2022 Activities

2022

  • 8 January - Instructional Video Competition : Animal Bites and Stings. Zoom Online. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS, MST & EMSA. (RECS).
  • 10 - 12 January - RECS Standardisation Workshop 2022. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: RECS & MST (RECS). 
  • 8 January - Onsite Official Launch Ceremony of the 3rd Edition of Land Snakes of Medical Significance in Malaysia 2022.  Organiser: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA). (MST & RECS)
  • 28 January - Presentation on the Formation of Special Interest Group in Clinical Toxinology, College of Emergency Physician, Academy of Medicine Malaysia. Webex Meeting. Organiser: CEP Malaysia (RECS). 
  • 29 January - Early expert and representative meeting for final draft report for burden of snakebite and access to antivenom in ASEAN, Funded by Wellcome Trust. Zoom Online Meeting. Organiser: Researcher teams (RECS & MST). 
  • 30 January - World Neglected Tropical Disease Day.
  • 16 February - Appropriate Snake Antivenom for Malaysia Webinar. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST (RECS). 
  • 24 February - Morbidity and Mortality Review on Snakebite Related Death - Hospital Putrajaya. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine H Putrajaya. (RECS)
  • 17 - 18 March - CREPSUM / IOC-WESTPAC Online Workshop on Jellyfish Identification. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: JPJS, CREPSUM, CEMACS, USM. 
  • 24 March - Clinical Toxinology : Is It relevant to medical Students. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST (RECS). 
  • 29 March - National Stroke Grand Round Case Discussion. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine H Putrajaya, MSC, UPM, Docquity, RECS, CEP SIG NeuroEM and ClinToxino (RECS : Dr Khaldun). 
  • 30 March - Tumbuhan dengan Khasiat Perubatan, Manfaat atau Mudarat. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: National Poison Centre, USM, RECS & MST (RECS : Dr Aida). 
  • 31 March - 2 April - Wilderness Emergency First Aider and Training of Trainers for Wilderness Emergency First Aider Course 2022. Organiser: Wilderness EMS Sabah Team, KRK ETD HLD, WAMS, RECS & MST @ Hospital Lahad datu, Sabah. (MST : Dr Naim). 
  • 5 April - National Biodiversity Database : Pengurusan Maklumat Toksinologi di dalam MyBIS : Impact on MyBIS-RECS Toxinology Module Collaborations from 2017 - 2022. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: MyBIS, RECS & MST (RECS : Dr Khaldun). 
  • 20 April - Clinical Toxinology : Marine Envenoming and Poisoning. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST (RECS). 
  • 23 April - Herp Talks : Health and Safety Measure for Snake-Related Injuries in Malaysia, Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Malaysian Nature Society (RECS : Dr Khaldun). 
  • 27 April - Prevention in EM Webinar 3/2022 - Rawatan Awal Gigitan Haiwan Berbisa. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: CEP AMM. (MST : Dr Naim). 
  • 2 June - Clinical Toxinology : Is It Relevant for Medical Students? Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST (RECS). 
  • 3 June - Aquatic Life Support : Topic : Marine Envenomation. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HUSM@Auditorium ETD HUSM. (RECS : Dr Zainal). 
  • 5 June - Kursus Wilderness Medicine Pasukan Bergerak Orang Asli. Topik : Animal Bites, Stings and Envenomations. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine H Selayang & HBOA Gombak, Selangor. (RECS : Dr Edel). 
  • 25 June - Snake Awareness, Safety and First Aid for Snakebites Seminar. Organiser: Akademi Bombadan Penyelamat Malaysia Wilayah Timur, Terengganu @ Auditorium Akademi Bomba, UUM, KKM. (RECS : Dr Zaki). 
  • 8 July - Clinical Tox2 Awareness (Toxicology and Toxinology) Day 2 SEM H Selayang. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine H Selayang, RECS & MST. (RECS: Dr Edel, Dr Zainal, Dr Anas Amri, Dr Aida). 
  • 14 July - CME Snake Related Injuries : What Primary Care Physicians Should Know. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Family Medicine HCTM. (RECS: Dr Khaldun). 
  • 16 July - First Aid on Venomous Bites Awareness Talk. Organiser: Malaysian Nature Society Kedah. (MST : Mr Kumar). 
    • 28 July - Clinical Toxinology : Is It Relevant for Medical Students? Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST (RECS). 
