Scientific Programme
 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: 22nd - 24th FEBRUARY 2012 (Wednesday to Friday)

Wednesday 22nd FEBRUARY
Thursday 23rd FEBRUARY
Friday 24th FEBRUARY

MAIN CONFERENCE: 25th - 26th FEBRUARY 2012 (Saturday and Sunday)

Saturday 25th FEBRUARY
Sunday 26th FEBRUARY

Please note the information are subjected to changes.

 

Pre-Conference (Wednesday 22nd February 2012)
08:00 – 17:00 WINFOCUS Ultrasound Life Support Basic Level 1 Provider Course (Course Details)
Dr Toh Hong Chuen
Venue: Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH)

Pre-Conference (Thursday 23rd February 2012)
08:00 – 17:00 WINFOCUS Ultrasound Life Support Basic Level 1 Provider Course (Course Details)
Dr Toh Hong Chuen
Venue: Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH)
08:30 – 16:30 Therapeutic Hypothermia Workshop (Course Details)
Dr Benjamin Leong
Venue: Mrs Lee Kong Chian Critical Care Nursing Simulation Laboratory, NUH Main Building Level 3

Pre-Conference (Friday 24th February 2012)
08:30 – 12:30 ECG Workshop (Course Details)
Prof Amal Mattu
Venue: LT 35, MD6 (Centre for Translational Medicine) of National University of Singapore
08:30 – 16:30 Therapeutic Hypothermia Workshop (Course Details)
Dr Benjamin Leong
Venue: Mrs Lee Kong Chian Critical Care Nursing Simulation Laboratory, NUH Main Building Level 3
13:00 – 17:00 Medical Simulation Workshop (Course Details)
A/Prof Suresh Pillai, A/Prof Ismail Saiboon, Dr Amila Punyadasa and Dr Gerald Chua
Venue: Level 3 Learning Room 03-04, Centre for Healthcare Simulation MD6, National University Singapore
17:30 onwards Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) Visit

