PAC 2024 Conference

National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide | Thu 17-Sat 19 Oct 2024.

HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE?

Join APLS for the 2024 Paediatric Acute Care Conference at the National Wine Centre of Australia in Adelaide.

Three days of innovation, research and learnings around the theme of "PAC in Practice: Practical Approaches to Paediatrics".

PROGRAM

Share a glass with the APLS community across three days of inspiring presenters, workshops and sessions.

This year's theme is "PAC in Practice – Practical Approaches to Paediatrics".

SPEAKERS

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT
Practical ways to elevate teamwork and communication
Liz Crowe
The role of self-awareness in high performing teams
Walter Eppich
From them to us: building inclusive teams in acute paediatrics

PREDICT PRELUDE
Unveiling practical insights from paediatric research
Shane George
Kids THRIVE – safer intubation?
Elliot Long
Prospective external validation of the Phoenix Sepsis Score and Sepsis Criteria
Amit Kochar
PEAChY-O study: management of acute agitation in children

PRACTICAL INFLUENCE
Empowering through our community of practice
Veevek Thankey
The power of inclusion: navigating diversity together
Miriama Thaggard
Talanoa: Pacific ways of learning and support
Louise Woodward
Climate advocacy in a gas town

PRACTICAL POT POURRI
Approaches to enhancing care
Alexander Howes
Use of the Paediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC)
Jeremy Freeman
Medicinal cannabis in the management of epilepsy
Emily White
Push-dose pressor adrenaline bolus: safe implementation
Andrea Hetherington
Paeds with a wheeze: improving patient flow with nurse led stretching of inhaled salbutamol

PRACTICAL PAC
Innovations in emergency medicine, trauma and resuscitation
Ben Symon
Improving our algorithms with simulation
Andrea Christoff
Resuscitation bundles of care
Shane George
Fibrinogen early in severe paediatric trauma study (FEISTY Junior): results from a randomised clinical trial

DISCUSSIONS
Panel: Andrew Blanch, Di Crellin, Adrian Hutchinson, Melissa McCradden
Artificial Intelligence in paediatric acute care: are we enhancing or compromising clinical expertise and patient safety?
Panel: Amanda Harley, Elliot Long, Bernard McCarthy, Mike Starr
Sepsis in paediatrics: practical strategies & cutting-edge insights

INSTRUCTOR DAY
Lambert Schuwirth
Failure to fail
+ more

WORKSHOPS
Rowan Ousley
Rapid mind-body techniques to improve patient's procedural comfort

Judy Little & Christopher Cosier
Confident conversations

Ben Symon & Walter Eppich
Building effective teams

Cindy Soon
Point-of-care ultrasound

National Wine Centre of Australia
Wine appreciation

ESSENTIALS

DATES

APLS Directors & Instructors Day

Thurs 17th October

PAC 2024 Conference

Fri 18th and Sat 19th October

VENUE

National Wine Centre of Australia
Corner of Hackney Road and Botanic Road, Adelaide, SA 5000. MAP

REGISTRATIONS

PAC 2024 has reached capacity and delegate registrations are now closed.

DELEGATE PRICES

All health professionals are welcome to attend PAC 2024. Thursday's program is for APLS faculty members and is free of charge. Friday, Saturday and all social events are open to all delegates.

$1150 - Non-member delegate
$600 - Non-member nurse / paramedic
$550 - APLS medical instructor
$250 - APLS nurse / paramedic instructor

TIMES

Thurs 17th Oct:
10am-12.30pm Directors Session

12.30pm-4.30pm All APLS Instructors Sessions
5.15pm Welcome Drinks

Fri 18th Oct:
8.30am-5pm Conference sessions
6.30pm Conference Gala Dinner

Sat 19th Oct:
9am-4.30pm Conference sessions

SOCIAL

Thurs 17th Oct:

Welcome Drinks at Adelaide Zoo
Join us at Adelaide Zoo's Immersion Longhouse for sunset drinks and canapes alongside tigers and orangutans. 5.15pm meet at Adelaide Zoo entrance, 5.30pm welcome drinks at Immersion Longhouse, Frome Road, Adelaide. $50 delegates only.

Fri 18th Oct:

Conference Gala Dinner

Music, presentations and fine food at our gala event. 6.30pm, Hickinbotham Hall, National Wine Centre. $60 delegates / $120 guests.

ACCOMMODATION

Delegates are responsible for securing their own accommodation for PAC 2024.

A wide range of hotels and serviced apartments are within a short walk of the National Wine Centre, including Crowne Plaza Adelaide.

PARKING

Driving to the National Wine Centre? Here's a guide to parking options nearby.

Have a question about PAC 2024? Let us know here.

LOCATION

An iconic institution showcasing Australia's rich wine heritage.

The National Wine Centre of Australia in the heart of Adelaide's Botanic Gardens is a hub for learning, tasting and celebrating wine culture.

With outstanding conferencing facilities, a tranquil setting in the middle of Adelaide's CBD and, of course, fantastic food and drink options, the National Wine Centre is a perfect spot for PAC's return to South Australia.

64758945c152564955d4b6e4_07_20Dusk_20Photo_20of_20Hickinbotham_20Terrace

SOCIAL

From big cats to Cab Sav, join the APLS community at one of PAC 2024's social events.

WELCOME DRINKS AT ADELAIDE ZOO
Sunset drinks alongside extraordinary Sumatran tigers at Adelaide Zoo's Immersion Longhouse. Adelaide Zoo, $50 (delegates only), Thurs 17th Oct, 5.15pm meet at Adelaide Zoo entrance, 5.30pm welcome drinks at Immersion Longhouse

CONFERENCE GALA DINNER
Music, presentations and fine food at our gala event. National Wine Centre, $60 delegates / $120 guests, Fri 18th Oct, 6.30pm