2023 ASM – Program

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Tuesday 12 September

0715 – 0820	Scientific Forum Registration \| Lake Lobby
0820 – 1200	Scientific Forum Room: Lake 2-4
Chairs	Lincoln Tracy & Danielle Nizzero
0820 – 0830	Welcome
	Free Papers
0830 – 0840	Inflammatory proteins and neutrophil extracellular traps increase in burn blister fluid after 24 hours post-burn Leila Cuttle
0840 – 0850	Prolonged pro-inflammatory T cell phenotypes, increased monocyte and macrophage activity following paediatric burn injury Donna Langley
0850 – 0900	The effect of burn injuries on brain transcriptomics and metabolomics Amira Allahham
0900 – 0910	Non-severe burn injury causes sustained hyperreactivity in human and mouse platelets Blair Johnson
0910 – 0920	Tissue explant (ex-vivo) models to reproduce burn injuries, streamlining pre-clinical treatment strategies Wiktor Pilch
0920 – 0930	The efficacy of acetic acid in burn wounds infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a review of the literature James Bozzi
0930 – 0940	A Novel Use of Amniotic Bilayer Dressing Co-cultured with Keratinocytes and Stem Cell as Skin Substitute in Adult Burn Patients Nandita Putri
0940 – 0950	Is Timing Everything? Navigating the Burn Wound Healing Process with Biobrane Gayatri Caplash
0950 – 1000	Feasibility, Acceptability and Safety study of the PICO™ Device (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy) in Acute Paediatric Burns Emma Lumsden
1000 – 1010	Decreasing the time to re-epithelialisation by three days in acute burn care: does it matter? Emma Lumsden
1010 – 1040	Morning Tea \| Lake Lobby
1040 – 1050	Tumescent infiltration in burn surgery: A systematic review Michael Cheung
1050 – 1100	How does BTM work? – Synthetic Graft Interactions in Full-Thickness Wounds Using Mouse Models Nicole Garcia
1100 – 1110	Preclinical development of 3D Bioprinting for skin regeneration Andrew Stevenson
1110 – 1120	Can wearable devices be used to non-invasively measure energy expenditure in patients with burn injury? Bronwyn Segon
1120 – 1130	Investigating the Safety and Tolerability of a Lysyl Oxidase Inhibitor (PXS-6302) vs Placebo in the Amelioration of Established Scars Natalie Morellini
1130 – 1140	Evaluating burn scar vascularity using optical coherence tomography and angiography: a comparative study of vascular differences between scar and healthy tissues Qiang Wang
1140 – 1150	The relationship between transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and scar activity Tanja Klotz
	Impact Presentation
1150 – 1152	Moisturisers have an influence on skin microcirculation: a laser speckle contrast imaging assessment study Tanja Klotz
1152 – 1200	Question/Discussion Time/Forum Close
1200 – 1300	Nursing and Allied Health Forum Registration \| Grand Ballroom Lobby
1200 – 1300	Lunch \| Lake Lobby Research Committee Meeting \| M1 Nursing Executive Meeting \| Lake 2-4
1300 – 1700	Nursing Forum Room: Lake 2 – 4	1300 – 1730	Allied Health Forum Room: Park
Chair	Louise Higgins	Chairs	Nicole Alexander & Ioanna Coutsouvelis
1300 – 1310	Welcome	1300 – 1310	Welcome & Acknowledgment of Country
1310 – 1410	Exploring burns nursing throughout Asia Pacific Reena Gauchan (Nepal), Mereia Seru (Fiji), Dr Tanveen Ahmed (Bangladesh).	1310 – 1410	Comprehensive Scar Management of the Head and Neck Michael Serghiou
1410 – 1510	Moral distress in burns nursing. How to keep calm and carry on Jenny O’Neill	1410 – 1440	Impacts of Inhalation Injury on your voice & swallow function: current assessment & treatment options Dr Nicola Clayton
		1440 – 1510	3D printed TFO’s Andrea McKittrick
1510 – 1530	Afternoon Tea \| Lake Lobby
1530	Caring for patients with large burn injuries: what are the challenges and ethical concerns? Interactive panel discussion	1530 – 1600	Skin Camouflage Therapy Gulsen Pasa
		1600 – 1630	Appearance concerns in people with visible difference Roberta Honigman
		1630 – 1645	Towards Zero Contractures in Fiji Akisi Dovibua, Jenny Ball
		1645 – 1700	Question Time/Forum Close
1700	Forum Close	1700 – 1730	ANZBA Allied Health Business Meeting
1700 – 1930	ANZBA ASM Registration \| Grand Ballroom Lobby
1730 – 1930	Welcome Reception \| Lizzie’s Lane, Ground Floor, Pullman Melbourne Albert Park

