Scientific Program
| 07:30 – 07:45 | WELCOME | |||
| 07:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 1: TALES FROM………… PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Chair: Scott D’Amours | ||
| 07:45 – 07:55 | California Dreaming | Walt Biffl | ||
| 07:55 – 08:05 | Iraqi Trauma Czar | Mark Bowyer | ||
| 08:05 – 08:15 | American Rockies | Mitch Cohen | ||
| 08:15 – 08:25 | Cape Fear | Elmin Steyn | ||
| 08:25 – 08:35 | The Vikings | Joakim Jorgensen | ||
| 08:35 – 08:45 | Land of the Maple Leaf | Sandro Rizoli | ||
| 08:45 – 08:55 | Regional Kiwis | Rosalynd Pochin | ||
| 08:55 – 09:05 | Hollywood | Heidi Hotz | ||
| 09:05 – 10:00 | CASE SCENARIO | |||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | MORNING TEA | |||
| 10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2A: TRAUMA HARD TALK CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Kate Martin | SESSION 2B: FREE PAPERS CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chairs: Mark Fitzgerald & Mary Langcake |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Improving Outcomes in Geriatric Trauma | Walt Biffl | ||
| 10:45 – 11:00 | New Frontiers in Trauma Coagulopathy | Mitch Cohen | ||
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Imaging in Paediatrics and Pregnancy – To Do or Not to Do? | Rosalynd Pochin | ||
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Blunt Solid Organ Injury – VTE Prophylaxis and Mobility | Sandro Rizoli | ||
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Alcohol and Trauma – The Two Don’t Mix | John Crozier | ||
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | LUNCH | |||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SESSION 3A: PREHOSPITAL / EMERGENCY ROOM CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Ryan Looney | SESSION 3B: HORRENDOPLASTIES – TRICKS OF THE TRADE CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: David Read |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Collars and Spine Boards – Fact or Fiction? | Jeff Rosenfeld | Severe Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections | Paul Lambrakis |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Prehospital Rapid Sequence Intubation | Mark Fitzgerald | Non-resolving SBO in the Irradiated Patient | Rosalynd Pochin |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Tourniquets in the ED – What Now? | Martin Wullschleger | Nightmare Gallbladders | Phil Truskett |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | ELVIS is in the Building | Chris Partyka | Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Necrosis | Mary Langcake |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | What’s New in Prehospital Care | Geoff Healey | Traumatic Abdominal Wall Disruptions | Mark Bowyer |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | Question Time with the Panel | ||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 15:30 – 17:00 | SESSION 4: PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Maria Seger Keynote Address |
Chair: Alan Giles | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Terror Mass Casualties in Australia – How Prepared Are We? | John Crozier | ||
| 16:00 – 16:50 | CASE SCENARIO | |||
| 16:50 – 17:00 | CLOSE FIRST DAY |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | IS YOUR SERVICE UP TO SCRATCH? PLANARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Chair: Valerie Malka | ||
| 08:30 – 08:40 | Trauma Verfication – Important or Impotent? | Zsolt Balogh | ||
| 08:40 – 08:50 | Morbidity & Mortality – Closing the Loop | Elmin Steyn | ||
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Data – Too Much or Useless? | Heidi Hotz | ||
| 09:00 – 09:10 | ASU Models and Outcomes | Walt Biffl | ||
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Trauma Connect Clinic | Kate Dale | ||
| 09:20 – 09:30 | Question Time with the Panel | |||
| 09:30 – 10:00 | CASE SCENARIO | |||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | MORNING TEA | |||
| 10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2A: CRITICAL DECISION MAKING CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Paul Lambrakis | SESSION 2B: TRAUMA NURSING FORUM CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Nevenka Francis |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Abdominal Pain in a Pregnant Patient | Ailene Fitzgerald | Career Pathways in Trauma Nursing | Kate Dale |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Severe Diverticulitis | Mark Midwinter | Front-line Support in Decision Making | Sally Forrest-Horder |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Closing the Open Abdomen | Walt Biffl | Trauma Outcomes | Heidi Hotz |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Anaesthesia for the High Risk Patient | Simon Robertson | Acute Spinal Trauma Nursing – Traps and Pitfalls | Ryan Looney |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Large Bowel Obstruction | Fred Betros | Compassion Fatigue | Erica Caldwell |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Question Time with the Panel | Question Time with the Panel | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | LUNCH | |||
| 13:00 – 15:00 | SESSION 3A: TRAUMA SURGERY CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Martin Jarmin | SESSION 3B: CRITICAL CARE COMPLEXITIES CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Mary Langcake |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | To Fix or Not To Fix – Clavicle, Scapular, Humerus | Andrew Ellis | Neuroprotection – What’s New and What Work | Jeff Rosenfeld |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Open vs Endovascular – Horses for Courses | Joakim Jorgensen | DVT Prophylaxis – What’s New? | Mitch Cohen |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Exsanguinating Liver Injury – Plan A,B,C… | Elmin Steyn | Early Prediction of Outcome After Severe TBI | Sandro Rizoli |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Rib Fracture Fixation – Tips and Tricks | Kate Martin | Intensive Care – To Whom Do These Patients Belong? | Mark Midwinter |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Neck Exploration Made Easy | Cino Bendinelli | Interventional Radiology – No Boundaries? | Jules Catt |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Management of Rectal Injuries | David Read | Blunt Cardiac Injury – Diagnostic Challenge | Simon Robertson |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | Question Time with the Panel | ||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 15:30 – 16:45 | SESSION 4: GREAT DEBATES & CASE SCENARIO PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | CASE SCENARIO | Chair: John Crozier | ||
| GREAT DEBATE | ED Physicians Should Be In Charge of Disaster Planning
For:M.Fitzgerald Against: D.Read |
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| 16:20 – 16:40 | GREAT DEBATE | Australia’s Gun Laws Are the Solution for America
For: A.Giles Against:M .Bowyer |
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| 16:40 – 16:45 | PRIZES AND CLOSING REMARKS |
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