CPR - thinking beyond the manual!
A unique one day course on the complexities of the cardiac arrest and post
resuscitation decision-making process faced by the “hands on clinician”
on Thursday 25 October 2007, at the LGA Conference Centre, London SW1P 3HZ

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Faculty Included:

• Dr Andy Lockey
  Clinical Director in Emergency Medicine, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, and Executive Member and Chair of ALS Course Sub-Committee, Resuscitation Council (UK)

• Dr Tony Handley
  Consultant Physician and Cardiologist & Executive Member and Chair of BLS/AED
  Sub-Committee, Resuscitation Council (UK)

• Dr David Wise
  Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

• Dr Tim Harris
  Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital
  Dr Anton Saayman
  Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

About the conference

• Focuses on the essential adjunctive knowledge for Resuscitation Training Officers
• Lectures from a multi-speciality Faculty concentrating on those multidisciplinary issues that reflect the patient pathway
• Lectures are didactic, focus on the ‘how to do it’ through problems and solutions, comments and interaction
• A serious attempt to strike the right balance between personal justice towards the individual patient and distributive justice towards the community at large
• A look in depth at the same clinical questions asked daily in our hospitals but answered differently from one institution to the next – why is this so?

What attendees said about the event

What attracted you most to this event?

• Concept of learning beyond manual

• Invite to attend by my lead manager

• Interesting programme and topics very relevant

• To facilitate ALS teaching

• Bored of the same lectures about resuscitation

• The programme- unique topic

• Good selection of topics, very relevant to job as RO

• Relevance to my practice

• Subject coverage , lecture content and speakers

• Interest in emergency medicine and resuscitation

• Resuscitation based on recently changed guidelines

• The presentation contents and the presence of a RO

What three things did you like most about the day?

• Brilliant day, well organised, highly relevant for my practice, good quality speakers, good venue

• Interesting, informative, great food

• Location, catering, well paced and timed lectures

• Evidence based discussions, venue and food, good presentation , well organised

• Last 2 talks very good

• Organisation, lectures, catering

• Very good talks on hypothermia, BLS. Resuscitation guidelines, post resuscitation care, emergency technologies, difficult decisions, excellent catering

• High quality lectures, venue, good value course

• No repetition, Quality of lectures, not at all like the ALS

• Environment, quality of speakers and delegates, focus of subjects, up to date experience

• Great speakers, who knew the subject, CD Rom of lectures, suitable venue

• Quality of speakers, presentation of lectures, lunch

• Emergency technology, catering, venue

• Res. Offices pearls, BLS, hypothermia- very good

• Lectures were excellent, felt very welcome to ask questions even during break

What impact will this event have on your future?

• I will renew my management in CPR patients and ICU

• View CPR with more positive outlook, more confident!

• I will try to introduce new technologies into my hospital

• Good ideas for further teaching

• I will do more audit on current practice

• Many ideas for system improvement

• Tony Handley’s talk back for BLS training, Pre allocations from Paula- lookout for own job

• Innovative practical application, food for thought

• More assurance in resuscitation area

• Not currently using hypothermia in my trust? To investigate this. Also to investigate possibility of implementing pre arrest allocation.

• Lots of ideas to go back with. Thank you so much

Faculty, Topics and Workshops

• Practical ALS Overview: What’s New and Why?
  Dr Andy Lockey, Clinical Director in Emergency Medicine, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, and Executive Member and Chair of ALS Course Sub-Committee, Resuscitation Council (UK)

• Induced Hypothermia – How, When and Why
  Dr Kees H Polderman, Associate Professor in Intensive Care Medicine, Vice Chairman, Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

• Basic Life Support – Does Quality Matter?
  Dr Tony Handley, Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, and Executive Member and Chair of
  BLS/AED Sub-Committee, Resuscitation Council (UK)

• Resuscitation Officer’s Pearls
  Paula McLean, Resuscitation Service Manager, St George's Hospital, London

• Resuscitation where the Guidelines Don’t Apply
  Dr Tim Harris, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

• Post Resuscitation Care – Clinical Considerations
  Dr Anton Saayman, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

• Emerging Technologies that can Improve Outcomes
  Dr David Wise, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

• Difficult Decisions in the Post-Primary CPR Patient
  Dr Rupert Pearse, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine,
  Barts and The London NHS Trust