Notices

Symposia

The American Federation for Clinical Research has an- nounced its call for abstracts for regional and national meet- ings. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 29 for the Eastern Regional meeting (October 18-19, Philadelphia), July 10 for the Midwestern Regional meeting (October 31- November 3, Chicago), October 2 for the Southern Regional meeting (January 3-February 5, 1985, New Orleans), Oc- tober 12 for the Western Regional meeting (February 5-8, 1985, Carmel), and January 8, 1985 for the National meeting (May 3-6, 1985, Washington, DC). Inquiries regarding mem- bership and abstract submission should be directed to Amer- ican Federation for Clinical Research, 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08086.

A Tutorial in Emergency Medicine, dates by arrange- ment, is given by the Denver Postgraduate Institute in Denver, Colorado. For information write Steve Cantrill or Linda Topping, Denver Postgraduate Institute, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204.

JUNE

The Sixth Annual International Symposium on Com- puters in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine will be held June 4-7 in Heidelberg, Germany. For information write H. J. Bender, MD, Symposium Secretary, CCPM, Kli- nikum Mannheim, Institute of Anesthesiology, Theodor- Kutzer-Ufer, 6800 Mannheim 1, Federal Republic of Ger- many.

Poisoning and Toxicologic Emergencies, sponsored by Oregon Poison Control Center, Oregon Health Sciences Uni- versity, and the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, will be held June 7-8 in Portland, Oregon. For information write Patricia Iverson, Continuing Medical Education, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201.

The Maryland Chapter of the American College of Emer- gency Physicians will hold its Spring Symposium June lo- 12 in Annapolis, Maryland. For information write Robert F. Larken, MD, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 620, Landover, MD 20785.

Emergency Medicine 1984: A Two Track Course, spon- sored by the New York University Post-Graduate Medical School, will be held June 11-15 in New York City. For in-

formation write NYU Post-Graduate Medical School, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

The 9th Annual Conference on the Clinical Application of Hyperbaric Oxygen will be held June 1 I - 15 in Acapulco, Mexico. For information write the Memorial Medical Center/Center for Health Education, PO Box 1428, Long Beach, CA 90801-1428.

Emergency Medicine: A Critical Appraisal, sponsored by Emergency Medical Abstracts and the California and Florida Chapters of the American College of Emergency Physicians, will be held June 13- 16 at Walt Disney World/EPCOT Center, Florida; June 25-29 in Cancun, Mexico; and July lo- 13 in San Francisco. For information write Harry Rimm, Seminars International, 15910 Ventura Blvd., Suite 73 1, En- cino, CA 91436.

CAL/ACEP International Neurological Emergencies Symposium will be held June 20-30 in London, England. For information write Christine Rumberg, California Chapter of ACEP and Seminars International, 159 10 Ventura Blvd., Suite 731, Encino, CA 91436.

Update in Emergency and Ambulatory Medicine, spon- sored by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Pocono Hospital, will be held June 28-30. For in- formation write the Office of Continuing Medical Education, School of Medicine/G3, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia, PA 19104.

JULY

The 1984 Clinical Conference on Pre-hospital Emergency Care, sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, will be held July 1 l- 15, 1984 in Orlando, Florida. For information, write the Regis- trar, Florida ACEP, 600 Courtland Street, Suite 420, Or- lando. FL 32804.

The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine will meet July 23-26 in Anaheim, California. For informa- tion write T. C. Nelson, 70 W. Hubbard, Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60610.

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SEPTEMBER

The Scientific Basis of the Care of the Critically 111 will be held September 5-8 in Manchester, England. For infor- mation write Dr. R. A. Little, M.R.C. Trauma Unit, Stop- ford Building, University of Manchester Medical School, Oxford Road, Manchester Ml3 9PT, U.K.

Emergency Care: An Extended Workshop, sponsored by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hos- pital, will be held September 10-21, 1984; January 21-Feb- ruary 1, 1985; and June 3-14, 1985. For information write Barbara Wagner, Medical Education Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.

The Second International Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine will meet September 16- 18 in Jerusalem, Israel. For information write Dr. J Adler, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel.

The Fifth Purdue Conference on CPR and Defibrillation will be held September 25-26 in West Lafayette, Indiana. For information contact Charles F. Babbs, MD, Biomedical Engineering Center, Potter Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, or call (317) 494-2995.

The International Orthopaedic Research Society and SIROT will meet September 29-October 1 in London, En- gland. For information write Conference Services Ltd., 3- 5 Bute Street, London SW7 3EY.

OCTOBER

The American College of Chest Physicians will meet Oc- tober 7- 11 in Dallas, Texas. For information write Shirley

Schlessinger, Convention Manager, American College of Chest Physicians. 911 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068.

The American Society of Internal Medicine will meet Oc- tober 11-14 in Houston, Texas. For information write Wendy J. Smith. American Society of Internal Medicine, 1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington. DC 20005.

The American College of Emergency Physicians will meet October 17-20 in Dallas, Texas. For information write C. C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD. ACEP, PO Box 61991, Dallas, TX 75261.

The American Clinical and Climatological Association will meet October 21-24 in Hot Springs, Virginia. For in- formation write the secretary-treasurer, R. J. Johns, MD, Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Ave., 522 Traylor Building, Baltimore, MD 2 1205.

NOVEMBER

The Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. will meet November 4-8 in San Diego, California. For infor- mation write the executive director. RADM M. Museles, MC, USN Ret., PO Box 104, Kensington, MD 20895.

JUNE 1985

Critical Care Medicine, an international symposium. will be held June 22-27, 1985. in Lima, Peru. For information write L. Vasquez. MD, International Education. Peruvian College of Physicians, Wadsworth, IL 60083.

Erratum

Table 2 in the article “Service Factors and Health Status of Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Ar- rest” by Bergner et al (November 1983, page 260) should have read as follows:

TABLE 2. Comparison of Service Factors for Interviewed and

Not Interviewed Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Not Interviewed Interviewed

n = 424 n = 48

Citizen CPR Time to initiation of CPR Response time of first

arriving emergency unit Time from collapse to

arrival of definitive care Cardiac arrest after arrival

of emergency personnel

39% 41% 2.2 min 2.5 min

3.0 min 3.3 min

6.8 min 7.8 min

9% 14%

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