Paal AkselNaess Norway

Monday, 20 April 2026

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13:30 15:00	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 135 AmitGupta Moderator India DavidZonies Moderator United States SharonHenry Moderator United States PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN MASS CASUALTIES' EVENT: HOW TO PREPARE? 135-1 Maeyane StephensMoeng Speaker South Africa CAN HIC LEARN FOR LMIC WHEN THE HEAT IS ON, HOW TO DEAL WITH LESS 135-2 FelipeVega-Rivera Speaker Mexico WHAT SHOULD WE ALL KNOW ABOUT WAR SURGERY? 135-3 Jennifer M.Gurney Speaker United States WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TRAUMA SERVICE IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE YOUR HOSPITAL? 135-4 Li TserngTeo Speaker Singapore HOW TO RESPOND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US TO BE PREPARED BUT NOT WORRIED? 135-5 ChristineGaarder Speaker Norway Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
15:30 17:00	THE SILVER TSUNAMI – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 136 Rochelle A.Dicker Moderator United States Ronald V.Maier Moderator United States TRIAGE AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AGEING AND ITS IMPACT ON RESUSCITATION 136-1 Rochelle A.Dicker Speaker United States GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS IN FACE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS 136-2 AmitGupta Speaker India PALLIATIVE CARE IN TRAUMA RESUS AND ICU 136-3 Scott K.D'Amours Speaker Australia FUTILE CARE AND FRAILTY: ONGOING DILEMMA IN LMIC 136-4 Maeyane StephensMoeng Speaker South Africa Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

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08:30 10:00	LESSONS LEARNED FROM DIFFERENT WAR ZONES APIMSF / ESS Excelsior 252 AndreasStettbacher Moderator Switzerland Jennifer M.Gurney Moderator United States THE EXPEDITIONARY SURGEON: WHAT IS NEEDED TO OPERATE ON FUTURE BATTLEFIELDS 252-1 KirbyGross Speaker United States PREPARING MILITARY SURGEONS TO COMPETENTLY MANAGE COMBAT CASUALTIES 252-2 MarkBowyer Speaker United States INNOVATIONS IN MILITARY SURGERY IN THE BATTLEFIELDS OF SRI LANKA 252-3 KosalaSomaratne Speaker Sri Lanka LIMB-SAVING STRATEGIES IN MODERN MILITARY CONFLICTS 252-4 Viktor A.Reva Speaker Russia DILEMMAS OF A SURGEON GENERAL OF A NEUTRAL COUNTRY 252-5 AndreasStettbacher Speaker Switzerland Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)	STRENGTHENING TRAUMACARE GLOBALLY: THE 20-YEAR IATSIC - WHO COLLABORATION IATSIC / G4 / ISS/SIC 262 AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Charles N.Mock Moderator United States ChristineGaarder Moderator Norway WHO'S TRAUMA CARE WORK 262-1 LeeWallis Speaker Switzerland IATSIC-WHO TRAINING MATERIALS 262-2 ChristineGaarder Speaker Norway GUIDELINES FOR ESSENTIAL TRAUMA CARE 262-3 Charles N.Mock Speaker United States TRAUMA INTAKE FORM 262-4 AdamGyedu Speaker Ghana UPDATING THE SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST 262-5 NobhojitRoy Speaker Rwanda Room: Camelias (Floor 6)
10:30 12:00	MAKING IT PRACTICAL – TRAUMA RESUSCITATION BY THE EXPERTS IATSIC 233 AndersHoltan Moderator Norway SandroScarpelini Moderator Brazil ACCESS AND ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN TRAUMA 233- HayatoKurihara Speaker Italy PROTECTING THE INJURED BRAIN WORLDWIDE: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EARLY RESUSCITATION? 233-2 SusanRowell Speaker United States SHOULD WE REALLY GO BACK THE FUTURE? WHOLE BLOOD, PROS, CONS AND ALTERNATIVES? 233-3 AndersHoltan Speaker Norway MANAGEMENT OF TIC AND HOW TO IMPROVE TRANSFUSION SECURITY IN LOW RESOURCE SETTING 233-4 SandroScarpelini Speaker Brazil AUTOTRANSFUSION – THE SOLUTION TO DILUTION FOR LMICS! 233-5 Timothy CraigHardcastle Speaker South Africa Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
13:30 15:00	BUILDING RESILIENT NETWORKS – THE CORE OF TRAUMA TEAMWORK IATSIC 235 Emma MariePossfelt-Møller Moderator Denmark SergioBatista Moderator Portugal TEAMWORK IN TRAUMA 235-1 HenriqueAlexandrino Speaker Portugal SergioBatista Speaker Portugal WHAT EVERY SURGEON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRAUMA ANAESTHESIA? 235-2 David M.Scott Speaker Australia WHAT EVERY ANAESTHETIST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRAUMA SURGERY? 235-3 Emma MariePossfelt-Møller Speaker Denmark WHAT EVERY DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRAUMA NURSING? DPNTC 235-4 LilianaLourenco Speaker Portugal DISCUSSION 235-5 Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
15:30 17:00	ERATIC – ERAS GUIDELINES IN TRAUMA AND INTENSIVE CARE – AND NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGES IN ICU? IASMEN / IATSIC 246 Kwang-YeongHow Moderator Singapore Timothy CraigHardcastle Moderator South Africa THE PROJECT-WHY WE ACCEPTED THIS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ERAS APPROACH? 246-1 OlleLjungqvist Speaker Sweden THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION IN HEALING AFTER TRAUMA 246-2 MichaelScott Speaker United States WHAT WE FOUND 246-3 KimberlyDavis Speaker United States WHY WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, IMPLEMENTATION, COMPLIANCE EVALUATION 246-4 Timothy CraigHardcastle Speaker South Africa THE PICS AND POST-ICU NUTRITION 246-5 Chi-MinPark Speaker South Korea Room: Jardin (Floor 6)

