12th Interdisciplinary Polytrauma Course in cooperation with ESTES

Simulation training combined with theory (lecture), course parcours and workshops (small groups)

Standort

Event Location:
University Hospital Zurich

Meeting point:
Lecture Hall OST, HOER B 10
Entrance: Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zurich

Credits

SGC 15, Swiss orthopaedics 16, SSAPM 14, SGR 15, SGNOR 14

You are signing up for a two-day event.

14.09.2023 8.30 am - 6.30 pm
15.09.2023 8.00 am - 4.15 pm

Program on Thursday, September 14

8.30 am Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 am Welcome address by the hospital management
9.05 am Introduction – Pape, Simmen, Pfeifer
9.10 am Concept polytrauma course – Pape
Purpose of the Expert meeting – Pfeifer

How I do it: International Expert Panel Session

9.20 am Polytrauma: it is a disease – Balogh (AUS)
9.35 am Fifteen things you must know about peripheral vascular injury repair – Coimbra (USA)
9.50 am Indications for REBOA – Kurihara (IT)
10.05 am Geriatric polytrauma – what is special? – Fang (Hong Kong)
10.20 am Open fracture classification (Ganga Score) – Rajasekaran (India)
10.35 am Q & A
10.40 am Coffee break

Polytrauma Management – Overview

10.55 am Interdisciplinary Emergency Room management – Heining, Neuhaus
11.15 am The surgeon’s viewpoint – Simmen
11.30 am The radiologist’s viewpoint – Alkadhi
11.45 am Lunch (Location: Dick & Davy)

Switch to practical exercises – Training Center

12.30 pm Simulation training – interdisciplinary groups I (1+2), or
specialized practical exercises* – interdisciplinary groups I (3+4)
3.45 pm Simulation training – interdisciplinary groups II (1+2), or
specialized practical exercises* – interdisciplinary groups II (3+4)
7.00 pm End Day 1
7.45 pm Course dinner
* Workshop Parcours, Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medizin,
Radiology, Traumatology (Pelvic & Acetabulum)

Program on Friday, September 15

8.00 am Coffee
8.20 am Introduction

Ethical aspects

8.25 am Ethical aspects in trauma management – Ehlers

Traumatic brain injury

8.35 am Acute management (Trepanation or decompression?) – Dias
8.50 am How to monitor and manage – Steiger

ESTES Session

9.05 am Defining the major fracture – Pape
9.20 am ESTES Recommendation for spinal injuries – Wendt, Pfeifer
9.35 am Pelvic ring injuries – Neuhaus
9.50 am Long bone fracture – current evidence? – Halvachizadeh
10.15 am Coffee break
10.30 am SUVA: The view of the Swiss accident insurance company about the
management of severly injured patients – Grab

Switch to practical exercises – Training Center

10.45 am Group polytrauma course
Simulation training – interdisciplinary groups I (1+2) or
specialized practical exercises* – interdisciplinary groups I (1+2)
1.15 pm Lunch and Handover of participation certificates
(Location: Dick & Davy)
2.00 pm Simulation training – interdisciplinary groups II (3+4) or
specialized practical exercises* – interdisciplinary groups II (1+2)
4.45 pm End of Course
* Workshop Parcours, Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medizin,
Radiology, Traumatology (Pelvic & Acetabulum)

Trauma Bay Simulation

  • Trauma Bay Simulation takes place at our simulation center at the University Hospital of Zurich. Polytrauma cases are introduced to the participants. Strategies and interventions are discusses between an interdiscicplinary team. Participants are evaluated according to team-interaction, decision-making and team-performance.

Case Session / Workshops

  • Real Polytrauma cases are presented by our team. Surgical interventions, decision making and strategies are critically discussed – experts and participants. Case Session.
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Organization and Speakers

Hatem Alkadhi M.D., Professor
Institute of Diagnostic an Interventional Radiology, USZ
Sandro Heining, M.D.
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Peter Däscher
Senior Project Manager AO Foundation, Davos
Ulrike Ehlers M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Canton Hospital St.Gallen
Sandra Fernandes Sargento Dias M.D.
Department of Neurosurgery, The Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust
Department of Neurosurgery, USZ
Bastian Grande M.D., Assistant Professor
Institute of Anesthesiology, USZ
Sascha Halvachizadeh M.D.
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Christian Hierholzer M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Florian Huber M.D.
Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, USZ
Gerrolt N. Jukema M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Anne Kaiser M.D.
Institute of Anesthesiology, USZ
Valentin Neuhaus M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Hans-Christoph Pape M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Roman Pfeifer M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Frank Peter Schäfer M.D.
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Urs Schlegel PhD, Consultant
AO Foundation, Davos
Hans-Peter Simmen M.D., Professor em.
Chairman of Swiss Trauma Board
Peter Steiger M.D., Clinical Instructor
Institute of Intensive Care, USZ
Max Thomasius M.D.
Institut of Anesthesiology, USZ

Josef Grab M.D.
Head of Insurance Medicine SUVA

Zsolt Balogh M.D., Professor
Head of Traumatology and Surgery, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, New Lambton, Australia
Raul Coimbra M.D., Professor
Surgeon-in-Chief, Director of Research, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and University of California, San Diego
Christian Fang M.D., Professor
Deputy Chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, HKU Med. School of Clinical Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hayato Kurihara M.D., Professor
Director of Acute Care Surgery Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano IT
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran M.D., Professor
Chairman, Department of Orthpaedic & Spine Surgery & Research, Ganga Medical Center & Hospitals, Coimbatore India

Valentin Neuhaus, M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Hans-Christoph Pape M.D., Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ
Roman Pfeifer M.D. Professor
Department of Trauma Surgery, USZ

Course fees

Non-Members

  • CHF 440 (Early Bird Registration until July 30th, 2023)
  • CHF 490 (Late Registration)

Members

  • CHF 390 (DGOU, BVOU, ESTES, SGC, Swiss College of Surgeons, Swiss Orthopaedics, SGR, SSAPM, SGNOR)

Coffeebreak and Lunch will be offered.

Registration

This course is certified by TÜV Hessen & Polytraumacourse.

Registration

Information

Tel. +41 44 255 27 55

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