Wednesday 13 September

	Sponsored Breakfast Session Room: Lake 1-4
0700 – 0800	Medical Developments International Sponsored Breakfast Session Case Presentation: Management of acute pain in burns patients with Penthrox® (methoxyflurane) Mel Neely & Eliza Palfery
0715	ANZBA ASM Registration \| Grand Ballroom Lobby
0815 – 1000	ASM Opening Session Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Monique Bertinetti & Warwick Teague
0815 – 0825	Welcome to ANZBA 2023 \| Warwick Teague & Monique Bertinetti, Co-Convenors
0825 – 0835	Welcome to Country \| Uncle David Tournier
0835 – 0845	Official Opening \| Commissioner Gavin Freeman AFSM, Fire Rescue Victoria
0845 – 0850	Platinum Sponsor Address \| Grant Monaghan, Smith + Nephew
0850 – 0930	Murray Clarke Oration Thoughtless shortcuts: towards zero Associate Professor Heather Cleland
0930 – 1000	Patient Experience Maddison Bartlett
1000 – 1030	Morning Tea & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1030 – 1210	Session 2 – Towards Zero Burns Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Jessica Cooper & Danielle Nizzero
	Free Papers
1030 – 1040	Welcoming Burns to the PARTY (Program)! Gabby Pulbrook & Rebecca Schrale
1040 – 1050	Petrol burns in Australia and New Zealand – a comparison of two countries Nicholas Savage
1050 – 1100	Petrol Burns in children – working towards prevention Nicholas Savage
1100 – 1110	Hands off! Beware the steam vapouriser Sarah Huang
1110 – 1120	Friction Burns and the E-scooter: an evolving trend Dulan Gunawardena
1120 – 1130	Just Leaked! Bursting into Social Media – Hot Water Bottle Burns Animation Rebecca Schrale
1130 – 1140	Heat pack and hot water bottle contact burns – A small but challenging injury to reduce to zero Dale Edwick
1140 – 1150	The Dangers of Flammable Dressings – A Video Presentation Timothy Studley
	Impact Presentation
1150 – 1152	Firework related burn injuries in Australia and New Zealand: A review of epidemiology and clinical outcomes Jason Diab
1152 – 1210	Question/Discussion Time
1210 – 1310	Lunch & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby BRANZ Meeting \| Lake 1-4
1310 – 1510	Session 3 – Toward Zero Differences Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Louise Higgins & Dane Holden
	Plenary Session combined with Free Papers
1310 – 1320	Interplast’s work in burns prevention and treatment across the Asia Pacific Jess Hill, Director – International Programs
1320 – 1340	Managing burns in a low resource hospital setting: experiences from Fiji, and the first Pacific Islands Novasorb BTM trial Dr Scott Buadromo
1340 – 1400	Challenges of Electric Burns in Bangladesh: Chaos to Structure Dr Tanveer Ahmed
1400 – 1410	Two small islands and Novosorb® BTM: Telehealth across the Pacific Rebecca Schrale
1410 – 1420	Factors contributing to childhood burn contractures in rural Kenya that present for corrective surgery Jessica Medland
1420 – 1430	Burn Wound Conversion Scoring System as a Reference for Burn Referral Criteria in Indonesia Sheila Oklia
1430 – 1440	Management and Outcomes of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Treated in Burns Centres: A Systematic Review Nancy Wei
1440 – 1450	Footwear and orthotic prescription after burns or necrotising fasciitis affecting the lower limb: a retrospective audit Lauren Davies
1450 – 1510	Question/Discussion Time
1510 – 1540	Afternoon Tea & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1540 – 1730	Session 4 – ASM Updates Room: Grand 1-4
Chair	Danielle Nizzero
1540 – 1555	ANZBA Research Committee Update Leila Cuttle
1555 – 1610	BRANZ Update Lincoln Tracy
1630 – 1730	ANZBA AGM
1830	PolyNovo Sponsored Dinner \| The Park Melbourne Towards Zero: Optimising the science and patient outcomes with NovoSorb BTM Progressing outcomes with NovoSorb BTM: A paediatric burns centre’s experience Swami Raote \| PolyNovo CEO A/Professor Warwick Teague \| Director of Trauma, RCH