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

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07:15 08:15	PERIOPERATIVE SKILLS SUPPORT IN LMICS ISS/SIC / SELF 361 KathrynChu Moderator South Africa NobhojitRoy Moderator Rwanda TRANSLATING GLOBAL & NATIONAL SURGICAL POLICY INTO TRAINING AND SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS IN ZAMBIA 361-1 EmmanuelMakasa Speaker Zambia STRENGTHENING PERIOPERATIVE NURSING EDUCATION FOR SAFE SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND ENHANCED PATIENT OUTCOMES 361-2 LillianMwape Speaker Zambia TRAINING ANAESTHESIA PROVIDERS FOR PAEDIATRIC AND COMPLEX SURGICAL CARE: CLOSING GAPS FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS 361-3 HazelSonkwe Speaker Zambia PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A 361-4 Room: Camelias (Floor 6)
08:30 10:00	UPDATE ON MILITARY AND CONFLICT TRAUMA EDUCATION IATSIC / APIMSF 332 KosalaSomaratne Moderator Sri Lanka MarkBowyer Moderator United States BATLS, IS IT STILL RELEVANT? HOW TO CONSTRUCT A RELEVANT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CONFLICT 332-1 MarkBowyer Speaker United States ASSESSMENT OF INTERPROFESSIONAL TRAUMA TEAM PERFORMANCE AND COHESION DURING A CIVIL-MILITARY LARGE-SCALE LIVE SIMULATION EXERCISE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY 332-2 LindaSonesson Speaker United Arab Emirates WALKING BLOOD BANKS–TRANSLATION TO CIVILIAN PRACTICE? HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR A CONFLICT?t? 332-3 Jennifer M.Gurney Speaker United States UAV-ASSISTED MASSIVE TRANSFUSION ON COMBAT FIELD: A CASE REPORT 332-4 BakiTurkoglu Speaker Turkey LIMB TRAUMA IN CONFLICT – MANAGEMENT IN THE MODERN ERA 332-5 Edward C.T.H.Tan Speaker Netherlands Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
10:30 12:00	POLYTRAUMA – THE DISEASE IATSIC 333 AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Zsolt JanosBalogh Moderator Australia DEFINITION, DIESEASE STATUS, PREVALENCE AND GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INCLUDING 333-1 Zsolt JanosBalogh Speaker Australia WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT POLYTRAUMA AS A DISEASE IN LMICS 333-2 AlbertoGarcia Marin Speaker Colombia OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ADVOCACY 333-3 Krista L.Kaups Speaker United States NOTHING BEATS PREVENTION – THE YELLOW MAY MOVEMENT 333-4 HenriqueAlexandrino Speaker Portugal Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
13:30 15:00	PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE IATSIC 335 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IATSIC 335-1 DavidZonies Speaker United States DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE: STRENGTHENING CARE FOR THE INJURED GLOBALLY: SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES IATSIC 335-2 Charles N.Mock Lecturer United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
15:30 17:00	THE MOST RECENT TRAUMA GUIDELINES – DO WE NEED TO BE UPDATED? IATSIC 336 HenriqueAlexandrino Moderator Portugal KatherineMartin Moderator Australia VASCULAR TRAUMA – SEVERAL GUIDELINES AND DO THEY AGREE? 336-1 Jørgen JoakimJørgensen Speaker Norway BLAST TRAUMA GUIDELINES – WHERE ARE WE? 336-2 HannahWild Speaker United States REBOA - WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE REALLY SAY? 336-3 Maeyane StephensMoeng Speaker South Africa SURGICAL RIB FIXATION – WHEN IS IT REALLY INDICATED? 336-4 KatherineMartin Speaker Australia HOW DO WE SECURE VALIDITY IN DIFFERENT RESOURCE SETTINGS? 336-5 LaceyLagrone Speaker United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)

