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The most common thing that catches medics out with the unconscious patient is not checking their blood sugar to see if they are hypoglycaemic says Dr Katherine Henderson, consultant in emergency medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Once you have done the obvious checks and made the patient as safe as possible, you have to play detective because you cannot get a history from them. ‘You must ask yourself, I've given them sugar and they haven't woken up, so what could be the cause and how am I going to prove or disprove the potential diagnosis?’ says Dr Henderson. You will need to consider a wide differential diagnosis. Many of the tests you need are going to be fairly fundamental. The chances are you're going to request some brain imaging but you need to think about the diagnosis carefully to make sure that you get that the maximum benefit from the test and choose the right modality.

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Interesting cases in emergency ultrasound

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f you are already using a POCUS machine or are hoping to persuade your department buy one, you will be interested in a talk about the scope of the technology which Dr Nicholas Smallwood, consultant in acute medicine, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, will be giving at the Acute & General Medicine conference.

Hands-on training so you can diversify your skill-set in NonInvasive Ventilation, ECG and Ultrasound skills.

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is revolutionising acute care in the UK by improving the speed and accuracy of the diagnosis of the acutely unwell patient at the front door.

He will be illustrating his lecture with some interesting case studies of both normal findings and some of the more interesting pathology that the machines can identify. ‘I will be presenting cases where point of care ultrasound has been used in acute and emergency care to change the management of the patient and has potentially saved their lives,’ he says. Dr Smallwood developed a specialist interest in POCUS during his training and became a member of a working group which developed Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS), a bespoke POCUS curriculum for those looking after acutely unwell medical patients. He will be explaining to delegates how people can do the training.

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5 Dr Nicholas Smallwood, Consultant in Acute Medicine Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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CONTENTS: Twenty first century developments in ardiac devices . . . . . . . . . 3 Full programme . . . . . . . . .4-6 Acromedical - Rethink infusion! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introducing the first ever EMA conference . . . . . . . . 8

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The first ever European Medical Association annual conference hosted at Acute & General Medicine will mean you’ll be able to network with even more doctors from across the globe.

< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Think about whether you need to get an angiogram as well. Who are you going to have to persuade that you need these tests? ‘Coming to this talk will help you to advocate for your patient when they need some of the less mainstream tests. When you

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< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The main barrier currently holding back training is a lack of trainers around the country because the concept is still relatively new in the UK. However Dr Smallwood predicts that in the next 10 to 15 years POCUS will become widespread in acute care departments. ‘This technology improves patient outcomes and saves money and the machines are becoming cheaper all the time so there is an easy business case to be

3 made for buying one for your department if it doesn’t have one. ‘The technology is developing rapidly and in the not too distant future you will be able to plug one into your iPhone ready for use at the patient’s bedside. ‘A decade or so ago the image quality wasn’t very good and a lot of people weren’t clear about the benefits but now it is excellent and you can really make sound clinical decisions based on the information you receive,’ he says.

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Delegates to Acute & General Medicine can practice their hands-on skills in Ultrasound techniques alongside a complete programme of workshops focussed on ECG, Ultrasound and Non-Invasive Ventilation skills. Scans include: • FAST scan • Aortic scan • Practical session for IV cannulation on a phantom • Echocardiography

TOP TIPS ON DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FALLS AND SYNCOPE Working out whether an elderly patient has had a fall or a blackout is difficult for everybody. This is because the patient either doesn’t remember what happens or their brain retrospectively fills in the gaps.

o Dr Colin Mitchell, consultant physician and geriatrician and honorary clinical senior lecturer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, will be giving Acute & General Medicine Show delegates some top tips on how to assess these patients. ‘I will explain how you differentiate between falls and syncope and then how you manage these patients,’ he says. The majority of falls in older people are not blackouts but you should operate on the assumption that it might be syncope and

then look for clues that will either confirm or negate this. It involves taking a good history but also if possible get some information from somebody else who might have seen the incident. Then it’s about interpreting the clues you have. Clinical clues will come from the types of injuries the patient sustained, what risk factors they might have, how they move normally and whether the falls and injuries they describe fit with their balance and

mobility. If the patient has any strength or balance issues you can refer them for physiotherapy but if you've got a higher index of suspicion you must then go on to do other tests to find out why they might have blacked out. ‘My talk will give the non-geriatrician some tips on how to ask the right questions and which quick, useful tests to do that will enable them to conduct a high yield assessment of the elderly patient. This will help them to decide which patients to refer and which to treat themselves.

