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News and training opportunities from Trauma Service BC.
B.C. Physical Trauma Survivors’ Day – Kim's Story

Physical Trauma Survivors Day, marked in B.C. each October 17, raises awareness of prevention, treatment and recovery from traumatic physical injuries. Read about Kim Ferraro's experience of physical trauma and recovery. You can also read Sandy's story from 2022.
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Be water smart: Drowning is preventable
Over 70 British Columbians die in preventable water-related incidents each year. July 17-23 is National Drowning Prevention Week, which aims to bring awareness and education to prevent drowning. 

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Events & Professional Development:

Training opportunities

Current training opportunities are listed below.

 

Provides the skills and knowledge to treat life-threatening injuries. Designed for doctors who care for injured patients.


Provider courses are also offered at Vancouver Coastal Health, Interior Health and Fraser Health. Find out more info about all ATLS courses on this page.


Upcoming sessions:


 

The Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) is a one-and-a-half day course designed to improve trauma patient outcomes by providing nurses with foundational trauma knowledge, skills, and a systematic Trauma Nursing Process to guide trauma patient care.


Courses offered include:


  • More info coming soon.

 

‎Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care Canada (EPICC) Trauma - 2024 Courses

 

The Specialist Trauma Advisory Network (STAN), in collaboration with medical imagers/imaging departments and trauma clinicians developed clinical practice guidelines to support clinicians when caring for the major trauma patient. The goal of this learning module is to ensure that clinicians have the right imaging for the right trauma patient at the right time.


 

An introductory session on how to understand and apply trauma team activation criteria in the emergency setting for a major trauma patient.


 

The DSTC/ASSET course will be held in Vancouver (VGH) on March 5-7, 2025 led by Dr. Phil Dawe and Dr. Chantalle Grant. The three-day course costs $3,000 per participant.

 
The 2025 FHA Trauma and Resuscitation Symposium will be held at RCH on Feb 20, 2025. This education event is open to pre-hospital providers, allied health staff, nurses and physicians. Physicians are eligible for UBC CPD mainpro+ credits for attending.

Cost for nurses and allied health to attend is $50 and includes lunch and snacks.

View the event agenda and the registration page. More details available on the event poster (PDF).

 

Save the date! The Third Annual Trauma and Critical Care Conference will be held on Saturday, May 3 at The Prestige Oceanfront in Sooke (reduced rate hotel rooms available). The topic will be trauma and critical care debate/learnings, and the keynote speaker will be Scott Weingart from the EMCRIT podcast. A buffet dinner and dance will follow the event.

For ticket purchases, hotel bookings and for more information, please contact Jolene Milkowski by email. 

Trauma Rounds
Fraser Health Trauma Rounds
  • September 19, 2024: Fraser Health Trauma Grand Round (virtual) -"Trauma Patient-Reported Outcomes: Do we have a blind spot" -  email Abigail Holder for registration.
VGH Trauma Rounds

Join VGH every Tuesday at noon for VGH Trauma Rounds (via Zoom).

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