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Dear Colleagues,

We greatly look forward to seeing you at our 10th anniversary of AUSTRAUMA with yet another outstanding and world renowned International faculty from the United States, Sweden, Israel and New Zealand. We also once again welcome a superb Australian faculty with trauma, critical care and emergency care leaders from around the Nation.

Our greatest highlight for 2009 was the involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and we are greatly privileged and proud for AUSTRAUMA 2010, to have lead surgeon, Dr Rowan Gillies, previous and longstanding President of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). He will be speaking of his extraordinary experiences and work as a frontline humanitarian and President of this Nobel Peace Prize winning aid organisation.

An exciting session on Extraordinary Medical Professions will open the main conference, covering some of the most dangerous, challenging and incredible journeys on this planet. Following this, Friday will be filled with many and varied Specialty talks covering orthopaedic and emergency general surgery challenges, controversial Neurosurgery issues, Paediatric Trauma and a comprehensive session dedicated entirely to Damage Control.

Saturday’s program opens with a fantastic and often demanded Disaster session led by a panel of experts in their field. Following this, the day will cover thought provoking Intensive Care topics, the always well-received Trauma Hard Talk as well as a first time session on Trauma Radiology. The day will end with four debates we will no doubt prove stimulating and provocative.

The pre-conference day on Thursday, will have once again the very well received Workshop Day running four hands-on workshops on Ultrasound, Wound Care, Airways Management and External Fixation and Fracture Splinting. The Disaster Preparedness Course will also be run that day and we encourage you to register early due to the high demand for this unique course. Our Scientific Research Forum will again give our Colleagues, the opportunity to present new, innovative, interesting current research in trauma, critical care and emergency surgery.

For the first time due to overwhelming requests we are also running ahead of the main program on Thursday a much sort after Nursing Forum, dedicated to all nurses involved in caring for the multiply injured, critically ill patient. The Forum will cover a range of presentations from leaders in the field of Nursing, Allied Health and Medicine.

AUSTRAUMA 2010 is eagerly awaited and promises once again to be an outstanding success, again at the fantastic Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre by our world famous harbour, with many of Sydney's major tourist attractions at or near the  conference doorstep. We ask that you check the website regularly for the program, updates and details. We look forward to having you join us for this exciting conference in one of the world’s most beautiful cities.  

Dr Valerie Malka - Convener