CoxHealth's 34th Annual Decisions in Trauma Conference (Hybrid)

Join us for this one day conference to enhance the multidisciplinary team approach for emergency and trauma patients.

This conference is designed for health care professionals who care for the adult and pediatric trauma populations at all stages of care, from emergency response to rehabilitation.

Agenda will be updated as titles are submitted  

0730-0755: Registration/Breakfast/Vendors  

0755-0800: Welcome and Disclosures

0800-0900: Resuscitation Strategies Over the Years - Joshua McElderry, MD 

0900-1000: St. Louis Children's Speaker 

1000-1015: Break

1015-1115: Ethan Griffin

1115-1215: Robin King

1200-1245: Lunch  

1245-1345: Severe Head Trauma -A Case Review - Deborah Upton, APRN-BC

1. Apply principles of brain insult and mechanisms of neuronal injury  
2. Apply concepts of intracranial hypertension and brain oxygenation delivery and consumption to management of the brain injured patient  
3. Apply the clinical and diagnostic assessment of a brain injured patient  
4. List general treatments that are common in brain injury  
5. Apply management principles for selected pathophysiologic conditions  

1345-1400: Break

1400-1500: Pain Management in Acute Trauma - Brooke Bitner, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP   

1. Describe evidence-based approaches to assessing and managing acute pain in trauma patients, with consideration for injury severity, patient status, and care setting.
2. Compare pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management strategies in acute trauma, emphasizing opioid stewardship, multimodal analgesia, and patient-specific considerations.
    

1500-1600: Pediatric Trauma/Case Reports - Tessa Woods, DO

1. Recognize the unique anatomical and physiological differences in pediatric patients that influence trauma assessment and management.
2. Apply evidence-based principles to the initial evaluation, stabilization, and ongoing care of pediatric trauma patients, including appropriate use of imaging and interventions.

1600-1615: Evaluation Period 

Norrie Bradley, RN, BSN

• Trauma Outreach and Education Coordinator, Trauma Services

Casey Ewing, RRT

• Adult Critical Care Respiratory Supervisor

Bridget Gladman RN, BSN, RNC-MNN

• Primary Nurse Planner/Conference Coordinator

Aimee Harnstrom, BSN, CEN

• Trauma Educator

Triesa Massey MHA

• Medical Staff Education Coordinator

Joshua McElderry, MD

• Trauma Surgeon

Rowan Pepper, CRT, RRT

• Respiratory Care System Educator 

Russell Scanlan, BS, NRP

• EMS Educator-PI Facilitator, Pre-Hospital Services

Lindsay Turner, RN

• Education and Outreach Nurse, Trauma Services

Kristi Vandeloecht PTA, GC, CDR, MS

• Clinical Therapist Educator, Rehab Services

• CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO626-3, 7.25 Contact Hours
• PT, OT, RT, and EMS hours pending
• AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM pending 

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite’s fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

After the date indicated on the program webpage as the final day for full refunds, a $25.00 processing fee will be withheld.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

If you are a no-show the day of the event and chose payroll deduct, you will still be charged the registration fee.

Refunds will be credited back to the same credit card in which the payment was received. If the payment was made in cash or check, the refund will be provided within 4-6 weeks in the form of a check and mailed to the address obtained at the time of registration.

In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be received in writing via email or by calling Bridget Gladman at 417-269-4150 or Bridget.Gladman@coxhealth.com