Conference Objectives

  • Identify burn etiology and early burn management.
  • Review various splint application techniques.
  • Discuss and review indications for ECMO in the trauma population, reviewing indications, contraindications, risks, benefits, and outcomes.
  • Review of high energy trauma and scene management for spinal and trauma patients.
  • Review assessment and treatment for head trauma patients.
  • Discuss the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration during an MCI event.
  • Create teamwork, excellent communication, and a formulated plan for active shooter events.
  • Review updated treatment considerations for dive injuries.
  • Understand current available literature on evidence-based guidelines for trauma care.
  • Participants will be able to better understand human trafficking by being aware of types, venues, and dynamics of human trafficking (both sex and labor) and understand it’s scope in the United States and Florida.
  • Participants will understand the importance of using a traumainformed approach when screening victims of human trafficking and be able to describe assessment tools and strategies that can be used in clinical settings to identify human trafficking victims.