Matt Dawson, Stephanie Doniger and the Ultrasound Podcast Team return with their renowned 2 day course focusing on every aspect of critical care point of care ultrasound. You cant afford to miss this one!

The NAEMSP team also return with their Medical Direction Workshop and the focus this year will be to look at strategies for success in the development phase of a prehospital system.

These workshops still have a limited number of places so Register Now!

For our Sri Lankan and Regional delegates there will be a range of 1 and 2 day workshops including;

• Two Emergency Life Care Courses
• Toxicology Workshop
• Emergency Nursing Workshop
• CRM Workshop
• Trauma Workshop

Your conference registration fees are not only allowing the attendance of your Sri Lankan and regional colleagues at DevelopingEM 2016 but they are facilitating these educational workshops.

In the last few days we received some thrilling photos of the ultrasound machine, donated by DevelopingEM to the Mirabelais University Hospital in Haiti, in active point of care use.

Hi Lee,

Even though it is very late, I wanted to let you know how much the residents and staff in Haiti have valued the ultrasound. They have found it extremely useful and use it on a regular basis.

DevelopingEM, on behalf of Shada and the team at Mirabelais would just once again like to thank all the specific donors towards this purchase for their generosity.

Thank you one and all!!!

 

Robyn Brady (and team)

Dianne Trombetta

Aamir Shakeel

Mary Langcake

Mark Newcombe and Jodie Souz

Mike and Paula Newcombe

Alvaro Manovel

Colin Banks

Amador Ibanez-Almarche

Kay Buchheit

Shenequa McLeod

Mark Dato

Marianne Gausche-Hill

Nicholas Stanley-Cary

Michael Novy

Craig Wilson

Margaret Swinton

Sue and Len Westwood

Mandy Masters

Rosey Williamson

Kath Jenner

Nate Stephens

Naomi Rosenberg

Rosemarie Hiscott

And one anonymous donor

 

This year we have a similar appeal to raise funds towards the sponsorship of more regional delegates from across South and South East Asia.

These funds will go towards assisting with registration, travel and accommodation.

You can help by registering for the conference or donating directly via our Facebook page

After the success of our discussion sessions last year in Havana we’ve devoted an entire afternoon to open discussion of some of the most pressing issues facing the development of EM and Critical Care in South Asia and the region.

The session on Tuesday 6th December 2016 will be hosted by Nilantha Lenora an EP practicing outside of DC in the USA.

Nilantha has played an integral role in developing emergency medicine in Sri Lanka from its very beginning by leading an international effort under the Sri Lankan Society of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine to complement the existing training of EM registrars in Sri Lanka.

His efforts include developing a virtual grand rounds curriculum, a virtual journal club, and creating a unique mentoring program to match up Sri Lanka EM registrars with EM consultant mentors from all over the world.

Nilantha has collected an amazing panel of experts to provoke discussion on some of the major issues facing EM and Critical Care development in Sri Lanka including

• EM Education
• Disaster Preparedness

and

• PreHospital Care

Following on from a morning of presentations on Global EM and Critical Care this session is sure to be a thought provoking portion of DevelopingEM 2016.

Join Nilantha and us for an unmissable afternoon.

 

DevelopingEM teams up again with the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) to provide a pre conference workshop in EMS Medical Direction.

This interactive course focuses on EMS in the real world and serves to enhance physicians’ expertise in EMS issues.

Participants will receive a foundation upon which to function effectively as an EMS medical director, receive specific management tools that may be of use in their local EMS system, initiate dialogue with other EMS physicians to allow future networking, and develop an understanding of how EMS functions within the broader emergency care system.

The NAEMSP course is on Sunday 4th of December 2016 and registration is available through our website.

Our track leads John Serra and Peter Taillac are experts in the field and will be leading an amazing team for this workshop

Register Now!

Adult EM and Critical Care remains a core component of DevelopingEM.

This year Brian Wright from Stonybrook New York returns to co-chair the session with Chula Goonasekera, an intensivist from Sri Lanka.

Brian

Chula

Together they have collected a multi national group of experts to talk about all aspects of adult critical care.

The short sharp clinically focussed lectures will be allied to discussion sessions to allow interaction with our delegate body.

It’s a session not to be missed.

To get a taste check out Anand Kumar’s presentation from last year- it was one of the conference highlights. He’ll be returning to update us all on his work in sepsis.

