Speakers page - BIOS , introduction and summaries of talks

POCUS IN LOCUS REMOTUS 
The Educational sessions are designed to entertain and engage enthusiastic POCUS practioners from many specialties, including Rural Hospitalists , Emergency Doctors, Physicians, community doctors and Nurse practitioners . 

"Ted Talks" style rapid fire 


1: 1400 hrs Introduction and Special Guest 
This will be a video Link to an overseas special guest - 10minutes ( 20 max ) 2: 1420 (latest)
Cardiac POCUS
2:Dr Chris Wong - Echocardiologist and Anaesthetist 
Chris is a full time Anaesthetist in Whangarei Hospital Northland. He also has a qualification in Echocardiography and runs Echo clinics for our local population . 

His Topic is : Echocardiography the ED 
Transthoracic echocardiography is extremely valuable for decision making in the ED.It is an invaluable tool for diagnosing the undifferentiated patient. Furthermore, it can help with the management of patients. Focussed echo is tool that an emergency physician can defiantly add to their skill set . 

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Cardiac POCUS 2 1440 (latest ) 
The Right Heart 
Wendy Finnie, Echocardiographer and Educator
Anyone who practices POCUS in New Zealand in the Emergency or rural setting , knows who Wendy Finnie is as she has taught most of us ! As well as running the cardiac workshop on day two Wendy is going to talk about the right heart 

 The Right Heart.  
Wendy will reveal all at the conference ! 






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Cardiac POUCS 3 1500 latest 
  Dr Phil Young, FACEM 
Things that make you go hmmmmmm 
Phil is an early adopter of advanced POCUS in NZ and has been practicing and teaching POCUS for, well a while ! He has recently finished a sabbatical working in a Paediatric echo lab . 
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3: ORGAN SPOTLIGHT 1 and 2 

Jade and  Debby are Ultrasonographers in Whangarei Hospital. Debby  is our lead sonographer and brings many years of experience to the Ultrasond department in Whangarei Hospital . Jade has also been working  as an Ultrasonographer in our DHB for several years and brings her experience and charm to this ultrasound teaching day in Tutukaka . 

1500 - 1540 ( at the latest ) 
Testicle 1 - Jade Berry, Sonographer, general approach to scrotal scan 
The Testicle 2 - Deb Tansely, Lead Sonographer: Testicular trauma 

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1540 1600 Dr Michael Howard FACEM, 

Michael is a Emergency Specialist at Whangarei. He will discuss POCUS of another spherical organ.

POCUS of the EYE : 

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Bringing the last hour to a close there will be refreshments served including coffee,tea and alcohol 

ORGAN SPOTLIGHT CONTINUED 

1600-1620 (latest ) 

 Jill Muirhead, Sonographer and Educator . Jill and Wendy (above) run  a post graduate POCUS certificate as part of Otago University. They also have a company that runs workshops in advanced POCUS..We are really grateful for Jills time and expertise . Topic : Gallbladder 

A summary of Jills talk can be found here after the conference 

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4: POCUS in RURAL HOSPITALS and Urgent Care .

 Dr Kelvin Ward, Dr Jill Gibson, Dr Alan Murray 
Bringing the conference to a close three Doctors will each give us case based talk from POCUS at the front line

Kelvin is a community and urgent care doctor who works in Wellington and is a leader in POCUS in an urgent care environment 

Jill and Alan are rural Hospitalists who both work in Kawakawa Hospital Northland. 

The talks should end in just enough time to stroll across to Schnappa rock for pre dinner drinks followed by fine dinning . Make sure you book your tickets ! 

TICKETS

Tickets Range from $54 - $482 NZD
Click Here for more information and ticketsn including AAA /EFAST workshop 
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