‘This topic is important because if the generalist gets it wrong and sends a patient home or refers them to the wrong specialist, ultimately they will end back up in A&E or they will lose their confidence and become frailer quicker. ‘This talk will be useful both for the trainee who has to patch up bumps on the head in A&E and the consultant physician doing the post take ward round,’ says Dr Mitchell

TWENTY FIRST CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIAC DEVICES AND PACING The exponential growth in the number and technological complexity of cardiac devices and pacing therapy will be the topic of a talk at the Acute & General Medicine conference by Jonathan Behar, senior cardiology registrar at Barts Heart Centre.

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‘Currently only one chamber of the heart is being paced using these advanced devices but over the next 5 to 10 years we will probably be pacing two chambers with small battery sized units communicating wirelessly with each other. ‘Some of the newest technologies involve a wireless electrode the size of a grain of rice being implanted in the heart using ultrasound technology. ‘The wireless technology means that the patient can have a box like a router at home which transmits data and enables us to monitor when there's a problem. We have a team dedicated to calling up patients and inviting them to come in if we see something doesn't look right such as a potentially fatal arrhythmia,’ says Dr Behar.

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‘Fifty years ago pacemakers had a pretty basic function but now there are many different types on the market, with different technology platforms and different issues that might need troubleshooting,’ says Dr Behar. This talk will help the generalist understand the latest technological developments in cardiac pacing, appreciate the complications that may arise and how they may present. ‘Technology has advanced so much that some patients are now fitted with miniaturised cardiac pacing units that don’t need leads and are the size of the triple-A battery. These are slowly replacing the pacemakers that have a conventional lead and generator that have been in use for the last for 50 years.

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he exponential growth in the number and technological complexity of cardiac devices and pacing therapy will be the topic of a talk at the Acute & General Medicine conference by Jonathan Behar, senior cardiology registrar at Barts Heart Centre. Dr Behar, who has a specialist interest in these devices, says this is a specific area of cardiology that hasn’t been previously covered at Acute & General Medicine and will be of interest to acute and general physicians. Clinicians are now more likely to come across some of the more advanced devices and defibrillators and new types of cardiac pacing called cardiac resynchronisation therapy or CRT when looking at X-rays.

Dr Jonathan Behar, Senior Cardiology Registrar at Barts Heart Centre

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EUROPE’S MUST ATTEND CROSS-SPECI TIME

THEA ATRE TRE 1 When is a stroke, a stroke?

MAIN PROGRAMME • TUESDA AY Y 21ST NOVEMBER THEA ATRE TRE 2 THEA ATRE TRE 3 Managing hypertension

09:00 09:35

Dr David Hargroves, Consultant Professor Morris Brown, Professor Physician and Clinical Lead for of Endocrine Hypertension, Stroke Medicine, East Kent Hospitals Barts Heart Centre University Foundation Trust Trust

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Dr Unni Krishnan, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS TTrust rust

Acute heart failure

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Diabetic emergencies

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structive sleep apnoea Dr Francesca Swords, Consultant in obstructive Endocrinology, Norfolk and Norwich Dr D David Ewart Simcock, Consultant University Hospitals Foundation Trust Trust Resspiratory Physician, St Bartholomew’s Hosspital, London

Osteoporosis update Headache - when to reassure, when to scan Dr Marwan Bukhari, Consultant Dr Manjit Matharu, Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

P Psychiatric emergencies on the medical dical wards

Alice Ashby, Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Senior Dr A Lecturer, University Hospitals of Liaisson Psychiatrist, University Hospital Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Lew wisham TTrust, rust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary

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Dr Unni Krishnan, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS TTrust rust

The obese patient: what are the options?

