Queensland News
Over the last twelve to fifteen months the CENA Queensland Branch Committee have been working hard to obtain some significant outcomes for emergency nursing in Queensland and assisting nationally in this process. We are busy as the organizing Committee of the ICEN 2009, which is being held at Conrad Jupiters, on the Gold Coast 7-10 October 2009. Kerri Holzhauser is the Chair, and Ramon Shaban is the Scientific Convenor appointed by the Board. We invite you all to come along and join us. The venue is wonderful, the program looks terrific and the Gold Coast at that time is spectacular. Why don't you stay at the venue and lash out if you can for an upgraded room or stay at Conrad Jupiters and enter the draw for an upgraded room.

ED Statewide Clinical Network
CENA is represented on the Statewide Emergency Department Clinical Statewide Network. THe committee meets monthly in Queensland Health with CENA and ACEM both as active representatives on this group. Julie Finucane is the CENA representative on this group and may be contacted via qld@cena.org.au

ACEM (Qld) and CENA (Qld) Symposium

This symposium is an annual event for ACEM (Qld) & CENA (Qld Branch). This was a great opportunity for CENA to collaborate with our medical counterparts and to allow the Emergency Medicine Registrars to showcase their 4-10 papers. The dates and venue for 2010 will be advised soon.

Trauma Plan for Queensland

'Trauma Plan for Queensland' , which CENA participated in the development of through the consultative process, was endorsed. The link to the Queensland Trauma Plan 2006 is

http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/WhoWeAre/Regions/QLD/QLD_Trauma_plan_final_prac.pdf

State Newsletter
If you have any ideas you wish to share with us, or like to work with us on a particular issue, then please contact us at: qld@cena.org.au, and we will welcome you with open arms.

Committee Meetings
The Queensland CENA committee meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month at one of the hospitals. Thanks to the Prince Charles Hospital for their generous support in allowing us to use their venue. You are most welcome to join us. The meetings commence at 17.30 for 18.00 and conclude at no later than 2100 hours. Please contact us at  qld@cena.org.au for further information.