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Medallion Level CME/CE>CME/CE Calendar>The 17th Annual Regional Burn Conference
Daily Schedule
 

The 17th Annual Regional Burn Conference
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
 
  Advanced Burn Life Support Provider Course
Location: Birmingham Regional Emergency Medical Services System, 1114 S. 16th St. 
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Advanced Burn Life Support Instructor Course
Location: Birmingham Regional Emergency Medical Services System, 1114 S. 16th St. – Separate registration and fee required–Contact
Elaine Barrett, 800-548-2876
8:30am-5:00pm Rehabilitation Pre-Conference-Head, Face and Neck Burns: Treatments and Options
Location: The Wynfrey Hotel
3:00-7:00pm Early Registration and Poster/Exhibit Set-up

 

Friday, November 5, 2004
7:00-8:00 am Registration, View Posters, Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors  
8:00 Welcome, Announcements and Program Overview
SESSION 1–David J. Barillo, MD, and Alan R. Dimick, MD, Moderators
8:15 The Epidemiological Basis of Trash/Brush Burning Injuries in North Carolina
Ernest J. Grant, MSN, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
8:30 Effects of Home Fires in a Non English Speaking Community
Cynthia Tant Bahri, BSN, American Red Cross, Birmingham Area Chapter, Disaster Services, Birmingham, AL

