AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education Presents:

Orthopaedic Trauma:
Team Approach to Fracture Management
Basic and Advanced Courses for Operating Room Personnel
June 21 - 22, 2002
Sheraton Long Island Hotel
Smithtown, New York

CO-CHAIRMEN

Kenneth Egol, MD
Trauma Chief
New York University Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Jamaica, New York

Andrew Sands, MD
Chief of Foot & Ankle Surgery
Beth Israel Orthopaedic Associates
New York, New York

FACULTY

Joseph Bosco, MD Director of Orthopaedic Surgery Jamaica Medical Center Jamaica, New York	Franco Cerabona, MD Beth Israel Medical Center Phillips Ambulatory Care Center New York, New York
Jessica Gallina, MD PGY4 Resident Mt. Sinai Medical Center New York, New York	Rajeev Garapati, MD Fellow, Foot & Ankle Surgery Mt. Sinai Medical Center New York, New York
Stuart D. Katchis, MD Lenox Hill Hospital New York, New York	David Levine, MD Hospital for Special Surgery New York, New York
Thomas Lyon, MD Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma Lutheran Medical Center Brooklyn, New York	Robert Meyerson, MD Beth Israel Medical Center Phillips Ambulatory Care Center New York, New York
Robert Pae, MD Beth Israel Medical Center Phillips Ambulatory Care Center New York, New York	Jeff Richmond, MD Fellow, Orthopaedic Traumatology Hospital for Special Surgery New York, New York
Lois Suhrie, RN, BSN AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education West Chester, Pennsylvania	Nirmal Tejwani, MD Assistant Professor New York University Medical Center New York, New York
Frank Thomas, MD PGY5 Resident Phillips Ambulatory Care Center Beth Israel Medical Center New York, New York	Susan Totilas, RN, CNOR AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education West Chester, Pennsylvania
Steven Weinfeld, MD Assistant Professor, Foot & Ankle Surgery Mt. Sinai Medical Center New York, New York	Debbie Zangl, RN AO ASIF Nursing Continuing Education Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Faculty of this Course is composed of orthopaedic surgeons and operating room nurses distinguished in the care of the orthopaedic trauma patient.

GOAL

The goal of this course is to provide an educational opportunity for operating room personnel who participate in the care of the orthopaedic trauma patient. Course topics will be presented utilizing a dynamic combination of lectures and hands-on practical sessions. The practical sessions will provide the participants with the opportunity to take an active role in the fixation of artificial bone fractures under the direction of faculty lab instructors.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of these courses, participants should be able to:

Basic Course

• Discuss the aims and principles of AO ASIF technique
• Describe the functions of screws and plates
• Discuss the management of forearm, ankle, proximal femur and tibial fractures
• Demonstrate upper and lower extremity fixation techniques

Advanced Course

• Review the aims and principles of AO ASIF technique
• Discuss the management of complex humeral and femoral fractures
• Differentiate between acetabular fractures and pelvic ring disruptions
• Demonstrate complex extremity, pelvic and acetabular fixation techniques

These Operating Room Personnel Courses are educational non-profit functions made possible through the support of and cooperation with the AO ASIF. Financial and technical support provided by Synthes.

ACCREDITATION

AO North America Foundation is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This recognition does not imply that the AO North America Foundation or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approves or endorses any product included in the activity.

Each course has been awarded 16.5 Contact Hours.

TUITION

Tuition for either course is $250.00

Tuition includes: Course materials, continental breakfast, lunches, refreshments and reception.

SCHEDULE

Friday, June 21, 2002

7:00am - 8:00am Registration
8:00am - 5:00pm Program
5:00pm - 6:00pm Reception

Saturday, June 22, 2002

8:00am - 5:00pm Program

Basic and Advanced Courses run concurrent both days.

COURSE LOCATION

Sheraton Long Island Hotel (Smithtown)
110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Smithtown, NY 11788
(516) 231-1100/Fax (516) 231-1143

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Long Island Hotel Smithtown. The room rate of $139.00 single/double occupancy, plus tax, will be held until June 5, 2002. Please call the hotel directly (516) 231-1100. Be certain to identify yourself as a participant of the AO ASIF course.

REGISTRATION FORM

Registration is required in advance and is not accepted unless accompanied by appropriate fees.

Phone-in registrations cannot be accepted.

Please do not consider yourself registered for this course until written confirmation is received.

Registration deadline June 14, 2002. Refunds will be issued if written cancellation is received by this date.

You have the option to register online or submit the registration form to the address listed below.

AO ASIF Continuing Education
RE: Long Island Basic and Advanced ORP Course
1301 Goshen Parkway
West Chester, PA 19380
(800) 535-2369 (press 6)
Fax: (610) 719-6532

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