UW Medicine EMS & Trauma Conference

UW Medicine EMS & Trauma Conference

By: Alexandra de Leon Date: August 8th, 2022

The UW Medicine EMS & Trauma Conference is back in person this year September 12-13, 2022 at the DoubleTree Suites (Seatac Airport). This two-day, multidisciplinary conference highlights trauma care throughout the continuum including pre-hospital, emergency, critical care, and acute care while addressing issues specific to specialty populations and mental health support for bariatric, pediatric, and geriatric trauma patient cohorts.

Nationally recognized speakers and local experts in trauma care will present topics pertinent to nurses, physicians, paramedics, EMTs, social workers, program managers, and other healthcare providers and associates.

To get more information on the conference, click here.

To register, click here.

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Conference Objectives:

• Describe injuries and physiologic presentations  of adult and pediatric trauma patients that warrant triage to higher levels of care.
• Describe current evidenced base strategies for trauma patient resuscitation in both the pre-hospital and hospital environments.
• Identify targeted monitoring and interventions for the special populations of trauma care including pediatric patients, geriatric patients, bariatric patients and mental health support for all patient cohorts.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Questions? Contact Maria Paulsen, RN Trauma Outreach Education Coordinator Office: (206) 744-5435