Medical / Scientific Publications

• VL Munir and AW Dent Chapter 21.4 Alcohol related illness, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine 3^rd Edition, Edited by P Cameron, G Jelinek, AM Kelly, L Murray and AFT Brown, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier 2009

• VL Munir, JE Hutton, JP Harney, P Buykx, TJ Weiland and AW Dent. ‘Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: A 30 month emergency department review.’  Emergency Medicine Australasia Dec 2008

• V Munir, P Barnett, M South. ‘Does the use of volumetric bladder ultrasound improve the success rate of suprapubic aspiration of urine?’  Pediatric Emergency Care Oct 2002

Other projects

Advanced and Complex Emergencies (ACME) Course

The Advanced and Complex Medical Emergencies course (ACME) is a three day course run by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) using hi-fidelity simulation, group discussions, scenarios and interactive workshops to explore the complex speciality of emergency medicine.

From 2006 to 2007 I was involved in the concept development, writing, and initiation of the ACME course. I developed and authored the Toxicology module, a two hour evidence-based discussion and scenario on toxicological emergencies and controversies

Academic presentations

‘Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate: A 30 month Emergency Department review.’  V Munir, et al.

• Presented at APSAD 2005 (Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs) International Conference – Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 November 2005
• Presented at 23^rd ACEM ASM (Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine) – Sydney, Australia, 19-24 November 2006

‘Party Drugs: Emergency Presentations in an Inner City Adult Teaching Hospital’ J Harney, V Munir, et al.

• Presented as a poster at 10^th ICEM 2004 (International Conference on Emergency —Cairns, Australia, 6-10 June 2004

‘Does the use of volumetric bladder ultrasound improve the success rate of suprapubic aspiration of urine?’  V Munir, et al.

• Presented at 16^th ACEM ASM (Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine), Auckland, New Zealand, November 1999

 Other educational presentations

‘Is “Special K” really that special? Recreational use of Ketamine’

• Presented at The Next Step, St John Ambulance Australia National Conference 2005—Melbourne, Australia, 22-26 June 2005

‘Party drugs: New pills, new problems’

• Presented at Generational Change or Generation Gap Conference, ACAP (Australian College of Ambulance Professionals) Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 22 July 2004

‘Party drugs: Emergency Presentation Characteristics and Complications in an Inner City Adult Teaching Hospital.’

• Presented at Club Health 2004 3^rd International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related health Issues, Melbourne, Australia, April 18-20, 2004

‘An Emergency Perspective on the Hazards of Party Drugs’

• Presented at The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) Inaugural Victorian Party Drugs Symposium, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, 23 June 2003

‘The Agony and the Ecstasy – The hazards of Designer Drugs’

• Presented at St Vincent’s Hospital Grand Round, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne—Melbourne, Australia 21 Oct 2002