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. 2008 Sep 30;21(3):167–168.

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2nd Annual congress of Lebanese Society for Emergency Medicine 7-9 October 2008 Beirut, Lebanon

Endorsed by the:

  • WHO

  • AAEM: American Academy for Emergency Medicine

  • SFMU: Société Française de Médecine d’Urgence

  • MBC: Mediterranean Burns Club

  • “Urgence Pratique” Journal - France

  • “Annahar News Paper”- Lebanon

Workshop sessions:

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

  • Airway Management

  • ESI, Triage: a special workshop for ED nurses

Symposiums:

  • Non-surgical management of the patient at risk of hemorrhagic shock

  • Emergency preparedness in times of war and conflicts: “Retour d’expériences”

  • Cardiologic emergencies Managing an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) outside the Coronary Care Unit (New Recommendations)

  • Multidisciplinary session Stroke, Burns, COPD, Head Trauma

Round tables:

  • Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine : Medical Control of the Chain of Survival

  • The role of public health in Emergency Medicine: WHO, MOH, LOP, Syndicate of hospitals, LSEM

  • New guidelines for the accreditation of hospitals in Lebanon: Impact on the Emergency Department

Nursing sessions:

  • Why ESI ? (Emergency Severity Index)

  • ED crowding

  • Managing Cardiopulmonary arrest during hemodialysis

  • Quality of Patients Reception and Care in the ED

  • Lebanese Wars and Conflicts : lessons lear

For further information contact:

Congress secretariat & Organizer

Tel.: +961 1 510881 / 2 / 3 /

Fax: +961 1 482116

medinfo@cyberia.net.lb

www.ipred.co.il

5th World Congress of European Club for Paediatric Burns 8-11 October 2008 Gda´nsk, Poland

For further information contact:

Congress Secretariat

pedsurg@amg.gda.pl

www.pedsurg.pl

www.5ecpb.org

National Burn Week 27 October - 2 November 2008 Dubai Police Academy Dubai, Uae

For further information

www.nbw.ae

APCDM The 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicin 2-4 November, 2008 Coex Intercontinental in Seoul, Korea

Topics

  • Disaster Preparedness - National System

  • Disaster Preparedness - International Collaboration

  • Disaster Drill and Training

  • Basic Guidelines of Disaster Response

  • Emergency Department Preparedness for Mass Casualty

  • Early detection of Bioterrorism

  • Decontamination in CBRNE disaster

  • Risk Management or Disaster Mitigation

  • Public Health Issues in Disaster

  • Psychiatric Aspects in Disaster

  • Voluntary Aid Cooperation

  • Database System for Research of Disaster Medicine

  • Medical Support for Safe mass Gatherings

  • Community Safety Promotion

  • Disaster Medicine in General

For more information not found on web site, contact:

9APCDM

Department of Emergency Medicine

Seoul National University Hospital

28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744 Korea

Tel: +82-2-745-0598

Fax: +82-2-745-5099

desk@9apcdm.org

www.9apcdm.org

APBC 7th Asia Pacific Burns Congress & 17th Annual Congress of National Academy of Burns-India 18-20 January 2009 Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi

For further information

Congress Secretariat

B-18, Swasthya Vihar, Vikas Marg

New Delhi - 110092 - India

Tel.: +91-11-23231871

Mob.: +91-9891626395, +91-9810062554, +91-9810029559,+91-9313088346

Fax: +91-11-23222756

desk@7apbc.org

www.7apbc.org

16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine 12-15 May 2009 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Topics:

  • Pandemics, Epidemics, and Infectious Diseases

  • Mass Gatherings: Large Scale Sporting Events

  • Safe Hospitals

  • Terrorism - Biological and others

  • Natural Disasters: Water, Wind, Wild Fires, & Earthquakes

  • Refugees and Disasters

  • Psychosocial Issues related to Disasters

  • Paediatrics and Disasters

  • The role of EMS in Disasters

  • Civilian Military Collaboration

For more information not found on web site, contact:

WCDEM 2009 Congress Organizer

Nova Clinical Services Inc.

650 Brookleigh Rd.

Victoria, British Columbia

Canada V8Z 3J9

Tel.: 250-658-6056

Fax: 250-658-6109

info@wcdem2009.org

www.wcdem2009.org

EBA 2009 European Burns Association Congress 2-5 September 2009 Lausanne, Switzerland

Plenary session:

  • Hospital hygiene issues: what has changed with isolation procedures?

  • Managing multiresistant germs

  • Defining EBA criteria for skin infection in burns

  • Skin cultures - 20 years’ keratinocyte culture experience

Symposia

  • Analgesia and anaesthesia in burns

  • Diagnosing and managing burn inhalation injuries

  • Nutrition: evidence regarding trace element supplementation in major burns

  • Physio- & ergotherapy in the ICU - contraints and advantages

  • Nursing - clinical status during the acute and subacute phases

  • Nursing - organization of the “burn patient day”

  • Surgery: managing the tricky areas

Poster session

  • 3 guided sessions

For more information not found on web site, contact:

WCDEM 2009 Congress Organizer

EBA 2009 c/o MCI Suisse SA

75, Rue de Lyon

1211 Geneva 13 - Switzerland

Tel.: 41-22-33-99-579

Fax: 41-22-33-99-601

eba2009@mci-group.com


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