Dear Colleagues,
The Organising Committee warmly welcomes you to the 4th High Risk Emergency Medicine Meeting in Australia. As in previous years, this conference focuses on the situations and presentations in emergency medicine that carry the highest stakes—where the risks of misdiagnosis, adverse outcomes, or medico-legal challenges weigh heavily on clinicians.
Our program is tailored to practising emergency medicine specialists, trainees, diploma candidates, career medical officers, nurse practitioners and paramedics who regularly encounter high-risk situations in their practice.
This year’s meeting delves into clinical scenarios and care models that challenge more than just medical knowledge.
We will address key medico-legal issues inherent in emergency medicine, including our popular
Case-based discussions of high-risk presentations in adult and paediatric medicine
Other topics include:
- Stroke -high risk decision making and guideline challenges
- Managing uncertainty in the ED
- Waiting room and corridor ED risks
- What’s hot in toxicology.
We will explore the broader consequences of adverse events for clinicians, including root cause analyses, litigation, coronial investigations, and disciplinary proceedings.
Our distinguished faculty from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, alongside nationally acclaimed experts in medicine and law, will guide you through a rich program of real case studies, lived experiences, and legal analyses to deal with the unique challenges of high-risk emergency medicine.
We look forward to an engaging and insightful meeting, and hope you’ll join us.
Warm regards,
Dr Susan Hertzberg