    • 7 August - Kursus Pertolongan Cemas Untuk Gigitan/Sengatan/Patukan Haiwan-Haiwan Berbisa/Berbahaya. Organiser: SMK (Persendirian) Sin Min, Sungai Petani, Kedah, MST, St John Ambulance Malaysia Kedah. (MST : Mr Kumar). 
    • 23 - 24 August - 7th National Clinical Toxicology Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine SGH Sarawak, CEP SIG Clinical Toxicology & Clinical Toxinology @UNIMAS. (RECS : Dr Sabrina, Dr Anisah). 
    • 1 September - 4th Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 1) - Clinical and Analytical Toxicology Theme. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST, SIG ClinToxino, et al.
    • 7 September - Site Visit to Klinik Kesihatan Pangkor and Pangkor Beaches, Perak. (RECS : Dr Sabrina). 
      • 8 September - 4th Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 2) - Marine Organism Envenomation and Poisoning Theme. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST, SIG ClinToxino, et al.
      • 11 September - Kursus Pertolongan Cemas Untuk Gigitan/Sengatan/Patukan Haiwan-Haiwan Berbisa/Berbahaya. Organiser: MST, St John Ambulance Malaysia Pulau Pinang. (MST : Mr Kumar). 
      • 15 September - 4th Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 3) - Land Organism Envenomation and Poisoning Theme. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST, SIG ClinToxino, et al.
      • 22 September - 4th Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 4) - Environment and Wilderness Medicine Theme. Zoom Online Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, RECS & MST, SIG ClinToxino, et al.
      • 24 - 25 September - National Emergency Critical Care Symposium 2022 : 5 Most Difficult Poisoning to Treat. Organiser: Ipoh Emergency Critical Care Society @ Auditorium HRPB Ipoh, Perak. (RECS). 
      • 1 October - MST AGM (without Election) @ Cinnamon Coffee House, One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. 
      • 8 October - Snakebite/Venomous Animals Bites/Stings First Aid Course Organiser: MST, St John Ambulance Malaysia Kedah. (MST : Mr Kumar). 
      • 9 October - Snake and Envenomation. Organiser: Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MyCAT) @ Private Lounge Kiara Bay Sales Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. (RECS; Dr Khaldun). 
      • 16 - 20 October - 21st World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology Organiser: IST@Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers, UAE. (MST: Prof Iekhsan, Dr Maha, Dr Choo Hock). 
      • 17 October - Snake Related Injuries : What Primary Care Professional Should Know. Organiser: Toxicology Unit, Emergency Department, Saitama Medical University Moroyama Campus, Japan. (RECS: Dr Khaldun). 
      • 17 - 18 October - Emergency Medicine Annual Symposium Meeting (EMAS-SUCCES-EMS ASIA) Toxinology Track Topics : Mass Poisoning involving Toxins : Philippines Experience, Geographical Distributions of Pit Vipers Spp in Malaysia Identified via RECS, Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Naja Spp Injuries Consulted to RECS Malaysia. Organiser: CEP AMM. (RECS&MST&CEP SIG ClinToxino- Dr John David, Dr Reza, Dr Anuar). 
      • 29 October - First Aid Course for Snakebite. Organiser: RECS, MST, Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah, KL Exopetz.(RECS & MST). 
      • 16 - 17 November - 4th Malaysia Congress of Toxicology (MyCOT 2022). Topic : Clinical Toxicology and Its Development in Malaysia. Organiser: MySOT, UIAM @ UIAM.(MST: Dr Sabrina).
      • 18 - 19 November - 2022 International Symposium for Poison Control and research Development : Novel Aspect in Clinical Toxinology. Topic : Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Naja Spp Injuries Consulted to RECS Malaysia. Organiser: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. (RECS & MST). 
      • 28 - 29 November - 8th National Clinical Toxicology Course. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HTAR Klang, CEP SIG Clinical Toxicology & Clinical Toxinology @ NIH Setia Alam, Selangor. (RECS: Dr Sabrina, Dr Anisah).
      • 17 December - Emergency Medicine Clinical Toxinology Webinar. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine HCTM, CEP SIG Clinical Toxinology, RECS, MST. (RECS). 
      2021
      • 13 March - Wilderness Medicine 2021 Webinar: Animal Bites, Stings, and Envenomation. Organiser: USM, Wilderness Medicine Society Malaysia. (RECS: Dr Edel). Video link : https://fb.watch/5wxwPqK05Z/

