15th Annual Critical Care Conference in the Vineyards 14 th – 15 th May 2020 Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, NSW
PROGRAM (correct at 18 th December, subject to change)
Wednesday 13 th May
4.00pm - Pre-Conference Registration 6.00pm Main resort lobby
PROGRAM - Day 1 Thursday 14 th May
7.30am Registration Desk Opens
Session One
8.45am Welcome to Country
8.55am Welcome / Housekeeping Debra McDougall, CNC, Trauma, John Hunter Hospital
9.00am Opening Address Susan Pearce, Deputy Secretary Patient Experience and System Performance, NSW Health
9.30am Questions
9.35am Mass International Aeromedical Retrieval Emily Ragus, Disaster Liaison CNC, Churchill Fellow
10.05am Questions
10.10am Trauma Case Study Mitchell Smith, Trauma CNC, John Hunter Hospital
10.30am Questions
10.35am Morning Tea & Trade Display
Session Two – Free papers
11.05am Providing better value care to low back pain patients in the Emergency Department Simon Davidson, PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle; Project Officer, HNELHD Population Health
11.25am Measured vs predictive energy expenditure in ventilated patients receiving enteral feeding in critical care: Preliminary results of an observational prospective study Amelia Scott, Dietitian, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
11.35am Usability testing via simulation for the Last Days of Life Toolkit (LDOL) Paediatric and Neonatal Narrell O’Dea, Senior Simulation Coordinator, John Hunter Hospital Simulation Centre
11.45am A “Polio Like” condition – two paediatric case studies Jenny Hall, CNC,ICU, John Hunter Hospital
12.05pm The best laid schemes of mice and men Di Peers, General Manager, The Maitland Hospital
12.25pm Questions
12.30pm Lunch & Trade Display
Session Three – Free papers
1.30pm Speech pathology assessment of dysphagia post endotracheal extubation: A service model evaluation Eva Norman, Senior Speech Pathologist, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
1.40pm Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Melanie Harrison, Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Calvary Mater Newcastle & David Fitzgerald, Emergency Nurse, Calvary Mater Newcastle
2.00pm Respiratory Muscle Strength Training (RMST) to facilitate swallow and pulmonary rehabilitation in critical care patients with severe deconditioning: A case series Nicola Clayton, Clinical Specialist Speech Pathologist, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
2.10pm Network 4 ED Research Collaborative Dr Carolyn Hullick, Director Emergency Department, Belmont Hospital & Dr Ingrid Berling, Staff Specialist, Calvary Mater Newcastle
2.20pm A hard pill to swallow: The importance of post-stroke dysphagic assessment in the ED Georgia Sharkey, Registered Nurse, John Hunter Hospital
2.40pm iTalk: A touch screen tablet and App to facilitate communication with mechanically ventilated patients Kelly Lewis, Registered Nurse, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
2.50pm Baffled by Staph: An unusual case of right hip pain Dr Lachlan Gan, Resident Medical Officer, HNELHD
3.00pm Questions
3.10pm Afternoon Tea & Trade Displays
Session Four – Invited Speakers
3.40pm Paediatric Polytrauma: Road to Recovery Dr Benjamin Gladwin, Amy Stokoe & Yolanda Brown
4.05pm Questions
4.10pm Mid North Coast Smoking It Dr Tim Pollitt, Trauma Director, Port Macquarie Base Hospital
4.40pm Questions
4.45pm Close of Day One
6.30pm - Conference Dinner 11.00pm Sponsored by B.Braun Australia Pty Ltd
PROGRAM - Day 2 Friday 15 th May
8.30am Registration Desk opens
Session Five – Invited Speakers
8.50am Welcome / Housekeeping
9.00am ITIM Death, Data & Trauma Model of Care Glenn Sisson, Manager, NSW Institute of Trauma & Injury Management
9.30am Questions
9.35am Hunter Heart Safe Dr Mark Miller, Staff Specialist ED, John Hunter Hospital
9.55am Questions
10.00am Trauma case study Dr Stephen Burrows, Trauma Director, Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital & Dr Lloyd Noon
10.20am Questions
10.25am Life Support on a drowning island Jeremy Pallas, Nurse Educator ED, John Hunter Hospital
10.45am Questions
10.50am Morning Tea & Trade Displays
Session Six – Free papers
11.20am Clinical handover of trauma patients from the Intensive Care Unit to the ward – assessing current performance to promote improved clinical outcomes Prof Marion Mitchell, Professor of Critical Care, Griffith University & Princess Alexandra Hospital
11.40am The opportunity cost of consolidating supraclavicular nerve block skills for wrist reduction is one free emergency doctor and no change to length of stay Dr Darren Moisey, Staff Specialist, ED, John Hunter Hospital
11.50am Does the use of in situ Simulation Training Program within a busy Emergency Department improve clinicians’ knowledge, confidence and teamwork? Dr Tim Stewart, Staff Specialist, The Maitland Hospital & Kat McCutchan, Clinical Nurse Educator, The Maitland Hospital
12.10pm Behavioural Disturbance Form at Calvary Mater Newcastle Jamie Hanly, CNS, Calvary Mater Newcastle
12.30pm Spinal precautions: when is it appropriate to use them? Georga Hulbert, Registered Nurse, John Hunter Hospital
12.50pm Questions
12.55pm Lunch & Trade Display
Session Seven – Invited Speakers
1.50pm Assisted Dying Legislation: Victorian Perspective Associate Professor William Silvester, Director of Respecting Patient Choices, Austin Hospital; President, International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care
2.20pm Discussion on Assisted Dying Legislation: Critical Care and NSW Implications Associate Professor William Silvester & Dr Peter Saul, Director and Senior Specialist, Intensive Care, John Hunter Hospital; Director of Intensive Care, Newcastle Private Hospital
2.50pm Questions
2.55pm Prizes and Conference Close
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