Bookings for the The London Trauma Conference will open in May 2026
Tuesday 8th - Friday 11th December 2026
Pre-hospital Critical Care - Wednesday 9th December
– delivered in collaboration with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation
The day will be of interest to a broad range of clinicians and practitioners who know the basics but want high-level knowledge and interaction with experts who are at the cutting edge of current practice and research.
Keynote Speaker SJTREM LECTURE: Professor Richard Lyon (Edinburgh, UK)
Title: Blue lights to bytes: The evolution of pre-hospital innovation
View the Programme below:
09.00 - 09.10 – Introduction
09.10 - 09.30 – Pre Hospital Emergency Anaesthesia: is it effective and cost effective? - Dr Julian Thompson (Bristol, UK) / Dr Amy Nelson (London, UK)
09.30 - 09.50 – HEMs Triage - Professor Stephen Thomas (Boston, USA)
09.50 - 10.10 – AI in the PH setting - Dr Pål Morberg (Norway)
10.10 - 10.30 – Pre-hospital ECMO - Professor Alice Hutin (Paris, France)
10.30 - 11.00 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SJTREM LECTURE - Blue lights to bytes: The evolution of pre-hospital innovation - Professor Richard Lyon (Edinburgh, UK)
11.00 - 11.25 – Coffee Break
11.25 - 11.45 – Emergency Obstetrics in pre-hospital care - Dr Tracey-Louise Appleyard (Bristol, UK)
11.45 - 12.05– Cardiac Arrest: pushing the limits to improve outcomes - Dr Natalie Kruit (Sydney, Australia)
12.05 - 12.30 – Morning Always Comes – Resilience in pre-hospital teams - Christoffer Ericsson (Helsinki, Finland)
12.30 - 12.55 – The story doesn’t end in resus - Ellie Overgaard-Brown (London, UK)
12.55 - 14.00 – Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.25 – Depth, presence and leadership through moments of crisis ('DEEP Briefing') - A/ Professor Matt Hooper (Adelaide, Australia)
14.25 - 14.50 – The Crans Montana Fire - Dr Richard Steffen (Switzerland)
14.50 - 15.30 – Major Incident Panel– making the important decisions - A/Prof Zaff Qasim (Pennsylvaia, US), Assistant Commissioner Patrick Goldbourne (London, UK),Professor Karim Brohi (London UK)
15.30 - 16.00 – Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.20 – Pre-hospital Vascular Access - Dr Ben Singer (London, UK)
16.20 - 16.40 – Diagnosing from a distance: the use of tele-ultrasound in remote locations - Victoria Vestvag (Stavanger, Norway)
16.40 - 17.10 – The management of bleeding in remote locations - Professor Brian Burns (Sydney, Australia)
Dr Julian Thompson (Bristol, UK)
Dr Amy Nelson (London, UK)
Professor Stephen Thomas (Boston, USA)
Dr Pål Morberg (Norway)
Professor Alice Hutin (Paris, France)
Professor Richard Lyon (Edinburgh, UK)
Dr Tracey-Louise Appleyard (Bristol, UK)
Dr Natalie Kruit (Sydney, Australia)
Christoffer Ericsson (Helsinki, Finland)
Ellie Overgaard-Brown (London, UK)
A/ Professor Matt Hooper (Adelaide, Australia)
Dr Richard Steffen (Switzerland)
A/Prof Zaff Qasim (Pennsylvaia, US)
Assistant Commissioner Patrick Goldbourne (London, UK)
Professor Karim Brohi (London, UK)
Dr Ben Singer (London, UK)
Victoria Vestvag (Stavanger, Norway)
Professor Brian Burns (Sydney, Australia)
CPD points for the 2026 Conference are currently under application.
Previously the London Trauma Conference has been approved for 24 CPD points by Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
(6 points per conference day).
SAVE THE DATE
The London Trauma Conference will return
Tuesday 8th – Friday 11th December 2026