WA Ear and Hearing Health Forum | Perth

Presented by Ayla Varley, this session covers updates on current immunisation schedules, practical conversation guides to support discussions with patients who are declining, hesitant or ready to vaccinate, and an overview of what to expect for the upcoming respiratory illness season.

Key workshop objectives include: • Gaining enhanced knowledge in the management of cardiac emergencies. • Developing the ability to identify and manage patients with chest pain. • Increasing understanding of arrhythmia management. • Improving proficiency in responding to cardiac arrest. • Building greater awareness of strategies to maximize patient safety and care.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: • Recognise the importance of oxygenation and ventilation in the assessment and management of the critically ill patient. • Describe the indications, contraindications and technique for endotracheal intubation. • Perform airway management: including use of airway adjuncts and rapid sequence intubation, and failed intubation pathway techniques. • Assess the patient with respiratory distress and failure. • Use non-invasive and invasive oxygenation and ventilation strategies according to clinical indication. • Manage patients with foreign body airway obstruction, haemoptysis, acute asthma, COPD, acute pulmonary oedema, pneumothorax, pleural effusions, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, croup, bronchiolitis, and thoracic injuries affecting airway, oxygenation and ventilation. • Perform pleural decompression and drainage. • Interpret blood gases and chest x-rays in the context of respiratory illness and injury