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Professoor Rowan H Harwood, Consultaant Geriatrician, Nottingham University ty Hospitals

14:50 - 15:15 BREAK Update on acute kidney injury

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Dr Mark Thomas, Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, and Clinical Director for Professional Education, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Trust

Dying in an acute hospital one chance to get it right Dr Polly Edmonds, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Trust

Diagnosis and management of How to approach the pulmonary embolism breathless patient

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Dr Luke Howard, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS TTrust rust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London

Dr Kirsty Challen, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Lancashire TTeaching eaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Trust

Vitamin D deficiency

Emergency ultrasound interesting cases

Dr Terry Terry Aspray, Consultant Physician and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Freeman Hospital

Managing the dementia patient in the acute hospital

Dr Nicholas Smallwood, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS TTrust rust

The realities of leadership

Professor Rowan H Harwood, Consultant Geriatrician, Nottingham University Hospitals

Dr Caroline Sayer, Chair, Camden CCG

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Cystic fibrosis - an update

09:45 10:20

Dr Nicholas Simmonds, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

10:30 10:50

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11:45 12:05

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Dr Ron Daniels, Critical Care Consultant, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and CEO of the Sepsis Trust

Inotropes and vasopressors

16:00 16:40

Dr Shahana Uddin, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, King’s College

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Tracheostomy management

09:45 10:20

Dr Mary White, Consultant Intensivist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

11:00 11:40

Dr Victoria Johnston, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11:45 12:05

Sepsis - the latest

13:30 14:05

WEDNESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER THEATRE 5

12:45 13:05 13:30 14:05

Emerging respiratory infections

Session delivered by Nova Biomedical Leadership in practice: the day-to-day challenge of being a medical leader and how to improve your skill-set

Dr Helen Hartley, BSc(Hons) MBChB(Hons) FRCA MBA LLM, Head of Underwriting Operations, MPS

Human factors in the management of the critically ill patient

Dr Libby Haxby, Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead Clinician in Clinical Risk, Royal Brompton Hospital

The critically ill patient – who should be admitted to ICU?

14:15 14:50

Dr Chris Bassford, Consultant in Critical Care Medicine at NHS, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

15:15 15:50

THEATRE 6 Early identification of the deteriorating patient

COPD - preventing admissions

13:30 14:05

Dr Joel Meyer, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Acute Medicine, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Acute brain dysfunction in critical illness

14:15 14:50

Dr Paul Pfeffer, Consultant Respiratory Physician with Specialist Interest in Asthma, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Jonathan Fuld, Consultant in Acute and Respiratory Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital

17:05 17:40

ADVANCED SESSIONS IN CRITICAL CA RE AND RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Professor Martin Smith, Consultant and Honorary Professor; Neurocritical Care Unit, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals CAREER DEVELOPMENT

RESPIRATORY

CRITICAL CARE

15:55 16:30

Acute severe asthma Heart failure in ICU

Dr Susanna Price, Consultant Cardiologist & Intensivist, Royal Brompton Hospital and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College

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NEW TREATMENTS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS AND HOW TO USE THEM EFFECTIVELY Osteoporotic fractures cost the UK economy £1.73 billion and this figure is increasing rapidly as the population ages. know about both existing and new treatments for osteoporosis and how to use

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Delegates will learn about a new clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis published in March this year by the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group. ‘This new guidance clarifies the risks of taking bisphosphonates for lengthy periods and the requirement for treatment holidays and it updates the FRAX tool. There is a lot of new data in this guideline that generalists probably don’t know about and guidance on how to treat male patients with osteoporosis which was not included in the NICE guidelines. ‘You can now predict fractures by using an online tool which can help you to decide the patient’s treatment. Generalists need to

r Marwan Bukhari consultant rheumatologist at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool, will detail the latest developments in the treatment of osteoporosis at the Acute & General Medicine conference to ensure patients are receiving the most effective treatments. Dr Bukhari will discuss what is new in osteoporosis including fracture risk assessment and the latest drugs that are available to treat this disease. He will illustrate his talk with some interactive cases on drug holidays, atypical fracture and avascular necrosis of the jaw.

and looking at changes of treatment and compliance as well,’ says Dr Bukhari. His talk will also cover making a diagnosis, deciding on treatment and how to identify some of the rare side effects from bisphosphonates.