      • 21 March - Webinar on Snakes and Snakebites in Pets. Organiser: FRIM. Collaborators : MST and RECS. (Prof Dr Indraneil Das, Dr Tan Choo Hock, Dr Melissa Aw, Assoc Prof Dr Scott Weinstein). Video link : https://youtu.be/dqAqGmpqJb4 
      • 25 March  - FB Live@asasiUiTM : Appropriate Safe Practices and First Aid Management for Land and Marine Animal Bites and Stings. Organiser: Unit Kesihatan Pusat Asasi UiTM.  (RECS: Dr Khaldun). Video link : https://youtu.be/1881P3yG234 
      • 15 April  - 3rd Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 1). Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine, UKMMC. Collaborators: MST, RECS and MYSOT. (RECS and MST). Video link : https://youtu.be/v_jwbqwbrM4 

      • 22 April  - 3rd Emergency Medicine Seminar Series 2021 (Part 2). Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine, UKMMC. Collaborators: MST, RECS and MYSOT. (RECS and MST). Video link https://youtu.be/ocRRxR1mmGY 
      • 26 - 27 April  - Philippine College of Emergency Medicine Virtual Convention 2021: Current Emerging Trends in EM Practice : Clinical Toxinology - Marine Envenomation Management. Organiser: Philippine College of Emergency Medicine. (RECS: Dr Khaldun). Video link : https://youtu.be/syPXU53Y1DE

      • 7 May - First Aid for Venomous Bites/Stings in Dental Clinic @ Institut Perubatan dan Pergigian Termaju (IPPT), USM Pulau Pinang. Organiser : IPPT USM Pulau Pinang(MST : Mr Kumaradevan)

      • 29 May  - MST AGM 2021. (MSTAll members).

      • 15 June  - Latrodectus geometricus Envenomation in Malaysia Webinar. Organiser: Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya. (RECS: Dr Khaldun).

      •  19 June  - Dangerous Creature Underwater  Webinar. Organiser: VGO Dive Centre. (MSTDr Naim). 

      • 10 July - AFCT Progress Meeting. (RECS: All).

      • 8 September  - AFCT Program and Curriculum presentation to the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.  (RECS: All).

      • 11 September  - 1st UKM Emergency Medicine Housemenship Academic Project Competition 2021 : Topic of Rate of Proximal Progression (RPP) Virtual Judging Session. Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine, HCTM Cheras. (RECS: Dr Khaldun, Dr Sabrina, Dr Francis Bonn, Dr Aida, Dr Shukruddeen).

      • 21 October  - Webinar Hari Reptilia Sedunia. Organiser : Econinja.my (MSTDr Khaldun).

      • 31 October  - Taichung Veterans General Hospital International Medical Conference 2021 : The Current Practices & Recommendations for Snake related Injuries Organiser: Taichung Veterans General Hospital  (MSTDr Khaldun & Dr Choo Hock).

      • 31 October  - "Herps" : Their Science & Conservation Webinar. Organiser : Herpetological Society of Singapore, John Beaufoy Publishing.(MST: Prof Indraneil Das).

      • 3 November  - International Society on Toxinology Hybrid Conference 2021: Day 3 Session 7 ( Envenomation). Topic : The Strategies in Preventing and Treating Envenoming in the Asia-Pasific Region : A Perspective from Malaysia & ASEAN. Organiser: IST. (RECS: Dr Khaldun).

      • 19 November  - International Symposium for Poison Control & Research Development 2021: Unusual Challenge in Clinical Toxicology. Topic : Health Seeking Behaviour following Snake Related Injuries Consulted to Remote Envenomation Consultancy Services, Malaysia. Organiser: Taiwan Poison Control Centre  (RECS: Dr Khaldun).

      • 9 December  - Hospital Serdang Hospital CME : Snakebite (Myths and Reality) by Dr Lim Eu Jack, EP H Serdang. Organiser: Hospital Serdang. (RECSDr Khaldun, Dr Shuk, Dr Sabrina).

      • 9 December  - E- CME Snakebite Envenomation Management. Organiser: Hospital Haji Sultan Ahmad Shah Temerloh, Pahang. (RECSDr Zainal, Dr Aida, Dr Anas, Dr Sabrina).

      • 10 December  - Hospital Kuala Lumpur Toxicology Week : Appropriate Health and Safety Seeking Behaviour (AHSB). Organiser: Department of Emergency Medicine, HKL. (RECSDr Khaldun & KL Exopetz Team).

      • 14 December  - Snakebite Envenomation and Marine Envenomation and Posioning Lectures. Organiser: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine(RECS: Dr Khaldun).

      • 16 December  - WHO SBE Community Engagement Stakeholder Forum Discussion. Organiser: SBE WHO. (MST: All).

      • 18 December  - 11th Asian Conference on Emergency Medicine 2021. Toxicology Track 2: Snake-related Injuries : Strategies for Optimal Care. Organiser: Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine(RECS: Dr Khaldun).