Scientific Program / March 14, 2024

07:30 - 08:30	Registration, exhibits
08:30 - 08:35	Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern

SESSION 1: Special Circumstances in the Shockroom

Location	Ettore Rossi
Moderators	Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern, PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern
08:35 - 08:50	Cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma
	PD Dr. Dominik M. Jakob, Bern
08:50 - 09:05	Elevated Lactate! Now what?
	Prof. Dr. Roman Pfeifer, Zürich
09:05 - 09:20	The forgotten cohort - Lessions learned from prehospital trauma deaths
	PD Dr. Urs Pietsch, St. Gallen
09:20 - 09:35	Traumatic dissection of aorta and related major arterial branches - Now what?
	Dr. Daniel Becker, Bern
09:35 - 10:00	Discussion

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 2: Workshops

Workshop 1
10:30 - 11:10	Ettore Rossi	Damage control resuscitation: Less is more!
		PD Dr. Björn Hossfeld, Ulm, PD Dr. Jürgen Knapp, Bern
10:30 - 11:10	Room 1	Basic airway management
		Dr. Michael Glas, Burgdorf, Dr. Julian Thaler, Biel
10:30 - 11:10	Rooms 2 & 3	Advanced E-FAST: Hands on for everybody!
		Dr. B. Lehmann, Bern; and friends
10:30 - 11:10	Room 4	Debriefing of the Traumateam - How we do it!
		Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern, Dr. Sonja Guglielmetti, Aarau

Workshop 2
11:20 - 12:00	Ettore Rossi	Nutrition of the severely injured patient
		Prof. Dr. Emeritis Mette M. Berger, Lausanne, Dr. Annika Reintam Blaser, Luzern
11:20 - 12:00	Room 1	Basic airway managment
		Dr. Michael Glas, Burgdorf, Dr. Julian Thaler, Biel
11:20 - 12:00	Rooms 2 & 3	Advanced E-FAST: Hands on for everybody!
		Dr. B. Lehmann, Bern; and friends
11:20 - 12:00	Room 4	Debriefing of the Trauma Team - How we do it!
		Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern, Dr. Sonja Guglielmetti, Aarau

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch, exhibits

Lunch Session

Supported by Astra Zeneca

Location	Room 1
12:15-12:45	Severe gastrointestinal bleeding in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) - Therapeutic options
	Dr. Vinay Sehgal, London, UK

SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture

Location	Ettore Rossi
Moderator	Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern
13:00 - 13:30	To err is human - the importance to learn from our mistakes!
	Prof. Dr. Ali Salim, Boston, USA

SESSION 4: Challenging Dogmas in Trauma Care

Location	Ettore Rossi Lecture Hall
Moderators	PD. Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern, Dr. Sonja Guglielmetti, Aarau
13:30 - 13:45	Chest tube: The bigger the better!
	Dr. Michail Galanis, Bern
13:45 - 14:00	First washout of open fractures: Within 6 hours!
	Prof. Dr. Valentin Neuhaus, Zürich
14:00 - 14:15	“Window of opportunity” in the polytraumatized patient: still a valid concept?
	Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern
14:15 - 14:30	Discussion

SESSION 5: SwissACS Special Guest Lecture

Location	Ettore Rossi
Moderator	PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern
14:30 - 14:50	Whole blood transfusion for severe traumatic hemorrhage: Hope or Hype?
	Dr. Robert van der Horst, Netherlands
14:50 - 15:00	Discussion

15:00 - 15:30

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 6: How I do it!

Location	Ettore Rossi
Moderators	Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern, PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne
15:30 - 15:45	Rip plating for flail chest: When and How?
	PD Dr. Claudio Caviezel, Chur
15:45 - 16:05	Interpretation of sonography in trauma
	Dr. Beat Lehmann, 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, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern
16:15 - 17:15	Case presentations and discussion of unusual and tricky trauma cases
	Col Jennifer Gurney, Texas, USA; Col Linda C. Benavides, Tacoma, USA; Lt Col Mary F. Stuever, Landstuhl, Germany
Experts panel	Prof. Dr. Ali Salim, Boston, USA, Dr. Robert van der Horst, Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Roman Pfeifer, Zürich, Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern, Prof. Dr. Valentin Neuhaus, Zürich, PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern, Dr. Sonja Guglielmetti, Aarau

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