Conferences

2010 - AAMHP Conference, Sydney program

October 13th, 2010

09:00am - 09:10am
Welcome & Setting the Scene
Presented by Pippa Wright, MC

Traditional Land Owners Welcome

09:10am - 09:20am
Address from the Chair
Presented by Sara Warren, Chair, Australian Association for the Manual Handling of People (AAMHP)
09:20am - 09:55am
Making the Right Choices for Space in Elderly Care
Presented by Hugo Olsen, ArjoHuntleigh, Sweden
Abstracts
Presentations
09:55am - 10:30am
How do you really KNOW that your manual handling intervention has worked?
Presented by Carole Johnson, UK
Abstracts
Presentations
10:30am - 11:00am
Morning Tea
Location: Foyer and Brisbane Room
11:00am - 11:30am
Bariatrics: Changing the Mindset
Presented by Tracy Nowicki, Queensland Health, QLD
Abstracts
Presentations
11:30am - 12:30am
Healthy people = Healthy workplaces = Healthy business
Presented by Mark Bunn, Work, Life, Success, VIC
12:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch & Poster Presentations
Location: Foyer and Brisbane Room
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Lessons learned in bariatric room design
Presented by Antoinet Staneke Queensland Health, QLD
Abstracts
Presentations
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Using the health belief model to better understand manual handling decisions
Presented by Jillian Adams, Royal Perth Hospital and University of Western Australia, WA
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Presentations
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Assisting community nurses in the everyday challenges of client manual handling
Presented by Jenny Smith and Joan Hiser Royal District Nursing Service, VIC
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Presentations
1:30pm - 2:00pm
STARTING FROM SCRATCH: implementing a manutention based manual handling program in a large metropolitan hospital
Presented by Peter Pollnitz Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Ceiling lifts: a comparison - how to choose the best one for the job
Presented by Susan Cowell Dynamic Lifting Solutions, SA
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Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Up close and personal: manual handling, social capital and culture change
Presented by Kate Kay and Prof Nel Glass, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, VIC
Abstracts
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Caring for the carers out there
Presented by Kate Browne StaySafe Handling Ltd, NZ
Abstracts
Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Manual handling and cultural change - the power of knowledge and leadership
Presented by Rebekah Cranmer and Dianne Williams Yooralla, VIC
Abstracts
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Seamless safe integrated patient transfer in an aero medical environment
Presented by George Karlis Royal Flying Doctor Service, SA
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Presentations
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Generic job dictionary for the aged care industry
Presented by Mary Hill Safe Work Practice, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Managing obese and bariatric patients in an acute hospital setting
Presented by Hal Robertson Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Manual handling program at Concord Hospital
Presented by Cesar Calalang and Angie Ng, Concord Hospital, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Development of a complex patient ambulance
Presented by Chris Fitzgerald Risk & Injury Management Services Pty Ltd, VIC
Abstracts
3:30pm - 4:00pm
How was it for you? The patients experience
Presented by Anne McMahon and Mark Cranswick, Waitemata District Health Board, NZ
Abstracts
Presentations
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Up please mummy - risks associated with the manual handling of children with special needs
Presented by Julie MacRae, The Centre for Cerebral Palsy and Linda Chiu, Rocky Bay, WA
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Presentations
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Peer mentoring in manual handling - a review
Presented by Irene Raymond and Dilly De Silva Department of Human Service, NSW
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Presentations
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Safe patient handling in ambulatory care: how to get your foot in the door
Presented by Tamara James Duke University and Health System, USA
Abstracts
Presentations
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Embedding individual patient handling risk assessment into daily patient care
Presented by Tony Johnston Queensland Health, QLD
Abstracts
Presentations
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Implementing a safe patient handling program into a paediatric hospital operating room
Presented by Louise OShea OShea & Associates, VIC
Abstracts
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Physiotherapy worker injuries in an acute hospital
Presented by Hal Robertson Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
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Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
On track: a pathway for selecting an optimum overhead tracking system for lifting patients
Presented by Sue Alexander, Canterbury District Health Board, NZ
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Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
To move or not to move the bariatric patient
Presented by Christine Colavitti Queensland Health, QLD
Abstracts
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Its an emergency! How to avoid staff becoming casualties too
Presented by Louise Whitby Louise Whitby & Associates, NSW
Abstracts
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Participatory ergonomics in physiotherapy - a ten year journey
Presented by Karen Davies Queensland Health, QLD
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Presentations
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking in the Trade Exhibition
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Welcome Reception
Location: 360 Bar and Dining " Sydney Centre Point Tower (Cocktails and canaps will be served)

October 14th, 2010

09:00am - 09:10am
Welcome
Presented by Pippa Wright, MC
09:10am - 09:50am
Effective ergonomic risk assessment and control of manual tasks
Presented by Dr Gary Dennis, Ergo Solutions, QLD
Abstracts
09:50am - 10:30am
Safe patient handling peer coaches: influencers of change or creators of havoc?
Presented by Laurette Wright, ArjoHuntleigh North America, USA
Abstracts
Presentations
10:30am - 11:00am
Morning Tea
Location: Foyer and Brisbane Room
11:00am - 11:35am
Myths and facts about safe patient handling in rehabilitation
Presented by Bodil Larsson, LIKO Competence, SWEDEN
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Presentations
11:35am - 12:30am
Manual handling: what can we learn from motor control research?
Presented by Prof Julie Hides, The University of Queensland & Australian Catholic University, QLD
Abstracts
12:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Foyer and Brisbane Room
1:30pm - 2:00pm
A strategic view of people handling in home based disability services
Presented by Mark Hennessy Hennessy Services Pty Ltd, Public Health and Safety Consultants, VIC
Abstracts
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Falls prevention and manual handling - whats the link?
Presented by Pamela Dean Safety & Quality, SA Health, SA
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Presentations
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Finding answers in complex situations - paediatrics
Presented by Carole Johnson, UK
Abstracts
Presentations
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Safe manual handling and resident mobility; a systematic review
Presented by Janice Taylor Monash University, VIC
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Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Safer sling selection
Presented by Pat Alexander Herts Handling Training, UK
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Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Moving on from back care education to task specific training
Presented by Karen Davies Queensland Health, QLD
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Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Implementing a manual handling program into ACT special schools
Presented by Paula Bird Shared Services, ACT Government, ACT
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Presentations
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Job dictionaries - maximising their benefit in your workplace
Presented by Sara Warren Pinnacle Workplace Consultants, SA
Abstracts
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Easy to see, easy to understand - improving manual handling communication within an interdisciplinary team setting
Presented by Daniel Sih Department of Health & Human Services, TAS
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Presentations
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Very early mobilisation (VEM) - a new trend in healthcare
Presented by Bodil Larsson LIKO Competence, SWEDEN
Abstracts
Presentations
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Managing bariatric clients; one patient has/can make a difference
Presented by Stephen Morley Bendigo Health, VIC
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Presentations
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Afternoon tea
Location: Foyer and Brisbane Room
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Live Life Laughing " Hearty Laughter = Happy Staff = Healthy Profi ts using laughter therapy
Presented by Phillipa Challis, aka The Laughter Lady, Challis Group Services Pty Ltd
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Conference Close
Presented by Pippa Wright, MC
4:45pm - 5:00pm
AAMHP AGM
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Farewell Reception
Location: Level 5, Garden Courtyard, Sofi tel Sydney Wentworth (Cocktails and canaps will be served)

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