Thursday 14 September

	Sponsored Breakfast Session Room: Lake 1-4
0700 – 0800	Smith + Nephew Sponsored Breakfast Session Managing the Complex Burn: An interactive approach to preparing, protecting and progressing burn healing Chairperson: Dr Jeremy Rawlins Panel: Rebecca Schrale \| CNC, Royal Hobart Hospital Dr Paul Baker \| Plastic & Burn Surgeon: Clinical Leader for Burn Service, Middlemore Hospital Dr Dane Holden \| Deputy Director of Burns, Alfred Hospital
0730	ANZBA ASM Registration \| Grand Ballroom Lobby
0815 – 0950	Session 5 – Toward Zero Discomfort Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Emma McDonald & Michael Serghiou
	Plenary Session
0815 – 0835	Recalibrating zero for burn pain Dr Francois Stapelberg
0835 – 0855	Management of burns pruritis Associate Professor Patrick Mahar
	Free Papers
0855 – 0905	Clinical hypnosis for procedural pain and distress in children: A scoping review Dali Geagea
0905 – 0915	Split thickness skin graft donor site morbidity – patients’ perspective Michael Nessler
0915 – 0925	The psychological impact of paediatric burn injuries: a systematic review Rigel Paciente
0925 – 0935	Setting families up for the future: How health professionals support children using non-invasive burn scar treatments and their caregivers Jessica Killey
	Impact Presentations
0935 – 0937	Testing the usability and effectiveness of “A Wanderer’s Tale” a virtual reality application during burn wound procedures Andrea McKittrick
0937 – 0939	Management of Pruritus in Burns: Understanding Contributing Factors and Future Perspectives Wiktor Pilch
0939 – 0941	‘Take a Breath’ – an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group program for parents of paediatric burn survivors Grace Jury & Alison Baillie
0941 – 0950	Question/Discussion Time
0950 – 1020	Morning Tea & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1020 – 1200	Session 6 – Zeroing in on Patient Outcomes Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Elizabeth Capell & Ioanna Coutsouvelis
	Free Papers
1020 – 1030	Development of an evidence-based outcome measure for hand burn injuries using co-design Andrea McKittrick
1030 – 1040	Clinical utility and validity of a new outcome measure for hand burn injuries Andrea McKittrick
1040 – 1050	What is the impact of a minor burn injury on physical recovery in children? Towards zero functional complications Stephanie Wicks
1050 – 1100	Becoming experts in their own treatment: How children and caregivers engage with non-invasive burn scar treatments Jessica Killey
1100 – 1110	Centralised Collection of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in the Victorian Burns Population Lincoln Tracy
1110 – 1120	Nutritional Status of Older Persons following Burn Injury requiring hospitalisation Caroline Nicholls
1120 – 1130	Improving compliance with early enteral feeding in <24 hours for patients with severe burn injuries: The ‘EAT’ Project Karina Lay
1130 – 1140	“Little Bump” a story of hope and resilience Emma Baker
	Impact Presentations
1140 – 1142	Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Burn Patients with COVID-19 Infection Managed in the Philippine General Hospital Mikhail Amante
1142 – 1144	Analyzing The Accuracy of Using The One Day Per Percent Burn Rule as A Prediction of Hospital Length of Stay in The Burn Unit at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta Alisa Sharen Assyifa
1144 – 1146	The relationship between paediatric burn patient characteristics and parental psychosocial outcome measures Dinithi Atapattu
1146 – 1148	How do burn survivors compare to US population-based norms and other injury populations in health-related quality of life? Dagmar Amtmann
