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Registration Opens February 11, 2022

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022

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11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | WELCOME

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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION

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Join Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, FACEP to discuss evidence-based practices and programs that target usage of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. Today’s practices are likely to reduce re-injury, retaliation and financial burden to public payers. Learn about how Medicaid expansion can cover reimbursement for violence prevention.

 

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | MANAGING THE "INSIDE & OUTSIDE" OF YOUR TRAUMA CENTERS RESPONSE TO A VIOLENT INCIDENT

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High profile events involving violence present our trauma centers with dueling pressures in and outside the trauma bay. Balancing the operations of the internal team response, while managing communications with the community presents unique challenges. Learn from Susan Kennedy, RN, and Trauma Program Manager at Medstar Washington Hospital Center & John Fildes, MD, FACS, FCCM, FPCS, University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) who have first-hand experience coordinating the chaos that follows these tragic incidents.

 

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | BREAK

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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | LIGHTNING ROUNDS

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Affirm: Join Dr. Barsotti, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, to explore an inclusive, medical community based approach to firearm injury prevention. 

 

Gun Shop Project: Learn from expert, Elaine Frank, BA, MHS, about a one of a kind partnership between gun shop owners and injury prevention professionals. 

 

Gun Buyback & Safe Storage Programs: Examine two collaborative firearm safety and prevention strategies with Pina Violano, PhD, MSPH, RN-BC, CCRNL.

 

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE – THE ROAD FROM VICTIM TO ADVOCATE

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Aswad Thomas, Managing Director at Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice nearly lost his life to a random act of violence. Learn how this near death experience inspired our speaker to become a leader in community violence prevention and intervention including the integration of hospital based programs.               

 

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | BREAK

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3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | GUIDED BY YOUR MORAL COMPASS

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Trauma care providers and leaders are faced with tough decisions every day, clinically and operationally. Join Dr. Simon Talbot, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA as he explores the balance of confronting the human costs and moral injury related to these decisions while summoning the courage to confront and minimize those competing demands.

 

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM | ASSESSING AND RESPONDING TO THREATS AGAINST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

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Violence inside our trauma centers threatens the lives of healthcare workers, staff, patients, and visitors. With a rise in hospital-based incidents, leadership and legislators alike have elevated their efforts to promote situational awareness, prepare response plans and protect their teams. Join Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center leaders Rich Mello, Director of Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Karen Clements, Nursing Supervisor, as they share their experiences and lessons learned.

  

5:30 PM | CLOSING REMARKS

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CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS:

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CME

This activity has been planned and implemented by the Trauma Center Association of America and American Trauma Society. TCAA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

AMA
The Trauma Center Association of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit
Commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE
The Trauma Center Association of America is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16459 for 5.75 contact hours. Certificate must be retained for 4 years after date of issue. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.