The 16th Robert Carell Trauma Symposium Twenty Years Later UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ Saturday, June 25, 2005 presented by UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Department of EMS & Trauma Education Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Credit

This conference has requested 4.0 elective EMT CEUs from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Emergency Medical Services.  NJ MICU personnel will be awarded credit as determined by their program's Clinical Coordinator/EMS Educator.  Nursing contact hours are also available.

Cost

Registration is $20.00 and covers registration, materials, parking, and refreshments.  Eligible volunteer EMTs may submit an original, appropriately signed EMT Training Fund Certificate of Eligibility for Continuing Education Courses in place of payment.

Conference Coordinators

Raymond Bennett, RN, BSN, CEN, NREMT-P
SCTU/EMS Education Coordinator

Bryan Fischberg, NREMT-P
EMS Educator

Janemary Lutz, NREMT-P
EMS Educator

John Siddons, MICP
EMS Educator

from the Department of EMS & Trauma Education at  Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Conference Medical Director

Jeffrey Hammond, MD, MPH
Chief, Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Professor of Surgery
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Overview

Conference Agenda

8:15 a.m.  Introduction and Continental Breakfast:  A Young Man's Crash Revisited

8:30 a.m.  Before:  Occupant Protection Update

There have been myriad advances in automobile occupant protection strategies since the mid 1980s.  Several have been highlighted in earlier offerings of the Robert Carell Trauma Series.  This year, we examine the newest mechanisms of occupant protection that didn't exist in Robert Carell's vehicle, from the rescuer's perspective.

9:45 a.m. Break and Another Cup of Coffee

10:00 a.m. During:  Pros and Cons of Selective Spinal Immobilization

The mantra was to fully immobilize the spine of any victim with the slightest mechanism of injury.  The justification being primum non nocere:  first do no harm.  However, the evidence-based movement has reexamined this issue and led to several protocols encouraging EMS workers to be more selective about such immobilization.  The newest version of PreHospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), endorsed by the American College of Surgeons, has introduced this new philosophy.  The controversy over the balance of safety and practicality will be debated in this segment of the program.

11:00 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m.  After:  Changes Over a Generation

In this last segment, we revisit Robert Carell's original collision and care with an eye to what advances have occurred and what has remained unshaken over two decades.  And then, where will this take us next?  This will be viewed by three different speakers with three perspectives:

• EMS:  From Rendering First Aid to Providing Emergency Medical Services -- This segment will review the field interventions provided and illustrate the advances in clinical management, training, personnel, and equipment.
  
• Nursing:  Accident Ward Becomes Trauma Center --  This presentation will chronicle the transition of the local hospital which took whatever came in the emergency room to the current environment of specialty centers.  The advantages, advances, and benefits of specialty training and care will be highlighted.
  
• Physician:  At Finish Line of the Golden Hour -- Trauma is a surgical disease and the Golden Hour wraps up in the trauma bay and operating suite.  Consistency in physician approach and shifts in surgical philosophy and management will be related to the multi-system patient.
  

 12:45 p.m.  Closing Comments and Evaluations

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