Mr Anthony Lock, DSM Founding Director, Nexus Human Factors Training. Abstract: Human Factors. What is it, what it isn’t, and what it looks like in the every day from a healthcare perspective. Human Factors, and all its components, tells us...

Peter Brennan  Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Portsmouth, UK Abstract: This short presentation will discuss how by applying human factors to our day to day practice, we can improve patient safety through enhanced personal and team performance.  After a brief...

Dr Andrew Kiyingi Consultant Bariatric and General Surgeon and Endoscopist Perth, WA Abstract: An introduction to the current state of obesity and bariatric surgery in 2021.   Biography: Dr Andrew Kiyingi is a Consultant Bariatric and General Surgeon and Endoscopist...

James Gallagher William Randolph Hearst Burn Center At Newyork-Presbyterian Hospital Abstract: A case is made for the burn care community to lead change in Global Surgery as outlined in the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery 2030.   Biography: James Gallagher, MD...

James Gallagher William Randolph Hearst Burn Center At Newyork-Presbyterian Hospital Abstract: An outline to equip burn care professionals for outreach to improve in burn care.  Practical suggestions about working together and how to make changes.   Biography: James Gallagher, MD FACS...

Rosemary Kendall1, Heather Gale-Maclaren1, Patrick Sloan2 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, 2Edith Cowan University Abstract: Western Australia’s 2.6 million km2  means that rural and remote patients may have to travel vast distances to access burn care.  This means long transfer times, potentially...

Nigel Hamilton Abstract: Nigel will give a brief account of how he became a “burns anaesthetist” and why he continues to enjoy this role as a Consultant Anaesthetist at Fiona Stanley.   Biography: I was born and schooled in Perth,...

Winthrop Professor Fiona M Wood FRACS AM Director of the Burns Service of WA Director of the Burn Injury Research Unit UWA Abstract: The use of point of care devices to assist in surgical decision making. Tissue salvage and tissue...

Edward Raby Fiona Stanley Hospital Abstract: A whirlwind review of the non-surgical technological advances in burns care – resuscitation, smart dressings, bedside monitoring and laboratory diagnostics.   Biography: Dr Raby is a clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases consultant working at...

Lisa Macintyre (PhD), invited speaker on pressure garments and their use in burn scar treatment Pressure garments have been used to help treat and prevent hypertrophic burn scars since the early 1970s. Pressure garments are made from elastic fabrics that...