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 BauerfeindLocation | 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 |