Clinical Core

Critical Care Considerations During Prolonged Humanitarian Crises

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Lewis Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP

  Professor, Surgery
  Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Explore current management principles of critical care during prolonged field care. Experts form both civilian and military sectors will discuss best practices in supporting critically injured and ill patients in resource-limited environments until evacuation can be arranged. Topics will include initial management concerns; traumatic brain injury; burns and wounds; mechanical ventilation; pain, analgesia, and sedation; and nursing care. Resource limitation of blood, surgical supplies, oxygen, and electricity will be discussed. This session will be of interest to those involved in humanitarian relief, combat casualty care, and prehospital management.

Presentations:

• Burn and Wound Management
  
• Traumatic Brain Injury
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Sahar F. Zafar, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• Trauma Care
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kristie Hertel, ACNP, CCRN, MSN – East Carolina University Health Medical Center
• Mechanical Ventilation and Analgesia/Sedation
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP – Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
• Infectious Disease and Infection Control
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Alice Barsoumian, MD, FIDSA, FACP – Brooke Army Medical Center
• Nursing Concerns
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kristie Hertel, ACNP, CCRN, MSN – East Carolina University Health Medical Center
• Blood Strategies
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FCCM – Oregon Health and Science University