Plymouth

Advances in Acute Medicine
4 th February, 2013.
4-5 February 2013.
Plymouth Postgraduate Medical Centre,
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
09:00 Registration and coffee.
09:25 Introduction and welcome – Jamie Fulton.
1 st Session.
Chair
Dr Philip Hughes, Consultant Chest Physician, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
09:30 Advances in Respiratory Medicine –
hot topics applicable to Physicians in Acute and General Medicine.
Dr David Waine, Consultant Chest Physician, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
10:00 Advances in Cardiology –
hot topics applicable to Physicians in Acute and General Medicine.
Dr Guy Gribbin, Consultant Cardiologist, Torbay Hospital, Torquay.
10:30 Acute medical management of the sick liver patient with variceal
bleeding.
Usama Warshow, Consultant Hepatologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
11:00 Coffee & Tea
2 nd Session.
Chair
Dr Desmond Creagh, Consultant Haematologist, Treliske Hospital, Truro.
11:30 Clot.
Dr Tim Nokes, Consultant Haematologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
12:00 Bleed.
Dr Wayne Thomas, Consultant Haematologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
12.30 Infiltration.
Dr Hannah Hunter, Consultant Haematologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
13:00 Lunch

3 rd Session.
Chair
Dr. Simon Edwards, Consultant Neurologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
14:00 Headache.
Dr. Stuart Weatherby, Consultant Neurologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
14:30 Stroke.
Dr Martin James, Consultant Stroke Physician, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter.
15:00 Fit for Acute Medicine.
Dr Liz Househam, Consultant Neurologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. .
15:30 Coffee & Tea
4 th Session.
Chair
Prof Ben Benjamin, Consultant Physician, Torbay Hospital, Torquay.
16:00 Programmed to survive or succumb.
Professor Hugh Montgomery, Consultant Intensivist, London.
16:45 Complexities in acute medicine: a cute quiz.
Drs Oz Hunt and Fiona Wotherspoon, Consultants in Acute Medicine, Derriford
Hospital, Plymouth.
17:30 Closure.

5 th February, 2013.
08:30 Registration and coffee.
1 st Session.
Chair
Dr Elfyn Thomas, Consultant Intensivist & Lead for Major Trauma Centre,
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
09:00 Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine.
Professor David Lockey
Hon. Professor for Trauma & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine, Bristol University.
Hon. Senior Reseach Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London.
09:30 Severe Sepsis
Dr Rebecca Appelboam, Consultant Intensivist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
10:00 “It couldn’t happen here - not here - not this place - not us; that sort of
thing happens to other people.” Major Incident Management.
Mr Cliff Mann, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
10:30 Interventional radiology – its applications in acute clinical care.
Surg Cdr Richard Miles, Consultant Radiologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
11:00 Coffee & Tea
Session 2.
Chair
Dr Ian Anderson, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
11:30 Human Factors applicable to acute clinical care.
Dr Cath Ward, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
12:00 Time to ACT - Acute Care Team 1 year on
Dr Sam Waddy, Consultant Intensivist Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
& Mrs Peacha Heys, Matron in Critical Care, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
12:30 Clinical biochemistry – avoiding the pitfalls in acute clinical care.
Dr Ruth Ayling, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
13:00 Lunch

Session 3.
Chair
Dr. Kate Evans, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
14:00 The right person to the right place accessing the right care.
Dr Fiona Jewkes.
14:30 Co-morbidity, chronic illness and acute admission.
Dr Sarah Jackson,
Consultant Physician, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, Exeter.
15:00 Perioperative Care in elderly patients.
Dr Jo Davies, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
15:30 Coffee & Tea.
Session 4.
Chair
Brigadier Peter Lynch
Consultant in Acute Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
16:00 Transfer and retrieval.
Dr David Ashton-Cleary.
Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Royal Cornwal Hospitals NHS Trust, Treliske, Truro.
16:30 Ethical dilemmas in acute medicine.
Dr Mick Mercer, Consultant Intensivist, Torbay Hospital, Torquay.
17:00 Closure.
Jamie Fulton.
Meeting co-ordinator: Jackie Close AMC@live.co.uk
Meeting organisers: Jamie Fulton jamiefulton@nhs.net
Kate Evans
kate.evans@nhs.net
12 external clinical CPD points requested.