National Conference 2022 Full Programme

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	WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY
09.45 - 10.00	Registration
10.00 - 10.15	Welcome Address John Martin FCPara, Chair, College of Paramedics and Tracy Nicholls FCPara, Chief Executive, College of Paramedics
10.20 - 10.50	Navigating the road from student to expert Kirsty Lowery-Richardson FCPara, Paramedic, Health Education England Session Sponsored by The Ortus Group.
10.50 - 11.00	Comfort Break
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3
11.00-11.25	Exploring ambulance clinician behaviour and decision making to identify factors contributing to on-scene times for suspected stroke patients in North East England: A qualitative study Graham McClelland MCPara, Paramedic Research Fellow, North East Ambulance Service (NEAS)	The Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN): From Launch to Research Forum 2021 – The Year in Numbers Niamh Cummins, Lecturer in Public Health at the School of Medicine, University of Limerick, and Michelle O’Toole, Researcher in RCSI SIM, Royal College of Surgeons	An analytic auto-netnography of the online social spaces for paramedics working in primary care Georgette Eaton MCPara, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford. Session Sponsored by Class Professional Publishing.
11.30 - 11.55	Co-producing an Ambulance Trust national fatigue risk management system for improved Staff And Patient Safety (CATNAPS) Prof Kristy Sanderson, Chair in Applied Health Research, University of East Anglia	Paramedicine and the future in Northern Ireland Neil Sinclair MCPara, Assistant Clinical Director (Paramedicine), Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Session Sponsored by The Ortus Group.	The RESearch PARamedic Experience (RESPARE) study Matt Limmer MCPara Session Sponsored by The University of Edinburgh.
11.55 - 12.10	Morning Break
12.10 - 12.35	Paramedic health and wellbeing: Where do we go from here? Dr Serra Pitts, CPsychol, AFBPsS, Clinical Director, 87% Limited	A retrospective analysis of the association between area level deprivation and Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcomes in the North West Region of England Christine Camacho, Public Health Registrar, North West Ambulance Service	Spinal Motion Restriction Feasibility (SMRF) Randomised Control Trial: A mixed methods study comparing prehospital semi-rigid collar use and non-collar use in immobilisation of potential spinal cord injury Lee Thompson MCPara PhD. Specialist Paramedic (Trauma)
12.40 - 13.05	Walk the Journey: A patient's insight of Ectopic Pregnancy Louise Zeniou Founder CRADLE Charity, Director CRADLE Consultancy	ECHo Model: A novel approach to education and coaching for ambulance clinicians aimed at improving front-line care Chris Howley, Clinical Operations Manager, EMAS	Why Polaris? Session Presented and Sponsored by Polaris Medical Services.

13.05 - 13.50	Lunch

13.50-15.00	Golden Nuggets	13.50-14.10	Opportunities for a Health Promoting Ambulance Service using a settings approach Georgina Gill MCPara, Paramedic and Teaching Fellow, Surrey and Sussex Hospitals
13.55-14.07	Golden Nugget 1 Paramedic independent prescribing: a qualitative study of early adopters in the UK Andy Collen FCPara, Consultant Paramedic (Urgent & Emergency Care), South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
14.07-14.19	Golden Nugget 2 Do methods of hospital pre-alerts influence the on-scene times for acute pre-hospital stroke patients? A retrospective observational study Jake Gunn MCPara, HEMS Critical Care Paramedic, Great North Air Ambulance.	14.15-14.35		Undergraduate Paramedic Placements in a Remote Island Health Board James Brogan MCPara, Academic Team Lead, Robert Gordon University and Laura Green, Student Paramedic
14.19-14.31	Golden Nugget 3 What factors influence clinical decision making for paramedics when attending to paediatric emergencies in the community within one ambulance service trust? Jeff Hetherington MCPara, Advanced Paediatric Clinical Practitioner, Alder Hey Children's Hospital Emergency Department.
14.31-14.43	Golden Nugget 4 Menopause affects us all . . .: menopause transition experiences of female ambulance staff from a UK ambulance service Larissa Prothero MCPara, Advanced Research Paramedic at the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.	14.40 - 15.00		A quality improvement project to improve screening for, and recognition of, delirium through the increased use of the 4AT delirium screening tool by ambulance clinicians within the community Sara Harris MCPara, Community Specialist Paramedic, Greater Manchester
14.43-14.55	Golden Nugget 5 Ambulance service use by patients with lower back pain: an observational study Matt Capsey MCPara, Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science, Teesside University

