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DATE: Monday, 21st September 2026 TIME: 8:00am - 5:00pm VENUE: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) REGISTRATION FEE: $100 HOSTED BY: Jason Roosa, MD MS DESCRIPTION: In collaboration with The Resuscitation Academy, and with the support of Laerdal Australia, ATMA presents this full-day program on how law enforcement officers and organisations can improve OHCA survival by building a system of care that includes training and education, quality improvement, and collaboration with prehospital and in-hospital partners across the chain of survival. The Resuscitation Academy started in 2008 with Seattle Medic One and King County EMS, who have some of the best cardiac arrest outcomes in the world. The program has since grown into an international course that teaches EMS leaders how to bring best-practice OHCA care back to their own organisations. In 2024, The Resuscitation Academy developed a course tailored to the needs of police officers and law enforcement agencies. This workshop will begin with a morning masterclass covering core concepts such as "The Ten Steps for Improving Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest" alongside case studies from law enforcement agencies in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom that have worked to improve OHCA survival. In the afternoon we will break into small-group coached practice using Laerdal’s real-time CPR feedback technology to focus on the individual components of high-performance CPR (HP-CPR) and defibrillation, followed by a train-the-trainer session so you can teach these skills within your own agency. You'll leave with the tools, systems, and strategies to improve how your officers respond to cardiac arrest and increase survival in your community. |
MEDICAL SKILLS ESCAPE ROOM DATE: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 DESCRIPTION: WORKSHOP TARGET AUDIENCE: |
RESUS ACADEMY FOR LAW INFORCEMENT
TACTICAL WELLBEING DATE: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 DESCRIPTION: Each component includes exercises, SOPs, and projected end states to ensure practical application and tangible results. Join us to enhance your well-being and preparedness for any situation. |
DATE: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 DESCRIPTION: This course will be delivered by the experienced team from TraumaSim. TraumaSim commenced operation in 2008 and since then has been the gold standard in moulage services, training and supplies across Australia and globally. Course content:
Let your imagination run wild. Note each person will take a turn at being the casualty in their group so bring a change of clothes that you’re happy to have destroyed. No previous experience required. |
TRAUMASIM COMPREHENSIVE MOULAGE WORKSHOP  DIFFICULT AIRWAY WORKSHOP
DATE: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 DESCRIPTION: Explosive weapons and drone-delivered munitions are reshaping the pattern of battlefield injuries, with a significant rise in maxillofacial trauma and airway compromise that challenges traditional approaches to airway management. Recent data from the Russia–Ukraine war show that blast mechanisms now account for over 85% of war-related maxillofacial injuries, dramatically increasing the likelihood of distorted anatomy, heavy bleeding, and complex “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate/ventilate” (CICO) scenarios in both military and civilian tactical environments. Historical data from conflicts such as Vietnam suggested upper airway injuries were relatively uncommon (around 0.7% of evacuated casualties), but contemporary weapon systems and improvised explosive devices have shifted the burden of injury towards devastating facial and neck trauma that more frequently demands advanced and surgical airway interventions. At the same time, emerging evidence indicates that manual bag-mask ventilation is frequently performed dangerously or inadequately by prehospital providers, with ineffective seal, excessive tidal volumes, and poor rate control contributing to hypoxia and gastric insufflation in up to 90–95% of observed cases in some simulation-based studies. This workshop uses the Vortex approach as a unifying cognitive framework to help tactical clinicians recognize and manage rapidly deteriorating airways under fire, with a focus on three domains: high-quality manual ventilation, video laryngoscopy (including SALAD for massively contaminated airways), and decisive transition to CICO and surgical airways when non-surgical options fail. Participants will explore how modern injury patterns driven by drones, IEDs, and high-energy blast mechanisms are increasing the frequency and complexity of battlefield airway problems, and will translate current combat and TECC/TCCC guidelines into practical, reproducible skills that can be deployed in austere and high-threat environments. WORKSHOP TARGET AUDIENCE
| .png) TACTICAL EMERGENCY CASUALTY CARE (TECC)DATE: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 VENUE: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) DESCRIPTION: The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines represent a set of evidenced-based best practices for the immediate medical management of wounded in all prehospital high-risk scenarios. TECC is not tactical medicine; instead, it is intended for situations with on-going threat to the provider and patient. TECC balances the on-going threats, civilian scope of practice, population, medical equipment, and the variable response resources in civilian atypical emergencies. This course is intended to familiarize Advanced Life Support Providers, Basic Life Support providers, EMS Medical Directors and Operational Leadership with the medical and tactical guidelines, medical evidence, controversies in high threat medicine, and explore the different types and brands of medical equipment involved in the TECC guidelines.
This workshop will be taught directly by two of the co-founders and co-chairs of the Committee and will address current controversies and future direction and developments in TECC. |
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