In 2025, the ASM will proudly feature diverse voices from crucial sectors like public health, emergency response technology, and environmental sustainability. Their expertise will be instrumental in shaping a comprehensive roadmap for a more resilient and proactive future in emergency medicine.
CPD: The ASM Scientific Program has been approved by the ACEM CPD Program for 8 hours under the Educational Activities category for each day Monday – Wednesday or 24 hours for full registration.
Key themes that will be explored include:
- Think that thought: Unlocking Hidden Potential in Emergency Medicine
- Talk the talk: Bold Reflections and Unflinching Dialogue
- Walk the walk: Building a Sustainable Legacy, Environment, and Career
- Dream the dream: Visionary EDs – Blueprints for Tomorrow
The ASM program time zone is GMT+10:00, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
*Program is subject to change.
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FACEM as Educator Workshop: Our SIMGs – supporting our colleagues on their pathway to Fellowship
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Dental and maxillofacial presentations to ED: Assessment, diagnosis and acute management
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Opening Plenary and Official Opening
Chairperson: Nemat Alsaba Welcome to Country Traditional Owner and Kombumerri man, Lann Levinge Welcome from ACEM President Stephen Gourley Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Timothy Nicholls MP Welcome to Country performance that showcases Storytelling, dance, song and Language Traditional Owner and Kombumerri man, Lann Levinge Welcome and introduction from ASM Convenor Nemat Alsaba Keynote presentation: Navigating the Rip: Strategies for High-Performing Teams in a Sea of Toxic Tribalism Victoria Brazil |
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1100-1230 |
Brain wave – Neurology
Chairperson: Sean Bills Panel discussion: Stroke in Children Megan King Kate Mahady Natalie Deuble Matthew Lynch Christa Bell Clot retrieval – focuses on when to retrieve Hal Rice I had a stroke at 38 Mat Brun |
Breaking wave – New ED Models of Care
Chairperson: Stuart Watkins Innovation and Technology – accessing emergency care without leaving home Kim Hansen Emergency health care for police watch-house detainees Julia Crilly Blue Sky Emergency Care: What if we started from scratch? James Young-Jamieson The Emergency Physician of the future Ian Dey The Emergency Physician of the future Justin Yeung OPEN (Older Person Emergency Network) EJ Marsden Q&A |
Small wave – PEM and Adolescent Medicine
Chairperson: Simon Craig Use of dexmetomidine for procedural sedation Shane George BIPED study Stuart Dalziel Paeds sepsis Sainath Raman Paediatric sepsis epidemiology in Australian and New Zealand Emergency Departments Shane George PEM update on sedation and agitation in ED Elyssia Bourke Q&A |
Free Waves 1
Chairperson: Vinay Gangathimmaiah Just Say ‘No’ to the Just in Case Cannula: A co-designed toolkit to achieve best practice for peripheral intravenous catheter use in emergency departments Diana Egerton-Warburton Metrics over Meaning? A Comparative Analysis of Emergency Department Key Performance Indicators Across Australia Viet Tran Variability in Viscoelastic Assays in Major Haemorrhage Protocols: A Unified Approach or Mixed Signals? Akmez Latona “Communication is crucial”: A qualitative study of patient expectations of diagnostic tests in emergency medicine practice Vinay Gangathimmaiah Building a Culturally Safe EM Workforce through Te Ara ki te Haumanu – A Kaupapa Māori Student Pathway Maia Lockyer A Pilot Model for Geriatric Emergency Care: Early Insights from Logan Hospital’s GEMU Golam Sarwar |
Free Waves 2
Chairperson: Jessica Tipene Pelvic x-rays during the trauma reception: still necessary or outdated practice? Elyssia Bourke Difficult Paediatric Airway: A 13-Year Multi-centre Registry study Tom Solan The influence of hypocalcaemia on trauma patients experiencing post-induction hypotension Andy Kwok Optimising the use of Prehospital blood products. A three year study of the patients transfused by the Queensland Ambulance Service’s High Acuity Response Unit Robbie Ley Greaves Picking the right route. Choosing vascular access, vasoactive drugs and monitoring in critically unwell patients. Lessons from a large Prehospital and Retrieval medicine dataset. Robbie Ley Greaves Incidence, severity, and outcomes of community acquired sepsis in First Nations children in Australia, and Māori and Pasifika children in Aotearoa New Zealand Anna Lithgow |
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1230-1330 |
Sponsored Roundtable Lunch by Aerogen
1235 – 1320 hours Click here for more information and to register |
Clinical Trials Network & ED Epidemiology Network (CTN & EDEN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
Trauma Emergency Medicine Network (TEMN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
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Fireside chat
