Highlights from the 2015 Western Trauma Association Meeting

Highlights from the 2015 Western Trauma Association Meeting - Podcast #49 - EPThis is the first in our series of podcasts from some of the key trauma and ACS annual meetings. The 2015 Western Trauma Association was held in Telluride, Colorado, and we were there to record the highlights and interviews with many of the attendees and presenters. See below for a listing of the interviews and supplemental materials including a copy of the meeting program book. Next, we look forward to a Traumacast from the 2016 EAST Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.2:15             Hasan Alam on VPA + fluid resuscitation in a TBI model7:15             Drs. Chapman and Moore on the TEG “Death Diamond” and plasma-first resuscitation14:17           Dr. Nelson on “Sugar or Salt”: relative role of mineralocorticoids in shock17:50           Dr. Olson on a randomized trial of heparin vs lovenox for VTE prophylaxis21:58           Dr. Miller on repairing flank hernias using bone-anchor fixation27:38           Tourniquet Debate: Carlos Brown vs Kenji Inaba32:15            Dr. Berndtson on Outcomes with K-Centra 4-factor PCC36:15            Dr. Russo on pigtail catheter versus chest tube for hemothorax drainage40:25            Dr. Bensard on the utility of routine serum HgB checks in pediatric trauma46:28            Dr. Aydelotte on the impact of marijuana legalization on traffic fatalities51:45            Dr. Parker on the impact of TXA on fibrinolysis parameters by TEG56:25            Dr. Moren on recursive partitioning to better define massive transfusion1:01:55         Dr. Pharoan on massive abdominal wall injury due to fireworks1:06:40         Expert Case Panel: Drs. Shackford, Karmy-Jones, Rhee, & Schreiber1:09:30         Dr. Cohen on the WTA Multicenter study of the “found down” patient1:14:30         Dr. Christine Cocanour on the WTA and her term as WTA PresidentSupplemental Materials: WTA 2015 Program BookDec 2015 issue of the Journal of Trauma and ACS