PAC 2022 Conference

Pullman on the Park, Melbourne | Thu 20-Sat 22 Oct 2022.

PAC in business!

Join the APLS family for our 25th anniversary conference.

The hottest acute paediatric care topics, hands-on sessions, gin making, social events and lots more.

We're so pleased to be PAC in Business for our 2022 conference.

** Registrations close Fri 30th September **

PROGRAM

Celebrate the very best of APLS across three days of inspiring speakers, workshops and sessions.

Thursday is for APLS Instructors only.

Friday and Saturday open to all.

View the full PAC 2022 program here.

Discover more about our speakers and sessions here:

Adam Cheng (virtual)| Resuscitation, education and implementation science
Adam O'Brien | Setting up an ultrasound training program
Casey Fowler | CPR coaching
Charmaine Gray | What's the wheeze? Updates in paediatric asthma research
Christopher Webber | The past 25 years of APLS in Australia
Elizabeth Molloy | Feedback literacy: what does it mean in the workplace?
Elliot Long | Ultrasound uses in resuscitation
Elyssia Bourke | Managing the agitated young person
Helen Liley | How to recognise and deal with those "oh s@*t!" moments in neonatal resuscitation
Gabrielle Nuthall | ILCOR paediatric BLS/ALS guidelines: the updates, the evidence
Jacob Pearce | Best practice for prompting in oral assessments
Janet Bray | OHCA (Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest) registries: what they offer
Jeremy Pallas | Which role leads the resus team?
Mark Norden | Panel discussion: Should we start resuscitation? When do we stop?
Lynn Gillam | Panel discussion: Should we start resuscitation? When do we stop?
Matt O'Meara | What will do differently in our next pandemic?
Mia McLanders | Human factors: the future?
Michaela Waak | Improving neurological outcomes in resuscitation
Peter Davis | Oxygen or air for term & preterm newborns?
Phillip Dawson | Improvisation skills and education: activities to help with feedback in the moment
Sanj Fernando | Establishing pre-hospital care in Sri Lanka
Stuart Dalziel | Bronchiolitis: an update - evidence-based management and where to next?
Tricia Kleidon | Ultrasound uses in vascular access
Ziad Nehme | Data-driven debriefing to improve resuscitation performance and outcomes

ESSENTIALS

DATES
Thurs 20th October APLS Instructors

PAC Conference

Friday 21st and Sat 22nd October

VENUES
APLS Instructor Day: APLS Head Office, 5th Floor, 505 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000. MAP

Pullman Melbourne on the Park
192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, VIC 3002. MAP

DELEGATE PRICES

All health professionals are welcome to attend PAC 2022. Thursday's program is for APLS instructors only and is free of charge. Friday, Saturday and all social events are open to all delegates.

$850 - Non-member delegate
$380 - Non-member nurse / paramedic
$350 - APLS medical instructor
$180 - APLS nurse / paramedic instructor

PROGRAM
View the full PAC 2022 program here.

Choose between a complimentary APLS T-Shirt or APLS Keep Cup

TIMES

Thurs 20th Oct:
10am-12.30pm Directors Session

12.30 - 5pm All APLS Instructors Sessions
6pm Welcome Drinks

Fri 21st Oct:
8.30am-5pm Conference sessions
7pm Conference Gala Dinner

Sat 22nd Oct:
9am-4.30pm Conference sessions

SOCIAL

Thurs 20th Oct:

Welcome Drinks
A casual evening of cocktails and canapes to launch PAC 2022. 6pm, Henry & the Fox, 525 Little Collins Street, $30 delegates / guests

Fri 21st Oct:

Conference Gala Dinner

Music, presentations and fine food at our gala event. 7pm, Pullman on the Park. $120 delegates / guests

ACCOMMODATION

Delegates are responsible for securing their own accommodation for PAC 2022.

It is a very busy time in Melbourne so please book your accommodation ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Pullman on the Park has special rates for delegates attending PAC 2022, which you can access here:

https://www.idem.events/r/advanced-paediatric-life-support

We are also looking at some alternative accommodation options close by and will add them to this page.

LOCATION

For our 25th anniversary we're back where it all began: in marvellous Melbourne.

The Pullman Melbourne on the Park is a beautiful 5 star hotel on the eastern CBD fringe, just by Treasury Gardens. A 10 minute walk from Collins Street's boutiques, stylish eateries and happening bars of Melbourne CBD, and a long six away from the MCG.

Whether it's sport, culture or the ever-changing vibrancy of Melbourne's food and drink scene, join us for all the buzz of Australia's cultural capital.

SOCIAL

Catch up with old colleagues or network with new friends at one of PAC 2022's social events.

WELCOME DRINKS
A casual evening of cocktails and canapes to launch PAC 2022. Henry & the Fox, $30, Thurs 20th Oct, 6pm

CONFERENCE GALA DINNER
Music, presentations and fine food at our gala event. Pullman on the Park, $120, Fri 21st Oct, 7pm

ON DEMAND

PAC 2022 will be available for catchup after the conference via free, on demand video.

New to PAC? View highlights from previous conferences via PAC on Demand here.