Scientific Program / March 13, 2025

07:30 - 08:30

Registration, exhibits

08:30 - 08:35

Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern

SESSION 1: Hot topics

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderators

PD Dr. med. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern, Dr. Joël L. Lavanchy, Basel

08:35 - 08:50

Traumatic brain injury! Indications for intracranial pressure monitoring

 

Prof. Dr. Werner Z'Graggen, Bern

08:50 - 09:05

Management of acute diverticulitis – Do we have a Swiss consensus?

 

Dr. Timothée Girardin, Lausanne

09:05 - 09:20

The five most important reasons for antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma

 

Prof. Dr. Rami Sommerstein, Luzern

09:20 - 09:35

Breaking News: The latest on appendicitis

 

Dr. Fabio Butti, Nyon

09:35 - 10:00

Discussion

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 2: Workshops

Workshop 1

   

10:30 - 11:10

Ettore Rossi

The ten most important ACS papers in 2024

   

Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern; PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne

10:30 - 11:10

Room 1

Ileus! – How we do it

   

PD Dr. Samuel Käser, Solothurn, PD Dr. Sabrina Jegerlehner, Bern/Solothurn

10:30 - 11:10

Rooms 2 & 3

E-FAST for everyone

   

Dr. Beat Lehmann, Bern; and friends

10:30 - 11:10

Room 4

News from the Swiss Trauma Registry: What are current developments?

   

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Simmen, Zürich, PD Dr. Kai Jensen, Zürich

     

Workshop 2

   

11:20 - 12:00

Ettore Rossi

What’s hip in the hip?

   

Prof. Dr. Simon D. Steppacher, Bern

11:20 - 12:00

Room 1

Modern mechanical ventilation strategies: What you need to know!

   

Prof. Dr. David Berger, Basel, PD Dr. Anna Sarah Messmer, Bern

11:20 - 12:00

Rooms 2 & 3

E-FAST for everyone

   

Dr. B. Lehmann, Bern; and friends

11:20 - 12:00

Room 4

How to read arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis? Tips and Tricks!

   

Prof. Dr. Martin Müller, Bern

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch, exhibits

SwissACS General Assembly

Location

Room 1

12:15-12:45

Annual General Assembly of the Swiss Association for Acute Care Surgery

   

SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderator

Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern

13:00 - 13:30

Management of severe blunt pelvic trauma: How we do it!

 

Prof. Dr. Ingo Marzi, Frankfurt, Germany

SESSION 4: New technologies in surgical acute care

Location

Ettore Rossi Lecture Hall

Moderators

PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne; PD Dr. Sabrina Jegerlehner, Bern/Solothurn

13:30 - 13:45

Telemedicine in the shockroom – Who, when, why?

 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Sauter, Bern

13:45 - 14:00

Telemedicine in the operating room – First experiences

 

Dr. Fabian Lunger, Bern

14:00 - 14:15

Artificial intelligence driven radiological diagnosis in the emergency room – what’s possible today?

 

PD. Dr. Thomas Ruder, Bern

14:15 - 14:30

Discussion

SESSION 5: SwissACS Special Guest Lecture

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderator

Prof. Dr. Carmen Pfortmüller, Bern

14:30 - 14:50

AI-generated early warning scores in acute care – the future is now!

 

Dr. Martin Faltys, Bern

14:50 - 15:00

Discussion

15:00 - 15:30

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 6: Pro-Con-Session: Management strategy for the frail, acute surgical patient

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderators

Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern; Prof. Dr. Carmen Pfortmüller, Bern

15:30 - 15:45

Frail patients: More aggressive therapy due to limited reserves!

 

Dr. Gian Andrea Prevost, Chur

15:45 - 16:05

Frail patients: Less aggressive therapy to avoid second hits!

 

Dr. Philipp Venetz, Bern

16:05 - 16:15

Discussion

SESSION 7: Tough Trauma Cases from the Battlefield: The Experts’ Decisions

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderation

Div. Dr. Andreas Stettbacher

16:15 - 17:15

Case presentations and discussion of unusual and tricky trauma cases

 

Col Jennifer Gurney, Texas, USA

Experts panel

Col Linda C. Benavides, Tacoma, USA; Prof. Dr. Ingo Marzi, Frankfurt; Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern; PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne

17:15

Closure, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern

Eat, Meet and Greet!

18:00 - 23:00

Get-Together and Dinner at the Schweizerhof Hotel, Bern