DAY 1: Main Conference (Saturday 25th February 2012)
07:30 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 08:40 Welcome Address by SEMS President
A/Prof Goh Siang Hiong
Welcome Address by 2012 SEMS ASC President
Dr Quek Lit Sin
08:40 – 08:45 SEMS Book Prize Award
08:45 – 09:45 Plenary 1 - Everyday Leadership: Secrets From Great Minds through the Ages
Prof Amal Mattu (Chair by Dr Ooi Chee Kheong)
Venue: Ballroom 3
09:45 – 10:30 Plenary 2 - State of Emergency Medical Care in Singapore
Dr Steven Lim (Chair by Dr Ooi Chee Kheong)
Venue: Ballroom 3
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshment, poster-viewing and exhibition
11:00 – 13:00
Symposium 1
Caring for Senior Citizens in the ED
Track Chair: Dr Vivian Siu
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 2
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Track Chair: Dr Gene Ong
Venue: Room 325
Integration of Geriatrics with Emergency Medicine
Dr Ng Yuen Yen		 The Emergency Physician's Effective Involvement in Childhood Injury Prevention
Dr Arif Tyebally
Holistic Care for Elderly in the ED - Pipe-Dream or Reality
Dr Foo Chik Loon		 Paediatric Trauma Updates
Dr Chong Shu Ling
Infections in the Elderly... Simple Pearls to Save a Life
Prof Amal Mattu		 Updates in Procedural Sedation
Dr Tham Lai Peng
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Symposium
Mechanical CPR, Our Experience In Singapore (A/Prof Marcus Ong)
Comparison Of Survival To Hospital Discharge Between Integrated AutoPulse-CPR And Manual CPR During Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (Dr Lars Wik)
Venue: Ballroom 3
14:00 – 15:45
Symposium 3
EM Simulation and Education
Track Chair: Dr Juliana Poh
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 4
Emergency Neurology
Track Chair: Dr Annitha Annathurai
Venue: Room 325
Teaching on the Run
Prof Amal Mattu		 Neurologic Examination in the ED
Dr Deidre Anne De Silva
Role of Simulation Education In Prehospital Care Training
A/Prof Ismail Saiboon		 Update on TIA/Stroke Management
Dr Teoh Hock Luen
Improving Major Trauma Management through Multidisciplinary Education
A/Prof Appasamy Vijayan		 Establishing a Stroke Protocol in the ED
A/Prof Arif Alper Çevik
15:45 – 16:45
Symposium 5
Critical Care in the ED
Track Chair: Dr Juliana Poh
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 6
Disaster Medicine and Toxicology
Track Chair: Dr Ooi Chee Kheong
Venue: Room 325
Ultrasound in Critical Care
Dr Justin Bowra 		"Fire in the Hole!" Facing the Disaster in Your Own Backyard
Dr Shah Jahan Mohd Yussof
Emergency Intensivists: A New Breed
Dr Chew Huck Chin		 Training to be an Emergency Toxicologist
Dr Tan Hock Heng
16:45 Poster Presentation
Programme details are accurate as of 16 February 2012
DAY 2: Main Conference (Sunday 26th February 2012)
08:00 – 08:30 Registration And Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30
Symposium 7
Infectious Diseases
Track Chair: Dr Chiu Li Qi
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 8
EM Imaging
 Track Chair: Dr Toh Hong Chuen
Venue: Room 325
Managing the Next Pandemic: Education and Information Dissemination
Prof Colin Robertson 		Training an Emergency Radiologist
Dr Justin Bowra
Antibiotics in EM: The Broader the Better?
A/Prof Malcolm Mahadevan		 Ultrasonography in the ED - Beyond FAST
A/Prof Arif Alper Çevik
09:30 – 10:30 Plenary 3 - Educating for Risk in Emergency
Prof Colin Robertson (Chair by Dr Madeline Phuah)
Venue: Ballroom 3
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 – 12:45
Symposium 9
Emergency Cardiology
Track Chair: Dr Lim Er Luen
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 10
Environmental & International EM
Track Chair:
Dr Thng Shin Ying
Venue: Room 325		 Symposium 11
Nursing
Track Chair: Ms Tracy Ng
Venue: Room 326
Beyond BNP in Heart Failure
Prof Mark Richards		 Lightning Only Strikes Tall Objects, So All of You Should be Ok
Dr Amila Punyadasa		 Simulation, The Way to Go
Ms Pauline Chia
Winning at Failure! Modern Management of Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Prof Amal Mattu		 International Emergency Medicine - A Role for Singapore?
Prof V. Anantharaman		 10 kuans of Nurses in the ED
Ms Joelle Yap
Developments in CPR
Prof Colin Robertson		 The International Emergency Medicine Fellowship (IEM) Experience at John Hopkins
Dr Tiah Ling		 Transformating Nurse Leader
Ms Wee Fong Chi
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Symposium
State of Emergency Care in Singapore Open Forum (Moderate by Dr Steven Lim)
Venue: Ballroom 3
13:45 – 15:15
Symposium 12
Prehospital
Track Chair: Dr Nausheen Doctor
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 13
Medical Oral Presentation 1
Chair by Dr Jeremy Wee
Venue: Room 325		 Symposium 14
Medical Oral Presentation 2
Chair by Dr Cheah Si Oon
Venue: Room 326
Transformation of Prehospital Emergency Care In Singapore
A/Prof Marcus Ong
PAROS Update
Dr Benjamin Leong
Prehospital Practices We Can Adopt in Our Emergency Department
Prof V. Anantharaman
15:15 – 16:15
Symposium 15
Emergency Department Administration
Track Chair: Dr Lim Beng Leong
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 16
IT in Emergency Medicine
Track Chair: Dr Lim Er Luen
Venue: Room 325		 Symposium 17
Nursing
Track Chair: Ms Tracy Ng
Venue: Room 326
End-Of-Life Care in the Emergency Department: Developing Guidelines and Support
Dr Ho Hiu Fai		 Aid or Hindrance?
A/Prof Arif Alper Çevik		 New Pedagogy in Nursing
Ms Sabrina Koh
Training Junior Specialists to be Effective Administrators
A/Prof Eillyne Seow		 Handheld Devices, The End of the Stethoscope Era?
Dr Ang Shiang Hu		 The Evolution of Emergency Nursing Training in Hong Kong
Ms Zoe Ng
16:15 – 17:15
Symposium 18
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Track Chair: Dr Jeremy Wee
Venue: Ballroom 3		 Symposium 19
Airway and Sedation
Track Chair: Dr Cheah Si Oon
Venue: Room 325
Exsanguinating Pelvic Fracture - Pearls and Pitfalls
Dr Ho Hiu Fai		 Emergency Airway Management - Pearls and Pitfalls
A/Prof Peter Manning
Updates in Trauma Management
A/Prof Appasamy Vijayan		 Post-Intubation Sedation Optimisation
A/Prof Arif Alper Çevik
17:15 – 17:30 Prize Presentation
Best Poster Presentation, Best Medical Oral Presentation and Best Medical Student Oral Presentation
17:30 Closing Ceremony And Handover
Programme details are accurate as of 16 February 2012