Tuesday, July 9, 2024

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Advanced Practice Providers Skills Course
Location: Redford Hall
Join us for an exclusive pre-conference hands-on session designed for advanced practice providers at the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference! Dive into practical learning experiences led by experienced professionals in pediatric trauma care. Enhance your skills, discuss the latest advancements, and network with fellow APPs.
This session is your opportunity to refine your expertise and stay ahead in delivering top-notch care to young patients.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Research Fundamentals Course
Location: Lookout Room
Join us for a pre-conference course designed for all healthcare providers interested
in quality improvement and clinical research. A Tool Kit for Practice-Based Research
will serve as both an introduction to research and an avenue to bring life to your research and quality improvement ideas. This course will cover research fundamentals, design and methodology, statistics, principle of scientific writing and more.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall

Sunrise Hike
Location: Meet by the lift
Rick Black
6:00 AM

8:00
Controversies in Pediatric Trauma
Location: Redford Hall
Todd Ponsky, MD, FACS
Chief Innovation Officer
Professor of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
University of Cincinnati
Katie Russell, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
Director of Utah Pectus Program
Director of Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program
University of Utah
Objectives:
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Tots, Bots, Clots, and Pixel Dots: An Evolving Paradigm in Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Location: Redford Hall
Christian J. Streck Jr., MD
H. Biemann Othersen Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Vice Chair, Education
Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
MUSC Children’s Health
Medical University of South Carolina
Objective: Explain how to implement an abdominal trauma imaging guideline.
Understand evolving options for low-grade solid organ injury management.
11:00
Podium Presentation - Best Practice
Location: Redford Hall
12:00 PM
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
1:00
How to Read a Head CT
Location: Redford Hall
Jeffrey S. Prince, MD
Pediatric Radiologist
Intermountain Pediatric Imaging
Primary Children's Hospital
Objective: Describe the basics of head CT interpretation in the trauma setting.

1:30
Point-Counterpoint: Neuromonitoring vs.
Early Craniotomy
Location: Redford Hall
Robert J. Bollo, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Primary Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
Vijay M. Ravindra, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery
Naval Medical Center San Diego
Objective: Discuss evidence-based clinical decision-making and practice variation in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Panel
Shannon Becker, BSN, RN, CPN
Trauma Program Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
Lillian F. Liao, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
University of Texas HSC San Antonio
Deidre Wyrick, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Arkansas Children's Hospital
2:30
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
2:45
Adjourn for the day
2:45
Float Provo River
Location: Meeting in the hotel lobby.
Dinner will be provided.
Extra fee will be required for this activity.
7:00
Family Social
Location: Location: Screening Room Lawn
Join us for lawn games and a cash bar.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall

