Trauma symposium

Trauma symposium
LIBERTY -- The fourth annual trauma symposium, sponsored by Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital, is from 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 3 at the Holiday Inn MetroPlex, 1620 Motor Inn Drive.
The continuing educational seminar for health care professionals will focus on professional and clinical issues related to providing care to trauma patients. Guest speakers and experts in trauma and emergency medical care from UPMC, University of Cincinnati and the Army Reserve Medical Corps are among the presenters.
The trauma seminar is accredited and approved for up to 6.5 category 1 credits for physicians, 6.5 continuing education credits for social workers and counselors, 8.3 hours Category B hours for nurses, and 8.3 contact hours for pre-hospital personnel.
Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The program cost for registration postmarked on or before Feb. 22 is $60 for
physicians; $25 for Forum Health employees, students, EMS and paramedics; and $70 for all others. After Feb. 22, an additional $10 will be added to the program fee. To register, contact Marla Lisbon, Forum Health Educational Services at (330) 841-9880.
Medicare session
BOARDMAN -- A presentation on Medicare Part D, the new prescription drug plan, is from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenbriar Healthcare Center, 8060 South Ave. To register, call (330) 758-8855.
Town meeting
LIBERTY -- The township Board of Trustees is offering the first of several town hall meetings on the Medicare Part D prescription drug program at 2 p.m. March 1 at the township administration building. Deanna Clifford, with the Area Agency on Aging, will present the program. Call (330) 759-1315 for additional information.
Weight loss
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Dr. James J. Kolenich, of Greenville Surgical Associates, will present a program, "The Latest Developments in Weight Loss Surgery," at 7 p.m. March 2 at the Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, 875 N. Hermitage Road. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Call (724) 347-7700.
School health
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- "Take Heart: Healthy Things are Happening in Our Schools," is the title of a program offered by Albert Boland, community relations specialist with UPMC Horizon, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 7 at the Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, 875 N. Hermitage Road. The free program is the first of UPMC Horizon's five-part series, "It's Your Life, Live Well." To register, call (724) 347-7700.
Laser heart surgery
AKRON -- Summa Health System's Akron City Hospital is the only Ohio hospital and one of four in the nation to perform a new closed-chest, laser heart surgery for angina (chest pain) sufferers. The procedure, known as robotically-assisted TMR (transmyocardial revascularization), is performed at Summa Health System's Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute utilizing a robot and a laser.
In robotically-assisted TMR, the surgeon makes a small incision between the ribs and delivers low-powered laser energy to targeted areas of the heart muscle while the patient is under general anesthesia.
The procedure offers an alternative to open heart surgery and quicker healing time.
Quit smoking
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Associated Neighborhood Centers McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, is offering tobacco cessation programs at 5 p.m. on Feb. 21, the effects of smoking conducted by Forum Health; and at 5 p.m. on Feb. 28, information on addiction by the Rev. Dr. Garry Mitchell from the New Start Treatment Centre.