With a number of afternoon workshops running concurrently, delegates will be asked to indicate their 3 preferences when registering. 

A workshop covering various aspects of tracheostomy in the ICU. We plan to have simulation set ups for both Bronchoscopy and Percutaneous Insertion so all participants get “hands on” experience. The workshop will cover topics such as: Using ultrasound in tracheostomy insertion, , Using a laryngeal mask for the procedure,  The morbidly obese patient, Equipment advances and Managing Complications. Facilitators:  Dr George Pang and Associate Professor Peter Kruger.

The workshop will consider challenges faced by Intensive Care clinicians when providing care to potential organ donors and their families. Using a combination of real life patient stories and hypothetical cases, the participants will be asked to consider their responses to common scenarios in group discussion. We will then discuss what the very families in these stories have taught us through working with them in the ICU as well as in longitudinal follow up over many years.

Facilitators: Dr Rohit D'Costa & Ms Michelle Skinner

Evidence supporting the efficacy of renal replacement therapies for the treatment of poisonings are fairly low quality based on usual criteria (eg. RCTs). Nevertheless, there are data which provide strong support for the use of renal replacement therapies in some poisonings and against its use in others. In other circumstances the decision is made on a case-by-case basis depending on various factors. This workshop will take a case-based approach to discussing the existing evidence and data informing decision-making for the use of renal replacement therapies in clinical toxicology. Further, it will explore which data are useful for evaluating the effect of a renal replacement therapy, whether for self-reflection or for publication purposes.

Facilitator: Dr Darren Roberts

This session is designed to equip adult intensivists working in general/mixed units with the skills to perform initial resuscitation of a child in their hospital environment.  The workshop aims to answer the following questions: 

• what’s different in paediatric ALS and how can I make it easier for my team?
• can I still use my ultrasound/echo probe?
• what about the weird stuff (a smidge on metabolic and cardiac conditions)?

Facilitators: Dr Adam Holyoak, Dr April Win, Dr Anil Gautam, Dr Melita Trout