College of Paramedics' National Conference 2017

The College of Paramedics’ 2017 national conference 
Matt Green, @MLG1611
May 2017

The College of Paramedics’ (@ParamedicsUK) national conference is now an annual fixture and growing rapidly.  From 140 delegates at last year’s event in York, 200 members attended the St Johns Hotel in Solihull, West Midlands on 9^th and 10^th May 2017.

The conference attracted visitors and speakers from across the UK, in addition to Canadians, Americans, New Zealanders and Norwegians with a passion for pre-hospital care. The main sponsors were Capita (@CapitaPLC), Zoll EMS and Fire (@Zollemsfire), Class Professional (@ClassProfession) and Critical Healthcare (@CriticalHealthC) whose stands explained a range of products appealing to paramedics.

For the first time there was several streams of presentations happening simultaneously; on the first day a Clinical Practice and Education stream were mirrored on day two with a Critical Care and International & Community Paramedicine stream. Delegates were welcome to move between sessions as they wished.

Among the sessions I attended:

Day one

Paramedics into action; using AHPs to transform health, care and wellbeing by Shelagh Morris (@ShelaghDCAHPO)

Interesting working definition of `Advanced Clinical Practice` offered by Shelagh Morris @Auntymelon

Mark Bloch Lecture - `Learn, Develop, Achieve, Inspire` by Paul Gowens (@SASCONSULTPARA)

“If you’re going to leave a legacy, be respected for what you do.” Paul Gowen at the Mark Bloch Lecture. @FloBach

Exploring factors increasing paramedics’ likelihood of administering Analgesia in pre-hospital pain: cross-sectional study by Professor Julia Williams

I’m guilty of often not putting ethnicity data on the patient report form. Julia Williams now showing how this obstructs audit. @MLG1611

The Welsh Ambulance Service experience of changing their clinical model and reducing demand by Greg Lloyd (@HocoWast)

Welsh Amb clinical response model. Great MDT working to manage 999 calls. Paras in police control rooms & in GP practices. @And_Hodge

Paediatric patients: Should we just take them all in? by Will Broughton (@WilBroughton)

To get respiratory rate in a crying child – count the gaps in between the crying. They have to breathe at some point! @LizHarrisMCPara

A service evaluation of a dedicated pre-hospital cardiac arrest response unit in the North East of England by Graham Mclelland (@mcclg)

NEAS cardiac arrest response unit…11% increase on ROSC and 50% increase on survival to discharge. @SimonStanden

Can paramedics perform and evaluate a focused echocardiogram during a simulated 10-second pulse check, after a one-day training course? By Paul Younger (@PaulYounger1)

Really enjoyed your talk, as a student it would be fascinating to learn ultrasound as well @BatleyMiriam

Does current pre-hospital analgesia effectively reduce pain in children caused by trauma, within a UK ambulance service? By Greg Whitley (@GregWhitley7)

Out of 7843 children who reported pain, 51.6% received analgesia @PhilDrummer64

Paramedic Independent Prescribing: What might the future look like for paramedics and patients – A panel discussion by Matt Green, Gerry Egan, Andy Collen and Graham Harris (@MLG1611, @Gerry_Egan, @andycollen)

Discussing paramedic prescribing. 7 years in the making, huge amount of work behind the doors to get this far. Bright future. @PaulElliott_

Day two

Emergent issues of pre-hospital trauma management by paramedics, by Professor Sir Keith Porter (@KeithPorter999)

“If you are a cervical collar manufacturer, perhaps it’s time to seek new employment” @dlbywater

Norwegian guidelines for pre-hospital management of adult trauma patient with potential spinal injury by Per Kristian Hyldmo (@PHyldmo)

Per Kristian Hyldmo, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, favouring lateral trauma position in non intubated unconscious trauma patient @KayHug1

Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multi-morbidities: retrospective data analysis by Kim Kirby (@FrankAndErrol)

HOMEWARD study. Kim Kirby presenting findings that ~50% pt’s with dementia are not conveyed compared to ~60% non-dementia pt’s. @And_Hodge

ICE ICE Baby: Post-ROSC  care on the ICU by David Thom (@DaveParaACCP)

A stay in ICU is physically demanding on patients. @KimToonMCPara

HEMS Dispatch: A systematic review by Georgette Eaton (@Georgette_Eaton)

Getting the right info from the right people makes a difference in HEMS dispatch. @StefCormackStef

Factors associated with clinical outcome in patients undergoing direct transfer to a Heart Attack Centre after return of spontaneous circulation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Tim Edwards

In patients post cardiac arrest with ST elevation, things that favour ROSC:
-Time to ROSC
- Shockable rhythm
-Younger age
@MLG1611

Experience of Attending Traumatic incidents and Post-incident Support by Jo Mildenhall (@Jojo_Research)

Fascinating presentation from Jo Mildenhall inc. compassion fatigue, empathy and coping with traumatic incident exposure. @StefCormackStef

Does the deployment of a leadership trained Ambulance Officer improve CPR Quality during an Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Oliver Zorab @Ozabs

@Ozabs speaking about importance of non-technical skills & leadership training in enhancing management of cardiac arrest. @MrJamesDuncan

Speaking up at scene: Should I? Would I? Could I? by Gordon Ingram (@FirstResponseGB)

Speak up, stand up. @ShumelRahman

Physical and Chemical Restraint by Kirsty Lowery-Richardson and Tim Edwards (@Kirsty_LLR)

In conclusion with ABD chemical restraint is safe so long as robust training, skills maintained and best interest of the patient with robust clinical governance @MedicalAlexWalter

Wow still buzzing from last couple of days at #ParaCon17 Roll on planning for #ParaCon18 #BuildingTheProfession @DarhleneTough

A full list of conference tweets can be found by following the hashtag #ParaCon17