THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIESFaculty of Medical SciencesDepartment of Clinical Surgical Sciences Emergency Medicine Unitpresents

Emergency Medicine Conference 2013Emergency Medicine and YOU

Amphitheatre A, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex | Saturday June 29th 2013

7:30 am: Registration of Participants Melrose Yearwood/Oli Ann Atkinson8:00 am: Opening Remarks Dr Robin Sinanan, Consultant, EM 8:05 am: Welcome Professor Clement Sankat, Campus Principal Dr Ian Sammy, Deputy Dean, FMS Representative/Chief Medical officer

Moderator for first session: Dr Robin Sinanan

8:30 am: Basic Life Support- Video: RN Beverley Reyes, Head Nurse, PICU9:00 am: Stings and Bites Dr Jason Etienne, Consultant, EM 9:20 am: Seizures Dr Georgia Baird, Consultant, EM9:40 am: Asthma and Burns Dr Krishna Pulchan, Consultant, EM

10:00 AM: REFRESHMENT BREAK AND VIEWING OF BOOTHS

Moderator of second session: Dr Malachy Ojuro

10:30 am: Extraction from vehicle: video Mr Renwick McCave/Dr Rasheed Adams - ATLS11:00 am: Recognition of the ill child Dr Joanne F Paul, Lecturer, EM11:20 am: First aid in children Dr Windsor Frederick, Consultant, PEM11:40 am: Falls in the elderly Dr Ian Sammy, Senior Lecturer, EM

12:00 MIDDAY: LUNCH AND VIEWING OF BOOTHS

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Skills stations x 4 – 8 groups

2 sets of Skills stations: Each 30 minutes long

Station 1: Basic Life Support: Practice session (Seminar room 1 and 5) – Renwick McCave/Esa Seales Ayesha Edwards/Ababa

Station 2: The Choking Child: Practice session (Seminar room 2 and 6) – Vidya Ramcharitar Maharaj | Navin Ramchandani Windsor Frederick | Sri Krishna/Stacey Khan

Station 3: How to apply a bandage (Seminar room 3 and 7) RN Helen Archie and team

Station 4: How to make apply a sling and tie a rope if in the CHA Hiking clubforest (Seminar room 4 and 8) –

3:00 pm: Vote of thanks Dr Malachy Ojuro, Consultant, EM3:15 pm: End of conference