PAC 2012 Conference PROGRAM Paediatric Acute Care Conference 2012 NOVEMBER 16 & 17, MELBOURNE PAC 2012 Fri 16 November & Sat 17 November (one day program) 8.30am-5.30pm CONFERENCE DINNER Fri 16 November 7.30pm CONTACTS APLS Head Office 5th Floor 505 Little Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Langham Hotel 1 Southgate Ave South Bank Melbourne VIC 3006 t: 03 8672 2800 e: info@apls.org.au www.apls.org.au PAC 2012 Conference Program One day program Fri 16 November & Sat 17 November, APLS Head Office 08:30 Registration 08:55 09:00 09:20 09:50 10:20 Welcome to PAC 2012 Toni Medcalf Memorial Opening Address Christopher Webber Neonatal Resuscitation Julia Gunn Failed Intubation Philip Ragg Burns Hugh Martin 10:50 Morning Tea 11:15 11:45 12:15 Septic Shock Beyond the 1st Hour Kevin McCaffery Collapse of the Infant with Suspected Nick Pigott Heart Disease Acute Care in the Bush Paul Bloomfield 12:45 Lunch (FRI only – APLS AGM 12.45pm-1pm) 14:00 14:30 15:00 DrowningGary Williams Critical Asthma Julie McEniery Working in TeamsMarino Festa 15:30 Afternoon Tea 15:50 16:45 17:30 Debriefing Skills and WorkshopJane Stanford APLS Q and AAPLS Panel Close PAC 2012 Conference Dinner Fri 16 November, Langham Hotel 19:30 20:00 Pre-dinner drinks Dinner PAC 2012 Speaker Profiles CHRISTOPHER WEBBER Toni Medcalf Memorial Opening Address, 9am Christopher Webber is a Paediatric Emergency Physician and Retrieval Consultant working at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick and NETS (Newborn & paediatric Emergency Transport Service) NSW. Having completed his degree at the University of Queensland in 1980 and internship in Townsville, Chris then worked in Mount Isa and Richmond, Queensland. He then completed a Diploma of Obstetrics at the Gold Coast Hospital where he “fell into” paediatrics, being the other six months of the 12 month position. Paediatric training commenced at Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane and was completed at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick (previously Prince of Wales Children’s Hospital). Chris was one of the 12 “disciples” who completed the first Australian APLS course for 12 participants in 1997. They progressed immediately to an Instructor course and completed their first Instructor Candidacy within 10 days of commencement! Chris is renowned for his class photos at courses and this is not a time for tomfoolery, as many can attest who have been photographed. He remains heavily involved in instructing and directing Provider and Generic Instructor Courses. JULIA GUNN Neonatal Resuscitation, 9.20am Julia Gunn is a Consultant Neonatologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She completed her PhD studying brain injury and neurodevelopment in infants with congenital heart disease, based in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and currently holds a half-time Career Development Award from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Her research interests include newborn brain injury and neurodevelopment in infants undergoing surgery for congenital malformations, including the use of clinical neuromonitoring tools and prediction of longer term outcomes following brain insults early in life. Inbetween bouts of NICU ward service, Julia coordinates a long-term follow-up program for infants undergoing non-cardiac surgery during the neonatal period, but would rather spend her time ranking the quality of powder snow at ski resorts around the world. PHILIP RAGG Failed Intubation, 9.50am Philip is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne; Deputy Director, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management; and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. He is also an examiner for ANZCA, a member of the Victorian Consultative Council of Anaesthetic Morbidity and Mortality, and an APLS Instructor. Interests and publications include cardiac anaesthesia, airway management, regional anaesthesia in children, neonatal anaesthesia, day surgery for children, muscle relaxants in children and malignant hyperthermia. His current research project is entitled ‘Depth of Insertion of Endotracheal Tubes in Children: A new method and review of previous formulae’. BEST OF MELBOURNE Sport lovers Don’t miss a visit to the MCG, Melbourne’s cathedral to the sporting gods. The home of AFL Grand Finals, Boxing Day tests and the outstanding National Sports Museum is three train stops (Southern Cross to Richmond) or an impressive 45 minute walk along the Yarra riverbank from APLS. A new statue of spin bowling larrikin Shane Warne stands guard outside this national icon, and tours of the stadium and the National Sports Museum can be booked at www.mcg.org.au or www.nsm.org.au. Take a stroll around the surrounding sports precinct and you might glimpse your heroes training at Gosch’s Paddock or Punt Road Oval. PAC 2012 HUGH MARTIN Burns, 10.20am Hugh gained his first Fellowship as a General Surgeon in Australia then worked in the UK before returning to Australia to learn a bit more about children at the RAHC, then at Camperdown. The patients and the attitude of Paediatric Surgeons was so different and refreshing that he stayed in the discipline, completing a three year upgrade to Paediatric Surgery with a year at RCH Melbourne. On returning to RAHC he joined the Burns Unit starting a long interest in the subject including teaching the American ABLS in the early 90s before being involved in the group that wrote the EMSB course in the mid-90s, then as Chair of the Education Committee of the Australian and NZ Burn Association for many years, seeing it grow and spread around the two countries as well as to the UK, Holland and South Africa. He remains passionate about teaching burns to anybody who stands still for long enough. KEVIN MCCAFFERY Septic Shock Beyond the 1st Hour, 11.15am Kevin trained as a Paediatrician in the UK with subspecialty accreditation in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine. In an effort to offset carbon, he relocated