Time: 1300 – 1800 hrs

Venue: Jinja Nile Resort Hotel

Cost: Free as part of conference registration.

Faculty: The PURE ultrasound team, EMKF Team

Pax: 40

This workshop delivers all you need to know to get you scanning with confidence at the bedside. This hands-on learning experience under the guidance of experienced POC ultrasound instructors will include:

Basic physics, Knobology (operating the machine), EFAST, Aorta assessment, Inferior vena cava assessment (IVC), DVT assessment, Vascular access, and Basic cardiac echo (FEEL).

A must for every medical practitioner!

Time: 1300 – 1800 hrs

Venue: Jinja Nile Resort Hotel

Cost: Free as part of conference registration.

Faculty: WHO and Ministry of Health Uganda

Pax: 60

Over the last 15 years, Uganda has faced and averted several viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks including Ebola, Marburg, Crimean Congo, and Yellow fever. In this workshop participants will learn about our Integrated Disease surveillance and response strategy (IDSR).  You will also experience the feel of working in a viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak in our simulated Ebola isolation treatment facility. The frontline team will take you details of clinical case management including how to wear personal protective gear, decontamination, contact precautions and also share their field experiences. 

This workshop is targeted at anyone whose community is at risk of a VHF outbreak……………….. everyone!

Time: 1300 – 1800hrs

Venue: Jinja Nile Resort Hotel

Cost: Free as part of conference registration.

Faculty: Laura and the Malteser International team

Pax: 40

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries accounted for 1.25 million deaths in 2014, and trauma is expected to rise to the third leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030. Majority of trauma deaths occur on the scene or within the first 24 hours after injury. This workshop will equip you with a standardised approach to the assessment and management of the injured patient and offer practical skills for pre-hospital and emergency department care. It will also include a special 1-hour session on plaster of paris application and other immobilisation techniques. Excellent for students, pre-hospital emergency care providers, nurses and Doctors.

Time: 1300 -1800 hrs

Venue: Jinja Nile Resort Hotel

Cost: Free as part of conference registration.

Faculty: The Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

Pax: 40

Become the ECG master while taking in the glorious source of the river Nile! This interactive workshop addresses the needs of medical students, nurses, doctors and allied health professionals who encounter ECG monitoring and traces frequently. ‘The heart wants what it wants’ journey is led by experts and begins its voyage with an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the heart and its conduction systems,  courses through atrial and ventricular abnormalities towards conduction disorders, then appreciates rhythm recognition, ischaemia and infarction, before terminating in fun and interactive clinical case studies. 

Come aboard our workshop towards ECG mastery.

Time: 1300 – 1800 hrs

Venue: Jinja Nile Resort Hotel

Cost: Free as part of conference registration.

Faculty: Sarah Mikhail, Elisha Okaisu, Kenneth Bagonza, Doreen Okong

Pax: 40

Optimal care of a critically ill or injured patient requires not only medical expertise and mastery of resuscitation skills but also effective communication and teamwork among all members. This workshop focuses on teaching how to resuscitate in a team with pit-stop sleekness. Participants will learn how to optimise their roles as team members and as a team leader. Our carefully selected faculty combines years of training experiences from the WHO’s Basic Emergency Care Course, European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association to deliver high-quality content suitable for our context.

Remember — The most important pulse in the resuscitation room is that of the team leader.