Vibe on the way home from Cleveland…SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025!

What’s that I👂 another ACS group preaching the use of robotics for urgent/emergent operations! You go Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. 24/7 robotic access, Daniel Gage and Jennifer Knight (she/her) presenting SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! on how to make it happen #SAGES2024

The SAGES Acute & Military committees have a series of lectures on high-impact events for surgeons and their allies-Stalking, Abuse and Assaults, Active Shooter events, Civilian and Military triage, along with STOP THE BLEED® training in the exhibit hall #SAGES2024 Andrew Schlussel

Our resident Dr Louis Perkins and his SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! poster on his insightful work on disparities in access to Emergency robotic hernia repair: Florida versus California - hospital robotic surgery availability and not Medicaid expansion drives access to EGS robotics #SAGES2024

Honored to present SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! on the multimodal, multidisciplinary comprehensive approach to necrotizing pancreatitis with a great panel lead by Amy Liepert & Kevin El-Hayek, MD, MBA, FACS - rationale for “STEP-UP” non-op, endoscopic, IR, MIS, EGS-VARD and open approaches given. #SAGES2024

Dr Shane Farritor describes robotic surgery on the #ISS using the Virtual Incision mini robot - an early step towards robotic surgery in space - issues such as size, latency and jitter are being addressed. An exciting glimpse of remote robotic surgery - in space! #SAGES2024

Fascinating talk by Dr Andrii Dinets on the use of VATS for thoracoabdominal penetrating injuries in Ukrainian Role II facilities, including purpose-built magnets during VATS to remove 50% of liver fragments and 80% of lung fragments. #sages2024

Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS Jay Doucet Mattox/Vegas TCCACS Paper from Mattox Meeting

“Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care” by Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS Jay Doucet Purvi P. Patel MD, FACS Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, McRIB

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New CMSGov 2023 rules for ICU billing - split-share billing with APPs - the global surgical period and the surgical intensivist and how to code it correctly - tough topics masterfully covered for all scenarios by Jason Smith MD, PhD, MBA

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Jay Doucet discussing important nuances of ethics in the ICU. Mattox/Vegas TCCACS #TCCACS2024 See associated article Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)

Controversies in ICU nutrition-expertly tackled by Andre Campbell, MD, FACS, FACP, FCCM, MAMSE, FCCOS - suspect malnutrition, do daily assessment, talk to your nutritionist, feed the gut whenever possible, protect against aspiration, selective TPN use, use the ASPEN guidelines, don’t over/underfeed. Mattox/Vegas TCCACS

What is the role direct brain tissue oxygen measurement (pBtO2) in severe TBI? Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS reviews the BOOST-II trial evaluating its efficacy versus ICP monitoring - evidence that combined monitoring may improve outcomes. Mattox/Vegas TCCACS

Purvi P. Patel MD, FACS Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, McRIB Alexander Eastman @Kmattox1 Mattox/Vegas TCCACS Great paper by Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS Jay Doucet Purvi P. Patel MD, FACS Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, McRIB in #TSACO based on panel at Mattox/Vegas TCCACS Medical Disaster Response Response Course #TCCACS24 #TCCACS2024

“Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care”

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Ketamine is a useful ED and trauma bay drug - Dr Zaffer Qasim tells us the use/pitfalls of ketamine - avoid rapid IV push, reduce dose in profound shock, be prepared for laryngospasm and emergence, especially in kids, and dangers in hyperactive delirium. Do your due diligence!

When to operate on pancreatic injury? Todd Maxson makes it clear when the anatomy & grade tells us operating is necessary, what to do with uncertain grade injuries, ways to perform a safe operation, and how to be smart and decisive, when you MUST mess with the pancreas. Mattox/Vegas TCCACS