Mammoth Mass Casualty Seminar
Eagle Lodge Mammoth Lakes, California
September 9-12, 2014
Schedule subject to change without notice. Final schedule and syllabus will be available in hard copy at event registration table Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tuesday, September 9 – Informal Keynote/Welcome BBQ
Sponsored by DePuy Synthes
Eagle Lodge, 1800-2000
KEYNOTE TALK: Michael Karch, MD
Wednesday, September 10 — DAY 1
Eagle Lodge
(8.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for qualified medical professionals)
0615-0700: Breakfast
0700-1200: Lectures
- THE AWAKENING – Michael Karch, MD
- “ODDS ARE, IT WONT HAPPEN TO ME” – Michael Karch, MD
- PATTERNS IN CHAOS: Predictable Consistencies in Disaster – Richard Koehler, MD
- OUT OF THE IVORY TOWER AND INTO THE MUD: Super Typhoon Haiyan Experience – Michael Karch, MD
BREAK
- CAN THE CHAOS BE ORGANIZED?: Triage and ATLS – Sara May, MD
- “THE SECOND WAVE” – UNDERSTANDING BALLISTICS: URBAN VIOLENCE/PENETRATING TRAUMA – Michael Karch, MD
- TEAM DYNAMICS – Page
- DISASTER GEAR – McGuire
- PHOTO LITERARY DOCUMENTATION OF DISASTER – Page/May
1200-1300: Lunch provided for all paying participants (Eagle Lodge Sundeck)
1300-1610: Lectures and Specialty Mini-Lectures
- WAR SURGERY and CORRELATION TO CIVILAN MASS CASUALTY – Joseph McQuade, MD
- STABBINGS AND DEEP TISSUE LACERATIONS IN MASS CASUALTY – Richard Koehler, MD
- CONVENTIONAL BOMBS, BALLISTICS AND BLASTS – Richard Koehler, MD
- UNCONVENTIONAL TIMES, UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE – Joseph McQuade, MD
- HEMOSTATIC AGENTS AND WALKING BLOOD BANKS – Michael Karch, MD
Q&A/DISCUSSION: WAR SURGERY
- HAND TRAUMA IN MASS CASUALTY – Richard Brown, MD
- OBSTETRICS IN MASS CASUALTY – Martha Kim, MD
- IF I HAD ONE WISH: MOBILE ULTRASOUND IN HAIYAN – Sara B. May, MD
- RADIOLOGY OFF THE GRID – Yuri Parisky, MD
- ULTRASOUND FOR DUMMIES – Yuri Parisky, MD
- DRUGS IN THE DARK – Wayne Anderson, MD
- PSYCHOLOGIC ILLNESS IN MASS CASUALTY – Murat Akalin, MD
Q&A/DISCUSSION – SPECIALTY LECTURES
- FEMA GRANTS & TRAINING – Stephen Swisher, MD
- LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF RESCUE – Stephen Swisher, MD
- FAQs IN AUSTERE MEDICINE – Sierra Bourne, MD
1610-1640 WRAP UP: THE GOLDEN 100 HOURS – Karch, Koehler, May
1640-1700: FINAL Q&A/DISCUSSION: DIDACTIC COURSE SUMMARY
1800- Dinner on your own.
Thursday, September 11 — DAY 2
Eagle Lodge
(7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for qualified medical professionals)
0615-0700: Continental Breakfast
0700-1400 Cadaver Labs/Mini-lectures
7 groups of 4-5 participants each. Each Rotation 45 minutes. Box lunch provided.
- AIRWAY, BREATHING, CIRCULATION – Karch
- EMERGENT EX LAP WITH CUTSUIT – Koehler
- EXTREMITY TRAUMA – Gowski/Crall/Brown
- MEDICAL ILLNESS IN DISASTER – McQuade/Swisher/Akalin/Johnson
- LOW TECH/HIGH YIELD DIAGNOSTICS SKILLS – May/Parisky
- OBSTETRICS IN THE DISASTER ZONE – Kim/Bourne
- CRITICAL WORKING SKILLS: Creasy, Boyer, McGuire, Page
1400-1700: RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (Hiking, road biking, mountain biking, fishing, golf…)
For discounted activities from Mammoth Mountain see our logistics page.
1400: STRIKE TEAM MTB EPIC (FACULTY & FRIENDS): meet at bottom of Downtown Trail
1900-2100: Faculty Dinner (invite only), Petra’s Bistro
Friday, September 12 — DAY 3
MASS CASUALTY SIMULATION DRILL
Eagle Lodge
(4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for qualified medical professionals)
0615-0700: Continental Breakfast
0700-1030: Drill
1030-1130: Hotwash Discussion
1130-1200: Lunch/Course Evaluation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Nevada School of Medicine and Mammoth Medical Missions. The University of Nevada School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
