The International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) was held in Taiwan from 19-23 June and attended by a number of PREDICT members. This conference is one of the highlights of the emergency medicine calendar and always well attended by those in the emergency medicine field. This year PREDICT was again well represented with the following oral and poster presentations:
- Babl FE, Ramsden V, Haskell L, O’Brien S, Wilson C, Schembri R, Middleton S, Tavender E. Sustaining improvements in the management of infants with bronchiolitis in 21 acute care settings: A PREDICT cohort study. (Oral: V Ramsden).
- Bourke E, Babl FE. Pharmacological management of Agitation in Children and Young people: the PEAChY-O trial. (Oral: E Bourke).
- Long E, Williams A, Babl FE. Prospective validation of the Phoenic sepsis score. (Oral presentation: F Babl).
- Ramsden T, Tavender E, Babl FE. Understanding sustainment of evidence-based bronchiolitis management in 12 acute care settings: a PREDICT process evaluation. (Poster: V Ramsden).
Franz was also an invited speaker at the Educational Marketplace presenting “Global Research in Paediatric Emergency Medicine”.
Elyssia and Franz found time to get into the local spirit of the event in traditional dress!
