Annual JPS Trauma symposium

 

The JPS Trauma Symposium will be on current trauma, critical care, and complex social concerns impacting care delivery.

This year's symposium will take place on Friday, October 18, 2024.
To ensure all registrants receive their desired shirt size, register by September 30.

 

The symposium features cutting edge lectures, innovative topics and interactive discussions by leaders in the field of trauma care. Through well researched and evidence-based trauma medical care, this symposium is intended to heighten participants’ competence by providing the most up-to-date best practice guidelines, pre-hospital care, violence prevention, cultural and language intricacies and treatment and management of traumatic injuries. The conference’s overall goal is to produce positive patient outcomes, provide professional development opportunities and expanded clinical practice guidelines for injury prevention and trauma care.

 

Participants

Exhibitors

Agenda

Times Agenda Speakers
7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 8 a.m. Welcome
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Trauma Scene Management & Story of Survival James Ward, EMT-P and Cassidy Holmes, EMT-B
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Crossing the Quality Chasm in Trauma: Pitfalls in Chasing Perfection Dr. Chad Wilson
10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break and Exhibitor Networking
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Trauma Transitional Care Coordination Rebecca Tyrrell, RN-BC, CCCTM
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tornado Trauma: Navigating a Mass Casualty Event in a Critical Access ED, Dr. J. Scott Ries and Shelley Miller
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Exhibitor Networking
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Penetrating Trauma: Are You Ready? A Primer on Penetrating Trauma Dr. Adam Fox
1:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. Break and Exhibitor Networking
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Gun Violence Crisis: Violence Intervention & Prevention Fort Worth TX Rodney Macintosh
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Lunch and Exhibitor Networking
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Human Remains Identification Using Forensic DNA Testing in Mass Casualty Incidents: Challenges and Promises Dr. Michael Coble
4:15 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks & Final Giveaway

 

Continuing Education

Nurses
JPS Health Network is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Physician Accreditation Statements
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing education to physicians.

 

jointly accredited providerIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and JPS Health Network is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician Credit Designation
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 7 AOA Category 2-A credits and report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Event Location:

Tarrant County Community College
Trinity River Campus
300 Trinity Campus Circle
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

 

Questions?

Please contact Callie Crawford: ccrawfor02@jpshealth.org.

On September 17, 2024, Tarrant County Commissioners Court will adopt the Tarrant County Hospital District’s FY25 proposed budget and tax rate. The Commissioners Court has proposed a tax rate of $0.1875 which is below the no-new-revenue rate and will collect less taxes than the previous tax year.