Toxic Issues in Acute Care 2017

Please note that the Saturday satellite session is now fully booked. If you wish to attend this session, please email Liz Hart on lhart@willorganise.com.au and you will be placed on a waitlist to be notified if there are any cancellations for the course.

What is Toxic issues in acute care exactly?

Toxic issues in acute care is a one day course examining selected, key topics in poisoning relevant to acute care practitioners.

So who is it geared toward?

All frontline healthcare staff in acute care who are involved in the management of poisoned patients. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists in fields such as Emergency medicine, intensive care, pre hospital emergency medicine, paediatrics and internal medicine.

Is it a series of boring lectures?

No, the course will consist of 6 x 1 hour sessions. A mixture of lectures and workshops designed to be interactive with case based discussions of key topics such as envenomation and cardiotoxic poisoning. See the full programme at the end of this document.

Who will be leading these interactive workshops?

All faculty members are practising consultant staff and fellows attached to the national Poisons Information service in Australia. If you ring the poison centre for expert medical advice these are the individuals you will speak to.

When and where?

Novotel Melbourne on Collins Melbourne, Victoria on Saturday 29th April 2017, immediately following the TAPNA 2017 scientific meeting. 

Meal breaks?

Morning tea and lunch will be provided as part of the course fee. Special dietary requests can be catered for if sufficient notice is given.

Do I have to prepare for the course?

An electronic course manual will be sent out approximately 4 weeks before the course commences and will contain a summary of some of the key areas that will be covered. Reading the manual will not be a hugely onerous task, however further reading will be available for those who are extra keen. A USB stick will given to those who complete the course with a number of articles covering many of the key points raised in the workshops.

“Complete the course” So is there a formal assessment?

Sort of, you must complete a feedback sheet in regard to all of the sessions and return to a faculty member. If you do this successfully then you will receive a USB stick and a certificate of attendance.

How do I secure my place on the course?

At the TAPNA 2017 registration page. Registrations for the course will be open when the conference registration opens.