Chairperson: Eve Purdy Speaker: Victoria Brazil 1250 – 1320 hours Click here for more information |
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Hang Loose – Wellness by Stealth
Session description ▼ Join us for a deep dive into some approaches that are ostensibly intended to improve our performance and enhance patient care, but in which the process of clinician reflection can actually have an additional benefit of recharging our healthcare teams: the hard-core scientific evidence base for compassionate care, an exploration of cognitive bias that will challenge us to be better and do better, and the use of the hot debrief to review a critical case while inviting us to contemplate upon our human experience. Chairperson: Shahina Braganza The Science of Compassion – A Tsunami of Life Changing Evidence! Julian Willcocks Beyond Assumptions – breaking through bias to improve patient well-being Maureen Williams Hiding in Plain Sight – The Hot Debrief Una Harrington Q&A |
Wipe Out – Trauma Care
Chairperson: Jeffrey Hooper Chest trauma 2025 update – Stumbling blocks in chest trauma management David McCreary ROUGE study: the impact of prehospital Fibrinogen in major trauma AIistair Hamilton and Ellie Kitcatt PEM trauma update Fibrinogen in trauma. The FEISTY journey Shane George Longitudinal follow-up and outcomes of major trauma patients Elizabeth Wake Including vulnerable populations in trauma research Edd Carlton Q&A |
Wave of Inclusivity – Advocating for Equity and Inclusion
Chairperson: Nivedha Nirainjanan Neurodivergence in Emergency Medicine Nadja Mathewson and Jocelyn Howell Improving Emergency Medicine for FACEMs, Trainees and Patients: ACEM’s 2026-2029 Equity and Inclusion Action Plan Barb West What Women Know and Science Confirms Emma West Māori equity Kim Yates and Piki Mathieson Q&A |
Secret spot – Regional, rural and remote wave
Chairperson: Richard Pellat Evolution in Action: Rural emergency medicine, building on the past as a catalyst for the future Juan Carlos Ascencio-Lane Aeromedical retrieval of mTBI in rural and remote Queensland – can “low-value” transfers be avoided? Clinton Gibbs Towards Tech-Equity in Emergency Care Kaylie Toll and Nicole Watt Career longevity in PreHospital & Retrieval Medicine Neil Ballard Q&A |
Free Waves 3
Chairperson: Jonathan Knott Concordance Between Clinical Assessment, Self-Report, and Mass Spectrometry in Recreational Drug Toxicity Angela Chiew Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Practices and Outcomes in a Regional Emergency Department (ED) Maetzy Tan Biological sex disparity in time to analgesia in patients presenting with abdominal pain in the Emergency Department Hannah Pennicott Management of primary headaches in the ED: a survey of clinician practice Gerald Chang Seo Lee The impact of non-technical skill training for junior doctors and medical students on clinical performance and patient outcomes during their response to deteriorating patients in a ward-based environment: A scoping review Matthew Bojanic Time to Cut: A retrospective observational cohort study of current practice in the management of necrotising fasciitis Colin Mak |
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Closing plenary
Chairperson: Gerben Keijzers Riding the Rip: helping complex adaptive systems thrive for better patient care Eve Purdy Using uncertainty to make better decisions Anand Senthi |
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Chairperson: John Bonning
Joseph Epstein Lecture: Mobilising the Health System to End Gender-Based Violence Jess Hill ACEM Foundation Joseph Epstein Lecture |
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Rural EM Networking
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Trainee Networking Function
Speaker: Shahina Braganza Gold Coast based keynote speaker Shahina Braganza, who will present her keynote titled “Riding the Swell: Thriving Through the Tides of an Emergency Medicine Career” in the main ASM program, will also deliver a brief presentation and be available for in-depth discussion. Click here for more information |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by Abbott
0700 – 0800 hours Click here for more information and to register |
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The line-up 1: Best paper by Fellow presentations
Chairperson: Viet Tran Finding a Barrel Amongst the Backwash: a derivation and validation of AI models to screen for sepsis at triage in five emergency departments. Nicholas Moore Quantitative Evaluation of the Geriatric Emergency Department Initiative (GEDI). An Interrupted Time Series Study George Braitberg Recent management and improved outcomes for modified-release paracetamol overdose Angela Chiew |
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Opening Plenary
Chairperson: Nemat Alsaba Keynote presentation: Riding the Swell: Thriving Through the Tides of an Emergency Medicine Career Shahina Braganza President’s Half Hour Peter Allely |
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Surf beat – Cardiology
