| Thursday 19th August 2010 | |
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| 6p- 7pm | Pre-Registration and Welcome Drinks Coral Sea Room, Level 1, Orange Ex-Services Club Collect your name badge and conference satchel before sharing a welcome drink with your industry colleagues. Sponsored by Tyco Healthcare / Covidien |
| Program - Day 1 › Friday 20th August 2009 | |
| 8.00am | Registration Level 1, Orange Ex-Services Club |
| Session 1 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 8.45am | Welcome Vicki Conyers,Rural Critical Care Conference Convenor, GWAHS |
| 9.00am | Official Opening Mr Danny O’Connor, Chief Executive, Greater Western Area Health Service |
| 9.20am | Keynote Address: From a Distance the World Looks Blue and Green... Professor Cliff Hughes, Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Excellence Commission |
| 10.10am | Questions |
| 10.20am- 11.00am |
Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition Location: Ophir and Borneo Rooms |
| Session 2 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 11.00am | NSW State-wide Cardiac Strategy Overview Neil Rickwood, Health Services Performance Improvement Branch, NSW Department of Health |
| 11.20am | Improving the Structure and Function of Clinical Handover Ron Wilson, Nurse Practitioner, CNC, Emergency Services, Campbeltown / Camden Hospitals |
| 11.40am | E-Learning - going live with "The Guidelines" Meg Tuipulotu, CNC, Rural Emergency & Critical Care Services, Greater Western Area Health Service |
| 12.00pm | Questions |
| 12.10pm | Gold Sponsor Address Tracey Beacroft, Territory Sales Manager Central NSW, Laerdal Pty Ltd |
| 12.20pm- 1.20pm |
Lunch Location: Level 1, OESC |
| Session 3 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 1.20pm | NSW Critical Care Clinical Service Planning Brett Abbenbroek, Statewide Coordinator, Critical Care Service Planning, NSW Health |
| 2.00pm | Trauma in a non trauma centre Kate Winston-Smith and Lin Davis, Clinical Nurse Manager, Narrabri District Health Service and Area CNC - Rural Trauma, Hunter New England Area Health Service |
| 2.20pm | The enrolled nurse, the helping hand in ED Jo-Anne Baker, Endorsed Enrolled Nurse, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital |
| 2.40om | Questions |
| 2.50pm- 3.20pm |
Afternoon Tea & Trade Exhibition Location: Ophir and Borneo Rooms |
| Session 4 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 3.20pm | They just don’t like to wait Leanne Wright, Nurse Practitioner, ECCC/ED, NCAHS |
| 3.40pm | Between the Flags - the GWAHS Rural Experience Gabriel Shannon & Lynda McKenzie, Consultant Physician, Orange & Project Officer, GWAHS Clinical Governance Unit |
| 4.00pm | Connecting critical care emergency department project Kerry Spicer, Project Officer, Connecting Critical Care, NCAHS Telehealth |
| 4.20pm | Questions |
| 4.30pm | Day One Completion |
| 7.00pm | Conference Dinner Location: Coral Sea Room Theme: 'Christmas in August" Sponsored by Philips |
| Program - Day 2 › Saturday 21st August 2010 | |
| 8.30am | Registration for Saturday (1 Day delegates) Level 1, Orange Ex-Services Club |
| Session 5 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 9.00am | Welcome Day 2 Vicki Conyers, Rural Critical Care Conference Convenor, GWAHS |
| 9.10am | ‘What’s the problem- tell me exactly what happened?’: Secondary Triage of Ambulance 000 calls Jacqui Burton, CNS, Ambulance Service of NSW |
| 9.30am | ASET (Aged Services Emergency Team) in the ED Andrea Jordan, ASET Nurse, ED, Griffith Base Hospital |
| 9.50am | The Introduction of Organ & Tissue Donor Coordinators in NSW Rural Hospitals Carrie Alvaro, State Donor Nurse Consultant, DonateLife: NSW Organ & Tissue Donation Service |
| 10.10am | Questions |
| 10.20am- 10.50am |
Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition Location: Ophir & Borneo Rooms |
| Session 6 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 10.50am | Keynote Address: Critical Care Systems. Where are we? Dr Tony Burrell, Director, Patient Safety, Clinical Excellence Commission |
| 11.30am | Questions and Prizes |
| 11.50am | 'A Third Door' Express Community Care Centre and its impact on the delivery of emergency services at Port Macquarie Base Hospital Alan Forrester, Network Director of Emergency services, Hastings Macleay Network, NCAHS |
| 12.10pm | "Will you recognize your heart attack?" Findings from a pilot project conducted in Broken Hill Cate Ferry, Clinical Issues Manager, National Heart Foundation (NSW Division) |
| 12.30pm | Questions |
| 12.40pm- 1.40pm |
Lunch Location: Level 1, OESC |
| Session 7 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 1.40pm | A Report on a Pilot Programme: Trauma Assessment, Resuscitation and Transport (TART) for Rural Health Practitioners Stephanie O’Regan, Simulation Coordinator, Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre |
| 2.00pm | Resuscitation Trolleys - 'Issues and Solutions' Barbara Cridland and Vicki Conyers, CNE Emergency, Orange Base Hospital and CNC - Critical Care, Greater Western Area Health Service |
| 2.20pm | Biomarkers in and of critical illness - what do they mean and are they useful? Rand Butcher, CNC ICU & CCU, NCAHS |
| 2.40pm | Questions |
| 2.50pm- 3.10pm |
Afternoon Tea Location: Ophir & Borneo Rooms |
| Session 8 › Location: Coral Sea Room Chair: |
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| 3.10pm | Nurse Initiated Thrombolysis: A Pilot Study Robyn Mears & Cheryl Thompson, CNS, Cessnock District Hospital |
| 3.30pm | "A still small voice of calm": Support Team for Emergency Response Leonie White, Pastoral Care Coordinator, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital |
| 3.50pm | Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes: Issues in applying national guidelines into rural practices Mark McLennan, CNC Critical Care, NCAHS |
| 4.10pm | Questions |
| 4.20pm | Rural Critical Care Conference 2011 |
| 4.30pm | Close of Conference |

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Phone: +61 2 6650 9800 or 1300 368 783
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NSW 2450, Australia
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