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 |