Anand Kumar Sepsis Presentation

Video

The team from The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne headed by Professor Peter Cameron, approached DevelopingEM very early on, with an offer to coordinate our trauma day.

After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami the Victorian Government assisted in the rebuilding and redesign of the Teaching Hospital Karapitiya in Galle.

The responsibility for capacity development within the centre was taken on by The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre clinicians and so they have an ongoing connection with Sri Lanka.

Peter and Ranjana Seneviratne, a trauma surgeon from Sri Lanka, have organized a truly world class group of trauma presenters for this session which is unmissable.

Presenters include both Ranjana and Peter, as well as Gerard O’Reilly, Joseph Matthew, Mark Fitzgerald and Benjamin Nicholson.

We move to the incredible Samudra Ballroom on the top floor of the Taj Samudra Hotel, directly opposite the Galle Face Hotel, for this highly anticipated session.

 

Peter supported an embryonic DevelopingEM conference back in 2012 and it is fantastic to welcome him back with such an amazing team.

Peter Cameron 2012 Presentation

 

 

That’s right – all the presentations from DevelopingEM 2015 Havana are now available at our PAST CONFERENCES Page.

There’s some great stuff here from heavy hitters like

Abernethy

Welch

Mallon

Swadron

Viccellio

Holliman

Hall

Crocco

Gausche-Hill

Wallace

Kumar

and Wright

amongst others.

We think it’s one of the best programs we’ve ever put together and we hope it gives you a taste of what you’re in store for in Colombo this December.

Enjoy!!

One of the core components of this years’ program will be delivered by our regional colleagues from Sri Lanka and the region.

The focus will be on how Emergency Medicine is developing in this evolving region.

The session will be chaired by two of the major contributors to the DevelopingEM process.

Nat Thurtle is an emergency physician from Sydney via …. everywhere.

She spoke at our very first conference in Sydney on her work with MSF in Northern Nigeria related to the Zamfara lead poisoning disaster and followed this up the next year with a presentation on her stint in Botswana with one of our heroes of DevelopingEM Megan Cox.

Her description of DevelopingEM in a blog article was very kind and we thank her for remaining on board and helping to coordinate this years’ session.

Nat’s co chair is Srilal De Silva a consultant paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo. He is a past President of the SSCCEM and the Sri Lankan College of Paediatricians. Srilal has been critical to getting DevelopingEM 2016 up and running and he is co-chairing both the Paediatric and the Global EM track.

 

Together they have organized a fantastic group of clinicians to discuss the evolution of emergency medicine and critical care in South Asia.

Our regional colleagues are as excited as we are to interact and discuss the challenges we all face in emergency medicine.

Make sure you come and support their efforts.

It’s yet another great reason to come to DevelopingEM 2016.

As an example of what to expect check out Khaled’s Menapal’s presentation from last year. Khaled now works in Holland but he’s originally from Afghanistan and his story is inspirational.

Video

Powerpoint

Our Paediatric Program this year for DevelopingEM 2016 is again shaping up as a fantastic session with presenters discussing approaches to paediatric critical care medicine ranging from the prehospital world to ICU.

This year the session is being coordinated by April Kam and Srilal Desilva.

April is taking over from her Canadian compatriot Anthony Crocco and was part of our faculty last year in Havana. She is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine in the Department of Paediatrics at McMaster University. She has worked around the globe and has a special interest in emergency medicine teaching and education. Check out her presentation from last year.

DevelopingEM2015 Paediatric Sepsis

Video

 

Srilal is a consultant paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo. He is a past President of the SSCCEM and the Sri Lankan College of Paediatricians. Srilal has been critical to getting DevelopingEM 2016 up and running and he is co-chairing both the Paediatric and the Global EM track.

Together April and Srilal have coordinated an incredible group of experts from around the globe. With topics including Dengue Management, Paediatric Prehospital Management and Paediatric POCUS it’s sure to be an unmissable session.

 

Sanj and I have just spent last week at this beautiful venue, the home of ‪#‎DevEM2016‬
After an incredible renovation was completed last year the hotel is absolutely immaculate with a great pool, wonderful food options, a massive complimentary breakfast, a museum and even a library.
We have a limited room allocation and the hotel itself only has around 160 rooms so get in early.
When you register you will receive a link for our discounted rate so Register Now!!
There are a number of other venues mentioned on our website including the Taj Samudra across the road from Galle Face.