Conference Presentations
TY Pang, KT Thai, T Rankin, K Curtis E, Schilter, AS McIntosh (2009) Risk of head and neck injury in pedal and motor cycle crashes in relation to helmet use. Road Safety Research, Education and Policing Conference, 10 - 13 November 2009, Sydney Convention Centre Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Curtis K (2009) The cost of trauma in NSW. Emerging Health Policy Research Annual Conference 18th August 2009, University of Sydney
Langcake M (2009) Invited Speaker, Trauma down the Coast Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Novotel Wollongong 1st May 2009
Rana A (2009) Invited Speaker Trauma in ICU, Trauma down the Coast Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Novotel Wollongong 1st May 2009
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2009) Chest Trauma Management at the Urban Trauma Centre, Trauma Down the Coast, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Novotel Wollongong, April 30 – May 1 2009
Tan S.: Traumatic Brain Injury in Polytrauma. Trauma Down the Coast. NSW ITIM Wollongong. 1 May 2009
Curtis K, Rana A, Cook A, Rankin T, Olivier J & Nau T (2009) Evaluation of a tiered trauma system in an Australian Level 1 Trauma Centre. Trauma 2009, Combined Australasian Trauma Society and Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand March 5-7 2009
Frydenberg E, Curtis K, Chong S, Poulos R & Nau T (2009) The profile, incidence and outcomes of head injuries in pedestrians. Trauma 2009, Auckland, New Zealand March 5-7 2009
Curtis K, Fraser M, Rankin T, Watson W & Nau T (2009) Injury risk among older persons – an injury prevention initiative (2009) Trauma 2009, Auckland, New Zealand March 5-7 2009
Rana A, Curtis K, Ling M & Nau T (2009) Non operative management of high grade splenic injury: review of factors leading to high spleen salvage rate in a level 1 trauma Centre. Trauma 2009, Auckland, New Zealand March 5-7 2009
Tan S, Rana A, Nau T: Patient Controlled Analgesia in Trauma: A Seven-Year Retrospective Analysis in a Level 1 Metropolitan Trauma Centre. Proceedings of Combined Australasian Trauma Society & Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting. Auckland 2009: 67
Tan S, Rana A, Nau T: Prevalence of Patient Controlled Analgesia in Trauma: A Seven-Year Retrospective Analysis in a Level 1 Metropolitan Trauma Centre. Proceedings of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery Conference 12 February 2009.
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2009) Trauma Training Updates, Austrauma 2009, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre – Darling Harbour, Sydney, 12-14th February 2009
Curtis K, Critical Aspects of trauma nursing care. ANZICS/ACCCN. Asia Pacific Critical Care Congress. October 30th 2008, Sydney
Cook A, (2008) Area Trauma Coordinators – The Missing Link, 3rd National Conference for Emergency Nurses, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, 27-30th August 2008
Cook A, (2008) Chicken vs. the Egg – What comes first? – A Trauma Case Study, Rural Critical Care Conference, Critical Care Services NSW, Soldiers Club, Batemens Bay, August 22-23rd 2008
Curtis K., Dickson, C., Black, D., & Nau, T. (2008). Can trauma be cost effective? Austrauma 2008, February 15-16, Sydney
A.Rana, P.Grove, S.Hutchinson, T.Nau, Role of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma, AUSTRAUMA 2008, Sydney Convention centre, International Trauma conference of RACS Trauma
Cook A, (2008) Chicken vs. the Egg – What comes first? – A Trauma Case Study, Rural Critical Care Conference, Critical Care Services NSW, Soldiers Club, Batemens Bay, August 22-23rd 2008
Curtis, K. & Donoghue, J. (2007). Progress and Profile of the Australia/NZ trauma coordinator. Trauma 2007, October 13-15, Melbourne
Curtis, K., Dickson, C., & Nau, T. (2007). Can trauma be cost effective? Trauma 2007, October 13-15, Melbourne
Rana A (2007) Role of laparoscopy in penetrating abdominal trauma . Has pendulum swung too far? Australasian Trauma association annual conference, Trauma 2007, October 13-15, Melbourne
T Nau, E Pflegerl, J Erhart, V Vecsei. Primary Knee Replacement in Periarticular Fractures. 67th Annual Scientific Meeting – Australian Orthopaedic Association. Gold Coast, Australia, October 2007
Cook A, (2007) Head Injury Management and Trauma Case Studies, Care of the Critically Ill Patient, NECSS Conference, Soldiers Club, Batemans Bay, September 5-6th 2007
T Nau. Penetrating Torso Trauma. Trauma in the Mountains, Blue Mountains, September 2007
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2007) Acute Spinal Management, Rural Trauma Education Seminar – Wagga, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, September 23rd 2007
Cook A, (2007) The Eye of a Storm – A Trauma Case Study, Rural Critical Care Conference, Critical Care Services NSW, Ballina RSL, August 24-25th 2007
T Nau. Fracture Clavicle – come on let’s operate. SWAN XV, Sydney, July 2007
T Nau, E Pflegerl, J Erhart, V Vecsei. Primary Knee Replacement in Periarticular Fractures. EFFORT 2007, Florence, May 2007
T Nau. Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients with Pelvic Ring Fractures. Rural Trauma Day, Wagga Wagga, May 2007
Curtis K, Trauma Case Management. 8th International Trauma Care Conference, Park Inn, Telford, England. 4-8 June, 2007.
