Conference Day Two:  Tuesday 24th November 2009

09:00 Chairman’s Opening Address

Major General (Ret’d) Alan Hawley
Former Director General, Army Medical Services
British Army

09:10 An Overview Of The Swedish Armed Forces Medical System

• The New Swedish Armed Forces' Medical System; Preventive Medicine And Casualty Care From The Point Of Injury/illness To Field Hospital Level Including Tactical Medical Evacuation To The Point Of Strategical Evacuation
• Outlining The Swedish Public Organization Which Handles Catastrophic And Emergency Incidents In Sweden And Can Offer Support To International Humanitarian Efforts

Leif Härdig
Chief of Defence Medicine
Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine

10:10 Implementing Pre-Deployment Medical Force Protection And Readiness

• Assessing the operational adequacy of medical support structures
• Medical information collection and health education for troops
• Surveillance, immunisation and prevention of infectious diseases

Colonel István Kopcsó
Director
NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine

11:20 CASE STUDY: Best Practice In Pre-Hospital Combat Casualty Care

• Providing effective treatment for trauma in high risk situations
• Ensuring that procedures are medically and militarily coherent
• Evaluating available advances in technology

Lieutenant Colonel Lorraine Greasley
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
UK Royal Army Medical Corps

12:00 CASE STUDY: Turkey - Differences For Trauma Management Systems Between Civilian And Battlefield Conditions

• Medical approaches and operational strategies for the treatment of trauma
• Early life-saving procedures, damage control surgeries and medical evacuation
• Examining significant recent changes to the treatment of trauma
• Reducing injuries and deaths to acceptable limits

Colonel Mehmet Eryilmaz, MD
Ass. Prof., General Surgeon
Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

13:40 Evaluating The Role Of The Military In Domestic And International Humanitarian Missions

• Reasons why the military are better equipped than civilian organisations
• Examples from Saudi Arabian experience

Brigadier General Abdullah Al Asheikh
Director of Field Medicine
Saudi Arabia Armed Forces Medical Services

14:20 Clinical Considerations In Disaster Medicine

• Infectious diseases and pandemic preparation
• Traumatic asphyxia, mass gatherings and concert medicine
• Medical management of chemical and biological casualties
• Quarantine units for airborne diseases
• Using simulations of disaster scenarios for assessment and optimisation

Lieutenant Colonel Erwin Dhondt MD, SFS, MSc, MHA
Director, Office Hospital Emergency Incident Preparedness and Response Military Hospital Queen Astrid
Medical Component of the Belgian Defence Department*

15:30 Panel Discussion: International Cooperation For Delivering Relief In Natural Disasters

• Coherent operational planning to maximise available resources
• Coping with mass casualty incidents
• Lessons learned from recent case studies

16:15 Chairman’s Closing Comments

16:30 End Of Conference Day Two