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Resuscitation Symposium 2024
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- This online course is designed for Emergency Physicians, Acute Physicians, Anaesthetists and Intensivists. It is pitched at a level suitable for Consultants and senior trainees in all areas of acute care and focuses on recent advances in resuscitation.
- Format: Short lectures featuring case scenarios followed by interactive Q&A sessions
- CPD: Viewers will be asked to evaluate each session and will be provided with a CPD certificate upon completion. This course provides 12 CPD credits.
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DAY ONE
50 minutes
Resuscitation end points - how to recognise shock and guide resuscitation in the ED
Dr Martin Dachsel
Consultant in Acute and General Medicine, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust
- What is shock?
- What is resuscitation and who needs it?
- Resuscitation guidelines any updates?
- Can we change outcomes?
- How do we assess the adequacy of resuscitation?
- Lactate clearance
50 minutes
Airway, hot topics and tips
Dr Orla Lacey
Consultant Anaesthetist, specialising in anaesthesia for head and neck/maxillofacial cancers, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Rapid assessment and potential interventions beyond routine
- Real time USS tips for abnormal airway/FONA Assessments
- Food for thought: video laryngoscopy instead of direct laryngoscopy as standard approach - the impact on the ED and pre-hospital setting
50 minutes
The role of blood and blood products in resuscitation
Dr Rocio Santamaria
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
- Should we have a massive transfusion protocol for all significant bleeds?
- FFP as the first resuscitation fluid in all bleeding patients?
- 20 mlkg crystalloid then blood?
40 minutes
Venous Gas - All we need?
Dr Luciano Gattinoni
Consultant in ICU and Emergency Medicine
- The difference between arterial and venous pH, CO2, bicarbonate and lactate
- How to interpret venous CO2 and lactate
40 minutes
Acid-base disturbances: How best to assess in the ED
Dr Lucy Bingham
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Different interpretation methodologies
- Using blood gas analysis as risk stratification
50 minutes
Echo guided diagnosis and fluid resuscitation in shock
Dr Michael Trauer
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
- The role of echo in identifying LV function
- Echo guided fluid responsiveness.
- Echo guided assessment of filling pressures
60 minutes
Trauma Resus and Clinical Scenarios
Dr Michael Obiako
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Wales
DAY TWO
50 minutes
PE and resuscitation
Dr Michael Trauer
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
- Point-of-care ultrasound in PE
- How to interpret RV dilation in different groups and in arrest
- How to quickly identify DVT (and effectively rule in PE)
50 minutes
Resuscitation in GI haemorrhage
Dr Bernard Foex
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Should you use PPIs and Tranexamic acid?
- What is an adequate Hb?
- When is an endoscopy needed?
50 minutes
Resuscitation in cardiogenic shock
Dr Bernard Foex
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Drug treatment: is levosimendan the drug of the future?
- Mechanical circulatory support: intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation or ventricular assist devices?
60 minutes
Use of fluids in resuscitation of trauma/non-trauma patients?
Professor Tim Harris
Consultant in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
- Deciding on how much fluid to use in resuscitation.
- Is there a place for colloids in the ED?
- Plasmalyte, Saline, Hartmanns or Dextrose – are all crystalloids equal?
- What is the effect of differing crystalloids on acid-base disturbance?
50 minutes
New perspectives on Cardiogenic shock
Dr Alastair Proudfoot
Consultant in Critical Care & Lead for Cardiogenic Shock
Barts Heart Centre, London
- Medical therapy
- Mechanical support
- Role of imaging
- Fluid balance – getting it right!
50 minutes
Resuscitation in severe sepsis and septic shock
Dr Andrew Leitch
Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist, Royal London Hospital
- What is current best practice?
- What is new since the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines?
- Lessons from the Covid-19 outbreak.
30 minutes
Regional Approach to the Management of Cardiac arrest
Dr Mamoun Abu-Habsa
Consultant in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Bart's Health NHS Trust, London
- Resus bundles
- The changing landscape of Critical Care
- Role of ECLS
The aim
- Practical focus on both the day to day and more difficult aspects of resuscitation across the acute medical specialities
- A revised programme covering a range of relevant clinical topics, selected on the basis of recent impact and consequences from COVID-19, past delegates’ feedback and a survey of emergency and acute medicine practitioners and experts.
- A Faculty of experienced specialists in their fields, from different hospitals across the UK, who can pass their expert knowledge to front-line clinicians.
- Interactive online lectures followed with case scenarios, discussion and Q&A.
- Contributes to developing effective team management for doctors from a variety of backgrounds who are actively delivering emergency and acute care.
