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Emergency Medicine Symposium, Melbourne (2026)

14/02/2026

Registration for the Emergency Medicine Symposium closes today.

If you’ve been meaning to join us — or bring one more friend — this is your final moment before we lock it in.
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08/02/2026

Final Week. Nearly Full. Deeply Grateful.

As we share this glimpse of our faculty, we’re mindful that this week marks the final stretch.

Registrations close 15 February, and there are fewer than five places remaining.

This year, almost 100 emergency clinicians are joining us — from every state of Australia and New Zealand. We’re honestly grateful for that trust.

We’ve chosen to keep this Symposium intentionally small.
Not for exclusivity — but for conversation, connection, and the kind of learning that only happens when the room feels human.

Three days.
Hands-on workshops.
Challenging clinical conversations.
Cultural safety. Paediatrics. Trauma. Leadership. AI.
And space to think, question, and grow — together.

If you’ve been sitting with the idea, this is the moment.
Not because seats are closing —
but because this programme, and this group, feels truly special.

Thank you for being part of the journey.
We can’t wait to share April with you.

— Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026
https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

06/02/2026

Cocktail party

The part of Day 1 that’s almost too easy to stay at a little longer…

𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙥é𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨.
𝘼 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙.
𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮.
𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣.

That’s how Day 1 of the Emergency Medicine Symposium winds down.

And the best bit? You’ve earned it.

Because the morning is busy, hands-on, and properly academic workshops built for real clinicians:

– ꜰᴏꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ꜱᴀꜰᴇᴛʏ
– ᴜʟᴛʀᴀꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ-ɢᴜɪᴅᴇᴅ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴀɴᴀᴇꜱᴛʜᴇꜱɪᴀ
– ᴘᴀᴇᴅɪᴀᴛʀɪᴄ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴅᴜʀᴀʟ ꜱᴇᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
– ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ-ᴏɴ ᴀɪ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ-ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴄʟɪɴɪᴄɪᴀɴ

📍 La Plage Upper Deck, Sheraton Grand – Da Nang
🗓 13 April 2026 (Monday)
🕠 From 5:30 pm

Conference registrations close 15 February, with places limited to keep the experience intimate.

https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

28/01/2026

🤖 Hands-On AI for the Time-Poor Clinician

(Workshop | Emergency Medicine Symposium, Da Nang)

This is one of five hands-on workshops at the Emergency Medicine Symposium—but it’s unlike anything usually offered in clinical education.

This AI workshop is designed to make clinicians ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴀɪ ᴛᴏᴏʟꜱ 😏 —dangerous to inefficiency, not to patients—bringing a style of hands-on building usually seen in developer spaces into emergency medicine.

Led by Dr Richard Haydon and Dr Rajan Kailainathan, participants will:

Learn Vibe coding and practical automation

Work hands-on with tools like GPT, Gemini, and Cursor

Understand concepts like APIs and MCP just enough to make them useful

Build and deploy clinically relevant tools that fit real ED workflows

This is not about turning clinicians into developers.
It’s about helping clinicians move from AI curiosity to real capability.

Bring a laptop. Bring the LLM and tools, complete the pre-work.
Spend 2.5 immersive hours building something you can actually use.

📍 Da Nang, Vietnam
🗓 April 13–15, 2026
⏳ Registration closes 15 February (or earlier if sold out)

https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

26/01/2026

Gala Dinner | Emergency Medicine Symposium 2026

✨ 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙤𝙞𝙧é𝙚 ✨

An ultra-elegant gala dinner, created as the social heart of the Emergency Medicine Symposium.

📍 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘨
🗓 14 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2026 (𝘋𝘢𝘺 2 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦)
🕖 7:00 𝘱𝘮

The evening unfolds with a traditional Vietnamese lion dance, setting the tone for a night where culture, connection, and celebration meet — before easing into an elegant dinner and a DJ-led dance floor.

𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

For those who’ve joined us before, you’ll recognise this moment.
While the conference challenges our thinking, the gala is where we arrive with the people who carry the journey with us — partners, friends, and loved ones who share the long hours and quiet sacrifices behind our work.

It’s no surprise that demand for the gala often rivals the conference itself.

We now have fewer than 10 registrations remaining, and all registrations (including gala and guest tickets) will close on 15 February 2025 (unless sold out prior)

🎟️ Guest tickets are available — and for those already registered, guest tickets can be added directly to your existing registration.

👉 www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

An intimate, ultra-elegant evening — designed to be shared.

23/01/2026

With the generous support of Emergency Medicine Symposium – Australia, Vanni Hope has supported inland fishing families in Paddalipuram, Trincomalee, by providing 40 fishing nets and 5 canoes. This essential equipment is helping families safely access inland tanks, improve their catch, and restore livelihoods following recent disruptions.

📘 Read more: https://vannihope.org/sustainable-livelihood/fishing-aquaculture/restoring-livelihoods-for-inland-fishing-families-in-paddalipuram-through-nets-and-canoes

🎥 Watch full video coverage: https://youtu.be/TPuQwc7BKyQ

21/01/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂
𝗗𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗷 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻

Many of you will remember Dr Raj from his previous session:
Mastering Haemodynamic Assessment in Critically Ill Patients — a talk that pushed us beyond numbers and back into first-principles physiology.

