Advancing the EMS profession

World Trauma Symposium Program

Trauma Innovations:  Transforming Prehospital Care

September 10, 2024
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall, 300 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Room: W303-W310
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8:00 a.m.

Welcome, Review of Program, Sponsor Recognition
Moderators: Col (Ret) Warren Dorlac, MD, FACS and
CAPT Margaret Morgan, MD, FACS, CAPT MC(FS) USN

8:05 a.m.

Challenging Dogma in Traumatic Resuscitation
Zaffer Qasim, MD, FRCEM

8:35 a.m. 

Prehospital Civilian Preventable Deaths
Brian Eastridge, MD, FACS

9:05 a.m.  

Pediatric Trauma Triage
Mary Fallat, MD, FACS

9:35 a.m. 

Break and Exhibits 

9:50 a.m. 

Training for MCI Response
Jennifer Wyatt, Clark County Nevada Deputy Fire Chief

10:20 a.m. 

Falls in the Elderly - The Gravity of This Epidemic for EMS
Douglas F. Kupas, MD 

10:50 a.m.

Prehospital Trauma Research Initiatives
Prehospital Care Research Forum (UCLA) Abstract Winners 

  • Validating the Use of RPM Score for Triage of Injured Patients in a Current Trauma Population by Earl Culvey III  
  • Whole Blood versus Blood Components in Prehospital Care by Scott Kostolni, EMT-P 
11:20 a.m. 

Wound Patterns and Survivability: A New Perspective on Triage
Kevin Mackey, MD and Chief Erik Saari

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Exhibits

12:30 p.m.

Scott Frame Lecture: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Lessons Learned from the EPIC Study
Bruce Barnhart, MSN, RN, CEP

1:30 p.m.

Welcome to the Afternoon Session
Moderators: Col (Ret) Warren Dorlac, MD, FACS and
CAPT Margaret Morgan, MD, FACS, CAPT MC(FS) USN

1:35 p.m. 

Extreme Cold Weather Trauma
Oliver Kreuzer, PJ (Pararescue), NREMT-P, FP-C, CCP-C, TP-C, WP-C, DiMM, DiMEM 

2:05 p.m.

Prehospital Ultrasound for Traumatic Resuscitation
Rudy Cabrera, RN, BSN, CFRN, EMT-P     

2:35 p.m.

Disaster Medicine: Clinician Traumatic Stress
Major Caitlin Castle, USAF, MC

3:05 p.m.

Break and Exhibits

3:20 p.m.

Freeze-dried Plasma – The Golden Ticket for EMS?
Col (Ret) Andrew Cap, MD, MS, PhD

3:50 p.m. 

Don't Panic: EMS Essentials of OB Trauma Emergencies
Rickquel Tripp, MD, MPH, FAEMS, CDR, USN

4:20 p.m.

Managing Prehospital Noncompressible Hemorrhage
Elizabeth Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

4:50 p.m.

Closing Comments
Moderators: Col (Ret) Warren Dorlac, MD, FACS and
CAPT Margaret Morgan, MD, FACS, CAPT MC(FS) USN

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn