The Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (ARMC) invites you to its 12th Annual Trauma Symposium, May 10-12, 2010 at the Atlantic City Convention Center, One Convention Boulevard, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 08401.
ARMC’s Trauma Symposium will emphasize the latest techniques, technology and hot topics in trauma, emergency medicine and critical care. Speakers will include national and regional experts. This educational opportunity offers continuing education credits and networking opportunities for professional healthcare providers who contribute to the interdisciplinary care of the injured patient, including
Congratulations to the following Poster Presentation Award Recipients:
Brian O'Neil, RN, CEN, FP-C, NREMT-P - MONOC
Poster Title: EMS under-triage of elderly fall victims by current trauma triage guidelines
Adam M. Shiroff, MD – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Poster Title: Second Intravenous Line in Trauma Study: (The SITS investigators)
Gilbert Mbeo, MD – AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Title: J (Osborn) Waves in severe hypothermia
Susan Fisher Brown, RN ASN ASB – AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Poster Title: Critical Incident Stress Management: Empowering staff to create a culture of caring and, in turn, increase retention and improve quality of care for their patients
Aaron Wnorowski, RN, CEN – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Poster Title: Improving Care to the Trauma Patient |
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Pre-hospital advanced life support personnel
- Respiratory therapists
- Physical therapists
- Radiology technologists
- Additional allied healthcare professionals
Conference Objectives: At the conclusion of this program the participants should be able to:
- Identify and discuss evidence based information about new and innovative advances in trauma, critical care and emergency medicine.
- Describe and discuss trauma-related concepts and topics in the specialty areas of orthopedics, neurosurgery, and pediatrics.
- Review and discuss pathophysiologic concepts of the assessment, diagnosis, management and care of critically ill and injured patients.
Goal: The goal of this annual conference is to provide relevant information and be able to discuss and debate the most current trends in trauma care, critical care and emergency medicine.
Needs Assessment: Objective and topics for this conference were developed from growth in knowledge and practice derived from analysis of data from the following sources:
- A committee of physicians, nurses, administrators, educators and others created and approved the educational content to meet the American College of Surgeons annual education requirements for accreditation of a Level II Trauma Center.
- Evaluation of past conferences
- Review of QA cases
- Review of standard guidelines and internal policies
ARMC’s Trauma Team is pleased to offer this comprehensive conference. To learn more about the conference, contact the Trauma Education Coordinator at 609-441-2165 or
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