As a Cardiologist working closely with ambulance and Emergency Department staff on the provision of thrombolysis, Dr Cooke has a unique insight into the problems we all face in interpreting the ECG and clinical picture, especially with the more subtle and uncommon presentations. This session will provide some of the answers to those problems as well as giving an insight into new development strategies for the treatment of AMI and ACS that affect us all in our pre-hospital practice.

As an experienced accident investigator who has dedicated years to policing and AIMS team work, the session is set to deliver an interesting and educational look at the work of post incident investigation. With the use of case studies, demonstrations of the science behind reconstruction and the “must do” list for the professional pre hospital practitioner the session is highly recommended.

Squadron Leader Bob Tipping is a Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and HEMS doctor, having recently been on secondment to civilian HEMS practice from the RAF. He has been on recent deployment in Afghanistan where he was working with the Medical Emergency Response Team. He will talk about the physiology of aviation medicine and practicalities of air transport in both civilian and military practice, with valuable lesions to be learnt for the future of UK trauma systems