By the end of the course, participants will have:
- a comprehensive understanding of recent advances in resuscitation medicine and be up to date with new/recent research evidence, and the implications for practice
- greater confidence in their clinical practice; and
- identified skills and knowledge gaps, if any, relevant to their practice, and clear ways by which these can be addressed.
Course advisors
Professor Tim Harris
Tim Harris is qualified in intensive care medicine, emergency and pre-hospital medicine in Australia and the UK. He works in these specialties at the Royal London and Newham University Hospitals and London HEMS. He is academic lead for the London School of Emergency Medicine.
He is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust and QMUL, London, UK.
Dr Laura Hunter
Dr Laura Hunter is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. She completed Emergency Medicine Higher Specialist Training in Merseyside Deanery, prior to her move to London in 2010. Special areas of interest include recreational drug toxicity, Inclusion Health and the development of Routine Blood Borne Virus screening within the Emergency Department.
She trained at King’s College Hospital and was initially a consultant radiologist at Imperial College NHS Trust for 10 years before returning to King’s College Hospital. She has published widely and special interest in imaging post arthroplasty hips.
Course faculty
Dr Mamoun Abu-Habsa
Consultant in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Lucy Bingham
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Imperial NHS Trust
Dr Bernard Foëx
Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Critical Care, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Dr Luciano Gattinoni
Dr Gattinoni is currently working as Gastprofessor at the University of Göttingen (Germany).
He invented the “Extracorporeal CO 2 Removal” and promoted the "baby lung" (1980's) and mechanical power concepts (2016). He has previously served as President for the Italian National Society of Anesthesia, and Intensive Care, the European Society of Intensive Care, and the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. His research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of acute respiratory failure, sepsis and acid base disorders. He has published more than 400 research articles in peer reviewed journals. He is Honorary Member of the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and was awarded with the Life Time Achievement Award by the American Society of Anesthesiology.
Dr Orla Lacey
Consultant Anaesthetist, (anaesthesia for head and neck/maxillofacial cancers), the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Andrew Leitch
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Syed Masud
Consultant Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Medicine & Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Michael Obiako
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Glamorgan Hospital - Cwm Taf University Health Board and Ultrasound Lead for the All Wales School of Emergency Medicine
Dr Alastair Proudfoot
Consultant in Critical Care & Lead for Cardiogenic Shock, Barts Heart Centre, London
Dr Rocio Santamaria
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Michael Trauer
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Comments from attendees of this course in June 2024
Excellent
Good topic coverage, some areas seemed to be repeated a bit with the cardiogenic shock talks. However, still excellent.
Very good coverage
Excellent course, will attend next year if continue to work in EM.
Full coverage of topics – however there is overlap of discussions between the speakers
good
Very Good
Fantastic, all the topics very interesting and decisive for Emergency Medicine doctors
Broad coverage of essential topics – relevant to my practice – top tips/ nuggets of information which will improve my clinical management
Good online learning.
Excellent – great course, Up to date and thought provoking.
Vast area is covered
Very educational, tips will be used in my daily practice, great speakers
Excellent in everything as always
There was a lot of referral to the ED, which made it seem like perhaps it was aimed more at this area than, say, critical care. I also find it interesting that lots of management refers to how situations are managed in tertiary centres that have access to everything e.g. interventional radiology. There are a lot of Clinicians working in district generals where this is not the case…what then!
Broad range of topics covered. Well timed with frequent breaks.
Ease of booking, informative sessions, enjoyed practical aspects of slido
Good speakers, knowledgeable
The variety of topics, did not have to go to through the stress of travelling to a venue, very knowledgeable presenters.
Supported by the latest literature.
Content of the course and quality of speakers
Possibility to attend online
Evidence based analysis, Practical use of POCUS, Case based discussions and update (Giving Nor-adrenaline via peripheral lines ) + advancements -eg ECPR
Updates on treatment of shock, massive haemorrhage and the field cardiac arrest management procedures.
Excellent Updates on Sepsis, Shock and gastro bleeds
The level of expertise of the lectures, the topics selected and how easy everything ran.
Detailed and brought me up to date with so many new achievements
World class speakers with great insight into the literature. Well organised. Access to presentations
Timekeeping, Content of talks, Good speakers.
Delivery of slides and hot topics, coverage of important topics seen daily in emergency department
Lots on POCUS, wide range of specialists with different perspectives, kept it all very relevant
Good coverage of acute care topics Interactive sessions Up to date content
Online, excellent speakers. Smooth organisation
course content, presenters and ease of attending the course..
