San Diego Day of Trauma 2016

The San Diego Day of Trauma is a nationally accredited continuing medical education conference designed for physicians, nurses, physician assistants and first responders in the fields of trauma emergency and critical care medicine. Nationally renowned speakers will present state of the art management of life threatening emergencies commonly encountered in the field. Conference speakers will include specialists in the fields of pre-hospital care, trauma surgery, and critical care. Lectures, real-life case presentations, and interactive sessions will engage attendees and promote improved patient outcomes.

Conference Highlights

• Extensive audience participation segments using an automated response voting system
• Concise and focused lectures by experts in trauma and critical care medicine
• Case presentation segment focusing on real-life trauma cases
• Mobile conference app with access to course materials and recordings from the convenience of your mobile device or computer

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After attending this live activity, participants should be able to:
• Outline the lessons from war that improved civilian trauma care at home.
• Discuss the pre-hospital role of tourniquets and hemostatic dressings.
• Delineate the challenges of providing minimally acceptable care.
• Identify key decision points in performing damage control surgery.
• Demonstrate the characteristics of successful vascular trauma management.
• Review the advances in long distance transport of critically injured patients.
• Summarize the challenges civilian trauma professionals face in going to war.