Scientific Program / March 14, 2025

07:30 - 8:30

Registration, exhibits

08:30 - 8:35

Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern

SESSION 1: Challenging Dogmas in Surgical Acute Care

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderators

Prof. Dr. Frank J.P. Beeres, Luzern; Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern

08:35 - 08:55

Patient under NOACs - contraindication for emergency surgery!

 

Dr. Alexis Litchinko, Freiburg

08:55 - 09:15

Acute pain management after trauma: There is no such thing as "too much"!

 

Dr. Christian Beilstein, Bern

09:15 - 09:35

The shock room is a bad place for teaching and education, because time matters!

 

Prof. Dr. Roman Pfeifer, Zürich

09:35 - 10:00

Discussion

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 2: Podium: What are the tasks of the trauma team leader and who should it be?

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderators

PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern, PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne

10:30 - 10:50

Surgeons’ perspective

 

Dr. Basil Hatz, Zürich

10:50 - 11:10

ER physicians’ perspective

 

Prof. Dr. Wolf Hautz, Bern

11:10 - 11:30

Anesthesiologists’ perspective

 

PD Dr. Björn Hossfeld, Ulm, Germany

11:30 - 12:00

Podium discussion

Podium

Prof. Dr. Frank J.P. Beeres, Luzern; Dr. Richard Glaab, Aarau; Dr. Beat Lehmann, Bern

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch, exhibits

Lunch Session

Supported by Bauerfeind

Location

Room 1

12:15-12:45

Comeback am Lauberhorn – Marco Kohlers Weg zurück.

 

Roland Fuchs, Trainer Spitzensport Swiss Olympic / Sportwissenschaftler MSc.

SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderator

Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger

13:00 – 13:30

Elevated troponin! Non-ischemic myocardial injury in acute surgical patients

 

Dr. Triinu Keskpaik, Tartu, Estonia

SESSION 4: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Research

Location

Ettore Rossi

Moderators

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

13:30 - 13:40

High-energy blunt pelvic ring injuries and prehospital pelvic binder applications

 

Dr. Ulysse Coneys, Geneva

13:40 - 13:50

Increasing use of Whole-Body-Computed-Tomography in “Non-Emergency-Resuscitation Room” patients after trauma

 

Dr. Vasileios Dougales, Aarau

13:50 - 14:00

Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing intraumbilical versus periumbilical incision in laparoscopic appendectomy

 

Dr. Justyna Mohr, Münsterlingen

14:00 - 14:10

Operatively treated high-energy blunt pelvic ring injuries and surgical site infections

 

Dr. Elvin Gurbanov, Geneva

14:10 - 14: 20

Glasgow Coma Scale score before prehospital tracheal intubation in trauma vs non-trauma patients

 

Dr. Benedick Satari, St. Gallen

14:20 - 14:30

SwissACS Price Award

Prize jury

Prof. Dr. Demetrios Demetriades, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Peep Talving, Tallin, Estonia, Prof. Dr. Kenji Inaba, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern, Switzerland; PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne, Switzerland, PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Fribourg, Dr. Joël L. Lavanchy, Basel

14:30 - 15:00

Refreshment break, exhibits

SESSION 5: Case Presentations and Discussion

Location

Ettore Rossi

Presenter

Dr. Alex Ochsner, Baden; Dr. Bianca Schnell, Interlaken

Experts panel

Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern; PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne; Dr. Triinu Keskpaik, Tartu, Estonia; Dr. Fabian Lunger, Bern

15:00 - 16:00

Presentations of Unusual and Tricky ACS Cases

16:00

Closure, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger