| Sunday, 23 October 2011 |
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| 09:20 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Dr. Saleh Fares MD, MPH, FRCPC(EM), FACEP, Deputy Head, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital,Chair, Trauma System Initiative, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| SESSION 1: UPDATES ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE DISCIPLINES IN THE REGION I |
| Moderator: Dr. Saleh Fares MD, MPH, FRCPC(EM), FACEP, Deputy Head, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital,Chair, Trauma System Initiative, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 09:30 |
Emergency Medicine Residency Training: Where are We?
Dr. Michael Abbo, MD, Med, FACEP, Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Training Program, Rashid Hospital Trauma Center, Dubai, UAE |
| 10:00 |
Emergency Medicine Milestones in the Gulf: The Saudi Experience
Mobarak Al Mulhim, MD, MBA, FRCPC (EM&CCM), Associate Executive Director, Medical Services Consultant Emergency & Critical Care, Eastern Province Regional Program Director, (Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine), Critical Care Program Director, Secretary General The Saudi Society of Emergency Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, KSA
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| 10:30 |
Rural Area Disaster Management & Solution
Dr. Muhmmud Jamaein, MD, A & E Specialist, MZD Head of Emergency Department, Chair of Al Gharbia Disaster Preparedness Committee, Al Gharbia Medical Region, Al Gharbia Hospitals, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 11:00 |
High Risk Headaches in the ED
Dr. Murray Van Dyke, MD FACEP, Chairman of the Emergency Department, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 11:30 |
Abdominal Pain Outside the Abdomen
Dr. Mahmood Aljufaili M.D.FRCPC, Head, Emergency Department, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 13:30 |
Fractures you Can't Afford to Miss
Dr. Lauri Trites, MD, CCFP(EM), Consultant, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 14:00 |
Can I Send this Chest Pain Home?
Dr. Robert F. Corder, MD, FACEP, FCEMSA, Chairman and Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA |
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| SESSION 2: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INITIATIVES IN THE REGION |
| Moderator: Dr. Saleh Fares MD, MPH, FRCPC(EM), FACEP, Deputy Head, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital,Chair, Trauma System Initiative, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 14:30 |
The Journey to Excellency in Emergency and Disaster Preparedness. Are We Moving Fast Enough?
Mohamed Ali Karkoukli, MD, MPH, CPHQ, MIB, Head of Emergency Preparedness, Operations Management Division, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company 'SEHA', Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 15:00 |
Afternoon Break |
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| 15:30 |
EMS Beyond Transportation
Ian Patrick, ASM, FACAP, National President for the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, General Manager of Clinical & Non Emergency Operations, Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS), Victoria, Australia |
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| 16:00 |
Emergency Medical & Trauma Services System Development in Asia
Prof. Abu Hassan Asaari Abdullah, Head, Emergency Medical & Trauma Services, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| 16:30 |
EMS Competency Standards: Implications for Regulatory Frameworks
Nathan Puckeridge, Clinical Transition Officer, National Ambulance Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 17:00 |
Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day One |