Critical Care Summit 2023

A brand-new event on the College's conference calendar, Critical Care Summit 2023 was hosted in Tweed Heads in May 2023. The Summit aimed at providing a targeted education and engagement for critical care practitioners including paramedics, nurses and emergency and retrieval physicians.

Through two days of case-based learning, attendees experienced multi-faceted and interactive presentations centred around complex patient care.

Summit theme: Contemporary care through collaboration

Rapid Fire

Undoubtedly, throughout the conference, there will be questions which have not been raised, or quandaries which attendees want to know the answer to. This session will see the summit presenters return to the stage, and each given just 30 seconds to answer questions from the audience.

Presenters:

• Dr Jason Bendall, Director Medical Services, NSW Ambulance and Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
• Tony Reynolds, Critical Care Paramedic HEMS WA. St John Ambulance
• Associate Prof/Dr Gayle Christie, Medical Director, St John Ambulance WA and Emergency Medicine Consultant, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
• Dr Sam Bendall, Emergency Physician (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital) and Deputy Director MDOK, SLHD. Retrieval Specialist and Director of Education, CareFlight. State Retrieval Consultant, NSW Ambulance
• Hannah Latta, Critical Care Flight Paramedic, Wellington Free Ambulance and paramedic lecturer program lead, ultrasound, Auckland University of Technology.
• Dr Sanj Fernando, Senior Emergency Physician, NSW State Retrieval Consultant, Co-Director DevelopingEM LTD and Principal Fernando Consulting
• Dr Cliff Connell, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Graduate Research Monash Nursing and Midwifery. Research Fellow, Monash Health Emergency. Fellow of College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (FCENA)
• Matt Humar, MICA Paramedic & Patient Review Specialist, Ambulance Victoria. Teaching Associate, Department of Paramedicine, Monash University. Board member, Safe Airway Society (SAS)

Faciliated by:

• Tim Andrews, MICA Paramedic, Ambulance Victoria and Teaching Associated, Monash University

• Dr Ben Meadley, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash and Operational Improvement Lead (MICA) & senior Intensive Care Flight Paramedic (MICA), Ambulance Victoria