased level of frailty. Palliative care is a process that focuses on quality of life by aligning goals of care, pain relief, and psychological/spiritual needs. A screening tool was designed for the bedside nurse to assess the need for early palliative care consultation; the use of this screening tool in collaboration with multidisciplinary rounds improved palliative consultation rates in the trauma unit.
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
The PI Process and American College of Surgeons Verification: Turning a Weakness or Deficiency Into a Strength
Annemarie Glazer, BSN, MBA, RN
This session describes how to take our consultative review, the weaknesses and deficiencies identified, and developing multiple performance improvement projects. Items that will be included are our activation criteria and our PIPS process. A multi-disciplinary task force was formed. We will demonstrate how to leverage key resources, define ownership of each process and determine leadership roles for each issue.
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
Non-Accidental Trauma in Children
Kelly Gettig, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
This presentation will illustrate the shocking prevalence, clinical manifestations and diagnosis of physical abuse in children. Injuries involving the skin, skeletal system, abdomen and head will be discussed and examined with multiple photos. Case studies will encourage active participation and application to practice as well as demonstrate the devastation of misdiagnosis and abusive head trauma. We will use an objective and systematic approach to identifying child abuse in its early stages by applying a Non-Accidental Trauma (NAT) protocol to case studies.
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Trauma Nurse Edition!
Diana Clapp, BSN, RN, CCRN NRParamedic
Lynn Gerber Smith, MS, RN
This session will highlight key components of trauma assessment and interventions across the continuum of patient care. Mechanism of injury will be analyzed in detail. This presentation will explore elements of traumatic brain injury, multi-system trauma, and spinal injury. In addition, special patient populations (elderly, pregnant, and bariatric) will be addressed. Learning will occur in a fun and interactive way using the format of the popular game show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”
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2:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
Surviving Your First Orange Book Review - A Panel Discussion
Faculty: Donald Jenkins, MD, FACS
Debra Kitchens, MBA, BSN, CEN, NRP
Joan Pirrung, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
In 2014, the American College of Surgeons released a new version of the Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual. This manual details the requirements for all ACS surveyed Trauma Centers and is mirrored by numerous states and other verifying agencies. The release of new and expanded guidelines has created a knowledge gap as trauma centers have not experienced reviews using the new guidelines.
Trauma Centers are familiar with the prior requirements and have limited experience with the new guidelines.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will have increased knowledge about the ACS review process, expected changes related to the release of new rules, experiences from trauma program leaders who have been reviewed under the new rules and informed expectations when preparing for their own verification visits.
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4:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
Poster Judging/Viewing
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7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
Roundtable Sessions
These sessions will give you a chance to network with colleagues and meet with some of the speakers and trauma leaders. Feel free to bring your thoughts, ideas or questions for discussion. Please reference the program syllabus onsite, for available topics.
Table# Topic – Moderator
1. ATCN: Initiation/Issues/Etc. –
Jan Howard, MSN, RN; David
Meysenburg, BSN, RN; Mike
Glenn, RN
2. Performance Improvement at
Level I & II’s – Judy Mikhail, PhD,
MBA, RN
3. Performance Improvement at
Level III’s & IV’s – Jane Kilgore,
MSN,RN,CEN
4. Advanced Practice in Trauma–
Jonathan Messing, MSN, CCRN,
ACNP-BC and A. Britton
Christmas, MD, FACS
5. Work with the JTN Editor –
Kathryn Schroeter, BSN, MS, MA,
PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE
6. TCRN Certification Course –
Melissa Harte, MS, RN
7. Piecing Together the Education
Puzzle: Nursing & Beyond – Erin
Moorcones, MSN, RN, CNSPNP
8. Leadership SIG – Sarah Mattocks,
MSN, FNP-C
9. Injury Prevention – Steven
Woods, RN
10. Geriatric SIG – Kai Bortz, MSN,
RN-BC, CMSRN, CNL
11. Membership SIG – Nathan
Christopherson, MSN, MBA, RN,
CEN, CPEN, NREMT-P
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8:10 AM – 9:10 AM |
From Paper to Practice: Developing and Implementing Guidelines that Matter
Faculty: Nicole A. Stassen, MD, FACS, FCCM,
President, Eastern Association for the
Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
The session will review how to create
and implement a guideline and how
to put it together working through an
actual example of the process from a
leading institution.
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9:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Challenges in Trauma Critical Care
Faculty: Christine Schulman, MS, RN, CCRN,
CNS
Mark Cipolle, MD, PhD, FACS
The critical care phase of trauma care can be challenging and fraught with pitfalls. During the critical care phase patients can experience minor or major complications, and many trauma related deaths occur in the critical care unit. In this plenary session the discussants will present challenging cases and situations which occur during the critical care phase of management for trauma patients.
- Finding Serious Surprises AFTER the Initial Excitement is Over
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Distinguished Lecturship
Daniel L. Gross, RN, DNSc
Daniel L. Gross, DNSc, RN, is the Executive Vice President for Sharp HealthCare. He oversees four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, government relations and clinical effectiveness at Sharp HealthCare. Dr. Gross began his career at Sharp in 1979 as a clinical nurse at Sharp Memorial Hospital. Over the years, he served as Clinical Nurse IV, Director of Patient Care Services, Regional Director of Critical Care, Regional Director of Patient Care Services and System Vice President of Clinical Services. Prior to his role as Executive Vice President, Gross was Chief Executive Officer of the Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus for 11 years, where he had oversight of three hospitals, an outpatient surgery center, home care services and two senior centers.
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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
Networking Lunch
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
World Trauma Congress
Faculty: Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS
A review of the quality of trauma care
in the world, particularly in low and
middle income countries. The initiatives
of the World Trauma Congress will be
highlighted.
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2:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
Patient Voice
Faculty: Suzy Elliott
Wayne Elliott III
Wayne Elliott IV
This session will be presented from the perspective of the patient who has been admitted to a trauma center.
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3:30 PM |
President's Closing
Joan Pirrung, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
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