Special Evening at the George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital Site
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Gettysburg National Military Park & Visitor Center Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
When the Light of Day and the Sounds of Battle Fade – An 1863 Surgical Case Review
Saturday, October 7, 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Surgical teams around the world today routinely review their most complex cases and deaths to learn and improve surgical care. Join Licensed Battlefield Guides Rick Schroeder, a practicing Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon, and Fran Feyock, a Certified Nurse Anesthetist, for a behind-the-scene look at how a modern Surgical Case Review Team would discuss patients from the American Civil War.
Cases reviewed will feature well-known casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg, including wounded treated in the Spangler Barn Field Hospital.
Scrub up! You will be invited to participate as members of the “Spangler Farm Surgical Review Committee.” Rick and Fran will provide a “modern perspective” into how these patients would be treated in 2017.
Tickets are $10 adult, $9 members, $5 youth 6-12, children under 5 Free. Seating is limited and access is via shuttle from the Visitor Center. Call for tickets: 877-874-2478.