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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Advanced Practice Providers Skills Course​
Location: Redford Hall
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Join us for an exclusive pre-conference hands-on session designed for advanced practice providers at the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference! Dive into practical learning experiences led by experienced professionals in pediatric trauma care. Enhance your skills, discuss the latest advancements, and network with fellow APPs.
This session is your opportunity to refine your expertise and stay ahead in delivering top-notch care to young patients.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Research Fundamentals Course
Location: Lookout Room​
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Join us for a pre-conference course designed for all healthcare providers interested
in quality improvement and clinical research. A Tool Kit for Practice-Based Research
will serve as both an introduction to research and an avenue to bring life to your research and quality improvement ideas. This course will cover research fundamentals, design and methodology, statistics, principle of scientific writing and more.
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Thursday, July 11, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall
Sunrise Hike
Location: Meet by the lift
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Rick Black
6:00 AM
8:00
Controversies in Pediatric Trauma
Location: Redford Hall
Todd Ponsky, MD, FACS
Chief Innovation Officer
Professor of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
University of Cincinnati
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Katie Russell, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
Director of Utah Pectus Program
Director of Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program
University of Utah
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Objectives:
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Tots, Bots, Clots, and Pixel Dots: An Evolving Paradigm in Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Location: Redford Hall
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Christian J. Streck Jr., MD
H. Biemann Othersen Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Vice Chair, Education
Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
MUSC Children’s Health
Medical University of South Carolina
Objective: Explain how to implement an abdominal trauma imaging guideline.
Understand evolving options for low-grade solid organ injury management.
11:00
Podium Presentation - Best Practice
Location: Redford Hall
12:00 PM
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
1:00
How to Read a Head CT
Location: Redford Hall
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Jeffrey S. Prince, MD
Pediatric Radiologist
Intermountain Pediatric Imaging
Primary Children's Hospital
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Objective: Describe the basics of head CT interpretation in the trauma setting.
1:30
Point-Counterpoint: Neuromonitoring vs.
Early Craniotomy
Location: Redford Hall
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Robert J. Bollo, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Primary Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
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Vijay M. Ravindra, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery
Naval Medical Center San Diego
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Objective: Discuss evidence-based clinical decision-making and practice variation in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.
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Panel
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Shannon Becker, BSN, RN, CPN
Trauma Program Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
Lillian F. Liao, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
University of Texas HSC San Antonio
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Deidre Wyrick, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Arkansas Children's Hospital
2:30
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
2:45
Adjourn for the day
2:45
Float Provo River
Location: Meeting in the hotel lobby.
Dinner will be provided.
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Extra fee will be required for this activity.
7:00
Family Social
Location: Location: Screening Room Lawn
Join us for lawn games and a cash bar.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall
Welcome
Location: Redford Hall
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Kacey Barnes, MSN, RN
Katie Russell, MD
8:00 AM
Penetrating Trauma: Difficult Access
Location: Redford Hall
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Kenji Inaba, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
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Objectives:
8:15
9:00
Policy and Advocacy in Firearm Suicide Prevention
Location: Redford Hall
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Evan V. Goldstein, PhD, MPP
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
University of Utah
Objectives: Discuss how public policy affects firearm-related suicide outcomes and identify ways physicians can promote firearm suicide prevention.
9:30
Pediatric Firearm Injuries: How we got here and
where we can go.
Location: Redford Hall
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Maya Haasz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chair, Firearm Injury Prevention Workgroup
Children's Hospital Colorado
Objectives: Describe opportunities for healthcare providers to participate in decreasing the burden of pediatric firearm injuries.
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Inequities in Pediatric Trauma – Moving from
Descriptions to Action
Location: Redford Hall
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Meera Kotagal, MD
Director of Trauma Services
Director of Surgical Equity Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Objective: Discuss strategies and approaches for addressing inequities in pediatric trauma.
