PROGRAM

TUESDAY 18 JULY 2023 – WORKSHOPS

Toxicology 

Facilitator: Michael Downes

Ultrasound guided vascular access and basic nerve blocks

Facilitator: Darren Moisey

The sick paediatric patient

Facilitator: Victoria Grigor

Toxicology 

Facilitator: Michael Downes

Ultrasound finishing school – eFAST, AAA, FELS (Focused Echo in Life Support)

Facilitator: Darren Moisey

High Repetition, Low Fidelity, Simulation for High Acuity, Low Occurrence Procedures

Facilitator: Emma Davey

WEDNESDAY 19 JULY 2023

Transitions, tangents and the tension of being a perfectionist in emergency medicine

Speaker: Adjunct Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine is coming. Where might this lead and more importantly what are its limitations?

Speaker: Professor Martin Than

The Arena
PLENARY 2: Clinical Updates

Neurology: What’s new in interventional neurology

Diabetes: What’s new in the management of diabetes

Immunology: What’s new in the diagnosis and management of angioedema

Paediatrics: What’s new in the management of common paediatric presentations

Speakers:

Dr Ferdi Miteff

Dr Emma Croker

Dr Theo De Malmanche

The Equitable ED – Where are we now and where do we go from here?
Come listen to a diverse panel tackle these issues and offer their ideas towards an equitable ED.

 Speakers:

Dr Shantha Raghwan (Chair)
Dr. Rhys- Ross Browne
Dr Simon Judkins
Dr Stephen Gourley
Dr Krupa Mehta

Speakers:

Dr Carolyn Hullick
Dr Amandeep Hansra
Dr Louis Christie
Dr Mark Miller

Cellulitis In The Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study With Patient-centred Follow-up
Speaker: Rachael Nightingale

Comparison of 2 Surgical Cricothyrotomy Techniques
Speaker: Ezra Suria

Comparison Of Mechanical Restraint Use In A Metropolitan Ed After System Change; A Before And After Analysis
Speaker: Jaislie Anderson

Prevalence Study Of Alcohol-related Presentations In Australia And New Zealand Shows Increasing Crowding
Speaker: Prof Drew Richardson

PLENARY 3: Clinical Updates

Cardiology: What’s new in troponins and rapid diagnostic pathways

Trauma: What’s new in the management of polytrauma

Pre-Hospital: What’s new in the prehospital space

Speakers:

Prof Martin Than

Dr Jodie Williams

Dr Sam Vidler

THURSDAY 20 JULY 2023

PLENARY 4: Virtual and Alternative Care in EDs

The COVID pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the workplace. New models of care have developed as a result including virtual care. Are there possibilities for EDs to provide these sorts of care going forward? What about urgent care and its role in providing emergent medical care?

Speakers:

Dr Amith Shetty
Dr Coen Butters
Dr Neil Spratt

Speakers:

Dr Clare Skinner, ACEM President
Dr Stephen Gourley, ACEM President-Elect

Paediatrics off Piste

A series of talks surrounding off-beat paediatric topics. You will have seen all of these but perhaps not thought about them.

ED Design

Rebuilding, renovating and remodelling EDs is something we all live through at some point. Come and listen to a panel of speakers in varying stages of their rebuilds to learn from their experiences.

Speakers:

Dr Sethy Ung
Dr Yolanda Coleman
Dr Elizabeth Thompson

Speakers:

Dr Cristian Gutierrez
Luke Burgess
Dr Cindy Hastings
Dr David Murphy
Associate Professor Richard Cracknell
Dr Rebecca Davis

An Audit Evaluating The Use Of The ‘buckle Fracture Management – emergency Department’ Standard Operating Practice In The Paediatric Emergency Department At Wyong Hospital
Speakers: Sophie Hawkins & Kelly Wilkinson

Factors That Contribute To Patient Length Of Stay In The Emergency Department: A Time In Motion Observational Study
Speaker: Karlie Payn

Emergency Learning: A Qualitative Appraisal Of Medical Student Learning In The Emergency Department
Speaker: Alexander Whitfield

Triage Gap?: An Analysis Of Outcomes For Aboriginal Australians Presenting To A Remote Referral Hospital, Stratified By Triage Category
Speaker: Lucinda Parsonage

Practical Pearls: Leadership & Wellbeing

In a busy and fast-paced environment such as the ED, it is often difficult to promote and support wellbeing and leadership. How can we practically achieve this and  thus provide safer workplaces for patients as well as ourselves?

Practical Pearls: Palliative Care

Whilst much of ED care is geared towards aggressive resuscitation, we provide a lot of palliative care with mixed results. Come listen to practical solutions and ideas as to how to improve this care both within and on approach to the ED.

Practical Pearls: Drug and Alcohol

Mental health and Drug and Alcohol patients can often be a challenging group to provide optimal care within a busy ED. How can we practically provide better care for this at-risk group within the ED?

Speakers:

Dr Rhys Ross-Browne

Kathryn Hume

Dr Vinodkumar Raveendran

Speakers:

Kayla Gloss & Katie Maclean

Dr Louis Christie

Dr Shirleen Balbir Singh

Speakers:

Melanie Harrison

Dr Krista Monkhouse

Dr Angelo Virgona

PLENARY 5: Ethics and Law in Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine is practised in a fast-paced environment with unexpected and novel situations occurring constantly. This occurs under a legal and ethical framework to which we are all apart of. What are these legal and ethical principles and how should we apply them in this series of difficult legal and ethical cases?

Panel Discussion: Tricky Ethical and Legal Cases in EM

Speakers:
Dr Peter Saul
Adjunct Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham
Dr Yolanda Coleman
Dr Susan Hertzberg

FRIDAY 21 JULY 2023

PLENARY 6: Technology in Emergency Medicine

Technology is invading every space and Emergency Medicine is no exception. How might clinicians be better enabled in this sphere? What may technologies such as virtual reality mean for training and practice in the future?

Enabling technology for clinicians/frontline workers
Speaker: Mark Rettig

Virtual reality useage in Simulation/training
Speaker: Dr Nathan Moore

Sustainable Healthcare in EM?
From uncertainty to Systems Change
Speaker: Brian O’Connell

PLENARY 7: Stop! You’re breaking the law?

Emergency medicine is fast-paced and we often treat first and ask questions later. There is however a whole legal system which governs what we do. How well do you know your responsibilities and legal requirements? Could you be inadvertently breaking the law?

Speaker:
Dr Peter Saul