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Day 1: Monday 13 September

Time

Location & Content

08:15-10:00

Mezzanine: Delegate Registration

Hall 3: Tea, Coffee, Industry Exhibition, Posters, Museum & Art Exhibition

10:00-10:30

Hall 1: Opening Ceremony
President’s Address, Senior Military Representative Address, Video.

10:30-12:30

Hall 1: Plenary 1

10:30-11:00

Contemporary Military Operational Lessons for Civilian Healthcare
Col Professor Ian Greaves

11:00-11:30

Learning Lessons: Developing National Systems
Professor Keith Willet

11:30-12:00

Simulation Innovation in Civilian and Military Healthcare
Professor Bob Stone

12:00-12:30

Medical Support to the 2010 World Cup: Lessons for London 2012
Professor Lee Wallis

12:30-13:30

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Lunch, Industry Exhibition, Pre-Booked Helicopter Simulation, Armoured Ambulance, Haemostatic Resuscitation

13:30-15:00

  1. Parallel Session 1
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates)

Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation

 

Hall 1: Trauma Resuscitation

Hall 9: Practical Resuscitation Skills

Hall 10: Simulation Innovation

Hall 11A: Free Papers

 

Session Leader: Col I Greaves

13:30-13:45
Physician-Led Helicopter Team in Combat Primary Retrieval: Evidence of Effectiveness 
Lt Col S Hunter
13:45-14:00
Right Turn Resuscitation: Does Bypassing the ED Save Lives?
Lt Col Nigel Tai

14:00-14:15
Massive Transfusion: A Case Study
Lt Col Rhys Thomas

14:15-14:30
Thromboelastography in Trauma Resuscitation 
Lt Col T Woolley

14:30-14:45
rFVLLa: Myth or Magic in Trauma?
Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones

14:45-15:00
Lyophilised Plasma: A Place in Early Resuscitation?
Col H Doughty

Session Leaders:
Surg Cdr J Smith
Surg Cdr A Duby
Maj McLennan

Adult Intraosseous

Topical Haemostatics in Action

RoTEM Analysis

Triage

Session Leaders: Surg Capt Midwinter
Dr Peter Jaye

Macro-Simulation

13:30-13:45
Improving Crisis Ogranisation
Lt Col J Pilgrim

13:45-14:00
Major Incident Simulation: The Hospital Response
Lt Col Vassallo

Meso-Simulation

14:00-14:15
Human Factors: Skills for Emergency Physicians
Dr Peter Jaye

14:15-14:30
MOST Course: Training Critical Care Teams
Surg Capt Midwinter

Micro-Simulation

14:30-14:45
Speaker TBC

14:45-15:00
Speaker TBC

Session Chair: Dr Rod McKenzie (TBC)

Theme: TBC, Dependent on Submissions

15:00-15:30

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Tea, Coffee & Industry Exhibition

15:30-17:00

  1. Parallel Session 2
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 Session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates).

Available sessions: Combat helicopter session; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care, Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED).

 

Hall 1: Trauma Systems & Governance

Session Co-Chairs:
Surg Capt G Evans

15:30-15:45
UK Military Trauma Systems: Strengths and Weaknesses in Service Delivery
Col P Mahoney OBE

15:45-16:00
Developing a Trauma Centre: Physical, Logistic and Cultural Hurdles
Professor K Porter

16:00-16:15
UK TARN: Recurring Themes and Emerging Trends
Marilyn Woodford (TBC)

16:15-16:30
Learning from our Own Experience: Governance of the Military Trauma System
Surg Capt G Evans

16:30-16:45
UK HEMS: Assuring a Quality Service
Lt Col Jeremy Henning

16:45-17:00
15 Minutes of Panel Discussion to Complete the Session

Hall 9: Practical Simulation

Session Leaders:
Lt Col K Hartington
Prof R Stone
Dr Peter Jaye

Interactive Games (TBC)

Haptic Simulators in Emergency Care (TBC)

Chest Drain Simulator (TBC)

Hall 10: Mass Gathering & MI Management

Co-Chairs: Lt Col R Russell
Professor L Wallis

15:30-15:45
Planning for Mass Gathering: Can the Casualty Load be Predicted?
Dr N Castle

15:45-16:00
2012 Olympics: Assessing the Risk for a Major Incident
Dr D Zideman LVO QHP(C) 

16:00-16:15
NATO Major Incident Preparedness
Lt Col R Russell

16:15-16:30
The NHS ED Response to a Major Incident: Does the 4 Hour Target Still Count?
Professor Matthew Cooke

16:30-16:45
The Military ED Response to a Major Incident: Practice Makes Perfect
Dr G Ward

15 Minutes of Panel Discussion to Complete the Session

Hall 11A: Free Papers

Session Chair: TBC

Theme: TBC, Dependent on Submissions

17:00-18:00

Hall 1: Parallel Session 3
Four Top Scoring RCEM Abstracts

18:15-20:00

Hall 11: Beating the Retreat and Cocktail Party

Day 2: Tuesday 14 September

Time

Location & Content

06:30-07:15

Location TBC
Physical Fitness Training (the military way!)

