Harvard Advanced Trauma Management 2025 (Videos + Slides PDFs)

Advanced Trauma Management for the emergency clinician is a 2-day course that provides updates, best practices, and new pathways & protocols regarding the acute care of major trauma patients, from Emergency Department arrival through hospital admission/discharge. The course will focus on advanced, state of-the-art clinical knowledge and skills, with an emphasis on teamwork, non-technical skills, and best practices in ED management.
The goal of this advanced trauma management course is to prepare emergency clinicians, who already have a strong base in trauma care, to quickly and accurately assess and provide high-quality care for trauma patients. Emphasis will be on optimizing outcomes for patients presenting with high-risk traumatic injuries.
Learning Objectives

Articulate best practices for treating trauma within special patient populations such as hypotensive, geriatric, pediatric, and pregnant patients.
Discuss how to rapidly evaluate trauma patients with techniques such as point-of-care ultrasound.
Identify clinical red flags, such as population-specific vital sign abnormalities, injury mechanisms, or physical exam findings of major vascular injury, to anticipate the patient’s clinical course and care needs.
Recognize how to incorporate trauma management practices such as Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), anticoagulant reversal, and selection of imaging studies, in their practice.

Monday, September 22, 2025

Introduction & Welcome
Andrew Ketterer; Carlo Rosen

Keynote: Problem Solving with the Hypotensive Trauma Patient
Richard Wolfe

Theme – Blunt & Penetrating Trauma

Managing Torso Trauma: Challenging Cases
Carlo Rosen

Break

Firearm Injuries: Civilian vs. Military
Andrew Ketterer

Theme – Special Populations

Special Considerations: The Elderly Trauma Patient
Richard Wolfe

Trauma in Pregnancy: Caring for Two Patients
Leslie Bilello

Lunch Break

Pediatric Trauma: From Head to Toe
Caitlin Farrell

Theme – Managing Hemorrhage

Massive Transfusion Protocols
Christie Fritz

Break

Anticoagulation Reversal Agents
Michael Simpson

Time With The Experts: Let’s Talk Trauma (Case Studies)
Richard Wolfe; Christie Fritz; Carlo Rosen; Caitlin Farrell ; Charles Parsons; Andrew Ketterer

Wrap up
Andrew Ketterer

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Welcome
Jake Hoyne; Carlo Rosen

Keynote: Managing Trauma in MCIs
Gregory Ciottone

Theme – Trauma Procedures

Trauma Procedures-Pearls and Pitfalls
Carlo Rosen

Break

The Trauma Airway
Brian Gacioch

Pediatric Airway
Joshua Nagler

Lunch Break

Using POCUS for Trauma Patients: Best Practices
Jesse Schafer

Theme – Neurologic Trauma

Traumatic Brain Injury: From Mild to Severe
Jake Hoyne

Break

Spine Imaging: When to Order and How to Read
William Copen

Time With The Experts: Let’s Talk Trauma
Richard Wolfe; Carlo Rosen; Charles Parsons; Christie Fritz; Jake Hoyne; Carrie Tibbles; Amanda Doodlesack

Wrap Up
Jake Hoyne