The following are links to each of the Abstracts as presented at the ASA + COASTN 28th Conference in Queenstown, New Zealand , August 25th and 26th 2016.
The content and views expressed in each of these Abstract presentations are solely those of individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of those of the Aeromedical Society of Australasia, the College of Air and Surface Transport Nurses or their associates.
The Abstracts can be downloaded as pdfs.
2016 Program
Thursday 25th August
ANDREW PEARCE
Clinical Director of Retrieval Coordination – MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service
What is clinical aeromedical coordination all about?
MARK HOLMES
Flight Nurse Educator – NSW Ambulance
Aiming higher and reaching further through collaborative aviation partnerships: NSW Air Ambulance and Virgin Australia Non Technical Skills (NTS) Course
ALANA HARPER
Emergency Medicine / HEMS Specialist – Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust and Auckland District Health Board
Improving the usability of prehospital checklists with multidisciplinary application of the Cognitive Aids in Medicine Assessment Tool (CMAT)
JUSTIN TREBLE
Clinical Nurse Consultant – CareFlight
PHIL HOGAN
Heliport Design Group
What is the predictability of usefulness for new heliports using wind roses?
JULIE MYERS
Lecturer – University of Otago, New Zealand
Evaluating the non-technical skills of inter-hospital air transport clinicians: A clinical simulation study
DARRELL BONETTI
Physiologist – Aviation Medicine Unit, RNZAF Auckland, New Zealand
RNZAF Fatigue Modelling and Mitigation Strategies
EMMELINE FINN
Director of Clinical Operations, CareFlight Retrieval Medicine
Fatigue Risk Management System for Medical Crew Members
JOSEPH WHEELER
Aviation Legal Counsel, Australian Federation of Air Pilots
Safer sustainable aeromedical operations through appropriate pilot fatigue regulation
TONY VAUGHAN – ASM
Chief Operating Officer – RFDS Central Operations / ASA Committee
ASA Standards Update
Friday 26th August
TIM PICKERING
Director of Government Affairs – Air EVAC Lifeteam
Implementation of a level seven feedback simulator system for Air Evac
MICHELLE BLACK
Nurse Manager – CareFlight Retrieval
Nurses Fly High Again in Queensland
STEFAN MAZUR
PreHospital and Retrieval Physician / Medical Retrieval Consultant, SAAS MedSTAR
REBOA – What, who, where?
SALLY HOULISTON
Flight Nurse, Nurse Consultant Workforce Development – Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Up and Away
ANDREW TAYLOR
EMS/SAR Pilot, MAC Rescue – Babcock
Flying Blind
ANN-MAREE BRADY
Clinical Nurse Consultant – Paediatric Retrieval Service – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
High Flow Nasal Prong Oxygenation – the Children’s Health Queensland’s Retrieval Service’s (CHQRS) experience
A/PROF PAUL FORREST
Head, Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Perfusion – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital / Clinical Associate Professor – University of Sydney
1:800 ECMO: Developing an ECMO Retrieval Service
Mick Wilson ORATION
PHIL HOGAN
Transporting Poor Prognosis Patients
JASON BENDALL
Registrar, Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine – Hunter Retrieval Service, John Hunter Hospital
Improving response times to critically ill patients requiring retrieval: a before and after study
BRIAN BURNS
Emergency Physician – Northern Sydney Local Health District – Prehospital and Retrieval Specialist, Research Director – Greater Sydney HEMS
Research in prehospital care that changes practice
DARRELL BONETTI PhD
Physiologist – Aviation Medicine Unit, RNZAF Auckland, New Zealand
Carbohydrate Restriction and Intermittent Fasting: Implications and Efficacy for Aeromedical Practitioners
CHRIS DENNY
Emergency Medicine Specialist – Auckland City Hospital / HEMS Medical Director – Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
Resilience: Reflections on stress and performance