Professional Bodies
» Amercian College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. [Read More...]
» American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Webnet is provided to promote the exchange of scientific information regarding all phases of the care of the trauma patient. This will include prevention activities, prehospital care, resuscitation, operative care, critical care, rehabilitation and trauma system design. [Read More...]
» Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) is a USA based professional multidisciplinary organization dedicated entirely to motor vehicle crash injury prevention and control. [Read More...]
» Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)
The ACEM is an incorporated educational institution whose prime objective is the training and examination of specialist emergency physicians for Australia and New Zealand. [Read More...]
» Australasian Trauma Society (ATS)
The Society was set up in 1997 by a group of health professionals interested in trauma care. Membership of the Society is open to doctors, nurses and paramedical personnel from both Australia and New Zealand. Associate membership is open to others who may not be included in the above categories. [Read More...]
» Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)
The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (formerly the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses - CACCN), is the professional organisation representing nurses practising or interested in critical care in Australia.
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» Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is the peak professional organisation for rural medical education and training in Australia. [Read More...]
» Australian Resuscitation Council
The Australian Resuscitation Council is a voluntary co-ordinating body which represents all major groups involved in the teaching and practice of resuscitation. The Australian Resuscitation Council produces Guidelines to meet its objectives in fostering uniformity and simplicity in resuscitation techniques and terminology. [Read More...]
» British Trauma Society
The BTS is an active society formed to promote education and research in the care of the injured. The society is multidisciplinary and welcomes members from all specialities involved in the care of trauma patients, including allied healthcare professionals and medical students.
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» College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA)
Provide leadership, representation and support for emergency nurses and to promote optimum practice and challenge existing boundaries. [Read More...]
» European Trauma Society (ETS)
The main objective of the "European Trauma Society" (ETS) is to guarantee the best standard of care in traumatology in Europe. Apart from promoting training of traumatology at the highest possible level and scientific exchange this should be achieved by setting and recommending standards to the Surgical Boards of the member states, and by encouraging health authorities as well as national and international scientific societies of traumatology to improve the educational and organizational environment for an effective trauma care. [Read More...]
» International Committee of the Red Cross (War Surgery section)
The ICRC helps to treat war casualties by providing surgical staff, training local medical staff, developing programmes for pre-hospital first aid and the evacuation and transportation of injured patients, and improving the capacity of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers to respond to emergency situations. Access to publications on the surgical management of war wounds, and details of surgery and hospital assistance programmes. [Read More...]
» International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS)
International Trauma Care (ITACCS), which also operates under the name Trauma Care International, is the leading international multidisciplinary society dedicated to improving the care of trauma patients. [Read More...]
» Panamerican Trauma Society
The Panamerican Trauma Society
seeks to encourage the exchange of knowledge and information between and among physicians, nurses, prehospital providers, and other health care personnel who take care of injured patients in North, Central, and South America. [Read More...]
» Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The professional body representing all surgeons in Australasia. Principle aim is to train surgeons from the 2nd year after graduation through until they pass a fellowshop exam and attain sufficient experience in operating and managing patients with surgical conditions. [Read More...]
» Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA)
Royal College of Nursing, Australia is the nation's leading professional organisation representing nurses from all areas of practice throughout Australia.
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» Society of Trauma Nurses
The Society of Trauma Nurses is a membership-based, non-profit organization whose members represent trauma nurses from around the world. Members are nurses involved in trauma care in clinical, administrative, research and educational roles. [Read More...]
» The Eastern Association for the Sugery of Trauma (USA)
The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) is a not for profit organization organized to furnish leadership and foster advances in the care of injured patients. [Read More...]
» Trauma Association of Canada (TAC)
Bringing together the specialists involved in care of the injured patient to promote the highest standard of patient care, education, organization, and research in the field of injury. [Read More...]
» World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
The mission of the World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS) is to promote research, foster education, and improve the survival of patients with Intra Abdominal Hypertension (IAH) and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) by bringing together physicians, nurses, and others from a variety of clinical disciplines to share information on effective management strategies for reducing the significant morbidity and mortality of IAH / ACS. This website is intended to facilitate the goals and mission of the WSACS.
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