ICRC international war surgery seminar, 2008

Friday 28 March 2008 - ICRC Headquarters

10.00 - 11.30: Registration in the ICRC main building at the reception

11.30 - 12.15: Apéritif

12.15 - 13.45: Lunch hosted by Mrs Christine Beerli Vice-President of the ICRC

13.50 – 14.10: Introduction of the seminar Marco Baldan/Philippa Parker

14.10 – 14.30: Video "In the heart of the action"

14.30 - 15.00: ICRC and the laws of war (rights and obligations of health personnel in time of armed conflict), Timothy Yates

15.00 - 16.00: Wound ballistics, Beat Kneubuehl

16.00 - 16.30: Coffee

16.30 – 17.00: ICRC surgical activities, Marco Baldan

17.00 – 17.30: Pre-hospital care: first aid & evacuation, Chris Giannou

17.30 – 18.00: Hospitals for War Wounded, Sabine Helbig

18.00/18.30: Departure to ECOGIA Conference Centre

19.30 - 21.30: Apéritif and dinner

21.30: Espace détente

Saturday 29 March 2008 - Ecogia

08.00 – 09.00: Triage & mass casualties, Karbala video, Marco Baldan

09.00 – 10.00: Basic principles in the management of war wounds (including video 20 min), Hassan Nasreddine

10.00 – 10.30: Coffee

10.30 – 11.00: Red Cross wound classification system, Chris Giannou

11.00 – 12.30: Introduction to fracture management in the ICRC context, Harald Veen

12.30 - 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 15.00: Mine injuries and amputations, Valery Sasin

15.00 – 15.30: The WHO Global Initiative for Essential and Emergency Surgical care, Meena Nathan Cherian

15.30 - 16.00: Coffee

16.00 – 17.00: Antibiotics and war surgery, Chris Giannou

17.00 - 18.00: "Head and Heart", Hans Samnegård

19.00 - 20.30: Apéritif and dinner

20.30: Espace détente/ Video on Lopiding Hospital (90 min)

Sunday 30 March 2008 - Ecogia

08.30 - 09.30: Penetrating head trauma, Chris Giannou

09.30 - 10.30: Thoracic trauma of war, Harald Veen

10.30 - 11.00: Coffee

11.00 - 12.00: Abdominal injuries in war, Hassan Nasreddine

12.00 - 13.30: Lunch

13.30 – 14.00: Anaesthesia in war surgery, Misha Kruck

14.00 – 15.00: The ICRC Field Surgical Team-Darfur, Marco Baldan

15.00 – 15.15: Conclusions, Marco Baldan - then close of seminar

About the facilitators:

Baldan Marco, MD, ICRC Head Surgeon

Cherian Nathan Meena, MD, WHO Emergency and Essential Surgical care Project, Clinical Procedures, Department of Essential Health Technologies

Demierre Anne, ICRC Health Unit Secretary

Giannou Chris, MD, ICRC Senior Surgeon, former Head Surgeon

Helbig Sabine, RN, MPH, ICRC Head Nurse

Kneubuehl Beat, Dr Sc. Forensic, M in Math, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne

Kruck Misha, MD, ICRC Senior Anaesthetist

Nasreddine Hassan, MD, ICRC Senior Surgeon

Parker Philippa, RN, ICRC Head of Health Unit

Samnegard Hans, MD, former ICRC Head Surgeon

Sasin Valery, MD, ICRC Regional Surgeon for Africa

Schaefer Margrit, RN, ICRC Hospital Administrator

Veen Harald, MD, ICRC Senior Surgeon

Yates Timothy, ICRC Communication Department