
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
07:45 – 08:00 | WELCOME | |
08:00 – 10:00 | SESSION 1: TALES FROM………. PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Chair: Valerie Malka |
08:00 – 08:10 | Sunset Boulevard | Heidi Hotz |
08:10 – 08:20 | Lord of the Rings | Grant Christey |
08:00 – 08:10 | The Hunted | Martin Schreiber |
08:10 – 08:20 | The Ten Commandments | Alon Schwartz |
08:20 – 08:30 | Some Like It Hot | Jay Doucet |
08:30 – 08:40 | Escape From Alcatraz | Andre Campbell |
08:40 – 08:50 | Midnight In Paris | Eric Revue |
08:50 – 09:00 | My Left Foot | Michael Sugrue |
09:00 – 10:00 | CASE SCENARIO | |
10:00 – 10:30 | MORNING TEA | |
10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2A: TRAUMA HARD TALK CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: John Crozier |
10:30 – 10:45 | Violence in the ED – Protecting the Staff | Eric Revue |
10:45 – 11:00 | Rib Fixation – Does the Evidence Outweigh the Costs | Bruce French |
11:00 – 11:15 | End of Life Care | Heidi Hotz |
11:15 – 11:30 | Damage Control Resuscitation | Martin Schreiber |
11:30 – 11:45 | Unsuccessful Verification – So What? | Heidi Hotz |
11:45 – 12:00 | The Real Burden of Alcohol and Drugs | Jodie Williams |
12:00 – 12:20 | The Opioid Crisis | Andre Campbell |
12:20 – 12:30 | Question Time with the Panel | |
10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2B: PROVIDING SAFE QUALITY CARE CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Paul Lambrakis |
10:30 – 10:45 | Pearls from the TOPIC Course | Helen Jowett |
10:45 – 11:00 | What Is Quality Care? | Jay Doucet |
11:00 – 11:15 | The Global Burden of Harm | Martin Jarmin |
11:15 – 11:30 | Real Australian Cost of Adverse Events | Mary Langcake |
11:30 – 11:45 | Quality Emergency General Surgery Care | Michael Sugrue |
11:45 – 12:00 | Challenges Estimating Frailty in Older Adults | Steve Frost |
12:00 – 12:15 | Is Trauma the Last Holistic Specialty? | Grant Christey |
12:15 – 12:30 | Question Time with the Panel | |
12:30 – 13:30 | LUNCH | |
13:30 – 15:00 | SESSION 3A: PREHOSPITAL / EMERGENCY ROOM CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Paul Middleton |
13:30 – 13:45 | Prehospital Interventions That Should Be Abandoned | Geoff Healy |
13:45 – 14:00 | Domestic Violence – What Can We Do Better? | Lai Heng Foong |
14:00 – 14:15 | Urgent Vascular Access – Tricks of The Trade | Tabby Ahmad |
14:15 – 14:30 | Over and Under Triage – What’s The Impact? | Martin Wullschleger |
14:30 – 14:45 | The Difficult Airway – Tricks of the Trade | Simon Robertson |
14:45 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |
13:30 – 15:00 | SESSION 3B: EMERGENCY SURGERY CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Mary Langcake |
13:30 – 13:45 | Complex Abdominal Wall Hernias – Tricks of the Trade | Andrew Gilmore |
13:45 – 14:00 | Operating on the Hostile Abdomen | David Read |
14:00 – 14:15 | Mesenteric Ischaemia – Improving Outcomes | Tony Grabs |
14:15 – 14:30 | Emergency Endoscopic Advances | Milan Bassan |
14:30 – 14:45 | Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis in Pregnancy | Yasser Farooque |
14:45 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |
15:00 – 15:30 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
15:30 – 17:00 | SESSION 4A: NURSING FORUM CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Sally Forrest |
15:30 – 15:40 | Securing Trauma Competence in Nursing Staff | Helen Jowett |
15:40 – 15:50 | Human Factors in Team Building | Heidi Hotz |
15:50 – 16:00 | Building a Program of Nursing Led Research | Steve Frost |
16:00 – 16:10 | Intercostal Catheters Made Easy | LeeAnne Thomas |
16:10 – 16:20 | Preventing Secondary Brain Inury | Nevenka Francis |
16:20 – 16:30 | A Streamlined Approach | Melissa Murphy |
16:30 – 16:40 | TQIP – What Exactly Is it? | Grant Christey |
