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On the day

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2024 Programme

Thursday 18th January 2024

Time 
08:30-09:15Registration, coffee and a chance to visit our trade partners
09:15 – 09:30WelcomeSICOWE President, Dr Rachel Prout 
09:30-11:00Session 1
ECMO
Chair: Ema Swingwood
09:30 – 10:00Dr Stefan Gurney 
Lead for ECMO service,
Bristol Royal Infirmary
South West England
ECMO Service – One year on
10:00 – 11:00Tom Lunn
Team Lead Physiotherapist 

James Bruce
Critical Care Occupational Therapist

Kat Pollock
Lead Nurse
ECMO service
Rehabilitation and recovery of the ECMO patient
10:30 – 11:00Luke McQuillanECMO from a patient and family perspective
11:00-11:30Coffee and a chance to visit our trade partners
11:30-13:00Session 2
Organ Donation 
Chair: Rob Orme
11:30 – 11:45Kevin MashfordA recipient’s perspective 
11:45 – 12:00Chloe Riley
Patient and family liaison nurse
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance 
Linking pre hospital medicine and organ donation
12:00 – 12:15Elaine Clarke
Lead Nurse for the South West Organ donation team,
NHS Blood and Transplant
Organ donation in the South West
12:15-12:35Dr Ian Thomas
South West Clinical lead for organ donation,
North Bristol NHS Trust
Advances in organ donation and retrieval 
12:35 – 12:50Vicki CaldwellFi’s story
13:00-14:00Lunch and a chance to visit our trade partners
14:00-16:30Session 3
Free Papers 
Chair: Matt Thomas
8 presentations from the region’s hospitals on a range of topics and projects
15:15-15:45Coffee and a chance to visit our trade partners
15:45- 16:30Session 3 continuedFree papers continued
16:30-17:00Session 4
Maternal critical care
 
Chair: Mel Cockroft
Dr Cathy ChallifourAnnual update and a patient’s experience 
afternoon SICOWE run
EveningSICOWE meal and award of prizes Bar open from 6pm
Dinner 8pm

Friday 19th January 2024

Time
08:30-09:00 Registration, coffee and a chance to visit our trade partners
09:00-10:40Session 5
Regional Research
Chair: Tony Pickering
09:00 – 09:20Ema SwingwoodWhat’s new and what’s next in respiratory rehab research?
09:20 – 09:40Dani MilneDietetic research
09:40 – 10:00Dr Harleen JohalAnticipating, Avoiding and Addressing Conflict in Critical Care
10:00 – 10:20Dr Jas SoarNAP 7 for ICU
10:20 – 10:40Dr Mike AmblerWhen the going gets tough, the smart turn off
10:40-11:00Coffee and a chance to visit our trade partners
11:00-12:30Session 6
Advanced Trainees – Review of the year
 
   
Chair: Jeremy Bewley
Dr John Cameron
Dr Lizzie Williams
 Dr Cath Huang
Nephrology Highlights of 2023
Roadside, resus and beyond
Ethics, the law and ICU
12:30-13:30Lunch and a chance to visit our trade partners
13:30-15:15Session 7
Learning from others
Chair: Rachel Prout
13:30 – 14:00Stephanie Ireland
Sustainability Development Group
Royal Brompton Hospital
Sustainability in the NHS
14:00 – 14:30Professor Jerry Nolan My Resus Life (Cardiac arrest management developments)
14:30 – 15:00Dr Julie HighfieldMy Best (work) Life
15:00 – 15:15CloseSICOWE President, Dr Rachel Prout