Scientific Programme
Conference Schedule
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKERS | CHAIRPERSONS |
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| 08:00 - 09:00 am | Breakfast & Poster Presentation | ||
| SESSION 1 — TRAUMA: UPDATES 2026 | |||
| 09:00 - 09:15 am |
ATLS 11th Edition (2025) — The xABCDE Revolution: Why Haemorrhage Control Now Comes Before Airway; New Permissive Hypotension & Spine Principles |
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| 09:15 - 09:30 am |
Damage Control Resuscitation 2025: TXA 2g Bolus; The Lethal Diamond (Hypocalcaemia); MTP Ratios & Fibrinogen — Updated Evidence |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 am |
TRIAL UPDATE: CRYOSTAT-2 (JAMA 2023) — Empirical Cryoprecipitate in Major Haemorrhage: Does Early Fibrinogen Replacement Change Outcomes? Implications for Indian MTP |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 am |
REBOA After UK-REBOA (2023) — Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion: Current Evidence, Patient Selection & Why It Is Not Routine Practice |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 am |
Physiologically difficult Airway Concept, Whats new in DAS - 2025 & AIDAA 2025 Guidelines |
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| 10:15 - 10:20 am | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 2 — RESUSCITATION MEDICINE: AHA 2025 & LANDMARK TRIALS | |||
| 09:15 - 10:30 am |
AHA CPR & ECC Guidelines 2025 — What Every Emergency Physician Must Know: Unified Chain of Survival; Mechanical CPR Devices De-listed; Post-Arrest Temp Targets |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 am |
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care 2025 — Beyond ROSC: Coronary Angio Timing, Targeted Temperature Management Revision, Neuroprognostication & Post-Arrest Myoclonus |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 am |
ECPR — Extracorporeal CPR in India: When to Consider It, Feasibility, Evidence & Setting Up an ECMO-Capable Cardiac Arrest Pathway |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 am |
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest — A Different Beast: Modified CPR Algorithms, Reversible Causes, Resuscitative Thoracotomy Indications & Survival Data |
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| 11:15 - 11:20 am | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 3 — CARDIOLOGY EMERGENCIES: NEW EVIDENCE 2026 | |||
| 11:30 - 11:45 am |
STEMI Management 2025 — Primary PCI vs Pharmacoinvasive Strategy in India: Door-to-Balloon Targets, Late Presenters & Updated Algorithm for Resource-Limited Settings |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 pm |
TRIAL UPDATE: DanGer Shock Trial (NEJM 2024/2025) Impella CP in STEMI Cardiogenic Shock:16.3% Absolute Mortality Reduction at 10 Years; ACC/AHA Class 2a — Changing How We Escalate Shock |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 pm |
Cardiogenic Shock in the ED 2026 — SCAI Classification, Vasopressor Selection,Inotropes, MCS Devices & the 'Shock Team' Concept: A Practical ED Framework |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 pm |
Emergency Arrhythmia Management 2026 —AF in the ED: Rate vs Rhythm, Anticoagulation Timing; VT/VF; Updated Cardioversion & Drug Doses |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 pm |
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the ED 2026 —NIV-First Strategy, Vasodilators, Diuretic Dosing & When to Escalate: Evidence-Based Approach |
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| 12:45 - 01:00 pm |
Inauguration, Lamp Lighting, Release of Souvenir Book, Chief Guest Address |
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| 01:00 - 01:05 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| 01:05 - 02:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK & POSTER PRESENTATION | ||
| SESSION 4 — NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES: UPDATES & LANDMARK TRIALS | |||
| 02:00 - 02:15 pm |
Acute Ischaemic Stroke 2026 — Thrombolysis Window Expansion, Tenecteplase vs Alteplase, Perfusion Imaging in Late Window & 'Time is Brain' in the Indian ED |
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| 02:15 - 02:30 pm |
Mechanical Thrombectomy (EVT) for Stroke — Building the Stroke Pathway: ED Workflow, Transfer Protocols, Time Targets & Access Challenges in Tier-2 India |
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| 02:30 - 02:45 pm |
TRIAL UPDATE: OPTIMAS Trial (Lancet 2024) — Early DOAC After AF-Related Stroke: Initiating Anticoagulation within 4 Days Is Non-Inferior & Safe; This Changes the ED Discharge Decision |
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| 02:45 - 02:50 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 5 — RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES: EVIDENCE-BASED UPDATES | |||
| 02:50 - 03:05 pm |
NIV & HFNO in the ED 2026 — CPAP vs BiPAP vs High-Flow Nasal Oxygen: Who Gets What, When to Escalate, Failure Criteria & Evidence for Each Device |
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| 03:05 - 03:20 pm |
Emergency Mechanical Ventilation for the Non-Intensivist:Initial Settings, Lung-Protective Strategy, PEEP Titration, Driving Pressure & Common ED Mistakes |
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| 03:20 - 03:35 pm |
Massive Pulmonary Embolism in the ED 2026 —Risk Stratification, Systemic Thrombolysis vs Catheter-Directed Therapy & ED Decision Algorithm |
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| 03:35 - 03:40 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 6 — SEPSIS & CRITICAL CARE: SSC 2026 & PRACTICE-CHANGING EVIDENCE | |||
| 03:40 - 03:55 pm |
Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2026 — 129 Recommendations, 46 New: Top 10 Changes That Immediately Affect ED & ICU Practice in India |
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| 03:55 - 04:10 pm |
Vasopressors in Septic Shock 2026 — Noradrenaline, Vasopressin, Angiotensin II & Methylene Blue: New Trial Evidence & Drug Choice Algorithm |
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| 04:10 - 04:25 pm |
TRIAL UPDATE: Pro-Can Study (2024) — PCT-Guided Antibiotic De-escalation in Sepsis: Safe to Stop Antibiotics Based on Procalcitonin; Antimicrobial Stewardship in the ICU/ED |
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| 04:25 - 04:30 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 7 — INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES: EM-RELEVANT UPDATES 2024–2026 | |||
| 04:45 - 05:00 pm |
Antimicrobial Stewardship in the ED 2026 —Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Duration: Practical Guidelines for De-escalation & Culture-Directed Therapy |
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| 05:00 - 05:15 pm |
Emerging Infections & Outbreak Preparedness —Mpox, H5N1 Avian Influenza, Nipah: ED Recognition, PPE Protocols & Hospital Escalation Algorithms |
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| 05:15 - 05:20 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| SESSION 8 — EMERGENCY TOXICOLOGY: INDIA-RELEVANT UPDATES 2024–2026 | |||
| 05:15 - 05:30 pm |
AHA Toxicology-Focused Resuscitation Update 2023 —Cardiac Arrest from Poisoning: Modified CPR, Prolonged Resuscitation, Lipid Emulsion & ECMO in Toxicology |
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| 05:30 - 05:45 pm |
TRIAL UPDATE: Pralidoxime Meta-Analysis (2024) — The Landmark Controversy: Atropine + Pralidoxime Associated with HIGHER Mortality vs Atropine Alone in OP Poisoning; Should India Stop Using Pralidoxime? |
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| 05:45 - 06:00 pm |
Snakebite Envenomation 2025–2026 — Global Guideline Revision: Antivenom Dosing in India, Coagulopathy Management, Neuro Toxicity & Central India Clinical Realities |
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| 06:00 - 06:05 pm | Discussion (Q&A) | ||
| 06:05 - 06:20 pm |
Best Paper Award, Best Poster Award, Vote of Thanks & Valedictory Function |
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| 06:20 - 06:30 pm | |||
