31st Annual Avera McKennan Trauma Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Sioux Falls, SD

Registration is Open:

Non-Avera attendees: $65

Avera employees: $0

Lunch is on your own for this event.  There is an onsite restaurant and other places with in a few blocks to eat.   Snacks and beverages will be provided during the event.

The 31st Annual Trauma Symposium is designed to highlight current evidence-based concepts and technology for the evaluation, diagnosis and acute care management of the trauma patient throughout the continuum of care.

1. Discuss changes and updates occurring at the state and regional level.
2. Highlight the importance of performance improvement strategies and how they relate to caring for the trauma patient.
3. Identify evidenced-based care strategies that maximize functional independence, cognitive recovery and quality of life for individuals following a traumatic brain injury.
4. Review the latest ACS best practices guidelines for chest wall trauma.
5. Critique the multidisciplinary course of care for injured patients.
6. Discuss strategies related to anesthesia care to enhance patient safety, optimize hemodynamic stability and improve efficiency when caring for the traumatically injured patient.
7. Review the latest best practices guidelines for open fractures when caring for them in the emergency department.
8. Discuss important concepts of resuscitation including stop the bleed and limiting crystalloids.
9. Discuss treatment options for select neurological injuries.
10. Discuss treatment options for select eye injuries.
11. Discuss treatment options for select maxillofacial injuries.
12. Describe the role of EMS in caring for trauma patients.
13. Identify hospital barriers for EMS when caring for trauma patients.
14. Highlight the resources available via telehealth when caring for trauma patients.

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

In support of improving patient care, Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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In support of improving patient care, Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designations:

	This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 IPCE credits for learning and change.
	Medicine CME:  Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
	Nurse CE: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	SDBMOE: This course #SD26CE869 has been approved for 6.0 continuing education credit(s) by the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic examiners (BMOE.
	MN EMS: This education qualifies as Continuing Education, LCCR, or ICCR in the State of Minnesota. EMTs will receive 6.00 continuing education credit(s) for participating in this course.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Payment must be made via credit card.  Checks will not be accepted without prior authorization.  

If someone other than yourself is making payment,

• First register by clicking the  green EXHIBIT AT THIS EVENT below.

• Register and forward the confirmation email to the appropriate person.  Who ever will pay the fee can use the link in the confirmation email to pay by credit card. (If you do not receive the email confirmation, click the My CE button / Registrations & Receipts to open the email.  You can forward the email to the appropriate person.

• Please note that the confirmation email is your invoice. 

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*To make adjustments and manage registrations for the exhibitor booth, click the link in the confirmation email.  If you need additional help, contact [email protected].

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Lunch NOT provided

Continuing education credit is available.  To be awarded CE, the exhibitor's name must be on the registration.

Exhibit at this Event