Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

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.

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.  

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.

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

Maximum 12 participants per workshop