European Burn Journal Webinar | Burn Injuries Associated with Wars and Disasters, 20 February 2024
Over the last century, the advances in burn care owe much to the experience gained during wars and mass-casualty disasters, specifically, to how these events sparked collaboration between military and civilian burn communities. Examples are ample. Frank P. Underhill developed a theory of burn shock following the Rialto Theater fire of 1921 based on his observations on the pathophysiology of war gases during WWI. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, which caused hundreds of thermal injuries, spurred research and training in burns at Boston hospitals by the time of the Cocoanut Grove Night Club fire of 1942. The threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union led to the founding of the second burn center in the US in 1949 at Fort Sam Houston, TX, from which stemmed numerous improvements in care for civilian and military patients.
The Special Issue “Burn Injuries Associated with Wars and Disasters” of the European Burn Journal (ISSN: 2673-1991) covers topics in burn care from a military and disaster perspective, focusing on the potential challenges of large-scale combat operations. It is not clear that the world is safer today than during the above-mentioned events. However, certainly, future conflicts and mass-casualty events will again evoke the best efforts of multidisciplinary burn teams.
Date: 20 February 2024 at 4:00 p.m. CET | 9:00 a.m. CST | 11:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 827 2711 8339
Webinar website: https://sciforum.net/event/EBJ-1?subscribe§ion=#welcome
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| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CET | Time in CST |
| Dr. Leopoldo C. Cancio Chair Introduction |
16:00–16:10 | 9:00–9:10 |
| Dr. Matthew D. Tadlock War at Sea: Burn Care Challenges—Past, Present and Future |
16:10–16:30 | 9:10–9:30 |
| Mr. Robert Alan Dent Management of Casualties from Radiation Events |
16:30–16:50 | 9:30–9:50 |
| Dr. Jill Marie Cancio Combat and Operational Stress Control: Application in a Burn Center |
16:50–17:10 | 9:50–10:10 |
| Dr. Kaitlin A. Pruskowski Pharmacologic Considerations for Antimicrobials and Anticoagulants after Burn Injury |
17:10–17:30 | 10:10–10:30 |
| Q&A Session | 17:30–17:40 | 10.30–10.40 |
| Dr. Leopoldo C. Cancio Closing of Webinar |
17:40–17:45 | 10:40–10:45 |
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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Leopoldo C. Cancio, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, USA;
- Dr. Matthew D. Tadlock, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, USA;
- Mr. Robert Alan Dent, 85th WMD Civil Support Team, Utah Army National Guard, USA;
- Dr. Jill Marie Cancio, U.S. Army Burn Center, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, USA;
- Dr. Kaitlin A. Pruskowski, 1 United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, USA; 2 F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA.
Relevant Special Issue:
“Burn Injuries Associated with Wars and Disasters”
Guest Editor: Leopoldo C. Cancio
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2024