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British Trauma Society (BTS) update Ansar Mahmood
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he British Trauma Society annual scientific meeting went ahead last November as a virtual meeting due to the uncertainty regarding COVID-19 at the beginning of 2021. It is the first time in our history we have had to do this and I am very proud to say it received excellent feedback. Industry support was strong and very welcome given this novel format. Not faced by geographical constraints we took advantage by inviting keynote speakers from around the globe to fit with the theme of Global Trauma Challenges. The evening keynote speaker sessions were well attended with well over 100 listeners at each session even though online access to recordings of the talks would be available to all registrants for six months. Professor Fiona Lecky and Dr Carl Marinowitz discussed the effect of COVID on trauma based on data from TARN. Dr Jan Jansen, a trauma surgeon from Birmingham, USA, spoke about contemporary techniques of haemorrhage control and innovation in this area. Sarah Tucker, a consultant plastic
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surgeon from Oxford, spoke of her experiences in trauma care overseas and in Oxford with an aptly titled talk ‘Orthoplastics care across continents’. Dr Jamie Colman, a leading trauma surgeon from Denver, gave us an eye opening talk on wellness and sleep deprivation for surgeons and how it impacts on our work and lives. Mr Bob Handley, BOA immediate past President, tackled Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in trauma. Mr Alberto Gregori, an orthopaedic surgeon and chair of World Orthopaedic Concern joined from Africa to give his experiences of delivering care in low and middle income environments. Professor Hans-Christoph Pape from Zurich, well known internationally for his research work on DCO concepts, presented an update on damage control orthopaedic concepts and safe definitive surgery. We had our AGM and selected some fantastic new committee members. It is our vision to realise the true value of a truly multidisciplinary society and push ahead with publication cross specialty
20th – 23rd September, ICC Birmingham Under the theme of ‘Technology, Data and Recovery’ the 2022 Congress will be taking place from 20th – 23rd September, at the ICC in Birmingham, with four days of lectures, debates and discussions including three days of exhibition. The programme will include the Howard Steel Lecture, the Robert Jones Lecture, Revalidations, BOA Ortho Committee, hot topic sessions by specialist societies and an update from the BOA President, John Skinner, on his presidential year. The provisional programme is available at www.boa.ac.uk/programme. 16 | JTO | Volume 10 | Issue 01 | March 2022 | boa.ac.uk
recommendations and guidelines for polytrauma patients as well as improve our educational offering. Professor Ian Pallister was appointed as our new Director of Education to drive this agenda forward. A new members area is being created on our new website which will have educational content, videos and talks available. BTS were proud to have hosted the inaugural Human Factors in Trauma conference in Birmingham as a hybrid event in September 2021. This was very well received and we hope to make this an ongoing event, perhaps biennially. I would encourage non-members to join NOW! - as this year there is a one-off offer of only £20 for annual membership via the website www.britishtrauma.com. n
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Registration
The BOA abstracts this year are sponsored by Heraeus Medical. General submissions are now open and will close on Friday 6th May 2022. We have 22 different categories including Technology, Data & Recovery (new for 2022), Trauma, Medical Students, Quality Improvement, Spines, Trauma and more. Further details about abstracts and our categories for 2022 can be viewed at www.boa.ac.uk/abstracts.
BOA members can register at a discount of 100% for a limited time only during the Early Bird Registration period. Early Bird registration will open on Monday 11th April and close at 23.59 on Sunday 22nd May. General registration will open on Monday 23rd May and close on Friday 4th September 2022. Late registration will close on Tuesday 13th September. Please keep an eye on the BOA website over the upcoming months for updates on abstract submissions, programme, speakers, sponsors, accommodation and more at www.boa.ac.uk/congress. n