Thursday, 23 April 2026

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08:30 10:00	CONTROVERSIES IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IATSIC 432 DavidMelgoza Montañez Moderator Mexico Paal AkselNaess Moderator Norway MTP IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS – ANY DIFFERENT FROM ADULTS? 432-1 David M.Scott Speaker Australia PAEDIATRIC PANCREATIC TRAUMA 432-2 Paal AkselNaess Speaker Norway PAEDIATRIC RENAL TRAUMA WITH URINARY LEAK 432-3 Jana Betsy A.Macleod Speaker Kenya PAEDS TBI AND SPECIFIC ICU CHALLENGES 432-4 Mefire AlainChichom Speaker Cameroon DISCUSSION BY CHAIRS: PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IN PEDIATRIC VERSUS ADULT TRAUMA CENTRES 422-6 Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
10:30 12:00	FREE PAPER SESSION - TRAUMA SURGERY IATSIC 433 Emma MariePossfelt-Møller Moderator Denmark HayatoKurihara Moderator Italy GOOD OUTCOMES OF EMERGENT RESUSCITATIVE THORACOTOMY IN COMBAT PATIENTS INJURED IN RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR 433-01 AndriiDinets Speaker Ukraine THREE-MONTH MORTALITY AND DISABILITY AFTER MODERATE TO SEVERE INJURIES IN FOUR LOW- OR MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES 433-02 LeilaGhalichi Speaker United Kingdom ADVANCING TRAUMA SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH TEAM-BASED TRAUMA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRAINING: RESPONSE TO AN INAUGURAL TRAINING INITIATIVE 433-03 DalalAbuaqel Speaker United States PREVALENCE OF TRAUMA-INDUCED COAGULOPATHY DIAGNOSED USING THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY IN A REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES 433-04 Ralphtrin GelHermosisima Speaker Philippines EARLY WHOLE BLOOD VS BALANCED TRANSFUSION IN TRAUMA: CLINICAL BENEFITS WITHOUT LABORATORY INFERIORITY 433-05 BakiTurkoglu Speaker Turkey EVALUATING A BLENDED-LEARNING MODEL IN TRAUMA EDUCATION: A NON-INFERIORITY STUDY OF THE DUTCH HYBRID DSATC COURSE 433-06 MarlyIskander Speaker Netherlands Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
13:30 15:00	CONTROVERSIES IN TRAUMA CRITICAL CARE IATSIC 435 Krista L.Kaups Moderator United States Scott K.D'Amours Moderator Australia DIRECT PERITONEAL RESUSCITATION – DOES IT REALLY WORK? 435-1 SharonHenry Speaker United States ADVANCED PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN TRAUMA 435-2 Krista L.Kaups Speaker United States TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY – GETTING OUR ACT TOGETHER 435-3 Ari K.Leppäniemi Speaker Finland ECMO IN TRAUMA 435-4 DavidZonies Speaker United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)
15:30 17:00	SPARKLING GLOBAL FINALE MEXICO CITY - GLOBAL TRAUMA CARE IATSIC 436 ChristineGaarder Moderator Norway FelipeVega-Rivera Moderator Mexico CHALLENGES IN MAINTAINING THE OPTIMUM CARE FOR THE SEVERELY INJURED IN A RESOURCE CONSTRAINT ENVIRONMENT 436-1 AdamGyedu Speaker Ghana VERIFICATION OF TRAUMA CENTRES IN LATIN AMERICA 436-2 LuisZamora Duarte Speaker Mexico HOW TO INCREASE EVIDENCE AND PUBLICATIONS FROM LMIC 436-3 ElliottHaut Speaker United States GUIDELINES FOR ESSENTIAL TRAUMA CARE - FINALLY REVISED AND WHAT NOW? 436-4 Charles N.Mock Speaker United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)