2024 WakeMed Trauma Conference: When Time Matters Most

Course Description

The WakeMed Trauma Conference offers a variety of information for both new & experienced Trauma Care Providers. Dynamic speakers will present current recommendations for Trauma Patient Care from Pre-hospital Treatment to Rehabilitation.

Target Audience

This conference is designed for nurses, pre-hospital providers, advanced practice providers, and rehab specialists (OT/PT/SLT). Focus is for staff of emergency departments, intensive care areas, operating & recovery rooms, medical-surgical units, rehabilitation or other settings where trauma patients are treated.

Conference Topics: Orthopaedic Trauma; Trauma care over the years; Pediatric Trauma & Head Injuries; Crime Scene and Motor Vehicle Crash Scene Investigation; Trauma survivor story and more...

Thursday, September 12, 2024

0730-0800-- Registration

0800-0815-- Welcome

0815-0915-- “Orthopaedic Trauma: Damage Control vs. Early Total Care"

Timothy Edward Harris, MD

Wake Orthopaedics

0915-0930 --Break

0935-1050-- “Trauma hind sights”

Pascal Udekwu, MBBS, MBA/MHA

WakeMed General Surgery & Trauma

1055-1155-- Traumatic Brain Injury in the Pediatric Patient

Alisha S. Williams, MD

WakeMed Pediatric Intensivists

1155-1240-- Lunch

1245-1400-- Pre-Hospital Arrival: Enhancing Medical Response through Police Insights on Motor Vehicle and Violent Assault Investigations

Sergeant Dustin Wright

Detective Jim Young

Detective Lillian Hamlin

Lieutenant Chris Redig

Cary Police Department

1400-1410 --Break

1415-1530-- “If You Are Ever a Trauma…”

Nicole Cook, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, CCRN, TCRN

WakeMed Trauma Services

1535-1615-- “My Story”

Margaret Benson Johnson

**Topics, Speakers & Hours of Continuing Education Subject to Change**

6.5 Hours of Nursing Continuing Professional Development will be provided upon completion of the following

Disclosures:

In order to receive credit, the participant must:

1. Participants must attend the entire conference
2. Verification of attendance will be noted by the participant’s initial/signature on the roster at the beginning of the session.
3. Participants must submit a course evaluation

• No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company

• Nursing Education Department at WakeMed is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

NO refunds will be provided to those that cancel their registration after August 29, 2024.

Please contact the course sponsor, the Nursing Education Department at 919-350-8024 or email Tracey Weeks at .

Recommended Hotel Accommodations

4100 Main at North Hills Street · Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 USA

919-571-8773

4500 Marriott Drive · Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 USA

919-781-7000

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Andrews Conference Center, Raleigh, United States