Chairperson: Colin Mak Transesophageal Echocardiography-Guided Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation for Enhanced Survival (TEE-CARES) Scott Stirling ROSC – Now What? Peter Kas AF – easy but hard – so confused Adam Michael Paediatric cardiology pearls Christa Bell All the ways troponins can get it wrong Laura Joyce Q&A |
From Swell to Shore: GEM & sEM on Redesigning Care for Older People and the Planet
Session description ▼ The landscape of emergency medicine is evolving — and with it, our understanding of what quality emergency care truly means. From Swell to Shore unites the Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) and Sustainable Emergency Medicine and Climate Advocacy Network (SEMCAN) communities to rethink how we design care that benefits both people and the planet. Together, we will examine how quality measures can guide — or distort — our practice in an ageing world, explore bias and negative framing in falls, and challenge the narratives that leave older people “not waving but drowning.” We will conclude by exploring how end-of-life care can honour both the person and the environment, while remaining compassionate, resourceful, and sustainable. Expect sharp insights, grounded debate, and practical ideas for clinicians who want to make quality care a renewable resource. Chairperson: Colin Ong Benchmarks or Barnacles? Quality Indicators for GEM in a Changing Sea Ellen Burkett Don’t get caught in the rip!.. Avoid framing bias in falls Terry Nash Not waving, drowning Simon Judkins The Final Wave: End of Life Care that’s Good for People and the Planet Bill Lukin Q&A |
Point Break – Research Networks
Chairperson: Daniel Fatovich So you think your practice is evidence based? Elyssia Bourke Caught in the Undertow: Are We Losing Quality in the Safety Surge? Viet Tran Learning from Ottawa – the clinical decision rule capital Krishan Yadav Sonar group Peter Snelling How to help researchers be efficient – the SR-accelerator and beyond Justin Clark Q&A |
Free Waves 4
Chairperson: Eunicia Tan Vasoactive drug use in children with community acquired sepsis in Australia and New Zealand: A multicentre prospective observational study Franz Babl What is the role of caregiver concern in the recognition of paediatric sepsis? Sam Davidson Understanding fever and its treatment: a survey study of Australian caregivers Rouzanna Aganesova Factors Influencing Pediatric Trauma Score Category Assignment Among Pediatric Trauma Patients (≤18 Years) in a Prospective Cohort at a Tertiary Government Hospital in the Philippines Rudolf Gene Karlo Neral Riding the wave of tranexamic acid benefits for improved outcomes for children with post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage Shefali Jani Child Death Review Recommendations in Emergency Care – A 5 Year Analysis Vanshika Bojja |
Free Waves 5
Chairperson: Nicholas Moore Can Artificial Intelligence Safely Reduce ED Length of Stay? A Validation Study of an AI Model for Head CT Interpretation (RAISED-CTB: Researching Artificial Intelligence Systems in ED: CT Brain) Hassan Ahmad Establishing an inter-agency, multi-stakeholder group for delivery of the WHO Basic Emergency Care course in the Pacific Jenny Jamieson Could Identity Threat Be More Damaging Than COVID-19 in Emergency Departments? Leader Identity Workspaces as a Solution Lee Yung Wong Learning shifts of clinicians who become clinician-coaches: An exploratory qualitative study of emergency physicians Lee Yung Wong Job satisfaction in emergency medicine from the perspective of physicians also working in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine Sarah Aldington and Julie Myers Real-Time Trauma Intelligence: Delivering Clinician-Led Insight Across a Statewide Emergency System Ben Gardiner |
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Sustainable Emergency Medicine and Climate Advocacy Network (SEMCAN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
Sponsored Education Lunch and Learn Session by Medical Developments International
1235 – 1320 hours Click here for more information and to register |
Sponsored Education Lunch and Learn Session by Heidi Health
1235 – 1320 hours Click here for more information and to register |
Advancing Women in Emergency Network (AWE)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
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Chairperson: Christa Bell Speaker: Shahina Braganza 1250 – 1320 hours Click here for more information |
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FlowRider – ED-ucation & simulation wave
Session description ▼ This session will provide a glimpse into the latest and greatest AI tools in the simulation/education world, provide practical ideas for simulation and clinical debriefing in the Emergency Department setting – focusing on education and patient safety through improved systems, and take the grind out of accreditation by giving you the inside track on updated ACEM accreditation requirements for ED training all underpinned by high quality education. Chairperson: Jen Williams Turning the Tide: Translational Simulation as a Tool for Safer, Smarter Systems. Nancy Sadka AI tools for medical education and simulation Jonathan Claydon AMC Model Accreditation Standards: what, why and how do these impact my ED? Anna Kaider Defining the Shape of Water: What are clinical debriefs for? Ben Symon Q&A |