07:45-09:00

Mezzanine: Delegate Registration

Hall 3: Tea, Coffee, Industry Exhibition, Posters, Museum & Art Exhibition

08:00-09:00

  1. Parallel Session 4
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates)

Available Sessions: Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED)

 

Hall 1

Hall 11A

Hall 11B

08:00-08:45

Debate: What Can we Learn from Each Other? Civilian and Military Emergency Medicine Perspectives

Dr John Heyworth & Professor Ian Greaves (both TBC)

15 Minutes of Discussion to Complete the Session

International Operational Experience: Learning Emergency Care Lessons from Each Other

08:00-08:30
UK-US: Col Pete Mahoney OBE

08:30-09:00
UK-DNK: Lt Col Tingleff (TBE) 

Interactive Expert Panel Case Discussions: Trauma Care (Civilian and Military)

Session Co-Chairs:
Professor K Porter
Surg Cdr J Smith

09:00-10:30

  1. Plenary 2
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates).

Available Sessions: Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED)

 

Hall 1: Plenary 2

09:00-09:30

Winning the Peace: The Role of Emergency Care in Post-Conflict Recovery
Dr Gilbert Greenall CBE

09:30-10:00

Analgesia and Sedation in Acute Care: Concepts, Challenges and Lessons from the Combat Environment 
Col Trip Buckenmaier

10:00-10:30

Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Re-Learning Old Lesson and Setting New Standards
Dr Frank Butler

10:30-11:00

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Tea, Coffee & Industry Exhibition

11:00-12:30

  1. Parallel Session 5
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates).

Available Sessions: Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED)

 

Hall 1

Hall 11A

Executive Rooms 1 & 2

 

Co-Chairs: Lt Col D Aldington
RCEM Rep –TBC

Pre-Hospital Analgesia
11:00-11:10
The Case for Methoxyflurane
Maj J McLennan

11:10-11:20
Opiate Options
Flt Lt Roberts

11:20-11:30
Ketamine: Love it or Hate it? 
Maj C Park MBE

ED Sedation
11:30-11:40
Paediatric Sedation in ED: What Works Best?
Dr Ben Stanhope

11:40-11:50
Should Dislocation: Analgesia, Sedation or Anaesthesia? 
Maj  H Pynn

11:50-12:00
Training for ED Sedation
Lt Col I Nesbitt

ED Anaesthesia
12:00-12:10
Top Tips in Local Anaesthesia
Lt Col J Ralph

12:10-12:20
The Difficult Airway: Practical Options
Dr J Black (TBC)

12:20-12:30
Plenary Questions for 10 Minutes

Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Co-Chairs:
Dr Kath Berry
Lt Col C Porter
Surg Cdr S Bree

Theme Session: Invited Presentations (TBC)

Ultrasound Master Classes
 

  1. The Abdomen & Chest

Dr Sue Halson-Brown
Dr Paul Hunt (TBC)

1. Line and Nerve Catheter Placement

Dr Trip Buckenmaier
Dr Dan Connor

12:30-13:30

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Lunch, Industry Exhibition

13:30 15:00

  1. Parallel Session 6
  2. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates).

Available Sessions: Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED)

 

Hall 1

Hall 11A

Hall 11B

Executive Rooms 1, 2 & 7

 

Rod Little Prize
Presenters & Themes TBC
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30
14:30-14:45
14:45-15:00

Major Incident Exercise
Interactive table-top exercise
(pre-booking required)

Session Leads: 
Lt Col Russell
Lt Col Greasley 
Lt Col Vassallo

Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Themed Free Papers TBC

13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30
14:30-14:45
14:45-15:00

Executive Rooms 1-2
Ultrasound Master Classes

  1. The Abdomen & Chest

Dr Sue Halson-Brown
Dr Paul Hunt (TBC)

  1. Line and Nerve Catheter Placement

Dr Trip Buckenmaier
Dr Dan Connor

Executive Room 7
Symposium
Emergency Airway Management; How Can we Deliver the Future?

