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Emergency Medicine Symposium, Melbourne (2026)

03/01/2026

🎉 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗠 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺! 🎉

We’re excited to kick off 2026 as we prepare for our 4𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙪𝙢 — and we can’t wait to welcome you to 𝘿𝙖 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙜, 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢 this April.

🚨 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟏 🚨
Secure your spot now before prices go up!

A huge thank you to everyone who has already registered — we’re working hard to deliver 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙮𝙚𝙩.

🔹 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩:
✔️ A fast-paced 3 days
✔️ Hands-on workshops to sharpen your skills on the floor
✔️ High-yield talks focused on practical clinical insights
✔️ Meaningful education in professional and leadership skills is essential for senior ED clinicians

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 are warmly invited — 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.
📩 Please email or DM us for the discount code.

🌴 World-class education. Incredible location. Exceptional faculty.

📅 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

👉 Register now before early bird pricing ends!

17/12/2025

𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 — 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Two arms.
Liberal fluids versus restrictive fluids.
Pressors early versus pressors late.

What often gets lost is the message this sends to practice: that fluids and vasopressors are opposing choices, rather than complementary tools applied to different physiological problems.

So when hypotension appears, our reflex is familiar — give fluid. Not because it’s always right, but because that’s how the question has been framed for years.

This conversation at the Emergency Medicine Symposium in Vietnam is about stepping back from that “this or that” thinking. About recognising haemodynamic and echo phenotypes, and about using evidence as a guide — not a shortcut.

I’m looking forward to a discussion that challenges assumptions, respects complexity, and sharpens clinical reasoning.

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11/12/2025

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 | 𝗗𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗿
Emergency Physician & Pain Specialist

Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026 | Da Nang, Vietnam

Pain in the ED is rarely straightforward. It arrives suddenly, shaped by fear, urgency, and stories that often began long before the patient reaches us. Emergency physicians must treat pain differently — balancing rapid relief with diagnostic uncertainty, limited monitoring, and the realities of safe discharge.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Hassan Zahoor to the Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026 faculty.
His session, Comfort in Chaos: Pain Management in ED, explores the true craft behind ED pain care:
• expanding our toolkit for acute pain
• choosing comfort when cure isn’t possible
• understanding the layers of acute-on-chronic pain that patients carry into the department

It’s a talk shaped by experience, humanity, and the realities of frontline care.

If you are planning to join us in Da Nang, Vietnam | April 13–15, 2026, all details and registration are available on our website:

👉 www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

Good People | Great Times | Amazing Education

04/12/2025

🌏 Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026 – Danang, Vietnam
14–16 April | 2026

One of the secret joys of EM Symposium is what happens around the academic program.

Yes—we come for the teaching, the debates, the practical pearls, and the camaraderie…

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

And Danang is full of stories waiting to be written.

Once the learning wraps for the day, this part of Vietnam quietly hands you a menu of experiences. No pressure, no rigid plans—just options that match whatever energy you have left.

Here are some of the adventures delegates can choose from:

✨ Hoi An Ancient Town
Wander lantern-filled streets, riverside cafés, ancient houses, and tailor shops that deliver magic overnight.

✨ My Son Sanctuary
A lush valley of Cham temples—UNESCO heritage, centuries old, and absolutely breathtaking.

✨ Marble Mountain
Caves, pagodas, viewpoints… a perfect mix of gentle climbing and spiritual calm.

✨ Son Tra Peninsula (Monkey Mountain)
Jeep tours, wild coastline, and the towering Lady Buddha statue watching over the city.

✨ Hue Imperial City
Citadels, temples, royal tombs—Vietnamese history at its most majestic.

✨ Vietnamese Craft Villages
Pottery, silk weaving, lantern making—beautiful, hands-on experiences run by artisans who have kept these traditions alive for generations.

✨ Tra Que Farming Village
A wholesome half-day cycling, cooking, farming and laughing with locals. It’s as charming as it sounds.

✨ Food & Night Markets
Crispy bánh xèo, mì quảng, seafood BBQ, street stalls buzzing with the warm chaos that only Vietnam can deliver.

✨ Hai Van Pass Scenic Drive
One of Asia’s most iconic roads—coastal air, curves, and panorama after panorama.

✨ Sunrise with Fishermen at Man Thai Beach
Simple, authentic, and unforgettable—you’ll see the city wake up from the water’s edge.

And all of this is within easy reach of the Sheraton Danang - no long travel days, no complicated planning. Just choose what speaks to you and let Vietnam do the rest.

So come for the academic sessions.
Stay for the conversations, the connections… and the adventures you didn’t even know you needed.