Sun, Sand, Surf
Chairperson: Elizabeth Evans Surf-related injuries Matt Marion Q&A Shark Bites Kim Bruce and James Furness Q&A Pediatric Irukandji Cairns Envenomation Series Ruth Young Q&A Sunsets Gary Berkowitz Q&A Wild River rescue – critical care and extrication of a trapped paddler on the remote Tasmanian Franklin River Jorian Kippax Q&A |
Infectious whitewash – infectious diseases
Chairperson: Rachael Nightingale A new framework for pIVCs in ED: difference between day and night Claire Rickard Cellulitis – so simple – Best practice approach Krishan Yadav Steroids for skin infection Edd Carlton M- pox/Sexual health update Lauren MacIvor AI and machine learning in hospitalised patients with sepsis Paul Lane Q&A |
Waves around the world – Global emergency care
Session description ▼ The ACEM Foundation Global Emergency Care Scholarship supports emergency care health professionals from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to attend the ACEM Annual Scientific Meeting. The aim of this scholarship is to promote and support emergency care in LMICs; strengthen global connections; share innovations, and champion the growth of emergency medicine worldwide. In this inspiring session, the six GEC Scholars for 2025 – representing Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Vanuatu, Fiji and Uganda – will highlight their work and share their experiences of advancing emergency care in their home countries. Hear firsthand about the challenges, innovations, and achievements shaping emergency medicine across diverse settings. Join us to celebrate global collaboration and discover how these leaders are transforming emergency care in their regions and beyond. Chairperson: Donna Mills and Jenny Jamieson Introduction Amy Stokoe Emergency Medicine Development in Sudan Julia Komey Introduction Colin Banks Riding the waves of change in Madang, PNG Michael Kuri Introduction Colin Banks Nursing Leadership in Emergency Care Wilma Sebby Introduction Kavita Varshney Stroke Care in Nepal: Referral and Thrombolysis Challenges Bibek Rajbhandari Introduction Ray-Mund Siauw The Journey of a EM Doc in Fiji: The Barriers and the Enablers to Providing Excellent Emergency Care to Patients in the Pacific Manisha Tuima Introduction Sarah Mikhail The Road to Improved Emergency Care in Vanuatu: Challenges and Breakthroughs Josefa Tokon Scholar Q&A panel All speakers |
Free Waves 6
Chairperson: EJ Marsden Evaluation of older patients with minor blunt head trauma to identify those who do not have clinically important traumatic brain injury and can be safely managed without cranial computed tomography Jane Dutson Enhancing Patient Satisfaction and Non-Clinical Care for Older Adults in the Emergency Department: The Skywalker Volunteer Program Golam Sarwar Fall Height Matters: A Multicenter Study of Mortality Predictors and Epidemiology of High vs. Low Falls in Asian Countries Tse-hao Chen A prospective multi-site cohort study on the prevalence of frailty in patients aged over 70 years presenting after serious injury and implications for outcomes Anthony Joseph A Pilot Model for Geriatric Emergency Care: Early Insights from Logan Hospital’s GEMU Golam Sarwar Successful and sustained implementation of a behaviour-change informed quality improvement programme reducing low-value venous blood gas testing in the Emergency Department Laura Joyce |
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Chairperson: Nemat Alsaba Keynote presentation: Snakes and Ladders Peter Jones Panel chairperson: Peter Jones Panel discussion: Access block / ED preparedness Drew Richardson David Mountain Laura Joyce Ellen Burkett Peter Allely |
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Queer EM Networking Event: Free to Be You and Me
Location: The Beach Hotel | The Beer Garden Side Terrace Click here for more information |
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The line-up 2: Best paper by Fellow presentations
Chairperson: Elyssia Bourke Results of the 2025 Access Block Point Prevalence Study Drew Richardson Paediatric Intubation in the ED: Does Blade Choice Affect Outcomes? Tom Solan. Effects of Fomepizole on Oxidative Metabolism after Paracetamol overdose: A Randomized, Cross-Over Study in Human Volunteers Angela Chiew |
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Opening Plenary
Chairperson: Gerben Keijzers Keynote presentation: Challenging Dogma in Chest Injuries Edd Carlton Improving patient care – by focusing on the patient – They put a drain in my chest – and it wasn’t even needed Ethan Bacon and Diana Egerton Warburton |
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Catching your breath – Respiratory