1148 – 1200	Question/Discussion Time
1200 – 1300	Lunch & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby Prevention Meeting \| Lake 1-4
1300 – 1520	Session 7 – Toward Zero Complications Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Nicole Alexander & Monique Bertinetti
1300 – 1330	Plenary Session
	Burn Rehabilitation Towards Zero Michael Serghiou
	Panel Session
1330 – 1400	Panellists: Michael Serghiou Dr Nicola Clayton Claire Toose Grace Jury
	Free Papers
1400 – 1410	Enablers and barriers to participation in physical activity programs while hospitalised after burn injury: the patient perspective Anita Plaza
1410 – 1420	Enablers and barriers to participation in physical activity programs while hospitalised after burn injury: clinician perspectives Anita Plaza
1420 – 1430	TBSA related Mortality and Evaluation of Referral System of Burns Among Children in a National Referral Hospital in Indonesia: A 10-year Retrospective Study Nadya Farhana & Sheila Oklia
1430 – 1440	Early Dysphagia Rehabilitation in Critical Care: A pilot study of Feasibility, Safety and Effectiveness of a Strength-based Dysphagia Treatment Protocol for patients with ICU Acquired Weakness Nicola Clayton
1440 – 1450	Nutritional support practices and perspectives in adult patients with severe burns: A survey amongst dietitians in Australia and New Zealand Burns Centres Collette Massy-Westropp
1450 – 1500	Burn specific venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: outcomes at fifteen-months Sean Xu
	Impact Presentations
1500 – 1502	QR codes to educational videos for splinting of acute burns patients; a multidisciplinary qualitative project Stephanie Bui
1502 – 1504	Co-designing Implementation Strategies for the Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Acute Paediatric Burns in Australia Maleea Holbert
1504 – 1506	Swallowing impairment in older persons following burn injury: Validation of incidence and predictive factors for dysphagia Nicola Clayton
1506 – 1520	Question/Discussion Time
1520 – 1550	Afternoon Tea & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1550 – 1730	Session 8 – Toward Zero Scars & Contractures Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Patrick Mahar & Monique Bertinetti
	Free Papers
1550 – 1600	Reflections on 5 years of experience with BTM reconstruction at the New Zealand National Burn Centre Lindsay Damkat-Thomas
1600 – 1610	5-year experience of BTM reconstruction in paediatric burns Mohammad Nassimizadeh
1610 – 1620	Do clinicians estimates’ of scar thickness suffice for the assessment of scars? Maria Shilova
1620 – 1630	Ultrasound guided fractional ablative CO2 protocolised laser settings: subjective, objective and patient rated outcomes Tanja Klotz
1630 – 1640	Carbon dioxide laser treatment of burn-related scarring: Results of the ELIPSE (Early Laser Intervention Promotes Scar Evolution) prospective randomised controlled trial Christopher Lewis
1640 – 1650	Can cutaneous functional units be used to predict therapy requirements in paediatric palm burns? Towards zero contractures Rhianydd Thomas
1650 – 1700	The role of dermal substitutes and facial aesthetic subunits in burn scar resurfacing Sinem Gultekin
1700 – 1710	Neck scar contracture release and resurfacing with synthetic dermal substitute – tips and tricks for success Elizabeth Concannon
1710 – 1720	Collective co-implementation of scar interventions that suck: Introducing vacuum massage therapy in a paediatric burns setting Kate Miller, ECR Seed Grant Presentation
1720 – 1730	Question/Discussion Time

