shield20-22 April 2009
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Latest news

Registration has now closed. Thank you for registering and we look forward to seeing you.

The College has now confirmed that the Conference will attract a total of 14 CME points. Follow the link from the information tab for full details.

The ultrasound course is now FULL and closed! We're sorry if you were disappointed.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Ian Roberts has agreed to open the Conference with a keynote speech on environmentally aware emergency medicine.

Programme of Events

We are pleased to announce our draft Programme of Events. Please click here for a print-friendly version, which will appear in a separate window.


20 Apr 09   21 Apr 09   22 Apr 09   

20 Apr 09
09:00 - 10:00 Corn Exchange Registration, Coffee & Exhibition
09:30 - 11:15 Meeting Room C AGM - South East Coast Regional Board of the College of Emergency Medicine
10:00 - 11:00 Dome Theatre Opening Session
10:00 - 10:15 President's Welcome
10:15 - 11:00 Keynote Lecture: The Patient's Journey - environmentally aware emergency medicine. Prof Ian Roberts
11:00 - 11:30 Corn Exchange Coffee & Exhibition
11:30 - 13:00 Dome Theatre Main Session - Pre-Hospital Dr Kelvin Wright
11:30 - 12:00 Collision Investigation Collision investigation - Colin O'Neill, Chairman Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators and Simon Lane, Sussex Police
12:00 - 12:30 Field Amputation Prof Keith Porter
12:30 - 13:00 Emergency Thoracotomy and Cardiac Repair Mr Jonathan Hyde
11:30 - 13:00 Pavilion Theatre Trainees update Dr Fleur Cantle
11:30 - 12:00 Hands Mrs Lisa Leonard
12:00 - 12:30 Hot Joints Prof Kevin Davies
12:30 - 13:00 Improving Survival from Cardiac Arrest - Why Compressions are the Key Prof Douglas Chamberlain
11:30 - 13:00 Founders Room Poster Presentation Session
13:00 - 13:45 Corn Exchange Lunch
13:45 - 15:15 Dome Theatre Main Session: Primary Assessment - chaired Prof Tony Frew
13:45 - 14:15 The Critical Care Paramedic Andy Newton
14:15 - 14:45 Crash Caesarian Section Barry McKenzie Gray
14:45 - 15:15 Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest - presented by the Chairman of Resuscitation Council (UK) Jerry Nolan
13:45 - 15:15 Pavilion Theatre Free Papers - Medical/Surgical Emergencies and Reattendance Reduction Chaired by Dr Paedar Gilligan
13:45 - 15:15 Founders Room Breakout Session
13:45 - 15:15 Simulators Hands on
13:45 - 15:15 Meeting Room C EC Specialist Library Reference Group Meeting Matthew Cooke, Rachel Court
15:15 - 15:45 Corn Exchange Tea & Exhibition
15:45 - 17:15 Dome Theatre Main Session: Bedrocks of Practice Chair: Tim Harris
15:45 - 16:45 Ten Recent Papers Not To Miss Prof Steve Goodacre
16:45 - 17:15 Chemical Injury and Decontamination Dr Lucien Bodson
15:45 - 17:15 Pavilion Theatre ED and the Community Dr Andy Webster
15:45 - 16:15 Violence in Relationships - The Worthing Experience Dr Mandy Grocutt
16:15 - 16:45 Violence in Relationships - the Addenbrookes Experience Dr Adrian Boyle
16:45 - 17:15 Home With Head Injury Advice Mr Jonathan Wasserberg
15:45 - 17:15 Founders Room Breakout Session
15:45 - 17:15 The Gadget Show - Get hands-on with the latest military and civilian gadgets and equipment, with Kelvin Wright, Rob Galloway & Jon Walker
17:30 - 18:30 Meeting Room C CEM Faculty of Simulation
18:00 - 20:00 Brighton Pier Reception for All Registered Delegates - Horatio Bar, Brighton Pier - register for tickets here.

Delegates free to dine around afterwards.

