Advanced Trauma Surgical Care course
TRAMUA COURSE NOW FULL
The conference this year will feature our first advanced trauma surgical care course on Friday 30th March 2007.
This is an opportunity for trainees to receive instruction in the principles and practices of surgical trauma care, in order to bridge the gap between ATLS and more definitive courses for more senior trainees.
This innovative and specially designed course aims to provide the essential skills required for Senior House Officers and Specialist Registrars, in the early years of their training, identifying a deficiency in what is currently available.
The course will take place in the Department of Anatomy in the Medical Bilogy Centre of Queens University Belfast. There will be a combination of lectures, group work, and practical dissection and tuition on approaches in trauma care. It has received good support from leading world figures in Trauma care.
Course Directors
- Professor Ken Boffard
- (Professor of Trauma Surgery/Trauma Critical Care, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Mr Denis Harkin
- (Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast)
Faculty
- Mr Paul Blair (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Director of Trauma, RVH, Belfast)
- Mr Rodney Peyton (Consultant Surgeon, Craigavon Area Hospital)
- Mr Mark Taylor (Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Mater, Belfast)
- Dr Brian McNicholl (Consultant in Accident and Emergency, Regional Trauma Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast)
- Mr Andrew McKinley (Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast)
- Mr Adam Brooks (Consultant HPB and Trauma Surgeon, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham)
- Mr Euan Dickson (Senior Specialist Registrar, Glasgow, & Past Trauma Fellow at Johannesburg)
- Dr Peter Kennedy (Consultant Radiologist, Royal Victoria Hospital , Belfast)
- Mr Conor Marron (Specialist Registrar in Surgery, and President ASiT
Detail
- £300, to include registration for the ASiT conference and attendance at the Gala Dinner on Saturday 31st March in the Belfast City Hall
- the course will be limited to 30 places and will be allocated on a first come-first served basis of payment
- this heavily subsidised course also includes course manual and can be claimed from Study Leave Budgets. Course Manual to be distributed on day of course.
- certificate of attendance and completion will be provided
Venue
- Medical Biology Centre, Queens University, Belfast, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Background:
ATLS is undertaken by many trainees early in their training as a requisite course for progression in a career in surgery. Further training in trauma skills is often neglected within the timeframe currently allowed due to MMC and EWTD. Other courses aimed at improving skills in Trauma Surgical Skills (DSTS) (TM) are often not permitted to be undertaken until late in the training period or until established as a consultant. Recent High profile articles in the BMJ, and from the ASGBI have highlighted the need for more established trauma and emergency surgery training. Development of a diploma in Trauma Surgery is currently proposed.
Objective:
To introduce the Topic of Trauma Surgical Care and Trauma ICU, advancing the level of knowledge and skill of trainees above that of ATLS and CCrISP, and bridging the gap to DSTC.
Methods:
Didactic Lectures and discussions, Small Group Case Discussions and Scenarios, Practical Cadaveric Dissection. Course to be backed by ASiT and included as a pre-conference course for the ASiT AGM to be held in Belfast. This will allow the establishment of the course through corporate funding under the banner of ASiT and access to a potential delegate pool of over 1600 ASiT members, along with other trainees.
Topics:
Chest Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Access to the major vessels and control, Trauma ICU, Radiology and Head and Neck
Provisional Programme:
| 08.00 - 08.30 | Registration and Coffee | |
08.30 - 08.45 |
Introduction and Faculty | |
| 08.45 - 09.15 | Decision Making in Trauma and Damage Control | Professor Ken Boffard |
| 09.15 - 09.35 | The Trauma Team | Dr Brian McNicholl |
| 0935 - 1000 | Vascular Trauma | Mr Paul Blair |
| 1000 - 1020 | Chest Trauma | Mr Euan Dickson |
| 1020 - 1040 | Abdominal Trauma | Mr Mark Taylor |
| 1040 - 1100 | Limb Injuries | Mr Denis Harkin |
| 1100 - 1120 | Cervico-Mediastinal Injuries | Mr Andrew McKInley |
| 1120 - 1140 | Coffee | |
| 1140 - 1300 | Small Group Sessions (Below) |
Group Work |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45 - 16.45 | Practical and Cadaver Session |
Practical |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Overview and Feedback | Lecture |
Group Sessions:
Time |
Group A |
Group B |
Group c |
1140-1200 |
Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
1205-1225 |
Room 3 |
Room 1 |
Room 2 |
1230-1250 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
Room 1 |
Time |
Group A |
Group B |
Group c |
1345-1445 |
Wet Lab - 1 |
Wet Lab - 2 |
Radiology |
1445-1545 |
Radiology |
Wet Lab - 1 |
Wet Lab -2 |
1545-1645 |
Wet Lab - 2 |
Radiology |
Wet Lab - 1 |
Radiology:
Topic |
Skills |
Radiology in Trauma |
Diagnostic and interventional radiology in trauma |
FAST scanning |
Practical Demonstration and hands-on practice at FAST scanning |
Wet Lab Skills:
Topic |
Skills |
Wet Lab - 1 |
Extremity and Cervico-mediastinal Trauma |
Wet Lab - 2 |
Thorax Trauma and Abdominal Trauma |
Further Information
Please email conference2007@asit.org.