Dissemination
Presentations at National and International Conferences
The ECF trustees are well sought-after speakers locally, nationally and internationally. Their research has been presented on many occasions to a wide range of audiences.
Below are some of the papers presented at major medical meetings within the last few years, reverse chronological order.
Martin Than
Invited speaker, ProCardio Forum, Philadelphia, USA, November 2019
Topic: The Role of Cardiac Biomarkers in Novel Settings
Invited speaker, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Paris, France, September 2019
Topic: Troponins
Invited speaker, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Winter Symposium, Rotorua, New Zealand, May 2019
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Keynote speaker, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, November 2018
Topic: On the Edge of Artificial Intelligence
Keynote speaker, European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2018
Topic: Expert analysis of a POC hsTnI and the ability to rule-out in 15 minutes of arrival to the ED
Invited speaker, AI Med Conference, Los Angeles, USA, December 2017
Topic: Artificial Intelligence in the ED
Invited speaker, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, November 2017
Topic: Troponins
Hot Topic Speaker, European Society for Emergency Medicine Congress 2017, Athens, Greece, October 2017
Topics: Cardiovascular Cutting Edge, Cardiovascular Game Changers, Expert panel discussion
Keynote speaker, Charitee University Hospital Cardiovascular Meeting, Berlin, Germany, October 2017
Topic: Expert Symposium on Point of Care Troponins
Invited speaker, Amercian Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, USA, July 2017
Topic: Using high-sensitivity troponins
Invited speaker, Abbott 8th Annual Turning Science into Caring Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, Dec 2015
Topics: Advancing the Management of ACS Patients and Experiences with High Sensitivity Troponins in New Zealand
Invited speaker, Grand Round, Baylor Medical College, Houston, Texas, March 2013
Topic: Health Lessons of the Christchurch Earthquake
Invited speaker, Emergency Medicine International Conference, Utah, March 2013
Topic: Health Lessons of the Christchurch Earthquake
Visiting Professor’s Lecture, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, March 2013
Topic: Health Lessons of the Christchurch Earthquake
Invited Speaker, Experts’ Workshop, San Francisco American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting, March 2013
Topic: Clinical Pathways in the Assessment of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
Invited speaker, Grand Round, Christchurch Hospital, October 2012
Topic: Pathways for the Assessment of Cardiac Chest Pain and the Results of the Recent Randomised Controlled Trial
Invited speaker, International Conference of Emergency Medicine, Dublin, Ireland, July 2012
Topic: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial in Chest Pain Pathways
Invited speaker, IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine) Task Force for Educational Guidance for Cardiac Biomarkers, Barcelona, Spain, May 2012
Topic: Use of High Sensitivity Troponin in the Emergency Department
South East China Cardiology Conference, China, April 2011
Topic: Chest Pain Pathway and the Use of Troponin for the Investigation of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Beijing Regional Cardiology meeting, China, April 2011
Topic: Chest Pain Pathway and the Use of Troponin for the Investigation of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Annual Winter Symposium, July 2011
Topics: Investigation of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department, Investigation of Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department,
How the Emergency Care Foundation has Improved Emergency Health Care
Mike Ardagh
Invited speaker, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, Rotorua, May 2019
Topics: HealthPathways as a social movement
Invited speaker, HealthPathways Community Conference, Newcastle, New South Wales, May 2018
Topics: Hospital HealthPathways, and contributing to a number of workshops
Invited speaker, New Zealand Resuscitation Conference, Wellington, April 2018
Topic: Resuscitation ethics
Invited speaker, Choosing Wisely Conference, Wellington, March 2018.
Topic: HealthPathways and Choosing Wisely
Invited speaker, Science Communicators of New Zealand Conference, Christchurch, February 2013
Topic: The initial response to the Christchurch earthquake
Invited speaker, University of Otago Christchurch 40 year anniversary scientific symposium, Christchurch, February 2013.
Topic: The initial response to the Christchurch earthquake
Invited speaker, New Zealand Emergency Departments Conference. Taupo, December 2012
Topic: Developing a suite of quality measures for Emergency Departments
Invited speaker, Cochrane Colloquium, Auckland, October 2012
Topic: The role of evidence in disaster response
Invited speaker, College of Emergency Nurses of New Zealand Annual Conference, Hamilton, October 2012.
Topic: Achieving the Shorter Stays in the Emergency Department Health Target
.Invited speaker, International Conference for Emergency Medicine, Dublin, June 2012.
Topics: Lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes, The Emergency Department interface with Primary Care
Invited speaker, New Zealand Resuscitation Council Annual Conference, Auckland, April 2012.
Topic: Lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes
Invited speaker, New Zealand Pain Society Conference, Wellington, April 2012.
Topic: Lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes
Invited speaker, University of Canterbury Earthquake research symposium, Christchurch, September 2011.
Topic: Researching the health implications of the Christchurch earthquakes
Invited speaker, ‘AQUA’ Anaesthesia conference, Queenstown, August 2011
Topic: Lessons learnt from the Christchurch earthquake
Invited speaker, New Zealand Emergency Departments Conference, Taupo, August, 2011
Topics: Our People – the evolution and development of ED staff, The Christchurch earthquake and disaster preparedness
Invited speaker, General Practitioners’ CME Conference, Dunedin, July 2011.
Topics: Lessons from the Christchurch Earthquake, Emergency sedation and restraint, Respiratory emergencies.
Keynote speaker, Winter Symposium, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Queenstown, July 2011
Topics: The evolution of emergency medicine in New Zealand, Ethics of trauma care, The Christchurch earthquake
After dinner speaker.
John Pickering
Poster, European Society of Cardiology meeting, London, 29 August – 2 September 2015
Topic: An updated heart fatty acid binding protein assay facilitates improved rule-out of acute myocardial infarction within 2 hours of entry to the emergency department: threshold derivation and validation
Invited Speaker, European Society of Cardiology meeting, London, 29 August – 2 September 2015
Topic: The 99th percentile of an updated heart fatty acid binding protein assay combines with high sensitive troponin I to rule out acute myocardial infarction on presentation to the emergency department.
Poster, European Society of Cardiology meeting, London, 29 August – 2 September 2015
Topic: Can copeptin assist the diagnosis of acute kidney injury in breathless patients?
Invited Speaker: Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting and the International Society for Heart Research Australasian Section Annual Scientific Meeting 13-16 August 2015
Topic: The association of delay in presentation and 12-month health outcomes in emergency patients with symptoms of possible acute coronary syndromes.
Invited Speaker: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation, 21 May 2015
Topic: What is your number?
Blog posts
http://sciblogs.co.nz/kidney-punch/2015/05/22/what-is-your-number/
http://sciblogs.co.nz/kidney-punch/2014/04/16/oh-hell/
http://sciblogs.co.nz/kidney-punch/2013/11/06/more-women-injured-in-quakes/