This is the next chapter.

Once again, Raj is challenging how we think — not by adding more data, but by questioning what we do with it.

We’ve all seen that patient.
In Resus… or a regular cubicle.
Slightly puffed, sitting up, eating a sandwich.

Then the monitor says SpO₂ 82%.

The room tenses. Everyone looks to the numbers.
The patient looks at us — wondering why we are suddenly worried.

And quietly, inside our own head:
Why doesn’t this feel like hypoxia?

🧠𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂

When physiology disagrees with the monitor

When oxygen delivery matters more than oxygen numbers

When haemoglobin behaves unpredictably

When lung physiology works against your interventions

This talk builds on Raj’s trademark strength — deep physiological reasoning made practical for the ED.

Because oxygen saturation is a number.
Oxygen delivery is physiology.

Sometimes the most dangerous mistake isn’t missing hypoxia —
it’s treating a number without understanding the patient.

This session will challenge reflexes, unsettle comfortable habits,
and sharpen decision-making where it matters most.

📍 Join the discussion in Da Nang.
https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

19/01/2026

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗠 𝗖𝗣𝗗 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🙌

That’s 18 CPD hours over 3 days, across key domains that matter to everyday clinical practice:

• Professionalism
• Ethical Practice
• Addressing Health Inequities & Culturally Safe Practice
• Leadership & HLR

Clinicians participating in the Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks workshop will also receive procedural skills CPD recognition.

With fewer than 10 places remaining, registrations are filling fast. We’re keen to close registrations and turn our full focus to planning — because creating the right environment, the right conversations, and a meaningful experience really matters. And yes… we’re so ready.

If you’ve been thinking about it, this might be your moment 🙂

https://www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

08/01/2026

Together, Vanni Hope and the Emergency Medicine Symposium started 2026 with a simple but meaningful act — turning intent into real, on-the-ground impact.

Through thoughtful ex*****on and shared purpose, fishing families in Elakantha Village are now back on the water, rebuilding livelihoods with dignity and hope.

In early January 2026, five fibre canoes were distributed to the Fishermen’s Society of Elakantha Village, Muttur (Trincomalee District). More than equipment, these boats represent safety, stability, and renewed opportunity for families whose livelihoods were disrupted by disaster.

This initiative was made possible through the collective generosity of the Symposium’s faculty and delegates, and delivered with care by Vanni Hope Sri Lanka. It reflects a shared belief that the reach of emergency medicine extends beyond hospitals and conferences — into communities, livelihoods, and long-term resilience.

Each canoe helps:
Restore access to safe and reliable fishing

Strengthen household income for beneficiary families

Support livelihood recovery following disaster

Build capacity within the local Fishermen’s Society

To our faculty and delegates — thank you. Your support continues to translate into meaningful action on the ground. This is just one glimpse of the work being enabled, with more to be shared in the months ahead.

Learn more about the Symposium and its broader mission:
www.emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

⏰ Early bird registrations close this Sunday.

From emergency medicine to coastal communities — thank you for being part of this journey.

See you all in Vietnam 🇻🇳

07/01/2026

Hi folks — just a quick note.

Early bird pricing closes this Sunday, the 11th.
We’re also around 20 registrations away from being sold out.

That’s intentional. We keep this to 100 people so it stays focused, personal, and practical.

If you’re coming, now’s the time to jump in and take advantage of the early bird.

emergencymedicinesymposium.com.au

See you in Danang, Vietnam.

03/01/2026

🎉 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗠 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺! 🎉

We’re excited to kick off 2026 as we prepare for our 4𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙪𝙢 — and we can’t wait to welcome you to 𝘿𝙖 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙜, 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢 this April.

🚨 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟏 🚨
Secure your spot now before prices go up!

A huge thank you to everyone who has already registered — we’re working hard to deliver 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙮𝙚𝙩.

🔹 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩:
✔️ A fast-paced 3 days
✔️ Hands-on workshops to sharpen your skills on the floor
✔️ High-yield talks focused on practical clinical insights
✔️ Meaningful education in professional and leadership skills is essential for senior ED clinicians

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 are warmly invited — 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.
📩 Please email or DM us for the discount code.

🌴 World-class education. Incredible location. Exceptional faculty.

📅 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

👉 Register now before early bird pricing ends!

17/12/2025

𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 — 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Two arms.
Liberal fluids versus restrictive fluids.
Pressors early versus pressors late.

What often gets lost is the message this sends to practice: that fluids and vasopressors are opposing choices, rather than complementary tools applied to different physiological problems.

So when hypotension appears, our reflex is familiar — give fluid. Not because it’s always right, but because that’s how the question has been framed for years.

This conversation at the Emergency Medicine Symposium in Vietnam is about stepping back from that “this or that” thinking. About recognising haemodynamic and echo phenotypes, and about using evidence as a guide — not a shortcut.

I’m looking forward to a discussion that challenges assumptions, respects complexity, and sharpens clinical reasoning.

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