EACCME® Accreditation
The 21st Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology, Vienna, Austria 21/06/2024 - 22/06/2024, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 13.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications .
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Preliminary Program
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Day 1 | July 4, 2025
07:45 - 08:15 | Registration | ||
08:15 - 08:30 | Welcome Address | Kullapat Veerasarn (Thailand), Dafin Muresanu (Romania), Johannes Vester (Germany) | ||
08:30 - 09:00 | Session 1 - Presidential Lecture | Keynote Lectures The AMN and its Mission and Vision - How to transform traditional into multidisciplinary traumacare with longterm follow-up | Dafin Muresanu (Romania) / Johannes Vester (Germany) | ||
09:00 - 09:20 | The global burden of TBI with special emphasis on the APC region | Kullapat Veerasarn (Thailand) | ||
09:20 - 09:40 | The relevance of acute neurorehabilitation after neurotrauma | Volker Hoemberg (Germany) | ||
AMN Charter Initiative | |||
09:40 - 10:00 | Coffee Break | ||
Session 2 - Pre-hospital and ICU-care after TBI Chairperson: Theethawat Sathirarat (Thailand) | |||
10:00 - 10:30 | Head trauma in Vietnam - How Improved EMS responses correlate with outcome | Do Ngoc Son (Vietnam) | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | TBD | Bassem Boulos (Egypt) | ||
11:00 - 11:30 | Guideline recommendations in Critical care after TBI | Sombat Muengtaweepongsa | ||
11:30 - 12:00 | Special Keynote Lecture Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions after neurotrauma | Dafin Muresanu (Romania) | ||
12:00 - 12:30 | "The Use of Decompressive Craniectomy in Neurotrauma: Life-saving intervention or is it too aggressive?" Debate Session Chairperson: Doungporn Ruthirago and Rovzhan Xahilzada Pro: JV Liabres Con: Panu Boontoterm | ||
12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch | ||
13:45 - 15:15 | Session 4 - You can’t improve what you cannot measure - Data and Quality indicators in TBI Chairperson: Pradit Chaiyabud The PRESENT REGISTRY - aims and objectives | Peter Lackner (Austria) Quality indicators in pre-hospital care and ICU | Dorel Sandesc (Romania) Quality indicators in neurosurgery | Makhkamjon Makhamov Quality indicators in post TBI rehabilitation | Witsanu KumthornThip Simulation of PRESENT usage | TBD | ||
Session 5 - Interactive case discussions - acute care/neurosurgery | Chairpersons: Christian Matula (Austria), Do Ngoc Son | ||
15:15 - 15:30 | TBA | ||
15:30 - 15:45 | TBA | ||
15:45 - 16:00 | Anukoon Kaewborisutsakul (Thailand) | ||
16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break | ||
Session 6 - Panel Discussion 1 - TBI and healthcare politics One of the largest healthcare burdens globally has no political lobby - how can it change for the better? | Moderator: Dafin Muresanu (Romania) Invitees: Siraruj Sakoolnamarka Lynne Lucena Veerapun Suvannamai Parit Wongphaet | ||
17:05 - 17:30 | DEBATE 2 | "The Role of Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Should It Be Standard Practice?" Pro: Vicentiu Saceleanu (Romania) Con: Taiwan/HKG speaker |
Day 2 | July 5, 2025
Preliminary Program
08:00 - 08:45 | Training Course | Essential rating scales in post-neurotrauma cognitive and psychiatric assessment incl practical rating exercises Speakers: Nasathapot Namphol and Catalina Crisan (Romania) | ||
Session 8: Neurosurgical Management after TBI | Moderator: Lynne Lucena (the Philippines) | ||
08:45 - 09:15 | The Do's and Don'ts in neurotrauma surger | Christian Matula (Austria) | ||
09:15 - 09:35 | Functional surgery for post-traumatic Neurological disorders | Bunpot Sitthinamsuwan | ||
09:35 - 10:00 | Neurosurgical Management of spinal trauma | Rovzhan Xalilxada | ||
10:00 - 10:20 | Coffee Break | ||
Session 9 - Guideline &recommendation through the phases of TBI patient care and Panel discussion | Moderator: Peter Lackner (Austria) | ||
10:20 - 10:40 | Guideline Recommendations for mild and moderate TBI patients | Nakornchai Phuenpathom | ||
10:40 - 11:00 | Guideline Recommendations for severe TBI patients with special focus on ICU Care | TBA | ||
11:00 - 11:20 | Guidelines in surgical/non-surgical Treatment – When to operate and when NOT to operate? | TBA | ||
11:20 - 11:40 | Guideline recommendations in post-TBI rehabilitation | Parit Wongphaet | ||
11:40 - 12:00 | Discussions | ||
12:00 - 12:45 | Panel discussion | The AMN as a globally impactful medical society - what are your expectations? Chairpersons: Kullapat Veerasarn AMN Executives Panel Members: 5 younger delegates from 5 countries without speakers (Europe, Middle East, Asia) | ||
12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
Session 10 - neurotrauma rehabilitation - Patient Management and posttraumatic complications | Chairperson: Krishnapundha Bunyaratavej | ||
14:00 - 14:20 | Goal setting and longterm prognosis - essential elements of the rehabilitation process | TBA | ||
14:20 - 14:40 | Neuropharmacology in TBI with cognitive -behavior problem | TBA | ||
14:40 - 15:00 | Spasticity prevention management | Kollatee Buranarach | ||
15:00 - 15:20 | Dysphagia after TBI | Stephanie Duchac | ||
15:20 - 15:40 | Coffee Break | ||
Session 11 - Research in Traumatic Brain Injury | Chairperson: Therapool Wittiwaj | ||
15:40 - 16:00 | Essential biometric principles in neurotrauma research | Johannes Vester (Germany) | ||
16:00 - 16:20 | The relevance of biomarkers in neurotrauma clinical research | Jung Ook Kim | ||
16:20 - 16:40 | Nakornchai Phuenpathom (Thailand) | ||
16:40 - 17:00 | Session 12 - Free paper (Selected from general paper submission) Chairperson: Siraruj Sakoolnamarka | ||
17:00 - 17:15 | Closing and pictures | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | Parallel Session | Cross Training for nurses | Essential rating scales in neurotrauma performed by nurses) |