Clinical workshop : Envenomation : assessing and managing a "potential" snake bite patient in a rural ED | A/Prof Bill Nimorakiotakis
Tracks
Lake 3&4
| Friday, October 20, 2017 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Lake 3&4 |
Overview
Session 1 : Workshop. This workshop aims to assist participants in understanding the components of snake venom and how they affect humans. The Managerment of the envenomed patient and Understanding the use of the SVDK (practical demonstration).
(60 mins)
Speaker
A/Prof Bill Nimorakiotakis
Director EM
Epworth Hospital
Envenomation workshop: Assessing and managing a “potential” snake bite patient in a Rural ED
Biography
A/Prof Vasilios Nimorakiotakis MBBS, FACEM, FACRRM. Bill Nimo (full name Vasilios Nimorakiotakis) is an emergency physician and the deputy director of Epworth Richmond’s emergency department, Senior staff specialist with Retrieval Service Queensland (RSQ) and a senior staff specialist at Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne. He has a special interest in retrieval medicine, toxinology, emergency medicine in developing countries and teaching. Bill has been at Epworth Richmond emergency department for over 17 years. He is married to Cherie and has three awesome kids Isabelle, Luca and Noah.
Mr James Pistemalis
SVDK session Support
Seqirus
SVDK Support (Seqirus)
Biography
Mrs Alia Pooley
Seqirus
SVDK Support (Seqirus)
Biography