The topics, the quality of presentations and being online.
The organisation, the speakers and availability of the source for later reference
Comments from attendees of this course in June 2023
- Very good choice of topics and coverage; the topics covered recent advances in Resus and dealing with some awkward cases. this is my second attendance and very good learning every time, I achieve what I expected
- EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE WITH WEBEX it all seemed to work seamlessly
- Sessions were really good, the approach, examples, real cases, video and interactivity makes it easier to learn, otherwise would just read a textbook.
- WebEx is excellent, no problems at all, this platform worked really well
- I have achieved a lot as a practising anaesthetist and I will be teaching what I learned
- Excellent lecturing and coverage
- I enjoyed the overview that this course presented in a wide range of topic with great speakers and very important, the fact we can go back and review the recorded course
- The content, delivery and pace gave us a very good revision, new ideas, all very good to implement back at work
- All topics were really hot and delivered by top speakers and an excellent course coordination and support by Infomed
- GOOD QUALITY TOPICS EXCELLENT PRESENTATION PUNCTUALITY
- A very good lectures’ content, the calibre of the presenters and their methods of delivery were outstanding
- This course was about good content, very good presentations, doing it from home; all very good value for money
- Content, presentations, programme length, pace of talks, excellent speakers, Slido & opportunities to ask questions – and at home!
- Quality of presentations, catch up service, technical easiness, very well organised and run by Infomed
- The quality of the content was superb, the presenters were knowledgeable and the presentation was excellent.
- Excellent topics , great presentation , learning from Q&A; imminently practical for A&E Doctors
- I got a few new ideas to go away with, particularly the integration of ultrasound into my routine practice, sure it will make easy to deliver quality service to patients.
- Learned a few new things ,could use that in my clinical practice, they will help me to manage my patients better
- It will make me more confident in my practice as I will bring latest updates into my clinical practice; definitely want to learn more TTE
Comments from attendees of this course in June 2022
Very good to have a multi-specialty content with very good speakers, and really good that we attend from home, plus a catch up service included in the price! - ability to watch programme again
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Fantastic course, nice arrangements, appropriate times for topics and timely breaks
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
A very comprehensive coverage of recent advances in resuscitation, this should continue as an annual event.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Good coverage of topics and felt have achieved the target of my learning.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Well done, very good selection of topics and quality presenters and well facilitated by Infomed.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Very full programme with excellent informative content and quality faculty
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Very good organisation, quite impressive setup, easy to use Webex especially with Slido for polls and comments.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Time keeping was very good, very good quality lectures, very relevant topics
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Good Infomed organisation, relevant topics, liked Webex and Slido, good Q&A – all good.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Thanks it is virtual, being at home is much better and productive than travelling around the country, topics very relevant, time management very good, very well organised, well spaces lectures and breaks.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Very experienced and knowledgeable presenters with excellent summaries of the evidence.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
All topics relevant Emergency Medicine and nicely presented by very knowledgeable lecturers.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Excellent informed lectures by leaders in their fields on a wide range of topics on the various aspects of Resus.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
I am more informed in all the topics covered in this symposium, Thanks.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
It will make me reflect on all the concepts presented, I will read and complete my understanding of few concepts I still need to dig in with the catch up, I will be a better/ confident practitioner, and a better teacher to my junior colleagues.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
What I learnt today will change my practice of dealing with GI bleeding
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Considerable impact on many aspects of my care it will certainly improve my practise.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Increase my confidence to use POCUS more often
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Refreshed my practice and will help me in being more confident treating sepsis, GI bleed.
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2022)
Comments from attendees of this course in June 2021
Broad range of topics, very good lecturers, watching lectures from home!
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
The expertise of the speakers who were all excellent
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Good choice of topics, variety of excellent speakers, access from home
Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Excellent speakers with clear delivery and evidence base and recent updates
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
The interactive nature, quality of information, expert clinicians
Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Experienced and excellent speakers plus Infomed organisation was excellent
Intensivist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Interactivity, concise presentations for all relevant topics, I think it was done wonderfully.
Intensivist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Reasonably priced, well organised and watched it from comfort of home, continue the good work Infomed
EM Physician(delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Good key points to enhance my management of resuscitation in certain patients
EM Physician (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Good to have access to catch - up lectures
Intensivist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
I have taken lots of good learning which will have a positive impact on the patients I care for.
Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)
Frequently asked questions
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Course fee
Catch-up version
£275 inc VAT
- 120 days of access with unlimited playback
plus...
- CPD Certificate of attendance upon completion with 12 CPD points