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 10

8AM

Registration

9AM

Predicting clinical deterioration and critical illness

10AM

Guidelines not tramlines: medico-legal ramifications of going off or staying on the tracks

11AM

Break

11:45AM

Calling the code: when to stop CPR

6-8PM

Welcome Reception

 

SaTURDAY, APRIL 11

8AM

Registration

9AM

SUDI and the role of genetic autopsies

10AM

Volume resuscitation in sepsis

11AM

Break

11:45AM

Ophthalmic emergencies

2PM

Difficult airway workshop

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

8AM

Registration

9AM

Status epilepticus

10AM

Thoracic trauma

11AM

Break

11:45AM

CSF gazing: when to LP and how to interpret results

DIFFICULT AIRWAY WORKSHOP

Enhance your hands-on skills and fulfil ACEM and CICM 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 10, Pre-Conference Terrace, Peppers

Accreditation

 
 

College of Intensive Care Medicine, 1 point per hour.

 
 
 

Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 12 hours conference.

 
 
 

Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine: 12 CPD hours (approval pending) - ID#38355

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

Adult and paediatric intensivist and the foundation director of Paediatric ICU at Monash Medical Centre. Interests include all aspects of physiology, the ethics and philosophy of medicine, and bio-statistics.

Michael Cardamone

Paediatric neurologist at Sydney Children’s Hospital, and conjoint senior lecturer at UNSW. Clinical and research interests focus on medication-resistant epilepsy and neuro-metabolic disorders.

Shanel Sharma

Consultant ophthalmologist, trained in Sydney and London before returning to public and private practice in Sydney, with a special interest in paediatrics. Shanel is a conjoint lecturer at UNSW and USyd and an examiner for RANZCO.

 

Jason Pinner

Geneticist at Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, and senior lecturer, UNSW. Clinical work focuses on prenatal genetics, perinatal loss and rare disease genomics.

Pam Palasanthiran

Infectious diseases physician at Sydney Children’s Hospital and conjoint Associate Professor, UNSW. Trained in paediatrics in Melbourne, and Sydney before embarking on an ID fellowship at Duke University.

Gary Williams

Gary is a senior intensivist at Sydney Children’s Hospital and an APLS instructor since 1997. Interests include sepsis pathophysiology and management as well as skeletal muscle physiology in the critically ill patient.

 

Marie-Clare Elder

A partner at Sparke Helmore, Marie-Clare has extensive experience in health, medical negligence and personal injury litigation. She has practiced in Australia and the UK in senior in-house roles and is a former ICU clinical nurse specialist.

Phil Black

Anaesthetist at Prince of Wales Hospital with expertise in critical airway management and simulation. Phil is an instructor at the Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre and has run our airway workshops since 2015.

Donovan Dwyer

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.

 

Andrew Numa

Paediatric intensivist and respiratory physician at Sydney Children’s Hospital. Research interests include acute respiratory pathophysiology, epidemiological studies from large critical care databases, and optimising the efficiency of intra-hospital communications.