15:00-15:30

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Tea, Coffee & Industry Exhibition

15:30-17:00

  1. Parallel Session 7
  2. Ultrasound Master Classes (Executive Rooms 1-3)
    1. The Abdomen & Chest
    2. Line and Nerve Catheter Placement

C. Pre-Booked Simulator Sessions (1 session per half hour on each stand, each session x2 delegates).
Available Sessions: Combat Helicopter Simulator; Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care; Armoured Ambulance; Haemostatic Resuscitation (ED)

 

Hall 1

Hall 11A

Hall 11B

Executive Rooms 1 & 2

 

Hot Topics in Emergency Care: Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Dept

Session Leads:
Lt Col Mark Bailey
RCEM Rep TBC

15:30-15:45
Recognising A Biological Outbreak 
Surg Cdr Steve Bland

15:45-16:00
Highly Infectious Respiratory Pathogens in the ED: General Principles
Wg Cdr Dan O’Carroll

16:00-16:15
Pandemic Influenza: Lessons for the ED
Dr Tony Bleetman

16:15-16:30
Early Management of Sepsis in the ED
Dr Neil Jenkins

16:30-16:45
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in the ED
Surg Lt Cdr Matt O’Shea

16:45-17:00
Suspected Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the ED
Dr Gail Thompson

Major Incident Exercise: Civilian

APEM: Best Free Papers

Ultrasound Master Classes

 

Session Leads:
Professor Lee Wallis
Professor Malcolm Wollard
Dr Nick Castle
Ms Mel Brown
(Directed workshop and table-top mass gathering

Top Scoring Free Papers (Theme TBC)

15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00
16:00-16:15
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00

1.The Abdomen & Chest

2. Line and Nerve Catheter Placement

       

19:30-23:00

Hall 11: Regimental-Style Dinner with Military Band

Day 3: Wednesday 15 September

Time

Location & Content

07:45-09:00

Mezzanine: Delegate Registration

Hall 3: Tea, Coffee, Industry Exhibition, Posters, Museum & Art Exhibition

08:00-09:00

Parallel Session 8

 

Hall 5

Hall 8A

Hall 8B

 

Free Papers
(Theme TBC)

08:00-08:15
08:15-08:30
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:00

Free Papers
(Theme TBC)

08:00-08:15
08:15-08:30
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:00

Free Papers
(Theme TBC)

08:00-08:15
08:15-08:30
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:00

0900:-10:30

Hall 5: Plenary 3
RCEM AGM

10:30-11:00

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Tea, Coffee & Industry Exhibition

11:00-12:00

Hall 5:Plenary 4
David Williams Lecture (Speaker TBC)

12:00-13:00

Parallel Session 9

 

Hall 5

Hall 8A

Hall 8B

 

Learning from Each Other: Clinical Management

Session Co-Coordinators: Institute of Healthcare Managers
Focus: Leadership

12:00-12:30
What Makes a Good Leader?
Speaker TBC

12:30-13:00
Clinical Leadership Lessons from a Field Hospital
Speaker TBC

APEM: Free Papers
(Theme TBC)

12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-13:00

RCEM Free Papers

12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-13:00

13:00-14:00

Hall 3: STOP-REVIVE-SURVIVE
Lunch, Industry Exhibition

14:00-15:30

Parallel Session 10

 

Hall 5

Hall 8A

Hall 8B

 

Learning from Each Other: Clinical Management

Session Co-Coordinators: Institute of Healthcare Managers

14:00-14:20
Innovations: Turning Ideas into Outputs
Speaker TBC

14:20-14:40
Implementing Change: Models and Pitfalls
Speakers TBC

14:40-15:00
What is a Quality Emergency Care Service?
Speaker TBC

15:00-15:20
Pathways to Developing as a Medical Manager
Speaker TBC

15:20-15:30
Open Forum

Moderated Posters
(Theme TBC)

14:00-14:05
14:05-14:10
14:10-14:15
14:15-14:20
14:20-14:25
14:25-14:30
14:30-14:35
14:35:14:40
14:40-14:45
14:45-14:50
14:50-14:55
14:55-15:00
15:00-15:05
15:05-15:10
15:10-15:15
15:15-15:20
15:20-15:25
15:25-15:30

APEM: Moderated Posters
(Theme TBC)

14:00-14:05
14:05-14:10
14:10-14:15
14:15-14:20
14:20-14:25
14:25-14:30
14:30-14:35
14:35:14:40
14:40-14:45
14:45-14:50
14:50-14:55
14:55-15:00
15:00-15:05
15:05-15:10
15:10-15:15
15:15-15:20
15:20-15:25
15:25-15:30

15:30-16:30

Hall 5: Plenary 5

 

15:30-16:00
Session Chairs: Key Summary Messages

16:00-16:15
Way Forward: Learning from Each Other
Speakers TBC

16:15:30
Closing Ceremony

16:30

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