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Basics International Pre-Hospital Care Conference

23 - 24 OCTOBER 2009

The Willows Centre, Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, Bedfordshire

2nd National Conference: Emergency Medicine 2010

14 - 15 Jan 2010
London

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Details

Thursday 14th January: Pre-hospital and emergency medicine

08.00-08.55 Registration and refreshments
08.55-09.00 Welcome and introduction
Paramedic and emergency medicine systems
09.00-09.25 Optimising triage, waiting times and service delivery in busy emergency departments
Dr Suzanne Mason
Reader in Emergency Medicine
University of Sheffield
09.25-09.50 Prehospital care and emergency medicine in remote and rural areas
Dr Andrew Inglis
Lead Consultant in Intensive Care, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
09.50-10.15 Developments in point-of-care testing
Dr Gilbert Wieringa
Consultant Biochemist
Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
10.15-10.25 Discussion
10.25-10.50 Refreshments
10.50-11.15 Continuing Professional Development in paramedic and emergency medicine
Roland Furber (to be confirmed)
Chief Executive
British Paramedic Association, College of Paramedics
11.15-11.40 Effective clinical leadership in ambulance services
Lynda Sibson
Independent Nurse Consultant
11.40-12.05 The emerging role of paramedic prescribers
David Whitmore
Senior Clinical Adviser to the Medical Director
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
12.05-12.15 Discussion
12.15-13.10 Debate: critical care paramedics should be able to perform rapid sequence intubations?
Pro: Dr Mark Bloch
Consultant Anaesthetist & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary & University of Aberdeen
& Andy Newton
Consultant Paramedic & Clinical Director, South-East Coast Ambulance Service
Con: Professor Malcolm Woollard
Professor in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care, Director, Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University & Chair, College of Paramedics
& Pete Gregory
Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science, Coventry University
13.10-13.20 Discussion
13.20-14.10 Lunch
Trauma management (including case studies)
14.10-14.35 Mass casualty triage and management
Dr Peter Shirley
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Management
Royal London Hospital
14.35-15.00 Controversies in pre-hospital and emergency department management of spinal trauma
Professor Keith Porter
Professor of Clinical Traumatology
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
15.00-15.25 Penetrating injuries
Dr Roderick MacKenzie
Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine
University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust
15.25-15.35 Discussion
15.35-15.55 Refreshments
15.55-16.20 Management of cranial injuries
Dr Fiona Lecky
Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, University of Manchester, Honorary Consultant & Research Director of the Trauma Audit and Research Network, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
16.20-16.45 Treatment of musculoskeletal injuries
Samantha Brace
Resarch Fellow, Warwick Medical School
& Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Emergency Medicine, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
16.45-17.10 Risks and management of coagulopathy following trauma
Dr Ross Davenport
Trauma Research Fellow
Royal London Hospital & Queen Mary's University of London
17.10 Discussion and close of day one

Friday 15th January: Inside the emergency department

08.30-09.00 Registration and refreshments
Paediatric emergency medicine
09.00-09.25 Fever management
Dr Pamela Hardy
Consultant in Emergency Care
Chesterfield Royal NHS Trust
09.25-09.50 Paediatric resuscitation
Dr Julian Sandell
Consultant in Emergency Paediatrics
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
09.50-10.15 Sedation and pain management
Dr Mark Bloch
Consultant Anaesthetist & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary & University of Aberdeen
10.15-10.40 Identifying and managing non-accidental injuries in children
Dr Peter Sidebotham
Senior Lecturer in Child Health
University of Warwick
10.40-10.50 Discussion
10.50-11.10 Refreshments
Cardiovascular and respiratory emergencies
11.10-11.35 Chest pain assessment and management
Professor Steve Goodacre
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Sheffield
11.35-12.00 Stroke diagnosis and treatment
Dr Anthony Rudd
Stroke Physician
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital
12.00-12.25 Emergency airway management: new developments in CPR and intubation
Professor Malcolm Woollard,
Professor in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care & Director, Pre-hospital,
Emergency & Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University & Chair, College of Paramedics
12.25-12.50 The role of non-invasive ventilation in the emergency department
Dr Alasdair Gray
Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
& Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh
12.50-13.00 Discussion
13.00-13.45 Lunch
Other emergency dilemmas
13.45-14.10 Development and application of clinical prediction rules
Professor Steve Goodacre
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Sheffield
14.10-14.35 Preparing for and coping with pandemics
Professor John Oxford
Professor of Virology
Bart’s and the London Hospital & Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
14.35-15.00 Evidence-based treatment of severe sepsis
Dr Patrick Nee
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
St Helen’s and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
15.00-15.10 Discussion
15.10-15.30 Refreshments
15.30-15.55 How to reduce alcohol related incidents
Professor Robin Touquet
Professor in Emergency Medicine
Imperial College London
15.55-16.20 Incidence and management of drug related emergencies
Mr Brendan Sinnott
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Belfast City Hospital
16.20-16.45 Effective bereavement care in emergency departments
Dr Joanne Fisher
Senior Research Fellow, JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines
University of Warwick
16.45-17.00 Discussion, evaluations and closing remarks
17.00 Close of conference

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