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  • Wednesday, May 7th
    11:45 - 12:05 East Coast USA Time
    One Surgeon's Experience With the Resistance
    Location: Ballroom B
    Presenter: Jason Hiles, Dr. – Four Winds Professional Guild
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    08:30 - 09:00 East Coast USA Time
    Survival Data from a High-Trauma, Prolonged Care, Resource-limited Trauma System.
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, MD, PhD, MSCS (he/him/his) – University of Colorado
    Co-presenter: Steven Schauer, LTC, DO, MS – Department of Anesthesia, University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    09:00 - 09:30 East Coast USA Time
    Feasible Ultrasound Training for Combat Medics Providing Mass Casualty and Prolonged Casualty Care
    Location: Ballroom C
    Co-presenter: Tammer Barkouki, MSgt/EMT-P – 131st Rescue Squadron, Moffett Field, CA
    Presenter: Averyl Shindruk, Capt/MD (she/her/hers) – Air Force 99 HCOS
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    09:30 - 09:50 East Coast USA Time
    Austere Trauma Resuscitation in Large Scale Combat Operations
    Location: Ballroom C
    Co-presenter: Eric O. Akrish, RN BSN CEN TCRN TMP – TGH/USN
    Co-presenter: Jeremy Kaswer, MAJ, MC, FS – US Army
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    10:20 - 11:00 East Coast USA Time
    Post-tourniquet lessons learned
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Dmytro Shmatko, Medical Company lt. (he/him/his) – 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov", National Guard of Ukraine
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    11:00 - 11:20 East Coast USA Time
    Chest Decompression for the Forward Medic: When, How, and the Future
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Jeffrey Oury, CPT/MD – West Virginia University
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    11:20 - 11:50 East Coast USA Time
    “Unconventional surgical decision-making during far forward deployments”
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Pavlo Kazonov, MAJ Dr (he/him/his) – Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    13:00 - 13:30 East Coast USA Time
    Redefining Readiness: Moving Past GWOT-Era Training Practices
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Erik Crouch, SO-ATP – Precision Anatomy | Life For Others Foundation
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    13:30 - 14:00 East Coast USA Time
    Advanced Surgical Training for Physician Assistants and their Potential Impact
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Joshua D. Randles, MAJ/PA-C – Brooke Army Medical Center
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    14:00 - 14:30 East Coast USA Time
    SOST modernization: learning from our friends and allies.
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Griet Vermeulen, MD, Maj (she/her/hers) – BELGIAN DEFENCE
    Co-Presenter: Christopher Ceccaldi
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    14:50 - 15:10 East Coast USA Time
    Hypovolemic Arrest – Ukrainian Military Resuscitation Methodology and Outcomes (2022-2025)
    Location: Ballroom C
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    14:50 - 15:10 East Coast USA Time
    The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and Special Operations Medicine: Synergy to Mitigate Global Emerging Threats
    Location: Ballroom C
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    15:10 - 15:30 East Coast USA Time
    Augmented Reality Headsets for Far Forward Medics Doing Surgery?
    Location: Ballroom C
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care
  • Thursday, May 8th
    15:30 - 16:00 East Coast USA Time
    When to Stop: End-of-Life Care in the Austere Setting
    Location: Ballroom C
    Presenter: Jason Pickett, LTC – 2/19 Special Forces Group (Airborne)
    Austere Resuscitative Surgical Care