DAY ONE
45 minutes
Chest Pain in the Emergency Patient
Dr Laura Hunter
Consultant Emergency Medicine & Clinical Toxicology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Key lessons
- Liaison and coordination amongst specialities
- What is next? - Future changes and sustainability
45 minutes
Respiratory Emergencies: Investigations, diagnostic and treatment strategies
Dr Pasupathy Sivasothy
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
- Asthma update - not all wheeze is asthma
- Shortness of breath
- Acute respiratory infections inc CoVid-19
- COPD and PE
- When to ITU
45 minutes
Tachyarrhythmia Presenting to the ED
Dr Rohan Wijesurendra
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford , Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Fast AF – can anybody be sent home from the ED?
- Broad complex tachycardias – treatment tricks of the trade
- Pre Excitation States – why you should not miss them
- Atrial Flutter, Supraventricular Tachycardia or Sinus Tachycardia?
- ED – Cardioversion – chemicals or electrical
45 minutes
Syncope Presenting to the ED
Professor Tim Harris
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
- ED evaluation
- Rarities worth knowing
- Who stays, who goes
45 minutes
Lactate in the ED plus cases
Professor Tim Harris
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
- Lactate-guided approach in septic shock presentations?
- Hyperlactatemia as a marker in prognosis and resuscitation
- The evolving role of lactate in sepsis care
45 minutes
Diabetic Emergencies presenting at the ED
Dr Parizad Avari
Consultant Diabetologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London
- Diabetes technology in the acute setting
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)/ Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
- Hypoglycaemia
- Diabetes in pregnancy
45 minutes
Acute Heart Failure at the ED
Dr Dan Bromage
Consultant Cardiologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Diagnosis: echo and systolic dysfunction and acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; and the role of BNP
- Treatment: the role of nitrates
- How to make sense of the guidelines: ESC and ASC
45 minutes
Frailty Syndromes in the Emergency Department
Dr Grace Walker
Consultant in Geriatric and General Medicine, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Capacity issues in dementia
- Falls management
- Confusion and delirium
- Medication review
- Immobility
- End of life care
45 minutes
TIAs presenting at the ED
Dr Graziella Quattrocchi
Consultant Neurologist, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Stroke vs. TIA
- Common presentations, high risk presentations – TIA clinical diagnosis
- How to spot a stroke mimic
- Evaluation & risk assessment – who to admit to hospital
- Emergency medical treatment in the ED
- What investigations should we perform in ED – plain CTB vs. CT angiogram vs. MRI
DAY TWO
45 minutes
Toxicology
Dr Laura Hunter
Consultant Emergency Medicine & Clinical Toxicology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Severe poisoning at the front door
- Theory in to practice
- Clinical scenarios
45 minutes
Managing Trauma in the ED
Dr Michael Obiako
Consultant Emergency Medicine, Wales
- Resuscitation
- Code red
- Imaging
45 minutes
POCUS in the ED
Dr Michael Trauer
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Lung Ultrasound (LUS)
- ECHO
- Shock & Sepsis
45 minutes
Sickle cell and the acute and emergency care of this patient group
Dr Rachel Kesse-Adu
Consultant Haematologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
45 minutes
Obstetric Emergencies including Resuscitative Hysterotomy
Dr Rocio Santamaria
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia
- Major bleeding in pregnancy
- Resuscitative hysterotomy
45 minutes
Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department
Dr Maja Gavrilovski
Emergency Medicine Consultant, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Pre-Hospital Care Consultant, Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance (KSS)
- Not small adults - different presentations in children
- Trauma - falls, injuries, burns
- Identifying the sick child
- The ultimate fear - paediatric resus - latest updates
- When to refer
- Adolescents in the ED - big kids or small adults?
45 minutes
Managing Paediatric Emergencies by the Adult Clinician at the ED
Dr Michelle Jacobs
Consultant and Clinical Lead in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital
- Not small adults - different presentations in children
- Trauma - falls, injuries, burns
- Identifying the sick child
- The ultimate fear - paediatric resus - latest updates
- When to refer
- Adolescents in the ED - big kids or small adults?
45 minutes
Acute kidney/renal failure at the ED
Dr Marlies Ostermann
Consultant in Nephrology, St Thomas' Hospital, London
- Key underlying renal conditions and implications from Covid 19
- Acute Kidney Injury: mechanisms, investigation and management
- Imaging in renal disease
- Chronic renal failure in the ED
45 minutes
Difficult Airway Management in the ED
Dr Marcus Peck
Consultant Intensivist, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester
- Airway assessment
- Equipment and drugs required for managing the airway
- Difficult airway management
45 minutes
The vulnerable patient at the ED
Dr Georgina Blanco
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Patients presenting following domestic violence
- Patients reporting sexual assault
- Safeguarding victims of modern slavery
- Migrant health