ENCON 2009

The Emergency Nursing Congress 2009 was conducted as part of INDUS-EM Annual Summit 2009 on 28th and 29th October 2009. There were around 350 delegates from all over India.

International faculty were invited for the conference. The invited nursing faculty were Ms.Theresa Tavernero, Team Health, USA, Mrs.Gila Gyams, Trauma Co-ordinator, RHCC, Haifa, Israel, Prof.Ravikumar, HOD of Emergency Nursing, CMCH, Vellore and Dr.Sanjeev Boi and AIIMS Team. During the two days delebrations, the following topics were dealt by different faculty: Leadership in emergency department, team work, management of poly trauma, mass causality and preparedness of hospitals and ED, Quality control in Emergency Nursing and Pre-Hospital services.

On the second day, there was a competition conducted for the nurses and PG students through case presentations of given emergency situations. During the afternoon session, Dr.Sanjeev Bhoi and his team from AIIMS conducted the skill station training on basic cardiac life support. The ENCON came to an end at 4.45 p.m. on 29.10.2009.