Program

The Austin Trauma & Critical Care Conference offers comprehensive continuing education for physicians in the treatment of critically ill and injured patients, stressing current basic and cutting edge guidelines and technology for evaluation, diagnosis and management. The course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of those caring for ill and injured patients in rural, urban and suburban hospitals.

DAY ONE

 

0700-0715
Welcome and Introductions

Carlos V.R. Brown, MD

Greg Hartman, President & CEO

University Medical Center Brackenridge

 

0715-0815
What is new in the ICU? 

Frank L. Mitchell, III, MD 

Barriers to Organ Donation

Ali Salim, MD
Blood Glucose Control: A Moving Target

Jordan Weingarten, MD
Fungal Infections

Alan Tyroch, MD
Adrenal Insufficiency

Matt Davis, MD
ICU Checklist: Can we do better?

Joe Dubose, MD

 

0815-0915

Military Trauma

Carlos V.R. Brown, MD 
Getting Our Troops Home: Critical Care Air Transport Teams

Jay Johannigman, MD
Transfusion Practices: Lessons Learned from Combat

John Holcomb, MD

Blast Injuries

Brian Eastridge, MD

 

0915-0945 Break

 

0945-1045
Dr. 78701: Plastic Surgery and Trauma 

Patrick Kelley, MD 

Hand Injuries

Sanjay Sharma, MD
Facial Fractures 

Ray Harshbarger, MD
Digit Replantation

Steve Henry, MD
Soft Tissue Coverage

Adam Bryce Weinfeld, MD

 

1045-1145
Putting Humpty Together Again

Brian Eastridge, MD  

Clavicle Fractures

David Laverty, MD
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

John Uecker, MD
Acute Post-injury Rehabilitation

Christopher Garrison, MD
Thoracolumbar Spine Fixation: Who, When, and How?

Matthew J. Geck, MD

 

1145-1245 Lunch

 

1245-1345

The Emergency Department

Kenji Inaba, MD
Trauma Intubations: Who and When?

Michael Sise, MD
RUSH Ultrasound

Diku Mandavia, MD
EtCO2: Beyond Airway Confirmation

James Kempema, MD
Abdominal Trauma - Who DOESN’T Need a CT Scan

David Wisner, MD
Reducing Dislocations

Christopher Ziebell, MD

 

1345-1445
Treatment Strategies for ARDS: Beyond Low Tidal Volumes

Hasan Alam, MD

High Frequency Ventilation

Ernesto Gonzalez, MD
Proning

William Deaton, MD
APRV and Inverse Ratio Ventilation

Jay Johannigman, MD
Inhaled Nitric Oxide

Joe Dubose, MD

 

1445-1515 Break

1515-1615

Acute Care Surgery

John Holcomb, MD
Ruptured AAA 

Michael Sise, MD
Complicated Diverticulitis

Oscar Rios, MD
Necrotizing Fasciitis 

David Wisner, MD
Severe Pancreatitis 

Careen Foster, MD
Ultrasound Applications in Acute Care Surgery

Diku Mandavia, MD

 

1615-1715

We do it all the time, but what is the evidence?

David Wisner, MD
Negative Pressure Therapy

Ernesto Gonzalez, MD
Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Hasan Alam, MD
Splenic Angiography

Matt Davis, MD
Removing Chest Tubes

Ben Coopwood, MD
Placing ICP Monitors: Who, When, and What Kind?

Daniel Peterson, MD

 

 

DAY TWO

 

0700-0800
The Future is Now

Ali Salim, MD 
Freeze-dried Blood Products 

Hasan Alam, MD
Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring

John Holcomb, MD
Automated Mechanical Ventilation

Jay Johannigman, MD
Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

Charlotte Smith, MD
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate

TJ Milling, MD

 

0800-0900

Uncommon but Challenging Problems

Jay Johannigman, MD
Superior Mesenteric Artery Injuries

John Politz, MD
The Difficult Airway

Anthony Manuel, MD
The Jehovah’s Witness Trauma Patient

Drew Fielder, MD
Preventable Morbidity and Mortality

Kenji Inaba, MD

 

0900-0930

Case Presentations

David Wisner, MD

John Holcomb, MD

Michael Sise, MD

Jay Johannigman, MD

Frank Mitchell, MD

0930-1000 Break

 

1000-1100
What happens before they get to the trauma center? 

Diku Mandavia, MD
Nonlethal Weapons

Kenji Inaba, MD
Ideal Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation

Hasan Alam, MD
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Differences in Military Prehospital Trauma Care

Brian Eastridge , MD
Austin Travis County EMS: What’s on the horizon?

Paul Hinchey, MD
Methamphetamines

Michael Sise, MD

 

1100-1200

Everything We Ever Wanted to Know about Gunshot Wounds We Learned at LA County

Ernesto Gonzalez, MD
Transmediastinal

Carlos Brown, MD
Transcervical

Joe Dubose, MD
Transpelvic

Kenji Inaba, MD
Transcranial

Ali Salim, MD

 

1200-1300 Lunch

 

1300-1330
Jeopardy: Who is the best resident?

Surgical Residents from programs in Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Texas Tech, Houston

 

1330-1430
Trauma Systems

Michael Sise, MD

American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma: Trauma Center Verification

Frank L Mitchell III, MD
Joint Trauma Theater System

Brian Eastridge, MD
Priorities at a Non-Trauma Center

Diku Mandavia, MD
Challenges of Trauma Care at the US-Mexico Border

Alan Tyroch, MD

 

1430-1530

Is it dead yet?

Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
Plain X-ray of the Cervical Spine

Ali Salim, MD
Albumin for Resuscitation in Trauma and Critical Care

David Wisner, MD
Pulmonary Artery Catheter

Frank L. Mitchell, III, MD
Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage

John Sabra, MD
Mandatory Colostomy for Combat Colon Injuries

John Holcomb, MD

 

1530

Closing Remarks