Student paramedic conference helps advance cardiac care
The Advanced Cardiac Care Conference took place at the impressive Pilkington Building, an ex-Royal Navy barracks at the Universities at Medway campus on 13 September 2014. Organised by the Canterbury Christ Church Student Paramedic Society (CCCSPS), an organisation run solely by student paramedics in their second and third years of study, this all day conference welcomed over 90 attendees and eight prestigious guest speakers who are experts in the field of acute cardiac care.
Co-founders Silas Budd and Phil Barber and treasurer Sam Pearson opened with an introduction and breakdown of the day's events. They began by thanking the attendees for coming before speaking briefly of the planning and organisation of the conference. Silas then welcomed Dr Richard Lyon, clinical lecturer in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, and clinical lead for Kent, Surrey, Sussex Air Ambulance Trust.
Lyon's keynote talk was entitled ‘Elite Resuscitation’, and began by addressing key issues surrounding the management of pre-hospital cardiac arrest, particularly the importance of Q-CPR (quality CPR). Using a case study as an example, Lyon demonstrated the benefit to patients of dispatching specialist clinicians to help streamline resuscitation attempts. The talk had a distinct theme of evidence-based practice, with Lyon highlighting current research and the possibility of incorporating innovative new techniques such as therapeutic hypothermia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the pre-hospital environment.
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