Norman E. McSwain, Jr. MD, Trauma & Burn Conference

Lifeline to Lifetime: The Continuum of Trauma/Burn Care

The Norman E. McSwain, Jr. MD, Big Easy Trauma & Burn Conference will be held on Thursday, November 13 in University Medical Center's Conference Center. The Norman E. McSwain, Jr. MD, Big Easy Trauma & Burn Conference unites healthcare professionals of all disciplines to enhance patient outcomes through education, collaboration, and holistic, innovative care across all stages of trauma and burn injury care.

Special Features:

  • Trauma simulation
  • Trauma ultrasound
  • Panels
  • Continuing education will be offered for all prehospital, nursing, and PT/OT personnel.
  • Exhibit Hall
    • If you are a vendor interested in being featured in our Exhibit Hall, please sign up in the link provided. umcno.org/bigeasysponsor

The conference is open to EMS professionals, ED physicians, critical care, ICU, and ED nurses, Case Management, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Pre-Med students, Trauma and Burn medical students.

Registration

Registration will be $25, and open on June 1, 2025.

Register here

2025 Speakers

  • Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Salomone, MD
  • Mario A. Rivera, RN/ Clinical Educator
    • Burns for Providers Program (BP2)
  • Matthew Eng, MD
    • Airway Management in Emergency Medical Services
  • Nicole M. Volpi, PhD, NRP
    • Playing with Fire: Preventing Oxygen-Related Burn Injuries in the Smoking Population - An Inter-Collaborative Approach
    • Burned But Not Broken: A Case Study on a Collaborative Recovery of a Teen Burn Patient
  • Kevin Harrell, MD
    • Pelvic hemorrhage: An overview of acute treatment and long-term recovery
  • Alison Smith, MD, PhD
    • McSwain Dart to Metabolomics: A Contemporary Perspective of Trauma
  • Alexandra Sappington, DO PGY-1
    • Delayed Sequence Intubation vs. Rapid Sequence Intubation: A Retrospective Analysis
  • Jessica Barbour, NRP
    • Is Asystole a lost cause in exsanguination arrest? A case study's implications for the management of out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest
  • Ryan P. Dumas, MD, FACS
    • The Continuum of Care: From the Scene to the Ward, Performance Improvement through Video Review
  • Chandra Vemulapalli, MD
    • Field Management of Orthopedic Injuries
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