🔗 Register now: www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

Danang awaits—with education in one hand and experience in the other. 🌿✨

26/11/2025

𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 – 𝘿𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧
𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙪𝙢 2026 · 𝘿𝙖 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙜

In mixed adult–paediatric emergency departments, or in adult-only services that still shoulder the occasional paediatric emergency, procedural sedation for children sits in an uneasy space. It’s infrequent enough to create discomfort, memorable enough to create hesitation, and important enough that no emergency clinician wants to get it wrong. Every department knows that feeling — the quiet tension of “We don’t do this often, but when we do… it matters.”

That is exactly where Dr Robert Millar steps in.

Dr Millar is an experienced emergency physician whose teaching style is grounded in what clinicians actually face on the floor: rare but high-stakes moments, shifting guidelines, distressed families, and the subtle art of keeping a small patient safe while keeping a whole team calm.

Last year, his session on paediatric procedural sedation was one of the highlights of the program — practical, evidence-based, and deeply reassuring. This year, we’re taking it further.

For Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026 in Da Nang, Dr Millar is leading a half-day interactive workshop, bringing the newest evidence, refined clinical pathways, human-centred sedation strategies, and team-based cognitive frameworks into a format built for real-world clinicians. This is not a lecture — it’s hands-on, case-rich, and designed to give every participant the confidence to walk back into their ED ready for whatever rolls through the door.

If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to jump in. No theatrics, no urgency alarms — simply a polite reminder that our workshops are intentionally small, and naturally… they fill.
https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

𝙎𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢.

19/11/2025

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

A Fireside Conversation with 𝗗𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀

Interviewed by 𝘋𝘳 𝘙𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯

Emergency Medicine Symposium — Da Nang 2026**

Some leaders don’t influence with volume or authority —
they influence with presence.

In Da Nang 2026, the Emergency Medicine Symposium will host a fireside conversation with Dr Simon Judkins, a clinician whose steadiness, empathy, and conviction have shaped some of the most difficult conversations in Australian healthcare.

This session explores a simple truth:

👉 Influence is the currency.
👉Leadership is the posture.
👉Titles are just the paperwork.

Sitting across from him will be Dr Rajan Kailainathan, not as an expert, but as a thoughtful interviewer — asking the questions many clinicians quietly hold:

✨ What shapes influence when no one is watching?
✨ How do you lead without authority, yet still move people?
✨ What inner work steadies a leader when the system shakes?
✨ How do you challenge without sliding into cynicism?
✨ What does leadership look like when the stakes are high and the spotlight is uncomfortable?

the quiet decisions, the unseen disciplines, the culture you carry into the room, and the influence you build long before anyone hands you a title.

It’s not staged.
It’s not scripted.
It’s the kind of real, grounded, human conversation clinicians rarely get to witness.

Emergency Medicine Symposium • Da Nang • April 13–15, 2026
Good People | Great Times | Amazing Education

More details in the comments.
See you in Da Nang. 🌺🔥

12/11/2025

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐃: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Pulmonary embolism is the great masquerader of emergency medicine — subtle, deceptive, and deadly when missed.

In this session, 𝐃𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐦 takes clinicians through the art of recognition and decisive action. Known for his sharp clinical reasoning and calm under pressure, Siva breaks down how to move fast from “Could this be PE?” to “How dangerous is it?”, and how to choose between home, ward, or ICU using validated tools and bedside cues.

With his signature blend of practical wisdom and structured thinking, he guides you through the grey zones — from sub-massive PE with RV strain to those borderline blood-pressure calls — showing how confident decisions emerge from structured assessment and physiological insight.

Join Dr Siva and an inspiring faculty of emergency clinicians at the Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026 in Da Nang, Vietnam (April 13-15) for three unforgettable days of real-world learning, shared purpose, and coastal warmth.

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05/11/2025

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥.

We’re honoured to have A/Prof Lai Heng Foong, Emergency Physician and Chair of the ACEM Public Health and Disaster Committee, join us in Da Nang this April. A clinician, educator, and advocate, she brings a depth of insight that bridges medicine, humanity, and culture.

In her talk, “Sharpen your Sixth Sense: Cultural Competency as a Diagnostic Tool,” she invites us to look beyond the surface of clinical presentations. In the rush of a busy emergency department, where competing demands can cloud our judgment, cultural nuances are too often overlooked—impacting First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse patients disproportionately. This session hones our ability to build cultural bridges, deepen understanding, and improve patient outcomes through true diagnostic empathy.

