DRAFT PROGRAMME
07.30 Pre-Conference Workshops
Ticketed Events
1) Airway Workshop (the airway in trauma) Ciara Hanley & Brian Harte
2) Chest Imaging Workshop (chest ultrasound and imaging in trauma)
Main Conference Room – Coagulation & Blood Transfusion Workshop
The patient was involved in a MVC and is bleeding (Ruth Gilmore, Leo Kevin)
- Case based discussion regarding the monitoring of coagulation and resuscitation with crystalloids, blood products, fibrinogen etc.
- What to do if the patient is on anticoagulants, has a PE or has a metallic mitral valve?
- What tools to we have to ensure that we have resuscitated the patient adequately?
- What do we if the haemoglobin is falling but no source is found?
- When should you call interventional radiology for help?
09.15-10.30 Session 1
Chest Trauma
The patient with rib fractures is in severe pain:
9.15 Chest Drains – 5 questions you may be too embarrassed to ask Laura Burke
9.30 What is the current approach to nerve blockade for rib injuries? Brian Kinirons
9.45 When should rib injuries be plated?
10.00 The patient is hypoxic and has a traumatic pneumothorax – can I give them CPAP? Christine Sheehan
10.15 The airway is perforated and the patient needs to be ventilated – what do we do? Mike Callaghan
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Session 2
TBI and Spinal Trauma
11.00 Raised ICP – mannitol, HTS, hemicraniectomy – what’s the story? Aoife Quinn
11.30 TBI / ARDS – how do I ventilate them (lung protective ventilation) – Mike Scully
11.45 How should Pelvic Injuries be managed? Fintan Shannon
12.00 The Patient has a high Spinal Cord Injury – How do I liberate them from the ventilator?
Lunch
Coffee in Exhibition Room
13.15 – 14.15 Session 3
General Trauma Issues
13.15 Rhabdomyolysis – how to I diagnose it and manage it? Bairbre McNicholas
13.30 Abdominal Compartment Syndrome – a forgotten problem? Pat Neligan
13.45 The patient has an Open Abdomen – can I wean and liberate them from the ventilator? Esther Ni Conghaile
14.00 ARDS and spinal injury – is there an alternative to proning? John Bates
14.15 – 14.30 Short Break
14.30- 16.00 Session 4
Controversies in Trauma Management
14.30 Why is clearing the neck such an ordeal? Sam Elkhwad
14.45 Is concern about limb compartment syndrome really a contraindication to regional nerve blockade? Brian Kinirons
15.00 Is it really necessary to measure ICP in Traumatic Brain Injury? Aoife Quinn
15.15 The regional anaesthesia guidelines for patients on anticoagulants are non sensical and result in delayed surgery and worse outcomes! Ben Cantan
15.30 Is it appropriate to administer vasopressors to hypotensive bleeding patients? Aoife Brennan
15.45 Lactate is a poor tool to use as an endpoint of resuscitation and should be abandoned! Mike Hurley