Friday 15 September

	Sponsored Breakfast Session Room: Lake 1-4
0715 – 0815	Breakfast Session Sponsored by Endotherapeutics Use of LPG Endermologie (Vacuum Therapy) to treat a range of scars Jane Broadhurst \| Lymphscar Perth
0800	ANZBA ASM Registration \| Grand Ballroom Lobby
0830 – 1050	Session 9 – Ground Zero Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Hana Menezes & Melinda Pacquola
	Plenary Session
0830 – 0900	Building and training an integrated Burns Team in ED Dr Marc Schnekenburger
	Free Papers
0900 – 0910	Twenty minutes of cool running water burn first aid: a systematic review and meta analysis Bronwyn Griffin
0910 – 0920	10-year review of paediatric patients with massive burn injury at the New Zealand National Burn Centre Paul Baker
0920 – 0930	Higher operating theatre temperature during burn surgery increases physiological heat strain, subjective workload, and fatigue of surgical staff Zehra Palejwala
0930 – 0940	Perioperative thermoregulation practices in major burns management across Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (optiTHERMM) Cody Frear
0940 – 0950	Review of Major Burns Management Protocols Sinem Gultekin
0950 – 1000	Burns allied health outpatient service expansion Liz Capell
1000 – 1010	Beyond “Deer in the Headlights” and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse–Planning NOW for Civilian Defense after Nuclear Detonation in Anglophone Medical Forums James Jeng
1010 – 1020	Question / Discussion Time
	Expert Panel – Disaster Planning
1020 – 1050	Panellists: Associate Professor Warwick Teague Dr Paul Baker Associate Professor Heather Cleland Darren McQuade Dr James Jeng
1050 – 1120	Morning Tea & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1120 – 1310	Session 10 – Towards Zero Inequity Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Melissa Neely & Warwick Teague
	Plenary Session
1120 – 1140	Towards Zero Inequity Associate Professor Courtney Ryder
	Free Papers
1140 – 1150	Comparison of Large Language Models in Providing Medical Advice for Scald Burns: Google’s AI BARD, Bing AI, and ChatGPT Ishith Seth
1150 – 1200	NSW Teleburns – Embracing Burns Telehealth Miranda Pye
1200 – 1210	Assessing the Outcomes of Major Burns (≥20% TBSA) Utilising the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+) in Queensland, Australia Jenyu Shaw
1210 – 1220	Burn injuries in patients with spinal cord injury: a single institution experience from a combined Burns Unit and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Service Michael Cheung
1220 – 1230	Management strategies for perioperative anaemia in the severely burn-injured Jehovah’s Witness patients who decline a blood transfusion Mia Jung
1230 – 1240	Hearing the signs – A multi-disciplinary approach to a 10% TBSA burn in a hearing-impaired child Sarah Huang
1240 – 1250	Burning Health Inequality Justin Hunt
1250 – 1300	Indigenous Outcomes in Major Burns (≥20% TBSA) – Are We Failing to Provide an Equitable Health Service Jenyu Shaw
	Impact Presentations
1300 – 1302	Enhancing Burn Management Decision-making with ChatGPT: A Study on Accurate Dressing Choice Recommendations Ishith Seth
1302 – 1310	Question / Discussion Time
1310 – 1410	Lunch & Exhibition \| Grand Lobby
1410 – 1520	Session 11 Room: Grand 1-4
Chairs	Monique Bertinetti & Warwick Teague
1410 – 1455	State Challenge
1455 – 1505	Announcement of Awards
1505 – 1520	ASM closing and handover to 2024
1900	ASM Dinner \| Great Gatsby

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