ECHO Workshop Nice France

Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Conference

Join Us in Beautiful Nice for Our First Emergency & Critical Care Conference

Three high-impact days on the French Riviera.
Practical updates you can use the moment you return to work.

Dive into ECMO, adult resuscitation, cardiology and ECG case-based learning, plus essential paediatric and geriatric updates—all designed to sharpen decision-making and boost clinical confidence.

Take it further with a hands-on airway workshop, available across the first two days.

Learn, connect, and recharge in sun-soaked Nice, where cutting-edge medicine meets Mediterranean elegance.

Dates

October 9th – 11th 2026

Where

Hotel West End promenade, Nice France

We will be covering 

  • Adult resuscitation cases
  • Cardiology and ECG cases
  • Paediatric Emergency cases
  • Ultrasound cases
  • Retrieval Medicine Updates
  • Toxicology updates
  • ECMO updates and current practice
  • Ongoing medical education and professional development post fellowship

There will be an airway workshop at the end of the first 2 days for a limited number of people. Booking is essential to secure a spot.

Accredited by ACEM

Accommodation 

West End Hotel   https://www.hotel-westend.com/ 

The Hotel West End Nice Promenade is a historic and elegant 4‑star Belle Époque property located at 31 Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. Built in 1842, it was the very first grand hotel on this iconic seafront boulevard. It is minutes away from the old city and the Place Massena.

A promotional code for accommodation is available. It is ROYHOSPITAL

Programme 

Day 1: The Sharp End of Resuscitation & Critical Care Emergencies

0800–1010 | Session 1: Resuscitation at the Coalface

Chair: Dr James Edwards

  • Registration and welcome
  • ECMO-CPR
  • The role of Trans-oesophageal echocardiography in ED and in cardiac arrest
  • Lung USS in the ED- is the CXR dead?
  • B blockers in the crashing patient – friend or foe

1030–1200 | Session 2: Critical Care Emergencies

Chair: A/Prof Dane Chalkley

  • Intermediate and high-risk PE management
  • reversing the bleeding patient
  • Advanced airway emergencies

1240–1400 | Session 3: Complex & Controversial Cases

Panel Lead: Dr Sam Bendall

  • High risk syncope
  • The dizzy patient- who has had a stroke?
  • Subtle ECG Findings… Bring Your Magnifying Glass!

1400–1530 | Practical Workshop: Airway Management (Max 16 participants)

Facilitators: Faculty team
4 stations – small group rotation (4 per group):

  1. Adult airway
  2. Difficult airway
  3. Surgical airway
  4. Paediatric airway

Day 2: Health Advocacy, Toxicology & AI in Emergency Medicine

0800–1010 | Session 1: Health Advocacy in Emergency Medicine 

Chair: Dr James Edwards

  • Human factors and team leading in the ED
  • The health impact of climate change
  • Creating a sustainable ED
  • Voluntary assisted dying

1030–1200 | Session 2: Toxicology in the Emergency Department

Keynote: Prof Naren Gunja

  • Champignons anyone?
  • Nitrous oxide abuse – not a laughing matter
  • Toxicology quiz

1240–1400 | Session 3: Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine

Chair: A/Prof Dane Chalkley

  • Data to decision : AI in the fast lane
  • Big Data
  • AI and medicolegal risk

1400–1530 | Practical Workshop: Airway Management (Max 16 participants)

Facilitators: Faculty team
4 stations – small group rotation (4 per group):

  1. Adult airway
  2. Difficult airway
  3. Surgical airway
  4. Paediatric airway

Day 3: Paediatrics, Geriatrics & Retrieval Medicine

0800–0950 | Session 1: Paediatric Emergencies
Chair: Dr Angelika Zankl

  • Recognition and management of the collapsed neonate
  • Cardiac neonatal emergencies
  • Ethical dilemna in neonatal emergencies

1010–1200 | Session 2: Emergency Care for Older Patients
Chair: Dr Sinead Ni Bhraonáin

  • Silver Trauma
  • Management of rib fractures in the elderly
  • Head injury in the elderly- do they all need a CT?

1240–1400 | Session 3: Retrieval Medicine
Panel Lead: Dr Sam Bendall

  • Principles of aeromedical retrieval
  • Retrieval scenario and group activities

Speakers

Dr James Edwards

Dr James Edwards is the current Director of the Emergency Department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and has been an Emergency Physican for over 20 years. James has held numerous leadership positions including the Chair of the NSW Prevocational Training Council, inaugural Director of the Demand Management Unit in Sydney Local Health District and was the Medical Lead for the NSW Health Mass Vaccination centre as part of the state COVID response. He has a strong interest in medical education, completed a Master of Medical Education and developed an online resource for junior doctors

Dr Sam Bendall

Dr Sam Bendall is an Emergency Physician, Retrieval Specialist, and Director of Education at CareFlight. She is dedicated to building high-performing teams through strong communication, teamwork, and human factors awareness—key drivers of safer care. At Sydney Local Health District, she serves as Deputy Director of the MDOK program, focusing on physician wellness, leadership, and performance. A graduate of the Stanford Chief Wellness Officers Course (2019), she is a committed advocate for the vital link between clinician wellbeing, team performance, and patient safety.

