09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Les Folio, DO, MPH; Col (ret), USAF, MC, SFS
Associate Professor, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Associate Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Radiologist
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

09.10 Clinical Advances In Battlefield Trauma Care: Experiences From Afghanistan 2009

• Reconstructive surgery
• Infection control
• Pain Management
• Maxillofacial surgery

Colonel Tim Hodgetts
Defence Professor of Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
UK MoD

09.50 The Orthopaedic Challenge: Limb Salvage Versus Amputation

• Reality of IED Injuries
• Impact of combat tourniquets
• Considerations for both

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Parker (RTR)
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Army Medical Services
UK MoD

10.30 Discussion: Clinical Training On Operations: How Can We Get The Best From Our Young Clinicians?

• How can we use our young Drs in the Military Health Systems?
• Field Hospitals are not a teaching hospital: But how do we strike a balance?
• Room for official training on tour?

Panelists to include:

11.20 Mass Trauma Incidents

• Imaging for mass casualty incidents
• Radiology in disaster management
• Advanced imaging techniques in preparing for and effectively dealing with mass trauma incidents

Dr Markus Körner
Institute for Radiology
University of Munich

12.00 Major Incident Medical Response: Dealing With Mass Casualties

• Pre hospital trauma management
• Importance of preparedness of facilities
• The Medical Response to Major Incidents Course MRMI - civilian and military medicine together
• Adapting the MRMI course to fit the military needs

Major (Res.) Boris Hreckovski, MD
F.I.C.S. Chief of Trauma Department
General Hospital Dr.J.Bencevic Slavonski Brod

13.40 Casualty Care For Injuries Associated With Low Intensity Conflicts

• Multiple casualty incidents
• Types and severity of injuries
• Treatment, the Israeli example

Dr. Ishay Ostfeld
MD MHA Cardiothoracic Surgeon Commander, SUMA (Israeli Defence Force Special Units Medical Administration)
IDF

14.20 Level 4 Care: The Complex Issues Of Effective Recovery

• Combating issues other than initial injury
• hospital infections
• Combating fungal infections

Steven Jeffery
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Defence Medical Services

15.30 Burn Treatment And Rehabilitation: Lessons From Current Operations

• Difference between the treatment of burns and other traumas
• Damage control of burns
• Specific approach in first aid and long term treatment

Lieutenant Colonel Sandra Wanek
Trauma Surgeon, Burn Specialist, LRMC
ERMC

16.10 Challenges And Advances In Rehabilitation

• Amputee and polytrauma care
• Physical therapy advances
• The psychological health of our injured soldiers

Lt Col Alan Mistlin
OC Medical Division and Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, DMRC Headley Court
UK MoD

16.50 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks Of Conference