2023 Omaha Area Trauma Symposium
Description
The 2023 Trauma Symposium will provide practitioners with clinically relevant information and educational resources for evidence-based practice. The literature review and varied sessions will enhance knowledge, skills and performance in the assessment and treatment of trauma patients.
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Designed For
Pre-hospital personnel, nurses, advanced practice providers, emergency medicine physicians, primary care physicians, physicians providing trauma and/or critical care, residents, students, and other interested health care providers
Schedule
7:30 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
7:50 a.m.
Welcome and Program Overview
Angela Hanna, MD, FACS
Jessica Lee, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, TCRN
Katie Pierce, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN
Karen Saxton, MSN, RN
Session 1
8 a.m.
Take Me Home, Country Roads: Trauma Care Beyond the Interstate
Alison Wilson, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief of Division of Trauma,
Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care,
Skewes Family Chair for Trauma Surgery,
West Virginia University
Session 2
9 a.m.
Nebraska Trauma System Challenges Rural Trauma Care
Rommie Hughes, MD, FACS, RPVI
Medical Director, Regional West Trauma Services,
Trauma Surgeon, Regional West Physicians Clinic-Surgery,
Vascular Diagnostics
Using GIS to Map Agricultural Injuries and Level 1 Trauma Units - Providing a Vision for Comprehensive Care
Ellen Duysen, MPH
Assistant Research Professor,
UNMC College of Public Health
10:30 a.m.
Break and Visit Exhibits
Session 3
10:45 a.m.
Blood Transfusions in the Rural Settings
Jason Walsh, MD
Medical Director, Kearney Regional Medical Center,
General Surgeon, Platte Valley Medical Clinic and Kearney
Regional Medical Center
Head Injuries in Rural Settings
Neil D. Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Creighton University School of Medicine,
Acute Care Surgeon, Division of Trauma,
Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery,
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy
Living Life at Level IV
Stacy Blum, MD
APD & Site Director, Family Medicine Rural Training Track Faculty,
Department of Community and Family Medicine,
Creighton University
12:15 p.m.
Lunch and Visit Exhibits
Session 4
1:15 p.m.
Burn Injuries: It's Not a Peds Patient Is It?
Eric Jensen, RN
Burn Community Health Educator,
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Hospital
Farm Injuries in Pediatrics
Jim Vargo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgeon,
Children's Hospital & Medical Center
2:45 p.m.
Break and Visit Exhibits
Session 5
3 p.m.
Case Presentations with Expert Panel Discussion
4 p.m.
Evaluation and Adjournment
Zachary Bauman, DO, MHA
Angela Hanna, MD, FACS
Eric Kuncir, MD, MS, FACS
Jessica Lee, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, TCRN
Jointly Provided By
- Creighton University School of Medicine
- Nebraska Medicine/UNMC
- CHI Health
- LifeNet Air Medical Services
- Children's Hospital and Medical Center
- Creighton University Office of Continuing Education
Education Credit
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education and CHI Health. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Refund Policy
Continuing education and professional development courses may be cancelled by the attendee in writing up to 7 days before the course begins for a full refund, less a $25 processing fee. No refund will be given 7 days prior to the course. Some courses are not eligible for a refund; these exceptions are noted in specific course descriptions. If a course is cancelled by the University for non-weather related issues, the student will be notified and a full refund will be processed. In the event of a weather related closure, the course will be rescheduled.