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Wednesday 12th November, 2008

08.45 - 09.15 Registration

09.15 - 09.30 Introduction

Session 1 - Systems

09.30 - 11.00

Trauma Centres: Karim Brohi
Do trauma centres produce better outcomes? How many patients should a trauma centre see? Which staff should be resident?

Trauma Teams: Alastair Wilson
What are the models of trauma reception? Do multiprofessional teams perform better? What makes a good team?

Confidential Enquiries: Professor Tim Coats
What is a confidential enquiry? Who should run them? Have they had a positive effect on patient outcome?

 

11.00 - 11.25 Coffee

Session 2 - Ethics and Error

11.25 - 12.15

Ethical Dilemmas in Trauma Care: Dr Anne Weaver
A case based ineractive session
Errors in trauma care: Dr Marcus Rall
Why do errors occur? How can we prevent them? Do the techniques / programmes designed to reduce error actually work?

12.15 - 13.00 Key Note Address
Fluid Resuscitation in Trauma: Dr Jerry Nolan

 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

Session 3 - Debate

14.00 - 14.30

ATLS is the key to good trauma care in the UK:
Dr Bob Winter / Dr Jerry Nolan

Session 4 - Blast

14.30 - 15.00

Vascular Trauma - alternative approaches:Mr Tom Carrell
Which injuries are amenable? What are the practicalities? What does the future hold?

 

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee

15.30 - 17.00

Damage Control Laparotomy: Professor Ari Leppäniemi
What are the indications? How often should it be necessary? How long should it take?

Damage Control Orthopaedics: Professor Keith Porter
What procedures should be performed? Who should perform them? Where should it take place?

Damage Control Intensive Care: Professor Eldar Soreide
Should patients be optimised for urgent surgery? What are the physiological end points? Who should make the decision?

Thursday 13th November, 2008

Session 6 - Death and the Future

09.30 - 11.00

Dealing with a Trauma Death: Dr Paul Frost
Are there cultural differences? What is the impact of religion? Can pathways help?

The Trauma Post Mortem: Dr Otto Chan
Do they really identify the cause of death? Can modern imaging have a role? How often does the pathologist surprise the clinician?

London Trauma Conference 2030: Mr Alastair Wilson
Can nano technology contribute to trauma care? What else does the future hold? What are the implications for training?

 

11.00 - 11.25 Coffee

Session 7 - Clinical Topics

11.25 - 12.15

Big Burns: Lt Col Alan Kay
Should burns patients go direct to burns centers? Are fluid formulae of use in the first 2 hours? What are the latest developments?

Penetrating Head Injury: Professor David Mendelow
Should a knife just be pulled out? When to do an angiogram? What are the practical difficulties?

12:15 - 13:00 Key Note Address
Haemostasis in Trauma: Karim Brohi

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

Session 8 - Debate

14.00 - 14.30

Are surgeons required in the initial reception of trauma?: Dr Dan Ellis /Mr Mike Walsh

Session 9 - Blast

14:30 - 15:00

Blast Injury: Lt Col Doug Bowley
Is outcome resource dependant? Are there lessons for modern urban conflict? Compression or tourniquet?

 

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee

Session 10

15.30 - 17.00

Paediatric Trauma Victims: Dr Ian Maconochie
How to deal with the agitated child? Is the approach to spinal immobilisation different? How can we produce good practice for such rare events?

Trauma Scoring: Dr Stefano Di Bartolimeo
What systems exist? Have they helped trauma care? Can they shape the future?

Performance Indicators in Trauma Care: Dr Jonathon Benger
Airway? Breathing? Circulation?

 

Wednesday 12th November, 2008

Masterclass & Symposia Programmes

Trauma Systems Masterclass
Traumatic Coagulopathy & Massive Transfusion Symposium

 

Friday 14th November, 2008

Session 11

09:30 - 11:00

Metamphetamine: Mr Simon Van -Orden
What can we learn from the US? What is the risk to prehospital personnel? How should we assess the scene for risk?

Accident Investigation
What happens after the clinician leaves the scene? How can the clinician help? How does it help our patients?

Prehospital Medical Training: Dr Rod Mackenzie
What can we learn from European Models? What are the key competencies? What does the future hold?

 

11.00 - 11.25 Coffee

Session 12

11:25 - 11:50

Producing an EMS system from scratch - learning from recent military experience: Professor Tim Hodgetts
Are there similarities with civilian operations? Does one prehospital team suit all circumstances? What lessons are there for civilian practice?

12:15 - 13:00 Keynote Address
Prehospital Care in a Hostile Environment: What can we do & what should we do?: Dr John Hagmann

 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

Session 13

14:00 - 14:30

Doctors are not necessary for high level prehospital trauma care: Dr Simon Leigh Smith / Professor Malcolm Woollard

Session 14

14:30 - 15:00

A New Approach to Patient Extrication Are there global approaches?
What could be done different? Should we have audit standards for simple vehicle rescue?

 

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee

Session 15

15:30 - 17:00

Triage - is it just a nice theory?: Dr Malcolm Russell
Are the current systems practical? Are their alternatives? Can technology help?

Caring for the Dead at Major Incidents: Dr Andrew Reid
Is there a role for the Doctor on scene? What happens to the body during the investigation? Can the coroners investigation help patients in the future?

Scene Safety at major incidents? Mr Chris Driver Williams
What are the hazards? Can we identify them reliably? What precautions can we take and still get the job done?

16.45 Closing Address

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