Scientific Program / March 5, 2027
07:30 - 8:30 | Registration, exhibits |
08:30 - 8:35 | Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knapp, Bern |
SESSION 1: Sacred cows of Acute Care Surgery: Time for a reckoning?
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderators | PD Dr. med. Ksenija Slankamenac, Zürich; PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Neuchatel |
08:35 - 08:55 | Every high-grade liver of spleen injury needs intervention! |
Dr. Enrique Lázaro i Fontanet, Lausanne | |
08:55 - 09:15 | Sepsis bundles, shockroom guidelines or massive transfusion protocols etc: “Protocols improve patient safety? |
Dr. Sonja Gugliementti, Aarau | |
09:15 - 09:35 | Lactate tells us who is sick! |
Dr. Ostini, Alessandro, Bern | |
09:35 - 09:45 | Discussion |
09:45 - 10:15 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 2: Podium: The Bleeding Pelvis: Who Should Take Control?
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderator | Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern |
10:15 - 10:25 | Setting the Stage: Inital Evaluation of Pelvic Trauma |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern | |
10:30 - 10:45 | Damage control surgery: STOP THE BLEEDING! |
Prof. Dr. Roman Pfeifer, Zürich | |
11:00 - 11:15 | Angioembolization: Possibilities and limitations |
PD Dr. Michael Brönnimann, Bern | |
11:30- 11:45 | Don't forget about the abdomen!" |
PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne | |
11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch, exhibits |
SwissACS General Assembly
Location | Room 2 |
12:15-12:45 | Annual General Assembly of the Swiss Association for Acute Care Surgery |
SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderator | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knapp, Bern |
13:00 – 13:30 | Prehospital-Trapped victims in vehicles of trauma – extraction and immobilization |
Rob Fenwick, Consultant Nurse in Emergency Care, BCUHB, Wrexham University, UK |
SESSION 4: Pro-Con! Opioid-heavy trauma analgesia: Are we treating pain or creating another problem?
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderators | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knapp, Bern; Dr. med. Beat Lehmann, Bern |
13:30 - 14:30 | Pro: Opioids remain indispensable in major trauma. |
tba | |
Con: The future of trauma analgesia is opioid-sparing | |
Prof. Dr. Björn Hossfeld, Ulm |
14:30 - 15:00 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 5: Case Presentations and Discussion
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderators | Dr. Lukas Widmer, Freiburg |
Experts panel | tba |
15:00 - 16:00 | Presentations of Unusual and Tricky ACS Cases |
PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Neuchatel |
16:00 | Closure, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knapp, Bern |