ANZAST TRAUMA GRAND ROUNDS
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest and Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Tuesday, 5th August 2025
Keynote Speaker: Dr David Camilleri
Dr. David Camilleri, MD, FACEM, GCertAeromedRet, is an Emergency Physician with expertise in trauma and high-acuity care. Qualifying in 2015 after his medical degree from the University of Malta (2005) and relocating to Australia in 2008, David has since dedicated his career to critical emergency medicine.
For over a decade, David served as a Retrieval Physician with LifeFlight Queensland, holding a Graduate Certificate in Aeromedical Retrieval. Since 2016, he has been a key Emergency Department Consultant at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), where he actively shapes best practice through his commitment to cross-disciplinary collaboration. At the RMH, David led the development of critical shared ED & Trauma guidelines, including that for the Traumatic Cardiac Arrest response and the Thoracotomy, consistently engaging with various medical and nursing teams to ensure integrated care.
A committed educator, David shares his passion for trauma, team response, and dynamics by regularly teaching on Emergency Trauma Management (ETM) Courses and The Alfred Procedures Course. David also holds a keen interest in optimizing massive hemorrhage protocols and the critical role of calcium administration in these scenarios. His non-clinical portfolio contributions extend to nursing education, the blood committee, the deteriorating patient committee and the trauma working group.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Kate Martin
MB.BS.BMedSci. FRACS. MTrauma. AM
Kate is a General and Trauma Surgeon. She is the Deputy Director of Trauma at the Royal Melbourne and Deputy Director of GATES at the Austin Hospital. Kate is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne.
She is a director with the EMST (ATLS) and DSTC faculties and is a member of the RACS Academy of Surgical Educators, with an active interest in surgical and trauma education. As part of the GSA-ANZAST Trauma Training Committee, Kate has been involved in establishing the PFET Program in Trauma, a program for Fellows of RACS. Kate is also the President of ANZAST (the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma).
Since starting at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in March 2020, Kate has been involved in the teaching and supervision of the general surgical junior staff and is a founding member of the Surgical Education and Training Group (SEG). Kate is also the Supervisor of Intern Training at RMH.
Panelist: A/Prof Ben Meadley ASM
Ben Meadley is a registered paramedic who commenced his career with Ambulance Victoria in 1998, followed by a period with New South Wales Ambulance from 1999-2003. Returning to Ambulance Victoria, Ben trained as an intensive care (MICA) paramedic in 2004, and an intensive care (MICA) flight paramedic in 2009. Ben has developed expertise in prehospital critical care, paramedic education, and human performance in specialist teams. Ben completed his PhD at Monash University, and his research interests include respiratory and cardiovascular physiology, point of care ultrasound, blood component use in critical care, human performance optimisation, and helicopter search and rescue operations. Ben divides his time between his role as the Director of Paramedicine at Ambulance Victoria with teaching and research as an adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Paramedicine, and for services to paramedicine was awarded the Ambulance Service Medal in 2023.
Program
Introduction: 6:00pm – 6:05pm AEST
Acknowledgement of country: Dr Kate Martin, President, ANZAST.
Welcome, introductions and housekeeping: Dr Martin Jarmin, Education Committee Chair, ANZAST.
Keynote Presentation: 6:05pm – 6:40pm AEST
Dr David Camilleri and Dr Kate Martin
Panel Discussion: 6:40pm – 6:55pm AEST
A/Prof Ben Meadley
Close: 6:55pm AEST
Archives
June 2025: Delivering Trauma Care in Gaza
Keynote: Dr Bushra Othman FRACS
April 2025: Updates on chest wall injury treatment
Keynote: Assoc Prof Jeremy Hsu
February 2025: Early Management of Severe TBI
Keynote: Dr Ron Jithoo
December 2024: The Mangled Limb
Keynote: Dr Rory Maher
October 2024: Managing Bleeding in Trauma
Keynote: Prof Ian Civil and Dr Kate Martin
August 2024: Pelvic Ring Injury Patients in Shock
Keynote: Prof Zsolt Balogh
December 2023: Neck Trauma
Keynote: A Prof Cino Bendinelli
October 2023: Chest Wall Injury in the Elderly
Keynote: Dr Bhavik Patel
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
August 2023: Penetrating Neck Injury
Keynote: Prof Pradeep Navsaria
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
June 2023: Post Fellowship Education and Training Program (PFET) in Trauma
Keynote: Prof Dieter Weber
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
April 2023: Management of Mass Casualties in Resource-Constrained Environments
Keynote: Dr Martin Jarmin
Due to the sensitive nature of this content, a recording has not been made available
February 2023: Blasts and Ballistics
Keynote: Prof Michael Read & Dr David Read
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
December 2022: Surgical Management of Severe Chest Wall Injury
Keynote: A Prof Phillip Antippa OAM
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
October 2022: Splenic Trauma: an update
Keynote: Dr Kate Martin
A recording of this presentation can be viewed HERE.
August 2022: Management of Trauma in Pregnancy
Keynote: Dr Rose Shakerian
A recording of this presentation can be viewed HERE.
June 2022: Emergency Burn Care
Keynote: Dr Richard Wong She
Due to the sensitive nature of this presentation, a recording has not be made available.
April 2022: Retroperitoneal Injury
Keynote: Prof Elmin Steyn
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
February 2022: Penetrating Neck Injury
Keynote: Dr John Crozier
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
December 2021: Severe Abdominal Trauma
Keynote: Dr Ailene Fitzgerald
Due to a technical issue a recording of this presentation is not available.
October 2021: Trauma in the Paediatric Patient
Keynote: Dr Craig McBride
A recording of the presentation can viewed HERE.
August 2021: Damage Control Resuscitation
Keynote: Dr James McKay
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
June 2021: Junctional Trauma
Keynote: Dr Joseph Dawson
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
April 2021: Managing Brain Trauma
Keynote address: Prof Mark Sheridan
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
February 2021: Thoracic Trauma Emergencies
Keynote address: Prof Silvana Marasco
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
December 2020: Complex Hepatic Injury.
Keynote address: Mr Charles Pilgrim
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE
October 2020: Severe Pelvic Injury.
Keynote address: Prof Zsolt Balogh.
A recording of the presentation can be viewed HERE