11:00
Podium Presentations - Scientific
Location: Redford Hall
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
12:00 PM
Databases in Pediatric Trauma Research
Location: Redford Hall
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Justin Lee, MD
Associate Professor
University of Arizona, Phoenix
Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Objective: Examine various available databases for pediatric trauma research
1:00
The Editor’s Perspective
Location: Redford Hall
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George W. Holcomb III, MD, MBA
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Nashville, TN"
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Objectives: Discuss my current position as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and describe information about some of the responsibilities of this position.
1:30
2:00
Guideline Implementation: who, what, when, where and why?
Location: Redford Hall
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Regan F. Williams, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS
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Objectives: Examine the important aspects to ensure optimal implementation of pediatric trauma guidelines
2:30
How to Optimize Your TQIP Report
Location: Redford Hall
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Aaron R. Jensen, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Trauma Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
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Objectives: Describe the impact of injury-specific risk ratios and coding on risk-adjustment in your TQIP report.
3:00
Grand Teton Lightning MCI in the Sky
Location: Redford Hill
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Albert R. Wheeler III, MD, DiMM, FACEP
Emergency Medicine of JH Director
Medical Director GRTE EMS, JH Fire/EMS
Medical Director and Member TCSAR
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David Weber, Flight Paramedic
Climbing Ranger, Grand Teton National Park
Owner, Mountain Rescue Collective, LLC
Flight Paramedic & Hoist Rescuer
Intermountain Life Flight
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Objective: Discuss large scale response to backcountry MCI
3:30
Death to Dogma
Location: Redford Hall
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Michael L. Nance, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Objectives: Evaluate the choices we make and why we make them.
4:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
4:30
Poster Presentations - Scientific and Best Practice
Location: Redford Hall | Screening Room
5:30
Adjourn for the day
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BBQ
Location: Rehearsal Hall
Night Activity
6:00
Friday, July 12, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall
8:00 AM
The Future of Pediatric Trauma Care. The Future is Bright.
Location: Redford Hall
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R. Todd Maxson, MD
Professor of Surgery
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Surgeon in Chief, Arkansas Children’s,
Rachel Fuller Endowed Chair Surgery
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Objective: Explore the options for future technology for pediatric trauma care.
8:30
Pediatric Vascular Trauma: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Location: Redford Hall
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Alexander S. Fairman, MD
Director of Pediatric Vascular Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Objective: Describe the most typical pediatric vascular traumatic injuries and the different interventional challenges that we face in managing this patient population.
9:00
Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury in Young Males
Location: Redford Hall
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Jack Moser and Amber Peterson
Jack was a patient at Primary Children’s Hospital and has become a dear friend and advocate, with the help of his family, ever since.
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David Rothberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma
Residency Program Director
University of Utah
Department of Orthopaedics
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Anthony Schaeffer, MD
Pediatric Urology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital
Objective: Discuss surgical treatment of major urethral injury related to pelvic fractures in young males.
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
APPs in the Trauma Bay and Beyond
Location: Redford Hall
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Annika Kay, PA-C, MPAS
Trauma Service
Intermountain Medical Center
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Objective: Describe an APP-led model of trauma bay leadership and resuscitation.
11:00
Current AI and Computer Simulation Model Research on Eye Findings of Ocular Trauma in 2024
Location: Redford Hall
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Donny W. Suh, MD
Chief and Professor
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (GHEI) &
Fellowship Program & Eye Mobile Program
University of California at Irvine
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Objective: Discuss how AI and Computer Simulation Model can assist medical professionals in decision making process.
11:30
ECMO and Trauma
Location: Redford Hill
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Mark S. Molitor, Jr., MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Director ECLS Program
Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Objective: Discuss the indications for and the implications of using ECMO in pediatric trauma patients.
12:00 PM
Conference Wrap-Up
Location: Redford Hall
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Robert Swendiman, MD
Deidre Wyrick, MD
Laura Goodman, MD​
12:30
Awards | Adjourn
Location: Redford Hall
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Kacey Barnes, MSN, RN
Katie Russell, MD
12:45
Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
1:00
Multi-Center Trials Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
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Collaboration adult organizations
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ATOMAC
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WPSRC