“THE TEAM IS THE THEME” 

Copthorne Hotel, Dudley, West Midlands
September 26th. – 28th. 2008

Programme Subject to Change

Friday (more details here )

Training the Team Speakers to include Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones ( Medical Director for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust UK & Prof of Emergency Medicine)

Building the Team Including “Developing Nurses in Immediate Care” by Mr Anthony Kemp and innovative medical student training and immediate care delivery

Assessing the Team Pro-con debate between proponents of hi-fi vs. low-fi simulation training and assessment

Teams in Action Mountain Rescue by Mr Eric Pirie ( UAIGM Mountain Guide) & The Military Medic by Dr Chris Wright (British Army SpR in Emergency Medicine)

In My Experience Lessons in team work from the Fire Brigade and Police Firearms Officer

Personal reflections of the BASICS practitioner Views from a Paramedic and a Fire Officer

A topical debate What skills should a BASICS practitioner bring to the scene?

Saturday (more details here )

Immediate Care in Action Prehospital involvement in recent incidents; a debrief
The Kent airplane crash (Kent Air Ambulance Trust)
Greek forest fires by Dr Dionisios Koufoudakis
and other contemporary lessons from those at the scene

The Team in Action
Lessons from the UK floods drowning by Dr Alison Walker (Medical Director of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust UK & Consultant in Emergency Medicine)
The effect of being a rescuer on the rescuer by Dr Roger Cooke (Medical Advisor, West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust UK and Consultant in Occupational Medicine)
And more…

Small Group Sessions a range of presentations, hands-on skill stations and demonstrations including a
International Webinar "Running Hot or Not" – the evidence behind the use of blues and twos. How and when do they make a difference to respond time?
Volvo’s demonstration car
Mental Capacity Act implications by Dr Kiki Steel
Scenario practices and training stations with BASICS Education Instructors

A Resuscitation Great Dr Peter Baskett – A Tribute

The Haywood Lecture Standards in prehospital immediate care

BASICS Annual Dinner

Sunday (more details here )

Presentations covering the breadth of Immediate Care across the world including:
MERIT teams by Ms Verity Kemp (Project Manager, Review of NHS Emergency Planning Guidance)
Ethics of Mass Casualties by Dr Anthony Calland (Chair of British Medical Association Ethics Committee)
And more high profile, contemporary speakers from immediate care disciplines…

Bringing it all together Final thoughts from the Chairman Dr David Zideman

Details

Full Conference Package (from arrival on Friday to departure after Sunday lunch, all inclusive):
£380.00 for BASICS Member or £395.00 for Non-Member
Other prices available on demand

  Exhibition with well known companies from Friday 26th to Saturday 27th September

If you have any further questions, please contact us at BASICS HQ.
Turret House
Turret Lane
Ipswich IP4 1DL
Tel: 01473 218407
Fax: 01473 280585
e-mail admin@basics.org.uk