Chairperson: Andrew Perry PE risk stratification and D-dimer clinical update Colin Banks Apnoeic Oxygenation for paediatric intubation – the Kids THRIVE trial Shane George Is High Flow good for anything Donna Franklin Update on clot retrieval and catheter-directed treatments Mudassir Rashid Melioidosis Colin Banks and Amanda McConnell Q&A |
Code Grey: Where Law Meets Ethics
Chairperson: Mark Woodrow Panel discussion: Code Grey: Where Law Meets Ethics Jackie Leach Scully Shih-Ning Then Melanie Jansen Bill Lukin |
Critical wave – Critical care
Chairperson: Richard Pellatt Clinical update – Observation for OD with low GCS – Patient story Richard Pellatt FIBTEM Reagent Change: Do We Need a New Fibrinogen Replacement Threshold in Bleeding? Akmez Latona PRECARE – ECMO on the field Sydney HEMS Nat Kruit An evidence-based update on safe intubation practices Elyssia Bourke ICU wont take the patient – what now? Peter Kas Q&A |
Free Waves 7
Chairperson: Angela Chiew 2019 ACEM Foundation Al Spilman Early Career Researcher Grant: The Double NAC Trial: Investigation of increased N-acetylcysteine dosing in patients treated for paracetamol overdose Anselm Wong 2021 ACEM Foundation Al Spilman Early Career Researcher Grant: A Non-Inferiority Trial of Early Cessation of N-Acetylcysteine for Low Risk Paracetamol Overdose Anselm Wong 2024 ACEM Foundation International Development Grant: Ultrasound waves crash ashore: PEARLS in Samoa and the Solomons Jonathan Henry Retrospective evaluation of the STONE score and Modified stone score for prediction of renal tract stones Kezia Mansfield The microbiology of community acquired sepsis in Australia and New Zealand: A multicentre prospective observational study Adin Breuer Paracetamol compared to ibuprofen as required for fever or pain: 1-year outcomes for eczema and bronchiolitis in the Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in the Primary Prevention of Asthma in Tamariki (PIPPA Tamariki) randomised controlled trial Eunicia Tan |
Free Waves 8
Chairperson: Laura Joyce Increased Use of Haemodialysis in Lithium Toxicity: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis and Criteria Comparison Crystal Pham A Survey of Workplace Violence in a New Zealand Emergency Department – Is the current reporting system working? Alice Rogan Learning from the lived experiences of meidcal women working and studying at the National Hospital in Fiji: a mixed methods study Manisha Tuima ED-Headache-CT: Evaluating the Use of CT Neuroimaging in the Emergency Department for Atraumatic Headache. Matthew Nagel Time to give ADT the “flick? Preliminary modelling to replace ADT with dTpa vaccine in Queensland Emergency Departments. Faye Jordan Aggression and Violence Evaluation of Risk Tool (AVERT) – a new tool to mitigate risk of occupational violence and aggression in the ED. Ainslie Senz |
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Private Emergency Medicine Network (PrEMN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
Sponsored Education Lunch and Learn Session by Gilead Sciences
1235 – 1320 hours Click here for more information and to register |
Emergency Telehealth Network (ETN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine Network (PHRMN)
All members meeting 1245 – 1315 hours |
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Chairperson: Di Egerton-Warburton Speakers: Edd Carlton and Peter Jones 1250 – 1320 hours Click here for more information |
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Choppy waves – Managing challenging scenarios in EM
Session description ▼ Choppy Waves: when complexity in ED meets uncertainty Emergency departments are unpredictable seas — one moment calm, the next a surge of complexity, emotion, and ethical tension. Choppy Waves brings together four clinicians from across the continuum of emergency care to explore how we navigate those moments when behaviour, belief and biology collide. From pre-hospital behavioural emergencies to adolescent challenges, and from functional neurological disorders to the distressed older person living with frailty, this session examines how clinicians stay steady when the surf gets rough. Expect diverse perspectives, provocative questions, and an honest examination of what it takes to deliver safe, compassionate care when certainty is no longer certain. Chairperson: Terry Nash Calm the Storm, Don’t Just Paddle: Navigating Behavioural Emergencies in Pre-Hospital Settings Hemal Patel The rise in youth mental health crisis and how to navigate it in ED Henry Goldstein GEM behavioural disturbance and use of psychotropic medication Denise Hobson Functional Neurological disorders – how to navigate Kimberley Forrest Q&A |
Surviving the tsunami – Mass gatherings, disaster medicine, Prehospital
Chairperson: Nivedha Nirainjanan Response to organising mass gatherings (marathon/Schoolies) Hayley Frieslich Evacuation from Kabul 2021 Cat Delany Growing Pains – Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine in Aotearoa New Zealand Stephanie Valent STAR – shining a light on collaboration in PHRM training Clare Richmond and Amy Stokoe Q&A |
Ebbs and flows of cultural safety as clinical safety across Australia and Aotearoa
