LBH Trauma Meeting
Venue: Theatre Room Y 205, Southern Cross University map
Date: Friday 13th August 2010
Time: 08:45
Registration: Course Registration Form
Enquiries to: Northern Rivers Vascular Ph: 0266 219105
Agenda: PDF version "State of origin to state of management: Getting the injured definitive care"
0845 - 0900 Opening and Introduction: Setting the scene
- Review of 18 months Lismore trauma data
- Highlighting numbers / reasons for transfer
John Graham, Surgeon LBH, Chair LBH Trauma Committee
Sharene Pascoe, CNC Emergency Services, LBH
0900 - 1030 Session 1: Trauma - At the site and on to hospital.
Chair: Anne Drinkwater, Emergency Physician, LBH
- Presentation by ambulance / police on the issues relating to dealing with the injured at the site. Includes pre-hospital care and modes of transport.
- Pre-hospital retrieval of major trauma
Steve Rashford, Queensland Ambulance Service Medical Director
1030-1100 Morning Tea
1100 - 1300 Session 2: Injuries needing transfer to a higher level of care.
Chair: Rick Easton, ICU specialist, LBH
Brief case examples with presentations
- Head injury
Maryanne Vonau, Neurosurgeon Royal Brisbane Hospital
- Spinal injury
Paul Poulgrain, Neurosurgeon, Gold Coast Hospital
- Compound pelvic injury
Cliff Pollard, Director of Trauma, Royal Brisbane Hospital
1300 - 1345 Lunch
1345 – 1515 Session 3: Managing the transfer.
Chair: Chris Gavaghan, Director A&E Department LBH
- The NSW perspective
Ron Manning, Director Aeromedical Retrieval, NSW
- The Queensland Perspective
Mark Elcock, State Medical Director, Retrieval Services Qld
- The local perspective
Local Emergency specialist
1515 – 1545 Afternoon tea
1545 – 1700 Session 4: Making it happen. Getting the injured to definitive care
Chair: John Graham, Surgeon LBH, Chair LBH Trauma Committee
- Focussed specific cases with discussion involving all speakers
- What's wrong and how to improve the system to expedite transfer
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