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EMERGENCYCONGRESSDEAR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL,It gives me great pleasure to announce that the 10 th Middle East Emergency Medicine Conference will take place 14October, 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, UAE.Sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic, this conference is part of the Abu Dhabi Medical Congress – the only event in the MiddleEast that brings together healthcare professionals from the fields of Patient Safety, Emergency Services, Rehabilitation & PrimaryHealthcare for both scientific and commercial exchange.Furthermore, it is one of a handful of events in the region to offer accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) to attendingmedical professionals via its scientific conference programme and workshops.The 10 th Middle East Emergency Medicine Conference focuses on multidisciplinary topics in Emergency Medicineand offers a wonderful opportunity for delegates to learn best practice in emergency care. The main objective of this conferenceis to share and impart knowledge from new practices in emergency medicine, latest updates in emergency medicine, paediatricemergency medicine.We are also delighted to offer a number of hands-on workshops such as Emergency Care, BLS, ACLS and PALS.On behalf of the conference chairs, Dr. Saleh Fares and Dr. Fredrick M. Hustey, and the rest of the congress team, we lookforward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi in October.Yours faithfully,Zuzana LaukovaConference ManagerAbu Dhabi Medical Congress 2012WHO SHOULD ATTEND?• Heads of Emergency Department• Heads of Emergency Preparedness• Heads of Emergency Medicine• Directors of EMS department• Directors of Ambulance Services• Emergency Physicians/Specialists/Consultants• Paramedics• EMS Personnel• Air Ambulance Personnel• First responders• Emergency Medical Technicians• Physicians• NursesT+971 4 3367334 F +971 4 3364021 E abudhabimed@informa.com W www.abudhabimed.com

EMERGENCYCONGRESS10 TH MIDDLE EAST EMERGENCY MEDICINE CONFERENCE14 OCTOBER 2012DAY 1: SUNDAY, 14 OCTOBER 201209:50 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR:Saleh Fares, MD, MPH, FRCPC(EM), FACEP, Deputy Head,Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, AbuDhabi, UAESESSION 1: TURNING POINTS INEMERGENCY MEDICINEModerators: Dr. Moin Fikree, Clinical Director, Emergency andTrauma Centre, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAEDr. Kenneth Dittrich, Consultant Physician, Emergency, SKMC, AbuDhabi, UAE10:00 EMS IN THE REGION: WHERE ARE WE GOING?Robert Ball, Chief Executive Officer, National AmbulanceCompany, Abu Dhabi, UAE10:25 PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATOR PROGRAMS: DOESIT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?Dr. Nabil Al Zadjali, Consultant, Emergency Department,Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman10:50 PRESCRIBING DISASTERS IN OLDER ED PATIENTSFredric Michael Hustey, MD, Associate Professor ofMedicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine ofCase Western Reserve University, Staff Emergency Physician,Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA11:15 COFFEE BREAK AND REFRESHEMENTSSESSION 2: WHAT’S NEW? PART 1Moderators: Robert F. Corder, MD, FACEP, FCEMSA, Chairman andConsultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tawam Hospital, AlAin, UAE, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School ofMedicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USALauri Trites, MD, CCFP(EM), Consultant, Emergency Department,Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE11:45 TOXICOLOGY UPDATESDr. Barak Al Dousari, Consultant, Emergency Medicine,Royal Clinics, Riyadh, KSA12:10 ABCDE ULTRASOUND IN THE EDAbdulmohsen Alsaawi, MD, RDMS, RDCS, ConsultantEmergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City,Assistant Professor, Faculty of King Abdulaziz Bin SaudUniversity for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA12:35 MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN THE ED: WHAT DOWE HAVE TO KNOW?Ayesha Almemari, MD, FRCPC, Specialist, EmergencyMedicine and ICU, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAESESSION 3: WHAT’S NEW? PART 2Moderators: Dr. Nellie Shuri Boma, Chief Medical Officer, AlRahba Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAEDr. Michael Abbo, MD, MA(Education), FACEP, Head of EmergencyDepartment, Rashid Emergency and Trauma Center, Dubai,UAE14:30 ACS MANAGEMENT: WHAT’S NEW?Dr. Nabil Al Zadjali, Consultant, Emergency Department,Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman14:55 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT IN THE EDDr. Jose Lopez, Chairman, Department of EmergencyMedicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE15:20 INTER-FACILITY TRANSPORT: CAN WE DO BETTER?Fredric Michael Hustey, MD, Associate Professor ofMedicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine ofCase Western Reserve University, Staff Emergency Physician,Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA15:45 AFTERNOON BREAKSESSION 4: PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINEModerator: Dr. Marc Harrison, CEO, Cleveland Clinic AbuDhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE16:15 MANAGING A SICK CHILD IN THE EDDr. Osama Kentab, Consultant Paediatric EmergencyMedicine, Chairman of CPR Committee, Assistant Professorof Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, KSAU-HS, Riyadh,KSA16:40 PAEDIATRIC CARE IN EMSDr. Osama Kentab, Consultant Paediatric EmergencyMedicine, Chairman of CPR Committee, Assistant Professorof Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, KSAU-HS, Riyadh,KSA17:05 PAEDIATRIC INJURY PREVENTION: DO WE SEE17:30 Q&ALIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?Taisser M. Atrak, MD, FAAP, Chairman, Departmentof Paediatrics, Consultant and Chief, Neonatology Division,Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE17:50 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR18:00 END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE13:00 LUNCH BREAKT+971 4 3367334 F +971 4 3364021 E abudhabimed@informa.com W www.abudhabimed.com