CPD Study Day: Wound Assessment and Management (Inclusive of suturing) and Advanced Trauma Assessment & Management

Description

Advanced Trauma Assessment & Management
Open to all Emergency Services & Health Care Professionals

08.30 – 09.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09.00 – 10.15  THEORY – The comprehensive trauma primary survey
PRACTICAL – Stepwise buddy-buddy practice
10.15 – 10.30   COFFEE BREAK
10.30 – 12.30  THEORY – Sternal intra-osseous access
– Surgical airways
PRACTICAL – Sternal intra-osseous
– Surgical airways (using tissue analogue)
12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH BREAK
13.30 – 14.30 PRACTICAL SCENARIOS – Environmental rooms (desert/jungle/arctic)
– Real-time assessment & management of trauma
14.30 – 14.45 COFFEE BREAK
14.45 – 15.50 PRACTICAL MOULAGE – Hyper-realistic moulage with live casualties testing skills learned
16.00 COURSE CLOSURE AND FEEDBACK

Wound Assessment & Management (Inclusive of Suturing) Open to Registered Medical Professionals & Combat Medical Technicians (Class 1)

08.30 – 09.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09.00 -10.15 THEORY – A&P of tissue
– Assessment of wounds Tendon/nerve injury
– Closure vs. referral
PRACTICAL
– Look/feel/move assessment
– Assessing nerve/tendon function
10.15 -10.30 COFFEE BREAK
10.30 -12.30 THEORY – Wound closure methodology
PRACTICAL – Wound closure – Steri-StripsTM – Skin glue – Staples
12.30 -13.30 LUNCH BREAK
13.30 -14.30 THEORY – Local anesthetics – Suturing methodology
PRACTICAL – Knot tying Instrument use – Practical suturing
14.30 -14.45 COFFEE BREAK
14.45 -15.50 PRACTICAL  – Suturing practice
16.00 COURSE CLOSURE AND FEEDBACK