Annual Scientific Meeting 2019

Welcome to Nottingham for our Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Trauma Society (BTS) being held at the Albert Hall on the 6th to 7th November 2019.

One of the most unusual facts about Nottingham is where its name comes from. Around 600AD, the town was under the control of an Anglo-Saxon tribe called the Snotingas, where the chief was called ‘Snot’, meaning caves. They called the town ‘Snotengaham’, or literally ‘the homestead of Snot’s
people’. Over the years, the city’s name was gradually modified until it became known as Nottingham around the 12th century.

We are honoured to hold this years’ meeting in the city that brought us Magnetic Resonance Imaging Peter Mansfield is credited with inventing ‘slice selection’ for MRI and understanding how the radio signals from MRI can be mathematically analysed, making interpretation of the signals into a useful image a possibility. Professor Mansfield was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2003 for his work.

The British Trauma Society was founded as a multidisciplinary society to bring together all the disciplines in the care of the injured patient from ‘road-side to recovery’ and we have been honoured to receive work from all the major disciplines involved in this valuable work including neurosurgery, orthopaedic trauma, thoracic surgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, pre-hospital care and rehabilitation.

We are consolidating our recent affiliation with the European Society of Trauma and Surgery (ESTES), permitting an even more widespread sharing of knowledge and networking. We are delighted to be able to offer high quality paper and poster presentations as we do every year at the meeting.

We are privileged to welcome world class guest speakers reflecting the diverse nature of BTS. The trauma coagulopathy and transfusion update is by Professor Karim Brohi a world thought leader in this area. Professor Matt Costa from Oxford is talking about Trauma Research trials which the UK is rapidly becoming the world leader on under his stewardship. Professor Iain Hutchinson is talking to us about his ground breaking work with Saving Faces the national/international charity and research centre. The rest of our keynotes are detailed on our website http://www.bts-org.co.uk/ and none are to be missed as leaders in their fields and have contributed enormously to the care of the injured.

The committee will be giving monetary prizes for the best presentations of a scientific nature and for the best presentation of a clinical nature as well as for the best posters, first and second prizes. TLA Medicolegal will also be awarding a cash prize for the presentation of greatest medicolegal impact as in previous years. There will also be a prize available for networking with trade – make sure you complete and hand in your exhibitor cards to the registration desk to be entered.

Membership to BTS is open to all medical disciplines that are involved in trauma care as well as all professions allied to medicine including students and trainees. One of the benefits of being a member of the BTS is that you receive Injury – The International Journal of Care of The Injured (impact factor 2.137), as part of your subscription with reduced rates to attend our annual meeting and attendance at ESTES.

The meeting is well supported by industry and our thanks to them for their ongoing support to the
society.

Ansar Mahmood FRCS

President of the BTS