Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

Next-Gen EM

Date

Thursday 16-Friday 17 October 2025
Pre-conference workshops Wednesday 15 October

Venue

gibson hotel, Dublin 1

Accommodation

Accommodation at the gibson hotel can be booked via the hotel website.

There are several other hotels within a 10 minute walk or along the Luas red line which can be booked directly.

Abstract Submissions

Abstract submissions are now closed and authors have been informed of the outcome via email.

Registration

Tickets for the ASM have now sold out. No further registrations will be available online and there will be no tickets available on the day.

Programme

HECTOR

HECTOR began as the Heartlands Elderly Care Trauma and Ongoing Recovery course. It was established as a training programme for clinicians and practitioners responsible for looking after older people with traumatic injuries.

The inaugural HECTOR Ireland will be a full day course, covering the assessment and management of older patients involved in trauma and their first 48-72 hours in hospital. The course will be divided between short lectures, discussion groups and practical moulage stations. Participants will be split into mixed discipline groups for the small group work.

Intended Audience
EM physicians and healthcare professionals working with older adults in the first 24-72 hours after traumatic injury – either as part of the initial assessment or the early stages of rehabilitation.

Previous course participants have included advanced physiotherapists, occupational therapists, consultants and registrars in emergency medicine, geriatric medicine, general surgery and orthopaedics; general practitioners and prehospital responders; major trauma coordinators; nurses working with trauma patients; paramedics and rehabilitation staff.

Location
The Gibson Hotel, Dublin 1

Cost
Consultant €300
NCHD €200
MDT (ANP, Physio, OT) €150

Maximum 24 participants

Approved by RCSI for 8.0 CPD credits

Ultrasound workshops

Basic Vascular Access Techniques

This 2-hour course will run in the morning and can be combined with the Advanced Vascular Access Techniques course or be attended as a standalone course.

Approved by RCSI for 4.0 CPD credits.

Advanced Vascular Access Techniques

This 2-hour course will run in the afternoon and can be combined with the Basic Vascular Access Techniques course or be attended as a standalone course.

Approved by RCSI for 4.0 CPD credits.

Description

Dr. Robin Lunden and Dr. Ola Borgquist are internationally recognized experts in vascular access education and founders of the Central Line Academy and interanest.org, a platform dedicated to advancing vascular access skills through the Seldinger technique.

This hands-on workshop provides a structured progression of central vascular access techniques, beginning with core principles and advancing to complex applications. Teaching is delivered in small-group formats to maximize learning, with supervised ultrasound practice on both live volunteers and simulation models.

Key Skills Covered

Internal jugular venous cannulation (standard and oblique approaches)
Subclavian vein access
Supraclavicular fossa access

Additional Features
Participants will receive preparatory and follow-up learning resources, with ongoing email support from course directors. Access to the Central Line Academy’s extensive instructional video library is also included, offering further insight into their innovative teaching approach.

Intended Audience
This workshop is designed for physicians in Emergency Medicine (EM) and Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) seeking to enhance their vascular access expertise in the management of critically ill or injured patients.

Location
The Pillar Centre, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

Cost
Single ultrasound workshop €175
Basic and Advanced Vascular Access Techniques (2 courses) €300

Maximum 12 participants per workshop

Thursday 16 October

Registration 08.30-09.30

Time	Main Track (Stratocaster Suite)	Parallel Track (Cordoba Suite)
09.30	Welcome and conference opening
10.00	Academic Session 1 Platform Presentations Updates from the NOCA Major Trauma Audit – Prof Conor Deasy Clinical Guidelines Update – Dr John Cronin PERUKI Update – Prof Michael Barrett Sustainability/Green EM Update – Dr Callum Swift Bursary Recipient updates	High Impact Critical Care Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest? – Dr Rachel Liu ECMO in Cardiac Arrest – Dr Jo Kelliher Vascular Access in Critical Care: Precision under pressure – Dr Ola Borgquist/Dr Robin Lunden Managing the Crashing PE Patient – Dr Andy Neill
12.00	Lunch
13.00	Leadership in the Emergency Department High Performance Teams – Col Phil Bonner Future Directions in ED Leadership Teams – Dr Tony Cirillo Managing Incivility: the key to improving teamwork, safety and wellbeing – Dr Deborah Fradkin	Nursing Track Overview of 2025 – Ms Sarah Watkins, PhD, RANP Bursary Abstract presentations Bursary Award Winner Presentation – Ms. Mary Raftery Saving Lives: Breakthroughs in early trauma care – Dr Elaine Cole Major Incident Management: Lessons from Manchester – Ms Jill Windle
15.00	Coffee
15.30	IFEM Academy Updates – Dr Saleh Fares Al Ali NCHD/Nursing SimWars Final	Nursing Track (continued) Leading the Future: Inspire. Lead. Transform. (Leadership Panel Discussion) – Ms Josephine Ryan, Mr Barry Mc Brien, Ms Kim Price, Ms Ciara Nother
17.00	Lightning presentations

Accredited by RCSI for 6.0 CPD credits/NMBI for 6.0 CEUs

Friday 17 October

Registration 08.30-09.00

Time	Main track (Stratocaster Suite)	Parallel track (Cordoba Suite)
09.00	Academic Session 2 Oral Presentations ITERN Update – Dr Marcus Jee/Dr Jamie Condren IEMTA Update – Dr Emma-May Curran Award Presentations	AI and Future Technologies AI Use in Diagnostics for EM – Dr Brian Gibney AI and Clinical Decision Making in EM – Dr James Foley A Wicked Problem: Becoming competent in AI – Dr Daniel Cabrera AI in Patient Flow and Streaming in EM – Dr Alison O’Connor
11.00	Coffee
11.30	Pre-hospital EM Top 5 Advances in Pre-Hospital Care – Dr Anuradha Luke Training for High Performance in Resuscitation – Dr Stephen Hearns Raising the Bar: A regional model for pre-hospital care – Dr Laura Duffy Pre-hospital Hyperacute Brain Injury – Dr Gareth Davies	The Vulnerable Patient in the ED Overview of Inclusion Health – Prof Cliona Ni Cheallaigh Vulnerable Patient Experiences – Mr Paul Merrigan Inclusion Health in the Community and Legal Implications – Mr Eddie Mullins EM in the Deep End – Dr David Chung The Patient Voice – Mr Philly McMahon
13.30	Lunch
14.30	Trauma Forum LIVE A panel discussion including embedded presentations: Knifesavers – Mr Nikhil Misra NHS Violence Reduction Framework – Prof Martin Griffiths Panellists: Mr Nikhil Misra, Prof Martin Griffiths, Mr Philly McMahon, Mr Paul Creevey, Ms Megan Lubout, Ms Marie Sherlock	Next-Gen GEM Spotting the Silent Emergency: Leveraging AI tools for early detection of delirium – Prof Fernanda Bellolio Lessons from the World Café: Person-centred care – Ms Kara Mc Loughlin Educational Strategies in Geriatric EM: Simulation, AI and the future – Dr Maire Bourke GEM on the Global Stage – Mr Pieter Heeren
16.30	Leo Vella Lecture – Dr Taj Hassan