SAVE THE DATE -- 2026 VetCOT Annual Conference April 24-26, 2026, in Las Vegas!

VetATLS Course
Vet ATLS
The ACVECC Veterinary Committee on Trauma Annual Conference
Las Vegas, NV

Schedule

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April 24-26, 2026
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up to 15 CE Hours

Friday, April 24, 2026

1 pm - 5:00 pm
VetCOT Annual Business Meeting (all are welcome to attend)
VetCOT Director: Kelly Hall
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Capri Room, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor

Saturday, April 25, 2026

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration
Continental Breakfast & Coffee
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome
Speaker: Kelly Hall
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 10:45 am
Trauma Abstracts & Case Reports
Moderator: Tony Mann
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Trauma Support: Teamwork and On-Boarding New Residents
Speaker: Christy Tomcik Walker
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Clinical Practice Guidelines Review/Update
Speaker: Erin Long Mays
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Spectrum of Care for the Trauma Patient
Speaker: Liz Rozanski
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
End of Life in Trauma
Speaker: Page Yaxley
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm -4:30 pm
DACVECC Panel -- Trauma case discussion
Moderator: Edward Cooper
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
TBD
Speaker: Alison Wilson
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
The Mattox Trauma One Health Award Presentation
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Poster Session & Social Hour
Registration is required
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor

Sunday, April 26, 2026: -- More Details Coming Soon!

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
Continental Breakfast & Coffee with Disaster Medicine Group
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Palace Tower, 4th Floor, Exhibit Hall
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Translational Medicine Presentation and Panel Discussion
Optimizing Geriatric Care in the ICU (Speakers: Tanya Ecodage, MD and Page Yaxley, DVM)
The Truth About TXA (Speakers: Patrick Georgoff, MD and Ian Destefano, DVM)
Panel Discussion and Break
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch (on your own, or if pre-registered: Lunch with Disaster Medicine Group
Speaker: Christopher K. Lake, Ph.D. Executive Director
Palace Ballroom, Palace Tower, 4th Floor
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Speakers & Topics Plus Resident Panel Discussion: TBD
Speaker: Lacey Lagrone, MD
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Awards Presentation, VetCOT Initiatives--What's Next?
Speaker: Kelly Hall
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
Questions?
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