Programme

Welcome/Introductions/Housekeeping

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management - Preparing for the next major Alpine Fault earthquake – impacts, consequences and how we can build our community resilience

Professor Caroline Orchiston, (Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, and immediate past Science Lead for the AF8 programme)

Panel Discussion – “Preparedness, Resilience, and Incident Response" (15-20 minutes each for individual presentations followed by question time) 

Moderator: Murray Halbert (Regional Emergency Management Advisor - South Island, Ministry of Health)

+ Professor Caroline Orchiston, immediate past Science Lead for the AF8 programme  

+ Dr Jonathon Keast, Emergency Medicine Specialist, Dunedin Hospital 

+ Darren Crawford, Senior Medical Response Specialist (FENZ)

+ Chris Brooker, Emergency Management Advisor, Dunedin City (Emergency Management Otago)

+ David Russell, Emergency Management Advisor, South Island, Hato Hone St John

+ Matt Hitchiner, Green Line Trauma Supplies 

Catastrophic Event Planning

Mike Krause (co-lead of the National Emergency Management Agency’s Catastrophic Planning Programme)

Re-design of rural unplanned, urgent care

Rachel Pearce (Co-Director, Rural Commissioning; Planning, Funding and Outcomes, Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ)

PRIME – Where are we at, and where are we going 

Johnny Mulheron (GM Clinical Support, Hato Hone St John) / Stephen Graham (Clinical Lead, PRIME, Hato Hone St John) / Damian Tomic (Deputy Chief Executive - Clinical Services, Hato Hone St John. 

Leave for FENZ Dunedin – 85 Castle Street, Dunedin Central (within walking distance from the Hui venue)

Fire and Emergency NZ

Viewing of FENZ set up for major incident response including urban search and rescue, swift water rescue, and incident support vehicle. 

Also in attendance will be the Hato Hone St John Major Incident Support Team (MIST) vehicle. 

Supervision/Clinical Support for mass events (accumulation of trauma and its effects)

Kate Stark (Rural Nurse Practitioner and PRIME Practitioner/Professional Supervisor)

Insights into the lived experience of a community affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, including the Hauora Māori perspective and how they have adapted

Sonya Smith (Director of Health, Ngāti Porou Oranga)

Skills stations – rotating every 15 minutes

(1) Suturing Skills 

(2) Pelvic splint and traction splint

(3) EZ-IO insertion (featuring the new PRIME equipment)

(4) LCSU 4 (suction) (featuring new PRIME equipment)

(5) QCPR Challenge
(6) Zoll X-series defibrillator

Real Life Experience of disaster events

Paula Trembath RN (Lead Nurse) – Twizel Medical Centre. Recent major casualty incidents in the PRIME Twizel area.

Novel blood test to help assess patients with mild traumatic brain injury at the point of care  (Abbott Point of Care Testing – presentation from sponsor)

Dr Lisa Braganza, Asia Pacific Medical Director, Abbott Point of Care

Recipients of Trevor Walker Scholarship (2025)

Cynde Mullens and Briar Mackenzie (RNs and PRIME responders at East Otago Health, Palmerston)