15.00-15.10	Afternoon Break
15.10-16.10	The Power of Collective Intelligence Professor Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, Author and Mentor
16.10-16.10	Closing comments

	THURSDAY 26TH MAY
09.45-10.00	Registration
10.00-10.05	Welcome Liz Harris FCPara, Head of Professional Standards, College of Paramedics
10.05-10.30	Sexual Misconduct - Real life regulator cases Andrea James, Partner, Brabners LLP Law Firm Session Sponsored by Class Professional Publishing.
10.35-11.00	Turning the Blue Lights Green: Making emergency care Net Zero Alexis Percival, Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
11.05-11.20	Comfort Break
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3
11.20-11.45	Rotational Palliative Care Paramedics Edward O’Brian MCPara, Clinical Development Lead Palliative and EoLC and Sian Davies-Kumar MCPara, Palliative Care Paramedic, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust	Paramedicine at the Frontiers: A case for pre-hospital professionals in disaster responses, war zones, humanitarian missions and more Coco (Ke) Tang, US-based Nationally Registered Paramedic and David Stanton, Special Rescue Team Leader, High Priority Consultants	Why UK paramedics are leaving ambulance services to work clinically elsewhere in the NHS Tim Hayes MCPara, Deputy Head, School of Allied Health and Associate Professor at Anglia Ruskin University
11.50-12.15	Finding the Right Path: Paramedic Leadership in the AHP Workforce Carolyn McDonald, Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO), Scottish Government Session Sponsored by The University of Edinburgh.	The Use and Effectiveness of The Tools Designed to Reduce Emergency Medical Care Personnel Workplace Stress: A Critical Analysis Malusi Mtetwa, Operational Paramedic, South Australian Ambulance Service	Alert and Orientated – the identification and care of queer change effort victims in the pre-hospital setting Nathan-Jacques Le Blancq, Student Paramedic, Bournemouth University
12.20-12.45	College Update Tracy Nicholls FCPara, Chief Executive, College of Paramedics	Reducing Avoidable Conveyances: Qualitative study of frontline Ambulance staff experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic Thomas Rollinson, Manager, KPMG	Emotional Aspects of Prehospital Paediatric Care Wasim Ahmed, Paramedic, drBACKPACK Session Sponsored by Zoll Medical Ltd.
12.45-13.45	Lunch (13.10-13.30 Class Professional Publishing Present the ParaPass Quiz)
13.45-14.10	#TheSkinnyaboutSkin: How good are we at assessing all skin colours? Juliet Harrison MCPara, Associate Professor in Paramedic Science, University of East Anglia	The changing face of STEMI Adam Pitcairn, Critical Care Paramedic with Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and a senior paramedic in EEAST, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Session Sponsored by Zoll Medical Ltd.	The Member Voice Liz Harris FCPara, Head of Professional Standards and Julia Williams FCPara, Head of Research, College of Paramedics.
14.15-14.40	Reverse mentoring – Shouting up to the snowy white peaks Tanoh Asamoah-Danso MCPara, Paramedic, East of England Ambulance Service	‘How did I get here?’ Vicki Brown MCPara, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Critical Care, South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust and Great Western Air Ambulance Charity	Question: What Do You Call a Paramedic Working as part of an Interdisciplinary Team? Answer: Crucial Dr. Shelly Crick, Senior Program Lead, Healthcare Excellence Canada
14.40-14.50	Afternoon break
14.50-15.20	Mark Bloch Lecture: Same but different: paramedics in hospital roles Els Freshwater FCPara, Consultant Paramedic, University Hospital Southampton / Health Education England
15.20.15.30	Closing remarks

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