Scandinavian Update Newletter July 2006

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Scandinavian Update Awards
According to the theme of the conference, Formula of Survival (The ILCOR Advisory Statement on Education in Resuscitation (table 1: Theoretical model of factors in patient outcome), five prizes will be awarded during the Opening Ceremony on Thursday between 9.30 and 12.30. We hope that the awards will stimulate to further development of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine in Scandinavia. Visit our website to propose candidates

The awards are:
Best educational programme
Best system implementation
Best scientific paper
Scandinavian Update’s Prize of honour
Axel Cappelen Memorial Prize Award for best achievement in trauma surgery

The Axel Cappelen Award for Excellence in Trauma
The Norwegian surgeon Axel H. Cappelen (1858-1919) was the first to attempt surgical suture of a cardiac stab wound in 1895. Cappelen, then a surgical resident at the National Hospital in Oslo, later moved to Stavanger, where he served as consultant and chief surgeon for the remainder of his career. Multi-talented and devoted to surgery and patient care he did not only train some of the leading Norwegian surgeons of his time, but played a central role in design, construction and planning of the Stavanger Municipal Hospital during the early 1900s – now risen to the ranks of a University Hospital.

The Scandinavian Update 2007 introduces “The Axel Cappelen Award for Excellence in Trauma”, for which candidature proposals are still open!

Then as now, cardiac injuries remain complex, challenging and lethal. In the pioneer spirit of dr. Axel Cappelen, world-leading authorities in trauma care will address current challenges and concepts of modern injury management during the Scandinavian Update 2007.

Don’t miss the chance to get updated, inspired, and educated in Stavanger!