8-9 November 2010, Stamford Grand Hotel, Adelaide
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is holding its second National Conference on the deteriorating patient.Conference Aim
The aim of the conference is to showcase current approaches and practical solutions to the challenge of properly recognising and responding to patients who deteriorate in hospital. This year's conference will feature a number of experts from across Australia, New Zealand, America and the UK. A conference flyer (PDF 71 KB) including and a preliminary draft program (Excel 85 KB) is available for download.
The conference will provide participants with an opportunity to:
- hear from experts about current approaches and directions to recognising and responding to clinical deterioration
- learn about practical solutions for improving the recognition and response to clinical deterioration
- discuss with colleagues the issues, barriers and enablers to implementing systems and programs to improve the recognition and response to clinical deterioration.
A highlight of the conference will be the workshops that provide practical skills and information for participants to apply in their facility. A brief overview of these workshops (PDF 71 KB) is available for the information of conference delegates.
Audience
The conference will be useful for all health team members involved with recognising and responding to clinical deterioration. This includes people working in areas such as:
- critical care, emergency and general wards
- rapid response, medical emergency and ICU liaison
- risk, quality and patient safety
- hospital management.
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Places are limited. Register at Catalyst Events to secure your place at this conference.
For registration enquiries please contact Sarah Dixon on (02) 9419 4889 or 0401 716 657 or email sdixon@catalystevents.com.au
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