UC Davis 2026 Trauma Conference

Due to a tremendous community response, in person attendance is SOLD OUT. We still have virutal tickets available if you want to attend from home.

Conference Agenda Friday May 15th

UC Davis Health: 4480 2nd Ave, Sacramento CA, 95817

Aggie Square, UC Davis Health

7:15 am Registration, Breakfast

7:55 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

08:00am Prehospital challenges- ground vs air

08:30 am Critical care topics

1. Liver Trauma

2. early trach in TBI

3. New data on early G tube- G tubes and trach don’t go together

9:30 am Break and Exhibit Viewing

10:00 am Effectively managing goals of care for the surgical Trauma patient

10:30 am Pain management – changes in pain management

11:00 am Geriatric Falls and SDH, when do you reverse, when do you restart AC

11:30 am Peds: treating the patient and the family, difficult conversations and families

12:00 pm Lunch and Exhibit Viewing

12:45 pm Orthopedic Care – mangled extremities with severe soft tissue defects, fxs, vascular injury. How do you manage? When do you decide to amputate if not immediately necessary?

1:45 pm Rural Trauma – how do you stabilize with limited resources and transfer a pt

2:30 pm Break and Exhibit Viewing

2:45 pm Changes in cerebral monitoring, prognostication in neurotrauma

3:15 pm Violently injured patients, recidivism, trends

3:45 pm Injury prevention for the violently injured patient and hospital based violence prevention teams

4:15 pm Toxicology – how do the common street drugs affect care of the pt.

4:45 pm Closing Remarks

Accreditation

2026 UC Davis Trauma Conference- May 15, 2026

The University of California, Davis, Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians

The University of California, Davis, Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 7.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Visitor Parking
Parking is enforced daily at UC Davis Medical Center.

• Visitor Parking
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  To access the garage

From Stockton Boulevard, turn east onto 3rd Avenue and continue to the end of the street.

Turn left into the garage entrance. entrance.

Don’t lose your ticket as you will need to scan it when you leave.

· UCD Employees and Staff

o Aggie Square Garage (ASG) permits are available via the HonkMobile app

o View parking instructions using the Honk Mobile app .

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