2023 Program

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Monday 4 September

08:30 – 10:30 ASA Committee Meeting
10:30 – 11:00 ASA & FNA Committee Meeting
11:00 – 12:30 Meeting with International Partners
13:00 – 17:30 Registration Open
OPENING SESSION  
14:30 – 14:50 Welcome to Country  
Official Address  
Housekeeping  
14:50 – 15:20 KEYNOTE  PRESENTATION

Ben Lawton
Reflection: Small people, Big Problems

 
15:20 – 15:50 Afternoon Tea
SESSION ONE – RESILIENCE IN TRAINING Presentation Slides
15.50 – 16.10 ORAL PRESENTATION
“PHRM Training: Do we need a more nuanced approach?”
Dr Neel Bhanderi, SAAS, Sharon Paddock, MedSTAR
 
16.10 – 16.30 ORAL PRESENTATION
Educating the Educators – Shaping our teams, growing our future
Dr Samantha Bendall, CareFlight NSW Ambulance
16:30 – 16:50 ORAL PRESENTATION
What is the role of aeromedical pre-hospital retrieval medical services in delivering post major incident support in Australasia
A/Prof Andrew Pearce, SAAS MedSTAR
 
16:50 – 17:00 Group Q&A  
17.00 – 19.00 WELCOME FUNCTION | Exhibition Area – Hall E Foyer

Sponsored by Toll Aviation

 

 

Tuesday 5 September

08:00 – 17:30 Registration Open
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome to Day Two  
SESSION TWO – RESILIENCE IN CHAOS AND TRAUMA Presentation Slides
8:35 – 9:35 KEYNOTE  PRESENTATION

Dan Pronk
Resilience – What does it mean?

Sponsored By

 
9:40 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATION
“It is okay to be scared” – addressing the emotional side of missions when plans go out the window and fear sets in

Ms Jacqueline Hennessy, St Johns PNG
 
10:00 – 10:20 ORAL PRESENTATION
Proposed Implementation of Australian Retrieval Practices and Training Modules In Borneo
Dr Kar Ling Chin
 
10:20 – 10:30 Group Q&A  
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea
SESSION THREE – RESILIENCE IN HALO EVENTS Presentation Slides
11:00 – 11:20 ORAL PRESENTATION
Plan D, Severe burns: procedural and human factor reflections of a pre-hospital surgical airway – a case review

Raphael Dworkin, Sydney HEMS
 
11:20 – 11:40 ORAL PRESENTATION
A case of a pre-hospital resuscitative hysterotomy in the lounge room
Mr Benjamin Stanton, SA Ambulance Service
11:40 – 12:00 ORAL PRESENTATION
Breathe Baby Breathe: Introduction of an Inter-professional, Multiagency Newborn Life Support Short-Course for Aeromedical Retrieval Clinicians in Western Australia

Dr Andrew Hooper, RFDS WA
12:00 – 12:20 ORAL PRESENTATION
Cruising Altitude – the Swiss Low Fly Network
Stefan Becker, Swiss Air-Rescue Rega
 
12:20 – 12:30 Group Q&A  
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
SESSION FOUR – THE FUTURE OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION Presentation Slides
13:30 – 13:50 ORAL PRESENTATION
A new Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHRM) service, within the Tasmanian Health Service Role Delineation Framework.

Prof Simon Brown, Ambulance Tasmania, Dr Erica Kreismann, Ambulance Tasmania
13:50 – 14:10 ORAL PRESENTATION
Aircrew operational decision making during rotary wing medevac operations – a case study

Mr Shaun Willson, Babcock
14:10 – 14:30 ORAL PRESENTATION
The multiple factors that diversify decision making in order to achieve Critical Care in the Air in PNG

Dr Mangu Kendino, St Johns PNG
14:30 – 14:50
Mick Wilson Oration
ORAL PRESENTATION
Miss Renee Bolot & Dr Chris McMullen, Lifeflight
 
14:50 – 15:00 Group Q&A  
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea
SESSION FIVE – RESILIENCE IN AUSTERITY Presentation Slides
15:30 – 15:50 Kaye Melmeth Oration
ORAL PRESENTATION
Critical Care SAR Retrievals in North West Australia

Ms Heather Cudmore, RFDS WA
 
15:50 – 16:00 Group Q&A  
16:00 – 17:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Di Stephens
The Bigger Picture: Our Role in International Aeromed & Disaster

 
17:00 – 18:00 ASA AGM  

Wednesday 6 September

08.00 – 17.00 Registration Open
08:45 – 08:50 Welcome to Day Three  
08:50 – 09:00 Sponsor Address – Tony Vaughan ASM, Chief Executive  Royal Flying Doctor Service SA and NT  
SESSION SIX – RESILIENT KIDS  
09:00 – 09:45 KEYNOTE  PRESENTATION

Dr Phee Kheng Cheah & Dr Darlene F. Ongkili

Resilient Kids of Borneo

 
09:45 – 09:50 Special Award Presentation  
09:50 – 10:10 ORAL PRESENTATION
Long distance paediatric transport on High Frequency Ventilation
Dr Andrew Berry, NETS (NSW), Mr Alfred Schmidley
 