He will also give an

overview of the newer treatments licensed by NICE and when to give them to patients. His lecture will be suitable for both

Dr Marwan Bukhari, Consultant Rheumatologist at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

trainees and consultants.

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t arcomed we are constantly creating and developing new technologies, setting new industry standards and striving to improve our products. Our innovations include several industry ‘firsts’ such as the Colour Display and Touch Screen user interface the MedMarker™ and AlertScout™ as well as the UniQueCONCEPT™, which is unparalleled in providing enhanced patient safety and improving patient care. Collaborating with end users and responding to feedback, arcomed continues to innovate and develop the most effective Infusion Technology Solutions. Our Research and Development team is constantly striving to develop new innovations to make your daily routine simpler and safer for you and your patients. Our years of expertise have led us to develop a new generation of volumetric and syringe pumps we proudly call Chroma. This development has provided a breakthrough in technology reflecting the feedback of medical staff from around the world, providing additional functionality, simplicity and increased patient safety. The Chroma pump is an industry leader which can be used throughout the hospital including ICUs, theatres for pain treatment, on labour wards and on general wards. The Chroma series delivers an All-inOneCONCEPT™. The arcomed group is truly a driving force within the Infusion Technology Industry. This is why working with arcomed you can be assured that you are working with worldclass Infusion Technology, with a team at the cutting edge of developments in our industry. Let us show you why using our Chroma Series will make your life simpler and safer.

Arcomedical Infusion Ltd, Suite 1, 1st Floor, Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3EZ Telephone: 01268 284101 Fax: 01268 286908 Email: sales@arcomed.co.uk Webiste:www.arcomed.co.uk

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European Medical Association Annual Conference -

09:00 opening and introduction Dr Vincenzo Costigliola, EMA President, 09:30 European Medical Association (Brussels), Institute of Health Salzburg Advances and prospects in stem cells for cartilage repair 09:30 Dragan Primorac, Paediatrician - genetist, 10:00 ISABS and AAFS

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Predictive, preventive and pesonalised medicine innovative European concepts in sciences 10:00 and healthcare 10:30 Dr Olga Golubnitschaja, Molecular/Experimental Radiology, Bonn University The gut microbiota and human health - a molecular 11:00 cross-talk 11:40 Kieran Tuohy, Head of Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Centre for Research and Innovation

disease’s mechanisms and in therapy will be illustrated by world-class speakers’ dealing with advancements in the fields of predictive, preventive and personalized medicine, stem cells therapy, gastroenterology, infectious and malignant diseases, neurology and emergency medicine.

Neurology: moving into the therapeutic era Massimo Pandolfo, Professor of Neurology, Erasme Hospital Macrophage activation and predisposition for infectious and malignant diseases, related to single nucleotide polymorphisms Marion Schneider, Immunology, Laboratory at the Institute of Hematostasis and Transfusion Medicine Clinical ultrasound in general and emergency medicine - a valuable medical breakthrough in limited resources subsets Francesca M. Trovato, MD, PhD, School of Medicine, Catania Question time “meet the speakers”

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Dr Vincenzo Costigliola EMA President European Medical Association (Brussels), Institute of Health Salzburg

Dragan Primorac Paediatrician - genetist ISABS and AAFS

Dr Olga Golubnitschaja Molecular/ Experimental Radiology Bonn University

Kieran Tuohy Head of Department of Food Quality and Nutrition Centre for Research and Innovation

Massimo Pandolfo Professor of Neurology Erasme Hospital

Marion Schneider Consultant and Honorary Professor; Neurocritical Care Unit, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals

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