7th Middle East Trauma, Accident & Emergency Conference : 23 - 25 October 2011
 

Trauma patients receive care from different healthcare professionals with different specialties and backgrounds and there is an urgent need in the region to establish best practice across the patient care pathways. The 7th Middle East Trauma, Accident & Emergency Conference promotes multi-disciplinary topics related to emergency and trauma disciplines in the GCC region and beyond to improve trauma patient care.

This year's speaker faculty includes:


Dr. Michael Abbo, MD, Med, FACEP,
Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Training Program, Rashid Hospital Trauma Center, Dubai, UAE

Prof. Karim Brohi, Professor of Trauma Sciences, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Ian Patrick, ASM, FACAP, National President for the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, General Manager of Clinical & Non Emergency Operations for Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS), Victoria, Australia

Dr. Lauri Trites, MD, CCFP (EM), Consultant, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Fikri  M. Abu-Zidan, MD, FRCS (Glasg ), PhD, DipApplStats, Professor, Head Trauma Group, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Consultant Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon, Tawam and Al-Ain Hospitals, Al-Ain, UAE

Topics at this year's conference include:
 
  • Trauma systems
  • Animal related injuries
  • Management of abdominal trauma
  • Difficult trauma cases
  • War-related injuries
  • Critical care of trauma patients
  • Vascular injuries
  • Sports injuries 
 Target audience:

  • Hospital Medical Directors
  • Heads of Trauma/Emergency Rooms/A&E Departments
  • Emergency Physicians and Residents
  • Trauma Surgeons
  • Emergency Surgery
  • Trauma Physicians
  • Surgeons
  • Directors of ICU
  • Cardiologists
  • General Practitioners
  • ICU/Critical Care Physicians

  • ER Residents
  • Medical Officers
  • Internists
  • Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Paediatricians
  • Pulmonologists
  • Obs-Gyne Physicians
  • Sports Medicine Physicians
  • Neurologists
  • Gastroenterologists
  • Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Laparoscopic Surgeons
 Benefits of attending this conference:

  • Review updates on Emergency Medicine disciplines in the GCC region for best practice medicine
  • Appraise Emergency Medical Services initiatives in the region to reduce the fatalities and to improve patient outcomes following an emergency incident
  • Appraise trauma systems for essential trauma care and pre-hospital trauma care systems
  • Determine the best methods and practices for animal related injuries
  • Review the management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma
  • Assess specific difficult trauma cases and necessary initiatives
  • Evaluate current practices in critical care of trauma patients
  • Appraise complex cases from war-related injuries, vascular injuries to sports injuries
  • Discuss the latest techniques and systems in trauma care and accident emergencies

 

Accreditation statement:


The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

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