🌏 Join us in Da Nang, Vietnam — April 13–15, 2026
Three days of real-world learning, meaningful conversations, and connections that stay with you long after the conference ends.

🔗 Conference details and registration link in the comments.

24/10/2025

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦-𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬

We’ve all mastered the anatomically and physiologically difficult airway— but let’s face it, sometimes the real challenge begins after the tube goes in.

Join us for an Emergency Physician’s practical take on managing the toughest ventilation scenarios in the ED. What do you do when the vent starts alarming at 11pm and everyone looks to you for answers?

We’ll revisit first principles, then dive into real-world cases to help you troubleshoot with confidence and guide your sickest patients safely through their most critical period.

Severe asthma, multilobar pneumonia, BMI >50, ARDS? Challenge accepted.

When is too much PEEP harmful? How can we optimise for hypoxia, hypercarbia, and high airway pressures?

Come ready to sharpen your ventilator instincts—and leave ready for anything that breathes (or stops).

16/10/2025

𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟒 – 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬

𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 – 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

Community-Based Tourism in Vietnam is changing futures with every visitor

In rural Vietnam, the most powerful development tool isn’t money or tech.
It’s hospitality.

With Action on Poverty’s Community-Based Tourism program, villagers welcome travellers into their homes — and use that revenue to:

Build roads
Fund water systems
Invest in education
Preserve cultural traditions passed down for generations

This is tourism done right — inclusive, regenerative, and community-led.

And it reminds us: sometimes, the smallest decision (where you stay) can create the largest ripple.

You don’t have to be born into poverty to care about its consequences. You just have to believe that access should never depend on location.

When you join the EM Symposium, you’re helping ensure the benefits of healthcare, economy, and education go further than the people in the room.

Join us at Da Nang in 2026

https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au/

10/10/2025

𝚆𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝟹 – 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙽𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

At the Emergency Medicine Symposium 2025, we spoke of how our philanthropic footprint was growing — reaching further than ever before.

This year, that promise becomes real.

We are proud to introduce two new charity partnerships,
and this week, we shine a light on one of them: Vanni Hope.

𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 – 𝐈𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

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In rural Sri Lanka, families once fished out of desperation. Now, thanks to the Vanni Hope Inland Fishing Project, they fish with hope.

By equipping communities with fingerlings, gear, and training — this project has quietly transformed fishing into a respected livelihood:

🎣 Children stay in school
🏡 Families gain financial freedom
🌊 Local ecosystems are protected and valued

For many of us, this story feels close.

Maybe your father rose early to fish — not for fun, but for food.
Maybe your grandparents knew what it meant to stretch one income across generations.

But this story doesn’t require shared history — only shared humanity.

Because when we support projects like this, we’re saying:
"Your dreams for your family are as worthy as ours. Let’s build a world where they’re possible."

When we were speaking about this to one of our delegates from Auckland, they said:

“I grew up in a small coastal town in New Zealand. Fishing was something we did on weekends. This made me realise: for many, it’s not leisure — it’s legacy. That shift in perspective changed everything.”

See you in DaNanag, Vietnam, in April 2026
https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au/

Next week, we’ll tell you about our other new partner:
Action on Poverty, and how community-led tourism in Vietnam is transforming lives one welcome at a time.

01/10/2025

🟩 Week 2 – The Village That Stopped Waiting

𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖 – 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙮𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙪:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨

For the past three years, thanks to the generosity of our delegates,
the Emergency Medicine Symposium has quietly supported a rural Sri Lankan village named 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹 — a place once shaped by scarcity, now sustained by strength.

Through our partnership with Palmera, the women of Theravil built something remarkable.

They raised livestock.
Started peanut farms.
Created savings groups under trees.
Taught each other how to lend, how to lead, how to build a life no longer dependent on anyone else.

Today, 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹 stands tall — not because the world changed around them,
but because they changed the world they could reach.

And while Palmera still returns — to listen, learn, and repeat the cycle with care —

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹 no longer needs our spotlight.
Because they’ve become the light for others.

Now, that light moves to a place where silence still lingers: 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗸𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘆𝗶𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘂.

The final battlefield of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
A village where endings were written in loss — and now, beginnings are being rewritten in quiet resilience.

The women here are doing what Theravil did.
They’re gathering again.
Saving in circles.
Starting small businesses and rediscovering something that was almost lost:
The right to imagine a future.

This is what Palmera does — not just in these two villages, but across many.
This week, we simply pause to honour one story…
and the next it made possible.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐠
https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

Next week, we’ll share the stories of Vanni Hope and Action on Poverty — and the quiet revolutions they’re building in lakes and villages across Asia.

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