Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children announce the Annual John M. Templeton Jr. Pediatric Trauma Symposium.

Trauma is the leading cause of childhood death and disability. However, pediatric trauma care continues to provide significant and unique challenges. This two-day national symposium will provide the healthcare practitioner with up-to-date clinical information for the management of injured children and their families. Current issues will be addressed across the continuum of trauma care.

Since its inception in 2001, the John M. Templeton Jr. Pediatric Trauma Symposium has grown to be a nationally recognized resource for cutting-edge as well as basic multidisciplinary pediatric trauma education — a one-of-a-kind conference.

Target Audience

This national multidisciplinary conference is designed for all healthcare professionals involved with the care of injured children, including:

• Pediatric and adult trauma surgeons
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Trauma medical directors
• Trauma program managers

Nurses and nurse practitioners from emergency departments, intensive care units, peri-operative departments, medical-surgical units and rehabilitation centers

FULL CONFERENCE        

                               Registration fee (on or before 2/1/20)                        Late fee (after 2/1/20)

Physicians                                                      $500                                                    $525

Nurses, Other Healthcare Professionals,       $400                                                    $425    

Residents, Trainees and Students     

EMS Providers (EMT, Paramedic)                 $150    

ONE-DAY ONLY

Physicians                                                      $300                                                    $325

Nurses, Other Healthcare Professionals,       $275                                                    $300    

Residents, Trainees and Students

EMS Providers (EMT, Paramedic)                 $95

Optional EMS Pre-conference Session    $50

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

AMA Credit Designation

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note: The optional lunch sessions held on Friday and Saturday are accredited for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

American Board of Surgery (ABS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

11.0 hours of credit qualify for Part 2 of the ABS MOC, Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment.

Continuing Nursing Education Approved Provider Statement

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

EMS Accreditation

Application for Continuing Education credits has been submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of EMS through the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Your CEUs will be applied to your Status Report within two weeks of the conclusion of the symposium. Providers from other states will be provided with a certificate of attendance.

Optional EMS Pre-conference Session - When Timing Saves a Child’s Life

Thursday, March 5 • Noon to 4:15 p.m.

As EMS providers, do you have limited pediatric focused education? Join us for a half-day workshop. Meet the pediatric trauma experts as they share case-based scenarios and offer hands-on advanced skills stations for each participant to practice and reinforce skills necessary for assessing and managing infants and children “on the scene.” You will have the opportunity to practice challenging situations for immobilizing and extracting pediatric victims; managing difficult pediatric airways; video intubation; and gaining access for fluid resuscitation. Finally, you will learn what to say when you are the first to communicate with parents whose child dies due to trauma that occurs “out of the hospital.”

Registration fee is $50.

Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms with reduced rates has been reserved at the following hotels. Participants are required to contact the hotel directly to make their own reservations. Please mention the CHOP Templeton Trauma when calling to make reservations.

1. The Inn at the Union League (215-587-5570): The group rate is $215 single and double occupancy, plus an 8.2% room tax. This special rate will be available until Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.

2. Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia (800-222-8733 or 215-893-1600): The group rate is $149 single and double occupancy, plus a 15.5% room tax. This special rate will be available until Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

Abstract Submission Deadline ---- November 22, 2019

Notification of Acceptance ---- December 13, 2019

Oral Abstract Presentations ---- Friday, March 6, 2020 @ 3:45 p.m.

Poster Abstract Presentation ---- Friday, March 6, 2020 @ 5:15 p.m.

If you created your account and want to go back in to submit an abstract please use the following link https://chop.cloud-cme.com instead of the www.templetontrauma.org link.