17th War and Disaster Medicine Conference

PROGRAMME (DECEMBER 11)

09.00–09.30

Registration, welcome coffee

 

Moderator Andres Kuusk (EST)

09.30–09.45

Welcome and introduction – Mrs Birgit Lao (EST), Health Board Director General

09.45–10.00

Welcome and introduction – Brigadier general Viktor Kalnitski (EST)

I session

INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE TOPICS

10.00–10.20

Role of Medical Leadership in Large-Scale Combat Operations – Colonel Jeremy Johnson (USA), Medical Readiness Command, Europe Chief of Staff

10.20–10.40

Leadership and Cultural Differences – Lieutenant Colonel Rylan Charlton (USA)

10.40–11.00

Medical planning of the offensive operation – Major Nataliia Demedchuk (UA)

11.00–11.05

Introduction of workshops and opening exhibition – Lieutenant Valter Voomets (EST)

11.05–12.15

Workshops and EXPO

12.15–13.15

Lunch

II session

CLINICAL QUESTIONS I

13.15–13.35

Technical and non-technical aspects of intra-abdominal bleeding – Dr Neil Parry, MD (CAN)

13.35–13.55

Developing and implementing the Advanced Bleeding Control Course (ABC-C) – Dr Carlos Yánez Benítez, MD, MSc, FACS (ESP)

13.55–14.15

Cardiac injuries after blunt trauma – Dr Sten Saar (EST)

14.15–14.35

Tracheobronchial Injuries – Prof Peep Talving (EST)

14.35–15.15

Coffee break

III session

CRISIS PSYCHOLOGY

15.15–15.35

A soldier in a major conventional war: the changing character of war and psychological attrition – Mr Erik Männik (EST)

15.35–15.55

Children in Conflict Zones: Are you ready? – Dr Michael Falk, MD, FAAP, RCPS(C) (USA)

15.55–16.15

Built-in Resilience in the Military Academic Education – Mrs Liisi Toom (EST)

IV session

WORKLOAD IN CRISIS

16.15–16.45

NATO civil expert about health care resilience – Dr Raul Adlas (EST)

16.45–17.05

Medical team coordination in international missions - EMTCC. Experiences of coordinator in mission of Moldova – Dr Raido Paasma (EST)

17.05

Day I ending – Moderator Andres Kuusk (EST)

 

 

PROGRAMME (DECEMBER 12)

08.30–09.30

Registration, EXPO, welcome coffee

09.30–09.35

Opening and welcome

 

Moderator Andres Kuusk (EST)

V session

CLINICAL QUESTIONS II

09.35–09.55

Pancreatic trauma – Prof George Oosthuizen (ZAF)

09.55–10.20

Complications of hepatic trauma – Dr Sharon Čačala (ZAF)

VI session

BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS ORGANISATIONS IN TIME OF CRISIS

10.20–10.40

Whole Blood in Operations: the French experience – Dr (Colonel reserve) Marine Chueca (FRA)

10.40–11.00

Blood logistics/storage distribution modelling – Dr Jarkko Ihalainen, MD, PhD (FIN)

11.00–11.20

Blood preparedness from NATO perspective – Liutenant Colonel, Dr Andrew Beckett (CAN)

11.20–11.50

Clinical Application and Procedures for Blood Administration in Field Environments – Major Ryan Gifford-Hollingsworth, DO (USA) & Vebel Charles B. Brooks (USA)

11.50–12.50

Lunch

VII session

TRAINING I

12.50–13.20

US Air Forces-Europe Conventional Nuclear Integration Exercises: Counter Nuclear Warfare Tabletop Exercise and Radiant Falcon – Lieutenant colonel Marc P. Sylvander (USA)

13.20–13.50

Developing a Framework for Mass Casualty Management – Lieutenant Colonel Ben Hall (GBR)

 

 

VIII session

EXERCISES

13.50–14.10

Mass evacuation exercise in Tartu – Mr Kristjan Kostabi (EST)

14.10–14.30

CIOMR exercise in Estonia – Dr Tiit Meren (EST)

14.30–14.45

Medical training to Special Operations Group of Estonian Police and Border Guard Board – Mr Heiko Porval (EST)

14.45–15.20

Coffee break

IX session

TRAINING II

15.20–15.40

PERH MASCAL exercise – Mrs Mari Kolga (EST)

15.40–16.00

Lessons learned from „Casualty Move 2024“ and „Decisive Lancer 2024“ – Mr Andras Armväärt (EST), Head of Health Board Health Crisis Preparedness Department

X session

ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE – LESSON LEARNED

16.00–16.20

Continuous blood supply in wartime: Ukrainian experience - Dr Oleksandr Serhiienko, MD, PhD (UA)

16.20–16.40

Healthcare resilience lessons learned in Ukraine – Dr Emanuele Bruni (ITA), WHO incident manager in Ukraine

16.40–17.00

Use of whole blood and blood products in severely injured trauma patients. Massive transfusion protocol in battle trauma – Dr Dmytro Samofalov (UA)

17.00–17.10

Awards of the Agile Sparrow Challenge – Mr Jüri Uluots (EST)

17.10

Conclusion and sum up – Moderator Andres Kuusk (EST) & Dr Ahti Varblane (EST) & Birgit Lao (EST), Health Board Director General

 

The programmes may be subjects to change without prior notice.