Annual VGH Trauma Symposium expands
On November 30, VGH held its annual Trauma Symposium. But this year was a little different; for the first time, this annual event was organized in partnership with the Royal Columbian Hospital Trauma Program at Fraser Health and the Provincial Health Services Authority. This Lower Mainland Trauma Symposium brought together over 200 participants from not only across the Lower Mainland, but Island Health Authority and Interior Health Authority, for a full day of networking, sharing and learning.
Why do you work in trauma?
It’s so wonderful to be able to guide people through the roughest times in their life” – Lori Baker, Lions Gate Hospital.
Check VCH News next week for more responses from participants in the symposium highlights video.
Participants included trauma surgeons, emergency physicians, paramedics, social workers, injury prevention specialists, nurses, administrators, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Highlights of the day included a keynote presentation and panel on disaster preparedness, airway management challenges, diagnostic imaging in children and the role of the built environment and policy in eliminating road-related death and injury.
- Check next week’s VCH News for video highlights of the symposium.
- Visit vghtrauma.vch.ca to learm more about the trauma program.