to Australia four years ago. He works as a full-time Staff Specialist between the Royal Children’s Hospital and Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane and holds an honorary role as Senior Medical Advisor with the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Centre, Queensland. Clinical interests include extracorporeal support for critically ill patients, as well as an interest in electrolytes and acid-base status. Current research interests revolve around recognition and management of the deteriorating patient, with a particular focus on development, validation and implementation of the Children’s Early Warning Tool. NICK PIGOTT Collapse of the Infant with Suspected Heart Disease, 11.45am Nick is a Staff Specialist in Paediatric Intensive Care medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney since September 2010. Previously, he was Staff Specialist in Paediatric Intensive Care at Sydney Children’s Hospital until August 2010 and Director of Trauma for Sydney Children’s Hospital until December 2010. Prior to this, Nick was a Consultant in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Areas of interest include cardiac intensive care, extracorporeal life support, trauma, retrieval medicine and human factors/safety. Nick also has a longstanding interest in the pastoral care of trainees/junior consultants. PAUL BLOOMFIELD Acute Care in the Bush 12.15pm Paul is a General Paediatrician from Orange NSW where he has been practising since completing his training 11 years ago. He has an interest in acute medicine and trauma which manages to keep him going through the deluge of behavioural and developmental work seen in rural general paediatrics. BEST OF MELBOURNE Eat, drink, be merry Enjoying a lovingly created al fresco meal – despite Victoria’s ‘variable’ weather – is high on the list of Melburnian pleasures. The Crown Complex on South Bank has glitzy super-chefs and remarkable views; Lygon Street, just north of the CBD in Carlton is the city’s Italian quarter, with atmospheric pavement pizza joints aplenty. South Melbourne market is a gem for foodies, and further afield, Milawa – a two hour drive up-country – is a designated gourmet region for fresh air and the freshest food. See what’s whetting the appetites of local foodies at www.urbanspoon.com. PAC 2012 GARY WILLIAMS Drowning, 2pm Gary is a General Paediatrician who underwent PICU Fellowship training in Sydney and Texas before taking up his job as a Staff Specialist in PICU at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick in 1995. Particular interests include sepsis pathophysiology and management as well as skeletal muscle physiology in the critically ill patient. Gary has been an APLS Instructor since the introduction of APLS into Australia in 1997 and has chaired the weekly Clinicopath Conference at SCH, Randwick over the past 15 years. In addition to acute management of critically ill children his other major clinical role is the coordination of care for children requiring long-term home ventilation. JULIE MCENIERY Critical Asthma, 2.30pm Julie is a Paediatric Intensivist at Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. Interests include skiing, epidemiology of paediatric mortality, and trying to encourage women into Paediatric Intensive Care to address various opportunities / challenges with the current status quo. Other roles include teaching (APLS, RACP, CICM), Operation Smile missions, and chairing the Statewide Child and Youth Clinical network in Queensland. MARINO FESTA Working in Teams, 3pm Marino Festa is an Honorary Fellow in the Critical Care and Trauma Division of The George Institute. He is a Senior Staff Specialist and co-Lead for Kids Critical Care Research at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW) in Sydney. He is a fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine and has completed a Doctor of Medicine (Research), Imperial College, London 2011. He represents CHW on the paediatric study group of the ANZICS Clinical Trial Group and is principal investigator for the SAFE EPIC global point prevalence study. He is co-Lead for simulation in Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, clinical chair for Simulation at the Health and Education Training Institute (HETI), NSW Health and co-editor and author of the DETECT junior manual and program of training in NSW. He has active research interests in the areas of paediatric fluid resuscitation, microvascular adaptation to shock, and human factors research in critically ill and simulated patients. JANE STANFORD Debriefing Skills and Workshop, 3.50pm Jane Stanford joined the APLS team in July this year. She has a background in adult critical care nursing with a Graduate Diploma in adult education. Jane has extensive experience in clinical and non clinical adult education in university and hospital settings. Jane also works at Cabrini Health, both as a clinical nurse and as an educator, facilitating workshops in communication, leadership and performance management. BEST OF MELBOURNE Fast lanes for fashionistas Melbourne’s main grid is intersected with a unique series of secret laneways containing bars, boutiques, signature street art and some of the city’s best restaurants. Our advice? Take the road less travelled and get lost down a CBD laneway for a quintessentially Melbourne experience – Hardware and Degraves Lanes are a good place to start. Alternatively, Bourke Street Mall (five mins from APLS) has the David Jones/Myer superstores, Fitzroy (north of the CBD) has a famously hip edge, and Chapel Street (Prahran/ South Yarra trains) is a 3km shopping mecca with top high street names. address Level 5, 505 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 tel +61 3 8672 2800 fax +61 3 8672 2888 email info@apls.org.au web www.apls.org.au 1 APLS Office 2 Langham Hotel 3 Vibe Savoy Hotel 4 Oaks on Market 5 Causeway 353 6 Southern Cross 7 Melbourne Central 8 Federation Square 9 South Bank Arts Precinct 10 Crown Complex MCG 11 12 Bourke Street Mall 1/2 KARTEL