Curtis K, Trauma Case Management and discussion panel member. London Trauma Conference, London, England. June 15, 2007
T Nau. What is Damage Control Surgery. Trauma by the Bay, Sydney, April 2007
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2007) Head Injury Management, Trauma by the Bay II - Brighton, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Novotel Brighton, April 4th 2007
T Nau. Pelvic Injuries. Trauma by the Bay, Sydney, April 2007
T Nau. Postero-lateral rotatory knee stability. Frontiers in Sports Medicine 2007, Sydney, March 2007
T Nau. Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients with Pelvic Ring Fractures. Rural Trauma Day, Aubury, September 2006
Nau T: Biomechanical Comparison of different surgical techniques of posterolateral corner reconstruction in an isolated injury model. October 10th 2006. Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Combined Scientific Meeting. Canberra
Nau, T. Whole-Body Multislice CT-Scanning as Primary Imaging Tool in the Emergency Management of Severe Trauma. Trauma 2006. Joint meeting of Australasian Trauma Society and EMST. Goldcoast. September 2006.
Nau, T, Fraser, M, Grove, P. Surgical Workload Distribution in a Multidisciplinary Setting of a Typical Australian Metropolitan Trauma Centre. Poster Presentation Trauma 2006. Joint meeting of Australasian Trauma Society and EMST. Goldcoast. September 2006.
Ursic C, Zou Y, Curtis K. Improved Outcomes after Trauma Service Implementation in an Urban Australian Trauma Centre. Trauma 2006. Joint meeting of Australasian Trauma Society and EMST. Goldcoast. September 2006.
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2006) Trauma Case Study, Trauma on the Coast – The Entrance, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Citigate Sebel at The Entrance, June 15-16th 2006
Fraser M. Invited speakers: Australian Orthopaedic Nurses Association Conference 2006. ParkRoyal Hotel, Parramatta.
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2005) Head Injury Management, Trauma by the Bay - Brighton, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Novotel Brighton, September 23rd 2005
Curtis K South East Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service Nursing & Midwifery Conference, Northbeach Novotel – Wollongong, 20th May 2005
Ursic C & Curtis K Invited speakers: Australian Orthopaedic Nurses Association Conference 2005. March 11th, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2005) Head Injury Management, Rural Trauma Education Seminar – Orange, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Bloomfield Hospital, Orange, November 6th 2005
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2005) Head Injury Management, Rural Trauma Education Seminar – Deniliquin, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Deniliquin RSL, 19th March 2005
Ursic C Invited Speaker: TraumaCare 2004, Does a trauma surgeon in the ER make a difference? Joint meeting of Australasian Trauma Society and International Trauma and Critical Care Society. October 2004 Darling Harbour
Curtis K Invited Speaker: TraumaCare 2004, Innovations in Trauma Case Management. Joint meeting of Australasian Trauma Society and International Trauma and Critical Care Society. October 2004 Darling Harbour
Curtis K Invited speaker: NSW Trauma Research Seminar hosted by the NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management. 31st August 2004, Northern Sydney Education Centre.
Ursic C & Curtis K: Keynote speakers: Injury: New Zealand National Trauma Conference, Auckland, 5-6th August 2004
Curtis K: “The Implementation, Impact and Evaluation of Trauma Case Management”. 7th Annual CMSA Conference held at Le Meridien at Rialto in on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February, 2004. The theme for the Conference was Case Management: Fad or Future?
Cook A Invited Speaker, (2004) Head Injury Management, Rural Trauma Education Seminar – Merimbula, Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Merimbula RSL, November 6th 2004
Curtis K, Nocera N, Mitten-Lewis S, Donoghue J Poster Presentation: 12th Annual International Swan Trauma Conference. Liverpool Hospital July 30-31 2003. “The Australian Trauma Coordinator – Role definition for the first time”
Nocera N, Curtis K, Mitten-Lewis S, Donoghue J. “The Australian Trauma Coordinator – who, what and where?” Australasian Trauma Society Annual Scientific Meeting. October 23-24 Adelaide 2003
Curtis K, Keynote speaker: Canadian National Emergency Nurses Conference Regina, Saskatchewan 3-4th May 2003.
Curtis K, Din R, Chan A, Morris R. “Reducing the time to clear the Cervical Spine of Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department”:10th Annual International Swan Trauma Conference. Liverpool Hospital 3rd August 2002.
Curtis K Invited speaker. Early Management of Severe Trauma “Trauma 2002” International Conference Fremantle, Western Australia March 2002.
Curtis K. “The impact of Trauma Case Management on a Tertiary Referral Centre”:10th Nursing Practice Conference. November 23-24, The Hilton Hotel, Adelaide.
Curtis K “Impact of Trauma Case Management in a Tertiary Trauma Centre – A pilot study”:“Emergency Nursing Odyssey”, 3rd International Conference for Emergency Nursing, 25th – 27th October 2001, Wollongong, NSW.
Curtis K, Bollard L & Dickson C. “Episode Funding, Coding and Trauma”:9th Annual International Swan Trauma Conference. Liverpool Hospital 4th August 2001.
Harris I & Curtis K “Case Presentation: Pelvic Trauma” The Australian Orthopaedic Association – Continuing Orthopaedic education in Trauma. 9th September 2001, Wentworth Hotel
Curtis K, Lien D, Grove P & Chan A “Trauma Case Management: Impact on a Tertiary Referral Centre” Presentation at Trauma 2001 conference, Darling Harbour. Trauma Association of Canada and The Australasian Trauma Society, March 2001
Macken L, Grove P & Curtis K “The adult hypotensive blunt trauma patient: Urgent torso operative intervention or urgent head CT Scan?” The 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. November 1999, Auckland.