The organising committee welcomes you to the 3rd High Risk Emergency Medicine Meeting in Australia. This meeting will focus on situations and presentations that, due to the risk of misdiagnosis or misadventure, present the greatest risk to the Emergency patient and the greatest anxiety to the Emergency clinician. This meeting is designed for practising emergency doctors and nurses, EM trainees and Diploma candidates as well CMOs, and nurse practitioners who encounter high risk conditions in their medical practice.
We will focus on clinical scenarios that carry a risk of delayed or missed diagnosis and will address the potential consequences for the clinician such as RCAs, litigation, coronial investigations and disciplinary action. The meeting aims to improve clinical competence in diagnosis and treatment of high-risk conditions as well as assist clinicians to mitigate the ramifications of adverse events.
In this meeting we will examine the medicolegal issues that are inherent to the practice of emergency medicine, such as consent, involuntary treatment and end of life controversies. Other topics include the rise of private Emergency Medicine, telehealth, resuscitation at the edge of evidence and the risks of novel medical therapies, Organised by a local faculty with nationally acclaimed speakers with expertise in medicine and law, this meeting will use real case scenarios, lived experiences and legal cases to educate clinicians in dealing with high risk Emergency Medicine.