PACTS conference: Post crash reponse

4 September 2019

The PACTS conference Post Crash Response will take place on the 17th October at the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

It will provide an opportunity to hear from a wide range of experts and share your insights on how road deaths can be reduced through improved post-crash response. This conference will feature practitioners, politicians, researchers, and victims' organisations involved in specifying and delivering these vital services:

Conference themes:

• The political and policy framework
• Understanding and challenging institutional constraints
• Emergency services – current practice, evidence base and innovation
• Multi-skilling of frontline staff
• Speed of response v specialist care – finding the optimum
• Learning from other European countries – ETSC’s REVIVE project
• Forensic collision investigation – where next?
• Co-ordinating responders, gathering evidence and minimising traffic delays on the SRN
• Technology – e-call, telematics and EDR Data
• Support for victims’ families and their contribution to road safety

Speakers:

• Dr Raed Arafat, Secretary of State and Head of Department of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania (invited)
• Prof Tim Nutbeam, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Plymouth
• Jim Fitzpatrick MP, former Road Safety Minister
• Sophie Ogunbiyi, Manager of External Affairs, Toyota
• Alison Hernandez, Road Safety Lead, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
• Stephen Bird, Senior Advisor, Incident Management Requirements, Highways England
• Detective Superintendent Andrew Cox, Metropolitan Police
• Tony Crook, National Fire Chiefs' Council
• Jeannot Mersch, President, European Federation of Road Traffic Victims
• Jenny DiFabio, National Lead for Roads Policing Family Liaison Officers
• Mary Williams OBE, Chief Executive, Brake
• Elizabeth Box, Head of Research, RAC Foundation
• Frances Senior, Forensic Collision Investigation Capability Manager, NPCC
• Nick Simmons, Chief Executive, RoadPeace
• Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove, Metropolitan Police
• Jonathan Stubbs, Chair, Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators

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