Chairperson: Tatum Bond Aboriginal Research Methodology Michelle Davison and Erin Kelly Tai timu, tai pari – Manaaki Mana kaikōkiri and sea changes in cultural safety in Aotearoa New Zealand EDs Kim Yates Connecting Through Story: An Introduction to Yarning Circles Tatum Bond Yarning circles Ty Cleary and Jessica Ng |
Toxic wave – Toxicology
Chairperson: Sanjeewa Kulawickrama What is new in Toxicology – clinical evidence update Daniel Fatovich Can we put patient with low GCS in short stay Kath Isoardi Toxicology NP service Benjamin Learmont One pill can kill Iain McNeill What’s new with NAC Kath Isoardi Snake bite, stick bite, or snake fright? The outcomes of people transferred with possible snakebites in Queensland Clinton Gibbs and Madison Bailey Q&A |
Free Waves 9
Chairperson: Bridget Honan Prehospital eFAST by Specialist Paramedics: Diagnostic Performance and Agreement with Hospital Imaging Jake Donovan Corticosteroid use in children with community acquired sepsis in Australia and New Zealand: A multicentre prospective observational study Franz Babl Point of Care Ultrasound During Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Study Angela Chiew Determining the key multidisciplinary research priorities in Australian critical care medicine: A modified Delphi study Ryan Shen Culturally safe identification of coronary artery disease in the emergency department for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the Powerful Pictures model of care Laura Stephensen and Tiana Thorne |
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Chairperson: Gerben Keijzers EM research wave .. where we are (top 3 research papers), and what are future EM research priorities – GEM Terry Nash EM research wave .. where we are (top 3 research papers), and what are future EM research priorities – PEM Shane George EM research wave .. where we are (top 3 research papers), and what are future EM research priorities – Trauma Biswadev Mitra EM research wave .. where we are (top 3 research papers), and what are future EM research priorities – Tox Kath Isoardi Q&A Award ceremony Working Group wrap up Nemat Alsaba ASM 2026 announcement – Joined by the 2026 Co-Convenors Kym Moiler and Nicole Liesis Peter Allely, Kym Moiler and Nicole Liesis President closing remarks Peter Allely |
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ASM Gala Event
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0830-1700 |
Registration |
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ROOM
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Room 1
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Room 6
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Room 7
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Room 8
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Room 5
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OFFSITE WORKSHOPS |
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0900-1000 |
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1000-1030 |
Morning tea |
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ROOM |
Room 1 |
Room 6 |
Room 7 |
Room 8 |
Room 5 |
OFFSITE WORKSHOPS |
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1030-1230 |
(Intercultural communication for adaptive emergency medicine practise continued)
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(Crisis care: Mastering disaster and terror medicine continued)
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(GEM Trauma Workshop continued)
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(Empowering the next generation of leaders continued)
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(Paediatric procedural sedation continued)
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Surf Medicine continued)
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1230-1330 |
Lunch |
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ROOM |
Room 1 |
Room 6 |
Room 7 |
Room 8 |
Room 5 |
OFFSITE WORKSHOPS |
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1330-1500 |
(Intercultural communication for adaptive emergency medicine practise continued)
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(GEM Trauma Workshop continued)
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Surf Medicine continued)
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1500-1530 |
Afternoon tea |
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ROOM |
Room 1 |
Room 6 |
Room 7 |
Room 8 |
Room 5 |
OFFSITE WORKSHOPS |
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1530-1700 |
(Intercultural communication for adaptive emergency medicine practise continued)
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(ED-BOSS continued)
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(GEM Trauma Workshop continued)
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(The pointy end of tox continued)
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(First Nations Cultural Capability Training continued)
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Surf Medicine continued)
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