AZTrACCAttendees

3rd Annual Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium (STACS)

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Greetings from the Conference Chair
About AZTrACC
About the Annual Conference
New! Internet Option for Individuals
New! Internet Option for Groups
New! Speciality Integration
New! 14 Hours of MOC CME
Conference Schedule
Conference Hotel
Continuing Medical Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits

Meeting Date and Location

November 3-4, 2011
Scottsdale Plaza Resort
7200 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona

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Greetings from the Conference Chair

On behalf of the Arizona Trauma & Acute Care Symposium (AZTrACC) I would like to invite you to third annual national trauma symposium. 14 Outstanding national and international speakers will be giving twenty-three concise lectures on relevant trauma and critical care topics. The symposium is all day Thursday and Friday at the wonderful Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale Arizona. The exceptional conference room rates will extend through the weekend if you would like to “soak up” more Arizona sun in November!

Chris Salvino, MD, FACS
Conference Chairman AZTrACC

About AZTrACC

The Arizona Trauma and Acute Care Consortium (AZTrACC) is a private, non-profit organization that is a network of eight Level I and 2 Level IV Trauma Centers in Arizona, physicians, nurses and other trauma care providers with the common interest of improving the delivery of health care to injured patients by promoting trauma education, collaborative research, and outreach activities.

About the Annual Conference

The Southwest Trauma & Acute Care Symposium is a premier conference on current trauma care practice. The faculty line-up features many of the top speakers and leaders in trauma. The content will be of special interest to physicians (in trauma, orthopedics, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and critical care) and registered nurses involved in trauma care in the acute resuscitation phase (emergency department and operating room) and in critical care. Others involved in trauma care on an advanced level may also wish to attend (paramedics, respiratory therapists). The conference is held annually.

The conference is one of the few in the world with a dedicated focus on cross discipline education. This year we will have nationally known orthopedic surgeons join our speaking panel.

The conference may be the only one in the world that offers a high definition internet live version to attend - for those that do not want to travel. This option is not open to attendees who live in the state of Arizona.

New! Internet Option for Individuals

An exciting new alternative to avoid the expense and time of travel is to attend the symposium live via the Internet. Available world-wide and in an easily-viewable format, you may select this low-cost option, and see and hear everything at the conference, as it happens, from the comfort of your home or office. Deeply-discounted at less than half the usual price, this option is available in the United States and world-wide except to Arizona residents.

The internet option for those residing outside the United States is only $10 or less – virtually free this year, to encourage world-wide participation in this exciting new way of learning the latest in trauma. Internet participants who wish to view this symposium from countries designated by the United Nations as “least developed countries” may do so for NO CHARGE – absolutely free! This FREE option is also available to all active-duty U.S. military personnel serving overseas at the time of the conference.

For more details, view a demonstration video.

New! Interent Option for Groups

An exciting new alternative to avoid the expense and time of travel is to attend the symposium live via the Internet as either an individual (see above) or in a group format. By purchasing a group registration a hospital can show AZTRACC's Symposium live in a conference room or auditorium. The number of people to view the Symposium at your institution is limited only to those that you can fit into that room! Anyone that attends and watches the Symposium at your institution may obtain up to 14 hours of CME/CEU at no additional cost! This is a perfect opportunity to add 14 hours of hosted CME to your hospital's requirements for education!! This option is not available to hospitals within Arizona.

The group registration price is $2,000 for a Level I Trauma Center or $1,000 for all other types of hospitals. This price is all inclusive:

Broadcast the entire Symposium live in one location
Ability to participate in the discussion live via our chat system (view a demo)
Anyone viewing the Symposium from the hospital may obtain CME/CEU at no additional cost! In order to obtain educational credits once the group registration fee has been paid, the hospital will receive a group code that they can then share with anyone that will be attending on site. Each person who would like free CME/CEU must register BEFORE the Symposium and enter the group code in order to receive CME/CUE at no charge
For more information and to obtain a group registration please e-mail directly to Mary.Antonio@aztracc.org or call 602-546-4060. Please note, group registration by a hospital cannot be done on our standard registration form on this site; however, once a hospital has paid AZTRACC will send you a group code that you can give out to those that will attend so that they can then individually register and obtain FREE CME/CEU.

For more details, view a demonstration video.

New! Speciality Integration

This symposium is one of the few in the world with a dedicated focus on cross-discipline education. This year we will have nationally-known orthopedic surgeons join our speaking panel.

New! 14 Hours of MOC CME

Over a three year period, the ABS requires 30 MOC type of Category I CMEs. Our symposium allows you to earn up to 14 hours of MOC/CME in just two days!.

