Air Commodore Richard Withnall Air Commodore QHS OStJ
Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services
About this event
- Date and time Mon 7 Dec 2020 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Military Medicine
The Colt Foundation Research and Innovation Meeting highlights the academic work being carried out in the Defence Medical Services, alongside the longstanding Colt Foundation Research Prize which is awarded for outstanding research.
The meeting features speakers who are at the forefront of their fields and whose work is of relevance to the military in this time of contingency operations. The focus of the day is on podium presentations of research by the Colt Foundation Research Prize finalists and the Quality Improvement Prize finalists.
We will present military medicine research which defines defence medicine as a leader in research and innovation and will inspire future research in military medicine.
In addition to the annual Colt Foundation Research Prize, two additional prize sections have been added and will be presented at this event:
- The Colt Foundation Quality Improvement Prize
- The RSM Military Council Essay Prize
Attendance is encouraged for all those with an interested in medical research, military medicine, or both.
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Registration for this webinar will close 2 hours prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 2 hours before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
We would like to thank the Colt Foundation for their generous support of this meeting.
Key speakers
Group Captain Di Lamb
Defence Professor of Nursing, Defence Medical Services, UK Ministry of Defence
Colonel Ian Gurney
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Defence Medical Services and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Professor Greta Westwood
Chief Executive Officer at Florence Nightingale Foundation and Registered Nurse
Speaker's biography
Professor Greta Westwood was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Florence Nightingale Foundation in September 2019. She qualified as a nurse in 1983 and a midwife in 1987. She completed an MSc in Health Psychology in 1996 and a PhD in Nursing in 2010. Greta was one of the first genetic counsellors for the Wessex Clinical Genetics Service from 1987-2007 and was part of the team who established the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC). She held a joint Clinical Academic post with the University of Southampton from 2000-2005. From 2008-2012, she established, and then led, the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Comprehensive Local Research Network (now NIHR Wessex CRN).
Greta held a joint post (2012-2017) with Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHT) and the University of Southampton as Director of Clinical Academic Practice for the university and NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Wessex. She led the university’s clinical academic training programme for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals and was promoted to Professor for this work. Greta joined the Florence Nightingale Foundation in 2017 as the Chief Operating Officer and has been the CEO since September 2019. Greta is a proud Registered Nurse and a Florence Nightingale Foundation Alumna (2012 Leadership Scholar).
Professor Ian Roberts
Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Speaker's biography
Ian Roberts is Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He trained as a paediatrician in the UK and then in epidemiology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and McGill University, Canada. He is a clinical academic who works collaboratively with health professionals world-wide to conduct large multi-centre clinical trials aimed at improving patient outcomes in life threatening emergencies. He works with others to build global research partnerships to answer questions together that could not be answered by anyone working alone. He has played lead roles in several large trials including the CRASH trials and the Woman trial.
Agenda
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Welcome
Surgeon Commander Ed Barnard, Honorary Secretary, Military Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Introduction
Air Commodore Richard Withnall QHS OStJ, Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, UK Defence Medical Services
Quality improvement prize introduction
Group Captain Di Lamb, Defence Professor of Nursing, Defence Medical Services, UK Ministry of Defence
Quality improvement prize presentations
A Quality Improvement Project in improving the management of non-major trauma patients with suspected cervical spine injury in a major trauma centre
Major Jon Barratt
Telerehabilitation on OP CABRIT
Captain Harry Claireaux
Improving Patient Experience in the Emergency Department during COVID-19
Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Frost
Missing the point… Combat Medical Technicians’ training currently focuses more on stingray attacks than on mental health problems. A CMT-initiated solution
Lance Corporal Danielle Osbourne (and Captain Ian Bertram)
Improving the assessment of paediatric cervical spine injury in the Emergency Department: a quality improvement project
Squadron Leader Emma Patterson
Upskilling and empowering dental nurses to take the lead in the prevention of oral disease in Armed Forces personnel
Lieutenant Colonel Charlotte Winship
Quality improvement prize moderated questions and answers
Break
Quality improvement lightning presentations
Introduction of Methoxyflurane (Penthrox®) to the Emergency Department in order to liberate vital resources during a pandemic: a quality improvement project report
Major Peter Blenkinsop
The STOP Project: Stealth Trauma in Older Patients. Improving the detection of severe injury in older emergency department patients – a quality improvement project
Squadron Leader Kate Clayton
Initial Naval Training (Officers): Enhancing physical preparedness through an improved Joining Instruction process
Surgeon Lieutenant Henry Hughes
Optimising the Assessment and Management of Pain in Ambulatory Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project
Squadron Leader Jonathon Lowe
Preventing injuries in deployed personnel: educate to mitigate
Captain Tim Prescott
Florence’s legacy: Beyond 2020
Professor Greta Westwood, Chief Executive Officer at Florence Nightingale Foundation and Registered Nurse
Break
Colt prize introduction
Surgeon Commander Ed Barnard
Colt prize presentations
The adoption of an empowered physical training programme in a military population – the benefit in injury reduction. A retrospective cohort study
Captain Graeme Downes
IIH Pressure a randomised, controlled, double blind physiology study of the effect of Exenatide on Intra-cranial Pressure
Major James Mitchell
Clinical implications of the differential antibody response in mild-moderate SARS-CoV-2: a prospective multi-centre cohort study
Captain Scott Pallett
Histamine, Mast Cell Tryptase and post-exercise hypotension in healthy and collapsed marathon runners
Major Iain Parsons
Cold Stored Platelets Correct Cardiac Surgery Induced Platelet Dysfunction
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Tom Scorer
COVID-19 outbreak investigation in a London Army Barracks. Understanding prevalence, seroconversion, transmission risk factors and control measures for COVID-19
Major Hannah Taylor
Colt prize moderated questions and answers
Break
Colt lightning presentations
The Stanford Hall consensus statement for post COVID-19 rehabilitation
Squadron Leader Robert Barker-Davies
Highly realistic cadaveric trauma simulation of the multiply injured battlefield casualty: an international, multidisciplinary exercise in far-forward surgical management
Major Alastair Beaven
Need for recovery amongst Emergency Physicians in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a cross-sectional survey
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Laura Cottey
Inhaled methoxyflurane (Penthrox) for analgesia in trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Flight Lieutenant Michael Eager
Therapeutic Role Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells For The Prevention And Treatment Of Infected Fracture Non-Union
Major Louise Robiati
Hepcidin and the iron-infection axis in early Plasmodium falciparum infection: a novel mechanism for liver enzyme elevations in malaria volunteer infection studies
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Stephen Woolley
Tranexamic acid (TXA) in defence healthcare
Professor Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Break
Prize ceremony
Essay Prize, presented by
Surgeon Commander Ed Barnard
QI Lightning, presented by
Colonel Ian Gurney, Immediate Past President, Military Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Defence Medical Services QI Working Group
QI Finalist, presented by
Mr Peter Homa, Director General, Defence Medical Services
Colt Lightning, presented by
Air Commodore Richard Withnall QHS OStJ
Colt Finalist, presented by
Mrs Tash Heydon, Director, Colt Foundation
Closing address
Colonel Julian Woodhouse, President, Military Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Online
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Special rates for difficult times
The RSM wishes to offer healthcare professionals continued learning opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic. The RSM’s COVID-19 online events are available free of charge, while there will be small charges to register for other online education. These fees will enable the RSM to continue its programme of activities and will apply during the course of the pandemic.
Registration for this webinar will close 2 hours prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 2 hours before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Webinar recordings will be available for registered delegates up to 30 days after the live webinar, via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