8:45

The Association Between Alcohol and Drugs and Outcomes Following Thermal Injury
Brent E. Quinney, MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
9:00 Burn Incidence in the United States: An Update
Peter A. Brigham, MSW, Burn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
9:15 Activation of the Trauma Alert System for Burn Patients Admitted to the ED
Michael D. Peck, MD, ScD, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
9:30 EMS Systems Development: Acute Event Responses
Joe Acker, MPH, EMT-P, Birmingham Regional Emergency Medical Services System, Birmingham, AL
9:45 ABA President’s Address-The American Burn Association in 2004:
Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS, President, ABA, Chicago, IL
10:30 Break, View Posters, and Visit with Exhibitors
SESSION 2–James M. Cross, MD, and Bruce C. Friedman, MD, Moderators
11:00 Child Abuse and Social Challenges in a Pediatric Burn Unit: A Single Year’s Experience
William D. Hardin, Jr., MD, University of Alabama, Children’s Hospital
Burn Center, Birmingham, AL
11:15 Erchonia Laser as an Adjunct to Burn Pain Management
Jeffrey Mann Nelson, MD, FACS, St. Mary’s Burn Center, Tucson, AZ
11:30 The Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in the Burn Patient
Howard Gary Smith, MD, Orlando Regional Health System, Burn Center,
Orlando, FL
11:45 The Use of a Bedside PC Tablet for Documentation and Billing
William D. Hardin, Jr., MD, University of Alabama, Children’s Hospital
Burn Center, Birmingham, AL
12:00 pm Adjourn – Lunch on your own
12:00-1:30 National Disaster Medical System, Burn Specialty Team-2 Breakout
Session/Luncheon
12:00-1:30 Nurses’ Breakout Session/Luncheon
SESSION 3–Jeffrey S. Guy, MD, and C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Moderators
1:30 Dexmedetomidine Sedation for Dressing Changes in the Burn Intensive Care Unit
Lesley K. Wong, MD, Erlanger Medical Center Burn Unit, Chattanooga, TN
1:45 Initial Experience with a 5 Lumen Central Venous Catheter in Critically Ill Burn Patients
Bruce C. Friedman, MD, Doctor’s Hospital, Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Augusta, GA
2:00 The Role of Volumetric Diffusive Respirator (VDR) and High PEEP in the Management of Severe Inhalation Injury in Pediatric Burn Patients
Faera NMN Byerly, MD, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2:15 Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) in the Management of Inhalation Injuries
Bruce A. Cairns, MD, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2:30 Preventing Reintubation of Pediatric Burn Patients With Inhalation Injury Using High Flow Nasal Cannula
Faera NMN Byerly, MD, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2:45 Aerosolized Polymyxin B in Highly Resistant Nosocomial Pneumonias in Critically Ill Burn Patients
Michele M. Davis, RN, CRC, Research Consortium, Doctor’s Hospital,
Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Augusta, GA
3:00 Break, View Posters, and Visit with Exhibitors
SESSION 4–David W. Mozingo, MD, and Joseph A. Molnar, MD, PhD, Moderators
3:30 Influence and Impact: Introducing the Burn Center to Hospital Administration
Timothy M. Mason, RN, BSN, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
3:45 Initial Experience with a New System for the Control and Containment of Fecal Output for the Protection of Patients in a Large Burn Center
Bruce C. Friedman, MD, Research Consortium, Doctor’s Hospital, Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Augusta, GA
4:00 Burn Patients with Abdominal Hypertension Treated by Percutaneous Decompression
Barbara A. Latenser, MD, University of Iowa Burn Center, Iowa City, IA
4:15 Early Intervention with Drotrecogin Alfa in Non-infectious ARDS/Inhalation Injury
Bruce C. Friedman, MD, Research Consortium, Doctor’s Hospital,
Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Augusta, GA
4:30 Enteral Nutrition in the ICU: We Are Not Doing What We Think We Are
Margaret A. Peoples, MS, RD, CNSD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
4:45 Longitudinal Expression of Novel Innate Immunity Genes (CATERPILLER) in Critically Ill and Septic Burn Patients
Miguel A. Medina, III, BA, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 Dealing with Sexuality Post Burn Injury
Cindy Rutter, RN, BSN, Smith & Nephew, SanDiego, CA
5:15 Adjourn
7:00 Private Buffet Dinner at the McWane Center (Buses begin loading at 6:30 pm)
Saturday, November 6, 2004
7:00 am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
SESSION 5–William D. Hardin Jr., MD and Deborah Thedford, RN, MSN, CWOCN, Moderators
8:00 Pediatric Comprehensive Care Provided by a Non-unit Based Pediatric Burn Team: A Case Report
Amy L. Ferguson, MHS/PT, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
8:15 Children Changed by Trauma: Forty-Seven Years of Silence Ended
Shirley Minter Massey, BA, MDiv, BCC, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
8:30 Stress Management for Burn Healthcare Providers
Robin Ann Schafer, BA, LMT, NCTMB Advanced Neuromuscular Therapies, Inc., Birmingham, AL
8:45 Thrice (Not Once) in a Lifetime: Analysis of a Single Institution’s Experience with Three Burn Disasters
Bruce A. Cairns, MD, FACS, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
9:00 Special Presentation: The Station Nightclub Disaster - Lessons Learned
William G. Cioffi, MD, FACS, Chair, Department of Surgery, Brown
Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
9:30 Break and Visit with Exhibitors
SESSION 6–William R. Dougherty, MD, and Tracy Tolbert, RN, CPN, Moderators
10:00 Development of a Burn Center Specific Orientation Program
Wendy Leanne Beese, RN, BSN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Burn Center, Nashville, TN
10:15 Burnett Burn Center Practice Council
Michelle Lea Remmert, BSN, University of Kansas Medical Center, Burnett Burn Center, Kansas City, KS
10:30 Educating the Night Owls: A New Approach
Melissa B. Shelby, ARNP-C, Tampa General Hospital, Regional Burn Center, Tampa, FL
10:45 Use of Reversed Radial Forearm Flap for Reconstruction of Significant Defects of Hand Following Burns
Chenicheri C. Balakrishnan, MD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
11:00 Complex Reconstruction With Dermal Regenerative Template Following Extremity Amputations
Howard Gary Smith, MD, Orlando Regional Health System, Burn Center, Orlando, FL
11:15 Burn Amputee Rehabilitation Program Guidelines
Sandra K. Fletchall, OTR, CHT, MPA, Capabilities For Living, LLC, Lakeland, TN
11:30 Outpatient Reconstruction of Burns and Trauma Using Integra and Subatmospheric Pressure
Christopher A. Park, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
11:45 am-
12:00 pm
The Use of Spray Fibrin Glue in Skin Grafting
James M. Cross, MD, FACS, University of Alabama Burn Center, Birmingham, AL
12:00 Adjourn – Lunch on your own
12:00 Doctors’ Business Luncheon - (by invitation only)
2:00-4:00 Adult and Pediatric Burn Center Tours-(Buses begin loading at 1:30 pm)
7:00 Evening Social Event supported by Smith & Nephew, Inc.
(visit registration desk for details)
Sunday, November 7, 2004
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
SESSION 7–Michael D. Peck, MD, and David Hoefflicker, Moderators
8:00 The BOOK of Image Enhancement for Burn Survivors
Barbara Ann Kammerer Quayle, MA, The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, East Grand Rapids, MI
8:15 Coping, Stress, and Trauma for Burn Survivors, Family, Friends, and Massage Therapists
Robin Ann Schafer, BA, LMT, NCTMB, Advanced Neuromuscular Therapies, Inc., Birmingham, AL
8:30 Down in Flames, Up in Love
Patricia Charlene Pell, BA, Pell Communications, Inc., Cornelius, NC
8:45 Bilateral Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Critically Ill Burn Patients
Miguel A. Medina III, BA, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
9:00 HIPAA Compliant Photography in the Burn Unit: A New Era
William D. Hardin, Jr., MD, University of Alabama, Children’s Hospital Burn Center, Birmingham, AL
9:15 Break
SESSION 8–Bryan C. Weidner, MD, and Karen Coles, BSN, Moderators
9:45 Pain Reduction of Partial Thickness Burn Wounds
Rockne Troy Stephens, BA, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Paul Silverstein Burn Center, Oklahoma City, OK
10:00 Strategies for Optimizing Wound Care Reimbursement
John F. Bishop, PA-C, CPC, Bishop & Associates, Inc., Tampa, FL
10:15 Managing Graft Sites with a New Antimicrobial Dressing
Rockne Troy Stephens, BA, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Paul Silverstein Burn Center, Oklahoma City, OK
10:30 Folklore and the Treatment of Burns
Ernest J. Grant, MSN, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
10:45 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in the Burn Population: A Survey of US Burn Centers
Robert Edward Hugh Ferguson, Jr., MD, University of Kentucky
Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
11:00 Adrenal Insufficiency in the Burn Population: A Pilot Study of Understanding and Educational Need
Eric Stephen Wolak, RN, BSN, CCRN, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
11:15 Update: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Coding and Reimbursement
John F. Bishop, PA-C, CPC, Bishop & Associates, Tampa, FL
11:30 Methemoglobinemia in a Burn Patient: A Case Presentation
Eric Stephen Wolak, RN, BSN, CCRN, University of North Carolina Hospitals, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC
11:45am-
12:00pm
The Role of Ionic Silver for Burn and Wound Treatment with a New Silver Delivery Mechanism
Alan J. Cantor, DPM, FACFAOM, CWS, Oxford University Wound Healing Institute, Meadowbrook Foot Care, Jericho, NY

12:00

Best Papers and Best Posters Awards Presentation
12:15 Adjourn until next year

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