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Evaluation Video

ACOS 2023 Annual Clinical Assembly

General Surgery

Trauma Challenges in the Community Setting

Friday, September 22, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
CE: .75

    Member Speaker(s)

  • Gerard A. Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS (he/him/his)

    Attending Physician, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery
    NYU Langone Hospital -- Long Island
    NYU Long Island School of Medicine

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Victoria Schlanser, DO

    Attending Surgeon
    Cook County Hospital
    Rush University

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Jessica L. Bartock, DO, FACOS

    General Surgeon, Chair of Infection Control
    ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • JK

    Justin J. Koenig, DO, FACOS, FACS

    Trauma Medical Director, Trauma and General Surgeon
    Beacon Medical Group: Elkhart General Hospital

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Non-Member Speaker(s)

  • SH

    Scott S. Hinze, DO FACOS

    Surgical Critical Care Fellow
    University of Iowa

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Gerard A. Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose
Victoria Schlanser, DO: No financial relationships to disclose
Jessica L. Bartock, DO, FACOS: No financial relationships to disclose
Justin J. Koenig, DO, FACOS, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose
Scott S. Hinze, DO FACOS: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the challenges faced by community hospitals treating polytrauma patients
  2. Organize potentially limited resources to care for the polytrauma patient in the community hospital setting
  3. List standard indications and specific clinical needs for transfer to a higher level of care
  4. Develop partnerships between high-acuity trauma centers and community hospital systems
  5. Discover opportunities to treat effectively the polytrauma patient in the community hospital setting