Dr Sinead Bhraonáin

Dr Sinéad Ní Bhraonáin is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine working at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney. She has since undertaken multiple fellowships including Emergency Medicine (UK and Australia), a difficult Airway fellowship, a critical care and retrieval medicine fellowship and has a fellowship in Sports and Exercise Medicine.She has a keen interest in leadership and has undertaken leadership courses in Organisational Leadership from Harvard Business School, Swinburne University Melbourne and Emergency Leadership from The Alfred Melbourne.
She currently works as clinical director of Sydney Local Health District Demand Management Unit looking at strategic demand and capacity planning across the greater Sydney area.
Her clinical interests include difficult airway management and HALO- high acuity low occurrence procedures. She is a faculty member for The Procedures Course for The Alfred Melbourne teaching these procedures.

Professor Michael Dinh

Michael is an Emergency Physician and Director of the RPA Green Light Institute for Emergency Care. He holds a medical degree from the University of Sydney (1997), a Master of Public Health from Harvard (2011), and a PhD from The George Institute for Global Health, where he studied quality improvement in trauma care. He was Clinical Director of the NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (2016–2024), leading a major evaluation and improvement program for the state trauma system. Currently, he leads emergency, trauma, and critical care research collaborations across Sydney Local Health District. Michael has authored over 180 peer-reviewed papers (3,000+ citations, H-index 31). His research focuses on trauma and emergency systems, AI in emergency care, ED patient flow, road trauma, and the effects of population ageing on emergency service demand, with partnerships spanning academia, government, and health services.

Professor Naren Gunja

Professor Naren Gunja is a medical toxicologist at Westmead Hospital in Western Sydney. He has published extensively in toxicology and provides consultation advice at the Australian Poisons Information Centre. After completing a masters in forensic toxicology at the University of Florida, his consultancy specialises in post-mortem interpretation, recreational substances and drug impairment. Dr. Gunja is Clinical Professor at Sydney Medical school with a keen interest in medication safety, health technology and electronic prescribing.

Dr Lai Heng Foong

Dr Lai Heng is the Emergency Medicine Specialist at Bankstown Hospital with expertise in Public Health, Disaster Medicine and Climate Change and Health, and is a member of the Indigenous Health Committee of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). Dr Lai Heng worked to inform the ACEMs Environmental Strategy, which affirms its commitment to addressing climate change and its impacts on health and healthcare systems.

Dr Earl Butler

Dr Giovanni Volpicelli

Giovanni Volpicelli, MD, FCCP (b. 1962, Catania, Italy) is a staff Emergency Physician at San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy, where he has worked since 1998. He is an international expert in emergency ultrasound, particularly lung ultrasound. He has chaired the 1st International Consensus Conference on Lung Ultrasound and contributed to the 2nd Consensus on Ultrasound in Trauma. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Critical Ultrasound Journal, Academic Editor of Medicine, and Associate Editor of The Open Emergency Medicine Journal. He also reviews for leading journals including NEJM, Annals of Internal Medicine, Chest, ICM, and others. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and member of ACEP and WINFOCUS, where he directs the Lung Ultrasound Group and international training programs. He is an author of multiple textbook chapters, over 60 peer-reviewed publications, and widely cited (>1000 citations). He collaborates as a reviewer with MORE (McMaster Online Rating of Evidence), McMaster University, Canada.

Dr Deirdre Breslin

Dr. Deirdre Breslin graduated from University College Dublin in 2012 and trained in Emergency Medicine in Ireland via the specialist training scheme.
She undertook a clinical fellowship in Geriatric Emergency Medicine and has been appointed as a consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Mater Hospital.
Her areas of specialist interest are major trauma in older adults, simulation-based medical education, and physician well-being.

Hesham A. K. Ibrahim MB.BCh, PDip Digital Learning Design, EgFEM, MRCEM, EBEEM, FRCEM Emergency Medicine Consultant, UK
Dr. Hesham Ibrahim is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Hampshire Hospitals, UK, with a special interest in ultrasound applications in the Emergency Department and Emergency Cardiology, where he also serves as the departmental cardiology lead.
Passionate about medical education, he has extensive experience teaching nationally across the UK and internationally. He is the founder and course director of the Emergency Physician’s ECG Course (EPEC) and the From Zero to Hero in ACS Course, both highly regarded for advancing ECG interpretation and acute cardiac care skills.
Dr. Ibrahim is a regular speaker at RCEM conferences as well as numerous international Emergency Medicine events in the UK, Canada, Egypt, UAE, Oman, Morocco, and Jordan.
Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hesham-ibrahim-8a056037/ Learn more: https://www.fromzerotohero.info/

Andrew Hugman is a specialist Emergency Physician and New South Wales Ambulance State Retrieval Consultant. He is Clinical Director of Digital Health at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, where he also undertakes Chief Medical Officer responsibilities. Andrew’s work bridges frontline critical care and national healthcare standards, with a focus on digital health, interoperability, the safe adoption of AI in clinical practice, and improving data quality to support better care across Australia.

Dr Amanda Hugman is a Senior Staff Specialist in Clinical and Laboratory Haematology at St George and Sutherland Hospitals and NSW Health Pathology, and co-founder of Manly Haematology in Sydney. A Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, she holds a Master of Philosophy in Medicine from the University of Sydney. Her expertise spans benign and malignant haematology, haematological emergencies, coagulation, flow cytometry and blood banking, with international experience in bone marrow transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge. She leads national and international Phase I–III clinical trials, has published in The Lancet Haematology, Blood, and the European Respiratory Journal, and is a member of major international haematology and thrombosis societies.

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Airway Workshop AUD 200

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