Thursday 21 November 2024

6.30am-8.30am          Registration, Industry Networking, Arrival Tea & Coffee

​The The National Trauma Symposium 2024 is approved for the 2024 ACEM CPD year (1 Jan-
​31 Dec'24), for 9.25 hours Educational Activity.

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7.00am-8.00am         Abbott Breakfast Presentation & light breakfast
                                   Novel Blood Test for Ruling Out Intracranial Lesions in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
                                      presented by Dr Lisa Braganza, Medical Director, Abbott Point Of Care

8.30am-8.50am         Welcome / Mihi Whakatau
                                    Doug Edwards, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
                                    Dr Max Raos and Dr James Moore, National Trauma Co-Leads, Trauma National Clinical Network, Wellington, NZ

Trauma Systems Teamwork and Communication                                                                                              Chairs: Nadia Forbes & Claire Hitchcock

8.50am-9.20am What Does a “Worlds Best” Trauma System Look Like?
Professor Kenji Inaba, Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
 
9.20am-9.50am High Performing Trauma Teams: Simulation and Beyond 
Professor Victoria Brazil, Emergency Physician and Medical Educator, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

9.50am-10.10am Clinical Data for Healthcare Improvement. Locally and Nationally
Dr Alexey Brovko, Senior Medical Advisor, Dendrite Clinical Systems
 
10.10am-10.30am Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Verification: A Regional Experience
Sharlene Olsen, Trauma Clinical Nurse Specialist, Te Matau Maui, Hawke’s Bay, NZ
Diane Sigvertsen, Trauma Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wairarapa Hospital, NZ
 
10.30am-10.50am Video Recording in the Resus Room: Too Much or Too Little Exposure for Clinicians and Patients?
Dr Victor Kong, Specialist Trauma Surgeon, Auckland, NZ
 
10.50am-11.10am Trauma National Clinical Network Update
Dr Max Raos and Dr James Moore, National Trauma Co-Leads, Trauma National Clinical Network, Wellington, NZ

 11.10am-11.40am              Morning Tea and Industry Networking

Blood                                            Chairs: Jonathan Panckhurst & Jaki Boyle

Free Paper Presentations           Chairs: Aleisha Sutherland & Kat Quick

11.40am-12.05am Optimal Management of Non-Compressible Bleeding
Professor Kenji Inaba, Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
 
12.05am-12.20pm Simulation, But Not As You Know It: Transforming Trauma Systems and Navigating Complexity
Professor Victoria Brazil, Emergency Physician and Medical Educator, Gold Coast, Australia
 
12.20pm-12.45pm Tourniquets, TXA and Prehospital Blood: What Works and What Doesn’t?
Professor Michael Reade, Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, University of Queensland, Australia
 
12.45pm-1.00pm Interventional Radiology Options for Managing VTE after Trauma
Dr Shueh Lim, Interventional Radiologist, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, Capital & Coast, Wellington, NZ

1.00pm-1.15pm Trauma MHP – What’s Next?
Dr Kerry Gunn, Specialist Anaesthetist, Epsom Anaesthesia, Auckland, NZ​​

Vertical Divider

11.40am-11.55am Occupational Therapists Leading the Assessment of Patients with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Mary Gorton, Occupational Therapist, Waitaha District, NZ
 
11.55am-12.10pm The Impact of Indirect Transport to a Trauma Centre on Short-Term Survival for Major Trauma Patients
Associate Professor Gabrielle Davie, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

12.10pm-12.25pm Pre-Post Cohort Study of Trauma Patient Outcomes after the Implementation of the Christchurch Hospital Trauma Team Admitting Service (TAS)
Yuyi (Jenna) Feng, University of Otago, Christchurch, NZ
 
12.25pm-12.40pm Major Trauma in Older Adults
Dr Maria Noris, Registrar, Waitaha District, NZ

12.40pm-12.55pm Characteristics of Adult Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Presenting to Emergency Medical Services in New Zealand from 2020 to 2022
Ben Jones, Lecturer – Critical Care Paramedic, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ

12.55pm-1.10pm Supporting Clinical Activities in the Optimised Recovery After Trauma (ORAT) Programme
Dr Grant Christey, Associate Professor, Te Mana Taki Trauma System, Hamilton, NZ

1.10pm-1.25pm Trauma Reach Clinic to Support On Discharge to Commence Rehabilitation at Home
Bronwyn Denize, Trauma CNS, Te Mana Taki Trauma System, Hamilton, NZ

​1.15pm-2.00pm                Lunch and Industry Networking

Neurological Trauma                 Chairs: Grant Christey & Sarah Shannon

Free Paper Presentations                   Chairs: Kris Gagliardi & Zoe Read

2.00pm-2.30pm Less Than Lethal Weapons
Professor Kenji Inaba, Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
 
2.30pm-2.50pm Management of Mild Head Injury in New Zealand: Time To Go BIG 
Dr Reuben Johnson, Neurosurgeon, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, Wellington, NZ

2.50pm-3.10pm Trauma Survivorship in the New Zealand Trauma Network - Where to from here?
Professor Belinda Gabbe, Head of Pre-Hospital, Emergency and Trauma Research, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2.30pm-2.45pm Difference In Management Of Paediatric Blunt Splenic Injury In Adolescents Treated By Paediatric And Adult Trauma Teams - 12year Single-Centre Experience
Dr Claudia Mason, Registrar, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, NZ

2.45pm-3.00pm Code Crimson at Auckland City Hospital – A Contemporary and Clinical Experience
Dr James Penfold, Registrar, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, NZ


3.00pm-3.15pm Non-Major Trauma: Epidemiology and Cost to Health System
Sheena Moosa, Research Fellow, Te Mana Taki Trauma System, Hamilton, NZ

3.10pm-3.30pm Patient Experience
Natasha Husband, Blenheim, NZ

3.30pm-4.00pm              Afternoon Tea Break and Industry Networking

Airway                                                                                                                                                                  Chairs: Christopher Duncan & Bridget Dwyer

4.00pm-4.20pm Maxial Facial Trauma
Dr Peter Coghlan, Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon, Christchurch, NZ
 
4.20pm-4.40pm Pre-Hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI). Is It Really Worth It?
Dr Tony Smith, Deputy Clinical Director, Hato Hone St John, NZ
 
4.40pm-5.05pm Can We Have a Standardised Induction Strategy for Trauma Intubation?
Dr Ryan Salter, Anaesthetist & Intensivist, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, Wellington NZ
 
5.05pm-5.30pm ​“Don’t You Just Put People Nil By Mouth or On Thickened Fluids?” The Role of Speech and Language Therapy and All Things Tracheostomy
Lucy Stevens, Advanced Clinician Speech Language Therapist, Critical Care, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland, NZ
Becky Lantzos, Speech-Language Therapy Critical Care Clinical Educator, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, Northern Region, NZ

​5.30pm-5.45pm              ​Closing Remarks / Whakakapi