Northern Nevada Trauma Symposium

Overview

Renown Regional Medical Center is the only trauma center between Sacramento and Salt Lake City, serving patients in our 100,000 square mile catchment area – across Nevada, Lake Tahoe, Eastern California, and Southern Oregon. Treating over 90,000 ER and 4,200 trauma patients a year, and home to Renown Children's Hospital, the only Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center between Sacramento and Salt Lake City. Surrounding rural communities are also highly impacted by critically ill and injured patients requiring trauma care.

The third annual Northern Nevada Trauma Symposium will feature speakers, case studies, and an interactive jeopardy game led by trauma and emergency medicine experts. Explore essential topics, including team dynamics & Crucial Conversations, pediatric and geriatric trauma resuscitation case studies, pediatric mental health and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder inpatient screening and early intervention, thromboelastography (TEG): clinical uses and interpretation, Trauma Jeopardy and pediatric BIG head injury criteria and management.

Learning Objectives

Following the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Acquire strategies to improve team dynamics and how to have Crucial Conversations when stakes are high, which can improve patient safety and outcomes.
• Prepare clinicians to initiate pediatric mental health screening and early interventions for PTSD.
• Assess clinical uses for TEG in trauma patients and prepare clinicians to interpret results.
• Engage in questions and answers with leading experts in trauma care to cover key concepts and best practices for trauma patients throughout their life span.
• Assess trauma treatment options in rural settings for pediatric and geriatric trauma patients through case review.
• Integrate best practices in pediatric traumatic head injury care.
• Explain key concepts in c-spine clearance in pediatric patients.

Who Should Attend

Statewide, Rural and Local Emergency and Critical Care Physicians, Advanced Practice Practitioners, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Pharmacists, EMTs/Paramedics, Residents, and Medical and Nursing Students in these disciplines.

Registration

Virtual and in-person registration options are available. 

The UNR CME office, in partnership with Renown, will be collecting all registration fees. The per-participant registration fee is:

$50 for Physicians, Advanced Practice Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Respiratory Therapists
$25 for EMTs and Paramedics

Free registration is available to residents, medical and nursing students (space is limited so you must register).  Please reach out to cme@med.unr.edu for more information.

The conference registration deadline is Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Register early, as space is limited.

For additional information, please call, 775-784-4791 or email cme@med.unr.edu

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received by November 13, 2024, will receive a full refund less a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations after November 13, 2024, are non-refundable. For additional information, please contact 775-784-4791 or email cme@med.unr.edu