Emergency Medicine 2009
16 - 18 Mar 2009
London
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Details
DAY 1
| 08.00-08.55 | Registration and refreshments |
| Chair: | To be confirmed |
| 08.55-09.00 | Introduction and welcome |
| 09.00-09.40 | Keynote address: The current status and future of emergency medicine Dr Julian Redhead Consultant and Chief of Service for Emergency Medicine Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London |
| 09.40-10.10 | The changing role of paramedics Professor Malcolm Woollard Professor in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care & Co-Director, Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University |
| 10.10-10.40 | Importance of education and training within the paramedic sector Lynda Sibson Regional Head of Education and Training West Midlands Ambulance Service |
| 10.40-10.50 | Discussion |
| 10.50-11.20 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| 11.20-11.50 | Impact of pre-hospital rapid response teams: findings from a pilot study To be confirmed |
| 11.50-12.20 | Disaster medicine management Dr Tom Cosker Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics Oxford Deanery |
| 12.20-12.50 | Emergency medicine preparation for mass gatherings Dr Brian Robertson Managing Director The Event Company Ltd, Hampshire |
| 12.50-13.00 | Discussion |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch and exhibition viewing |
| Chair: | Professor Malcolm Woollard Professor in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care & Co-Director, Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University |
| 13.45-14.15 | Emergency management of the unconscious patient Dr Gavin Lavery Director of Critical Care Services University of Ulster and Royal Hospitals, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust |
| 14.15-14.45 | Assessment and management of patients with head injuries Mr Peter Whitfield Consultant Neurosurgeon and Chair of the South West Neurosurgical Unit Derriford Hospital, Plymouth |
| 14.45-14.55 | Discussion |
| 14.55-15.15 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| 15.15-15.45 | Management of acute bleeding following trauma Dr Anil Hormis Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 15.45-16.15 | Emergency sedation and pain management for children Dr Daniel Wallis Consultant in Emergency Medicine St Georges Hospital, London |
| 16.15-16.45 | Management of anaphylactic shock Dr David Luyt Consultant Paediatrician Leicester Royal Infirmary |
| 16.45-17.00 | Discussion |
| 17.00 | Close of day one |
DAY 2
| 08.30-09.30 | Registration and refreshments |
| Chair: | Dr Ian Maconochie Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine St Mary's Hospital and Imperial Academic Health Sciences Centre |
| 09.30-10.00 | Current issues in prehospital intubation by paramedics Dr Mark Bloch Consultant Anaesthetist Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital |
| 10.00-10.30 | Effectiveness of the air ambulance service Dr Dhushy Kumar Consultant in Critical Care and HEMS University Hospital Coventry |
| 10.30-11.00 | New Technologies in CPR Dr Cathal O'Donnell Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick Director, Centre for prehospital Research, University of Limerick |
| 11.00-11.10 | Discussion |
| 11.10-11.30 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| 11.30-12.00 | Stroke: case studies Chris Bearne Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science Coventry University |
| 12.00-12.40 | Cardiac arrest: case studies Joanne Smith Medical Directorate London Ambulance Service |
| 12.40-13.10 | Sporting injuries: case studies Dr Bryan English Chief Medical Officer Chelsea Football Club |
| 13.10-13.20 | Discussion |
| 13.20-14.10 | Lunch and exhibition viewing |
| Chair: | Dr Mark Bloch Consultant Anaesthetist Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital |
| 14.10-14.40 | Have 4 hour targets improved emergency care? Dr Suzanne Mason Reader in Emergency Medicine University of Sheffield |
| 14.40-15.10 | Evaluation of emergency care systems Professor Jon Nicholl Director, Medical Care Research Unit ScHARR, University of Sheffield |
| 15.10-15.30 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| 15.30-16.00 | Paediatric fevers Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine St Mary's Hospital and Imperial Academic Health Sciences Centre |
| 16.00-16.30 | Practical management of suicidal/self harming patients Dr Yogesh Ganeshalingam SPR General Adult Psychiatry Oxleas NHS Trust |
| 16.30-17.00 | Do we know what people die of in the Emergency Department? Dr Farhat Mushtaq Consultant in Emergency medicine Hairmyres Hospital, Lanarkshire |
| 17.00-17.10 | Discussion |
| 17.10 | Close of day two |
DAY 3
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration and refreshments |
| Chair: | To be confirmed |
| 09.30-10.00 | Impact of the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU) Dr Swapan Bhaumick Consultant in the MAU Northern Devon Hospital |
| 10.00-10.30 | Optimal prehospital care of emergency patients: how much time should be spent at the scene? Dr Anthony Bleetman Consultant in Emergency Medicine Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust |
| 10.30-11.00 | EMRS and rural emergency care: a Scottish perspective Dr Alasdair Corfield Consultant in Emergency and Retrieval Medicine Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley |
| 11.00-11.10 | Discussion |
| 11.10-11.40 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| Chair: | Dr Alasdair Corfield Consultant in Emergency and Retrieval Medicine Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley |
| 11.40-12.10 | Diabetic emergencies Stephen Trowbridge Senior Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist Royal Bournemouth Hospital |
| 12.10-12.40 | Obstetric emergencies Dr Tim Draycott Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Southmead Hospital, Bristol |
| 12.40-12.50 | Discussion |
| 12.50-13.45 | Lunch and exhibition viewing |
| Chair: | Dr Anthony Bleetman Consultant in Emergency Medicine Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust |
| 13.45-14.15 | Point-of-care testing Professor Christopher Price Visiting Professor in Clinical Biochemistry University of Oxford |
| 15.15-15.45 | Role of the emergency nurse Nicholas Castle Emergency Consultant Nurse Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| 15.45-16.15 | Benefits of an alcohol-liaison nurse Frances Mason Alcohol Liaison Charge Nurse Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock |
| 16.15-16.45 | Prevention and management of violence and aggression Dr Alex James SHO in anaesthesia and intensive care Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham |
| 16.45-17.00 | Discussion |
| 17.00 | Close of conference |
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