10:10 – 10:30 ORAL PRESENTATION
Childhood Death – reflections on a retrieval service experience

Dr Deb Farrell, QLD Health Retrival Service
 
10:30 – 10:50 ORAL PRESENTATION
Development of Kids ECMO Referral Service (KERS): a state-wide Neonatal and Paediatric ECMO Referral Service for New South Wales

Ms Ania Berent, KERS
 
10:50 – 11:00 Group Q&A  
11.00 – 11:30 Morning Tea
SESSION SEVEN – THE FUTURE OF TOOLS AND TECH  
11:30 – 11:45 15-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Certification for Extreme Patient Cases
Mr Mark Buick, Total Aerospace Solutions
 
11:45 – 12:00 15-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Aeromedical Electronic Health Record – development and implementation of an offline/online EHR across 4 states and 13 bases
Dr Mardi Steere, RFDS
 
12:00 – 12:15 15-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Ups and Downs: Considerations, challenges and lessons from the PC12 Stryker stretcher loader project
Mr Anthony Pryzibilla, RFDS
 
12:15 – 12:25 Group Q&A  
12:25 – 12:40 15-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Brain Scanners in the Skies
Dr Zoe Schofield, RFDS
 
12:40 – 12:55 15-MINUTE HOTSPOT
The integration of Uncrewed system support to primary rotary-wing aeromedical retrievals
Rolf Petersen, Toll
 
12:55 – 13:05 Group Q&A  
13:05 – 14:05 Lunch
SESSION EIGHT – HOTSPOT SESSION Presentation Slides
14:05 – 14:15 10-MINUTE HOTSPOT
The Royal Flying Doctor Service initiation of helicopter video simulation orientation training for aeromedical crews in Western Australia: A Pilot Study
Mr Glenn Powell, RFDS-WO
14:15 – 14:25 10-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Getting Critical Care into the Air- Retrieval Coordination
Dr Eleanor Macdougall
14:25 – 14:35 10-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Clinical and Logistical planning for long range search and rescue in South Australia.
Mr Sam Fielder, Babcock, Mr Simon Cradock, SAAS Special Operations Team
14:35 – 14:40 5-MINUTE HOTSPOT
SPOTLESS evidence for safety of peripheral vasopressors in aeromedical retrieval
Dr Robbie Ley Greaves, LifeFlight, Dr Andrew Holgate, LifeFlight, Dr Aaron Quay
 
14:40 – 14:45 5-MINUTE HOTSPOT
 High-dose vasoactive agents in aeromedical retrievals for septic shock: A role for vasopressin?
Dr Ben Aston, Lifeflight, Dr Kate Allen
14:45 – 14:50 5-MINUTE HOTSPOT
Development of an Optimized Operating Procedure for Outboard RULS Intubation
Dr Stephen Wood, Auckland Rescue Helicopter
14:50 – 15:00 Group Q&A  
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea
SESSION NINE – A RESILIENT FUTURE Presentation Slides
15:30 – 15:50 ORAL PRESENTATION
A Pending Global Recession and a Climate Crisis – Has it Ever Been More Important to Focus on Efficiency in Aeromedical Operations?

Mr Adrian Wilson, Aeromedical Australia
15:50 – 16:00 Q&A  
16:00 – 17:00 KEYNOTE  PRESENTATION

Dr Barry Kirby AO
The Hands of Rescue PNG

 
17:00 – 17:15 Conference Close   
19:00 – Late CONFERENCE DINNER

Panorama Ballroom | Smart Business

 

POSTERS

POSTER TITLE AUTHOR  PDF
“Double Sequential External Defibrillation (DSED)” – That’s not in my ALS algorithm, but should it be?” Benjamin Stanton
“Mechanical Cardiovascular and Respiratory Support Devices in the Aeromedical Retrieval & Transport environment” Benjamin Stanton
Big Sim – a multi-platform multi-team approach to simulation of paediatric critical care retrieval and clinical coordination across clinic, road and air Ms Belinda Amber,
Mr Tony Norris,
Mrs Penelope James
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Queensland’s aeromedical retrieval network Clinton Gibbs
Infinity and beyond – Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners Hayden Wilson,Ms Maree Cummins
International transport of newborns and infants Andrew Berry
An integrated solution for air and ground transport of newborns, infants and children on ECMO Andrew Berry
Point of Care Ultrasound Use in an Australian Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Service Andrew Smith
Pre-hospital blood transfusion & fluid resuscitation: A cross-sectional study of pre-hospital and retrieval medicine services across Australia & Aotearoa-New Zealand Oscar Wigginton
RETRIEVAL OF PARACETAMOL POISONED PATIENTS IN QUEENSLAND: CAN IT BE BETTER? Ben Aston, Kate Allen
The future of release under load devices – LSC Quad Lok Release. David Betts
The Introduction of a Massive Transfusion Pack for SAAS MedSTAR – Has it Made a Difference? Dan Martin
The Nursing Incentive & Rotational Program (NIRP) – a Defined Career Pathway to Prehospital & Retrieval Nursing Dan Martin
A 3-year retrospective analysis of Priority 1 inter-facility transfers by a non-asset-based paediatric retrieval service in south-east Queensland Caroline Venner