Welcome
Location: Redford Hall
Kacey Barnes, MSN, RN
Katie Russell, MD
8:00 AM
Penetrating Trauma: Difficult Access
Location: Redford Hall
Kenji Inaba, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Objectives:
8:15
9:00
Policy and Advocacy in Firearm Suicide Prevention
Location: Redford Hall
Evan V. Goldstein, PhD, MPP
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
University of Utah
Objectives: Discuss how public policy affects firearm-related suicide outcomes and identify ways physicians can promote firearm suicide prevention.
9:30
Pediatric Firearm Injuries: How we got here and
where we can go.
Location: Redford Hall
Maya Haasz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chair, Firearm Injury Prevention Workgroup
Children's Hospital Colorado
Objectives: Describe opportunities for healthcare providers to participate in decreasing the burden of pediatric firearm injuries.
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Inequities in Pediatric Trauma – Moving from
Descriptions to Action
Location: Redford Hall
Meera Kotagal, MD
Director of Trauma Services
Director of Surgical Equity Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Objective: Discuss strategies and approaches for addressing inequities in pediatric trauma.
11:00
Podium Presentations - Scientific
Location: Redford Hall
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
12:00 PM
Databases in Pediatric Trauma Research
Location: Redford Hall
Justin Lee, MD
Associate Professor
University of Arizona, Phoenix
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Objective: Examine various available databases for pediatric trauma research
1:00
The Editor’s Perspective
Location: Redford Hall
George W. Holcomb III, MD, MBA
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Nashville, TN"
Objectives: Discuss my current position as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and describe information about some of the responsibilities of this position.
1:30
2:00
Guideline Implementation: who, what, when, where and why?
Location: Redford Hall
Regan F. Williams, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS
Objectives: Examine the important aspects to ensure optimal implementation of pediatric trauma guidelines
2:30
How to Optimize Your TQIP Report
Location: Redford Hall
Aaron R. Jensen, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Trauma Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
Objectives: Describe the impact of injury-specific risk ratios and coding on risk-adjustment in your TQIP report.
3:00
Grand Teton Lightning MCI in the Sky
Location: Redford Hill
Albert R. Wheeler III, MD, DiMM, FACEP
Emergency Medicine of JH Director
Medical Director GRTE EMS, JH Fire/EMS
Medical Director and Member TCSAR
David Weber, Flight Paramedic
Climbing Ranger, Grand Teton National Park
Owner, Mountain Rescue Collective, LLC
Flight Paramedic & Hoist Rescuer
Intermountain Life Flight
Objective: Discuss large scale response to backcountry MCI
3:30
Death to Dogma
Location: Redford Hall
Michael L. Nance, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Objectives: Evaluate the choices we make and why we make them.
4:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
4:30
Poster Presentations - Scientific and Best Practice
Location: Redford Hall | Screening Room
5:30
Adjourn for the day
BBQ
Location: Rehearsal Hall
Night Activity
6:00
Friday, July 12, 2024
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
Location: Rehearsal Hall

8:00 AM
The Future of Pediatric Trauma Care. The Future is Bright.
Location: Redford Hall
R. Todd Maxson, MD
Professor of Surgery
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Surgeon in Chief, Arkansas Children’s,
Rachel Fuller Endowed Chair Surgery
Objective: Explore the options for future technology for pediatric trauma care.
8:30
Pediatric Vascular Trauma: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Location: Redford Hall
Alexander S. Fairman, MD
Director of Pediatric Vascular Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Objective: Describe the most typical pediatric vascular traumatic injuries and the different interventional challenges that we face in managing this patient population.
9:00
Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury in Young Males
Location: Redford Hall
Jack Moser and Amber Peterson
Jack was a patient at Primary Children’s Hospital and has become a dear friend and advocate, with the help of his family, ever since.
David Rothberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma
Residency Program Director
University of Utah
Department of Orthopaedics
Anthony Schaeffer, MD
Pediatric Urology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital
Objective: Discuss surgical treatment of major urethral injury related to pelvic fractures in young males.
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
APPs in the Trauma Bay and Beyond
Location: Redford Hall
Annika Kay, PA-C, MPAS
Trauma Service
Intermountain Medical Center
Objective: Describe an APP-led model of trauma bay leadership and resuscitation.
11:00
Current AI and Computer Simulation Model Research on Eye Findings of Ocular Trauma in 2024
Location: Redford Hall
Donny W. Suh, MD
Chief and Professor
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (GHEI) &
Fellowship Program & Eye Mobile Program
University of California at Irvine
Objective: Discuss how AI and Computer Simulation Model can assist medical professionals in decision making process.
11:30
ECMO and Trauma
Location: Redford Hill
Mark S. Molitor, Jr., MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Director ECLS Program
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Objective: Discuss the indications for and the implications of using ECMO in pediatric trauma patients.
12:00 PM
Conference Wrap-Up
Location: Redford Hall
Robert Swendiman, MD
Deidre Wyrick, MD
Laura Goodman, MD
12:30
Awards | Adjourn
Location: Redford Hall
Kacey Barnes, MSN, RN
Katie Russell, MD
12:45
Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
1:00
Multi-Center Trials Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
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Collaboration adult organizations
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ATOMAC
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WPSRC

