Date:  24 June 2021 (Thursday)
Time:  8:00 pm–9:00 pm (Webinar link will be provided to access at 7:30 pm)
Venue: Online with Zoom                        
Language: Cantonese
Participants: 100 maximum (on first-come-first-served basis)

Speaker:  Dr WOO Wing Keung, William
                 MBChB, FRCSEd, FHKCEM, FHKAM(Emergency Medicine),   
                 PgDipAeroRT(Otago), FRCEM, MSc(CUHK)

Dr Woo is a Specialist in Emergency Medicine. He has been served in Hospital Authority Emergency Department for over 25 years after graduated from CUHK. In recent years, he moves into private practice. He has special interest in prehospital care, environmental medicine and aviation medicine. He has served for the Government Flying Services as Flying Doctors for nearly 18 years. He was also the Chief Superintendent of St. John Ambulance Brigade before he quitted the service in 2018. 

William also involved a lot in teaching, from first aiders to ambulance crews, from medical students to master students. He is still active involved in teaching various international recognized trauma programs such as ITLS and ATLS. 

Currently, William works for the Airport Third Runway project as on-site medical clinic consultant and ambulance team in-charge. During his clinical and voluntary service work, he encountered numerous cases of heat related illness, from very mild heat syncope to severe case of life-threatening heat stroke.

Abstract:
Summer is approaching. Every year there are numerous cases of heat-related illness of various severity. Some of them are self-limiting without need of a formal medical consultation. Unfortunately, there are still cases every year that need intensive care in hospitals and some number of fatalities every year. With the hot and humid weather of summer in Hong Kong, those workers who expose to or need to work under direct sunlight are especially vulnerable to the heat. Many of them may think that they are so fit and healthy, so they can “immune” from the problem. It is important for all levels of workers, from Employer to Manager, from Safety Officer to frontline worker to understand the basic of heat-related illness. Especially the prevention, recognition, and management of such potential life-threatening medical emergency.