21 Apr 09
08:30 - 09:30 Meeting Room C RCALS meeting
09:00 - 09:30 Corn Exchange Registration, Coffee & Exhibition
09:30 - 11:15 Dome Theatre Main Session: Diagnosis Prof Steve Goodacre
09:30 - 10:15 Test 101 - Which tests and ED procedures will survive Fiona and Paul's scrutiny and which will get the thumbs down? Fiona Lecky and Paul Ransom
10:15 - 10:45 Emergency, What Emergency? Imaging, What Imaging? Dr Graham Dodge
10:45 - 11:15 Introduction to Simulation Dr Peter Jaye
09:30 - 11:15 Pavilion Theatre Doctor, is it an Allergic Reaction? Chaired by Prof Jonathan Benger
09:30 - 10:15 Spotting Serous Reactions and the Anaphylaxis Guidelines Pamela Ewan
10:15 - 10:45 What Can You Do in the Acute Phase that will Help Downstream Management Tony Frew
10:45 - 11:15 Predicting and Managing Risk of Recurrence in Anaphylaxis Dr Richard Pumphrey
09:30 - 11:15 Founders Room Free Papers - Trauma Dr Rod McKenzie
11:15 - 11:45 Corn Exchange Coffee & Exhibition
11:45 - 12:45 Dome Theatre The Maurice Ellis Lecture - Roadside to Bedside: Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine Dr Rod McKenzie
12:45 - 13:45 Corn Exchange Lunch
13:45 - 15:15 Dome Theatre Main Session: Beyond 4 Hours
13:45 - 14:30 Can EM Play a Role in Transplantation? Mr Chris Rudge
14:30 - 15:15 Self Harm by the Sea Mr Dan Hume
13:45 - 15:15 Pavilion Theatre New & Old Friends Dr Paul Ransom
13:45 - 14:15 CT Brain and Neck Dr Tina Good
14:15 - 14:45 Out of Africa (ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novus) Melanie Newport
14:45 - 15:15 Screening for HIV in the Emergency Department Martin Fisher
13:45 - 15:15 Founders Room Lessons Learned and Plans to Make Chair: Dr Taj Hassan
13:45 - 14:15 Developing Improvement and Safety Leaders in the Emergency Department Matthew Cooke
14:15 - 14:45 Team Working: Systems from Aviation Tony Bleetman
15:15 - 15:45 NPSA Update on ED Incident Data
14:00 - 15:00 Meeting Room C NHS Connecting for Health meeting
15:15 - 15:45 Corn Exchange Tea & Exhibition
15:45 - 18:00 Dome Theatre Innovation and Intervention
15:45 - 16:15 Current thinking in VTE Steven Barden
16:15 - 16:45 Intervention in Shock Ian Francis
17:00 - 18:00 <span style="color:red">&#10040 KEYNOTE LECTURE</span> - New generation imaging - near infrared scanning for intracranial blood in the Iraq conflict Commander Luis Becerra
15:45 - 16:45 Pavilion Theatre CTR masterclass
15:45 - 16:15 Turbocharge your CTR! Mike Clancy
16:15 - 16:45 The 6 Top FCEM CTRs
15:45 - 16:45 Founders Room Free Papers - Education & ED Systems Chair: Dr Harith Al-Rawi
20:00 - 23:00 Stanmer Park Black Tie Dinner - Register for tickets here.

Coaches from Old Steine at 19:30

Coaches to Old Steine / hotels from 23:00 onwards

22 Apr 09
09:00 - 09:30 Corn Exchange Registration, Coffee & Exhibition
09:30 - 11:00 Dome Theatre Medical Education Chair: Dr Magnus Nelson
09:30 - 10:00 New Doctors, New Training Locations - Adapting medical education to modern medical practice. Richard Vincent BSc, MD, FRCP, FESC, AKC
10:00 - 10:30 Emergency Training Paul Ransom
10:30 - 11:00 EnlightenME Taj Hassan
09:30 - 11:00 Pavilion Theatre Stressful Events in the ED Dr Sofia Rahman
09:30 - 10:00 Emergency Airway Update Jonathan Benger
10:00 - 10:30 The seven ages of Doc... - work progression in Emergency Medicine Jonathan Marrow
10:30 - 11:00 Stress in ED Donna Butler
09:30 - 14:00 Founders Room Ultrasound Course Guy Sanders
09:30 - 11:00 Meeting Room C CEM Execs meeting
11:00 - 11:30 Corn Exchange Coffee & Exhibition
11:30 - 13:00 Dome Theatre Debate on the Future of Emergency Medicine - John Heyworth, Mike Jones, Mike Clancy, Magnus Nelson John Heyworth, Mike Clancy, Magnus Nelson; Chair: Don McKechnie
13:00 - 13:15 Dome Theatre President's Closing Words - Followed by Imperial College - Autumn scientific conference preview
13:00 - 14:00 Corn Exchange Lunch