Break
General
Lecture
Organisation
Practical Exercise
Special
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Saturday, April 11 2026
From 10:00
Format
Organisation
Opening of the Course Secretariat and Registration
From 11:00
Studio
Format
Special
Start Advanced Course Emergency & Acute Care Surgery Module
Otmar Buyne, Nijmegen NL
Welcome & Introduction of Faculty and Participants
11:15 – 12:45
Studio
Lecture I
Otmar Buyne, Nijmegen NL; Tobias Zingg, Lausanne CH
Format
Lecture
Overview of common emergency abdominal surgical conditions
Romain Seppey, Biel CH
Principles of triage and prioritization in emergency surgery
Tobias Zingg, Lausanne CH
Role of teamwork and non-technical skills for improving emergency surgical outcomes
Dimitrios Damaskos, Edinburgh GB
12:45 – 13:45
Format
Break
Lunch break
From 13:45
Hall Davos
Format
General
Davos Course Opening
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH; Lana Fourie, Luzern CH
14:15 – 16:15
Davos 1/3
Practical Exercises
Otmar Buyne, Nijmegen NL; Tobias Zingg, Lausanne CH; Johan Lock, Würzburg DE
according to individual schedule
Format
Practical Exercise
Open bleeding management
Vascular dissection
Vascular anastomosis
Dimitrios Damaskos, Edinburgh GB; Luke Evans, Norwich GB; Johan Lock, Würzburg DE; Romain Seppey, Biel CH; Matti Tolonen, Helsinki FI; Tobias Zingg, Lausanne CH
16:15 – 16:45
Format
Break
Break
Coffee and sweets (trade exhibition)
16:45 – 18:30
Studio
Small group work I
Damage control surgery, bleeding, ischemia and VAC
Dimitrios Damaskos, Edinburgh GB; Luke Evans, Norwich GB
Format
Lecture
Case 1
Matti Tolonen, Helsinki FI
Case 2
Johan Lock, Würzburg DE
Case 3
Tobias Zingg, Lausanne CH
From 18:30
Hall Davos & Foyer
Format
Special