Schedule

DAY	TIME	FUNCTION	SPEAKER	TOPIC
THURSDAY	7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast and Registration
	8:15 AM	Welcome and Opening Comments	Dr. Chris Salvino
	8:20 AM	Introduction of Keynote Speaker
	8:30 AM	Dr. Tom Wachtel Keynote Speaker Series	Dr. John Holcomb Texas Trauma Surgeon	Changes in Resuscitation Philosophy in Rapidly Bleeding Trauma Patients
	9:30 AM	Break/Exhibits
	10:00 AM	Lecture #1	Dr. John Morris Tennessee Trauma Surgeons	The Trauma Laparotomy 2000-2010: Lessons in 25,000 Patients
	10:25 AM	Lecture #2	Dr. Martin Schreiber Oregon Trauma Surgeon	Novel Methods of Hemorrhage Control
	10:50 AM	Lecture #3	Dr. Frank Mitchell Arizona Trauma Surgeon	Current Controversies Regarding Splenic Injuries
	11:15 AM	Lecture #4	Dr. Donald Jenkins Minnesota Trauma Surgeon	Exotic Pre-Hospital Resuscitation Including PRBCS, FFP and Pro-Thrombin Complex Concentrate
	11:40 AM
	12:00 PM	Luncheon
	1:00 PM	Lecture #5	Dr. Basil Pruitt Texas Trauma Surgeon	The Use of Biologic Dressings in Wound Care
	1:25 PM	Lecture #6	Dr. Peter Rhee Arizona Trauma Surgeon	Ballistics Myths
	1:50 PM	Lecture #7	Dr. Kenji Inaba California Trauma Surgeon	Obesity and the Trauma Patient
	2:15 PM
	2:30 PM	Break/Exhibits
	3:00 PM	Lecture #8	Dr. J.J. Tepas Florida Trauma Surgeon	Current Controversies in Pediatric Torso Trauma
	3:25 PM	Lecture #9	Dr. Elmin Steyn South Africa Trauma Surgeon	Trauma Challenges in Africa
	3:50 PM
	4:00 PM	Resident Presentations (4)
	5:00 PM	Reception
FRIDAY	6:45 AM	Continental Breakfast and Registration
	7:00 AM	Resident Presentations (2)
	7:30 AM	Lecture #10	Dr. J.J. Tepas Florida Trauma Surgeon	What Happens to Acute Care Surgery when Fee for Service Goes Away?
	7:55 AM	Lecture #11	Dr. Tony Rhorer Arizona Orthopedic Surgeon	Femoral Nailing - Timing and ARDS
	8:20 AM	Lecture #12	Lt. Col. HSU Texas Orthopedic Surgeon	Compartment Syndrome (Orthopedic Perspective)
	8:45AM	Lecture #13	Dr. Don Jenkins Minnesota Trauma Surgeon	Compartment Syndrome (Trauma Surgeon Perspective)
	9:10 AM
	9:30 AM	Break/Exhibits
	10:00 AM	Lecture #14	Lt. Col. HSU Texas Orthopedic Surgeon	Initial Management of the Mangled Extremity
	10:25 AM	Lecture #15	Dr. Frank Liporace New Jersey Orthopedic Surgeon	Damage Control Orthopedics
	10:50 AM	Lecture #16	Dr. H. Claude Sagi Florida Orthopedic Surgeon	Open Fractures and Soft Tissue Wound Management
	11:15 AM	Lecture #17	Dr. Kenji Inaba California Trauma Surgeon	Shunts for Combined Vascular and Orthopedic Injuries
	11:40 AM
	12:00 PM	Luncheon
	1:00 PM	Lecture #18	Dr. Martin Schreiber Oregon Trauma Surgeon	Novel Blood Products for Treatment of Hemorrhage Shock
	1:25 PM	Lecture #19	Dr. John Morris Tennessee Trauma Surgeons	New Vital Signs: The Role of Continuous Data Capture Across the Enterprise
	1:50 PM	Lecture #20	Dr. Basil Pruitt Texas Trauma Surgeon	Fluid Resuscitation of Injured Man: The Balance Between Deficit and Excess
	2:15 PM
	2:30 PM	Break/Exhibits
	3:00 PM	Lecture #21	Dr. Elmin Steyn South Africa Trauma Surgeon	Decision Pathways (Surgery VS Remobilization) for Life-Threatening Pelvic Fractures as Fractures Determined by Resource Availability
	3:25 PM	Lecture #22	Dr. H. Claude Sagi Florida Orthopedic Surgeon	Acute Management of Pelvic Fractures from an Orthopedic Perspective

Hotel

AZTRACC is fortunate to have partnered with a wonderful hotel – the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. We have secured group pricing for standard rooms as well as villas and suites (call early as space is limited). To register, please fill out the hotel's online form or call the resort directly at 1-800-832-2025 and ask for the discounted rate.

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Continuing Medical Education Credits

A maximum of 14 hours of Category 1 CME credits through Phoenix Children’s Hospital and AZTrACC Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Statement. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Arizona Trauma and Acute Care Consortium (AZTrACC). Phoenix Children’s Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Phoenix Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education Credits

This continuing nursing education activity was awarded contact hours by Phoenix Children’s Hospital, an approved provider of nursing continuing education by the Arizona Nurses’ Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Phoenix Children’s Hospital, AzNA and the ANCC Commission on Accreditation do not approve or endorse any commercial products displayed.