About this Event
Join the Ballad Health Trauma Network for the 2026 Trauma Conference, a full-day educational event dedicated to advancing trauma care through evidence-based education, expert presentations, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
This conference brings together physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, emergency department staff, EMS professionals, and other healthcare providers from across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia to explore current topics and emerging trends in trauma care.
Agenda
0730-0800 Breakfast/Registration/Welcome
0800-0900 Managing Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injuries
0900-1015 Extracorporeal Life Support and Its Role in
Trauma
1015-1030 Break
1030-1130 Burning Questions
1130-1230 Lunch (On Your Own)
1230-1345 Research From Our Own Backyard: What
Appalachia Has Taught Us About Trauma Care
1345-1445 Stay and Play or Load and Go?
1445-1545 #WorthIt? Going Viral, Going to the ER
1545-1600 Closing Remarks
Whether you provide care in the prehospital setting, emergency department, operating room, ICU, or trauma service, this conference offers practical education that can be applied to improve patient care and outcomes.
Agenda, speaker information, and continuing education details will be added as they become available.
We look forward to welcoming you for another outstanding day of trauma education!
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM - 04:00 AM
2025 Ballad Health Trauma Conference
Info: Agenda
0730-0800 Breakfast/Registration/Welcome
0800-0900 Managing Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injuries
0900-1015 Extracorporeal Life Support and Its Role in
Trauma
1015-1030 Break
1030-1130 Burning Questions
1130-1230 Lunch (On Your Own)
1230-1345 Research From Our Own Backyard: What
Appalachia Has Taught Us About Trauma Care
1345-1445 Stay and Play or Load and Go?
1445-1545 #WorthIt? Going Viral, Going to the ER
1545-1600 Closing Remarks
Event venue & nearby stays
ETSU's the James and Nellie Brinkley Center, 2001 Millennium Place, Johnson City, United States