Pre-Conference

Pre-conference
Friday, October 21, 2022

09:00 Executive Board meeting & Burn Network meeting

Location: The Westin Nova Scotian- Room: Harbour Suite A&B

Advanced Burn Life Support Program

Location: Halifax Convention Centre – Room 104

07:45 Registration/Breakfast
8:15 Welcome and Introduction
Joshua Wong
8:20 Initial Assessment and Management
Sarvesh Logsetty
8:50 Airway Management and Smoke Inhalation Injury
Jack Rasmussen
9:15 Break
9:25 Shock and Fluid Resuscitation
Sarvesh Logsetty
9:50 Burn Wound Management
Laura Vey
10:15 Electrical Injuries
Jack Rasmussen
10:40 Break
10:50 Chemical Burns
Joshua Wong
11:15 Pediatric Burns
Laura Vey
11:40 Stabilization, Transfer and Transport
Joshua Wong
11:55 Burn Disaster Management
Joshua Wong
12:10 Lunch
12:40 Case Studies (2 case studies, 30 minutes each) All
All Faculty
1:40 Break
1:50 Patient Assessment (Dr. Wong, Laura Vey, Dr. Rasmussen), Written Testing (Volunteer)

Afternoon Split of the Class:

  • ½ of the students take the written test (60 minutes)
  • The other half go through patient assessment stations (2 practice sessions as a group and then testing individually)
  • Once the written test is complete, and assessments are complete, the groups flip positions.

First Responders Program

Location: Halifax Convention Centre – Room 103

9:00 Welcome and Introductions
Tom Flamm; Dave Burry; Robert MacLeod
9:30 District Burn Coordinator Resources
District 6: Jim Fisher
10:15 Eastern Provinces and Halifax Presentation
TBA
12:30 Lunch
13:30 An Unbiased View of PPE
Don King
15:15 Break
15:30 A H&S Perspective on Turnout Gear and Impacts on Your Health
Jimmy O’Toole (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
17:00 Wrap Up
Ken Webb