2011 WAMI Trauma Conference

The course is sponsored annually by Harborview Medical Center, the designated Level I trauma center for Washington State as well as the trauma and burn referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WAMI). This multi-disciplinary conference highlights current issues in trauma care throughout the continuum: pre-hospital, emergency, critical care, acute care, and rehabilitation. Nationally recognized speakers and local experts in trauma care will present topics pertinent to nurses, physicians, paramedics, social workers, program managers, and other healthcare providers.

Conference Resources

• Conference brochure (PDF) 
• Printable schedule (PDF)
• Faculty
• Visitor information

Conference Handouts

• Burn Disasters: Tesoro Oil Refinery Explosion
• Burns in Mass Casualty Incidents - T. Pham
• Controversies in Transfusing the Critically Ill Trauma Patient - T. Watkins
• Crash Injury Mechanisms and Restraint Technologies -  R. Kauffman
• Damage Control Surgery - J. Cuschieri
• Eastside Rural Roadblocks and Detours - T. Pettis
• Making My Way Back to the Lab - A. Sweet
• Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Updates - A. King
• Rehabilitation: The Short and Long Road - S. Apkon
• Shock and Resuscitation - E. Bulger
• Teaching Technical Skills - H. Foy
• Tesoro Refinery Explosion: Lessons Learned - L. Seger, C. Goodrich, C. Blayney, T. Pham
• Trauma Tales from the Arctic - B.J. Coopes 
• Trauma Topics From the Region - L. Hubbard

This event was held June 6.

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