It's a great time to learn

Long-format lectures allow in-depth exploration of current key issues in emergency medicine, with ample time for discussion at the end of each session. During the afternoon, enjoy the beach or one of the many activities in and around Noosa, or attend one of our workshops. It's the perfect way to enhance your education and earn CPD points.

Provisional Program

Expand your academic horizons and enjoy complimentary refreshments at 11am each day. 

 

Friday, APRIL 12

8AM

Registration

9AM

Paediatric Stroke

10AM

Bronchiolitis

11AM

Break

11:45AM

Tips and tricks for painful paediatric procedures

6-8PM

Welcome Reception

 

SaTURDAY, APRIL 13

8AM

Registration

9AM

Paediatric ENT emergencies

10AM

Extended duty of care

11AM

Break

11:45AM

Sodium balance and regulation

2PM

Difficult airway workshop

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

8AM

Registration

9AM

Neuroradiology for the non-radiologist

10AM

From chaos to calm, an exploration of disaster and counter terrorism medicine

11AM

Break

11:45AM

It's artificial, but is it intelligent? AI and the future of medicine

DIFFICULT AIRWAY WORKSHOP

Enhance your hands-on skills and fulfil ACEM procedural CPD requirements. Strictly limited numbers ensure you get the opportunity to sharpen your skills. The workshop covers a variety of approaches required to manage the patient with a difficult airway including video-assisted laryngoscopy, endoscopic and percutaneous surgical techniques.

 

The Welcome Reception.

Your weekend in Noosa starts here. Network with colleagues and meet our faculty, while enjoying complimentary drinks and canapés at Peppers Noosa. 

6 - 8 pm, Friday April 12, Pre-Conference Terrace, Peppers

Accreditation

 
 

College of Intensive Care Medicine, 1 point per hour.

 
 
 

Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, approved for 12 hours conference/workshop.

 
 
 

Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine: 12 CPD hours ID#27936

A world-class faculty

Our faculty comprises senior practitioners in emergency medicine, critical care, anaesthesia, medicine and surgery from Australia's leading teaching hospitals. 

 

Craig Walker

Craig is an adult and paediatric intensivist and was the foundation director of Paediatric ICU at Monash Medical Centre. Interests include all aspects of physiology, the ethics and philosophy of medicine, and palliative care.

Marlene Soma

Marlene is a paediatric ENT surgeon with interests in airway pathology, sleep disordered breathing, voice and swallowing problems. Her post-graduate training included  attachments at Great Ormond St, London and Cincinnati Children’s Medical Centre, Ohio.

Phil Black

Phil is a consultant anaesthetist at Prince of Wales Hospital with a long standing interest in critical airway management and simulation. Phil is an instructor at the Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre.

 

Derrick Tin

Derrick is a Disaster Medicine specialist with extensive operational experience deploying into austere and remote environments. He is an Associate Professor (Critical Care) at University of Melbourne and a senior Fellow in Emergency & Disaster Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

John Pereira

John is an interventional radiologist who held roles at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and the Children’s Hospital of Michigan before establishing a combined adult and paediatric practice at Sydney Children’s and Prince of Walkes Hospitals.

Gary Williams

Gary is an honorary intensivist at Sydney Children’s Hospital. Research interests include sepsis physiology and management as well as skeletal muscle dysregulation in the critically ill patient. Gary has been an APLS instructor since 1997 and maintains a strong interest in general paediatrics.

 

Andrew Numa

Andrew is a paediatric intensivist and respiratory physician at Sydney Children’s Hospital. Research interests include acute respiratory pathophysiology and epidemiological studies from large critical care databases.

 

Donovan Dwyer

Donovan is a senior emergency staff specialist at St George and Sydney Children's Hospitals and Co-DEMT and Director of Trauma at SCH. Interests include simulation and an obsession with limiting the ordering of non-indicated tests.