The 29^th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium self-study course features leading-edge lectures, high caliber plenary sessions, interactive and provocative panel discussions, and inspiring keynote addresses by leaders in the field of acute care surgery, trauma and surgical critical care.

A balance between evidence-based principles and innovative thought-provoking discussion will be maintained during lively expert debates.

Each session focuses on understanding the latest medical controversies and the implementation of practical procedural skills.

29th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium Self-Study Course, 2023 includes 71 lectures:

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks (9:59)
2. Air 5 Flight Medics (17:34)
3. Tips and Pitfalls in the Evaluation and Management of the Pregnant Trauma Patient (13:43)
4. Shock Index or Systolic Blood Pressure for Trauma Team Activation? (13:57)
5. Hypertonic Saline or Mannitol in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: What Is the Evidence? (16:00)
6. The Multi-Trauma Patient with Intra-Abdominal Bleeding and a Low GCS: CT Scan or Operating Room? (11:28)
7. Discussion (11:17)
8. LAC+USC Medical Center and US Navy Trauma Training Program: 20 Years of Productive Partnership (15:26)
9. Military & Civilian Collaborations in Trauma Training: Where Are We in 2023? (11:04)
10. Humanitarian Trauma Care by US Military During Combat Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (16:57)
11. Discussion (8:10)
12. Keynote Lecture: Controlling Risk, in a Dangerous World (28:06)
13. Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Optimizing Outcomes (11:25)
14. Reducing the Risk of Postoperative Recurrent Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (11:09)
15. Preoperative Discontinuation of Pharmacological VTE Prophylaxis: Finding the Perfect Risk/Benefit Balance (10:31)
16. Routine or Selective VTE Surveillance in the ICU for Trauma Patients? (10:53)
17. Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: Challenging Decades of Standard of Care! (6:43)
18. Discussion (5:05)
19. Ergonomics in Surgery (48:25)
20. Special Guest (15:49)
21. Specialized Centers for the Care of Organ Donors: The LA Experience (15:13)
22. Thoracic Organs from the DCD (27:45)
23. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pitfalls (9:05)
24. Ultrasonography for the Intensivist (9:06)
25. The Use and Abuse of Vasopressors in the ICU (9:19)
26. REBOA in 2023: What Is the Evidence? (9:37)
27. REBOA in Non-Trauma Emergencies (10:38)
28. REBOA in Severe Multi-Trauma: The Unknown Complications That We Should Know! (9:15)
29. Discussion (4:45)
30. Reducing the Risk of Surgical Wound Infection (5:05)
31. Pressure Ulcers in the ICU: Can We Do Better? (19:06)
32. Rib Fixation for Flail Chest in the High Risk Obese or Chronic Cardiorespiratory Patient! (7:18)
33. Rib Fixation for Flail Chest: Liberal or Highly Selective? (8:05)
34. Asymptomatic COVID Trauma Patients: Worse Outcomes, More Hospital Resources (5:23)
35. Discussion (2:07)
36. Panel Session - One Hour with Dimitri: Believe It or Not! (1h, 03m)
37. Updates and Trauma Lessons Learned From the Battlefield in Ukraine (21:04)
38. Immunonutrition in the ICU Trauma Patient: Facts and Myths! (8:41)
39. Delirium in the ICU: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment (9:06)
40. Probiotics for Infection Prevention in ICU: Do They Work? (9:30)
41. VTE Pharmacological Prophylaxis in the Severe Multi-Trauma ICU Patient: Optimal Time and Type (10:07)
42. Striving for Better Outcomes: Data Science in Intensive Care (11:34)
43. Discussion (6:35)
44. Nursing Magnet Status: Impact on Patient Care and Outcomes (18:29)
45. Should Age Be a Criterion for TTA? (6:12)
46. Geriatric Trauma: The New Trauma Verification Requirements (8:22)
47. Discussion (5:27)
48. Keynote Lecture: Outcomes Disparities in Trauma: Who, Why, When! (33:20)
49. Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds in Forensic Pathology (28:52)
50. Cricothyrodotomy: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls (6:34)
51. Thoracostomy Tube Insertion: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls (4:16)
52. Intraosseous Access: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls (3:59)
53. Cardiac Repair: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls (7:07)
54. Vascular Shunts for Damage Control: Techinique, Tips and Pitfalls (7:28)
55. Discussion (16:12)
56. Pursuing Excellence Through the Quality Improvement Process (25:48)
57. Prophylactic Angioembolization of Solid Organs: A Risk-Free Procedure? (10:40)
58. Routine Screening for False Aneurysms After Solid Organ Injury: Should it Be the Standard of Care? (8:56)
59. Occlusion of the Left Subclavian Artery in Stenting Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Consequences (11:42)
60. Carotid Artery Injury with Neurological Deficits: Repair, Ligation or Observation? (10:35)
61. Intraoperative Retroperitoneal Hematomas (11:03)
62. Discussion (8:37)
63. Early and Liberal Damage Control Improves Outcomes (10:59)
64. Damage Control has been Overused and Results in Adverse Outcomes (11:49)
65. Resolution: Lets Agree! (5:02)
66. Peripheral Vascular Trauma: Endovascular or Open Approach? (10:35)
67. Severe Peritonitis: Laparotomy of Demand, Open Abdomen or Postoperative Lavage? (11:51)
68. Severe Pelvic Bleeding: Pelvic Binders, Angioembolization, Preperitoneal Packing, Bilateral Internal Iliac Ligation (15:58)
69. Colectomy for Complicated Diverticulitis: Diversion, Primary Anastomosis, or Primary Anastomosis with Protective Proximal Stoma? (10:54)
70. Discussion (10:26)
71. Panel Session - Rheeopardy (42:37)