16:40 – 17:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |
15:30 – 17:00 | SESSION 4B: FREE PAPER SESSION CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: S. D’Amours & K. Martin Judges: M. Schreiber, M. Sugrue & S. Frost |
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17:00 | CLOSE FIRST DAY |
08:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 1: MASS CASUALTIES – GLOBAL LESSONS PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Chair: David Read |
08:30 – 08:45 | NORTH AMERICA | Andre Campbell |
08:45 – 09:00 | NEW ZEALAND | Grant Christey |
09:00 – 09:15 | ISRAEL | Alon Schwartz |
09:15 – 09:30 | FRANCE | Eric Revue |
09:30 – 09:45 | HUMANITARIAN | Martin Jarmin |
09:45 – 10:00 | AUSTRALIA | Dwight Robinson |
10:00 – 10:30 | MORNING TEA | |
10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2A: PEARLS OF WISDOM CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Martin Wullschleger |
10:30 – 10:45 | Playing God – When Should We Stop? | Alon Schwartz |
10:45 – 11:00 | Best Strategies for Jehovah’s Witness Patients | Martin Schreiber |
11:00 – 11:15 | Databases that Talk to Each Other | Paul Middleton |
11:15 – 11:30 | Safety Checklists You Need to Have | Kate Martin |
11:30 – 11:45 | 5 Trauma Papers That Changed My Practice | David Read |
11:45 – 12:00 | VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma – What’s the Evidence | Jodie Williams |
12:00 – 12:15 | What Makes a Difference to Patient Care? | Heidi Hotz |
12:15 – 12:30 | Question Time with the Panel | |
10:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 2B: ACUTE CARE SURGERY HARDTALK CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Martin Jarmin |
10:30 – 10:45 | Appendicitis Let’s Stop Ignoring the Facts | Michael Sugrue |
10:45 – 11:00 | 5 Emergency Surgery Papers That Changed My Practice | Paul Lambrakis |
11:00 – 11:15 | Best Imaging Modalities in Emergency General Surgery | Leon Lam |
11:15 – 11:30 | Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Models of Care | Ailene Fitzgerald |
11:30 – 11:45 | Questioning Dogma | Andre Campbell |
11:45 – 12:00 | Emergency Surgery and Mesh Repairs | Jay Doucet |
12:00 – 12:15 | Emergency General Surgery Radiology Quiz – Prize | Leon Lam |
12:15 – 12:30 | Question Time with the Panel | |
12:30 – 13:30 | LUNCH | |
13:30 – 15:00 | SESSION 3A: CRITICAL CARE COMPLEXITIES CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 1 |
Chair: Geoff Healy |
13:30 – 13:45 | Best Uses/Updates for Hyperbaric Oxygen | Eric Revue |
13:45 – 14:00 | Surgeons Role in the Australian ICU | Kate Martin |
14:00 – 14:15 | ABC’s of Pain Management in Fractured Ribs | Simon Robertson |
14:15 – 14:30 | Tracheostomy Decision Making | Michael Parr |
14:30 – 14:45 | Walking Blood Banks | Martin Schreiber |
14:45 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |
13:30 – 15:00 | SESSION 3B: HOW I DO IT CONCURRENT SESSION Ballroom 2 |
Chair: Aditya Benjamin |
13:30 – 13:45 | Complex Blunt Diaphragmatic Trauma | Bruce French |
13:45 – 14:00 | Severe Pelvic Trauma | Martin Wullschleger |
14:00 – 14:15 | Penetrating Injury to the Surgical Soul | Jay Doucet |
14:15 – 14:30 | Massive Blunt Liver Trauma | Alon Schwartz |
14:30 – 14:45 | High Grade Solid Organ Injuries – IR Management | Jules Catt |
14:45 – 15:00 | Question Time with the Panel | |
15:00 – 15:30 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
15:30 – 17:00 | SESSION 4: CASE SCENARIO / GREAT DEBATE PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom |
Chair: S. D’Amours & V. Malka |
15:30 – 16:30 | EXPERT CASE SCENARIO – EXPERT PANEL | |
16:30 – 16:50 | GREAT DEBATE | |
Prehospital Thoracotomy – There is No Point | John Crozier vs Geoff Healy | |
God Used a Surgeon’s Rib to Create an Emergency Physician | Alan Giles vs Michael Sugrue | |
16:50 – 17:00 | Prizes and Closing Remarks |
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