Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

2019 Queensland
Trauma Symposium Program
FRIDAY 22 February

TIME SESSION
7.30–8.00 Registrations open
8.00–8.05 Welcome and housekeeping
8.05–8.10 Acknowledgement of Country – Mr Gene Blow.
Cultural Capability Officer, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Chair: Professor Michael Reade
8.10–8.40 Opening address:
Triumph from Tragedy - Mr Curtis McGrath OAM. Army Veteran and Paralympian
8.40–9.10 Tactical Casualty Care - Dr Martin Graves. Anaesthetist, Wollongong Hospital and Australian Army
9.10–9.40 Cliff Pollard Lecture - Making Trauma Great
9.40–10.00 MORNING TEA
10.00–10.30 Keynote address: Dr Andrew Beckett. Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Canadian Medical Service.
Trauma Surgeon, Montreal General Hospital
EDUCATION CENTRE EDUCATION CENTRE PAEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION
AUDITORIUM SEMINAR ROOM 1 SEMINAR ROOM 2
Chair: Ms Fiona Jennings Chair: Ms Kate Dale Chair: Professor Roy Kimble
10.30–10.45 Ketamine – why everyone Clinical Practice Guidelines – Catastrophic Schoolboy Rugby
needs some - Dr Kylie Hall. Evidence to Practice - Lachlan Injuries. Dr Robert Campbell.
Anaesthetist, Royal Brisbane Parker. Critical Care Paramedic, Neurosurgeon, Queensland
and Women’s Hospital Queensland Ambulance Service Children’s Hospital
10.45–11.00 Changing role of Interventional Recovery after major trauma: Effectiveness of a hydrogel
Radiology in Trauma - Dr measuring trauma outcomes dressing as an analgesia
John Grieve. Interventional and burden - Professor Belinda adjunct to first aid for the
Radiologist, Gold Coast Gabbe. Monash University, treatment of acute paediatric
University Hospital School of Public Health and burn injuries: A prospective
Preventive Medicine randomised controlled trial.
Miss Maleea Holbert. Centre for
Children’s Burns and Trauma
Research

2019 Queensland Trauma Symposium Program
FRIDAY 22 February
11.00–11.15 Retrieval systems in Australia
and around the world.
How does Queensland fair? -
A/Professor Bill Nimo.
Emergency Physician and
Retrieval Specialist, Retrieval
Services Queensland
11.15–11.30 Nursing Leadership in Trauma
Care - Ms Kellie Gumm. Trauma
Program Manager, The Royal
Melbourne Hospital
11.30–11.45 A Severe Trauma in Weipa –
Managing a gunshot wound in
a remote hospital setting -
Dr Alex Dunn. Senior Medical
Officer, Gympie Hospital
11.45–12.00 Helping Justine: Insights from
a difficult rescue (pre-hospital
care of a shark attack victim).
Dr John Hadok. Emergency
Physician, Mackay Health and
Hospital Service
12.00–12.45 LUNCH – Poster presentations - Education Centre Foyer
EDUCATION CENTRE
AUDITORIUM
Chair: Mr Michael Handy
12.45–13.00 Challenges for Advanced
Prehospital Trauma Practice.
Mr Aaron Smee. Paramedic,
High Acuity Response Unit,
Queensland Ambulance Service
13.00–13.15 Orthopaedic Trauma – Dr
Matthew Hope. Orthopaedic
Surgeon, Princess Alexandra
Hospital
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Interesting Case Study. A review of children with
Dr Andrew Beckett. Lieutenant severe trauma admitted to
Colonel, Royal Canadian paediatric intensive care in
Medical Service. Trauma Queensland, Australia.
Surgeon, Montreal General Dr Mark Coulthard. Queensland
Hospital Children’s Hospital
Heterogeneity in Burns. A Two Diagnosing burn wound
Year Retrospective Review severity: Biomarkers and
of Patients Admitted to a wound biochemistry.
Quaternary Burns Intensive A/Prof Leila Cuttle. Queensland
Care Unit – Dr Juliette Mewton. University of Technology
Intensive Care Fellow, Royal
Brisbane and Women’s
Hospital
Free Paper: Early in-reach Trauma: Beyond the Injury.
rehabilitation for trauma Claire Lake & Antonia Solomon.
patients. Dr Teresa Boyle. Trauma Family Support Team,
Rehabilitation Physician. Gold Queensland Children’s Hospital
Coast University Hospital
Free Paper: Fibrinogen Early The Role of Plastic Surgery
In Severe Trauma Study. in Lower Limb Amputation.
Fibrinogen Concentrate vs. Dr Yun Phua. Plastic and
Cryoprecipitate in Severe Reconstructive Surgeon,
Traumatic Haemorrhage: A Pilot Queensland Children’s Hospital
Randomised Controlled Trial.
Professor Martin Wullschleger.
Trauma Director. Gold Coast
University Hospital
EDUCATION CENTRE SEMINAR ROOM 1
Chair: Ms Kellie Gumm
Free Paper: Risk factors for the development of post-traumatic
stress disorder and / or major depressive disorder following
admission to a Trauma Service: Protocol and preliminary
analyses from systematic quantitative review and meta-analysis.
Dr Kristen Jones. Clinical Psychologist. Acute Medical/Surgical
Services. Gold Coast University Hospital
Free Paper: Relational coordination of trauma care at Gold Coast
University Hospital. Dr Eve Purdy. Senior Emergency Registrar,
Gold Coast University Hospital
 Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

2019 Queensland Trauma Symposium Program

FRIDAY 22 February

13.15–13.30 Anaesthetic approach to Free Paper: Mouthpiece Ventilation – Positively INSPIRational

airway injury – Dr Marc – Ms Brooke Wadsworth. Advanced Physiotherapist. Princess
Maguire. Anaesthetist, Royal Alexandra Hospital
Brisbane and Women’s
Hospital
EDUCATION CENTRE AUDITORIUM
Chairs: Professor Rebecca Kimble and Dr Steve Rashford
13.30–13.50 New Zealand Trauma System and Verification – Professor Ian Civil. Director, Trauma Service,
Auckland City Hospital
13.50–14.20 Working Together
Dr Matthew Hope. Chair, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trauma Committee, Queensland
Professor Martin Wullschleger. Chair, State-wide Trauma Clinical Network
Professor Michael Schuetz. Director, Jamieson Trauma Institute
14.20–14.50 AFTERNOON TEA
14.50–15.05 Spinal Injuries – Dr Dennis Hartig. Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon,
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
15.05–15.20 Chest and complex cardiac injuries: Dr Priscilla Martin.
General Surgeon, Sunshine Coast University Hospital
15.20–15.35 Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for haemodynamically
stable blunt splenic injury patients. Dr Bhavik Patel. Queensland Health
15.35–15.50 What about the rest of Queensland? Dr Nathan Brunott. General Surgeon, Cairns Hospital
15.50–16.30 Trauma throughout Queensland Panel Discussion
16.30–17.00 CLOSE – acknowledgements, trade passport winner, lucky door prize
17.00–19.00 Symposium reception – Education Centre Foyer